2014 Code of Alabama
Title 22 - HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.
Title 1 - HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL GENERALLY.
Section 22-30F-7 - Alabama Land Recycling Finance Authority - Powers.

Section 22-30F-7Alabama Land Recycling Finance Authority - Powers.

(a) The authority shall have each of the following powers, among others specified by or required to implement this chapter:

(1) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law and in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto.

(2) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter such seal at pleasure.

(3) To establish a fiscal year.

(4) To acquire in any manner and to hold title to or leasehold interests in real and personal property and to sell, convey, or lease the same for the purpose of carrying out its functions and duties hereunder.

(5) To construct and operate or lease to or from any public body any one or more projects.

(6) To execute agreements obligating the authority to agree to pay and to pay such portion of the estimated reasonable cost of the project of each public body as may be required to meet the requirements of any federal act and the state.

(7) To make loans to public bodies and to enter into agreements with public bodies deemed necessary by the authority.

(8) To appoint and employ such banks, attorneys, financial advisors, agents, and employees as the business of the authority may require.

(b) The authority shall use accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures conforming to generally accepted government accounting standards. The authority shall hire or contract with banks, attorneys, financial advisors, agents, and employees which reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the state. A report shall be made annually to the Legislature on the second legislative day of each regular session detailing the extent to which this diversity provision has been implemented.

(Act 2003-403, p. 1176, §1.)