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24-2-2
Section 24-2-2 Powers of housing authorities or municipalities - Acquisition and redevelopment
of blighted property; limitations on eminent domain; definitions. (a) Any housing authority
now or hereafter established pursuant to this title, or any incorporated city or town may
carry out any work or undertaking, hereafter called a "redevelopment project": (1)
To acquire blighted property as defined in subsection (c). (2) To acquire other real property
for the purpose of removing, preventing, or reducing blight, blighting factors, or the causes
of blight, but this authority to acquire such other property shall not be construed to grant
the power of eminent domain to acquire property that is not blighted without the consent of
the owner. (3) To clear any areas acquired and install, construct, or reconstruct streets,
utilities, and site improvements essential to the preparation of sites for uses in accordance
with the redevelopment plan. (4) To sell or lease land so acquired for uses in...
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11-99-2
Section 11-99-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) BLIGHTED OR ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED
AREA: a. An area in which the structures, buildings, or improvements, by reason of dilapidation,
deterioration, age, or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation,
or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions
which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors,
are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency,
or crime, and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare, or b. Any
area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated,
or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty
lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility, or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements,...
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24-3-2
Section 24-3-2 Authority to plan and undertake urban renewal projects; limitations on eminent
domain. (a) In addition to its authority under this title, any housing authority created under
this title is hereby authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects. (b) The governing
body of any incorporated city or town is likewise hereby authorized to plan and undertake
urban renewal projects and shall have and possess the same powers and authority granted to
or conferred on any housing authority. (c) As used in this chapter, an urban renewal project
may include undertakings and activities for the elimination and for the prevention of the
spread of blighted property as defined in subsection (c) of Section 24-2-2 and may involve
any work or undertaking for such purpose constituting a redevelopment project authorized by
Chapter 2 of this title, or any rehabilitation or conservation work or any combination of
such undertaking or work. For this purpose, "rehabilitation or conservation...
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37-6-3
Section 37-6-3 Enumerated powers. A cooperative shall have the power: (1) To sue and be sued
in its corporate name. (2) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (3)
To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and transmit electric energy and to distribute,
sell, supply and dispose of electric energy to its members, to governmental agencies and political
subdivisions and to other persons; provided, however, that should a cooperative acquire any
electric facilities dedicated or devoted to the public use, it may continue to serve the persons
served directly from such facilities at the time of such acquisition without requiring that
such persons become members, and, provided further, that such nonmembers shall have the right
to become members upon nondiscriminatory terms. Cooperatives may not condition membership
or provision of service on compliance by the member with requirements not directly related
to the electric or other service to be provided by the cooperative....
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24-2-3
Section 24-2-3 Powers of housing authorities or municipalities - Powers under other housing
laws; contracts; issuance of bonds and other obligations; eminent domain. In undertaking such
redevelopment projects a housing authority, or the governing body of any incorporated city
or town, shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that such authority
has under Chapter 1 of this title, and any other provision of law relating to slum clearance
and housing projects for persons of low income, including, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the power to make and execute contracts, to issue bonds and other obligations
and give security therefor, to acquire real property by eminent domain or purchase, and to
do any and all things necessary to carry out projects in the same manner as though all the
provisions of law applicable to slum clearance and housing projects were applicable to redevelopment
projects undertaken under this chapter; provided, that nothing...
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24-3-4
Section 24-3-4 Powers, rights, etc., of housing authorities, etc., with respect to urban renewal
projects generally; surveys and plans. An authority shall have all the powers necessary or
convenient to undertake and carry out urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects, including
the authority to acquire and dispose of property, to make payments to persons and businesses
displaced by the acquisition and disposal of any property, to issue bonds and other obligations,
to borrow and accept grants from the federal government or other source, and to exercise the
other powers which Chapter 2 of this title confers on an authority with respect to redevelopment
projects. In connection with the planning and undertaking of any urban renewal plan or urban
renewal project, the authority, the municipality, and all public and private officers, agencies,
and bodies shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities which they have with
respect to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment...
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18-1B-2
Section 18-1B-2 Limitations on condemnation. (a) Neither the State of Alabama, nor any of its
departments, divisions, agencies, commissions, corporations, boards, authorities, or other
entities, nor any agency, corporation, district, board, or other entity organized by or under
the control of any municipality or county in the state and vested by law to any extent whatsoever
with the power of eminent domain may condemn property for the purpose of nongovernmental retail,
office, commercial, residential, or industrial development or use or to primarily condemn
a mortgage or deed of trust; provided, however, the foregoing provisions of this subsection
shall not apply to the exercise of the powers of eminent domain by any county, municipality,
housing authority, or other public entity based upon a finding of blight in an area covered
by any redevelopment plan or urban renewal plan pursuant to Chapters 2 and 3 of Title 24,
provided the purpose of the exercise of the powers of eminent domain...
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11-80-1
Section 11-80-1 Condemnation of lands for public building sites, roads, streets, construction
materials, etc. (a) Counties and municipal corporations may condemn lands for public building
sites or additions thereto, or for enlargements of sites already owned, or for public roads
or streets or alleys, or for material for the construction of public roads or streets or for
any other public use. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality or county
may not condemn property for the purposes of private retail, office, commercial, industrial,
or residential development; primarily for enhancement of tax revenue; for transfer to a person,
nongovernmental entity, public-private partnership, corporation, or other business entity;
or for the primary purpose of acquiring a mortgage or deed of trust. Provided, however, the
provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the use of eminent domain by any municipality,
housing authority, or other public entity based upon a finding...
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24-1-27
Section 24-1-27 Powers and duties of authority. (a) An authority shall constitute a public
body and a body corporate and politic exercising public powers, and having all the powers
necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article,
including the following powers in addition to others granted in this article: (1) To investigate
into living, dwelling and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving such
conditions. (2) To determine where unsafe or unsanitary dwelling, public school or housing
conditions exist. (3) To study and make recommendations concerning the plan of any city located
within its boundaries in relation to the problem of clearing, replanning, and reconstruction
of areas in which unsafe or unsanitary dwelling, public school, or housing conditions exist,
and the provision of dwelling accommodations for persons of low income, and to cooperate with
any city or regional planning agency. (4) To prepare, carry out,...
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11-50A-8
Section 11-50A-8 Powers of the authority. In addition to other powers granted the authority
by this chapter, it shall have all powers consistent with the purposes of the authority as
set forth in Section 11-50A-3, which are necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate
the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, but without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the following enumerated powers, which shall be exercised by the authority
consistently with the provisions of Section 11-50A-3: (1) To sue and be sued and to prosecute
and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;
(2) To adopt and alter a corporate seal; (3) To make and alter at pleasure all needful bylaws,
rules, and regulations for the transaction of its business and the control of its property
and affairs; (4) To have the same right of eminent domain through condemnation conferred by
Section 10-5-1, or any subsequent statute of similar import; provided...
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