11-50-391
Section 11-50-391 Creation. Any two or more municipalities are hereby empowered and authorized to cause to be organized and incorporated a gas district as a public corporation with all the power and authority provided in this article for the purpose of securing for such municipalities a supply of natural or artificial gas and for the purpose of transporting gas and for the purpose of the local distribution and sale of gas and gas services in any one or more of such municipalities or for any one or more of such purposes. Such power and authority shall be exercised by the governing body of each such municipality. The determination of such governing body to exercise the power and authority in this section granted shall be evidenced by a resolution which shall declare the desirability of organizing and incorporating a gas district, name the municipalities which are to be members of such district, set forth a brief description of the gas system or systems to be owned and operated by such...
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11-50-314
Section 11-50-314 Powers of corporation generally; provisions in mortgages, deeds of trust, or pledge agreements executed by corporation as to rights of parties thereto, etc. (a) Each corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under this article shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation or until dissolved as provided in this article; (2) To sue and be sued and to defend civil actions against it; (3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To acquire, purchase, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any system or systems, the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of such corporation or in any amendment thereto (whether or not such system or...
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10A-2-10.07
Section 10A-2-10.07 Restated articles of incorporation. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A corporation's board of directors may restate its articles of incorporation at any time with or without shareholder action. (b) The restatement may include one or more amendments to the articles. If the restatement includes an amendment requiring shareholder approval, it must be adopted as provided in Section 10A-2-10.03. (c) If the board of directors submits a restatement for shareholder action, the corporation shall notify each shareholder, whether or not entitled to vote, of the proposed shareholders' meeting in accordance with Section 10A-2-7.05. The notice must also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the proposed restatement that identifies any amendment or other change it would make in the articles. (d) A corporation restating its articles of incorporation...
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11-50-520
Section 11-50-520 Definitions. The following words and phrases and others importing the same meaning, where used in this chapter, shall be given the following respective interpretations and meanings: (1) THE CORPORATION. Any corporation organized under this chapter. (2) APPLICANTS. Those persons who organize the corporation. (3) POWER DISTRICT. The territory proposed to be served by the corporation as specified in its certificate of incorporation as originally filed or any amendment thereto made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (4) MUNICIPALITY or MUNICIPALITIES. Any city or town incorporated under the laws of Alabama. (5) COUNTY or COUNTIES. Any county organized under the laws of Alabama. (6) GOVERNING BODY. Whenever used in relation to any municipality, the city or town council, city commission or the body or board, by whatsoever name known, having charge of the governing of a municipality, and shall be held to include the mayor or other chief executive officer of the...
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11-89-32
Section 11-89-32 Procedure to form special corporation. (a) In order to provide for operation and financing of one or more, but not all, of its authorized services under Chapter 89, Title 11, by following the procedures set out in this article, any district may establish a separate public corporation and grant to it the power to finance and operate any, but not all, of the authorized services of the district. If any district may, by its certificate of incorporation, provide more than one of fire protection service, sewer service, or water service in its service area, it may provide that any one or more of the services, but not all of them, may be operated and financed through a special corporation organized pursuant to this article. The procedure to organize a special corporation is as follows: The board shall adopt a resolution specifying that it is necessary or expedient that a special corporation be organized pursuant to this article to operate and finance one or more, but not all,...
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11-88-7
Section 11-88-7 Powers of authority generally; power of authority to acquire, operate, etc., systems, etc., outside service area; provisions in schedules of rates and charges generally; powers of authority organized to construct and operate sewer system. (a) The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 11-88-18) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this article, and to defend civil actions against it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and...
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5-7A-62
Section 5-7A-62 Application to convert charter; written plan of conversion; authorizing resolution; submission to superintendent; fee; tentative approval; vote of stockholders or members; directors; articles of incorporation and bylaws; statement of superintendent's objections; amendment; appeal of disapproval; application to FDIC; final approval and permit. Any savings institution may apply to the superintendent for permission to convert its charter in order to do business as a state chartered bank in accordance with the following procedures: (1) The board of directors shall approve a written plan of conversion, the application for conversion and shall adopt an authorizing resolution, all by a vote of a majority of all the directors. The plan of conversion shall include a statement of: a. The proposed organization and management structure of the resulting bank if the application were approved, and the proposed name under which it would do business as a bank; b. The method and time...
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10A-2A-1.47
Section 10A-2A-1.47 Ratification of defective corporate actions. (a) To ratify a defective corporate action under this section (other than the ratification of an election of the initial board of directors under subsection (b)), the board of directors shall take action ratifying the action in accordance with Section 10A-2A-1.48, stating: (1) the defective corporate action to be ratified and, if the defective corporate action involved the issuance of putative stock, the number and type of shares of putative stock purportedly issued; (2) the date of the defective corporate action; (3) the nature of the failure of authorization with respect to the defective corporate action to be ratified; and (4) that the board of directors approves the ratification of the defective corporate action. (b) In the event that a defective corporate action to be ratified relates to the election of the initial board of directors of the corporation under Section 10A-2A-2.04(a)(2), a majority of the persons who,...
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11-54-171
Section 11-54-171 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this article shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, be given the following interpretations: (1) APPLICANT. A person who files a written application with the governing body of any municipality in accordance with Section 11-54-173. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to this article. (3) AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITY. Any municipality the governing body of which shall have adopted an authorizing resolution. (4) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing body of any municipality in accordance with Section 11-54-173, that authorizes the incorporation of an authority. (5) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (6) BONDS. Includes bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money. (7) COUNTY. Any county in the state. (8) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of an authority. (9) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to a municipality, its city or town council,...
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11-47-218
Section 11-47-218 Powers of authorities generally; location of projects; exercise of power of eminent domain. (a) In addition to all other powers at any time conferred on it by law, and subject to any express provisions of its certificate of incorporation to the contrary, an authority shall have the following lawful powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to discharge thereof in the corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity or for the duration specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions and to defend actions against it. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations, and rules, not inconsistent with this article or its certificate of incorporation, for the regulation and conduct of the affairs and business of the authority. (5) To acquire, receive, take, and hold, whether by purchase,...
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