45-49A-10.04
Section 45-49A-10.04 Powers of corporation. A corporation organized and established
under this article shall have the following powers: (1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation
of its affairs and the conduct of its business. (2) To adopt an official seal and alter the
same at pleasure. (3) To maintain a principal office at the City of Bayou La Batre, and suboffices
at such place or places within Mobile County as it may designate. (4) To sue and be sued in
its own name, excepting actions in tort against the corporation. (5) To construct, lease,
build, install, acquire, own, operate, maintain, equip, use, and control marinas, ports, waterfront
facilities, docks, wharves, piers, berths, quays, warehouses, industrial and building sites,
industrial and factory buildings, and the necessary or convenient approaches, easements, roads,
streets, and ways leading thereto or used in conjunction therewith. (6) To own, acquire, maintain,
and control easements, rights of way, streets, approaches,...
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11-61A-9
Section 11-61A-9 Powers. The authority shall have the following powers, together with
all incidental powers necessary: (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 suits and actions. (3) To adopt and make use of a
corporate seal and to alter the seal 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, gift, lease, devise, eminent domain, or otherwise, property of every description,
whether real, personal, or mixed, and to manage the property, and to develop any undeveloped
property owned, leased, or controlled by it. An authority may not acquire or lease real property
located outside the boundaries of the municipality. An authority created under this chapter
may not exercise any power of eminent domain without a concurring...
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11-86A-12
Section 11-86A-12 Powers of authority generally. An authority shall have the following
powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this chapter.
(2) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper
venue; provided, however, that an authority may not be sued in any court other than the courts
of the county of incorporation; provided, further, that the officers, directors, agents, and
employees of an authority may not be sued for their actions on behalf of the authority except
for actions that are known by a person to be unlawful or are performed with reckless disregard
for the lawfulness of the actions. (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the
seal at its pleasure. (4) To establish a fiscal year. (5) To anticipate by the issuance of
its bonds the receipt of any revenues that may be appropriated by or to the authority and
to pledge the proceeds of the appropriations as security for the...
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11-92C-8
Section 11-92C-8 Powers of authority. (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 Section 11-92C-20, specified in its certificate of incorporation.
(2) To sue and be sued in its own name and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court
having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties; provided that the authority
shall be deemed to be a governmental entity as defined in Chapter 93 of this title for the
purpose of limiting the damages for which the authority may be liable. (3) To adopt and make
use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter bylaws
for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, whether by purchase,
construction, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise, and to refinance existing...
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41-10-141
Section 41-10-141 Powers and duties of authority generally. An 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 maintain
civil actions and have civil actions maintained against it in its corporate name, 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 amend its certificate
of incorporation by filing in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate signed by
all of the directors of the authority setting forth the details of the amendment, such certificate
to be acknowledged in the same manner as the certificate of incorporation; (5) To adopt and
alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and...
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16-3-28
Section 16-3-28 Authority of board and trustees of institutions to borrow from federal
agencies or others; issuance of bonds, notes and other securities. (a) The State Board of
Education, acting for the respective educational institutions under its supervision, and each
public corporation that conducts one or more state educational institutions under its supervision,
acting through its board of trustees or other governing body, are hereby separately authorized
to exercise and perform any or all of the following powers: (1) To borrow money from the United
States of America or any department or agency thereof, or from any person, firm, corporation
or other lending agency for the purchase, construction, enlargement or alteration of any buildings
or other improvements, including dormitories, dining halls, classrooms, laboratories, libraries,
stadiums, administration buildings and any other buildings and appurtenances thereto suitable
for use by the institution with respect to which the...
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22-21-179
Section 22-21-179 Powers of corporation. The corporation shall have all the powers and
authority inhering in, or conferred upon, counties in the State of Alabama operating public
hospitals, except as otherwise provided, as well as the following specific 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 Section
22-21-191; (2) Subject to the limitations contained in the provisions of this section,
to maintain actions and have actions maintained against it in its own name in civil, including
ex delicto and ex contractu, actions; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to
alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt bylaws and amend the same; (5) To receive, acquire,
take and hold, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and...
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33-15-6
Section 33-15-6 Powers, duties and functions generally. The general powers, duties and
functions of the authority shall be as follows: (1) GENERAL. The authority: a. Shall have
perpetual succession in its corporate name; b. May bring civil actions and have civil actions
brought against it in its corporate name; c. May adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal, which
shall be judicially noticed; d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with
federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments and with private individuals,
corporations, associations and other organizations, including the Bear Creek Watershed Association,
Inc., whether organized under the laws of Alabama or of another state, as the board may deem
necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this article, which authorization
shall include without limitation contracts and cooperative arrangements with any of the several
states and with counties and municipalities in...
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4-3-11
Section 4-3-11 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 suits and 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, 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 undeveloped property owned, leased or controlled by...
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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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