Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-94-16

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

Each authority organized hereunder shall be a nonprofit public corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall inure to the benefit of any individual, firm or corporation, except that in the event its board shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of the expenses, bonds and other obligations of the authority, then any net earnings of an authority thereafter accruing shall be paid in equal amounts to its authorizing subdivisions.