11-50-524
grant to a power or powers of the same class or classes as those enumerated: (1) To have succession by its corporate name perpetually unless dissolved and unless a shorter period of time shall be specified in the certificate; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at will; (4) To acquire by purchase or lease and to operate, maintain, extend, and improve any utility within the power district, including any real and personal properties and any contract and franchise rights in connection therewith, provided that it shall not do any such acts in any territory served by an existing utility without the consent of such existing utility; (5) To acquire by purchase the entire stock of any private corporation owning and operating a utility within the power district, but only as a step in the acquisition of title to such utility, and any such private corporation shall be dissolved immediately upon acquisition of such...
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11-65-1
Section 11-65-1 Legislative declarations and findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (1) As the basis for enacting Act No. 84-131, the Legislature found and determined that the conduct within Class 1 municipalities in the state of horse racing events and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will generate additional revenues for governmental and charitable purposes, provide additional jobs for the residents of the state and benefit the businesses related to tourism and recreation within any such municipality and throughout the surrounding areas of the state; it is desirable to permit the qualified voters of any Class 1 municipality to determine through referendum whether horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will be permitted in such municipality; and for each Class 1 municipality in which horse racing is approved by the voters thereof, it is necessary and desirable to provide for the establishment of a racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel...
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33-12-5
grants or other assistance from federal, state and local governments or from agencies of such governments and by issuing in its own name revenue bonds pledging a portion of the revenues from such facilities. f. Arrange with any city, county, municipality or supplier of utilities for the abandonment, relocation or other adjustment of roads, highways, bridges and utility lines. (3) LAND ACQUISITION. The agency may acquire by purchase, lease, gift or condemnation 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 land, rights in land, including leaseholds and easements, and water rights in the Alabama portion of the Elk River Watershed that the board determines to be necessary to the control and optimum development of the Elk River. The amount and character of the interests in land, rights in land and water rights...
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37-6-42
contrary to the provisions of Sections 37-14-1 through 37-14-17 or Sections 37-14-30 through 37-14-40. (2) To construct, purchase, take, receive, lease as lessee or otherwise acquire, and to own, hold, use, equip, maintain, and operate, to sell, assign, transfer, convey, exchange, lease as lessor, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber telephone lines, facilities, or systems, lands, buildings and structures, plants and equipment, and any and all kinds and classes of real or personal property whatsoever which shall be deemed necessary, convenient, or appropriate to accomplish the purpose for which the cooperative is organized; provided, however, that no electric cooperative organized and no corporation converted into an electric cooperative, under Article 1 of this chapter, shall construct, purchase, take, receive, lease as lessee, or otherwise acquire or maintain or operate any telephone lines, facilities, plants, or systems, other than telephone lines, facilities,...
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45-17A-70
Section 45-17A-70 Abatement of weeds. (a) All weeds growing upon streets or sidewalks or upon private property within the city limits of Sheffield, in Colbert County, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous, and any accumulation of trash, rubbish, junk or debris, or any unsightly or dangerous walls, or any abandoned construction of any kind or nature, or motor vehicles not in usable condition, or any debris of a burned building, or any abandoned or unused swimming pool, or any abandoned wells or cisterns, may be declared to be a public nuisance by the city governing body, and thereafter abated as provided in this section. (b) Whenever any officer or employee of the City of Sheffield charged with the responsibility reports to the city governing body the existence of any condition enumerated in subsection (a), the city governing body may, by resolution, if the proof is...
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45-30A-50.17
Section 45-30A-50.17 Procedure for protesting certain disciplinary action. (a) An employee shall have the right to protest any disciplinary action taken against him or her by his or her appointing authority; provided, however, an employee serving by temporary appointment and an employee having probationary status shall have no right to protest any such disciplinary action, unless such employee had permanent status in some other position at the time he or she was appointed to his or her present position. An employee desiring to protest any disciplinary action directed against him or her by his or her appointing authority shall file a protest in writing with the board and with his or her appointing authority within seven days of the date on which the disciplinary action was taken and request a hearing before the board. Within seven days after receipt of the protest, his or her appointing authority shall file with the chair of the board and mail to the employee by certified mail a...
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45-41-141
Section 45-41-141 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this part, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AMENDMENT 392. That certain amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, proposed by Act 80-313 enacted at the 1980 Regular Session of the Legislature. (2) AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT. That certain amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, proposed by Act 88-479 enacted at the 1988 Regular Session of the Legislature. (3) CODE. The Code of Alabama 1975, as amended. (4) COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Any building, structure, or other improvement to real property, excluding, however, any dwelling that: a. Is subject to ad valorem taxation and has a fair market value, according to the records of the tax assessor pertaining to state and county ad valorem taxation for the fiscal or ad valorem tax year of the...
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11-32-7
and trust indentures, or either. (17) Exercise the power of eminent domain, except as limited by state law, except the authority may not acquire, without the consent of the owner, any transportation system from which public transportation service is currently being furnished. The authority may not by eminent domain acquire any real property or rights owned or held by public or private railroads or utilities. (18) Expend funds for the purchase or lease of materials, equipment, supplies, or other personal property without compliance with Chapter 16 of Title 41. (19) Appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for the compensation of, officers, employees, and agents, including, but without limitation to, engineers, attorneys, management consultants, fiscal advisers, or other consultants without regard to Chapter 16 of Title 41, or any law establishing a civil service or merit system that might otherwise be applicable, as the business of the authority may deem necessary or desirable, and...
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22-27-5
Section 22-27-5 Authority of localities to establish charges, fees, etc., and enter into mutual agreements or contracts; approval of department; licensing of private or corporate agencies; permits and bonds; nonpayment of fees, etc. (a) Fees, etc.; mutual agreements or contracts. The county commission or municipality undertaking the responsibility for providing services to the public under this article may establish fees, charges and rates and may collect and disburse funds within cooperating areas or districts, inside or outside the corporate limits of municipalities or inside or outside of county boundaries, for the specific purpose of administering this article and providing and operating a solid waste program. Also, said county commission or public authority may enter into mutual agreements or contracts with the government bodies of other counties, municipalities, corporations or individuals, where deemed to be mutually economical and feasible, to jointly or individually collect,...
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45-17A-81
Section 45-17A-81 Abatement of weeds. (a) All weeds growing upon streets or sidewalks or upon private property within the city limits of Tuscumbia which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous, and any accumulation of trash, rubbish, junk, or debris, or any unsightly or dangerous walls, or any abandoned construction of any kind or nature, or motor vehicles not in usable condition, or any debris of a burned building, or any abandoned or unused swimming pool, or any abandoned wells or cisterns, may be declared to be a public nuisance by the city governing body, and thereafter abated as provided in this section. (b) Whenever any officer or employee of the City of Tuscumbia charged with the responsibility shall report to the city governing body the existence of any condition enumerated in subsection (a), the city governing body may, by resolution, if the proof be satisfactory, declare...
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