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AL Code § 33-13-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-7 - Powers Enumerated.

Section 33-13-7Powers enumerated. The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit; (2) To bring civil actions against others, to have civil actions brought against it, but only for breach of contract 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 its pleasure; (4) To act as the agency of the state in authorizing, selling, issuing and approving disbursement of the proceeds of said general obligation bonds of the state subject to the provisions of this chapter; (5) To provide for and specify the details of and to supervise and make sale of general obligation bonds of the state subject to the provisions of this chapter; (6) To make studies and analyses of the operations of the state docks facilities and to make the reports and recommendations provided for in Section 33-13-8; (7) To appoint and employ such attorneys and agents as the business of the authority may require; provided, that the authority shall not employ fiscal agents or financial advisers in connection with the sale of bonds. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §7.)
AL Code § 33-13-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-8 - Fiscal Year; Reports and Recommendations.

Section 33-13-8Fiscal year; reports and recommendations. The authority shall have the same fiscal year as the state. The authority shall during each fiscal year submit a report of its activities and development plans to the Legislature. It may from time to time make recommendations to the Legislature, based upon study and analysis, for the better handling of commerce passing in and through the state docks facilities, for the increase and improvement of transportation facilities, for the more economical and expeditious handling of such commerce and for the development and promotion of both domestic and foreign trade. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §8.)
AL Code § 33-13-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-11 - Bonds - Refunding Bonds.

Section 33-13-11Bonds - Refunding Bonds. The authority may from time to time sell and issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any matured or unmatured bonds then outstanding that were originally issued under this chapter. To the extent they may be applicable, the provisions of this chapter pertaining to the authorization, sale, execution, redemption, maximum interest rate, maturities, issuance and other details of the bonds, shall apply to such refunding bonds. The total principal amount of bonds that may be initially issued hereunder under the provisions of the first sentence of Section 33-13-9 is hereby expressly limited to $45,000,000.00; and the total amount of refunding bonds that may be issued hereunder is hereby expressly limited to the principal amount of the bonds that are to be refunded by any such refunding bonds. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §11.)
AL Code § 33-13-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-12 - Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds; Investments.

Section 33-13-12Bonds - Disposition of proceeds; investments. The authority shall pay out of the proceeds from the sale of any of the bonds (other than refunding bonds) those expenses which the board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the sale or issuance thereof. The proceeds from the sale of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, remaining after paying the expenses of their sale and issuance shall be turned in to the treasury of the State Docks Department, shall be carried in a special fund therein and shall be subject to be drawn on by the State Docks Department, upon the approval of the authority, but solely for the respective purposes for which they were authorized to be issued, viz., payment of costs incurred in the development, construction, improvement, expansion and modernization (or any of them) of the state docks facilities at the Port of Mobile, as the state facilities may from time to time exist. The proceeds from the sale of any refunding bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury, shall be carried in a special fund therein and shall be subject to withdrawal by the authority for the purpose of refunding the principal of the outstanding bonds for the refunding of which they were authorized to be issued. The expenses incurred in issuing any such refunding bonds shall be paid out of the State Treasury upon approval by the authority. Any portion of the proceeds derived from the sale of any of the bonds which the State Docks Director may determine is not then needed for any of the purposes for which the bonds are authorized to be issued shall, on order of the State Docks Director, be invested in time deposits in banks in Alabama qualified and designated as state depositories or in any securities that are direct general obligations of the United States or the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the United States. Any such securities may, at any time and from time to time, on order of the State Docks Director, be sold or otherwise converted into cash. The income derived from any such investments shall be added to and treated as a part of the proceeds so invested. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §12.)
AL Code § 33-13-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 13 - Alabama Port Authority.|Section 33-13-13 - Bonds - State Treasurer to Pay Principal and Interest of Bonds; Records.

Section 33-13-13Bonds - State Treasurer to pay principal and interest of bonds; records. The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds (or any bonds issued to refund any of the bonds) at the respective maturities of the said principal and interest, out of the special fund created in Section 33-13-10, and to such extent, if any, as the moneys in the said special fund may be insufficient for such purpose, out of any other funds in the State Treasury. The State Treasurer is further authorized and directed to set up and maintain appropriate records pertaining to payment of the said principal and interest. (Acts 1975, 2nd Ex Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §13.)
AL Code § 33-15-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-1 - Definitions.

