Alabama Code 11-88-21. When proceedings, notice, etc., for incorporation of authority, acquisition of property, issuance of bonds, etc., required; exemption of authority, etc., from jurisdiction and regulation of Public Service Commission, etc
Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-88-21
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Except as expressly otherwise provided in this article or Article 2 of this chapter no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property, water system, sewer system, or fire protection facility or the issuance of any bonds, mortgage, and deed of trust or trust indenture.
The authority, every water system, sewer system, or fire protection facility owned by the authority or leased or subleased to a determining county and the rates and charges thereof shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of and all regulation and supervision by the Alabama Public Service Commission and neither a public hearing nor the consent of the State Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority or any transaction between the authority and the determining county or between the determining county and any vendor, vendee, lessor, or lessee to or from the authority.