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11-89-7
Section 11-89-7 Powers of district generally; power of district to acquire, operate, etc.,
systems, etc., outside service area; provisions in schedules of rates and charges generally.
(a) The district 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 perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section
11-89-17) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own
name in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and to defend civil actions
against it; (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, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to
hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether...
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11-65-1
Section 11-65-1 Legislative declarations and findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares
as follows: (1) As the basis for enacting Act No. 84-131, the Legislature found and determined
that the conduct within Class 1 municipalities in the state of horse racing events and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon will generate additional revenues for governmental and charitable purposes,
provide additional jobs for the residents of the state and benefit the businesses related
to tourism and recreation within any such municipality and throughout the surrounding areas
of the state; it is desirable to permit the qualified voters of any Class 1 municipality to
determine through referendum whether horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will be
permitted in such municipality; and for each Class 1 municipality in which horse racing is
approved by the voters thereof, it is necessary and desirable to provide for the establishment
of a racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel...
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45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a)(1)
For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist Calhoun
County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide for
the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed
to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such
amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this
section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun County,
which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County Economic
Development Council. (2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity with the
purposes. (b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council
shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors. (2) The...
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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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39-2-12
Section 39-2-12 Partial and final payments of contractors by awarding authorities. (a) As used
in this section the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1)
CONTRACTOR. Any natural person, partnership, company, firm, corporation, association, limited
liability company, cooperative, or other legal entity licensed by the Alabama State Licensing
Board for General Contractors. (2) NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR. A contractor which is neither a.
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor b. maintains its principal
place of business in the State of Alabama. A nonresident contractor which has maintained a
permanent branch office within the State of Alabama for at least five continuous years shall
not thereafter be deemed to be a nonresident contractor so long as the contractor continues
to maintain a branch office within Alabama. (3) RETAINAGE. That money belonging to the contractor
which has been retained by the awarding authority conditioned on...
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37-6-3
Section 37-6-3 Enumerated powers. A cooperative shall have the power: (1) To sue and be sued
in its corporate name. (2) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (3)
To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and transmit electric energy and to distribute,
sell, supply and dispose of electric energy to its members, to governmental agencies and political
subdivisions and to other persons; provided, however, that should a cooperative acquire any
electric facilities dedicated or devoted to the public use, it may continue to serve the persons
served directly from such facilities at the time of such acquisition without requiring that
such persons become members, and, provided further, that such nonmembers shall have the right
to become members upon nondiscriminatory terms. Cooperatives may not condition membership
or provision of service on compliance by the member with requirements not directly related
to the electric or other service to be provided by the cooperative....
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11-55-3
Section 11-55-3 Bonds - Form, terms, denominations, etc.; execution, sale, delivery, redemption,
etc. All bonds issued by a municipality under authority of this chapter shall be limited obligations
of the municipality, the principal of and interest on which shall be payable solely out of
the revenues derived from the leasing of the project to finance which the bonds are issued.
Bonds and interest coupons issued under authority of this chapter shall never constitute an
indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any state constitutional provisions
or statutory limitation and shall never constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability
of the municipality or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers, and such fact
shall be plainly stated in the face of each such bond. Such bonds may be executed and delivered
at any time and from time to time, may be in such form and denominations, may be of such tenor,
may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or...
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11-20-6
Section 11-20-6 Bonds - Security for payment of principal and interest; remedies upon default.
The principal of and interest on any bonds issued under the authority of this article shall
be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which such bonds shall be made payable, may
be secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the project from which the revenues so
pledged may be derived and may be secured by a pledge of the lease of such project. The proceedings
under which such bonds are authorized to be issued or any such mortgage may contain any agreements
and provisions customarily contained in instruments securing bonds, including, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, provisions respecting the fixing and collection of rents
for any project covered by such proceedings or mortgage, the terms to be incorporated in the
lease of such project, the maintenance and insurance of such project, the creation and maintenance
of special funds from the revenues from such project...
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11-54-189
Section 11-54-189 Dissolution of authority and vesting of title to property in authorizing
municipality. At any time when an authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding,
its board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring
that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon filing for record of a certified copy of the said
resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the county with which the authority's
certificate of incorporation is filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and in
the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its properties
shall thereupon pass to the authorizing municipality. (Acts 1980, No. 80-648, p. 1235, ยง20.)...
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11-50-237
Section 11-50-237 Execution, sale, etc., of bonds and refunding bonds of corporation generally;
terms, denominations, etc., thereof; charge, application, etc., of revenues from systems to
payment of bonds, etc., generally; vesting of title to systems in municipality and dissolution
of corporation upon payment of bonds in full. (a) All bonds issued by any corporation organized
under this division shall be signed by the chairman of its board of directors or other chief
executive officer and attested by its secretary, and the seal of such corporation shall be
affixed thereto. Any interest coupons applicable to the bonds of such corporation shall be
signed by the chairman of the board of directors or other chief executive officer, but a facsimile
of such signature may be impressed on any such interest coupon in lieu of his manually signing
the same. Any such bonds may be executed and delivered by such corporation at any time and
from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations...
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