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AL Code § 37-7-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 7 - Electric Membership Corporations.|Section 37-7-19 - Dissolution.

Section 37-7-19Dissolution. Any corporation created under this chapter may be dissolved by filing in the Office of the Secretary of State a certificate which shall be entitled and endorsed "CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION of _____" (the blank space being filled in with the name of the corporation) and shall state: The name of the corporation and, if such corporation is a corporation resulting from a consolidation as provided in this chapter, the names of the original corporation; the date of filing of the certificate of incorporation in the Office of the Secretary of State and, if such corporation is a corporation resulting from a consolidation as provided in this chapter, the dates on which the certificates of incorporation of the original corporations were filed in the Office of the Secretary of State; the fact that the corporation elects to dissolve; the name and post office address of each of its directors and the name, title and post office address of each of its officers. Such certificate shall be subscribed and acknowledged in the same manner as an original certificate of incorporation by the president or a vice-president and the secretary or an assistant secretary, who shall make and annex an affidavit stating that they have been authorized to execute and file such certificate by the votes cast in person or by proxy by a majority of the members of the corporation entitled to vote. A certificate of dissolution and a certified copy or copies thereof shall be filed in the same places as an original certificate of incorporation, and, thereupon, the corporation shall be deemed to be dissolved. Such corporation shall continue for the purpose of paying, satisfying and discharging any existing liabilities or obligations and collecting or liquidating its assets, and doing all other acts required to adjust and wind up its business and affairs, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. Any assets remaining after all liabilities or obligations of the corporations have been satisfied or discharged shall pass to and become the property of the state. (Acts 1935, No. 45, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 18, §28.)
AL Code § 37-7-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 7 - Electric Membership Corporations.|Section 37-7-20 - Foreign Corporations.

Section 37-7-20Foreign corporations. Any corporation or association organized under generally similar laws of another state shall be allowed to carry on any proper activities, operations and functions in this state upon compliance with the general regulations applicable to foreign corporations desiring to do business in this state. In its activities, operations and functions in this state, such corporation or association shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1935, No. 168, p. 229; Code 1940, T. 18, §29.)
AL Code § 37-7-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 7 - Electric Membership Corporations.|Section 37-7-21 - Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 37-7-21Amendment of certificate of incorporation. A corporation created under this chapter may amend its certificate of incorporation to change its corporate name, to increase or reduce the number of its directors or to change any other provision therein, provided, however, that no corporation shall amend its certificate of incorporation to embody therein any purpose, power or provision which would not be authorized if its original certificate, including such additional or changed purpose, power or provision, were offered for filing at the time a certificate under this section is offered. Such amendment may be accomplished by filing a certificate which shall be entitled and endorsed "CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF _____ ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION" and state: The name of the corporation, and if it has been changed, the name under which it was originally incorporated; the date of filing the certificate of incorporation in each public office where filed; the purposes, powers or provisions, if any, to be amended or eliminated and the purposes, powers or provisions, if any, to be added or substituted. Such certificate shall be subscribed in the same manner as an original certificate of incorporation under this chapter by the president or a vice-president, by the secretary or the assistant secretary, who shall make and annex an affidavit stating that they have been authorized to execute and file such certificate by the votes cast in person or by proxy by a majority of the members of the corporation entitled to vote. Such certificate shall be filed in the same places as an original certificate of incorporation, and, thereupon, the amendment shall be deemed to have been effected. (Acts 1935, No. 45, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 18, §30.)
AL Code § 37-9-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-1 - Title of Chapter.

Section 37-9-1Title of chapter. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Air Commerce Act." (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §27.)
AL Code § 37-9-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-3 - Exemptions From Operation of Chapter - United States Mail; Occasional Intrastate Commerce.

Section 37-9-3Exemptions from operation of chapter - United States mail; occasional intrastate commerce. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to apply to: (1) The transportation or handling of United States mail; or (2) The casual, occasional or reciprocal carriage of passengers or property by aircraft in intrastate commerce for compensation by any person not engaged in air commerce as a regular occupation or business, unless, in the case of transportation of passengers, such transportation is sold or offered for sale or provided or procured or furnished or arranged for by a broker, or by any other person who sells or offers for sale transportation furnished by a person lawfully engaged in the transportation of passengers by aircraft under a certificate or permit issued under this chapter or under a pending application for such certificate or permit. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §2.)
AL Code § 37-9-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-4 - Exemptions From Operation of Chapter - Interstate Commerce.

Section 37-9-4Exemptions from operation of chapter - Interstate commerce. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to, or be construed or held to apply to, any common carrier by aircraft which the commission shall by order determine to be engaged mainly and principally in interstate commerce and whose intrastate business is incidental to its interstate business, provided the commission shall find that its operations are conducted pursuant to a certificate or certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board of the United States of America or by any other governmental agency successor thereto. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §25.)
AL Code § 37-9-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-5 - Declaration of Policy.

