Code of Alabama - Title 9: Conservation and Natural Resources - Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities

• Section 9-6-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Environmental Improvement Authorities Act of 1969."
• Section 9-6-2 Definitions
  The following words and phrases used in this chapter and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof shall, in the absence of clear implication in...
• Section 9-6-3 Purposes of authorities
  Public corporations may be formed under the provisions of this chapter for any one or more or all of the following purposes: (1) To undertake...
• Section 9-6-4 Application for authority to incorporate; review of application and issuance of executive order by Governor
  (a) In order to form a public corporation under the provisions of this chapter, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall first...
• Section 9-6-5 Procedure for incorporation
  (a) Within 40 days from and after the date of issuance by the Governor of his executive order authorizing the applicants to proceed to form...
• Section 9-6-6 Board of directors
  Each public corporation formed under this chapter shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the...
• Section 9-6-7 Advisory committee
  Whenever the described area of operation shall include three or more counties or portions thereof, there shall be created an advisory committee to consult with...
• Section 9-6-8 Powers and duties generally
  The authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have...
• Section 9-6-10 Bonds - Contracts to secure payment
  As security for payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or...
• Section 9-6-9 Bonds - Issuance; form, terms, denominations, etc.; sale; security for payment generally
  All bonds issued by the authority shall be signed by the chairman of its board or other chief executive officer and attested by its secretary,...
• Section 9-6-11 Bonds - Creation of statutory mortgage lien
  Any resolution of the board or trust indenture under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may contain provisions creating...
• Section 9-6-12 Bonds - Use of proceeds from sale
  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...
• Section 9-6-13 Aid and cooperation of political subdivisions, agencies or other instrumentalities of state
  For the purpose of effecting the control, abatement or prevention of water, air or general environmental pollution or of aiding or cooperating with the authority...
• Section 9-6-14 Immunity from tort liability
  The engaging in and aiding, assisting and promoting the control, abatement and prevention of water, air and general environmental pollution by an authority is hereby...
• Section 9-6-15 Exemptions from taxation; payment of fees, costs, etc
  Each authority formed under this chapter, the property and income of the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from such bonds or...
• Section 9-6-16 Reports to Governor
  The authority shall submit to the Governor a detailed report of its activities during the previous year and of its financial condition. Such annual report...
• Section 9-6-17 Provisions of chapter cumulative; provisions of chapter exclusive as to incorporation, issuance of bonds, etc
  This chapter is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full...

Last modified: May 3, 2021