39-7-13
Section 39-7-13 Purpose and powers of authority generally; sale, transfer and conveyance of entire water system to public corporation authorized to conduct business of water distribution system. (a) An authority shall be incorporated for the purpose of conducting and developing the enterprise in which it may engage in such manner that the services afforded by such enterprise shall be available for public uses and to all inhabitants of the municipality and the surrounding area for domestic and industrial uses at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and prudent management. Every authority incorporated under this chapter is hereby vested with all powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of such purpose for which such authority is incorporated capable of being delegated by the Legislature of the State of Alabama. The authority shall have the power to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, improve and maintain and operate any plant, works, system, facilities or...
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45-29-140.16
Section 45-29-140.16 Notice requirements, etc.; regulatory control and supervision. (a) Except as expressly otherwise provided in this article, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of the authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property, water system, or fire protection facility or the issuance of any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture. (b) The authority, every water system or fire protection facility owned by the authority or leased or subleased to a county, and the rates and charges thereof shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of and all regulation and supervision by the Alabama Public Service Commission and neither a public hearing nor the consent of the Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to any transaction between or with the authority and the county or between the authority or the county and any vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee to or from the authority. (Act 89-188, p. 169,...
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45-30-250.09
Section 45-30-250.09 Planning, development, operation, etc., of water service systems. For the purpose of securing water service, or aiding or cooperating with the authority in the planning, development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of those systems any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, or public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Appropriate, lend, or donate money to or perform services for the benefit of the authority. (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind, including, without limitation, any water system, or any interest thereof, or any franchise. (3) Do any and all things, not otherwise prohibited by law, whether or not specifically authorized in this section, that are necessary or...
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45-38-141.02
Section 45-38-141.02 Incorporation of authority. (a) Within 45 days after May 4, 1989, or the passage and approval of a constitutional amendment authorizing the creation of the authority, three applicants shall be appointed to proceed to incorporate the Lamar County Water Coordinating and Fire Prevention Authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county 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 provided in this section. The applicants shall be appointed as follows: One applicant shall be appointed by the state senator who represents the senatorial district in which Lamar County is located; one applicant shall be appointed by the members of the House of Representatives representing Lamar County; and one applicant shall be appointed by the Lamar County Commission. (b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state...
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11-89-32
Section 11-89-32 Procedure to form special corporation. (a) In order to provide for operation and financing of one or more, but not all, of its authorized services under Chapter 89, Title 11, by following the procedures set out in this article, any district may establish a separate public corporation and grant to it the power to finance and operate any, but not all, of the authorized services of the district. If any district may, by its certificate of incorporation, provide more than one of fire protection service, sewer service, or water service in its service area, it may provide that any one or more of the services, but not all of them, may be operated and financed through a special corporation organized pursuant to this article. The procedure to organize a special corporation is as follows: The board shall adopt a resolution specifying that it is necessary or expedient that a special corporation be organized pursuant to this article to operate and finance one or more, but not all,...
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37-13-1
Section 37-13-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section. (1) ADDITIONAL RAIL SERVICE AREA. Any territory that is outside the boundaries or corporate limits, as the case may be, of any of its authorizing subdivisions and that the governing body of the county, and of any city or town, in which such territory is located has by resolution designated as an area in which the authority may render rail transportation service. (2) AUTHORITY. Any public corporation organized pursuant to this chapter or any law amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. (3) AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION. Any county, city, or town in this state in which there are located railroad properties and facilities and whose governing body receives an...
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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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39-2-2
Section 39-2-2 Advertisement for and opening of sealed bids for public works contracts; violations; exclusions; emergency actions; sole source specification. (a) Before entering into any contract for a public works involving an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the awarding authority shall advertise for sealed bids, except as provided in subsection (j). If the awarding authority is the state or a county, or an instrumentality thereof, it shall advertise for sealed bids at least once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the improvement or some part thereof, is to be made. If the awarding authority is a municipality, or an instrumentality thereof, it shall advertise for sealed bids at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the municipality where the awarding authority is located. If no newspaper is published in the municipality, the awarding authority shall advertise by...
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45-38-141.06
Section 45-38-141.06 Financial powers and rights. (a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this part, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, shall have the following powers and rights: (1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes. (2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant options to purchase, or lease all or any part of its system or systems for such consideration and on such terms as it shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the authority. (3) To consent and agree to the assignment or payment of any income received from the investment of any moneys or funds of the authority to any other public corporation or public entity, including, without limitation, the county or the State of Alabama. (4) To loan or advance its funds to any person at such, if any, interest as it shall determine, for the purpose of financing the construction of a system or any part thereof. (5) To contract with others for the construction of all or any...
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45-25-250.05
Section 45-25-250.05 Additional powers and rights. (a) The authority organized or operating pursuant to this article shall, in addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, have the following powers and rights: (1) To borrow money for use for any of its corporate purposes. (2) To sell, transfer, convey, grant options to purchase, or lease all or any part of its system or systems for such consideration and on such terms as it shall deem advisable and in the best interest of the authority. (3) To consent and agree to the assignment or payment of any income received from the investment of any moneys or funds of the authority to any other public corporation or public entity, including, without limitation, the county, of the State of Alabama. (4) To loan or advance its funds to any person, at such, if any, interest as it shall determine, for the purpose of financing the construction of a system or any part thereof. (5) To contract with others for the construction of all or...
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