23-1-170
Section 23-1-170 Purpose and construction of article. It is the intention of the Legislature
by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation of a public corporation for
the following purposes: (1) To issue bonds to assure the availability of funds for payment
of the state's share of the cost of constructing roads and bridges as shall from time to time
be constructed with funds supplied jointly by the state and federal government; and (2) To
construct and maintain, or participate in the construction and maintenance, or lend its aid
in construction and maintenance or contract for construction and maintenance of roads and
bridges in the State of Alabama, as well as the approaches thereto, including the reconstruction
and relocating of approaches, causeways and like or other highway facilities which may, from
time to time, be constructed and maintained with funds to be supplied jointly by the state
and federal government, together with work incidental and related thereto,...
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41-10-239
Section 41-10-239 Property rights not to be affected by article; sections imposing licensing
requirements, taxes, etc., are void if such requirements not otherwise imposed. It is the
intent of this article that it shall not restrict or impair the real, personal or mixed property
in which any individual person, industry, business, utility, industrial development board
or similar board or authority, public or private corporation or the Alabama State Port Authority
has any legal, equitable, absolute or conditional right, title or interest, whether by fee
simple, leasehold, easement, possession, contract, license, permit or any other form of ownership
or other rights thereto whatsoever or any existing or future rights of way required by the
State of Alabama Department of Transportation for the construction of Interstate Route I-210
and the construction of the new Cochrane Bridge and its roadway approaches and any future
connections to or between these two highway facilities. In the event...
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41-10-590
Section 41-10-590 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: That
the State of Alabama places a high priority on the recruitment of industries to locate or
expand their operations in Alabama; that it is a vital economic development tool for the state
to be able to offer strategic incentives to such industries in the form of limited financial
commitments; that the Alabama Incentives Financing Authority has heretofore been created for
the purpose of funding such financial commitments made prior to July 20, 1995; and that by
the passage of Act 99-198 of the 1999 Regular Session it is the intention of the Legislature
to enable the authority to meet commitments made by the state to industries committing to
locate or expand in the state after such date and, further, to enable the authority to lease
or convey title to worker training facilities to the Alabama Public School and College Authority
and to the Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute. The...
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11-20-31
Section 11-20-31 Legislative intent; construction of article generally. (a) It is the intent
of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation in the several
counties in this state of public corporations to acquire, enlarge, improve, replace, own,
lease and dispose of properties to the end that such corporations may be able to promote industry,
develop trade and further the use of the agricultural products and natural and human resources
of this state and the development and preservation of the said resources. It is the further
intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to vest such public corporations
with all powers that may be necessary to enable them to accomplish such purposes. It is not
intended hereby that any such corporation shall itself be authorized to operate any manufacturing,
industrial, commercial or research enterprise. (b) This article shall be liberally construed
in conformity with the said intention. (Acts 1977, No. 762,...
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11-47-14.1
Section 11-47-14.1 Construction of port facilities by Class 1 municipalities; bonds and other
contributions. (a) Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds that the Tombigbee
Waterway will soon be completed, and the transportation opportunities afforded thereby must
be fully utilized if Alabama is to benefit from economic growth and job development potential
afforded by this project, and that local governments need broader authorization to participate
in the development of river port facilities necessary to accomplish this purpose. (b) Municipalities
authorized to construct port facilities; limitations thereon. The council or other governing
body of any Class 1 municipality may alter and change the channel of any watercourse within
25 miles of such municipality and may construct and maintain wharves and construct buildings
and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites, within such municipality or within
25 miles of the limits thereof, and may collect wharfage...
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11-50-210
Section 11-50-210 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall
be deemed to have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) MUNICIPALITY.
A municipal corporation in the State of Alabama. (2) PUBLIC GAS CORPORATION. A public corporation
having corporate power to own and operate one or more gas systems and existing under the provisions
of any of the following: Articles 8, 9, and 12 of this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITY.
Each municipality which authorized the incorporation of a particular public gas corporation
or the governing body of which consented to, or made determinations prerequisite to, the incorporation
of a particular public gas corporation. (4) GAS SYSTEM. A plant and system for the manufacture
and distribution of gas or a system for the purchase, transportation, and distribution, or
any of them, of manufactured or natural gas, together with all appurtenances thereto and all
property used or useful in connection...
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11-56-1
Section 11-56-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter,
shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, have the following respective meanings:
(1) CORPORATION OR THE CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of
this chapter. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the corporation. (3) THE STATE. The State
of Alabama. (4) THE MUNICIPALITY. That incorporated city or town in the state which authorized
the organization of the corporation. (5) THE COUNTY. That county in which the certificate
of incorporation of the corporation shall be filed for record. (6) LOCAL SUBDIVISION. The
municipality or the county. (7) PUBLIC CORPORATION. a. Any public corporation (other than
a corporation organized under this chapter) now or hereafter organized or created in the state
pursuant to the authorization or determination by the municipality, by the municipality and
one or more other cities and towns in the state, by the county, by the county...
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11-59-2
Section 11-59-2 Legislative intent; construction of chapter generally. (a) It is the intention
of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to authorize the incorporation in the several
cities and towns in this state of public corporations for the purpose of owning and operating
and contracting with others for the operation of such facilities as may be specified in the
certificate of incorporation of the corporation or any amendment thereto and to vest such
corporations with all powers that may be necessary to enable them to accomplish any such purpose,
including the power to issue their revenue bonds and to mortgage such properties and pledge
the revenues derived therefrom as security therefor. (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed
in conformity with the said intention. (Acts 1947, No. 231, p. 94, §2.)...
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11-95-1
Section 11-95-1 Legislative intent; liberal construction of chapter. It is the intent of the
Legislature by the passage of this chapter to promote the public health of the people of the
State of Alabama by authorizing each county and any municipality located in such county to
act jointly in authorizing the incorporation of one or more public corporations for the purpose
of providing public hospital facilities in such county and to invest each corporation so organized
with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purpose. This chapter
shall be liberally construed in conformity with said intent. (Acts 1981, No. 81-338, p. 480,
§1.)...
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22-30F-3
Section 22-30F-3 Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter,
shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) AUTHORITY. The corporation organized pursuant to this chapter as a public corporation,
agency, and instrumentality of the state and known as the "Alabama Land Recycling Finance
Authority." (2) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution, order, or other proceedings adopted
by the board of directors of the authority authorizing the issuance of agreements and related
matters. (3) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the authority. (4) DEPARTMENT.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management or any successor. (5) ELIGIBLE PROPERTY.
Property which qualifies under Section 22-30E-6 for participation in the voluntary cleanup
program established pursuant to Chapter 30E of this title, and which is owned and operated
by an applicant or applicants which qualifies for the limitation of liability as...
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