Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-25A-2.1

  • 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.
  • 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

The Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board shall constitute a body corporate for the purposes of management of the health insurance plan. The board shall have all powers and may enforce all existing rights and claims, privileges of a corporation and hold its cash and securities and other property in trust for the purpose for which received; provided, however, that as instrumentalities of the state, funded by the state, the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board, their officers, and their employees shall be immune from suit to the same extent as the state, its agencies, officers, and employees.