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AL Code § 33-10-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-19 - Lease of State Lands; Petroleum and Commodity Terminal; Compensation of Oyster Lessees.

Section 33-10-19Lease of state lands; petroleum and commodity terminal; compensation of oyster lessees. The commission may lease or sublease lands leased from the State of Alabama and is authorized to negotiate and enter contracts or agreements with any public or private individual or corporation for the construction and operation of a petroleum and commodity terminal as an interstate common carrier. In the event of the acquisition or use of any state-owned waterbottoms on which there has been granted an oyster lease the private oyster lessee shall be reimbursed by the commission for the actual market value of said lease. In the event of expropriation, the compensation to be paid shall be the actual market value of the property at the time of taking. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §22.)
AL Code § 33-10-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-20 - Protection of Coastal Environment.

Section 33-10-20Protection of coastal environment. The commission is hereby empowered to take all necessary steps to protect Alabama's unique coastal environment from any short-term or long-term damage or harm which might occur from any aspect of the commission development program. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §19.)
AL Code § 33-10-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-21 - Contracts for Public Utilities.

Section 33-10-21Contracts for public utilities. The commission may contract with any agency, public or private, to provide for public utilities on such terms as are agreed upon. The commission and the respective utilities may contract for the financing, construction and extension of sewerage, water, drainage, electricity, gas and other necessary public utilities in and through said development. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §20.)
AL Code § 33-10-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-22 - Purchase of Vehicles, Equipment, Etc.

Section 33-10-22Purchase of vehicles, equipment, etc. Where the commission deems it advisable and in the public interest to purchase machinery, equipment or vehicles of certain makes, kinds or types, the commission may purchase those makes, kinds or types, but they shall not pay more than the actual market price for the machinery, equipment or vehicles. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §23.)
AL Code § 33-10-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-23 - Intergovernmental Contracts.

Section 33-10-23Intergovernmental contracts. The commission may enter into intergovernmental contract agreements with existing port authorities, individually, or with any city, municipality or subdivision of the state, and may engage jointly in the exercise of any power, the making of any improvements which each of the participating authorities may exercise or undertake individually under any provision of general or special law. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §24.)
AL Code § 33-10-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-24 - Issuance of Bonds.

Section 33-10-24Issuance of bonds. The commission is granted the power to incur debt and issue bonds by any of the means authorized by the Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama. Any revenue-producing wharf, dock, warehouse, elevator, industrial facility or other structure owned by or to be acquired by the commission from proceeds of bonds issued by it is hereby declared to be a revenue-producing public utility as that term is used and defined by the Constitution and laws of the state in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds of political subdivisions of the state. As an additional grant of authority beyond other provisions of the Constitution, the commission is authorized to issue negotiable bonds for any purpose within their delegated authority, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest of such negotiable bonds the income and revenues derived or to be derived from the properties and facilities maintained and operated by them or received by the commission from other sources. Such negotiable bonds may be further secured by a conventional mortgage upon any or all of the property constructed or acquired, or to be constructed or acquired by them. To further secure such negotiable bonds the commission may apply in whole or in part any money received by gift, grant, donation or otherwise from the United States, the State of Alabama, or any political subdivision thereof, unless otherwise provided by terms of the gift, devise, donation or similar grant. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §25.)
AL Code § 33-10-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-25 - Exemption From Taxation; Servicing of Bonds.

Section 33-10-25Exemption from taxation; servicing of bonds. It is the intent of this chapter that the commission shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments on any property acquired or used by it under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income therefrom, and any bonds issued hereunder shall be serviced from the income of said facility and shall be exempt from taxation by the State of Alabama, and by any municipal or political subdivision of the state. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §2.)
AL Code § 33-10-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-26 - When Commission to Cease to Exist.

Section 33-10-26When commission to cease to exist. The commission created by this chapter shall cease to exist upon the authorization of a bistate compact by the U.S. Congress for essentially the same purposes as this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §26.)
AL Code § 33-12-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 12 - Elk River Development Agency.|Section 33-12-1 - Establishment.

Section 33-12-1Establishment. In the interest of the unified development of the Alabama portion of the Elk River watershed and for purposes of cooperation with the Tennessee Elk River Area Development Agency, there is hereby authorized, and shall be established as hereinafter provided, a state development agency for the Alabama portion of the Elk River Watershed. The agency, when incorporated in accordance herewith, shall be an instrumentality of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §1.)
AL Code § 33-12-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 12 - Elk River Development Agency.|Section 33-12-2 - Organization; Appointment, Qualifications, Terms, etc., of Directors.

