37-5-3
Section 37-5-3 Purpose and general powers. A district shall be created for the purpose of conducting
and operating a utility and, to carry out such purpose, shall have power and authority to
acquire, construct, reconstruct, operate, maintain, extend or improve any utility within or
without the district and to furnish, deliver and sell to the public and to any municipality
and to the state and any public institution heat, light and power service and any other service,
commodity or facility which may be produced or furnished in connection therewith. For said
purposes the district is granted and shall have and exercise the right freely to use and occupy
any public highway, street, way or place reasonably necessary to be used or occupied for the
maintenance and operation of such utility or any part thereof, subject to such local regulations
as may be imposed in connection therewith by any regulations of the governing body of the
municipality in which such highway, street, way or place is...
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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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9-10A-14
Section 9-10A-14 Powers of board. The board of directors of a watershed management authority
shall have power to: (1) Acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, bequest or devise, or through
condemnation proceedings held in the manner provided by Chapter 1A of Title 18, such lands
or rights-of-way as are necessary for the exercise of any authorized function of the authority.
Prior to commencing condemnation proceedings upon land or rights-of-way in the manner provided
by Chapter 1A of Title 18, the board of directors of a watershed management authority shall
conduct a public hearing regarding the commencement of said condemnation proceedings. The
board of directors, prior to the public hearing shall publish notice of the public hearing
at least twice, with an interval of at least seven days between the two publication dates,
in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation within the county or counties where
the land or right-of-way is situated. If no such publication of general...
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24-9-6
Section 24-9-6 Acquisition of tax delinquent properties. (a) The authority, at such times as
it deems to be appropriate, may submit a written request to the Land Commissioner of the Alabama
Department of Revenue for the transfer of the state's interest in certain properties to the
authority. Upon receipt of such request, the Land Commissioner shall issue a tax deed conveying
the state's interest in the property to the authority. The authority shall not be required
to pay the amount deemed to have been bid to cover delinquent taxes or any other amount in
order to obtain the tax deed. (b) (1) Delinquent property which may be transferred by the
Land Commissioner to the authority shall be limited to parcels which have been bid in for
the state pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 40 for at least five years and the state's interest
in real property acquired pursuant to Chapter 29 of Title 40 for delinquent taxes administered
by the state and held for at least five years. (2) The Land...
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9-10-34
Section 9-10-34 Powers and duties generally. A corporation organized and established under
the provisions of this article shall have the following powers, subject only to the limitations
described in Section 9-10-35 following: (1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs
and the conduct of its business; (2) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure;
(3) To maintain a principal office at the county seat and suboffices at such place or places
within the county as it may designate; (4) To sue and be sued in its own name; (5) To enter
into contracts and agreements or do any act necessary or incidental to the performance of
its duties and execution of its powers under this article; (6) To acquire, hold and dispose
of real and personal property or any interests therein; (7) To provide a water supply by impounding
a stream or by development and use of wells by either construction, lease or purchase; (8)
To develop and operate an irrigation project, including the...
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9-6-8
Section 9-6-8 Powers and duties 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 maintain civil actions and have civil
actions maintained against it in its corporate name, 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 amend its certificate of incorporation by filing
in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate signed by all of the directors of the
authority setting forth the details of the amendment, such certificate to be acknowledged
in the same manner as the certificate of incorporation; (5) To adopt and alter bylaws for
the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (6) To...
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9-8-61
Section 9-8-61 Board of directors - Powers and duties generally. Subject to the approval of
the board of supervisors, the board of directors of a watershed conservancy district shall
have power to: (1) Acquire, by purchase, gift, grant, bequest or devise, or through condemnation
proceedings held in the manner provided by Chapter 1 of Title 18 of this code, such lands
or rights-of-way as are necessary for the exercise of any authorized function of the district;
(2) Construct, improve, operate and maintain such structures as may be necessary for the exercise
of any authorized function of the district; (3) Borrow such money as is necessary for the
purpose of acquiring rights-of-way and establishing, constructing, reconstructing, repairing,
enlarging and maintaining such structures and improvements as are required by the district
in the performance of its functions, and issue, negotiate and sell its bonds as provided in
Section 9-8-62; provided, that all contracts made and all bonds issued...
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11-59-8
Section 11-59-8 Powers of corporations generally. The corporation shall have the following
powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of those
hereinafter stated: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the period specified
in the certificate of incorporation unless sooner dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2)
To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction
of the subject matter and of the parties; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter
the same at pleasure; (4) To acquire, whether by condemnation, purchase, exchange, gift, lease,
devise or otherwise, and to construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one
or more facilities, including all real and personal properties which the board of directors
of the corporation may deem necessary or convenient in connection therewith and regardless
of whether or not any such facilities shall then be in existence and...
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41-4-400
Section 41-4-400 Division created; powers and duties; director. (a) There shall be established
within the Department of Finance the Division of Construction Management. The division shall
have full power and authority for, and on behalf of, the State of Alabama to do any or all
of the following: (1) To acquire lands by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise. (2) To plan
for the construction, repair, remodeling, enlargement, renovation, furnishing, refurnishing,
improvement, or relocation of buildings, structures, and facilities for state departments,
boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, and offices. (3) To set policies, procedures, and
guidelines for the design, construction, renovation, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, and
improvement of all property now owned or hereafter acquired by the state or any institution
or agency thereof. (4) To construct, repair, equip, remodel, enlarge, renovate, furnish, refurnish,
improve, and locate buildings, structures, and facilities for the use...
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9-9-11
Section 9-9-11 Establishment of district - Filing of objections to organization of district;
hearing and proceedings upon petition and objections; issuance of order declaring organization
of district; dismissal of petition and issuance of itemized bill of costs and expenses. (a)
Any owner of real property affected by said proposed district who wishes to object to the
organization and incorporation of said district shall, on or before 12:00 noon of the day
set for the causes to be heard, file his objection in writing stating why such district should
not be organized and incorporated. On the day appointed for the hearing, the court shall hear
and determine in a summary manner any objection that may be offered to the sufficiency of
the petition or to the report of the engineer or plan submitted by petitioners. If it appears
that there is any land within the proposed district that is not in the watershed, if the proposed
plan includes purposes other than drainage or is not in the benefited...
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