18-1A-270
Section 18-1A-270 Application to probate court for order of condemnation; bond or security
and affidavit not required of state or counties; authority from Governor to bring suit. The
State of Alabama, or any county, municipality, the University of Alabama, Auburn University,
the University of Montevallo or any corporation organized under the laws of this state, or
any person or association of persons, proposing to take lands, or to acquire an interest or
easement therein, for any uses for which private property may be taken, may, if there be no
other mode of proceeding prescribed by law, apply to the probate court of the county in which
such lands, or a material portion thereof, may be situate, for an order of condemnation thereof
to such uses. The state or any county may institute and maintain the proceedings herein authorized,
in its own name, without giving bond or security or causing affidavit to be made, though the
same may be required if the action were between private citizens....
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34-3-104
Section 34-3-104 Powers of foundation. The foundation shall have the following powers: (1)
To have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute
and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;
(3) To adopt and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To acquire by
gift, grant, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, and to hold title to, real or personal
property, or both, together with all rights incidental thereto; (5) To construct, erect, operate,
and maintain one or more buildings for use by the Alabama State Bar; (6) To lease and make
available to the Alabama State Bar all or any part of the space in any of its buildings, with
or without the payment of rental and on such other terms and conditions as the board of trustees
of the foundation may prescribe; (7) To lease, as either lessor or lessee and on such terms
and conditions as its board of trustees may prescribe, any real or...
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11-89A-2
Section 11-89A-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others
evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of a clear implication
herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT.
A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any county or
municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-89A-3. (2) AUTHORITY. Any public
corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION.
A resolution or ordinance adopted by the governing body of any county or municipality in accordance
with the provisions of Section 11-89A-3, that authorizes the incorporation of an authority.
(4) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (5) BONDS. Bonds, notes, or other obligations
representing an obligation to pay money. (6) COSTS. As applied to a facility or any portion
thereof, such term shall include all or any part of the cost of...
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18-1A-274
Section 18-1A-274 Acquisition of lands, etc., for viaducts and subways by railroad companies,
etc., within municipalities. Railroad companies and street railway companies may jointly or
severally construct viaducts and subways in any municipality in this state by and with the
consent of the municipality in which such viaduct or subway is to be constructed, and, to
that end, such railroad companies and street railway companies may condemn all necessary property,
lands, and interest and easements therein, including consequential damages to any property
thereby injured or to be injured, as well as any property taken or destroyed or to be taken
or destroyed. Such condemnation proceedings may be had as provided by the general laws of
this state governing the taking of lands or acquiring of interests therein for the uses for
which private property may be taken, injured, or destroyed. (Acts 1985, No. 85-548, p. 802,
§1605.)...
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41-10-137
Section 41-10-137 Purposes for which authorities may be formed. Public corporations may be
formed under the provisions of this article as agencies or instrumentalities of this state
for any one or more or all of the following purposes: (1) To undertake and to make or cause
to be made engineering, architectural, technical, financial, legal and other appropriate studies
and surveys with respect to restoring, renovating, preserving, improving, protecting or maintaining
any public or private property within the state that has been listed in the National Register
of Historic Places, or providing vicinity improvements. (2) To restore, construct, acquire,
own and operate, singly or in conjunction with others, lease, sell and otherwise dispose of
land, buildings, houses or other structures, facilities or property within the state that
have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and any vicinity improvements.
(3) To cooperate with and lend financial assistance and other aid to...
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41-10-138
Section 41-10-138 Application for authority to incorporate; contents; review of application
and issuance of executive order by Governor. (a) In order to form a public corporation under
the provisions of this article, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall
first file a written application with the Governor. Such application shall: (1) Contain a
statement that such public corporation proposes to undertake and carry out one or more or
all of the purposes defined in Section 41-10-137 with respect to public corporations formed
under this article; (2) Contain a description by county name or otherwise of the area of operation
in which the public corporation proposes to carry on its activities; (3) State that land,
buildings, houses or other structures, facilities or property located in the area of operation
of the public corporation and listed in the National Register of Historic Places are in need
of restoration, renovation, preservation, improvement, protection or...
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7-8-102
Section 7-8-102 Definitions. (a) In this article: (1) "Adverse claim" means a claim
that a claimant has a property interest in a financial asset and that it is a violation of
the rights of the claimant for another person to hold, transfer, or deal with the financial
asset. (2) "Bearer form," as applied to a certificated security, means a form in
which the security is payable to the bearer of the security certificate according to its terms
but not by reason of an indorsement. (3) "Broker" means a person defined as a broker
or dealer under the federal securities laws, but without excluding a bank acting in that capacity.
(4) "Certificated security" means a security that is represented by a certificate.
(5) "Clearing corporation" means: (i) a person that is registered as a "clearing
agency" under the federal securities laws; (ii) a federal reserve bank; or (iii) any
other person that provides clearance or settlement services with respect to financial assets
that would require it to...
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24-1-67
Section 24-1-67 Acquisition of property by eminent domain. The authority shall have the right
to acquire by eminent domain any property, real or personal, which is necessary to carry out
the purposes of this article, after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the
acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary for
public use. The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions
of Title 18, and any amendments thereto, or pursuant to the provisions of any other applicable
eminent domain laws of the state. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired;
provided, that no property belonging to the county or to any government may be acquired without
its consent and that no property belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired
without the approval of the Public Service Commission or other body having regulatory power
over such corporation. (Code 1940, T. 25, §41.)...
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33-10-15
Section 33-10-15 Certain powers enumerated. The commission is granted all powers capable of
being delegated by the Legislature under the Constitution of the state, including but not
limited to authority: (1) To own, construct, operate, maintain and lease docks, wharves, sheds,
elevators, pipelines, pumping stations and facilities, storage facilities, housing and food
facilities, heliport, locks, slips, laterals, basins, warehouses and all other property, structures,
equipment and facilities, including belt and connecting lines of railroads and works of public
improvement necessary or useful for deep draft harbor and terminal purposes. (2) To dredge
and maintain shipways, channels, slips, basins and turning basins. (3) To establish, operate
and maintain in cooperation with the federal government, the State of Alabama and its various
agencies, subdivisions and public bodies, navigable waterway systems. (4) To acquire by expropriation
any real property in fee, leaving the ownership of any...
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45-20A-30
Section 45-20A-30 Community antenna television system. (a) As used in this section the word
city shall mean the City of Florala, Alabama, in Covington County, a municipal corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) In addition to all other powers, rights,
and authority heretofore granted by law: (1) The city is authorized and empowered to acquire,
purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a community antenna
television system, CATV, which may be defined, without limiting the generality, as a facility
that in whole or in part, receives directly, or indirectly, or over the air, and amplifies
or otherwise modifies the signal transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television
or radio stations from any point within this state or any other state and distributes such
signals by wire or cable or any other means to subscribing members of the public who pay for
such service; and (2) The city is authorized and empowered to acquire,...
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