Alabama Code 36-31-1. Designation and prescription of powers and duties of trustees
Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-31-1
- 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.
- 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.
- National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. 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
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Each governing body in the State of Alabama including the council, commission or similar governing body of each municipal corporation, the board of directors of each incorporated municipal board, the county commission of each county, the board of education of each city, the board of education of each county, the board of directors of each county or municipal hospital, each gas district, any other county or municipal public corporation, agency or authority and the board of trustees, board of managers, board of control or similar governing body of each state agency or institution of education, learning, training or correction or for the delinquent, insane, sick, deaf, dumb, blind, needy, juvenile or aged, now existing or established after September 16, 1963, may designate a bank (whether a national bank or banking association or a banking or trust company operating under the jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Banks of the State of Alabama) having its principal office in the State of Alabama, having capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $1,000,000.00 and having trust powers as trustee to administer funds of any pension and retirement fund established by the governing body and may prescribe such powers and duties in the trustee, including investing, reinvesting and holding the funds and carrying out other duties of administration of the fund as the governing body may deem expedient.