45-37-210
Section 45-37-210 Metropolitan Rapid Rail Study Commission. (a) There is created a rapid rail
authority in Jefferson County to be called the Metropolitan Rapid Rail Study Commission, hereinafter
referred to as the commission. The commission shall be a body corporate and politic, shall
be governed and managed as provided for in this section, and shall have the powers and duties
provided for by this section, and other applicable provisions of law. (b) The commission shall
be composed of five members as follows: (1) One member appointed by the Jefferson County State
Senate Delegation. (2) One member appointed by the Jefferson County State House Delegation.
(3) One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit
Authority. (4) One member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham. (5) One member
appointed by the Jefferson County commissioner in charge of roads and transportation. (c)(1)
The members shall be appointed to four-year terms and may be...
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9-10-5
Section 9-10-5 Powers and duties generally. The corporation organized and established under
this article shall have the following powers, subject only to the limitations described hereinafter:
(1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2)
To adopt, use and alter a corporate seal which shall be judicially noticed; (3) To maintain
a principal office at a place named in its papers of incorporation and a suboffice or suboffices
at such places as it may deem necessary; (4) To enter into such contracts and cooperative
agreements with federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments, with
private individuals, corporations and associations and other organizations to do any act necessary
or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this article;
(5) To sue and be sued in its own name; (6) To enter into agreements with the United States
government or its agencies or political subdivisions...
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9-6-3
Section 9-6-3 Purposes of authorities. Public corporations may be formed under the provisions
of this chapter for any one or more or all of the following purposes: (1) To undertake and
to make or cause to be made engineering, technical, financial, legal and other appropriate
studies and surveys with respect to water, air or general environmental pollution problems
and hazards within the area of operation; (2) To construct, acquire, own and operate, singly
or in conjunction with others, lease, sell and otherwise dispose of equipment, facilities
and systems for the control, abatement or prevention of water, air or general environmental
pollution; and (3) To cooperate with and lend financial assistance and other aid to municipalities,
communities, counties, industries and public and private corporations within and outside of
the area of operation and within or outside of the boundaries of the State of Alabama in any
matters and undertakings having to do with or the end purpose of which is...
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11-47-14.1
Section 11-47-14.1 Construction of port facilities by Class 1 municipalities; bonds and other
contributions. (a) Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds that the Tombigbee
Waterway will soon be completed, and the transportation opportunities afforded thereby must
be fully utilized if Alabama is to benefit from economic growth and job development potential
afforded by this project, and that local governments need broader authorization to participate
in the development of river port facilities necessary to accomplish this purpose. (b) Municipalities
authorized to construct port facilities; limitations thereon. The council or other governing
body of any Class 1 municipality may alter and change the channel of any watercourse within
25 miles of such municipality and may construct and maintain wharves and construct buildings
and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites, within such municipality or within
25 miles of the limits thereof, and may collect wharfage...
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11-54-22
Section 11-54-22 Powers of municipalities generally as to acquisition, leasing, etc., of projects
for industry, trade, and pollution control. In addition to any other powers which it may now
have, each municipality shall have the following powers: (1) To acquire and, in connection
with such acquisition, to enlarge, improve, and expand, whether by construction, purchase,
gift, or lease, one or more projects which shall be located within this state and may be located
within or without the municipality or partially within or partially without the municipality,
but which shall not be located more than 15 miles outside of the corporate limits of the municipality;
(2) To lease to others any or all of its projects for such rentals and upon such terms and
conditions as the governing body may deem advisable and as shall not conflict with the provisions
of this article; and (3) To issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquisition
by construction and purchase and, in...
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11-54-52
Section 11-54-52 Powers of municipalities generally as to acquisition, leasing, etc., of projects
for provision of buildings and other facilities for certain national organizations. In addition
to any other powers which it may now have, each municipality shall have the following powers:
(1) To acquire, whether by construction, purchase, gift, or lease, and to equip one or more
projects, which shall be located within this state and may be located within or without the
municipality or partially within or partially without the municipality, but which shall not
be located more than 15 miles outside of the corporate limits of the municipality; (2) To
improve, enlarge, expand, equip, furnish, insure, and maintain one or more projects; (3) To
lease to others any or all of its projects or any part thereof for such rentals and upon such
terms and conditions as the governing body may deem advisable and as shall not conflict with
the provisions of this article and to grant options to renew or...
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11-80-1
Section 11-80-1 Condemnation of lands for public building sites, roads, streets, construction
materials, etc. (a) Counties and municipal corporations may condemn lands for public building
sites or additions thereto, or for enlargements of sites already owned, or for public roads
or streets or alleys, or for material for the construction of public roads or streets or for
any other public use. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality or county
may not condemn property for the purposes of private retail, office, commercial, industrial,
or residential development; primarily for enhancement of tax revenue; for transfer to a person,
nongovernmental entity, public-private partnership, corporation, or other business entity;
or for the primary purpose of acquiring a mortgage or deed of trust. Provided, however, the
provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the use of eminent domain by any municipality,
housing authority, or other public entity based upon a finding...
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24-7A-3
Section 24-7A-3 Powers of authority. The authority may: (1) Undertake research and studies
and analyses of housing needs in the State of Alabama, and the means by which such needs may
be met, including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof
according to income groups, the amount and quality of available housing and its distribution
according to rental and sales prices, and employment, wage, and other factors affecting the
local housing needs and the meeting thereof, and make the results and analyses available to
the public and the building, housing, and supply industries. (2) Enter into contracts with
cities, towns, counties, and other housing authorities in the state for the purpose of carrying
out this section. (3) Establish rentals and select tenants in low-income rental housing projects
under its jurisdiction. (4) Issue bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness for the
purpose of financing the construction of housing for low-income...
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33-1-12.1
Section 33-1-12.1 Additional powers. In addition to the powers conferred in this chapter and
by other applicable law, the port authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have and
use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (2) To exercise the right of eminent
domain as freely and completely, and in the same manner, as the state has that power now or
at any time hereafter, and the power of eminent domain shall apply not only as to all property
of private persons or corporations but also as to property already devoted to public use.
(3) To acquire by purchase, gift, the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or other lawful
means, sell, rent, lease, and otherwise dispose of real, personal, or mixed property in its
own name, and to construct, improve, renovate, equip, and maintain the docks and its facilities.
(4) To receive, take, and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise, eminent domain, or other lawful
means, real and personal estate of every description in its own...
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9-2-3
Section 9-2-3 Powers and duties as to state parks and parkways, etc. The Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources, for the purpose of establishing, developing and maintaining state parks
and parkways, may acquire land by donation, purchase, condemnation or lease and for these
purposes may use such funds as may be available to it and not otherwise obligated and may
enter into agreements with the federal government or other agencies for acquiring by lease,
purchase or otherwise such lands as in its judgment are desirable for state parks or parkways.
As to the purchase of lands, such agreements may provide for a division of the payments over
a period of years, in which case the payments may be secured by mortgage; provided, that no
liability shall attach to the State of Alabama or any of its departments, boards, bureaus
or commissions or any member or official thereof if the security specifically given in any
such mortgage is insufficient to pay said mortgage at a forced sale or...
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