9-6-14
Section 9-6-14 Immunity from tort liability. The engaging in and aiding, assisting and promoting the control, abatement and prevention of water, air and general environmental pollution by an authority is hereby declared to be a governmental function. The authority shall not be liable for any tort, whether negligent or willful, committed by any director, agent, servant or employee of the authority in the construction, maintenance or operation of any equipment, facilities, apparatus or systems in connection with activities in engaging in or aiding, assisting and promoting such pollution control, abatement or prevention. (Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, ยง14.)...
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11-54-20
Section 11-54-20 Definitions. Wherever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective meanings: (1) MUNICIPALITY. Any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama. (2) PROJECT. Any land and any building or other improvement thereon and all real and personal properties deemed necessary in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which shall be suitable for use by the following or by any combination of two or more thereof: a. Any industry for the manufacturing, processing, or assembling of any agricultural or manufactured products; b. Any commercial enterprise in storing, warehousing, distributing, or selling products of agriculture, mining, or industry; c. Any commercial enterprise providing linen rental services (including laundry and cleaning services related or incidental thereto) primarily to industries and commercial enterprises described in either of the preceding...
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9-6-13
Section 9-6-13 Aid and cooperation of political subdivisions, agencies or other instrumentalities of state. For the purpose of effecting the control, abatement or prevention of water, air or general environmental pollution or of aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation or protection of equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems, the purpose of which is to control, abate or prevent any such pollution, any county, municipality or other political subdivision, public corporation, agency or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Lend or donate money to or perform services for the benefit of the authority; (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, any interest therein and any franchise; and (3) Do any...
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33-18-1
Section 33-18-1 Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact The States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACT Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the surface waters of the ACT, engaging in water planning,...
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33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...
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22-22A-16
Section 22-22A-16 Pollution Control Grant Fund. (a) There is hereby created a fund known as the Pollution Control Grant Fund. This fund shall consist of (1) All appropriations made to the fund; and (2) All grants, gifts, bequests or donations made to the fund from any source whatsoever. This fund shall be used and expended by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management in accordance with the terms of the appropriation, gift, bequest, grant or donation from which said moneys are derived and in the absence of such terms or stipulations, shall be expended by said department in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b). All necessary expenses of said department in implementing the provisions of this section shall likewise be paid out of the fund on the requisition of the director of said department as may be deemed advisable. (b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is authorized to make grants to any county, municipality or...
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9-6-3
Section 9-6-3 Purposes of authorities. Public corporations may be formed under the provisions of this chapter for any one or more or all of the following purposes: (1) To undertake and to make or cause to be made engineering, technical, financial, legal and other appropriate studies and surveys with respect to water, air or general environmental pollution problems and hazards within the area of operation; (2) To construct, acquire, own and operate, singly or in conjunction with others, lease, sell and otherwise dispose of equipment, facilities and systems for the control, abatement or prevention of water, air or general environmental pollution; and (3) To cooperate with and lend financial assistance and other aid to municipalities, communities, counties, industries and public and private corporations within and outside of the area of operation and within or outside of the boundaries of the State of Alabama in any matters and undertakings having to do with or the end purpose of which is...
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9-6-8
Section 9-6-8 Powers and duties 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 maintain civil actions and have civil actions maintained against it in its corporate name, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and to defend civil actions against it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To amend its certificate of incorporation by filing in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate signed by all of the directors of the authority setting forth the details of the amendment, such certificate to be acknowledged in the same manner as the certificate of incorporation; (5) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business; (6) To...
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9-6-17
Section 9-6-17 Provisions of chapter cumulative; provisions of chapter exclusive as to incorporation, issuance of bonds, etc. This chapter is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide additional and alternative methods for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to and not in derogation of any powers conferred upon boards of water and sewer commissioners created by municipalities within this state or upon any other agencies of the state or the municipalities thereof which are concerned with the control, abatement or prevention of water, air or general environmental pollution. Neither this chapter nor any provision contained in this chapter shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right or remedy...
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11-54-88
Section 11-54-88 Additional powers as to pollution control facilities. (a)(1) In addition to all other powers at any time conferred on them by law, each industrial development board shall have the following powers: a. To acquire, whether by construction, purchase, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise and to enlarge, improve, replace, equip, and maintain one or more pollution control facilities, including all real and personal properties deemed necessary or desirable in connection therewith, including the sale and issuance of bonds for any of the said purposes; b. To lease to others and otherwise dispose of all or any portion of any pollution control facility; and c. To exercise with respect to any pollution control facility and each part thereof any and all powers that are conferred on industrial development boards by other provisions of this division. Each pollution control facility so acquired by any industrial development board may be a part of another project or may constitute a...
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