Code of Alabama - Title 33: Navigation and Watercourses - Chapter 15 - Bear Creek Development Authority

• Section 33-15-1 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 herein...
• Section 33-15-2 Authorization 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...
• Section 33-15-3 Procedure for incorporation
  To become a corporation, the persons who are designated to become members of the initial board of directors of the authority, as provided in Section...
• Section 33-15-4 Composition 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...
• Section 33-15-5 Initial 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...
• Section 33-15-6 Powers, duties and functions generally
  The general powers, duties and functions of the authority shall be as follows: (1) GENERAL. The authority: a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate...
• Section 33-15-7 Rates, fees and charges; user permits
  (a) Rates, fees and charges for services rendered by the authority from any of its facilities shall be fixed and from time to time revised...
• Section 33-15-8 Bonds and other obligations - Generally
  All bonds issued by the authority shall be signed by the chairman of its board of directors and attested by its secretary-treasurer, and the seal...
• Section 33-15-9 Bonds 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...
• Section 33-15-10 Bonds 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...
• Section 33-15-11 Bonds 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...
• Section 33-15-12 Exemption 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...
• Section 33-15-13 Monetary 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...
• Section 33-15-14 Freedom 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...
• Section 33-15-15 Annual 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...
• Section 33-15-16 Use 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...
• Section 33-15-17 Cooperation 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...
• Section 33-15-18 Advisory 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...
• Section 33-15-19 Chapter cumulative; construction of chapter
  This chapter shall be considered supplemental and additional to any and all other laws and confers sufficient power in and of itself for the purposes...

Last modified: May 3, 2021