11-20-73
Section 11-20-73 Powers of authority; execution of contracts; disposition of funds. (a) An agriculture authority shall have the following powers, which it may exercise in the agriculture authority's authorized operational area: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this article. (2) To adopt bylaws making provisions for its actions not inconsistent with this article. (3) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue; provided, however, that the board may not be sued in any trial court other than the courts of the county of incorporation; provided, further, that the officers, directors, agents, and employees of an agriculture authority may not be sued for their actions in behalf of the authority except for actions that are unreasonable or known by the person to be unlawful or are performed with reckless disregard for the lawfulness of such actions. (4) To plan for construction and development of an...
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11-49B-7
Section 11-49B-7 Powers of authority. The authority shall exercise, subject to this chapter, the following powers and duties necessary to the discharge of its powers and duties 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 11-49B-19 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 seal 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 county. (6) To make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and...
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11-92A-12
Section 11-92A-12 Powers of authority. An authority shall have the following powers, which it may exercise in any county within such authority's authorized operational area: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue; provided, however, that an authority may not be sued in any trial court other than the courts of a county within the authorized operational area of the authority; provided, further, that the officers, directors, agents, and employees of an authority may not be sued for their actions in behalf of the authority except for actions that are known by such person to be unlawful or are performed with reckless disregard for the lawfulness of such actions; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure; (4) To establish a fiscal year; (5) To anticipate by the issuance of its bonds the receipt of any...
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11-50A-8
Section 11-50A-8 Powers of the authority. In addition to other powers granted the authority by this chapter, it shall have all powers consistent with the purposes of the authority as set forth in Section 11-50A-3, which are necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following enumerated powers, which shall be exercised by the authority consistently with the provisions of Section 11-50A-3: (1) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto; (2) To adopt and alter a corporate seal; (3) To make and alter at pleasure all needful bylaws, rules, and regulations for the transaction of its business and the control of its property and affairs; (4) To have the same right of eminent domain through condemnation conferred by Section 10-5-1, or any subsequent statute of similar import; provided...
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45-39A-11.04
Section 45-39A-11.04 Civic Center Authority - Construction, maintenance, etc., of civic center; powers. (a) The authority shall be authorized to construct, maintain, control, operate, and manage a civic center in the City of Florence. The authority shall be authorized to construct, maintain, control, operate, and manage all or any of the following to be situated in the civic center: Buildings to provide offices to be used by the State of Alabama or by any agency, subdivision, or public corporation thereof or by the county or by one or more municipalities thereof for any municipal purpose otherwise authorized by law and buildings to house or accommodate public facilities of the State of Alabama or of any agency, subdivision, or public corporation thereof or of the county or of any one or more of the municipalities for any municipal purpose otherwise authorized by law; streets, boulevards, walkways, parkways, and parks; monuments, statues, and other structures beautifying the civic...
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11-61A-15
Section 11-61A-15 Issuance of bonds. (a) The authority may issue bonds under and secured by an indenture between the authority and a trustee. The trustee may be a private person or corporation, including, but not limited to, any trust company or bank having trust powers, whether the bank or trust company is located within or without the state. (b) In any indenture or resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority may pledge, for payment of the principal of and the interest on the bonds, any of its revenues to which its right then exists or may subsequently come into existence and may assign, as security for the payment, any of its leases, franchises, permits, and contracts. In any such indenture the authority may mortgage any of its properties, including any properties subsequently acquired by it. Any pledge of revenues shall be valid and binding from the time it is made, and the revenues pledged and subsequently received by the authority, and any property of the...
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2-6-105
Section 2-6-105 Public corporation - Powers. The corporation shall have the following powers, as well as the other powers specified in this article: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this article. (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court that may have jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties. (3) To have and use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (4) To make and alter all needful bylaws and rules for the transaction of the corporation's business and the control of its property and affairs. (5) To enter into agreements of any nature with any public or private entity regarding the construction, renovation, restoration, improvement, maintenance, management, or operation of the project or any properties or facilities constituting a part of the project. (6) To take all actions and enter into all agreements necessary or appropriate to complete the project work. (7) To acquire,...
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11-50B-3
Section 11-50B-3 Permitted activities by public providers; lease of equipment by municipal governing bodies. In addition to all other power, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law, public providers may acquire, establish, purchase, construct, maintain, enlarge, extend, lease, improve, and operate cable systems, telecommunications equipment and telecommunications systems, and furnish cable service, interactive computer service, Internet access, other Internet services, and advanced telecommunications service, or any combination thereof, in the case of a public provider that is a municipality, to the inhabitants of the municipality and police jurisdiction, the area within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipal planning commission determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-52-30, as amended, and any area in which the municipality furnishes or sells any utility, such as electricity, gas, water, or sewer, and in the case of a public provider that is a...
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11-99-2
Section 11-99-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) BLIGHTED OR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA: a. An area in which the structures, buildings, or improvements, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, or crime, and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or b. Any area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated, or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,...
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37-6-42
Section 37-6-42 Enumerated powers. (a) Any such electric cooperative shall have power: (1) To supply telephone service in rural areas to its members, to governmental agencies and political subdivisions, to other persons, and to business entities not in excess of 40 percent of the number of its members; provided that wireless communications services, including, without limitation, services classified as of January 1, 1997, as "commercial mobile radio services" by the Federal Communications Commission, may be provided to any person, firm, corporation, governmental agency, or political subdivision within any area for which the electric cooperative is authorized to provide such wireless service under federal law or regulations, without the business entity being a member of the cooperative, regardless of whether the business entity is in excess of 40 percent of the number of its members, and, without limiting the foregoing, should a cooperative acquire any facilities in rural areas...
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