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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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36-25A-2
Section 36-25A-2 Definitions. As used in and for determining the applicability of this chapter,
the following words shall have the following meanings solely for the purposes of this chapter:
(1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members of a subcommittee,
committee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a decision as to how
any members of the subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body should vote on a specific
matter that, at the time of the exchange, the participating members expect to come before
the subcommittee, committee, or full body immediately following the discussion or at a later
time. (2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of a meeting of a subcommittee, committee, or full
governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more of the reasons prescribed
in Section 36-25A-7(a). (3) GENERAL REPUTATION AND CHARACTER. Characteristics or actions of
a person directly involving good or bad ethical conduct,...
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11-43A-12
Section 11-43A-12 Powers of municipality. The municipality shall have all the powers granted
to municipal corporations by the Constitution and the laws of the state together with all
the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The municipality
may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any municipal purpose, in
fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation,
and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may
require, and, except as prohibited by the Constitution and the laws of this state or restricted
by this article, the municipality shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions,
rights, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of
particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive but in addition to the
powers enumerated herein or implied thereby or appropriate to the exercise...
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11-43A-74
Section 11-43A-74 Powers of municipality. The municipality shall have all the powers granted
to municipal corporations by the constitution and the laws of this state together with all
the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The municipality
may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any municipal purpose, any
lesser interest or estate, by purchase, in fee simple or gift, devise, lease or condemnation,
and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as its interests may
require; and, except as prohibited by the constitution and the laws of this state or restricted
by this article, the municipality shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions,
rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of
particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive, but in addition to
the powers herein enumerated or hereby implied or appropriate to the exercise of...
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45-20A-30
Section 45-20A-30 Community antenna television system. (a) As used in this section the word
city shall mean the City of Florala, Alabama, in Covington County, a municipal corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) In addition to all other powers, rights,
and authority heretofore granted by law: (1) The city is authorized and empowered to acquire,
purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a community antenna
television system, CATV, which may be defined, without limiting the generality, as a facility
that in whole or in part, receives directly, or indirectly, or over the air, and amplifies
or otherwise modifies the signal transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television
or radio stations from any point within this state or any other state and distributes such
signals by wire or cable or any other means to subscribing members of the public who pay for
such service; and (2) The city is authorized and empowered to acquire,...
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45-27A-32
Section 45-27A-32 Community antenna television system. (a) As used in this section the word
city shall mean the City of Brewton, Alabama, in Escambia County, a municipal corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Alabama. (b) In addition to all other powers, rights,
and authority heretofore granted by law: The city is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire,
purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a community antenna
television system (CATV), which may be defined, without limiting the generality, as a facility
that in whole or in part, receives directly, or indirectly, or over the air, and amplifies
or otherwise modifies the signal transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television
or radio stations from any point within this state or any other state and distributes such
signals by wire or cable or any other means to subscribing members of the public who pay for
such service. (c) For the purposes of this section, the city may...
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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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11-50-354
Section 11-50-354 Exemption from taxation of systems, revenue bonds, etc. As proper water and
sewer facilities are essential for the health of the inhabitants of the city, and as the exercise
of the powers conferred by this article to effect these purposes constitute the performance
of essential governmental functions, and as these water systems and sewer systems constitute
public property and are used for public purposes, the board shall not be required to pay any
taxes or assessments upon any system or any part thereof, whether located within or without
the corporate limits of the city. Each water system shall also be exempt from all sales and
use taxes and gross receipts taxes levied by the state and any political subdivision thereof
with respect to the purchase, sale, use, or consumption of property provided, nothing contained
herein shall be construed to exempt each corporation from collecting and remitting the utility
gross receipts tax levied in Section 40-21-80. Any revenue...
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11-3A-2
Section 11-3A-2 Powers for public welfare, health, and safety; authorization; scope. (a) Except
where otherwise specifically prohibited or provided for either heretofore or hereafter by
general law or the constitution of this state and subject to the procedures and limitations
set out in this chapter, the county commission of a county may provide for its property and
affairs; and for the public welfare, health, and safety of the citizens throughout the unincorporated
areas of the county by exercising certain powers for the protection of the county and public
property under its control. The powers granted herein to provide for the public welfare, health,
and safety of its citizens shall only include the following: (1) Abatement of weeds as a public
nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60. (2) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127,
control of animals and animal nuisances. (3) Control of litter as defined in subsection (b)
of Section 13A-7-29, or rubbish as defined in subdivision...
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11-51-90
Section 11-51-90 Municipal business licenses; branch offices; application. (a) All municipalities
shall have the following powers: (1) To license any exhibition, trade, business, vocation,
occupation, or profession not prohibited by the Constitution or laws of the state which may
be engaged in or carried on in the municipality. (2) To fix the amount of licenses, the time
for which they are to run, not exceeding one license year, to provide a penalty for doing
business without a license, and to charge a fee not exceeding ten dollars ($10) for issuing
each license. The issuance fee shall be increased every five license years by the Department
of Revenue by an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the U.S. Department of
Labor's Producer Price Index during that five-year period, rounded to the nearest dollar,
with the base year being 2006. The Department of Revenue shall notify all municipalities and
the Alabama League of Municipalities of any such fee increase no later than...
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