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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a)(1)
For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist Calhoun
County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide for
the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed
to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such
amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this
section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun County,
which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County Economic
Development Council. (2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity with the
purposes. (b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council
shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors. (2) The...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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22-22A-6
Section 22-22A-6 Environmental Management Commission; powers and duties; composition; meetings;
compensation; expenses; ethical requirements. (a) There is hereby created a seven member Environmental
Management Commission of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management which shall have
the following duties: (1) To select a director for the Department of Environmental Management
and to advise the director on environmental matters which are within the department's scope
of authority; (2) To establish, adopt, promulgate, modify, repeal, and suspend any rules,
regulations, or environmental standards for the department which may be applicable to the
state as a whole or any of its geographical parts; (3) To develop environmental policy for
the state; and (4) To hear and determine appeals of administrative actions. (b) The Environmental
Management Commission shall be composed of seven members who are citizens of the State of
Alabama. Initial members of the commission shall be appointed...
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33-18-1
Section 33-18-1 Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees
to the following interstate compact known as the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact:
Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact The States of Alabama and Georgia and the United
States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon
enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress
of the United States. Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa
River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACT
Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States
of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes
of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably
apportioning the surface waters of the ACT, engaging in water planning,...
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33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama
hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint
River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama,
Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact
which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state
legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and
may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall
be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact."
Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and
the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate
comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...
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45-49A-64.07
Section 45-49A-64.07 Powers of authority. 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 perpetual,
subject to Section 45-49A-64.19) 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
and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire,
receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to hold property of
every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether located in one or more counties or municipalities
and whether located within or outside the authorizing municipality. (6) To make, enter into,
and execute such contracts, agreements, leases, and other...
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40-8-1
Section 40-8-1 Classification of property; assessment rate. (a) On and after October 1, 1978,
with respect to ad valorem taxes levied by the state, and, unless otherwise provided, with
respect to ad valorem taxes levied by a county, municipality, or other taxing authority other
than the state, all taxable property shall be divided into the following classes and no other
and shall be assessed for ad valorem tax purposes at the following ratios of assessed value
to the fair and reasonable market value of such property, or, as may be provided by law, to
the current use value of such property: CLASS I. All property of utilities used in the business
of such utilities, 30 percent. CLASS II. All property not otherwise classified, 20 percent.
CLASS III. All agricultural, forest, and residential property, and historic buildings and
sites, 10 percent. CLASS IV. All private passenger automobiles and motor trucks of the type
commonly known as "pickups" or "pickup trucks" owned and operated by an...
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41-9-211
Section 41-9-211 Powers and duties of office. (a) The powers and duties of the Office of State
Planning and Federal Programs shall be as follows: (1) To develop a comprehensive state plan,
and yearly updates to the plan, to be submitted by the Governor to the Legislature for its
consideration; (2) To develop, for approval by the Governor and the Legislature, long-range
plans and policies for the orderly and coordinated growth of the state, including but not
limited to, functional plans; (3) To prepare special reports and make available the results
of the research, studies and other activities, through publications, memoranda, briefings
and expert testimony; (4) To analyze the quality and quantity of services required for the
continued orderly and long-range growth of the state, taking into consideration the relationship
of activities, capabilities and future plans of local units of government, area commissions,
development districts, private enterprise and the state and federal...
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22-27-10
Section 22-27-10 Control of unauthorized dumping; open burning; construction with other rights
and remedies. (a) Solid waste shall be collected, transported, disposed, managed, or any combination
thereof, according to the requirements of this article, and the rules of the department or
the health department, as authorized by this article, and if disposed of in this state, shall
be disposed in a permitted landfill or permitted incineration, or reduced in volume through
composting, materials recovery, or other existing or future means approved by and according
to the requirements of the department, under authorities granted by this article. (b) The
creation, contribution to, or operation of an unauthorized dump is declared to be a public
nuisance per se, a menace to public health, and a violation of this article. In addition to
other remedies which are available, an unauthorized dump may be enjoined through an action
in the circuit court having jurisdiction over the property in which the...
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