11-49A-8
Section 11-49A-8 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 the provisions of Section 11-49A-20) 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...
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23-1-50.1
Section 23-1-50.1 Road machinery and equipment management program; Equipment Management Surplus Reserve Account. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to give the State Department of Transportation authority to accumulate depreciation, equipment replacement allowances, and salvage value on road machinery and equipment sufficient to upgrade, replace, or make extraordinary repairs to the road machinery and equipment of the State Department of Transportation, as determined by a road machinery and equipment management program to be developed by the department. (b) Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases will have the following meanings: (1) STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISIONS. Those divisions of the Department of Transportation responsible for road construction and maintenance over a specified geographic area of the state. (2) DEPRECIATION. That process of allocating the original cost per fixed asset over the productive life of the asset...
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37-1-15
Section 37-1-15 Free tickets, free passes or free transportation. The following persons may, at the discretion of such carrier, pass free of charge on all railroads and all other common carriers and may, at the discretion of such carrier, receive free tickets, passes and transportation from such carriers: employees of railroads and any and all other common carriers and their families; widows and dependent children of deceased employees; employees who have retired from active service, by reason of age or physical infirmities, and the wives and dependent children of the latter; officers or agents, surgeons, physicians and attorneys-at-law of any such railroads and other common carriers, and the immediate families of such persons; sheriffs; ministers of religion; traveling secretaries of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association; inmates of hospitals and charitable and eleemosynary institutions and persons exclusively engaged in charitable and...
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40-11-1
Section 40-11-1 Enumeration of subjects of taxation. (a) As used in this section the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein: (1) CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES. The normal and ordinary meaning of the words, except that mining activities or the transportation of materials used in or produced by mining or forestry activities shall not be construed to be included; (2) HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT. Any motor vehicle used primarily off the open road for construction purposes, including all road construction equipment whose gross weight exceeds 16,000 pounds, but not including inventory on hand for sale by duly licensed equipment dealers. (b) The subjects of ad valorem taxation, except as exempted by law, shall be as follows: (1) Every piece, parcel, tract, or lot of land in this state, including therein all things pertaining to such land, and all structures and other things so annexed or attached thereto as to pass to a vendee by conveyance of such land; and every separate or special...
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11-54-129
Section 11-54-129 Use of assets. (a) Subject to succeeding provisions hereof with respect to the investment of moneys held in and forming a part of an endowment trust fund, and the management, use, and disposition of other properties, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, contributed to such fund, all moneys held in and forming a part of an endowment trust fund, whether such moneys may be characterized as either principal or income of such fund, may be expended, and all other properties contributed to a trust fund may be used only to induce new business, manufacturing, industrial, commercial, service, and research enterprises, whether or not any such enterprise, or any property to be utilized in connection therewith, would constitute a "project" within the meaning of either industrial development board act, to locate within the statutory service area of the board that created such fund, and to foster activities and policies conducive to the continuing prosperity of such...
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23-1-273
Section 23-1-273 Erection or maintenance of signs - Prohibited in adjacent areas; exceptions. No sign shall, subject to the provisions of Section 23-1-274, be erected or maintained in an adjacent area after February 10, 1972, nor shall any outdoor advertising sign, display, or device with the purpose of its message being read from the main-traveled way of an interstate highway or primary highway be erected after April 11, 1978, outside of an urban area beyond 660 feet of the nearest edge of right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway, except the following: (1) Directional and official signs, including, but not limited to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historical attractions, safety rest areas, and information centers, which are authorized by the director, under promulgated rule, and which comply with regulations promulgated by the director relative to their lighting, size, number, spacing, and other such requirements as may be appropriate to implement this...
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23-1-306
Section 23-1-306 Corporation - Powers. The corporation shall have the following powers: (1) To have perpetual succession by its corporate name unless sooner dissolved pursuant to Section 23-1-318. (2) To commence actions and have actions commenced against it, provided, however, that the corporation shall be considered a public agency performing state governmental functions and shall be immune from suit based on its acts or omissions or those of its agents, servants, or employees to the extent the State of Alabama is so immune, and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties. Venue shall be in the appropriate court of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is located. (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To construct, reconstruct and relocate or to cause to be constructed, reconstructed and relocated federal aid projects, including work incidental or related thereto, in...
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23-6-7
Section 23-6-7 Corporate powers. The corporation shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To construct, reconstruct, and relocate industrial access roads and bridges within the state or to cause the same to be constructed, reconstructed, and relocated; (5) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal estate of every description, and to manage the same; (6) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the construction, reconstruction, or relocation of industrial access...
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37-13-7
Section 37-13-7 Powers of authority generally. Each 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) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suit and actions; (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, take and hold, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, property of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and whether within or without the boundaries or corporate limits (as the case may be) of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage said property, and to develop any undeveloped property owned, leased or controlled by it in a...
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37-8-28
Section 37-8-28 Free passes, rebates or discounts, etc. - Exemptions. Section 37-8-27 shall not apply to employees of railroads, or other common carriers and their families, nor to the widows and dependent children of deceased employees, nor to employees who have retired from active service, by reason of age or physical infirmities, and the wives and dependent children of the latter, nor to officers or agents, surgeons, physicians and attorneys-at-law of such carriers, and the immediate families of such persons, to sheriffs, to ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association, inmates of hospitals and charitable and eleemosynary institutions and persons exclusively engaged in charitable and eleemosynary work; to indigent, destitute and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies and hospitals and the necessary agents, employed in such transportation; to the widows of...
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