11-92C-8
Section 11-92C-8 Powers of authority. (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 in perpetuity,
subject to Section 11-92C-20, specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and
be sued in its own name and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction
of the subject matter and of the parties; provided that the authority shall be deemed to be
a governmental entity as defined in Chapter 93 of this title for the purpose of limiting the
damages for which the authority may be liable. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal
and to alter the seal at its pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and
conduct of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, whether by purchase, construction, exchange,
gift, lease, or otherwise, and to refinance existing...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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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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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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9-9-22
Section 9-9-22 Right of commissioners, etc., to enter lands to make surveys, etc.; liability
for damages; obstruction of entrance. The board of water management commissioners of any district
organized under this article or its employees or agents or cooperating state and federal agencies,
including contractors and their employees, and the engineer and members of the board of viewers
and their assistants may enter upon the lands within or without the district in order to make
surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary preliminary purposes of the district
or to have access to the work, being liable, however, for actual damage done. Any person or
corporation preventing such entrance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1965, No. 685,
p. 1246, §15.)...
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9-10A-7
Section 9-10A-7 Joint board of supervisors to hear petition when authority lies in multiple
conservation districts. If the proposed watershed management authority lies in more than one
soil and water conservation district, the petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors
of all such soil and water conservation districts, and the supervisors of all such districts
shall act as a joint board of supervisors in the formation of the watershed management authority.
Pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whenever it is necessary for a joint board of
supervisors to convene, said meeting may be called by a majority of the members of the several
boards of supervisors comprising the joint board of supervisors. A majority of the joint board
of supervisors shall constitute a quorum. All actions taken by the joint board of supervisors
shall require a majority vote of all members comprising the joint board of supervisors who
are voting on said action. (Acts 1991, No. 91-602, p. 1119,...
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9-9-17
Section 9-9-17 Board of water management commissioners - Appointment, etc., of fiscal agent.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article, to assist in the keeping of
the tax books, the collection of taxes, the remitting of funds to pay maturing bonds and coupons
and to be of such other service in the general management of the affairs of the district as
may be determined, the board of water management commissioners shall have authority to appoint
a fiscal agent and to define the duties and fix the compensation of said fiscal agent. (Acts
1965, No. 685, p. 1246, §55.)...
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9-9-6
Section 9-9-6 Establishment of district - Maintenance of record of proceedings in probate court;
district record book. The court of probate shall keep a complete record of all its proceedings
under this article in a book to be used for the purpose only. The book shall be designated
as the "Water Management District Record of _____ County, Alabama" and shall also
have recorded therein all bond orders, papers, proofs of publications and auditors' and water
management commissioner's (hereinafter referred to as water management commissioners) reports,
bonds and plats filed in any district proceedings in the probate court of that county, except
the district tax record and the district tax books. (Acts 1965, No. 685, p. 1246, §4.)...

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9-9-5
Section 9-9-5 Establishment of district - Jurisdiction generally; purposes. (a) The court of
probate of any county of the State of Alabama shall have jurisdiction, power and authority
to establish water management districts, as provided in this article for the following purposes:
(1) To locate and establish levees, drains or canals and to cause to be constructed, straightened,
widened or deepened any ditch, drain or watercourse; (2) To construct for the purposes of
flood prevention or the conservation, development, utilization or disposal of water works
of improvement, including levees, embankments, floodwater retarding structures, water storage
structures, outlets and tide gates, flood gates and pumping plants for preventing floods,
providing drainage, reducing sediment and reclaiming wet, swamp or overflowed lands and other
related works of improvement that will carry out the purposes of this article; and (3) To
provide maintenance for such installations. (b) It is hereby declared...
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9-9-25
Section 9-9-25 Correction of errors in or amendments to water management plan. The board of
water management commissioners may correct errors in or amend the plan of water management
at any time upon the recommendation or concurrence of competent technicians when it appears
that the purpose for which the district is organized may thereby be more effectively and economically
accomplished; provided, that after assessments of benefits have been confirmed by the court,
no such amendment to plans shall be effective until approved by the court having jurisdiction
of the district after a hearing, for which notice shall be given as in the case of the assessments
of benefits, at which hearing all parties whose property has been assessed for benefits or
may be damaged or taken by reason of such amendment shall have opportunity to be heard. When
any amendment to the plan is approved by the court, the benefits and damages resulting from
such amendment shall be determined at the same hearing. (Acts...
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