24-2-2
Section 24-2-2 Powers of housing authorities or municipalities - Acquisition and redevelopment
of blighted property; limitations on eminent domain; definitions. (a) Any housing authority
now or hereafter established pursuant to this title, or any incorporated city or town may
carry out any work or undertaking, hereafter called a "redevelopment project": (1)
To acquire blighted property as defined in subsection (c). (2) To acquire other real property
for the purpose of removing, preventing, or reducing blight, blighting factors, or the causes
of blight, but this authority to acquire such other property shall not be construed to grant
the power of eminent domain to acquire property that is not blighted without the consent of
the owner. (3) To clear any areas acquired and install, construct, or reconstruct streets,
utilities, and site improvements essential to the preparation of sites for uses in accordance
with the redevelopment plan. (4) To sell or lease land so acquired for uses in...
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33-2-5
Section 33-2-5 Power of eminent domain generally. There is hereby vested in the State Docks
Department power of eminent domain in carrying out the provisions of this article, which power
shall apply not only as to all property of private persons and corporations, except as limited
in Section 33-2-3, but also as to property already devoted to public use; provided, that the
State Docks Department shall have no authority to acquire without consent of the owner thereof
by condemnation any property now operated and used for port purposes or such purposes as the
State Docks Department is authorized to acquire and use property for, unless the necessity
therefor be alleged and proved. (Acts 1957, No. 311, p. 408, §5.)...
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33-17-8
Section 33-17-8 Powers enumerated. The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have
succession by its corporate name without time limit; (2) To bring civil actions and have civil
actions brought against it and to prosecute and defend 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 receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise
real and personal property of every kind and description, and to manage the same; (5) To acquire
by purchase, gift or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or by any other lawful means,
any property, whether real, personal or mixed, the acquisition of which is found by the board
to be necessary or convenient to the authority in the carrying out of the purposes for which
the authority is authorized to be organized, and to lease or convey any such property or to
cause any such property to be leased or conveyed to the United...
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33-16-8
Section 33-16-8 Powers enumerated. The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have
succession by its corporate name without time limit; (2) To bring civil actions and have civil
actions brought against it and to prosecute and defend 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 receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise
real and personal property of every kind and description, and to manage the same; (5) To acquire
by purchase, gift or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means,
and to convey or cause to be conveyed to the United States, the State of Alabama, any county
or municipality in the state, or to any agency, department or instrumentality of such political
entities, or to any public corporation, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or
convenient to the authority in the performance of its duties and...
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33-15-5
Section 33-15-5 Initial meeting of board; expenses of directors; quorum; acquisition by eminent
domain of certain property or rights not authorized. (a) As soon as may be practicable after
completion of the incorporation as provided in Sections 33-15-3 and 33-15-4, the board of
directors shall hold its first meeting at Red Bay, Alabama, elect a chairman, vice-chairman
and secretary-treasurer, set a regular time and place for meetings of the board and attend
to such other matters as may be appropriate. The chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected
from the membership of the board; the secretary-treasurer may, but need not, be elected from
the membership of the board. (b) Directors shall serve without compensation, except reimbursement
for actual traveling expenses and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of
their official duties, such expenses to be reimbursed from such funds as may be available
to the authority. (c) The quorum necessary for the board of directors to...
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45-29-90.07
Section 45-29-90.07 Acquisition of property. The authority may acquire by purchase, construction,
lease, gift, condemnation, or otherwise, property of any kind, real, personal, or mixed, or
any interest therein, that the board deems necessary or convenient to the exercise of its
powers or functions; provided, that acquisition by condemnation shall be limited to lands,
rights in land, including leaseholds and easements, and water rights in the Tom Bevill Reservoir
Management Area that the board determines to be necessary to the control and optimum development
of the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area, including such lands adjacent to or in the immediate
vicinity of water control reservoirs as the board determines to be necessary to assure full
development and optimum use of such reservoirs for the purposes of, water conservation and
supply, flood control, irrigation, navigation, industrial development, public recreation,
and related purposes. The amount and character of the interest...
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24-1-27
Section 24-1-27 Powers and duties of authority. (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 any city located
within its boundaries 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
any city or regional planning agency. (4) To prepare, carry out,...
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24-3-2
Section 24-3-2 Authority to plan and undertake urban renewal projects; limitations on eminent
domain. (a) In addition to its authority under this title, any housing authority created under
this title is hereby authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects. (b) The governing
body of any incorporated city or town is likewise hereby authorized to plan and undertake
urban renewal projects and shall have and possess the same powers and authority granted to
or conferred on any housing authority. (c) As used in this chapter, an urban renewal project
may include undertakings and activities for the elimination and for the prevention of the
spread of blighted property as defined in subsection (c) of Section 24-2-2 and may involve
any work or undertaking for such purpose constituting a redevelopment project authorized by
Chapter 2 of this title, or any rehabilitation or conservation work or any combination of
such undertaking or work. For this purpose, "rehabilitation or conservation...
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16-18B-6
Section 16-18B-6 Powers of authority. The corporation shall have the following powers: (1)
To have succession by its corporate name without time limit; (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; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at
pleasure; (4) To acquire, provide, construct, improve, renovate, equip, and maintain, or transfer
to public institutions in the state, forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities
for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences; (5) To receive,
take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal estate of every
description, and to manage the same; (6) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of
the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to
be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary...
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11-99B-7
Section 11-99B-7 Powers of district generally; power of district to acquire and operate projects;
provisions in schedules of rates and charges generally. Each 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 in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 11-99B-15, specified in its
certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and to be sued in its own name in civil actions,
and to defend civil actions against it; provided, that the district shall be deemed to be
a "governmental entity" as defined in Chapter 93 of this title, for the purposes
of limiting the damages for which the district and its members may be liable. (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,...

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