41-10-754
Section 41-10-754 Powers of the authority. The authority shall have, in addition to all other
powers granted to it in this article, all of the following powers: (1) To have succession
by its corporate name until dissolved as herein provided. (2) To institute and defend legal
proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue; provided, however, that
the authority may not be sued in any nisi prius court other than the courts of the county
in which is located the principal office of the authority; and provided further that the officers,
directors, agents, and employees of the authority may not be sued for actions on behalf of
the authority in any nisi prius court other than the courts of the county in which is located
the principal office of the authority. (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter
the seal at pleasure. (4) To establish a fiscal year. (5) To adopt, and from time to time,
amend and repeal, bylaws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with...
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11-31-3
Section 11-31-3 Board of directors - Officers; meetings; powers; funding. (a)(1) The board
of directors of the authority may do all of the following: a. Appoint a chair from among its
membership, subject to an annual rotation of the chair position between or among the representative
members of the board from each county comprising the radio/alert notification communications
district in the case of a multi-county district. b. Appoint a vice chair from among its membership,
provided that in the case of a multi-county district, the vice chair shall be a representative
of a county other than the one represented by the chair. c. Appoint other officers from among
its membership as it may deem necessary from among the membership of the board. (2) A majority
of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business. (b) The
authority shall have all of the following powers: (1) Employ such employees, experts, and
consultants as it deems necessary to assist the board in...
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11-49B-2
Section 11-49B-2 Definitions. The words, terms, and phrases defined below shall have the following
meanings: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing
body of any county to which this chapter applies and with a municipality in the county. (2)
AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZING COUNTY.
Any county where a Class 1 municipality is located whose governing body adopts an authorizing
resolution. (4) AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITY. Any Class 1 municipality whose governing body adopts
an authorizing resolution. (5) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing
body of the county where the Class 1 municipality is located or by the Class 1 municipality
in which an authority may be incorporated. (6) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority.
(7) BONDS. Bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money. (8) COUNTY.
Any county in the state. (9) DIRECTOR. A member of the board...
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11-49B-9
Section 11-49B-9 Bonds of authority. All bonds issued by the authority shall be signed by the
chair of its board or other chief executive officer and attested by its secretary, and the
seal of the authority shall be affixed to the bond, and any interest coupons applicable to
the bonds of the authority shall be signed by the chair of its board or other chief executive
officer. A facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of the officers may be printed
or otherwise reproduced on any of the bonds in lieu of his or her manually signing the bonds,
a facsimile of the seal of the authority may be printed or otherwise reproduced on any of
the bonds in lieu of being manually affixed to the bonds, and a facsimile of the signature
of the chair of its board or other chief executive officer may be printed or otherwise reproduced
on any interest coupons in lieu of his or her manually signing the bonds. Bonds may be executed
and delivered by the authority and from time to time, shall be in such...
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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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11-50-411
Section 11-50-411 Disposition of net profits of district; "net income" defined; distribution
of less than net income for fiscal year; availability for payment in future fiscal years.
All the net income of the gas transmission system or systems, for each fiscal year, of a gas
district incorporated under this article shall, unless otherwise provided in the certificate
of incorporation of such district, be divided, within a reasonable time after the close of
each fiscal year, among its member municipalities in proportion to the amount of gas sold
to or within each such municipality. All the net income of each gas distribution system, for
each fiscal year, of any such district shall, unless otherwise provided in its certificate
of incorporation, be distributed and paid, within a reasonable time after the close of each
fiscal year, to the municipality or municipalities within which such distribution system is
located. The term "net income" as used in the preceding two paragraphs of this...

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11-89-32
Section 11-89-32 Procedure to form special corporation. (a) In order to provide for operation
and financing of one or more, but not all, of its authorized services under Chapter 89, Title
11, by following the procedures set out in this article, any district may establish a separate
public corporation and grant to it the power to finance and operate any, but not all, of the
authorized services of the district. If any district may, by its certificate of incorporation,
provide more than one of fire protection service, sewer service, or water service in its service
area, it may provide that any one or more of the services, but not all of them, may be operated
and financed through a special corporation organized pursuant to this article. The procedure
to organize a special corporation is as follows: The board shall adopt a resolution specifying
that it is necessary or expedient that a special corporation be organized pursuant to this
article to operate and finance one or more, but not all,...
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14-2-8
Section 14-2-8 Powers - Generally. The authority shall have the following powers among others
specified in this chapter: (1) To have succession in its corporate name until the principal
of and interest on all bonds issued by it shall have been fully paid and until it shall have
been dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2) To maintain actions and have actions maintained
against it and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter
and of the parties thereof; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter such seal
at pleasure; (4) To establish a fiscal year; (5) To acquire and hold title to real and personal
property and to sell, convey, mortgage, or lease the same as provided in this chapter; (6)
To provide for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, alteration, and improvement
of facilities and for the procurement of sites and equipment for such facilities and for the
lease thereof; (7) To lease facilities to the state, the department,...
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2-3A-7
Section 2-3A-7 Powers of authority; open meetings. (a) 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 perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 2-3A-14) 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, alter and repeal bylaws, not inconsistent with the provisions of
this article, for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (5) To loan its
funds to one or more persons to be used by such persons to pay the costs of agricultural operations,
such loans to be on such terms and conditions, and for such period of time, and secured or
evidenced by such mortgages, deeds of trust, notes, debentures,...
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2-5A-1
Section 2-5A-1 Establishment; powers and duties. (a) The Farmers' Market Authority is established
in the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The authority shall have the powers and duties
to establish agricultural markets to prevent waste and to provide marketing facilities where
farm products, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, truck crops, and other agricultural commodities,
and fish products, including, but not limited to, farm-raised fish, shellfish, and wild fish,
may be processed, graded, packaged, displayed, or exhibited in order to encourage the buying
and selling of the commodities, and to encourage the public interest, thus promoting good
will between the rural and urban sectors of the State of Alabama. The Commissioner of the
Department of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries,
may procure by purchase, lease, rent, gift, or otherwise, necessary market sites in this state
on which to conduct farmers' markets. (b)...
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