45-8A-111.08
Section 45-8A-111.08 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 perpetuity, subject to Section 45-8A-111.19) 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; (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, whether by purchase, construction, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise and to refinance existing indebtedness on, improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more projects, including all real and personal properties which the board of the authority may deem necessary in connection...
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45-8A-20.08
Section 45-8A-20.08 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 perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 45-8A-20.19) 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; (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, whether by purchase, construction, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise and to refinance existing indebtedness on, improve, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more projects, including all real and personal properties which the board of the authority may deem necessary in...
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11-41-1
Section 11-41-1 Authority; petition to probate judge for order of incorporation. When the inhabitants of an unincorporated community, which has a population of not less than 300, constituting a body of citizens whose residences are contiguous to and all of which form a homogeneous settlement or community, desire to become organized as a municipal corporation, they may apply to the judge of probate of the county in which the territory is situated, or the greater portion thereof if it is situated in two or more counties, for an order of incorporation, by a petition in writing signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors residing within the limits of the proposed municipality and by the persons, firms, or corporations owning at least 60 percent of the acreage of the platted or unplatted land of the proposed municipality. No platted or unplatted territory shall be included within the boundary unless there are at least four qualified electors, according to government survey,...
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11-62-1
Section 11-62-1 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AUTHORITY. Any public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter. (2) AUTHORIZED PURPOSE OBLIGATION. The term includes either of the following: a. Any lease, note, installment sale contract, or any other obligation of a user, whether general or special, which was entered into, made, assumed, or otherwise incurred by the user, in whole or in part, for the purpose of financing the acquisition or ownership of one or more facilities, for the purpose of obtaining funds with which to operate one or more facilities or for any combination of those purposes. b. Any obligation of any kind which was entered into, made, assumed, or otherwise incurred by the United States of America or any department, agency, or instrumentality...
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9-8-23
Section 9-8-23 Creation and incorporation of districts; increase or decrease in boundaries; reorganization; change of name. (a) Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: (1) The proposed name of said district; (2) That there is need in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory described in the petition; (3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and (4) A request that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries...
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11-92A-12
Section 11-92A-12 Powers of authority. An authority shall have the following powers, which it may exercise in any county within such authority's authorized operational area: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue; provided, however, that an authority may not be sued in any trial court other than the courts of a county within the authorized operational area of the authority; provided, further, that the officers, directors, agents, and employees of an authority may not be sued for their actions in behalf of the authority except for actions that are known by such person to be unlawful or are performed with reckless disregard for the lawfulness of such actions; (3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure; (4) To establish a fiscal year; (5) To anticipate by the issuance of its bonds the receipt of any...
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11-92A-3
Section 11-92A-3 Incorporation of authority. (a) Any number of natural persons, not less than three, residing in any county or counties within the proposed authority's authorized operational area may incorporate an authority as provided in this chapter. To do so, the incorporators shall first file a written application in accordance with the provisions of this section and Section 11-92A-4. (b) The authorized operational area of an authority may include any portion of one but not more than five counties. If more than one county is included in an authority's authorized operational area, each county, or portion thereof, included therein shall be contiguous with at least one other county, or portion thereof, included therein so that the authority's authorized operational area encompasses a unified territory. (Acts 1989, No. 89-404, p. 802, §3; Act 99-350, p. 513, §2.)...
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11-92A-4
Section 11-92A-4 Application for incorporation. (a) The written application of the incorporators shall be filed with the probate judge, which application shall: (1) Contain a statement that the incorporators propose to incorporate an authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; (2) State the authorized operational area of the proposed authority; (3) State that each of the incorporators is a resident of a county within the authorized operational area of the proposed authority; and (4) Request that each governing body of each county within the authorized operational area of the proposed authority adopt a resolution declaring that it is expedient that the proposed authority be formed, approving the written application, and authorizing the incorporators to proceed to form the proposed authority by filing for record articles in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (b) Such application shall be accompanied by the form of articles of incorporation of the proposed...
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11-92A-1
Section 11-92A-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ARTICLES. The articles of incorporation or articles of reincorporation of an authority. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation incorporated and reincorporated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) AUTHORIZED OPERATIONAL AREA. The county or counties in which the authority has been or is proposed to be authorized to operate, as designated in its articles of incorporation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. If an authority does not designate an authorized operational area, then such authority's authorized operational area shall be deemed for all purposes to be solely the county of incorporation of the authority. (4) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of an authority. (5) BOND OR BONDS. A bond or bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter. (6) COUNTY OF INCORPORATION. The county...
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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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