Section 33-15-1Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority.  (3) BONDS. Such term shall include bonds and notes. (4) COUNTY. A county in the state. (5) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of the authority. (6) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission of a county. (7) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town of the state. (8) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, such term includes a public or private corporation, 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 of America. (9) PROPERTY. Such term means and includes real and personal property and interests therein. (10) STATE. The State of Alabama. (11) WATERSHED. Such term means and includes all land in the counties of Marion, Colbert, Franklin and Winston, lying within 15 miles of Bear Creek and any of its tributaries. (12) HEREIN, HEREBY, HEREUNDER, HEREOF. Such terms and other equivalent words refer to this chapter as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used. The definitions set forth herein shall be deemed applicable whether the words defined are used in the singular or plural. Whenever used herein, any pronoun or pronouns shall be deemed to include both singular and plural and to cover all genders. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §1.)
AL Code § 33-15-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-2 - Authorization and Establishment; Purpose; Public Corporation and Political Subdivision.

Section 33-15-2Authorization and establishment; purpose; public corporation and political subdivision. In the interest of the unified development of Bear Creek and its tributaries and watershed, for the purposes of navigation, water conservation and supply, flood control, irrigation, industrial development, public recreation and related purposes, there is hereby authorized, and shall be established as hereinafter provided, a development authority for the Alabama portion of the Bear Creek Watershed. The authority, when incorporated in accordance herewith, shall be a public corporation and a political subdivision of the State of Alabama, composed of a board of directors selected and empowered as hereinafter provided. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §2.)
AL Code § 33-15-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-4 - Composition of Board of Directors; Appointment, Qualifications and Terms of Members; Vacancies in Office.

Section 33-15-4Composition of board of directors; appointment, qualifications and terms of members; vacancies in office. The board of directors of the authority shall consist of 14 members, designated herein as directors, as follows: (1) The governing body of each of the Counties of Marion, Colbert, Franklin, and Winston shall appoint a director of the authority who shall be a person residing in the county whose governing body makes the appointment and who shall be active in municipal, industrial, agricultural, commercial, or citizen organizations engaged in promoting comprehensive and unified development of the resources of the Bear Creek Watershed as a basis for its general economic growth. The term of office of each director so appointed shall be six years, the term of the first directors so appointed to commence on the date on which there shall be filed with the Judge of Probate of Franklin County the certificate of incorporation provided for in Section 33-15-3. The governing body of each of the above-named counties shall appoint successors to the first director so appointed by it, and any vacancy in the office of a director so appointed by it shall be filled by the same governing body by another appointment for the unexpired term. (2) Each Governor of Alabama shall appoint a director at large to serve during the term of office of the Governor making the appointment. Any vacancy in the office of a director so appointed shall be filled by appointment by the same Governor for the unexpired term. (3) The mayor or other chief executive officer of each of the municipalities of Red Bay, Vina, Hodges, Hackleburg, Bear Creek, Haleyville, Phil Campbell, Russellville, and Cherokee and their successors shall serve as directors during the respective term of office of such mayor or other chief executive officer. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §3; Act 2014-338, p. 1256, §1.)
AL Code § 33-15-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-5 - Initial Meeting of Board; Expenses of Directors; Quorum; Acquisition by Eminent Domain of Certain Property or Rights Not Authorized.

Section 33-15-5Initial meeting of board; expenses of directors; quorum; acquisition by eminent domain of certain property or rights not authorized. (a) As soon as may be practicable after completion of the incorporation as provided in Sections 33-15-3 and 33-15-4, the board of directors shall hold its first meeting at Red Bay, Alabama, elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer, set a regular time and place for meetings of the board and attend to such other matters as may be appropriate. The chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected from the membership of the board; the secretary-treasurer may, but need not, be elected from the membership 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 authority. (c) The quorum necessary for the board of directors to hold valid meetings and to take valid action or transact business shall be seven members. (d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the acquisition by eminent domain of any real property or rights owned or controlled by railroads or utilities, either public or private. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §5.)
AL Code § 33-15-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-9 - Bonds and Other Obligations - Contracts to Secure Bonds and Other Obligations.

Section 33-15-9Bonds and other obligations - Contracts to secure bonds and other obligations. As security for payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance of any facilities owned by it, or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting any service furnished from such facilities, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof, and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that the revenues from such facilities will be sufficient to operate such facilities, maintain the same in good repair and in good operating condition, pay the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues and maintain such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of such facilities and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto. Any contract pursuant to the provisions of this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board of directors authorizing the issuance of bonds or the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture made by the authority hereunder. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §9.)
AL Code § 33-15-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-10 - Bonds and Other Obligations - Statutory Mortgage Lien.

