11-97-4
Section 11-97-4 Incorporation procedure; contents, execution, and filing of certificate of
incorporation. (a) Within 40 days following the adoption of an authorizing resolution the
applicants shall proceed to incorporate a corporation by filing for record in the office of
the judge of probate of the county or one of the counties in which the determining subdivision
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. (b) The certificate of incorporation of the corporation shall state: (1) The names
of the persons forming the corporation, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector
of the determining subdivision; (2) The name of the corporation [which shall be "The
Governmental Utility Services Corporation of ___," with the insertion of the name of
the determining subdivision (which name may include additional wording identifying...
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22-21-352
Section 22-21-352 Further provision for amendment of certificates of incorporation or reincorporation.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this subsection, any authority that
now exists, or that is hereafter organized or reincorporated (as the case may be) pursuant
to the provisions of the enabling statute, shall have the power to amend its certificate of
incorporation or certificate of reincorporation, in the manner hereinafter provided, so as
to provide: (1) That the governing body of an authorizing subdivision empowered (either alone
or jointly with the governing body or bodies of one or more other authorizing subdivisions)
to elect or appoint one or more directors shall so elect or appoint all or any of such directors
only from a list of nominees, as provided in subdivision (2) below, proposed by the board
and otherwise qualified, in accordance with law and with the terms of such certificate of
incorporation or certificate of reincorporation (as the case may...
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11-47-218
Section 11-47-218 Powers of authorities generally; location of projects; exercise of power
of eminent domain. (a) In addition to all other powers at any time conferred on it by law,
and subject to any express provisions of its certificate of incorporation to the contrary,
an authority shall have the following lawful powers, together with all powers incidental thereto
or necessary to discharge thereof in the corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate
name in perpetuity or for the duration specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2)
To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions and to defend actions against it. (3)
To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To adopt,
alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations, and rules, not inconsistent with this article or its
certificate of incorporation, for the regulation and conduct of the affairs and business of
the authority. (5) To acquire, receive, take, and hold, whether by purchase,...
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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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11-49A-8
Section 11-49A-8 Powers of authority. 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 perpetual,
subject to the provisions of Section 11-49A-20) 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 same 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 municipality; (6) To
make, enter into, and execute such contracts, agreements, leases, and...
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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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22-21-318
Section 22-21-318 Powers of authority. (a) In addition to all other powers granted elsewhere
in this article, and subject to the express provisions of its certificate of incorporation,
an 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 or until dissolved as provided in Section 22-21-339; (2) To sue and be sued
in its own name in civil suits and actions, and to defend suits and actions against it, including
suits and actions ex delicto and ex contractu, subject, however, to the provisions of Chapter
93 of Title 11, which chapter is hereby made applicable to the authority; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt, alter, amend
and repeal bylaws, regulations and rules, not inconsistent with the...
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22-21-75
Section 22-21-75 Incorporation - Certificate of incorporation - Validation of noncomplying
corporations. In all cases where the county commission of a county has adopted a resolution
authorizing the incorporation under this division, as originally enacted or as subsequently
amended, of a public corporation for hospital purposes and there has been an attempt to organize
such public corporation by filing in the office of the judge of probate of such county a certificate
of incorporation, but the attempted incorporation is invalid because of some irregularity
in the procedure followed, any such corporation so authorized and attempted to be formed shall
be, and hereby is, validated ab initio notwithstanding any failure to comply with the requirements
of said division respecting acknowledgment of signatures to certificates of incorporation,
any failure on the part of the county commission of any such county to take formal action
approving the form and contents of such certificate of...
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11-54-174
Section 11-54-174 Procedure to incorporate; contents and execution of certificate of incorporation;
filing. Within 40 days following the adoption of an authorizing resolution the applicants
shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record in the office of the judge
of probate of the county or one of the counties in which the authorizing 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. (2) The name of the authority (which shall be "The Commercial
Development Authority of the City of _____," with the insertion of the name of the authorizing
municipality, unless the Secretary of State shall determine that such name is identical to
the name of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or...
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11-32-22
Section 11-32-22 Applicability to Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority. (a) The provisions
of this chapter shall apply to the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority and to any
other authority organized pursuant to Act 993 of the 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p. 1787),
as amended. (b)The certificate of incorporation filed for the Birmingham-Jefferson County
Transit Authority on or about April 3, 1972, as amended, is confirmed as a validly filed and
amended certificate of incorporation for an authority organized under this chapter, except
that any provisions of the certificate of incorporation are repealed or amended to the extent
of a conflict with this chapter. In the event that the certificate of incorporation of the
Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority is amended after May 24, 2013, it shall not
be required that the amendment correct any conflicts with this chapter. As to the Birmingham-Jefferson
County Transit Authority, Jefferson County is the...
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