39-7-18
Section 39-7-18 Board of trustees of authority - Powers generally. The board of trustees shall
have power to do all things necessary or convenient in conducting and developing the enterprise,
including but not limited to the following powers: (1) To adopt and amend bylaws for the management
and regulation of its affairs and the enterprise in which it is engaged; (2) To use, with
the consent of the municipality, the agents, employees or facilities of such municipality
and to provide for payment of the agreed proportion of the cost therefor; (3) To appoint officers,
agents and employees and to fix their compensation; (4) To inquire into any matter relating
to the affairs of the authority, to compel by subpoena the attendance of witnesses and the
production of books and papers material to any such inquiry, to administer oaths to witnesses
and to examine witnesses and such books and papers; (5) To appoint an advisory board to assist
in the formation of proper policies in respect of the...
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11-43A-28
Section 11-43A-28 Qualifications of city manager; duties; designation or appointment of administrative
officer to perform duties of manager during temporary absence or disability. The city manager
shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications
with special reference to his actual experience in, or his knowledge of, accepted practice
in respect to the duties of his office as hereinafter set forth. At the time of his appointment,
he may but need not be a resident of the municipality or state, but during his tenure of office
he shall reside within the municipality. The city manager shall be the head of the administrative
branch of the municipal government. He shall be responsible to the council for the proper
administration of all affairs of the municipality and, subject to the provisions of any civil
service or merit system law applicable to such municipality and except as otherwise provided
herein, he shall have power and shall be...
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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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11-92B-10
Section 11-92B-10 Powers and duties of authority. An authority shall have the following powers
and duties together with all powers and duties incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge
thereof: (1) To sue or be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) To adopt and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To adopt and
alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (4) With respect
to property within the operational area of the authority, to acquire, receive, and take title
to by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, to hold, keep, improve, maintain, and impose
restrictive covenants and land use controls, to engage in environmental remediation and restoration
efforts as required under applicable agreements with the United States Department of Defense,
to equip, furnish, develop, and to transfer, convey, donate, sell, lease, grant options to,
assign, encumber with easements and mortgages and...
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36-27-25
Section 36-27-25 Funds for assets of retirement system - Management. (a) The Board of Control
shall be the trustees of the several funds of the Employees' Retirement System created by
this article as provided in Section 36-27-24 and shall have full power to invest and reinvest
the funds, through its Secretary-Treasurer in the classes of bonds, mortgages, common and
preferred stocks, shares of investment companies or mutual funds, or other investments as
the Board of Control may approve, with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the
circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar
with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like
aims. Subject to like terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions, the Board of Control,
through its Secretary-Treasurer, shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer,
and dispose of any investments in which the funds created in Section...
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37-5-5
Section 37-5-5 Board of directors - Powers. The board of directors of any district shall have
power and authority: (1) To exercise by vote, ordinance or resolution all of the general powers
of the district. (2) To make all needful rules, regulations and bylaws for the management
and the conduct of the affairs of the district and of the board. (3) To adopt a seal for the
district, prescribe the style thereof and alter the same at pleasure. (4) To lease, purchase,
sell, convey and mortgage the property of the district and to execute all instruments, contracts,
mortgages, deeds or bonds on behalf of the district in such manner as the board shall direct.
(5) To inquire into any matter relating to the affairs of the district, to compel by subpoena
the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers material to any such inquiry,
to administer oaths to witnesses and to examine such witnesses. (6) To appoint and fix the
salaries and duties of such officer, experts, agents and...
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36-36-5
Section 36-36-5 Management and control of trust; powers of trustees; payment of expenses. (a)
The trusts shall be under the management and control of their respective trustees. All powers
necessary or otherwise advisable for the management and control of the trusts shall be vested
solely in the respective trustees. (b) The trustees shall have all of the powers necessary
to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all the power and
authority granted under law to the board which created the trust, and all powers granted to
trustees under Alabama law to the extent not in conflict with this chapter, including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following powers: (1) To adopt, alter, and repeal
rules for the operation and conduct of the respective trust's affairs and business; (2) To
make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, and other instruments and to take such
other actions as may be necessary or otherwise advisable for the...
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11-88-132
Section 11-88-132 Acquisition, etc., of water system of water and fire protection authority
by city board of water and sewer commissioners - Conveyance of funds in trust for authority's
fire protection system; governing board of authority as trustees; trustees' powers and liabilities.
(a) In the event that the board of water and sewer commissioners of any city ("commissioners")
should acquire, operate, or control by virtue of assignment, conveyance, court order, operation
of law, or otherwise the water system of a water and fire protection authority ("authority"),
then the commissioners shall thereupon convey to the authority the principal sum of $2,000,000
in irrevocable trust for the support and maintenance of the authority's fire protection system.
(b) The trustees of the trust so established shall be the members of the governing board of
the authority, as it may be comprised from time to time, who shall have all powers necessary
to effect the support and maintenance of the...
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45-17-92
Section 45-17-92 Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau. (a) This section shall apply
only in Colbert County. (b) The following words and terms as used in this section, shall have
the meanings hereby ascribed to them: "the bureau" means the public corporation
for which this section provides; "the board" means the board of directors of the
authority for which this section provides. (c)(1) There is hereby established in the county
a public corporation for the purposes herein specified, which corporation shall be vested
with the powers conferred upon it by this section. The public corporation is at times hereinafter
referred to as "the bureau." (2) Subject to the conditions and qualifications hereinafter
stated, the name of the corporation shall be the Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau.
(d)(1) The bureau shall be authorized and empowered to conduct programs, including but not
limited to programs of information and publicity designed to attract conventions and tourism
to...
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11-43A-85
Section 11-43A-85 Qualifications of city manager; duties and powers; designation or appointment
of administrative officer to perform duties of manager during temporary absence or disability.
(a) The city manager shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of his executive and
administrative qualifications with special reference to his actual experience in, or his knowledge
of, accepted practice with respect to the duties of his office as hereinafter set forth. At
the time of appointment, the city manager may but need not be a resident of the municipality
or state, but within 90 days of the beginning of employment, he shall become a resident and
shall continue to reside within the municipality during his employment. (b) The city manager
shall be the head of the administrative branch of the municipal government. He shall be responsible
to the council for the proper administration of all affairs of the municipality and, subject
to the provisions of any civil service or merit system...
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