Section 33-12-2Organization; appointment, qualifications, terms, etc., of directors. The organization and establishment of the agency shall be as follows: (1) The respective county commission of the Counties of Lauderdale and Limestone shall each nominate by majority vote three candidates for each of two memberships on the board of directors of the agency. Candidates shall be selected from persons residing in these counties and active in municipal, industrial, agricultural, commercial or citizen organizations engaged in promoting comprehensive and unified development of the resources of the watershed as a basis for its general economic growth. The probate judge of each county shall certify the nominations for the two directorships from his county to the Governor, who shall, upon receipt thereof, appoint from the nominees from each county two directors, one from each group of three nominated for each directorship. One member from each county shall be appointed for a two-year term, one member from Lauderdale County for a four-year term, and one member from Limestone County for a six-year term. However, such terms shall continue in all events until successors are appointed. Successors shall be appointed for terms of six years. In the event of a vacancy on the board, the Governor shall appoint a successor for the unexpired term. (2) The Governor shall appoint an additional director from his cabinet or staff to serve during the Governor's term of office, and succeeding Governors shall similarly appoint such a director. (3) The respective county commissions of the Counties of Lauderdale and Limestone shall each nominate by majority vote three incumbent mayors of the incorporated cities and towns within the county and submit such nominations to the Governor, who shall appoint one mayor from each county to serve as a director, for a term of four years, or during his continuance in office as mayor, if his incumbency in such office be less than four years. (Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §2.)
AL Code § 33-12-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 12 - Elk River Development Agency.|Section 33-12-3 - Procedure for Incorporation.

Section 33-12-3Procedure for incorporation. To become a corporation, the members of the board of the agency shall present to the Secretary of State an application signed by them which shall set forth: (1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the resolution, order or commission evidencing his right to office; (2) The term of office of each of the applicants; (3) The name of the proposed corporation; (4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and (5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of the State of Alabama. The applications shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgements to deeds. The Secretary of State shall examine the application presented to him, and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office. When the application has been made, filed and recorded as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the application, and the secretary of state shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this chapter, and shall record the certificate with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work done in connection with the incorporation above provided for. (Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §3.)
AL Code § 33-12-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 12 - Elk River Development Agency.|Section 33-12-4 - Election of Officers; Designating Time and Place for Meetings; Compensation and Expenses of Directors.

Section 33-12-4Election of officers; designating time and place for meetings; compensation and expenses of directors. (a) Upon completion of the membership of the baord and incorporation as provided in Sections 33-12-2 and 33-12-3, the appointees and ex officio members shall meet and organize at Athens, Alabama, elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer, and set a regular time and place for meetings of the board. (b) Directors shall serve without compensation, except reimbursement for actual traveling expenses and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, such expenses to be reimbursed from such funds as may be available to the agency. (Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §4.)
AL Code § 33-12-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 12 - Elk River Development Agency.|Section 33-12-6 - Contributions to Work of Agency; Tax Levy by Governing Bodies.

Section 33-12-6Contributions to work of agency; tax levy by governing bodies. Lauderdale and Limestone Counties and the municipalities located in the Alabama portion of the Elk River Watershed are hereby authorized and empowered to contribute to the work of the agency any amount or amounts of money that their respective governing bodies, acting in their sole discretion, shall approve to be paid from the general fund of the respective county or municipality. Governing bodies of such counties or municpalities are hereby empowered to levy and collect ad valorem taxes within constitutional limits for such purposes, which are hereby declared to be for municipal and county public purposes. (Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §6.)
AL Code § 33-12-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 12 - Elk River Development Agency.|Section 33-12-7 - Annual Reports.

Section 33-12-7Annual reports. The board of directors of the agency shall report annually to the Governor of the State of Alabama and shall likewise report annually to the governing bodies of Lauderdale and Limestone Counties and the incorporated municipalities of the watershed. Such reports shall include a statement of financial receipts and expenditures, and a summary of all activities and accomplishments for the period and proposed plans for the next year. (Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §7.)
AL Code § 33-12-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 12 - Elk River Development Agency.|Section 33-12-8 - Cooperation and Assistance of Other Agencies.

Section 33-12-8Cooperation and assistance of other agencies. All agencies of the State of Alabama are hereby authorized and directed to extend their cooperation and lend assistance to the agency in the formulation and implementation of a development program. (Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §8.)
AL Code § 33-12-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 12 - Elk River Development Agency.|Section 33-12-9 - Advisory Board.

