45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a)(1)
For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist Calhoun
County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide for
the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed
to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such
amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this
section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun County,
which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County Economic
Development Council. (2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity with the
purposes. (b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council
shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors. (2) The...
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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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4-3-47
Section 4-3-47 Powers of authority generally. 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 actions, excepting actions in tort against the authority; (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, option to purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property
of every description, whether real, personal or mixed, whether in one or more counties and
whether within or without the corporate limits of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage
said property and to develop any property and to sell, exchange, lease or...
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31-9-40
Section 31-9-40 Compact adopted and enacted. The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is
enacted into law and entered with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form
substantially as follows: THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT Article I - Purpose
and Authorities. This compact is made and entered into by and between the participating member
states which enact this compact, hereinafter called party states. For the purpose of this
agreement, the term "states" is taken to mean the several states, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions. The purpose
of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the states entering into this
compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly declared by the governor of the
affected state or states, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made
disaster, civil emergency aspects of resources shortages, community disorders,...
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11-65-5
Section 11-65-5 Composition of commission; terms; qualifications; removal from office. (a)
Every commission shall have five members, which shall constitute its governing body. All powers
of a commission shall be exercised by its members or pursuant to their authorization. The
mayor or other chief executive officer of the sponsoring municipality and the president or
other designated presiding officer of the county commission of the host county shall each
serve as a member ex officio, unless such official exercises his or her right, as provided
in subsection (b), to appoint a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of such official. The service
of each such official as a member shall begin with the beginning of his or her tenure in such
office and shall end with the ending of such tenure or the appointment by such official of
a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of his or her ex officio service. The other three members
shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter prescribed as soon as may be...
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45-49-261.02
Section 45-49-261.02 Composition. The planning commission shall be composed of a minimum of
eight members who shall be qualified electors or property owners from the unincorporated areas
within the jurisdiction of the commission. In the event of any vacancy on the planning commission,
such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Mobile County Commission. The Mobile County
Commission may remove any member for cause upon written charges and after a public hearing.
All members shall serve without compensation, and no member shall be a county officer or employee.
Reasonable and necessary expenses of the members of the planning commission shall be paid
from the General Fund of Mobile County. (Act 2009-782, p. 2456, §3.)...
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11-52-14
Section 11-52-14 Alternate structure of planning commission in Class 5 municipality having
city manager, mayor commission form of government. (a) When used in this section, the words
municipality, municipalities, mayor, and council shall have the meanings as provided for in
Section 11-52-1. (b)(1) The council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager, mayor
commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any planning commission of the
municipality created pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of nine
members: Namely, eight regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally
as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, such representation
to be determined by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor. (2) The regular
members of the planning commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman, both of whom
shall be regular members, and a secretary who need not be a member of the...
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11-19-9
Section 11-19-9 County planning commission - Adoption of bylaws; maintenance of record of transactions,
etc.; officers; meetings; appointment of employees and staff; acceptance and expenditure of
funds. The county planning commission shall adopt bylaws for the transaction of business and
shall keep a record of its transactions, resolutions, findings, and determinations, which
record shall be a public record. The county planning commission shall elect a chairman and
a vice-chairman from among the appointed members who shall serve for one year with eligibility
for reelection. The county planning commission shall appoint a secretary who may be an officer
or an employee of the county commission or a member of the county planning commission. The
county planning commission shall meet at least once each month at the call of the chairman
and at such other times as the chairman or county planning commission may determine. The county
planning commission may appoint such employees and staff as it...
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41-10-421
Section 41-10-421 Real Estate Commission Building Authority established; composition; powers.
There is hereby established the Real Estate Commission Building Authority composed of the
Governor, the Chairman of the Real Estate Commission, the Director of the Building Commission,
the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House who together with the Board of Directors
of the Real Estate Commission shall be a public corporation for the purposes herein stated.
Such corporation shall have all the powers, authorities, rights, privileges and title that
may be necessary to enable it to implement the purposes of this article. The provisions of
this article shall be liberally construed. (Acts 1990, No. 90-293, p. 396, §2.)...
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11-52-15
Section 11-52-15 Municipal planning commission. A Class 6 municipality with a council-manager
form of government may provide by ordinance for the members of the municipal planning commission,
upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members, to be appointed
by the city council in lieu of appointment in the manner provided in Section 11-52-3; provided
that the mayor or his or her designee shall be a voting member of the planning commission
and the mayor shall appoint all remaining members of the planning commission subject to approval
by the city council. Upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members
of the municipal planning commission, a member serving on the city council of a Class 6 municipality
with a council-manager form of government or an employee of a Class 6 municipality with a
council-manager form of government may not serve as a member of the municipal planning commission.
(Act 2000-555, p. 1020, §1.)...
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