33-17-8
Section 33-17-8 Powers enumerated. The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have
succession by its corporate name without time limit; (2) To bring civil actions and have civil
actions brought against it and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of
the subject matter and of the parties; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter
the same at pleasure; (4) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise
real and personal property of every kind and description, and to manage the same; (5) To acquire
by purchase, gift or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or by any other lawful means,
any property, whether real, personal or mixed, the acquisition of which is found by the board
to be necessary or convenient to the authority in the carrying out of the purposes for which
the authority is authorized to be organized, and to lease or convey any such property or to
cause any such property to be leased or conveyed to the United...
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41-10-54
Section 41-10-54 Powers of authority generally; acquisition by eminent domain of real property
or rights owned by railroads or utilities not authorized. (a) The authority shall have the
following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until it is dissolved; (2)
To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (3) To
adopt and use an official seal and alter the same at pleasure; (4) To maintain a principal
office in Jefferson County, Alabama, and suboffices at such places within the state as it
may designate; (5) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court
having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties; (6) To acquire by purchase,
gift, condemnation or any other lawful means any real, personal or mixed property necessary
or convenient in connection with the purpose for which the authority is formed and to hold
title to such property, together with all rights incidental to its estate in such...
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45-28A-50
Section 45-28A-50 Regulation of sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a)
This section shall apply only to the City of Glencoe in Etowah and Calhoun Counties. (b) The
voters of the City of Glencoe may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the city
on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: The governing
body of the City of Glencoe, by resolution, may call an election for the city to determine
the sentiment of the voters of the city residing within the corporate limits, as to whether
or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed on Sunday within the city. (c)
On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do
you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within the City of Glencoe
on Sunday subject to regulation by the City Council? Yes ___ No ___." (d) The election
shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the election in the manner provided...
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45-8A-125
Section 45-8A-125 Regulation of sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a)
The voters of the City of Southside in Etowah and Calhoun Counties may authorize the sale
of alcoholic beverages within the city on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section,
in the following manner: The governing body of the City of Southside, by resolution, may call
an election for the city to determine the sentiment of the voters of the city residing within
the corporate limits, as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed
on Sunday within the city. (b) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall
be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic
beverages within the City of Southside on Sunday subject to regulation by the City Council?
Yes ___ No ___." (c) The election shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the
election in the manner provided by law for holding other city elections, and the...
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9-8-25
Section 9-8-25 Powers and duties of districts; performance of work on private lands; acquisition,
etc., of land by public bodies; exemption from taxation. (a) A soil and water conservation
district organized under this article shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this
state and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such district
and the supervisors thereof shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted
in other sections of this article: (1) To carry out preventive and control measures within
the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation,
the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and other erosion control measures on lands
owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies with the consent and cooperation
of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof and on any other lands within
the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands or the...
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11-20-73
Section 11-20-73 Powers of authority; execution of contracts; disposition of funds. (a) An
agriculture authority shall have the following powers, which it may exercise in the agriculture
authority's authorized operational area: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until
dissolved as provided in this article. (2) To adopt bylaws making provisions for its actions
not inconsistent with this article. (3) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court
of competent jurisdiction and proper venue; provided, however, that the board may not be sued
in any trial court other than the courts of the county of incorporation; provided, further,
that the officers, directors, agents, and employees of an agriculture authority may not be
sued for their actions in behalf of the authority except for actions that are unreasonable
or known by the person to be unlawful or are performed with reckless disregard for the lawfulness
of such actions. (4) To plan for construction and development of an...
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11-50-343
Section 11-50-343 Powers generally; publication, recordation, and authentication of resolutions
of board. (a) Each board created under the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be
a public agency or instrumentality exercising public and governmental functions to provide
for the public health and welfare, and each such board is hereby authorized and empowered:
(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 an office at such
place or places within the city as it may designate; (4) To sue and be sued in its own name;
(5) To acquire, purchase, lease as lessee, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, operate,
and maintain any water system or part thereof or any sewer system or part thereof or any combination
thereof within or without or partly within and partly without the corporate limits of the
city, and to acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right...
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16-13-37
Section 16-13-37 Use of county sales and use tax funds for general educational purposes. (a)
When approved at a referendum election held for such purposes in the manner hereinafter prescribed,
any local board of education may divert any earmarked revenue derived by it from county sales
and use taxes heretofore levied and imposed by local laws enacted by the Legislature of Alabama
which exclusively earmarked such county sales and use taxes for capital outlay, construction
and maintenance of public schools and use or spend the same for general educational purposes,
including payment of teachers' salaries, other current school expenses, and costs of school
transportation, the provisions of any general, special or local law to the contrary notwithstanding.
(b) Upon the written request of the local board of education to the county commission, the
referendum elections referred to in subsection (a) of this section may be called, held and
conducted as nearly as may be in accordance with state...
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19-3-120
Section 19-3-120 Classes of authorized investments; repeal of conflicting statutes. (a) Unless
otherwise authorized or directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof, or by the will,
trust agreement or other document which is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator,
guardian or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity, other than as a trustee governed by
the Alabama Uniform Trust Code, with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, in addition
to any other investments now permitted by law, may invest funds in securities or investments
which, at the time of the making or purchase thereof, are included in one or more of the following
classes: (1) Bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of the United States of America,
or payment of which the United States of America has guaranteed as to both principal and interest.
(2) Bonds issued by the Federal Land Bank, under the act of Congress of the United States
of America, designated as "the Federal Farm Loan...
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22-3A-7
Section 22-3A-7 Powers of authority. The authority shall have the following powers among others
specified in this chapter: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as
provided in this chapter; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in
equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;
(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To make and
alter all needful bylaws, rules and regulations for the transaction of the authority's business
and the control of its property and affairs; (5) To provide for the acquisition, construction,
installation, equipping, operation and maintenance of public health facilities, including
the equipping and improvement of existing public health facilities, and to vest title to such
facilities or to cause or permit title to such facilities to be vested in the authority, the
State Board of Health or county board(s) of health, as the directors...
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