Section 33-15-10Bonds and other obligations - Statutory mortgage lien. Any resolution of the board of directors or trust indenture, under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien, in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto, on the facilities and other property (including any after-acquired property) out of the revenues from which such bonds are made payable. The said resolution of the board of directors or the said trust indenture may provide for the filing for record in the office of the judge of probate of each county in which any part of such facilities or other property may be located of a notice containing a brief description of such facilities or other property, a brief description of such bonds and a declaration that said statutory mortgage lien has been created for the benefit of the holders of such bonds and the interest coupons applicable thereto upon such facilities and other property, including any additions thereto and extensions thereof. Each judge of probate shall receive, record and index any such notice filed for record in his office. The recording of such notice, as herein provided, shall operate as constructive notice of the contents thereof. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §9.)
AL Code § 33-15-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-11 - Bonds and Other Obligations - Use of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.

Section 33-15-11Bonds and other obligations - Use of proceeds from sale of bonds. All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued by the authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which the same are authorized and any costs and expenses incidental thereto. Such costs and expenses may include but shall not be limited to (1) The fiscal, engineering, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds, (2) In the case of bonds issued to pay costs of construction, interest on such bonds (or, if a part only of any series of bonds is issued for construction purposes, interest on that portion of the bonds of that series that is issued to pay construction costs) prior to and during such construction and for not exceeding one year after completion of such construction, and (3) In the case of bonds issued for the purpose of refunding principal and interest, or either, with respect to bonds issued or obligations assumed by the authority, any premium that it may be necessary to pay in order to redeem or retire the bonds or other obligations to be refunded. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §11.)
AL Code § 33-15-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-12 - Exemption From Taxation, Etc.

Section 33-15-12Exemption from taxation, etc. The authority, its income, the property of the authority while owned by it, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds, conveyances by or to the authority and leases, mortgages and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation or the recording of any document. No license or excise tax may be imposed on the authority in respect to the privilege of engaging in any of the activities authorized by this chapter. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §12.)
AL Code § 33-15-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-13 - Monetary Contributions by Certain Counties and Municipalities.

Section 33-15-13Monetary contributions by certain counties and municipalities. Marion, Colbert, Franklin and Winston Counties and the municipalities named in subdivision (3) of Section 33-15-4 are each hereby authorized and empowered to contribute to the authority any amount or amounts of money, either with or without consideration therefor, that their respective governing bodies, acting in their sole discretion without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified electors, shall approve to be paid from the general fund of the respective county or municipality. Governing bodies of such counties or municipalities 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. 584, p. 1080, §13.)
AL Code § 33-15-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-14 - Freedom of Authority From Supervision and Control.

Section 33-15-14Freedom of authority from supervision and control. This chapter is intended to aid the State of Alabama in the execution of its duties by providing an appropriate and independent political subdivision of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill the functions herein authorized. Except as in this chapter expressly otherwise provided, 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 or facilities or the issuance of any bonds, mortgage and deed of trust or trust indenture. The authority, its facilities and other property and the rates and charges thereof shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of, and all regulation and supervision by, the Public Service Commission. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority. Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal the requirement for obtaining the permit provided for in Section 22-23-2. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §14.)
AL Code § 33-15-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-15 - Annual Reports.

Section 33-15-15Annual reports. The board of directors of the authority shall report annually to the Governor of Alabama and shall likewise report annually to the governing bodies of Marion, Colbert, Franklin and Winston Counties and the incorporated municipalities named in Section 33-15-4. 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. 584, p. 1080, §16.)
AL Code § 33-15-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-16 - Use of Public Roads.

Section 33-15-16Use of public roads. The authority is hereby authorized to use the rights-of-way of all public roads in the state without securing the prior approval of the state or of its agencies or departments or the governing body of any county and subject only to the necessity of obtaining the municipal consent required by Section 220 of the Constitution of Alabama; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to exempt the authority from the requirements of Section 23-1-4; and provided further, that the authority shall have the duty to restore at its expense all roads, highways and public rights-of-way in which it may have made excavations or done other work in laying pipes or performing any of its other corporate functions. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §15.)
AL Code § 33-15-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-17 - Cooperation of State Agencies.

Section 33-15-17Cooperation of state agencies. All agencies of the state are hereby authorized and directed to extend their cooperation and lend assistance to the authority in the formulation and implementation of its development program. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §17.)
AL Code § 33-15-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority.|Section 33-15-18 - Advisory Board.

Section 33-15-18Advisory 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 authority (who shall be chairman of the advisory board) and of sufficient members to represent adequately so far as feasible industry, commerce, agriculture, recreation, the general public, any official planning and developmental bodies in the area and organized citizens groups working for the development of the Bear Creek Watershed. (Acts 1965, No. 584, p. 1080, §18.)