The corporation shall have the following powers:
(1) To have perpetual succession by its corporate name unless sooner dissolved pursuant to Section 23-1-318.
(2) To commence actions and have actions commenced against it, provided, however, that the corporation shall be considered a public agency performing state governmental functions and shall be immune from suit based on its acts or omissions or those of its agents, servants, or employees to the extent the State of Alabama is so immune, and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties. Venue shall be in the appropriate court of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is located.
(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure.
(4) To construct, reconstruct and relocate or to cause to be constructed, reconstructed and relocated federal aid projects, including work incidental or related thereto, in the State of Alabama.
(5) To acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation or any other lawful means or any combination of such means and to convey or cause to be conveyed to the State of Alabama any real, personal, or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the construction of federal aid projects and approaches thereto in the State of Alabama or the reconstruction or relocation of federal aid projects in said state.
(6) To exercise the right of eminent domain as freely and completely as, and in the same manner that, the State of Alabama is empowered to exercise such right.
(7) To borrow money for its corporate purposes and in evidence of such borrowing to sell and issue its obligations and to refund such obligations.
(8) To pledge the proceeds of the appropriations and pledges provided for in this article as security for payment of the principal of and the interest on its obligations.
(9) To appoint and employ such officers, attorneys and agents as the business of the corporation may require.
(10) To utilize all administrative services which may be provided by the State Department of Transportation .
Last modified: May 3, 2021