11-81-141
Section 11-81-141 Powers of municipalities or counties generally; provisions in instruments or deeds of trust creating pledges, mortgages, liens, etc., for payment of bonds; determination of costs of acquisition, construction, etc., of undertakings. (a) In addition to the powers which it may now have, any municipality or county shall have power under this division: (1) To acquire by gift or purchase, to construct, to reconstruct, to improve, to better or to extend any undertaking within or without the municipality or county or partially within or partially without the municipality or county; (2) To operate and maintain any undertaking for its own use and for the use of public and private consumers and users within and without the territorial boundaries of the municipality or county; (3) To lease any undertaking or portion thereof to any agency or department of the State of Alabama for a period or periods not exceeding 40 years from the completion of the construction of the work, if...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. 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) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (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, take and hold, whether by purchase, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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23-1-352
Section 23-1-352 Definitions. For the purpose of the laws of this state relating to aeronautics, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings herein given, unless otherwise specifically defined, or unless another intention clearly appears or the context requires otherwise: (1) AERONAUTICS or AERONAUTICAL ACTIVITIES. The science and art of flight including, but not limited to, transportation by aircraft; the operation, construction, repair, or maintenance of aircraft, aircraft power plants and accessories, including the use, repair, packing, and maintenance of parachutes; the design, establishment, construction, expansion, operation, improvement, repair, or maintenance of airports, restricted landing areas, or other air navigation facilities including the aerial and ground approaches thereto; and instruction in flying or ground subjects pertaining thereto. (2) AERONAUTICAL INSTRUCTION. The imparting of aeronautical knowledge or information by any aeronautics...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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11-50-5
Section 11-50-5 Construction, purchase, operation, etc., of waterworks and water supply plants and systems and expenditure of municipal funds therefor. (a) Any municipality in this state may construct, purchase, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve waterworks plants and systems or any part or parts thereof, whether located within or without or partly within and partly without the corporate limits of such municipality. Such plants and systems may be purchased subject to encumbrances and to contracts to furnish water therefrom, the payment and performance of which may be assumed. Any municipality in this state may furnish and distribute, under contract, water to persons, firms, and corporations in such municipality and to persons, firms, and corporations in the territory surrounding such municipality, whether or not the territory surrounding such municipality is contiguous thereto. (b) Without limiting the generality of any of the language contained in subsection (a) of this...
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11-81-200
Section 11-81-200 Acquisition, extension, operation, etc., of power plants, power lines, electric systems, etc., by counties or municipalities authorized; acquisition of rights-of-way. (a) Any county or municipal corporation within this state is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, construction, condemnation or otherwise and to maintain, extend, improve and operate electric light plants, power plants, power lines and electric distribution systems together with the extension and the appurtenances thereto and all the property, tangible and intangible and of like or different kind to be used or useful in connection therewith, either within or without or partly within and partly without the corporate limits of such municipal corporation or the boundaries of such county, under the provisions of this article for the purpose of producing, obtaining, distributing or furnishing an adequate supply of electricity for public, industrial, business, domestic, light, power or other...
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11-50-239
Section 11-50-239 Acquisition, operation, etc., of waterworks system located in another municipality; execution of contract for conveyance of system in other municipality thereto upon payment in full of indebtedness of corporation. (a) Each waterworks board now or hereafter organized under this division, in addition to all other powers conferred on it by law, is hereby further authorized and empowered to acquire, by purchase from the owner or owners thereof, all or any part of a waterworks plant or system and any rights incidental thereto located within the limits of any incorporated municipality in this state other than the municipality within which such board was organized to operate and thereafter to manage, operate, extend, enlarge, lease, mortgage, convey, and otherwise control the same as a part of its waterworks system in the municipality within which such board was organized to operate in all respects as if the properties so purchased were located in the municipality within...
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11-50-1
Section 11-50-1 Establishment, purchase, etc., of waterworks, gas or electric plants by municipalities generally; contracts for furnishing of water, gas, or electricity; regulation of gas, electricity, and water rates and quality. Cities and towns shall have the right to establish, purchase, maintain, and operate waterworks or contract for a supply of wholesome water for their inhabitants; to establish, purchase, maintain, and operate a gas or electric light works and to contract for the furnishing of gas or electricity to the city or town and surrounding territory; to regulate the manner and rates for furnishing gas, electricity, and water after expiration of a contract; and to prescribe the quality of gas or electricity furnished to the inhabitants by any person or corporation. (Code 1907, §1260; Code 1923, §2001; Code 1940, T. 37, §360.)...
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11-50-13
Section 11-50-13 Transfer of waterworks, sewer, electric, and gas plants, etc., to boards organized and incorporated to own and operate same. (a) Each municipality in Alabama which now or hereafter owns a waterworks plant and system, a sewer plant and system, an electric plant and system, and a gas plant and system, or any one or more thereof, is hereby authorized to transfer and convey one or more of such plants and systems or any part or parts of such plants and systems or any rights incidental thereto, without the necessity of authorization at an election of the qualified voters of such municipality, to a board which is a public corporation organized and incorporated under Sections 11-50-231 through 11-50-238, 11-50-240 and 11-50-241, as amended, or under any act providing for the incorporation of like boards to own and operate any waterworks plant or system, any sewer plant or system, any electric plant or system, or any gas plant or system, whether such board was incorporated with...
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11-50-31
Section 11-50-31 Rights and powers of domestic municipal corporations as to acquisition, maintenance, etc., of waterworks systems conferred upon foreign municipal corporations. All the rights and powers that are incident to and conferred by law upon municipal corporations of this state to purchase, hold, take, and condemn property or easements in property needful for the location, maintenance, security, and operation of a complete system of waterworks, including the ownership of such watersheds, rights-of-way, and easements in property and the construction of such dams, canals, raceways, and reservoirs and the laying of such pipes, conduits, and mains as is necessary and proper to render a public water supply available for use are hereby conferred upon such foreign municipal corporations as may wish to procure a public water supply from this state in accordance with the provisions of this article. (Code 1907, §1444; Code 1923, §2300; Code 1940, T. 37, §388.)...
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