11-3-11
Section 11-3-11 Powers and duties generally. (a) The county commission shall have authority: (1) To direct, control, and maintain the property of the county as it may deem expedient according to law, and in this direction and control it has the sole power to locate the courts in the rooms of the courthouse and to designate the rooms to be occupied by the officers entitled to rooms therein, including the circuit judge if resident in the county, and to change the location of the courts and the designation of the rooms for officers as it may deem best and most expedient, and this shall be done by order of the county commission entered upon the minutes of the county commission at a regular meeting of the county commission. In the event the courthouse is inadequate to supply office rooms for such officers, the county commission may lease such office rooms in a convenient location in the county site and pay the rental from the county fund. (2) To levy a general tax, for general county...
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11-50-524
Section 11-50-524 Corporate powers. (a) The corporation shall be entitled to all the exemptions provided by the general laws of Alabama and of the United States for municipal corporations. To carry out its purposes, the corporation shall have the following specific powers, but no enumeration of powers granted in this chapter shall be construed to impair or limit any general grant of power contained in this chapter nor to limit any such grant to a power or powers of the same class or classes as those enumerated: (1) To have succession by its corporate name perpetually unless dissolved and unless a shorter period of time shall be specified in the certificate; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at will; (4) To acquire by purchase or lease and to operate, maintain, extend, and improve any utility within the power district, including any real and personal properties and any contract and franchise rights in...
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11-61A-9
Section 11-61A-9 Powers. The authority shall have the following powers, together with all incidental powers necessary: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, receive, take, and hold, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise, eminent domain, or otherwise, property of every description, whether real, personal, or mixed, and to manage the property, and to develop any undeveloped property owned, leased, or controlled by it. An authority may not acquire or lease real property located outside the boundaries of the municipality. An authority created under this chapter may not exercise any power of eminent domain without a concurring...
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13A-7-42
Section 13A-7-42 Arson in the second degree. (a) A person commits the crime of arson in the second degree if he intentionally damages a building by starting or maintaining a fire or causing an explosion. (b) A person does not commit a crime under subsection (a) if: (1) No person other than himself has a possessory or proprietary interest in the building damaged; or if other persons have those interests, all of them consented to his conduct; and (2) His sole intent was to destroy or damage the building for a lawful and proper purpose. (c) The burden of injecting the issue of justification in subsection (b) is on the defendant, but this does not shift the burden of proof. (d) A person commits the crime of arson in the second degree if he intentionally starts or maintains a fire or causes an explosion which damages property in a detention facility or a penal facility, as defined in Section 13A-10-30, with reckless disregard (because of the nature or extent of the damage caused or which...
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16-24C-3
Section 16-24C-3 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The chief administrative and executive officer of an entity, institution, agency, or political subdivision of the state that is subject to this chapter and includes, without limitation, superintendents of city or county boards of education and presidents of two-year educational institutions operated under authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary Education. The term includes persons serving in such a capacity on an acting or interim basis under lawful appointment or by operation of law. (2) CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE. All adult bus drivers, all full-time lunchroom or cafeteria workers, janitors, custodians, maintenance personnel, secretaries and clerical assistants, instructional aides or assistants, whether or not certificated, non-certificated supervisors, and, except as hereinafter provided, all other persons who are not teachers as...
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23-1-158
Section 23-1-158 Bonds - Disposition of proceeds. (a) The proceeds of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, issued by the corporation, remaining after paying the expenses of their issuance, shall be turned in to the Treasury or shall be deposited into such account or accounts as specified in the resolution of the board of directors whereunder such bonds are authorized to be issued, and shall be subject to be drawn on upon the approval of the Department of Transportation solely for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, and relocating public roads, bridges and approaches thereto, tunnels, other public roadway improvements, or work incidental or related thereto, in the State of Alabama, including the acquisition of property necessary for such construction, reconstruction, and relocation and incidental and related work. If action is necessary in order to comply with any federal legislation relating to federal aid in construction of roads, the corporation may authorize the...
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33-10-24
Section 33-10-24 Issuance of bonds. The commission is granted the power to incur debt and issue bonds by any of the means authorized by the Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama. Any revenue-producing wharf, dock, warehouse, elevator, industrial facility or other structure owned by or to be acquired by the commission from proceeds of bonds issued by it is hereby declared to be a revenue-producing public utility as that term is used and defined by the Constitution and laws of the state in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds of political subdivisions of the state. As an additional grant of authority beyond other provisions of the Constitution, the commission is authorized to issue negotiable bonds for any purpose within their delegated authority, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds the income and revenues derived or to be derived from the properties and facilities maintained and operated by them or received by the...
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41-10-547
Section 41-10-547 Bonds of the authority. (a) The authority is authorized from time to time to sell and issue its bonds for the purpose of financing project costs pertaining to one or more projects or for the purpose of providing funds to pay training facility management fees, or any combination of the foregoing including, without limitation, in the case of authority obligations issued for the purpose of providing funds to pay training facility management fees, costs, expenses, and other items of the type described in paragraphs g., h., i., and j. of the definition of project costs in Section 41-10-541 or to enter into guaranty agreements wherein the authority guarantees payment, in whole or in part, of debt service referable to obligations issued by development agencies for the purpose of financing project costs pertaining to one or more projects; provided, however, that the principal amount of authority obligations shall not exceed three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000). For...
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41-16-120
Section 41-16-120 Powers and duties; definitions. (a) The Director of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs shall be responsible for the distribution, transfer, or disposal of all surplus personal property owned by the state and all right, title, interest, and equity in the property shall be transferred to the department for such purpose. The director may delegate to the Director of the Surplus Property Division such supervision and control of the distribution or disposal of state owned surplus personal property. (b) As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DIVISION. Surplus Property Division of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (2) SURPLUS PROPERTY. That property declared by the property manager of each state department, bureau, board, commission, or agency to be surplus and so designated in writing to the director of the division. All real property owned...
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41-9-472
Section 41-9-472 Powers and duties. The commission shall be authorized: (1) To investigate and select an available site for housing the exhibits, including the surrounding grounds, in cooperation with the community, taking into consideration all pertinent factors affecting the suitability of such site; (2) To acquire by rent or lease agreement or otherwise the necessary housing facilities; and to establish, improve and enlarge the available facility, including providing it with necessary equipment, furnishings, landscaping and related facilities, including parking areas and ramps, roadways, sewers, curbs, and gutters; (3) To enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with local, state and federal governments, with agencies of such governments, with private individuals, corporations, associations and other organizations as the commission may deem necessary or convenient to carry out the purpose of this article, with such contracts and agreements to include leases to private...
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