24-1-61
Section 24-1-61 Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this article
shall have the following respective meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context: (1) AUTHORITY or HOUSING AUTHORITY. A public body organized as a body corporate
and politic in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the powers
and subject to the restrictions set forth in this article. (2) COUNTY. All of the county except
that portion which lies within the territorial boundaries of any city or incorporated town.
(3) COUNTY COMMISSION. The governing body of any county. (4) HOUSING COMMISSIONER. One of
the members of an authority appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article. (5)
GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the state and federal governments and any subdivision,
agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. (6) STATE. The State
of Alabama. (7) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the...
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24-1-66
Section 24-1-66 Powers and duties of authority generally. (a) An authority shall constitute
a public body and a body corporate and politic exercising public powers, and having all the
powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of
this article, including the following powers in addition to others granted in this article:
(1) To investigate into living, dwelling, and housing conditions and into the means and methods
of improving such conditions; (2) To determine where unsafe or unsanitary dwelling, public
school, or housing conditions exist; (3) To study and make recommendations concerning the
plan of the county in relation to the problem of clearing, replanning, and reconstruction
of areas in which unsafe or unsanitary dwelling, public school, or housing conditions exist,
and the provision of dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and to cooperate with
the county or any regional planning agency; (4) To prepare, carry out, and...
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35-18-2
Section 35-18-2 Easement conveyed, recorded, assigned, etc.; term of easement; interest maintained;
condemnation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may
be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered
or affected in the same manner as other easements. A conservation easement may not be created
or expanded under this chapter by any state, county, or local governmental body through the
exercise of the power of eminent domain. (b) No right or duty in favor of or against a holder
and no right in favor of a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a
conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and a recordation of the acceptance.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of Section 35-18-3, the term of a conservation easement
shall be the term stated in the instrument creating the easement or, if no term is stated,
the lesser of 30 years or the life of the grantor, or upon...
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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. The authority shall have the following powers,
together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate
form: (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 actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same 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, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property
of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and
whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage
said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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45-37A-56.29
Section 45-37A-56.29 Powers of the authority. (a) The authority shall have the following powers,
together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate
form: (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 same 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, provided, however, that no such authority shall acquire or lease
real property located outside the boundaries of the city. (6) To...
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11-50-314
Section 11-50-314 Powers of corporation generally; provisions in mortgages, deeds of trust,
or pledge agreements executed by corporation as to rights of parties thereto, etc. (a) Each
corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under this article
shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to
the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for
the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation
or until dissolved as provided in this article; (2) To sue and be sued and to defend civil
actions against it; (3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To acquire, purchase, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any system
or systems, the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of
such corporation or in any amendment thereto (whether or not such system or...
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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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11-98-4
Section 11-98-4 Board of commissioners. (a) When any district is created, the creating authority
may appoint a board of commissioners composed of seven members to govern its affairs, and
shall fix the domicile of the board of commissioners at any point within the district. In
the case of county districts, after the expiration of the terms of the members of the board
of commissioners holding office on May 23, 2000, there may be at least one member of the board
of commissioners from each county commission district if the number of the county commission
does not exceed seven, unless a resolution dated before January 1, 2000, was passed by a county
commission establishing an appointment process different from this section or as otherwise
provided by the enactment of a local act after May 23, 2000. The members of the board of commissioners
shall be qualified electors of the district, two of whom shall be appointed for terms of two
years, three for terms of three years, and two for terms of...
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14-2-8
Section 14-2-8 Powers - Generally. The authority shall have the following powers among others
specified in this chapter: (1) To have succession in its corporate name until the principal
of and interest on all bonds issued by it shall have been fully paid and until it shall have
been dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2) To maintain actions and have actions maintained
against it and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter
and of the parties thereof; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter such seal
at pleasure; (4) To establish a fiscal year; (5) To acquire and hold title to real and personal
property and to sell, convey, mortgage, or lease the same as provided in this chapter; (6)
To provide for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, alteration, and improvement
of facilities and for the procurement of sites and equipment for such facilities and for the
lease thereof; (7) To lease facilities to the state, the department,...
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22-3A-7
Section 22-3A-7 Powers of authority. The authority shall have the following powers among others
specified in this chapter: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as
provided in this chapter; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in
equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;
(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To make and
alter all needful bylaws, rules and regulations for the transaction of the authority's business
and the control of its property and affairs; (5) To provide for the acquisition, construction,
installation, equipping, operation and maintenance of public health facilities, including
the equipping and improvement of existing public health facilities, and to vest title to such
facilities or to cause or permit title to such facilities to be vested in the authority, the
State Board of Health or county board(s) of health, as the directors...
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