Section 33-12-9Advisory board. For the purpose of coordinating its activities with the needs and undertakings of other local organizations and groups, the board of directors may establish an advisory board consisting of the chairman of the board of directors of the agency (who shall be chairman of the advisory board), and of sufficient members to represent adequately so far as possible industry, commerce, agriculture, the general public, any official planning and developmental bodies in the locality and organized citizens groups working for the development of the Elk River area. (Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §9.)
AL Code § 33-12-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 12 - Elk River Development Agency.|Section 33-12-10 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 33-12-10Construction of chapter. This chapter shall be considered supplemental and additional to any and all other laws and confers sufficient authority in and of itself for the purposes set forth herein. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose of facilitating the development of the resources of the watersheds affected. (Acts 1965, No. 627, p. 1142, §10.)
AL Code § 33-13-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-1 - Definitions.

Section 33-13-1Definitions. The following words and phrases, wherever used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter under the name Alabama Port Authority. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority. (3) BONDS. The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter. (4) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, such term includes a public or private corporation organized under the laws of Alabama or of another state, a municipality, a county or an agency, department or instrumentality of a county or municipality of one or more of the several states or of the United States. (5) PROPERTY. Such term means and includes real and personal property and interests therein. (6) STATE. The State of Alabama. (7) STATE DOCKS FACILITIES. Docks and all kinds of docks facilities, including elevators, warehouses, water and rail terminals, wharves, piles, quays, compresses, cold storage facilities, loading and unloading facilities and other related structures, facilities and equipment and property used or held for use or development of or in connection with any thereof, now or hereafter owned by the State of Alabama at the Port of Mobile. (8) STATE DOCKS DEPARTMENT. The Alabama State Docks Department, an agency of the state. (9) STATE DOCKS DIRECTOR. The Director of State Docks or other chief executive officer of the State Docks Department. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §2.)
AL Code § 33-13-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-2 - Legislative Intent; Construction of Chapter.

Section 33-13-2Legislative intent; construction of chapter. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to implement Constitutional Amendment No. 338 by: (1) Authorizing the issuance of the interest-bearing general obligation bonds of the state provided for in the said constitutional amendment; (2) Providing for the incorporation of a public corporation to act as the agency of the state in the authorization, sale, issuance and approval of disbursement of proceeds of the said bonds and to perform the other functions hereinafter specified; and (3) Providing for the expenditure of the proceeds from the said bonds. It is also the intention of the Legislature that, to the extent deemed feasible, in the sole discretion of the Alabama State Docks Department with the approval of the Alabama Port Authority, the proceeds from the said bonds will be used in preparation for and in anticipation of the demands that will be made upon and the opportunities that will be available to the department as a result of the opening of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway System. This chapter is to be liberally construed in conformity with its purposes. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §1.)
AL Code § 33-13-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-3 - Authorization to Form Public Corporation.

Section 33-13-3Authorization to form public corporation. The Governor, the Director of Finance, one member of the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate, one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House, and the director of the State Docks Department shall become a public corporation with the powers hereinafter provided, by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §3.)
AL Code § 33-13-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-4 - Procedure for Incorporation.

Section 33-13-4Procedure for incorporation. To become a corporation, the Governor, the Director of Finance, one member of the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate, one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House and the Director of the State Docks Department shall present to the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama an application which shall set forth: (1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants, together with certificates respecting the due election of those who are elected to the offices respectively held by them and certified copies of the commissions evidencing the due appointment of those who are appointed to the offices respectively held by them; (2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each applicant; (3) The name of the proposed public corporation, which shall be Alabama Port Authority; (4) The location of a principal office of the proposed public corporation; and (5) Any other matter relating to the proposed public corporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of the State of Alabama. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds. The Secretary of State shall examine the application and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §4.)
AL Code § 33-13-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-5 - Certificate of Incorporation; No Fees to Be Paid to Secretary of State.

Section 33-13-5Certificate of incorporation; no fees to be paid to Secretary of State. When the application has been made, filed and recorded, as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name submitted in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation under the Great Seal of the State and shall record such certificate with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any service rendered or work performed in connection with the authority thus formed, its incorporation, dissolution or records. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §5.)
AL Code § 33-13-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-6 - Members, Officers and Directors; Meetings; Record of Proceedings.

Section 33-13-6Members, officers and directors; meetings; record of proceedings. The authority shall be composed of the Governor, the Director of Finance, one member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate, one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House, and the Director of the State Docks Department. The Governor shall be the president of the authority, and the Director of Finance shall be its secretary. The Director of the State Docks Department shall be the treasurer of the authority and shall act as custodian of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds. The members of the authority shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the authority. Should any person holding any state office named in this section cease to hold such office by reason of death, resignation, expiration of his term of office or for any other reason, then his successor in office shall take his place as a member, officer or director of the authority. No member, officer or director of the authority shall receive any compensation for any service he may render or for any duty he may perform in connection with the authority. The board of directors shall meet on call of the president of the authority. All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be signed by the Governor and shall be recorded in a substantially bound book and filed in the office of the secretary. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §6.)