11-50-396
Section 11-50-396 Powers generally. Each district incorporated under this article shall have each and all of the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession in its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in the certificate of incorporation, or until dissolved as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-50-392. (2) To sue and be sued and to defend civil actions against it. (3) To have and use a corporate seal and alter the same at pleasure. (4) To acquire, purchase, construct, receive, own, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any one or more gas systems the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of the district (whether or not such system or systems were in existence or whether or not such system or systems were privately owned or municipally owned prior to the acquisition by such district). (5) To receive,...
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45-6-140
Section 45-6-140 Participation in Forestry Commission's fire protection program. (a) The county governing body of Bullock County is authorized, when the need exists to provide protection against forest fires in Bullock County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(1) After the Bullock County governing body has determined that such a need does exist in Bullock County, the county governing body may, in the manner hereinafter specified, provide for a financial charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forestlands located in Bullock County for the use of land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such fire protection program, but not in excess of ten cents ($.10) per acre, provided such financial charge or tax is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forestlands due to the availability of such fire protection. (2) "Forestlands" as used in this section, shall mean...
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37-6-42
Section 37-6-42 Enumerated powers. (a) Any such electric cooperative shall have power: (1) To supply telephone service in rural areas to its members, to governmental agencies and political subdivisions, to other persons, and to business entities not in excess of 40 percent of the number of its members; provided that wireless communications services, including, without limitation, services classified as of January 1, 1997, as "commercial mobile radio services" by the Federal Communications Commission, may be provided to any person, firm, corporation, governmental agency, or political subdivision within any area for which the electric cooperative is authorized to provide such wireless service under federal law or regulations, without the business entity being a member of the cooperative, regardless of whether the business entity is in excess of 40 percent of the number of its members, and, without limiting the foregoing, should a cooperative acquire any facilities in rural areas...
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41-8-21
Section 41-8-21 Enactment of compact; form. The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT. Article I. Policy and Purpose. Because the desire for the services provided by libraries transcends governmental boundaries and can most effectively be satisfied by giving such services to communities and people regardless of jurisdictional lines, it is the policy of the states party to this compact to cooperate and share their responsibilities; to authorize cooperation and sharing with respect to those types of library facilities and services which can be more economically or efficiently developed and maintained on a cooperative basis and to authorize cooperation and sharing among localities, states and others in providing joint or cooperative library services in areas where the distribution of population or of existing and potential library...
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45-22-140
Section 45-22-140 Forest fire protection. (a) The county governing body of Cullman County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection against forest fires in Cullman County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission's fire protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(l) After the Cullman County governing body has determined that such a need does exist in Cullman County, the governing body may, in the manner hereinafter specified, provide for a financial charge or tax to be paid by the owners of forest land located in Cullman County for the use of land for timber growing purposes amounting to the whole or any part of the cost of such fire protection program, but not in excess of fifteen cents ($0.15) per acre, provided such financial charge or tax is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forest land due to the availability of such fire protection. (2) "Forest lands" as used in this section, shall mean any land which supports a forest...
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8-16-7
Section 8-16-7 Powers of commissioner and local sealers in supervising weights and measures. (a) When not otherwise provided by law, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries within the state, the county sealer within the county and the city sealer within the city shall have the power and it shall be their duty to inspect, test, try, and ascertain if they are correct all weights, measures, and weighing or measuring devices kept, offered, or exposed for sale, sold, used, or employed in proving the size, quantity, extent, area, or measurement of quantities, things, produce, or articles for distribution or consumption purchased or offered or submitted for sale, hire, or reward, in computing any charge for services rendered on the basis of weight or measure or in determining weight or measure when a charge is made for such determination. (b) They shall have the power to, and shall from time to time, weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities of whatsoever kind...
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37-6-21
Section 37-6-21 Sale, lease or encumbrance of property; offeror's disclosure statement; invitations for competing or alternative proposals; exceptions; effect of violation. A cooperative may not sell or lease all or any substantial portion of its property, unless such sale or lease is authorized at a duly held meeting of the members thereof by the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds of all the members of the cooperative and unless the notice of such sale or lease shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting. A cooperative acting through its board of trustees may mortgage, by mortgage or deed of trust, pledge or otherwise encumber, to secure any indebtedness of the cooperative, all or any portion of its property, assets and the revenues and income therefrom, from time to time, when authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members at a duly held meeting after proper notice thereof. The board of trustees of a cooperative, without authorization of the...
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE WHEREAS, with regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple states, the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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45-20A-30
Section 45-20A-30 Community antenna television system. (a) As used in this section the word city shall mean the City of Florala, Alabama, in Covington County, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) In addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law: (1) The city is authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a community antenna television system, CATV, which may be defined, without limiting the generality, as a facility that in whole or in part, receives directly, or indirectly, or over the air, and amplifies or otherwise modifies the signal transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations from any point within this state or any other state and distributes such signals by wire or cable or any other means to subscribing members of the public who pay for such service; and (2) The city is authorized and empowered to acquire,...
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45-27A-32
Section 45-27A-32 Community antenna television system. (a) As used in this section the word city shall mean the City of Brewton, Alabama, in Escambia County, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) In addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law: The city is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a community antenna television system (CATV), which may be defined, without limiting the generality, as a facility that in whole or in part, receives directly, or indirectly, or over the air, and amplifies or otherwise modifies the signal transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations from any point within this state or any other state and distributes such signals by wire or cable or any other means to subscribing members of the public who pay for such service. (c) For the purposes of this section, the city may...
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