Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-17-2

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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

It is the purpose of the Legislature by this chapter to authorize the incorporation of educational building authorities as public corporations and as political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of providing ancillary improvements for use in connection with educational institutions in this state, and to invest each authority organized hereunder with all power that may be necessary or appropriate to enable it to accomplish such purpose, including but without limitation to the power to lease its properties and to issue interest-bearing revenue bonds. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intent.