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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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40-3-8
Section 40-3-8 Proration of compensation payments; employment of staff; inventory of property
authorized; authority to contribute to cost of inventory; offices, supplies, etc., in certain
counties. (a) In every county except a county subject to subsection (b) of this section, the
compensation of the members of any board of equalization and adjustments, as provided in Section
40-3-7, shall be paid 22 1/2 percent by the state, 38 3/4 percent by the county and 38 3/4
percent by the largest municipality in the county. (b) This subsection shall apply to any
county of the state having a population of 600,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent
federal census. In each county subject to this subsection, the compensation of the members
of any board of equalization and adjustments, as provided in Section 40-3-7, shall be paid
22 1/2 percent by the state, 38 3/4 percent by the county and 38 3/4 percent by the largest
municipality in the county. (c) The compensation of the members of...
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11-50A-8
Section 11-50A-8 Powers of the authority. In addition to other powers granted the authority
by this chapter, it shall have all powers consistent with the purposes of the authority as
set forth in Section 11-50A-3, which are necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate
the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, but without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the following enumerated powers, which shall be exercised by the authority
consistently with the provisions of Section 11-50A-3: (1) To sue and be sued and to prosecute
and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;
(2) To adopt and alter a corporate seal; (3) To make and alter at pleasure all needful bylaws,
rules, and regulations for the transaction of its business and the control of its property
and affairs; (4) To have the same right of eminent domain through condemnation conferred by
Section 10-5-1, or any subsequent statute of similar import; provided...
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25-9-86
Section 25-9-86 Examinations for gases and other dangerous conditions. (a) Operators of mines
are required to employ one or more certified fire bosses and to have a preshift examination
made. The duties of the fire boss are to examine for dangerous conditions all manways, slopes,
and entries used by men in traveling to and from work and to examine for gas and other dangerous
conditions all working places, adjoining abandoned places, and accessible pillar falls for
accumulation of gas. The fire boss will ascertain that the air is traveling in its proper
course and that all ventilation appliances are in good condition and working effectively.
The fire boss will indicate his examination of working and abandoned places, pillar falls,
and ventilating appliances by marking his initial and the date conspicuously in or on such
places. (b) Whenever gas is detected or danger exists to men entering any place, the fire
boss shall leave at each entrance to the place a conspicuous DANGER sign. (c)...
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31-9-10
Section 31-9-10 Local emergency management organizations; emergency powers of political subdivisions.
(a) Each political subdivision of this state is hereby authorized and directed to establish
a local organization for emergency management in accordance with the state emergency management
plan and program and may confer or authorize the conferring, upon members of the auxiliary
police, the powers of peace officers, subject to such restrictions as shall be imposed. The
governing body of the political subdivision is authorized to appoint a director, who shall
have direct responsibility for the organization, administration, and operation of such local
organization for emergency management, subject to the direction and control of such governing
body. Each local organization for emergency management shall perform emergency management
functions within the territorial limits of the political subdivision within which it is organized,
and, in addition, shall conduct such functions outside of...
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39-2-2
Section 39-2-2 Advertisement for and opening of sealed bids for public works contracts; violations;
exclusions; emergency actions; sole source specification. (a) Before entering into any contract
for a public works involving an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the
awarding authority shall advertise for sealed bids, except as provided in subsection (j).
If the awarding authority is the state or a county, or an instrumentality thereof, it shall
advertise for sealed bids at least once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation in the county or counties in which the improvement or some part thereof,
is to be made. If the awarding authority is a municipality, or an instrumentality thereof,
it shall advertise for sealed bids at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published
in the municipality where the awarding authority is located. If no newspaper is published
in the municipality, the awarding authority shall advertise by...
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11-49-80
Section 11-49-80 Definitions; responsibility for streets within municipality controlled by
county; annexation of unincorporated territory; alternative arrangements; evacuation routes.
(a) For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) COUNTY-MAINTAINED STREET. A public street, road, or bridge that the county commission
has the authority or responsibility to control, manage, supervise, regulate, repair, maintain,
or improve. (2) MUNICIPAL STREET. A public street, road, or bridge that the municipality has
the authority or responsibility to control, manage, supervise, regulate, repair, maintain,
or improve. (3) RESPONSIBILITY FOR A STREET. The authority or responsibility to control, manage,
supervise, regulate, repair, maintain, or improve a public street, road, or bridge. (4) STREET.
A public street, road, bridge, or portion thereof. (b) Where the responsibility for a public
street or streets lying within a municipality is vested in the...
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36-26-15
Section 36-26-15 Tests for establishment of employment registers for positions in classified
service; preferences for veterans, etc.; cooperation of board with federal government, etc.,
in establishing and administering standards of personnel qualifications, pay plans, etc. (a)
The director shall conduct tests to establish employment registers for the various classes
of positions in the classified service. The tests shall take into consideration elements of
character, reputation, education, aptitude, experience, knowledge, skill, personality, physical
fitness and other pertinent matters and may be written or oral or any other demonstration
of fitness as the director may determine. For a promotion test, the qualifications shall include
the requirement that an applicant be employed in a position in such class and for such length
of time, as the director shall specify, subject to the rules. Public notice of the time, place
and general scope of every test shall be given. The director, with...
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40-3-16
Section 40-3-16 Duties generally; quorum; powers and duties of agents; protest procedure. It
shall be the duty of the boards of equalization to inspect, review, revise, and fix the value
of all the property returned to or listed with the assessing official for taxation each year;
provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require the assessing official
or boards of equalization to value any property required by the law to be assessed for taxation
by the Department of Revenue. The majority of the board of equalization shall constitute a
quorum of the board for the performance of the duties required herein; provided, that at any
time the Department of Revenue shall deem it necessary it may go or send or use agents or
representatives in any county with authority to act in an advisory capacity and in conjunction
with the board of equalization and perform other duties, with respect to the valuation and
assessment of property for taxation, as may be required of them. Agents...
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11-65-5
Section 11-65-5 Composition of commission; terms; qualifications; removal from office. (a)
Every commission shall have five members, which shall constitute its governing body. All powers
of a commission shall be exercised by its members or pursuant to their authorization. The
mayor or other chief executive officer of the sponsoring municipality and the president or
other designated presiding officer of the county commission of the host county shall each
serve as a member ex officio, unless such official exercises his or her right, as provided
in subsection (b), to appoint a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of such official. The service
of each such official as a member shall begin with the beginning of his or her tenure in such
office and shall end with the ending of such tenure or the appointment by such official of
a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of his or her ex officio service. The other three members
shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter prescribed as soon as may be...
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