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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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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33-12-5
Section 33-12-5 Powers, duties and functions. The powers, duties and functions of the agency shall be as follows: (1) GENERALLY. The agency a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate name. b. May sue and be sued in its corporate name. c. May adopt, use and alter a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed. d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with the federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments, with private individuals, corporations, associations, trusts and other organizations as the board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the planned, orderly residential development of the area. e. May adopt, amend and repeal bylaws. f. May appoint such managers, officers, employees, attorneys and agents as the board deems necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may...
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36-32-3
Section 36-32-3 Officers; powers and duties; compensation; expenditures and revenues; education and training; facilities. (a) The commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members at the first regular quarterly meeting of the calendar year. (b) The commission may do all of the following: (1) Organize the Alabama Fire College by appointing an executive director, assistant directors, and such officers as the interest of the Alabama Fire College may require. (2) Remove the executive director or any assistant or other officer. (3) Fix, increase, or reduce the compensation of the executive director or any assistant or other officer. (4) Institute, regulate, alter, or modify the government of the Alabama Fire College as the commission may deem advisable. (5) Prescribe courses of instruction related to the mission of the Alabama Fire College. (6) Establish the cost of any prescribed course of study related to the mission of the Alabama Fire College. (7) Confer...
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11-47-218
Section 11-47-218 Powers of authorities generally; location of projects; exercise of power of eminent domain. (a) In addition to all other powers at any time conferred on it by law, and subject to any express provisions of its certificate of incorporation to the contrary, an authority shall have the following lawful powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to discharge thereof in the corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity or for the duration specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions and to defend actions against it. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations, and rules, not inconsistent with this article or its certificate of incorporation, for the regulation and conduct of the affairs and business of the authority. (5) To acquire, receive, take, and hold, whether by purchase,...
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22-50-11
Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers. The Department of Mental Health is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner: (1) It is authorized and directed to set up state plans for the purpose of controlling and treating any and all forms of mental and emotional illness and any and all forms of mental retardation and shall divide the state into regions, districts, areas or zones, which need not be geographic areas, but shall be areas for the purpose of establishing priorities and programs and for organizational and administrative purposes in accordance with these state plans. (2) It is designated and authorized to supervise, coordinate, and establish standards for all operations and activities of the state related to mental health and the providing of mental health services; and it is authorized to receive and administer any funds available from any source for the purpose of acquiring building sites for, constructing,...
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9-18-1
Section 9-18-1 Enactment of Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact. The Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the state of Alabama with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: "SOUTHERN INTERSTATE NUCLEAR COMPACT "Article I. Policy and Purpose "The party states recognize that the proper employment of nuclear energy, facilities, materials, and products can assist substantially in the industrialization of the south and the development of a balanced economy for the region. They also recognize that optimum benefit from and acquisition of nuclear resources and facilities requires systematic encouragement, guidance, and assistance from the party states on a cooperative basis. It is the policy of the party states to undertake such cooperation on a continuing basis; it is the purpose of this compact to provide the instruments and framework for such a cooperative effort to improve...
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36-27-23
Section 36-27-23 Board of Control; medical board, actuary. (a) The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of this article are hereby vested in a board of trustees which shall be known as the Board of Control. (b) The board shall consist of 13 trustees as follows: (1) The Governor, ex officio, who shall be chairman. (2) The State Treasurer, ex officio. (3) The State Personnel Director, ex officio. (4) The Director of Finance, ex officio. (5) Three members of the retirement system, to be appointed by the Governor, no two of whom shall be from the same department of the state government nor from any department of which an ex officio trustee is the head. The state employees appointed pursuant to this section shall be Merit System employees with at least ten years of creditable state service and shall not be a department head or an assistant department head. The terms of office of the three members...
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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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11-50-393
Section 11-50-393 Board of directors - Composition; compensation; removal actions. Each district incorporated under this article shall have a board of directors of not less than three members, and the members shall elect a chairman of the board. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, the board of directors shall consist of at least one member for each municipality which is a member of the district. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, the member of the board of directors representing each member municipality shall be elected by the governing body of each municipality and shall serve for a term of office concurrent with the term of office of the mayor of the municipality. A representative of each municipality may, but need not be, the mayor thereof. The members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation, except that they shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this...
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