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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11-22-2
Section 11-22-2 Intent of Legislature. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to promote the public health and general welfare by authorizing the incorporation in the several counties in this state of public corporations to acquire, enlarge, improve, expand, own, operate, lease, and dispose of properties to the end that such corporations may be able to promote public interest and participation in sports, athletics, and recreational activities and to provide or improve public parks in this state, including all buildings, facilities, and improvements incident thereto or useful in connection therewith. It is the further intent of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to vest such public corporations with all powers that may be necessary to enable them to accomplish such purposes. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intention. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 139, §1.)...
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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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4-3-1
Section 4-3-1 Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AIRCRAFT. Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for use primarily as safety equipment. (2) AIRPORT. Any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing, taking-off, storage, parking or dispersal of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings, facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings, structures and facilities located thereon. (3) AIRPORT BUILDING. Any building used or to be used in connection with the construction, enlargement,...
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41-10-137
Section 41-10-137 Purposes for which authorities may be formed. Public corporations may be formed under the provisions of this article as agencies or instrumentalities of this state for any one or more or all of the following purposes: (1) To undertake and to make or cause to be made engineering, architectural, technical, financial, legal and other appropriate studies and surveys with respect to restoring, renovating, preserving, improving, protecting or maintaining any public or private property within the state that has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, or providing vicinity improvements. (2) To restore, construct, acquire, own and operate, singly or in conjunction with others, lease, sell and otherwise dispose of land, buildings, houses or other structures, facilities or property within the state that have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and any vicinity improvements. (3) To cooperate with and lend financial assistance and other aid to...
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45-31-141.02
Section 45-31-141.02 Establishment of fire protection districts. Any area situated entirely within the county may be established as a district for fighting fires pursuant to this article. No land lying within the boundaries of a municipality at the time a district is formed shall be included in the district unless the municipality adopts a resolution to be included in the district. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or impede the right or ability of a municipality to provide fire protection within its corporate limits or its police jurisdiction. (Act 2010-546, p. 958, §3.)...
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11-54B-47
Section 11-54B-47 Costs of supplemental services. (a) The self-help business improvement district ordinance adopted by the municipality pursuant to Section 11-54B-46 shall provide that all costs of the supplemental services provided in a self-help business improvement district shall be financed through the levy by the municipality of a special assessment on the owners of the real property located within the geographical area of the district or, in the case of a district formed to increase tourism in the municipality, on businesses of the designated class within the geographical area of the district, and in either case shall designate the method set forth in the plan as the method used to determine the amount of the special assessment in a manner which fairly and equitably distributes the burden of financing the supplemental services among the nonexempt real property owners in the district. The ordinance shall list and describe, by lot and block numbers and by street addresses, all real...
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11-89-17
Section 11-89-17 Authorization and procedure for dissolution of district; vesting of title to properties of district and apportionment thereof upon dissolution of district. At any time when the district has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the district shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the said resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the district's certificate of incorporation was filed the district shall thereupon stand dissolved and, in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its property shall thereupon pass to and be divided and apportioned among the counties and municipalities in which any part of the service area may be located, or, if it is a supply district, among its authorizing subdivisions, all in such manner and to such extent as may be provided in the district's...
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45-44-260.05
Section 45-44-260.05 Powers and duties of planning commission. It shall be the function and duty of the planning commission to make and maintain in an up-to-date manner a master plan of various areas of the county as deemed necessary by the planning commission and to adopt with the approval of the county commission appropriate zoning regulations for the physical development of Macon County; provided, however, that the adoption of a master plan shall not be deemed a prerequisite to the administration and enforcement of the zoning regulations. The plan and regulations with the accompanying maps, plats, charts, and descriptive material shall show the planning commission's recommendations for the use and development of the territory of the county. The zoning regulations shall also include a zoning plan for selected areas for the control of the height, area, bulk, location, and use of buildings and land. As the whole master plan and preparation of zoning regulations progresses, the planning...
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45-49-90.01
Section 45-49-90.01 Purpose; liberal construction. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this part to authorize the incorporation in Mobile County of public corporations to acquire, enlarge, improve, replace, own, lease, and dispose of properties to the end that such corporations may be able to develop land as sites for industrial parks in Mobile County which shall be deemed to include the provision of water, sewage, drainage, transportation, and other similar facilities which are incidental to the use of land as an industrial park, including easements and rights of way for public utilities providing power and communication services, but shall not be deemed to include the provision of structures or buildings other than structures or buildings related to the provision of water, sewage, drainage, transportation, or similar facilities. It is the further intent of the Legislature by the passage of this part to vest such public corporations with all powers that may be...
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