11-85-3
Section 11-85-3 Organization, staff, procedure, etc.; appropriation and expenditure of funds. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions of Sections 11-52-4, 11-52-5, and 11-52-6 relative to organization, rules, staff, finances, procedure, and miscellaneous powers and duties of municipal planning commissions shall, so far as applicable, apply to regional planning commissions. (b) The amount which a regional planning commission may expend in any year shall be such as may be determined by said regional planning commission, subject to approval by the Governor, who shall fix the proportion of such expenditure to be borne by the respective municipalities, counties, and other taxing districts and political subdivisions within the region. The council or other governing body of each such municipality, the county commission of each such county and the appropriating body of each such taxing district or political subdivision within the region are hereby authorized to...
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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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41-22-3
Section 41-22-3 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except when the context otherwise requires: (1) AGENCY. Every board, bureau, commission, department, officer, or other administrative office or unit of the state, including the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, other than the Legislature and its agencies, the Alabama State Port Authority, the courts, the Alabama Public Service Commission, or the State Banking Department, whose administrative procedures are governed by Sections 5-2A-8 and 5-2A-9. The term does not include boards of trustees of postsecondary institutions, boards of plans administered by public pension systems, counties, municipalities, or any agencies of local governmental units, unless they are expressly made subject to this chapter by general or special law. (2) COMMITTEE. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rule Review, comprised of the members of...
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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued pursuant to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface coal mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and such other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance standards shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall require the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that reaffecting the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore the land affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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40-23-4
Section 40-23-4 Exemptions. (a) There are exempted from the provisions of this division and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied, assessed, or payable under this division the following: (1) The gross proceeds of the sales of lubricating oil and gasoline as defined in Sections 40-17-30 and 40-17-170 and the gross proceeds from those sales of lubricating oil destined for out-of-state use which are transacted in a manner whereby an out-of-state purchaser takes delivery of such oil at a distributor's plant within this state and transports it out-of-state, which are otherwise taxed. (2) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of fertilizer when used for agricultural purposes. The word "fertilizer" shall not be construed to include cottonseed meal, when not in combination with other materials. (3) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of seeds for planting purposes and baby chicks and poults. Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt or exclude from the computation of...
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11-85-52
Section 11-85-52 Formation of regional planning and development commissions. (a) Generally. At any time subsequent to the designation of a state planning and development district pursuant to Section 11-85-51, governmental units within the district acting through their governing bodies by ordinance or resolution may adopt a written agreement for the formation of a regional planning and development commission and may petition the Governor to certify such a commission for a region located entirely within a state planning and development district and consisting of at least three contiguous counties and containing a population of at least 100,000. Governmental units so petitioning must represent at least a majority of the population within the proposed region. No county shall be divided in forming a region. The Governor may, after consultation with the governing bodies of the governmental units involved, amend petitions to include additional counties to assure that the objectives of this...
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11-52-30
Section 11-52-30 Territorial jurisdiction; approval of maps or plats; regulations; limits on exercise of powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the territorial jurisdiction of any municipal planning commission shall include all land located in the municipality and all land lying within five miles of the corporate limits of the municipality and not located in any other municipality; except that, in the case of any nonmunicipal land lying within five miles of more than one municipality having a municipal planning commission, the jurisdiction of each municipal planning commission shall terminate at a boundary line equidistant from the respective corporate limits of such municipalities. Any alterations of a municipal planning commission based upon annexation or deannexation of property within the corporate limits of a municipality shall occur once a year on the first day of January and shall take effect for any annexations which were finalized on or before the preceding first day...
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11-85-56
Section 11-85-56 Powers and duties generally. A regional planning and development commission established pursuant to this article may perform the following: (1) Carry on continuous, comprehensive planning for the region, assessing needs, resources, and development opportunities and formulating goals, objectives, policies, and standards to guide physical, economic, and human resource development. (2) Prepare a regional plan consistent with state comprehensive planning and reflecting plans and programs of the participating governmental units which shall set forth policies for the development of the region in accordance with present and future needs and resources including policies for patterns of urbanization, for the use of land and resources for commerce, industry, recreation, transportation, forestry, and agriculture, for the development of human resources and for administrative measures in support thereof. (3) Prepare an annual regional development program to implement the policies...
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41-9-205
Section 41-9-205 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) A-95. The process of evaluation, review and coordination of federal and federally assisted programs and projects; (2) A-102. The process of establishing uniform administrative requirements for programs that provide financial assistance through grant or contractual arrangements; (3) GOVERNING BODY. The chief legislative body of a governmental unit; (4) GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. Counties and municipalities; (5) MUNICIPALITY. Cities, towns, villages and other incorporated jurisdictions; (6) REGION. All the geographical area contained within the aggregate territorial limits of all governmental units participating in regional planning and development commission as stipulated in Sections 41-9-181 through 41-9-183 and 41-9-200 through 41-9-201; (7) REVIEW AND COMMENT. Review and comment of the Office of State Planning and...
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23-1-21.1
Section 23-1-21.1 Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this section and Sections 23-1-21.2 and 23-1-21.3, shall have the following meanings, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) DIRECTOR. The Director of the State of Alabama State Department of Transportation. (2) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. Transportation which is appropriate to transport people by bus, rail, or other conveyance, serving the general public. The terms "mass transportation," "mass transit," "public transit," "ridesharing," "carpooling," "vanpooling," and "buspooling" are included within this definition and shall be considered synonymous with "public transportation." (3) MUNICIPALITY. Any city, town, or like governing body. (4) COUNTY. Any county in the State of Alabama. (5) TRANSIT AUTHORITY. Any transit authority organized within the state or authority organized to serve a metropolitan or urbanized area which borders on the state boundary. (6)...
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