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9-9-73
Section 9-9-73 Powers and duties of commission and officers or directors of subdistricts
generally. The county commission shall have control of the affairs of the county as such drainage
district. No commissioner shall directly or indirectly be interested in any contract made
by the county commission, save and except insofar as other land owners are benefited by the
work constructed. They shall appoint and employ such agents and persons as they may deem necessary
for the execution of the purposes expressed in this article, particularly operators of county
controlled machinery and equipment, save and except they shall not become directly or indirectly
employed by the county commission or by a subdistrict established by authority of this article.
They shall have the right and authority to enter into contracts or other agreements with the
United States government or any department thereof, with persons, firms or corporations, with
the state government of any department thereof or with...
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7-9A-102
Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) Article 9A definitions. In
this article: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other
goods in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) "Account,"
except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation,
whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased,
licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (ii) for services rendered or to be rendered,
(iii) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (iv) for a secondary obligation incurred
or to be incurred, (v) for energy provided or to be provided, (vi) for the use or hire of
a vessel under a charter or other contract, (vii) arising out of the use of a credit or charge
card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (viii) as winnings in a lottery
or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or...
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11-3-11
Section 11-3-11 Powers and duties generally. (a) The county commission shall have authority:
(1) To direct, control, and maintain the property of the county as it may deem expedient according
to law, and in this direction and control it has the sole power to locate the courts in the
rooms of the courthouse and to designate the rooms to be occupied by the officers entitled
to rooms therein, including the circuit judge if resident in the county, and to change the
location of the courts and the designation of the rooms for officers as it may deem best and
most expedient, and this shall be done by order of the county commission entered upon the
minutes of the county commission at a regular meeting of the county commission. In the event
the courthouse is inadequate to supply office rooms for such officers, the county commission
may lease such office rooms in a convenient location in the county site and pay the rental
from the county fund. (2) To levy a general tax, for general county...
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9-8-25
Section 9-8-25 Powers and duties of districts; performance of work on private lands;
acquisition, etc., of land by public bodies; exemption from taxation. (a) A soil and water
conservation district organized under this article shall constitute a governmental subdivision
of this state and a public body, corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and such
district and the supervisors thereof shall have the following powers, in addition to others
granted in other sections of this article: (1) To carry out preventive and control measures
within the district including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation,
the growing of vegetation, changes in use of land, and other erosion control measures on lands
owned or controlled by this state or any of its agencies with the consent and cooperation
of the agency administering and having jurisdiction thereof and on any other lands within
the district upon obtaining the consent of the owner of such lands or the...
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24-1-61
Section 24-1-61 Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this
article shall have the following respective meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears
from the context: (1) AUTHORITY or HOUSING AUTHORITY. A public body organized as a body corporate
and politic in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the powers
and subject to the restrictions set forth in this article. (2) COUNTY. All of the county except
that portion which lies within the territorial boundaries of any city or incorporated town.
(3) COUNTY COMMISSION. The governing body of any county. (4) HOUSING COMMISSIONER. One of
the members of an authority appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article. (5)
GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the state and federal governments and any subdivision,
agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. (6) STATE. The State
of Alabama. (7) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the...
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11-54-87
Section 11-54-87 Powers of boards generally; location and operation of projects of boards
generally; meetings of board of directors. (a) The industrial development board shall have
the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance
of those stated in this subsection: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the period
specified in the certificate of incorporation unless sooner dissolved as provided in this
article; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having
jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties; (3) To have and to use a corporate
seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To acquire, whether by purchase, construction,
exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise and to improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more
projects, including all real and personal properties which the board of directors of the board
may deem necessary in connection therewith, regardless of whether or not...
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11-49B-7
Section 11-49B-7 Powers of authority. The authority shall exercise, subject to this
chapter, the following powers and duties necessary to the discharge of its powers and duties
in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of time,
which may be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 11-49B-19 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 seal at pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct
of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease,
devise, or otherwise, and to hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed,
whether located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside
the authorizing county. (6) To make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases,
and...
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11-97-2
Section 11-97-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and
others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of a clear implication
herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT.
A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any county or
municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-97-3 hereof. (2) AUTHORIZING
RESOLUTION. A resolution of ordinance adopted by the governing body of any county or municipality
in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-97-3 hereof, that authorizes the incorporation
of a corporation. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of a corporation. (4) BONDS. Bonds, notes,
or other obligations representing an obligation to pay money. (5) CORPORATION. Any public
corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (6) COSTS. As applied to
a facility or any portion thereof, shall include all or any part of the...
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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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31-9-8
Section 31-9-8 Emergency powers of Governor. (a) The provisions of this section
shall be operative only during the existence of a state of emergency, referred to hereinafter
as one of the states of emergency defined in Section 31-9-3. The existence of a state
of emergency may be proclaimed by the Governor as provided in this subsection or by joint
resolution of the Legislature if the Governor in the proclamation or the Legislature in the
resolution finds that an attack upon the United States has occurred or is anticipated in the
immediate future, or that a natural disaster of major proportions or a public health emergency
has occurred or is reasonably anticipated in the immediate future within this state and that
the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this state require an invocation of the provisions
of this section. If the state of emergency affects less than the entire state, the
Governor or the Legislature shall designate in the proclamation or resolution those counties
to...
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