Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-99B-16

  • 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.
  • 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.

The existence of one or more districts incorporated under the provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the subsequent incorporation under this chapter of another district or the amendment of the certificate of incorporation of another district pursuant to authority granted by the same county, counties, municipality or municipalities, public corporation or public corporations, or by the same combination thereof, even though the project described in the certificate of incorporation, as originally filed or amended, of any existing district may include a project proposed by a district that is proposed to be incorporated under this chapter or that proposes to amend its certificate of incorporation under this chapter.