11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and 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 county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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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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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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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in protecting the public's health and safety...
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17-7-21
Section 17-7-21 Requirements for approval of system. (a) The governing body of any county or municipality or other political subdivision of the state by adoption of an appropriate resolution, may authorize, adopt, and direct the use of electronic vote counting systems for use in all elections held in such county or municipality or other political subdivision or any portion thereof; and such resolution, a copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State, shall specify the particular type of equipment to be used and a procedure for implementation. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), no electronic vote counting system shall be used unless it has been constructed so that it: (1) Permits and requires voting in secrecy. (2) Permits each elector to vote at any election for all persons and offices for whom and for which he or she is lawfully entitled to vote; to vote for as many persons for an office as he or she is entitled to vote for; and to vote for or against any question upon...
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31-9-24
Section 31-9-24 Regular and emergency appropriations; state grants to political subdivisions. (a) The funds appropriated by the Legislature in the general appropriation act for the support and maintenance of this article shall be expended solely for the purposes designated in the appropriation act and shall be limited to the amounts provided therein and shall be disbursed, in the same manner as all other state funds are disbursed, by warrant of the Comptroller authorized by the Director of the Emergency Management Agency and approved by the Governor, subject to the terms, conditions, provisions, and limitations of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41. In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury the sum of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the expenses incident to the operation and enforcement of the provisions of this article during an emergency as described in Section 31-9-8 hereof and the expenditure...
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31-9-4
Section 31-9-4 State Emergency Management Agency; Director of Emergency Management. (a) There is hereby created within the executive branch of the state government a department of emergency management, hereinafter called the "Emergency Management Agency," with a Director of Emergency Management, hereinafter called the "director," who shall be the head thereof. The director shall be appointed by the Governor. The director shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of the office. The director shall not hold another office under the government of the United States or any other state, or of this state, or any political subdivision thereof, during his or her incumbency in such office, and shall not hold any position of trust or profit, or engage in any occupation or business the conduct of which shall interfere or be inconsistent with the duties of Director of Emergency Management under the provisions of this article. The director shall hold office during the pleasure of the...
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45-18-90.01
Section 45-18-90.01 Conecuh County Reservoir Management Area Authority - Creation; board of directors. (a) The Conecuh County Reservoir Management Area Authority is created, and may incorporate under the general laws of this state as a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Alabama for the purpose of developing that part of Murder Creek and its tributaries and watershed area located in Conecuh County and the area managed by the authority for purposes of water conservation, flood management, industrial development, recreation, irrigation, and related purposes. (b) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors which shall consist of one member appointed by each of the county commission members, to serve at the pleasure of the appointing members of the county commission. A board member is not required to be a resident of Conecuh County. The board shall elect at its first meeting of each year a chair to preside over meetings of the board. Meetings shall be...
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31-9-6
Section 31-9-6 Powers and duties of Governor with respect to emergency management. In performing his or her duties under this article, the Governor is authorized and empowered: (1) To make, amend, and rescind the necessary orders, rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this article within the limits of the authority conferred upon him or her in this article, with due consideration of the plans of the federal government. (2) To prepare a comprehensive plan and program for the emergency management of this state, such plan and program to be integrated and coordinated with the emergency management plans of the federal government and of other states to the fullest possible extent, and to coordinate the preparation of plans and programs for emergency management by the political subdivisions of this state, such plans to be integrated into and coordinated with the emergency management plans and programs of this state to the fullest possible extent. (3) In accordance with such...
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9-14E-8
Section 9-14E-8 Powers for funding, etc. Subject to compliance with applicable provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the state or any political subdivision of the state, upon approval by the governing body thereof in accordance with law and upon such terms and with or without consideration as it determines, may do all of the following: (1) Lend or donate money for, or perform services for the benefit of, the project. (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant any property of any kind to, or for the use or benefit of, the project. (3) Grant abatements of taxes for the benefit of the project, provided however, that there shall be no abatement of taxes of which the proceeds are designated for the benefit of public education. (4) Do any and all things, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, not otherwise prohibited by law, that are necessary or convenient to aid the planning, undertaking, acquisition, construction, financing, maintenance,...
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