16-18A-4
Section 16-18A-4 Powers and duties. The purpose of the authority shall be to assist institutions
for higher education in the construction, financing and refinancing of the projects. The exercise
by the authority of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be the
performance of an essential public function. For the purpose of this chapter, the authority
shall have the powers and duties set forth in this section. (1) To adopt an official seal
and alter the same at its pleasure. (2) To sue and be sued in contract and in tort and to
complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. (3) To maintain an office at such place
or places as it may designate. (4) To determine the location and character of any project
financed under this chapter, to acquire, construct, reconstruct, remodel, maintain, manage,
enlarge, alter, add to, repair, operate, lease as lessee or lessor, sell or otherwise dispose
of, any project in any manner it deems to the best advantage of the...
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23-1-175
Section 23-1-175 Powers. The corporation shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession
by its corporate name without time limit; (2) To maintain actions and have actions maintained
against it and to prosecute and defend 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 construct, reconstruct and relocate, or to cause to be constructed, reconstructed and
relocated, public roads and bridges, including work incidental or related thereto in the State
of Alabama; (5) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise real and
personal estate of every description and to manage the same; (6) To acquire by purchase, gift
or the exercise of the power of eminent domain or any other lawful means and to convey, or
cause to be conveyed, to the State of Alabama any real, personal or mixed property necessary
or convenient in connection with the construction of public...
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33-1-12.1
Section 33-1-12.1 Additional powers. In addition to the powers conferred in this chapter and
by other applicable law, the port authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have and
use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (2) To exercise the right of eminent
domain as freely and completely, and in the same manner, as the state has that power now or
at any time hereafter, and the power of eminent domain shall apply not only as to all property
of private persons or corporations but also as to property already devoted to public use.
(3) To acquire by purchase, gift, the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or other lawful
means, sell, rent, lease, and otherwise dispose of real, personal, or mixed property in its
own name, and to construct, improve, renovate, equip, and maintain the docks and its facilities.
(4) To receive, take, and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise, eminent domain, or other lawful
means, real and personal estate of every description in its own...
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41-10-391
Section 41-10-391 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; construction of article.
The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be:
Supercomputer technology is expected to have a significant impact on the research capabilities
of research institutions, governmental agencies and private industries. The police power of
the state authorizes the state to promote the prosperity and general welfare of its citizens.
The development of supercomputer technology will greatly enhance research capabilities of
the state's major research institutions and governmental agencies, and will attract industry
to the state. For these reasons, it is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this
article to exercise its police power to authorize the incorporation by the Governor, the Director
of Finance, the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Lieutenant Governor and
the Speaker of the House, of a public corporation for the...
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11-61A-9
Section 11-61A-9 Powers. The authority shall have the following powers, together with all incidental
powers necessary: (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 suits and actions. (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, take, and hold, whether by purchase,
gift, lease, devise, eminent domain, or otherwise, property of every description, whether
real, personal, or mixed, and to manage the property, and to develop any undeveloped property
owned, leased, or controlled by it. An authority may not acquire or lease real property located
outside the boundaries of the municipality. An authority created under this chapter may not
exercise any power of eminent domain without a concurring...
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16-65-5
Section 16-65-5 Powers of authority. The authority shall have all of the following powers:
(1) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (2) To sue and be sued in
contract and in tort and to complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. (3) To maintain
an office at such place or places as it may designate. (4) To borrow money and to issue bonds
for the purpose of making equipment loans to educational institutions to finance equipment
costs, and to provide for the rights of the purchasers, holders, or owners of such bonds.
(5) To make equipment loans to any public educational institution in order to finance equipment
costs, which equipment loans may be evidenced or secured by loan agreements, promissory notes,
security agreements, trust indentures, or such other instruments, and upon such terms and
conditions as the board of directors of the authority shall determine to be reasonable. (6)
To arrange for various forms of security or credit enhancement for its...
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31-2-17
Section 31-2-17 Unauthorized wearing of uniform of United States Armed Forces. It shall be
unlawful for any person not an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted man of the United States
Armed Forces to wear the duly prescribed uniform or any distinctive part thereof, of the uniform
of the United States Armed Forces, within the boundaries of the State of Alabama; provided
that the foregoing provisions shall not be construed so as to prevent officers, warrant officers,
or enlisted men of the National Guard or Naval Militia, or such other organizations as the
Secretary of Defense shall designate, from wearing the prescribed uniform, nor to prevent
persons who in time of war have served honorably as officers of the United States Armed Forces,
regular or volunteer, whose most recent service was terminated by an honorable discharge,
muster out or resignation, from wearing, upon occasions of ceremony, the uniform of the highest
grade they held by brevet or other commission in such regular or...
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37-13-7
Section 37-13-7 Powers of authority generally. Each 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 suit and actions; (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, 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 boundaries or corporate limits (as
the case may be) of any authorizing subdivision, and to manage said property, and to develop
any undeveloped property owned, leased or controlled by it in a...
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11-50B-3
Section 11-50B-3 Permitted activities by public providers; lease of equipment by municipal
governing bodies. In addition to all other power, rights, and authority heretofore granted
by law, public providers may acquire, establish, purchase, construct, maintain, enlarge, extend,
lease, improve, and operate cable systems, telecommunications equipment and telecommunications
systems, and furnish cable service, interactive computer service, Internet access, other Internet
services, and advanced telecommunications service, or any combination thereof, in the case
of a public provider that is a municipality, to the inhabitants of the municipality and police
jurisdiction, the area within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipal planning commission
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-52-30, as amended, and any area
in which the municipality furnishes or sells any utility, such as electricity, gas, water,
or sewer, and in the case of a public provider that is a...
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11-65-5
Section 11-65-5 Composition of commission; terms; qualifications; removal from office. (a)
Every commission shall have five members, which shall constitute its governing body. All powers
of a commission shall be exercised by its members or pursuant to their authorization. The
mayor or other chief executive officer of the sponsoring municipality and the president or
other designated presiding officer of the county commission of the host county shall each
serve as a member ex officio, unless such official exercises his or her right, as provided
in subsection (b), to appoint a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of such official. The service
of each such official as a member shall begin with the beginning of his or her tenure in such
office and shall end with the ending of such tenure or the appointment by such official of
a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of his or her ex officio service. The other three members
shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter prescribed as soon as may be...
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