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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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11-81-51
Section 11-81-51 Purposes for which bonds may be issued. All municipalities shall have full
and continuing power and authority within the limits of the Constitution now in effect or
that may be hereafter provided to issue and sell bonds (when such issue is authorized by an
election as provided in this article if such election is required by the Constitution, but
without an election if an election is not so required) for the following named purposes: (1)
For the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, enlarging or extending public buildings,
sewers, streets, alleys, bridges and public schoolhouses and buildings and of constructing
or acquiring by purchase or otherwise water, electric light, electric power and gas plants
and systems or any two or more such plants or systems combined, including transmission and
distribution systems, and of constructing enlargements and extensions to any such plants or
systems; (2) For the purchase of real estate necessary for any improvement authorized...
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37-7-1
Section 37-7-1 Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1) CORPORATION. A corporation formed under this chapter. (2) MUNICIPALITY. Any county, city
or town of this state. (3) PERSON or INHABITANT. Such term includes natural persons, firms,
associations, corporations, business trusts, partnerships and bodies politic. (4) ENERGY.
Such term includes any and all electric energy no matter how generated or produced. (5) SYSTEM.
Such term includes any plant, works, system, facilities or properties, together with all parts
thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or useful in the generation, production, transmission
or distribution of energy. (6) BONDS. Such term includes negotiable bonds, interim certificates
or receipts, notes, debentures and all other evidences of indebtedness either issued or the
payment thereof assumed by a corporation. (7) LAW. Any act or...
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11-71-4
Section 11-71-4 Powers of authority. Any authority formed pursuant to this chapter shall have
the following powers, in addition to those stated elsewhere in this chapter: (1) To enter
into competitively bid contracts and agreements affecting the infrastructure projects of the
district. (2) To hold public meetings with proper advertisement and notice to affected and
adjacent property owners. (3) To acquire, construct, install, and operate projects and all
property, rights, or interests incidental or pertinent thereto; provided, however, that nothing
in this chapter shall authorize an authority to construct, own, or operate a system for the
generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power, cable television, or Internet
system, or telecommunications utility or to be in the business of providing electric energy,
cable television, Internet, or telecommunications services. (4) To have the management, control,
and supervision of all the business and affairs of the district, and of...
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4-3-40
Section 4-3-40 Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates
otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular shall include the
plural, the plural shall include the singular and the following words and phrases shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AIRCRAFT. Any contrivance
now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air,
except a parachute or other contrivance designed for use primarily as safety equipment. (2)
AIRPORT. Any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing, take-off,
storage, parking or dispersal of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended
for use, for airport buildings, facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings,
structures and facilities located thereon. (3) AIRPORT BUILDING. Any building used or to be
used in connection with the construction, enlargement,...
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11-52-3
Section 11-52-3 Municipal Planning Commission - Composition; qualifications, appointment, terms
of office, compensation, and removal of members; vacancies. (a) The commission shall consist
of nine members: The mayor, or his or her designee, one of the administrative officials of
the municipality selected by the mayor, a member of the council to be selected by it as a
member ex officio and six persons who shall be appointed by the mayor, if the mayor is an
elective officer, otherwise by the officer as the council may in the ordinance creating the
commission designate as the appointing power; provided, that in any Class 1 municipality,
the commission shall consist of 16 members: The mayor, one of the administrative officials
of the municipality selected by the mayor, two members of the council to be selected by it
as members ex officio, and 12 persons who shall be selected by the council. In the event the
mayor designates a person to sit in his or her place on the municipal planning...
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14-6A-31
Section 14-6A-31 Powers. A regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate
and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers
necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article
and including, but not limited to, the following powers: (1) To sue and be sued in its own
name in civil actions, subject to the limitations provided in Chapter 93 of Title 11, and,
except as otherwise provided in this article, to defend civil actions against it. (2) To adopt
and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To have perpetual
succession. (4) To make and, from time to time, amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations
to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority. (5) To make, enter into, and
execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take other actions as
may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the...
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41-10-391
Section 41-10-391 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; construction of article.
The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be:
Supercomputer technology is expected to have a significant impact on the research capabilities
of research institutions, governmental agencies and private industries. The police power of
the state authorizes the state to promote the prosperity and general welfare of its citizens.
The development of supercomputer technology will greatly enhance research capabilities of
the state's major research institutions and governmental agencies, and will attract industry
to the state. For these reasons, it is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this
article to exercise its police power to authorize the incorporation by the Governor, the Director
of Finance, the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Lieutenant Governor and
the Speaker of the House, of a public corporation for the...
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37-6-3
Section 37-6-3 Enumerated powers. A cooperative shall have the power: (1) To sue and be sued
in its corporate name. (2) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (3)
To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and transmit electric energy and to distribute,
sell, supply and dispose of electric energy to its members, to governmental agencies and political
subdivisions and to other persons; provided, however, that should a cooperative acquire any
electric facilities dedicated or devoted to the public use, it may continue to serve the persons
served directly from such facilities at the time of such acquisition without requiring that
such persons become members, and, provided further, that such nonmembers shall have the right
to become members upon nondiscriminatory terms. Cooperatives may not condition membership
or provision of service on compliance by the member with requirements not directly related
to the electric or other service to be provided by the cooperative....
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22-27-3
Section 22-27-3 Authority of local governing bodies as waste collections and disposal; household
exemptions; state regulatory program. (a) Generally. (1) The county commission or municipal
governing body may, and is hereby authorized to, make available to the general public collection
and disposal facilities for solid wastes in a manner acceptable to the department. The county
commission or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal services by
contract with private or other controlling agencies and may include house-to-house service
or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within reasonable
(generally less than eight miles) distance from the farthest affected household and the wastes
managed in a manner acceptable to the department. (2) Any county commission or municipal governing
body providing services to the public under this article shall have the power and authority
by resolution or ordinance to adopt rules and...
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