(a) Every authority shall have all of the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) the following powers:
(1) To have succession in its corporate name for the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 11-89A-21 specified in its certificate of incorporation);
(2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suit against it;
(3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations, and rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business;
(5) To acquire, whether by gift, purchase, transfer, foreclosure, lease, or otherwise, to construct and to expand, improve, operate, maintain, equip, and furnish one or more facilities, including all real and personal properties that its board may deem necessary in connection therewith, regardless of whether or not any such facility shall then be in existence and, if in existence, regardless of whether or not any such facility is then owned or leased by any person to which such facility may subsequently be sold or leased by such authority;
(6) To borrow money and to sell and issue bonds as hereinafter provided for any corporate use or purpose;
(7) To lease to any person or persons all or any part of any facility or facilities that are or are to be owned by it, to charge and collect rent therefor and to terminate any such lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations thereof, all upon such terms and conditions as its board may deem advisable;
(8) To contract to sell, convey, or dispose of and to sell, convey, or dispose of all or any part of any recovered resource facility, and to contract to sell, convey, or dispose of all or any part of any recovered resources (including, but not limited to, the granting of options to purchase any recovered resources to any person), all for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as its board may deem advisable;
(9) To enter into a contract or contracts with any person or persons granting to such person or persons the exclusive right to purchase or acquire from the authority any recovered resources or rights to recovered resources for such period as its board may deem advisable;
(10) To pledge for payment of any bonds issued or assumed by the authority any revenues (including proceeds of any special tax to which it may be entitled) from which such bonds are payable as provided in this chapter, and to mortgage or pledge any or all of its facilities and revenues or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or received or thereafter acquired or received;
(11) To assume obligations secured by a lien on or secured by and payable out of or secured by a pledge of any facility or facilities or part thereof or the revenues derived from any facility or facilities that may be acquired by the authority;
(12) To make, enter into, and execute such contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take such other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which such authority was organized or to exercise any power expressly granted under this chapter;
(13) To enter into contracts with, to accept aid, loans, and grants from, to cooperate with, and to do any and all things not specifically prohibited by this chapter or other applicable laws of the state that may be necessary in order to avail itself of the aid and cooperation of the United States of America, the state or any agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of either thereof in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter;
(14) To receive and accept from any source aid or contributions in the form of money, property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied to carry out the purposes of this chapter, subject to any lawful condition upon which such aid or contributions may be given or made;
(15) To appoint, employ, and contract with such employees and agents, including, but not limited to, architects, engineers, attorneys, accountants, financial experts, fiscal agents, and such other advisors, consultants, and agents as may in its judgment be necessary or desirable, and to fix their compensations;
(16) To enter into a management contract or contracts with any municipality, any county, or any person or persons for the management, supervision, or operation of all or any part of its facilities as may in the judgment of such authority be necessary or desirable in order to perform more efficiently or economically any function for which it may become responsible in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this chapter;
(17) To procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets in such amounts and from such insurers as its board may deem desirable;
(18) To invest its moneys (including, without limitation, the moneys held in any special fund created pursuant to any trust indenture or agreement or resolution securing any of its bonds and proceeds from the sale of any bonds or notes) not required for immediate use in:
a. Any debt securities that are direct, general obligations of the United States of America;
b. Any debt securities, the payment of the principal of and interest on which is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America;
c. Any time deposit with, or any certificate of deposit issued by, any bank which is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof and deposits in which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States of America that may succeed to the functions of such corporation; and
d. Any debt obligation in which an insurance company organized under the laws of the state may legally invest its money at the time of investment by an authority;
(19) To procure or agree to the procurement of insurance or guarantees from the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from any private insurance company, of the payment of any bonds issued by such authority, and to pay premiums or fees for any such insurance or guarantees; and
(20) To do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes and to exercise its powers pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Any facility or facilities of an authority organized pursuant to determination by a determining municipality may be located within or without or partially within and partially without the determining municipality, subject to the following conditions:
(1) No such facility or part thereof shall be located more than 30 miles from the corporate limits of the determining municipality;
(2) No such facility or part thereof shall be located within the corporate limits of a municipality other than the determining municipality in this state;
(3) No such facility or part thereof shall be located within the police jurisdiction of another municipality in this state unless the governing body of such municipality has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such facility or part thereof in the police jurisdiction of such municipality; and
(4) No such facility or part thereof shall be located in a county other than that (or those) in which the determining municipality (or part thereof) is situated unless the governing body of such other county has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such facility or part thereof in such county.
(c) Any facility or facilities of an authority organized pursuant to determination by a determining county may be located within or without or partially within and partially without the determining county, subject to the following conditions:
(1) No part of a facility shall be located more than three miles outside the boundaries of the determining county;
(2) In no event shall any facility or part thereof be located within the corporate limits of a municipality unless the governing body of such municipality has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such facility or part thereof in such municipality; and
(3) No such project or part thereof shall be located in a county other than the determining county unless the governing body of such other county has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of a part of such facility in such other county.
(d) Any facility or facilities of an authority jointly organized pursuant to determinations by two or more determining subdivisions may be located within or without or partially within and partially without the respective determining subdivisions, subject to the following conditions:
(1) No such facility or part thereof shall be located in a county other than (i) that (or those) in which any determining municipality (or part thereof) is situated or (ii) a county that is also a determining subdivision unless the governing body of such other county has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such facility or part thereof in such county; and
(2) No such facility or part thereof shall be located within the corporate limits of a municipality other than a determining municipality unless the governing body of such municipality has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such facility or part thereof in such municipality.
(e) Nothing herein contained shall be construed as granting to an authority the power to levy any taxes.
Last modified: May 3, 2021