The authority shall have the following powers among others specified in this chapter:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this chapter;
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 22-3A-7

  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • 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
(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereto;
(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To make and alter all needful bylaws, rules and regulations for the transaction of the authority’s business and the control of its property and affairs;
(5) To provide for the acquisition, construction, installation, equipping, operation and maintenance of public health facilities, including the equipping and improvement of existing public health facilities, and to vest title to such facilities or to cause or permit title to such facilities to be vested in the authority, the State Board of Health or county board(s) of health, as the directors shall determine;
(6) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal property of every description, and to manage the same;
(7) To acquire by purchase, gift, lease or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or by any other lawful means, any real, personal or mixed property, and to sell, exchange, donate, transfer, or convey any or all of its properties, all as the authority shall determine to be necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter;
(8) To borrow money and issue its bonds in evidence thereof subject to the provisions of this chapter;
(9) To anticipate by the issuance of its bonds the receipt of the revenues herein appropriated and pledged or herein authorized to be pledged by the authority, all in the manner hereinafter provided;
(10) As security for payment of the principal of and the interest and premium (if any) on its bonds, to pledge any funds or revenues from which its bonds may be made payable, including the proceeds of the appropriations and pledges herein provided for and to arrange for and provide such additional security for its bonds, including, but not limited to, letters of credit, bond insurance policies, surety bonds, all as the board of directors shall determine to be necessary or desirable;
(11) To make and enter into such contracts, leases, agreements and other actions as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish any corporate purpose and to exercise any power necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of the authority or incidental to the powers expressly set out herein;
(12) To appoint and employ such attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, depositories, registrars, fiscal agents and other advisors, agents and independent contractors as may, in the judgment of the directors, be necessary or desirable; and
(13) To do all other acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
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