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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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41-10-141
Section 41-10-141 Powers and duties of authority generally. 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; (2) To maintain civil
actions and have civil actions maintained against it in its corporate name, except as otherwise
provided in this article, and to defend civil actions against it; (3) To adopt and make use
of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To amend its certificate of incorporation
by filing in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate signed by all of the directors
of the authority setting forth the details of the amendment, such certificate to be acknowledged
in the same manner as the certificate of incorporation; (5) To adopt and alter bylaws for
the regulation and conduct of its affairs and...
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11-47-215
Section 11-47-215 Certificate of incorporation of authorities - Contents. The certificate of
incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The names of the persons forming the authority,
together with the residence of each person, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector
of at least one of the subdivisions. (2) The name of the authority, which may be a name indicating
in a general way the area proposed to be served by the authority and shall include the words
"Public Park Authority" (e.g., "The _____ Public Park Authority," or "The
Public Park Authority of _____," the blank spaces to be filled in with the name of one
or more of the authorizing subdivisions or other geographically descriptive word or words,
the descriptive word or words shall not, however, preclude the authority from locating facilities
or otherwise exercising its powers in other geographical areas), unless the Secretary of State
shall determine that the name is identical to the name of any other corporation...
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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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11-89-1
Section 11-89-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of
any county or municipality or public corporation or cooperative in accordance with the provisions
of Section 11-89-3. (2) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution, adopted by a governing body
in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-89-3, that authorizes the incorporation of
a district. (3) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county or municipality or public corporation
or cooperative the governing body of which shall have adopted an authorizing resolution. (4)
BOARD. The board of directors of a district. (5) BONDS. Bonds, notes and certificates representing
an obligation to pay money. (6) CONCISE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. A reasonably concise description
of a particular geographic area which may be by metes and bounds or by...
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40-12-4
Section 40-12-4 County license tax for school purposes - Authority to levy. (a) In order to
provide funds for public school purposes, the governing body of each of the several counties
in this state is hereby authorized by ordinance to levy and provide for the assessment and
collection of franchise, excise and privilege license taxes with respect to privileges or
receipts from privileges exercised in such county, which shall be in addition to any and all
other county taxes heretofore or hereafter authorized by law in such county. Such governing
body may, in its discretion, submit the question of levying any such tax to a vote of the
qualified electors of the county. If such governing body submits the question to the voters,
then the governing body shall also provide for holding and canvassing the returns of the election
and for giving notice thereof. All the proceeds from any tax levied pursuant to this section
less the cost of collection and administration thereof shall be used...
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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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22-21-179
Section 22-21-179 Powers of corporation. The corporation shall have all the powers and authority
inhering in, or conferred upon, counties in the State of Alabama operating public hospitals,
except as otherwise provided, as well as the following specific 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 22-21-191;
(2) Subject to the limitations contained in the provisions of this section, to maintain actions
and have actions maintained against it in its own name in civil, including ex delicto and
ex contractu, actions; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same
at pleasure; (4) To adopt bylaws and amend the same; (5) To receive, acquire, take and hold,
whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and...
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9-15-56
Section 9-15-56 Application for beach project; issuance of permit. (a) Upon application by
a coastal municipality, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
acting through the Lands Division of the department, shall issue a permit for the construction
and maintenance of a beach project by the coastal municipality under the authority of Article
11 of Chapter 47 of Title 11, provided all of the requirements of this section shall have
been satisfied. (b) The application for a beach project shall contain, at a minimum, all of
the following: (1) A detailed description of the location, dimensions, and design features
of the proposed beach project. (2) A copy of the survey, map, metes and bounds description,
or plane coordinate references adopted by the governing body of the coastal municipality as
identifying the location of the mean high tide line and the locations of the limits of the
landward and seaward extensions of the proposed beach project relative to...
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28-3-190
Section 28-3-190 Levy of tax; collection; disposition of proceeds by localities; enforcement
and administration; penalties; exclusive nature of tax. (a) Levy. In addition to the excise
tax levied by Article 5A of Chapter 3 of this title and the licenses provided for by Chapter
3A of this title and by Section 28-3-194, and any acts amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto
or substituted therefor, and municipal and county licenses, there is hereby levied a privilege
or excise tax on every person licensed under the provisions of Chapter 3A who sells, stores,
or receives for the purpose of distribution, to any person, firm, corporation, club, or association
within the State of Alabama any beer. The tax levied hereby shall be measured by and graduated
in accordance with the volume of sales by such person of beer, and shall be an amount equal
to one and six hundred twenty-five thousands cents (1.625 cents) for each four fluid ounces
or fractional part thereof. (b) Collection. The tax levied...
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