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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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41-9-682
Section 41-9-682 Function and powers generally. (a) It shall be the function and main
purpose of the board to honor those, living or dead, who, by achievement or service, have
made outstanding and lasting contributions to music in Alabama or elsewhere. The board may
adopt such rules, regulations and bylaws as may be needed to carry out its functions. Also,
it may conduct surveys and polls and may appoint such committees and representatives as it
may determine necessary or desirable. The board may acquire, construct, install, equip, lease,
manage and operate buildings and other facilities consisting of any one or more of the following
to be located in Colbert County, Alabama: (i) a music hall of fame and exhibition facility
for the display of busts, statues, plaques, books, papers, computerized figures, memorabilia,
records, films, audio tapes, video tapes, compact disks, recordings, pictures and other exhibits
relating to music and musicians, (ii) a library, research and educational...
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37-13-1
Section 37-13-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless the context plainly indicates
otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular shall include the
plural, the plural shall include the singular and the following words and phrases shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section. (1) ADDITIONAL RAIL SERVICE
AREA. Any territory that is outside the boundaries or corporate limits, as the case may be,
of any of its authorizing subdivisions and that the governing body of the county, and of any
city or town, in which such territory is located has by resolution designated as an area in
which the authority may render rail transportation service. (2) AUTHORITY. Any public corporation
organized pursuant to this chapter or any law amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.
(3) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county, city, or town in this state in which there are located
railroad properties and facilities and whose governing body receives an...
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37-13-11
Section 37-13-11 Bonds of authority - Generally. Each authority shall have the power
and is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time to issue and sell its revenue bonds
for any of its corporate purposes. The principal of and the interest on all such bonds shall
be payable solely from, and may be secured by a pledge of, the revenues derived by the authority
from the operation, leasing or sale of any or all of its railroad properties and facilities,
and other property. No bonds issued or contracts entered into by the authority shall ever
constitute or create an obligation or debt of the state, or of any county, city or town within
the state, or a charge against the credit or taxing powers of the state, or of any county,
city or town within the state. Bonds of the authority may be issued by any time and from time
to time, may be in such form, either in bearer form with appurtenant coupons (and subject
to registration as to principal or interest, or both, all as the board may...
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37-13-13
Section 37-13-13 Bonds of authority - Security. In the discretion of the authority any
bonds may be issued under and secured by an indenture between the authority and a trustee.
Said trustee may be a private person or corporation, including (but not limited to) any trust
company or bank having trust powers, whether such bank or trust company is located within
or without the state. In any such indenture or resolution providing for the issuance of bonds,
the authority may pledge, for payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds,
any of its revenues to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence and
may assign, as security for such payment, any of its leases, franchises, permits and contracts;
and in any such indenture, the authority may mortgage any of its properties, including any
that may be thereafter acquired by it. Any such pledge of revenues shall be valid and binding
from the time it is made, and the revenues so pledged and thereafter received...
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41-10-541
Section 41-10-541 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this division,
and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication
herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPROPRIATED
FUNDS. Net TVA payments to the extent such payments are pledged and appropriated to the authority
pursuant to Section 41-10-550. (2) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant
to this division. (3) AUTHORITY GUARANTY. An agreement of the authority pursuant to which
the payment of debt service referable to bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness
of a development agency is guaranteed by the authority. (4) AUTHORITY OBLIGATIONS. Bonds of
the authority and authority guaranties. (5) AUTHORITY-GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS. Bonds, notes,
or other evidences of indebtedness of a development agency that are issued solely for the
purpose in financing a project and that are guaranteed, in whole or in part,...
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11-62-7
Section 11-62-7 Powers of authority generally; operation of facilities by authority.
(a) Every authority shall have all of the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and
effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the following powers: (1) To have succession in its corporate name for the
duration of time (which may be in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section
11-62-17) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own
name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits 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 the provisions of this chapter, for the regulation
and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, whether by gift, purchase, transfer,
foreclosure, lease, or otherwise, and to expand, improve, maintain, equip, and...
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11-94-9
Section 11-94-9 Powers of authority; location of projects. (a) An authority organized
and existing under this chapter shall have the following powers, together with all powers
incident thereto or necessary for the performance of those stated herein: (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 in the municipality
which is an authorizing subdivision and sub-offices at such other place or places within the
county which is an authorizing subdivision as its board may designate; (4) To sue and be sued
in its own name, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (5) To acquire, whether
by purchase, construction, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise and to improve, equip, and
furnish and to own and maintain one or more projects or parts thereof, including all real
and personal properties and interests therein which its board may deem necessary in...
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9-17-6
Section 9-17-6 Oil and Gas Board - Powers and duties generally. (a) The board shall
have jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property necessary to administer and
enforce effectively the provisions of this article and all other articles relating to the
conservation of oil and gas. (b) The board shall have the authority and it shall be its duty
to make such inquiries as it may think proper to determine whether or not waste, over which
it has jurisdiction, exists or is imminent. In the exercise of such power the board shall
have the authority to perform the following: (1) Collect data. (2) Make investigation and
inspection. (3) Examine properties, leases, papers, books, and records, including drilling
records, logs, and other geological and geophysical data. (4) Examine, check, test, and gauge
oil and gas wells, tanks, plants, processing facilities, structures, natural gas pipelines
and gathering lines, and storage and transportation equipment and facilities, and other modes...
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11-92C-8
Section 11-92C-8 Powers of authority. (a) 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, subject to Section 11-92C-20, specified in its certificate of incorporation.
(2) To sue and be sued in its own name and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court
having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties; provided that the authority
shall be deemed to be a governmental entity as defined in Chapter 93 of this title for the
purpose of limiting the damages for which the authority may be liable. (3) To adopt and make
use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter bylaws
for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, whether by purchase,
construction, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise, and to refinance existing...
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