11-60-2
Section 11-60-2 Legislative intent; construction of chapter generally. (a) 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 municipalities in this state of public corporations to acquire, enlarge, improve, expand, own, operate, lease, and dispose of properties to the end that such corporation 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. (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intention. (Acts 1967, Ex. Sess., No. 218, p. 264, §1.)...
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11-101A-2
Section 11-101A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of a county or municipality, or two or more thereof, in accordance with Section 11-101A-3. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing body of an authorizing subdivision in accordance with Section 11-101A-3, that authorizes the incorporation of an authority under this chapter. (4) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Each county and municipality with the governing body of which an application for the incorporation of an authority under this chapter is filed. (5) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (6) BONDS. Any bonds authorized to be issued by an authority hereunder, including refunding bonds. (7) CODE. The Code of Alabama 1975. (8)...
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11-32-4
Section 11-32-4 Certificate of incorporation - Filing; contents; execution. (a) Within 40 days following the adoption of an authorizing resolution by that governing body that was the last to adopt an authorizing resolution, but only if the governing bodies of both the county and the municipality with which applications were filed have theretofore adopted authorizing resolutions, the applicants shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the authorizing county a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section, and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner as provided in this chapter. The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall contain all of the following: (1) The names of the persons forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector of the authorizing county. (2) The name of the authority which shall be "_____ County...
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11-94-1
Section 11-94-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present term shall include the future term, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, the masculine shall include the feminine, and the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. A nonprofit public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county or municipality to which application has been made for authority to incorporate an authority under this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of an authority. (5) COUNTY. Any county in this state that abuts on a navigable river or through which a navigable river runs. (6) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to a county, the county commission and, with respect to a municipality, the council,...
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11-32-17
Section 11-32-17 Use of public roads. Any authority may use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the authorizing county without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the governing body of a county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, except that nothing herein shall be construed to exempt any authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4. The authority shall have the duty to restore at its expense all roads, highways, and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in constructing a transit system or performing any of its other corporate functions. (Act 2013-380, p. 1389, §17.)...
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37-13-1
Section 37-13-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, 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) ADDITIONAL RAIL SERVICE AREA. Any territory that is outside the boundaries or corporate limits, as the case may be, of any of its authorizing subdivisions and that the governing body of the county, and of any city or town, in which such territory is located has by resolution designated as an area in which the authority may render rail transportation service. (2) AUTHORITY. Any public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter or any law amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. (3) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county, city, or town in this state in which there are located railroad properties and facilities and whose governing body receives an...
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11-49B-4
Section 11-49B-4 Procedure to incorporate contents and execution of certificate of incorporation. Within 40 days after the adoption of an authorizing resolution by the last governing body to adopt an authorizing resolution if the governing bodies of both the county and the municipality with which the applications were filed have adopted authorizing resolutions, the applicants shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the authorizing county a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner herein provided. The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The names of the persons forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector of the authorizing county. (2) The name of the authority which shall be "The (insert name of the authorizing municipality) Area Regional Transit...
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11-58-2
Section 11-58-2 Purpose of chapter; application for authority to form corporation; adoption of resolution by governing body authorizing incorporation; execution and filing of certificate of incorporation generally; effect of granting of authority for incorporation upon incorporation of other such corporations. (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the incorporation of medical clinic boards as public agencies and instrumentalities of the State of Alabama to promote the acquisition of health facilities in order to promote the public health of the people of Alabama and also to promote the acquisition of certain other facilities for the housing and care of elderly persons. (b) Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall file with the governing body of any county or municipality in this state an application in writing for authority to incorporate a public corporation as a medical clinic board for the purpose of acquiring, owning, leasing, and disposing of...
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11-49A-5
Section 11-49A-5 Certificate of incorporation - Filing; contents; signing and acknowledging; additional documents; notice to Secretary of State. Within 40 days following the adoption of an authorizing resolution by the governing body the applicants shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located, a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner herein provided. The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The names of the persons forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector of the authorizing municipality; (2) The name of the authority (which shall be "_____ Transit Authority", with the insertion of the name of the authorizing municipality); (3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be...
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39-7-13
Section 39-7-13 Purpose and powers of authority generally; sale, transfer and conveyance of entire water system to public corporation authorized to conduct business of water distribution system. (a) An authority shall be incorporated for the purpose of conducting and developing the enterprise in which it may engage in such manner that the services afforded by such enterprise shall be available for public uses and to all inhabitants of the municipality and the surrounding area for domestic and industrial uses at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and prudent management. Every authority incorporated under this chapter is hereby vested with all powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of such purpose for which such authority is incorporated capable of being delegated by the Legislature of the State of Alabama. The authority shall have the power to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, improve and maintain and operate any plant, works, system, facilities or...
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