11-44B-20
Section 11-44B-20 Powers of city; vesting of existing rights, powers, and properties. The city
shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution
and laws of this state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry and execute
all the powers granted. The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits
for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise,
lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property
as the interest may require; and except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state, or
restricted by this article, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions,
rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of
particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to
the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the...
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11-44D-9
Section 11-44D-9 Powers of city generally. The city shall have all powers granted to municipal
corporations and to cities by the Constitution and laws of the state, together with all the
implied powers necessary to carry and execute all the powers granted. The city may acquire
property within or without its corporate limits for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser
interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease,
mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as the interest may require; and except
as prohibited by the Constitution of this state, or restricted by this chapter, the city shall
and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, privileges, and immunities of every kind
and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this chapter shall not be deemed
to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied hereby, or appropriate
to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the city shall...
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11-65-3
Section 11-65-3 Class 1 municipality authorized to create racing commission; status of commission;
powers and duties generally; disposition of fees; jurisdiction of State Ethics Commission.
A commission is authorized to be created in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
for each Class 1 municipality, as Class 1 municipality is defined in Section 11-40-12 or any
successor provision of law. Any commission created for any sponsoring municipality pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter shall be named "The ______ (the name of the sponsoring
municipality shall be inserted in the blank) Racing Commission" and shall be a public
corporation having a legal existence separate and apart from the state and any county, municipality,
or political subdivision thereof. A commission shall be vested with the powers and duties
specified in this chapter and all other powers necessary and proper to enable it to execute
fully and effectively the purposes of this chapter. Anything contained in...
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11-99B-7
Section 11-99B-7 Powers of district generally; power of district to acquire and operate projects;
provisions in schedules of rates and charges generally. Each district 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 the provisions of Section 11-99B-15, specified in its
certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and to be sued in its own name in civil actions,
and to defend civil actions against it; provided, that the district shall be deemed to be
a "governmental entity" as defined in Chapter 93 of this title, for the purposes
of limiting the damages for which the district and its members may be liable. (3) To adopt
and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter
bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, receive,...

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14-6A-2
Section 14-6A-2 Powers. The regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate
and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers
necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter
and including, but not limited to, the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued in its own
name in civil actions, subject to the limitations provided in Chapter 93 of Title 11, and,
except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to defend civil actions against it. (2) To adopt
and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To have perpetual
succession. (4) To make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations
to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority. (5) To make, enter into, and
execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take other actions as
may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the...
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16-60-306
Section 16-60-306 Power of the center. The center shall have all of 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 seal at pleasure. (4) To adopt and
amend bylaws. (5) To execute contracts and other necessary documents. (6) To acquire by gift,
grant, purchase, or otherwise, and to hold title to real or personal property, or both, together
with all rights incidental thereto. (7) To solicit and accept devises, bequests, grants, and
donations. (8) To promulgate rules and regulations. (9) To have all other powers necessary
or desirable to accomplish its corporate purpose. (Act 2001-501, p. 880, §7.)...
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22-21-312
Section 22-21-312 Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature hereby finds and declares:
(1) That publicly-owned (as distinguished from investor-owned and community-nonprofit) hospitals
and other health care facilities furnish a substantial part of the indigent and reduced-rate
care and other health care services furnished to residents of the state by hospitals and other
health care facilities generally; (2) That as a result of current significant fiscal and budgetary
limitations or restrictions, the state and the various counties, municipalities, and educational
institutions therein are no longer able to provide, from taxes and other general fund moneys,
all the revenues and funds necessary to operate such publicly-owned hospitals and other health
care facilities adequately and efficiently; and (3) That to enable such publicly-owned hospitals
and other health care facilities to continue to operate adequately and efficiently, it is
necessary that the entities and agencies...
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36-27-2
Section 36-27-2 Creation; designation; purpose, powers, privileges, management, etc., thereof
generally; powers, duties, etc., of Board of Control; immunity of state officers, etc. (a)
A retirement system is hereby established as a body corporate and placed under the management
of the Board of Control for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits
under the provisions of this article for employees of the State of Alabama. The retirement
system so created shall be established as of October 1, 1945. It shall have the power and
privileges of a corporation and shall be known as the "Employees' Retirement System of
Alabama," and by such name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds
invested and all of its cash and securities and other property held in trust for the purpose
for which received. (b) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Boards of
Control of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama and the Employees' Retirement...
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37-15-10.1
Section 37-15-10.1 Underground Damage Prevention Authority. (a) The Underground Damage Prevention
Authority is created for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and for reviewing penalty provisions
and the adequacy of the enforcement process. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
authority and its enforcement activities not be funded by appropriations from the state budget.
(b) The authority shall utilize the services of the Alabama Public Service Commission to provide
administrative support for the authority, subject to the concurrence by the authority board.
The Public Service Commission shall charge the expenses associated with the administrative
duties of the authority back to the authority, subject to the concurrence of the authority
board. The administrative support provided by the Alabama Public Service Commission to the
authority is in an administrative capacity only and nothing in this chapter shall expand the
jurisdiction of the Alabama Public Service Commission in any...
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37-5-7
Section 37-5-7 Bonds - Consent of Department of Finance. No bonds or other evidence of indebtedness
of a district created under this chapter shall be issued or sold until consent to the issuance
and sale thereof shall have been given by the Department of Finance. Such consent shall be
granted only after a public hearing and after a petition requesting such consent has been
duly filed by such district with the director of the Department of Finance more than five
days before such public hearing. Such petition shall specify the plan or program of the district
and the uses to which it is proposed to put the proceeds of such issue and such other matters
as are necessary fully to advise said department of the nature of the corporate purpose, in
furtherance of which such issue is proposed, and said petition shall include such other information
as may be required by the rules of the Department of Finance. The Department of Finance shall
grant such consent only after it finds that such issue or...
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