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22-28A-2
Section 22-28A-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama hereby finds as follows:
(1) The United States is a signatory to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Global
Climate Change (FCCC). (2) The Kyoto Protocol to expand the scope of the FCCC was negotiated
in December 1997, in Kyoto, Japan, requiring the United States to reduce emissions of greenhouse
gases such as carbon dioxide and methane by seven percent from 1990 emission levels during
the period 2008 to 2012, with similar reduction obligations for other major industrial nations.
(3) Developing nations, including China, India, Mexico, Indonesia, and Brazil are exempt from
greenhouse gas emission limitation requirements in the FCCC. (4) Developing nations refused
in the Kyoto negotiations to accept any new commitments for greenhouse gas emission limitations
through the Kyoto Protocol or other agreements. (5) With respect to new commitments under
the FCCC, President Clinton pledged on October 22, 1997, that the...
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37-4-140
Section 37-4-140 Purchase of electricity. (a) For purposes of this section only, the following
terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AVOIDED COSTS. Costs that a utility or a commission
non-jurisdictional electric supplier which purchases electrical energy from a distributed
generation facility would have been required to incur but for the distributed generation facility's
provision of electrical energy during the same period of time. To the extent such costs are
actually avoided, the term may include incremental fuel costs, incremental energy losses,
incremental emission allowance costs, and incremental fuel-related operation and maintenance
expenses. The term does not include, among other things, costs associated with capacity, the
transmission and distribution system, administrative and general costs, customer accounting
costs, and general plant in service costs. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Public Service Commission.
(3) COMMISSION NON-JURISDICTIONAL ELECTRIC SUPPLIER. a. A...
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41-14A-6
Section 41-14A-6 Establishment of SAFE board of directors; powers and duties of the board of
directors. (a) There is hereby established a Board of Directors of the SAFE Program charged
with responsibility and authority to assess and manage the sufficiency of the collateral pool
and the SAFE Program to provide adequate protection from losses to public depositors. In exercising
its powers and performing its responsibilities, the board of directors shall constitute a
body politic under the laws of the state performing the public function of assuring the safety
of public deposits. (b) The State Treasurer shall be a permanent, standing, voting member
of the board of directors and shall serve as its chair. The Superintendent of Banks shall
be a permanent, standing, non-voting member of the board of directors. The remaining six members
shall each possess knowledge, skill, and experience in one or more of the following areas:
(1) Financial analysis. (2) Trend analysis. (3) Accounting. (4)...
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11-101A-8
Section 11-101A-8 Powers of authority. (a) In addition to all other powers granted elsewhere
in this chapter, and subject to the express provisions of its certificate of incorporation,
an 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, or until dissolved as provided in Section 11-101A-24. (2) To sue and be sued
in its own name in civil suits and actions, and to defend suits and actions against it, subject,
however, to Chapter 93 of this title, which chapter is hereby made applicable to the authority.
(3) To adopt, alter, amend, and repeal bylaws, regulations, and rules for the regulation and
conduct of its affairs and business. (4) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to
alter the same at pleasure. (5) To acquire, whether by purchase,...
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11-54A-9
Section 11-54A-9 Powers of authority; all projects to be in development area. (a) 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 perpetuity, subject to Section 11-54A-20, specified in
its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name and to prosecute
and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the
parties. (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, whether by purchase, construction, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise and
to refinance existing indebtedness on, improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more projects,
including all real and personal properties which the board of the authority may...
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24-6-3
Section 24-6-3 Advisory board. (a) The advisory board of the commission shall be composed of
nine advisory only members, each of whom shall have been a resident of Alabama for at least
five years prior to appointment. (b) Six of the members shall be appointed by the Governor,
subject to Senate confirmation, as follows: (1) From a list of nine nominees submitted by
the Alabama Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA), the Governor shall appoint three members
who shall be from the Alabama manufactured housing industry and of those three members, two
members shall represent the manufacturers and one member shall represent the retailers. No
employee of AMHA shall serve on the commission. The terms of office of the initial appointees
shall be one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. (2) There shall be
three consumer representatives appointed as follows: The Governor shall appoint from the general
public three members who shall serve as consumer representatives and whose...
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33-12-5
Section 33-12-5 Powers, duties and functions. The powers, duties and functions of the agency
shall be as follows: (1) GENERALLY. The agency a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate
name. b. May sue and be sued in its corporate name. c. May adopt, use and alter a corporate
seal, which shall be judicially noticed. d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative
agreements with the federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments,
with private individuals, corporations, associations, trusts and other organizations as the
board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter,
including the planned, orderly residential development of the area. e. May adopt, amend and
repeal bylaws. f. May appoint such managers, officers, employees, attorneys and agents as
the board deems necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define
their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may...
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34-27-7
Section 34-27-7 Real Estate Commission - Created; composition; qualifications of members; appointment;
terms; compensation; organization; executive director and assistant executive director generally;
seal; records; immunity from suit. (a) There is created the Alabama Real Estate Commission.
The commission shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate as hereinafter provided. The Governor's appointments to the commission,
except for the appointment of the consumer member made pursuant to subsection (e), shall be
made from a list of three persons nominated by the governing body of the Alabama Professional
Real Estate Society or trade association which has the largest licensee membership, as evidenced
by the filing of a verified list of paid members with the Secretary of State within 10 days
of April 6, and annually by December 31 of each year thereafter. At least one of the persons
nominated for each commission seat shall not be a...
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39-2-12
Section 39-2-12 Partial and final payments of contractors by awarding authorities. (a) As used
in this section the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1)
CONTRACTOR. Any natural person, partnership, company, firm, corporation, association, limited
liability company, cooperative, or other legal entity licensed by the Alabama State Licensing
Board for General Contractors. (2) NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR. A contractor which is neither a.
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor b. maintains its principal
place of business in the State of Alabama. A nonresident contractor which has maintained a
permanent branch office within the State of Alabama for at least five continuous years shall
not thereafter be deemed to be a nonresident contractor so long as the contractor continues
to maintain a branch office within Alabama. (3) RETAINAGE. That money belonging to the contractor
which has been retained by the awarding authority conditioned on...
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40-2-11
Section 40-2-11 Powers and duties generally. It shall be the duty of the Department of Revenue,
and it shall have the power and authority, in addition to the authority now in it vested by
law: (1) To have and exercise general and complete supervision and control of the valuation,
equalization, and assessment of property, privilege, or franchise and of the collection of
all property, privilege, license, excise, intangible, franchise, or other taxes for the state
and counties, and of the enforcement of the tax laws of the state, and of the several county
tax assessors and county tax collectors, probate judges, and each and every state and county
official, board, or commission charged with any duty in the enforcement of tax laws, to the
end that all taxable property in the state shall be assessed and taxes shall be imposed and
collected thereon in compliance with the law and that all assessments on property, privileges,
intangibles, and franchises in the state shall be made in exact...
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