45-37-91.03
Section 45-37-91.03 Powers of bureau. (a) The bureau may conduct programs including, but not limited to, programs of information and publicity designed to attract conventions and tourists to the area. The bureau may conduct the programs and expend its funds in the furtherance of the programs in Alabama and elsewhere. (b) The bureau may permit any county with area within the metropolitan area of the largest city in the county to come under this part by contracting with the county commission of any county or require funding by the county in an amount to be determined by the board of directors and the county commission. (c) The bureau may enter into contracts with any person, firm, corporation, or association to carry out the purposes set forth in this part. No contract entered into by the authority shall bind the state or any county or municipality of the state. (d) The bureau shall have the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued. (2) To acquire property, rights, and interests, in...
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45-37A-54.65
Section 45-37A-54.65 Powers of authority. The authority shall have the power to: (1) Sue and be sued. (2) Have a seal and alter the same at pleasure. (3) Appoint officers, agents, and employees, including attorneys, and to fix their compensation. (4) Make bylaws for the management and regulation of its affairs. (5) Make contracts, and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient to lease or purchase and own real or personal property to be used for the furtherance of the purposes for the accomplishment of which the authority is created. (6) Construct or reconstruct or repair and maintain and operate, swimming pools, auditoriums, grandstands, arenas, fairgrounds, coliseums, and other installations and facilities, for the amusement, recreation, and education of the citizens of the city. (7) Promote, sponsor, and operate tournaments, shows, exhibitions, and other amusements and recreational activities. (8) Charge fees for admission. (9) Lease or sublease to other persons, firms, or...
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45-47-244.21
Section 45-47-244.21 Levy of privilege or license tax. Effective on the first day of the month succeeding the month during which this subpart becomes a law, there is hereby levied in Marion County, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected as herein provided, a privilege or license tax against the person on account of the business activities and in the amount to be determined by the application of rates against gross sales, or gross receipts, as the case may be, as follows: (1) Upon every person, firm, or corporation (not including the State of Alabama or the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or ABC stores) engaged or continuing within Marion County in the business of selling at retail any tangible personal property whatsoever, including merchandise and commodities of every kind and character, (not including, however, bonds or other evidence of debt or stocks), for a period of 36 months, an amount equal to two percent, and thereafter...
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45-49A-82.01
Section 45-49A-82.01 Creation of enterprise zones. In order to further the purposes of this part, the municipal governing body is hereby authorized to create by ordinance one or more specific areas as enterprise zones which the governing body finds are areas of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general economic distress, and, in order to encourage private investment, to promote the creation of jobs within such zones, the city is hereby authorized within such zones to initiate and carry out special programs which include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) A reduction of municipal tax rates, municipal license rates or municipal fees for governmental services or any combination of these, within such zones. (2) An increase in the level or efficiency of public services within the zone including provision for the providing of such services by nongovernment entities. (3) Reduction, removal, simplification, or other modification of regulatory requirements applying within such...
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11-43B-30
Section 11-43B-30 Purchase of labor services, materials, etc., from elected officials or employees. Notwithstanding any statute or law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality which adopts this form of mayor-council government may legally purchase or lease from any of the elected officials or employees of such municipality any labor, services, work, materials, equipment, or supplies under the competitive bidding procedures established by Section 41-16-50 et seq., and such elected official or employee may legally sell same to the municipality under those procedures. The elected official or employee, if he or she proposes to bid, shall not participate in the decision-making process determining the need for or the purchase of such personal service or personal property, or in the determination of the successful bidder. The council shall affirmatively find that the elected official or employee, from whom the purchase is to be made, is the lowest responsible bidder as required by said...
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37-1-82
Section 37-1-82 Production and inspection of books or records, etc., of utilities. (a) The commission, by order, may require any utility or any officer or agent thereof to produce within the state, at such reasonable time and place as it may designate, any books, records, accounts or documents kept in any office or place without or within the state, or certified copies thereof, whenever the production thereof is reasonably required and pertinent to any matter under investigation before the commission, in order that an examination thereof may be made by the commission, or by any person employed by the commission. (b) The commission shall examine and inspect, or cause to be examined and inspected, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, under its authority, the books, records, accounts, documents, plant, property and facilities of any utility, whether there is any proceeding by or against the utility then pending before the commission or not. Every utility, its officers and...
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37-3-25
Section 37-3-25 Penalties for violations. (a) Any person knowingly and willfully violating any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation, requirement or order thereunder or any term or condition of any certificate, permit or license for which a penalty is not otherwise herein provided shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $100.00 for the first offense and not more than $500.00 for any subsequent offense. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. (b) If any motor carrier or broker operates in violation of any provision of this chapter (except as to the reasonableness of rates, fares or charges and discriminatory character thereof), or any rule, regulation or requirement, or order thereunder, or of any term or condition of any certificate or permit, the commission or its duly authorized agency may apply to the circuit court of the State of Alabama for any county where such motor carrier or broker operates for the enforcement of such...
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45-37A-56.29
Section 45-37A-56.29 Powers of the authority. (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 in perpetuity, specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits 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, eminent domain, or otherwise, property of every description, whether real, personal, or mixed, and to manage the property, and to develop any undeveloped property owned, leased, or controlled by it, provided, however, that no such authority shall acquire or lease real property located outside the boundaries of the city. (6) To...
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45-39-210
Section 45-39-210 Courthouse parking. (a) The Lauderdale County Commission is hereby authorized to provide adequate parking for petit jurors, grand jurors, witnesses, and employees of the state and county having offices in the county courthouse. The commission may furnish parking through the acquisition and operation of parking lots by contracting with any private or public agency for such purpose, under such terms as it may deem necessary and desirable, or by reimbursing those persons covered by this section for their reasonable personal expenses in securing parking. (b) Upon the request of the commission, the Sheriff of Lauderdale County shall deputize the county engineer or any other employee of the engineering department or of the sheriff's office to enforce one hour parking limitations and restricted zone limitations on motor vehicles parking on the county's property around the courthouse during courthouse hours, and the deputy shall have the authority to place a parking ticket on...
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45-39-221.03
Section 45-39-221.03 Powers of tourism board. (a) The tourism board may conduct programs and events, including, but not limited to, programs of information and publicity, sporting events, and other public events to attract tourists and visitors to the county. The tourism board may conduct programs or events in the state and elsewhere and expend its funds in the furtherance of such programs and events in the state and elsewhere. (b) The tourism board may enter into contracts with any person, firm, corporation, or association to carry out the purposes set forth herein. No contract entered into by the tourism board shall bind either the state, the county, or any municipality. (c) The tourism board shall have the following additional powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions, and to defend suits and actions against it, including suits and actions ex delicto...
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