Section 37-9-5Declaration of policy. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to regulate intrastate air commerce in such manner as to: (1) Recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of such commerce; (2) Foster sound economic conditions in such commerce and among air carriers in the public interest; (3) Promote adequate, economical and efficient service by air carriers and to provide reasonable charges therefor, without unjust discrimination, undue privileges or advantages and unfair or destructive competitive practices; (4) Provide for competition to the extent necessary to assure the sound development of an air transportation system properly adapted to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States and this state and of the national and state defense; (5) Improve the relations between and coordinate transportation by and regulation of air carriers and other carriers; and (6) Cooperate with the federal government and the several states of the United States and the duly authorized officials thereof in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. (b) All of the provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §3.)
AL Code § 37-9-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-6 - No Property Rights in Use of Airspace Conferred by Chapter.

Section 37-9-6No property rights in use of airspace conferred by chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall confer any proprietary or property rights in the use of airspace over the State of Alabama. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §4.)
AL Code § 37-9-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-7 - Air Commerce Subject to Chapter and to Control of Commission.

Section 37-9-7Air commerce subject to chapter and to control of commission. No person shall engage in air commerce except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and every person engaging in air commerce is hereby declared to be subject to control, supervision and regulation by the commission. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §5.)
AL Code § 37-9-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-8 - Duty of Commission to Administer Chapter; Rules, Regulations and Orders of Commission.

Section 37-9-8Duty of commission to administer chapter; rules, regulations and orders of commission. It shall be the duty of the commission to administer the provisions of this chapter, and to that end the commission is hereby authorized to make and amend such general or specific rules and regulations and to issue such orders as may be reasonably necessary to carry out such provisions. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §6.)
AL Code § 37-9-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-9 - Inquiries Into Business of Air Carriers, Brokers, Etc.

Section 37-9-9Inquiries into business of air carriers, brokers, etc. The commission shall have authority, for purposes of the administration of the provisions of this chapter, to inquire into the management of the business of air carriers and brokers and into the management of the business of persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with air carriers, to the extent that the business of such persons is related to the management of the business of one or more air carriers, and the commission shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same are conducted and may require such carriers and persons to furnish such information as the commission deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §6.)
AL Code § 37-9-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-10 - Establishment of Classifications for Air Carriers and Brokers; Authority to Exempt Same From Operation of Chapter.

Section 37-9-10Establishment of classifications for air carriers and brokers; authority to exempt same from operation of chapter. The commission may make such just and reasonable classifications for brokers and air carriers, according to geographical sections, types or otherwise, as it may determine to be in the public interest, and may make any provision of this chapter inapplicable to any or all brokers or air carriers or classes thereof for such periods or until such time and subject to such terms and conditions, as it may deem to be in the public interest. Such action shall be taken with the objective of so adjusting the regulatory provisions hereof to the changing conditions of the brokerage and air carrier business as to avoid undue administrative burdens. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §6.)
AL Code § 37-9-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-11 - Investigation of Noncompliance With Chapter or Orders, etc., of Commission; Remedial Action by Commission; Dismissal of Complaints.

Section 37-9-11Investigation of noncompliance with chapter or orders, etc., of commission; remedial action by commission; dismissal of complaints. The commission may investigate, either upon complaint or upon its own initiative, whether any broker or air carrier has failed to comply with any provisions of this chapter or with any orders, rules, regulations or requirements issued or established pursuant thereto and, after notice and hearing, take appropriate action to compel compliance therewith. Whenever the commission is of the opinion that any complaint does not state reasonable grounds for action on its part, it may dismiss such complaint. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §6.)
AL Code § 37-9-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-12 - Cooperation With State and Federal Authorities.

Section 37-9-12Cooperation with state and federal authorities. The commission is authorized to confer with or to hold joint hearings with any authorities of any state or of the government of the United States having jurisdiction with respect to matters involving air carriers, in connection with any matter arising under this chapter. The commission is also authorized to avail itself of the cooperation, services, records and facilities of such authorities, as fully as may be practicable, in the enforcement or administration of any provision of this chapter. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §6.)
AL Code § 37-9-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-13 - Interstate Rates, Services, Etc.

Section 37-9-13Interstate rates, services, etc. The commission shall have authority to investigate all interstate rates, fares, charges, classifications and services, or rules or practices in relation thereto, for or in relation to the interstate transportation of property or passengers by aircraft, where any act in relation thereto shall take place within, or affect the commerce of, the state. When such rates, fares, charges or classifications are, in the opinion of the commission, excessive or discriminatory or are levied or laid in violation of the act of Congress entitled "The Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938," approved June 23, 1938, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, or in conflict with the rules, orders or regulations of the authorities having jurisdiction thereof, or when such services are, in the opinion of the commission, inadequate, unsatisfactory or discriminatory, the commission may apply by petition to the authorities having jurisdiction thereof, for relief and may present to such authorities all facts coming to the commission's knowledge as to violations of the rules, orders or regulations of such authorities or as to violations of the said Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, or acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §6.)
AL Code § 37-9-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-14 - Proceedings Before Commission.

