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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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