14-6A-33
Section 14-6A-33 Facility to serve as municipal jail; employees; duty of superintendent. (a)
After a regional jail facility is operational, the facility shall serve as the municipal jail
for each municipality participating in the regional jail authority. Each municipality shall
retain its authority regarding the custody and transportation of prisoners from the municipality
and may cause the removal of any prisoner from the regional jail facility for any purpose
authorized by law. The superintendent of the regional jail facility and all jail personnel
shall be employees of the regional jail authority unless the facility is maintained and operated
by a privately owned jail management firm. The superintendent shall be selected by the mayor
members of the board of directors and shall serve at their pleasure. The superintendent, according
to written policies and procedures adopted by the mayor members of the board of directors,
shall have and exercise control and authority over prisoners...
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14-6A-4
Section 14-6A-4 Facility to serve as county jail; sheriff's authority; employees; duty of superintendent.
(a) After a regional jail facility is operational, the facility shall serve as the county
jail for each county participating in the regional jail authority and shall satisfy the requirements
of Section 11-14-10 and Section 14-6-1. The sheriff of each county shall retain his or her
authority regarding the custody and transportation of prisoners from his or her county and
may cause the removal of any prisoner from the regional jail facility for any purpose authorized
by law. The superintendent of the regional jail facility and all jail personnel shall be employees
of the regional jail authority unless the facility is maintained and operated by a privately
owned jail management firm. The superintendent shall be selected by the sheriff members of
the board of directors and shall serve at their pleasure. The superintendent, according to
written policies and procedures adopted by the...
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14-6A-31
Section 14-6A-31 Powers. A regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate
and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers
necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article
and including, but not limited to, the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued in its own
name in civil actions, subject to the limitations provided in Chapter 93 of Title 11, and,
except as otherwise provided in this article, to defend civil actions against it. (2) To adopt
and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To have perpetual
succession. (4) To make and, from time to time, amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations
to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority. (5) To make, enter into, and
execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take other actions as
may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the...
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14-6A-2
Section 14-6A-2 Powers. The regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate
and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers
necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter
and including, but not limited to, the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued in its own
name in civil actions, subject to the limitations provided in Chapter 93 of Title 11, and,
except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to defend civil actions against it. (2) To adopt
and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To have perpetual
succession. (4) To make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations
to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority. (5) To make, enter into, and
execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take other actions as
may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the...
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14-6A-35
Section 14-6A-35 Scope of authority. For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this article,
any municipality participating in a regional jail authority, upon terms, and with or without
consideration as it may determine, may do all of the following: (1) Lend or donate money to
the authority or perform services for the benefit thereof. (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer,
lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of
qualified voters, any property of any kind. (3) Do any and all other things permissible by
law that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in attaining
the objectives of this article whether or not specifically authorized in this section. (4)
Pay to the authority the proceeds of any special tax appropriated, apportioned, or allocated
to the authority or to or for the benefit of any facility owned or operated by the authority.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §6.)...
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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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14-6A-30
Section 14-6A-30 Establishing or joining regional jail authority. (a) The municipal council
of two or more municipalities, by resolution and with the initial consent of their respective
mayors, may establish a regional jail authority for the purpose of constructing, maintaining,
and operating a regional jail facility for the municipalities participating in the regional
jail authority. (b) A municipality which desires to join an existing regional jail authority,
by resolution and with the initial consent of the mayor, may request participation in the
existing regional jail authority. A regional jail authority, by resolution, may approve the
requesting municipality's participation in the authority, and if approved, the municipality
shall participate with all rights and obligations of the original municipalities participating
in the regional jail authority. (Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §1.)...
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14-6A-6
Section 14-6A-6 Scope of authority. For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter,
any county participating in the regional jail authority may, upon terms and with or without
consideration as it may determine, do all of the following: (1) Lend or donate money to the
authority or perform services for the benefit thereof. (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer,
lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of
qualified voters, any property of any kind. (3) Do any and all other things permissible by
law that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in attaining
the objectives of this chapter whether or not specifically authorized in this section. (4)
Pay to the authority the proceeds of any special tax appropriated, apportioned, or allocated
to the authority or to or for the benefit of any facility owned or operated by the authority.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §6.)...
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14-6A-5
Section 14-6A-5 Governmental entity. The regional jail authority is a governmental entity as
defined by subdivision (1) of Section 11-93-1 and the services it performs are hereby declared
to be governmental functions. The employees of the authority shall be entitled to participate
in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. Neither the regional jail authority nor any
member of its board of directors shall be liable for any tort, whether negligent or willful,
committed by any director, agent, servant, or employee of the authority in the construction,
maintenance, or operation of any regional jail facility. Neither a county participating in
the regional jail authority nor its sheriff shall be jointly or severally liable in tort or
otherwise for the actions or inactions of the authority, any member of its board of directors,
or any agent, servant, or employee of the authority. (Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §5.)...

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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.
The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining
therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby
created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party
states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability
of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste
generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities
of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize
that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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