11-50-343
Section 11-50-343 Powers generally; publication, recordation, and authentication of resolutions
of board. (a) Each board created under the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be
a public agency or instrumentality exercising public and governmental functions to provide
for the public health and welfare, and each such board is hereby authorized and empowered:
(1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2)
To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure; (3) To maintain an office at such
place or places within the city as it may designate; (4) To sue and be sued in its own name;
(5) To acquire, purchase, lease as lessee, construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, operate,
and maintain any water system or part thereof or any sewer system or part thereof or any combination
thereof within or without or partly within and partly without the corporate limits of the
city, and to acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right...
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11-50-396
Section 11-50-396 Powers generally. Each district incorporated under this article shall have
each and all of the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary
to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession in its corporate name for
the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in the certificate of incorporation,
or until dissolved as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-50-392. (2) To sue and be sued
and to defend civil actions against it. (3) To have and use a corporate seal and alter the
same at pleasure. (4) To acquire, purchase, construct, receive, own, operate, maintain, enlarge,
extend, and improve any one or more gas systems the operation of which is provided for in
the certificate of incorporation of the district (whether or not such system or systems were
in existence or whether or not such system or systems were privately owned or municipally
owned prior to the acquisition by such district). (5) To receive,...
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11-81-141
Section 11-81-141 Powers of municipalities or counties generally; provisions in instruments
or deeds of trust creating pledges, mortgages, liens, etc., for payment of bonds; determination
of costs of acquisition, construction, etc., of undertakings. (a) In addition to the powers
which it may now have, any municipality or county shall have power under this division: (1)
To acquire by gift or purchase, to construct, to reconstruct, to improve, to better or to
extend any undertaking within or without the municipality or county or partially within or
partially without the municipality or county; (2) To operate and maintain any undertaking
for its own use and for the use of public and private consumers and users within and without
the territorial boundaries of the municipality or county; (3) To lease any undertaking or
portion thereof to any agency or department of the State of Alabama for a period or periods
not exceeding 40 years from the completion of the construction of the work, if...
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11-50-524
Section 11-50-524 Corporate powers. (a) The corporation shall be entitled to all the exemptions
provided by the general laws of Alabama and of the United States for municipal corporations.
To carry out its purposes, the corporation shall have the following specific powers, but no
enumeration of powers granted in this chapter shall be construed to impair or limit any general
grant of power contained in this chapter nor to limit any such grant to a power or powers
of the same class or classes as those enumerated: (1) To have succession by its corporate
name perpetually unless dissolved and unless a shorter period of time shall be specified in
the certificate; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend; (3) To have and to use
a corporate seal and to alter the same at will; (4) To acquire by purchase or lease and to
operate, maintain, extend, and improve any utility within the power district, including any
real and personal properties and any contract and franchise rights in...
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11-50-74
Section 11-50-74 Execution of contract for purchase of sewers or sewer system by council; contents
and terms thereof. Thereafter the council may enter into a contract with the owner or owners
of said sewers or sewer system, subject to final confirmation by the council under the provisions
of this division, for the purchase of the same at a purchase price and under such terms as
may be agreed upon between the parties thereto, the purchase price to be paid in whole or
in part as the council may see proper by assessment against the abutting and drained property.
Such contract may prescribe when and under what conditions the title to said sewers or sewer
systems shall be conveyed to the city or town; and that any bonds issued or to be issued as
prescribed in this division for the cost thereof may be secured by mortgage on or deed of
trust to said sewer or sewer system, in addition to the security of the assignment of the
lien on the abutting or drained property provided for in this...
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11-47-218
Section 11-47-218 Powers of authorities generally; location of projects; exercise of power
of eminent domain. (a) In addition to all other powers at any time conferred on it by law,
and subject to any express provisions of its certificate of incorporation to the contrary,
an authority shall have the following lawful powers, together with all powers incidental thereto
or necessary to discharge thereof in the corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate
name in perpetuity or for the duration specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2)
To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions and to defend actions against it. (3)
To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To adopt,
alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations, and rules, not inconsistent with this article or its
certificate of incorporation, for the regulation and conduct of the affairs and business of
the authority. (5) To acquire, receive, take, and hold, whether by purchase,...
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45-49-140.09
Section 45-49-140.09 Powers of district; taxation exemption. (a) The district shall constitute
a public corporation, which shall have the power to do any and all acts or things necessary
and convenient for carrying out the purposes for which it is created including, but not limited
to: To sue and be sued; to have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; to acquire, hold, and
dispose of property, real and personal, tangible and intangible, or interests therein and
to pay therefor in cash or on credit, and to secure and procure payment of all or any part
of the purchase price thereof on such terms and conditions as the board shall determine; to
acquire, own, operate, maintain, and improve a system or systems; to pledge all or any part
of its revenues, or mortgages, or otherwise encumber, all or any part of its property for
the purpose of securing the payment of the principal of and interest on any of its obligations;
to sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise encumber or dispose of all or any...
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16-18-7
Section 16-18-7 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 in perpetuity,
subject to the provisions of Section 16-18-21 specified in its certificate of incorporation;
(2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions and to defend actions 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, wherever the same might be located; (6) To make, enter
into and execute such contracts, agreements, leases and other instruments and to take such
other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any...
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45-26-142.10
Section 45-26-142.10 Powers of district; bylaws. (a) The district shall constitute a public
corporation, which shall have the power to do any and all acts or things necessary and convenient
for carrying out the purposes for which it is created, including, but not limited to, all
of the following: (1) To sue and be sued. (2) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure.
(3) To acquire, hold, and dispose of property, real and personal, tangible and intangible,
or interests therein and to pay therefor in cash or on credit, and to secure and procure payment
of all or any part of the purchase price thereof on the terms and conditions as the board
shall determine. (4) To acquire, own, operate, maintain, and improve a system or systems.
(5) To pledge all or any part of its revenues, or mortgages, or otherwise encumber, all or
any part of its property for the purpose of securing the payment of the principal of and interest
on any of its obligations. (6) To sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise...
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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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