Section 37-9-14Proceedings before commission. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, in all respects in which the commission has power and authority under the Constitution of this state or this chapter, applications and complaints may be made and filed with the commission; processes, notices and orders issued, served and proved; hearings held, opinions, orders and decisions made, reconsidered, amended, revoked and filed; petitions for rehearing filed and acted upon; and appeals and petitions for writs of mandate filed with the courts of this state and considered and disposed of by said courts, in regard to the matters provided for in this chapter, in the same manner, under the same conditions and subject to the same limitations and with the same effect specified in Chapter 3 of this title, or acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, as far as may be practicable. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §6.)
AL Code § 37-9-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-15 - Conflicts of Interest of Members or Employees of Commission.

Section 37-9-15Conflicts of interest of members or employees of commission. No member of the commission nor any employee of the commission appointed or employed in the administration of this chapter, shall in any manner, directly or indirectly, have pecuniary interest in, or any securities of, or hold any position with, any air carrier, broker, motor carrier, railroad, steamboat or canal company. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §6.)
AL Code § 37-9-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-16 - Certificates for Common Carriers and Permits for Contract Carriers - Required.

Section 37-9-16Certificates for common carriers and permits for contract carriers - Required. (a) Certificate. No person shall engage in the business of a common carrier by aircraft unless there is in force a certificate issued by the commission authorizing such person to engage in such business. (b) Permit. No person shall engage in the business of a contract carrier by aircraft, except passenger common carriers by aircraft, as provided in subsection (a) of Section 37-9-20, unless there is in force a permit issued by the commission authorizing such person to engage in such business. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §7.)
AL Code § 37-9-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-17 - Certificates for Common Carriers and Permits for Contract Carriers - Application; Notice and Public Hearing on Application; Investigations to Determine Need for Additional Air Transportation; Institution of Proceedings to Furnish Additional Services Determined Necessary.

Section 37-9-17Certificates for common carriers and permits for contract carriers - Application; notice and public hearing on application; investigations to determine need for additional air transportation; institution of proceedings to furnish additional services determined necessary. (a) Applications for certificates and permits shall be made in writing to the commission, be verified under oath and shall be in such form and contain such information and be accompanied by proof of service upon such interested parties as the commission shall, by regulation, require. (b) Upon the filing of applications for certificates or permits, the commission shall give due notice thereof:  (1) To the public by posting a notice of such application in the office of the secretary of the commission; and (2) To such persons and by such means as the commission may by reasonable regulation determine.  Any interested person may file with the commission a protest or memo of opposition to or in support of the issuance of a certificate or permit. A public hearing shall be held on such application if the applicant or any person having a substantial interest in the proceeding shall so request within such time as the commission shall by reasonable regulation provide, unless the commission be of the opinion that such request be not made in good faith or made for the purpose of delay, in which case the commission shall set forth in writing their reasons for such refusal. (c) The commission, upon its own initiative, whenever it deems such action advisable, may conduct an investigation to determine whether additional air transportation appears to be needed, and if, after such investigation, the commission is of the opinion that such procedure is appropriate, it may encourage the filing of applications for certificates authorizing the furnishing of such transportation. If such transportation may be furnished through the extension of existing service, the commission may institute a proceeding to require such extension in accordance with the provisions of Section 37-9-22. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §8.)
AL Code § 37-9-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 9 - Regulation of Air Commerce.|Section 37-9-18 - Certificates for Common Carriers and Permits for Contract Carriers - Surety Bonds, Insurance Policies, etc., Required.

Section 37-9-18Certificates for common carriers and permits for contract carriers - Surety bonds, insurance policies, etc., required. No certificate or permit shall be issued to an air carrier or shall remain in force unless such carrier complies with such reasonable rules and regulations as the commission shall prescribe covering the filing and approval of surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer or other securities or agreements in such reasonable amount as the commission may require, conditioned to pay, within the amount of such surety bonds, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer or other securities or agreements, any final judgment recovered against such air carrier for a bodily injury or the death of any person resulting from the negligent operation, maintenance or use of aircraft under such certificate or permit, or for loss or damage to property of others. The commission may, in its discretion and under such rules and regulations as it shall prescribe, require any such air carrier to file a surety bond, policies of insurance, qualifications as a self-insurer or other securities or agreements, in a reasonable sum to be determined by the commission, to be conditioned upon such carrier making compensation to shippers or consignees for all property belonging to shippers or consignees and coming into the possession of such carrier in connection with its transportation service. Any carrier which may be required by law to compensate a shipper or consignee for any loss, damage or default for which a connecting carrier is legally responsible shall be subrogated to the rights of such shipper or consignee under any such bond, policies of insurance or other securities or agreements, to the extent of the sum so paid. Nothing in this chapter shall relieve a certificate or permit holder from any liability for negligence, whether or not it has complied with the requirements of this section. (Acts 1945, No. 269, p. 414, §15.)