Title 33 — Title 33

The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pu…

Departments of State. Any duties and obligations of the authority which shall be delegated by the board of directors of the authority to the Highway Department, the State Docks Department or any other public corporation, agency or department of the state shall be undertaken and d…

In connection with the navigational use of the waterway, the authority is hereby authorized to construct, improve, maintain and operate suitable and adequate river and canal terminals in accordance with plans approved by the Secretary of the Army of the United States and the Chie…

There are hereby authorized to be issued bonds of the state in aggregate principal amount not exceeding $10,000,000.00. The bonds hereby authorized shall be general obligations of the state, and the full faith and credit of the state are hereby irrevocably pledged for the prompt …

The authority shall pay out of the proceeds from the sale of any of the bonds all expenses which the board of directors may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the sale and issuance of the bonds. The proceeds from the sale of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, r…

Records. Out of any funds in the State Treasury that may be available for such purpose, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds at the respective maturities of the said principal and interest, and he is further authorized a…

At any time when no duties or obligations of the authority shall remain to be discharged, or when all duties and obligations remaining to be discharged have been effectively delegated to public corporations, agencies and departments of the state in accordance with Section 33-16-1…

The Legislature hereby makes the findings of facts and declaration of intent hereinafter set forth in this section. The construction of a navigable waterway between Montgomery and Gadsden and to the Alabama-Georgia boundary, utilizing the channel of the Coosa River, would provide…

The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State Legislature, the Director of Finance, the Highway Director, the Director of the State Docks Department and the President of the Coosa-Alabama River Improvement Association may become a…

To become a corporation, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Director of Finance, the Highway Director, the Director of the State Docks Department and the President of the Coosa-Alabama River Improvement Association shall presen…

When the application has been made, filed and recorded, as herein provided, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name submitted in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation under the…

The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the authority. The Governor shall be the president of the authority, the Lieutenant Governor shall be its vice-president, and the Director of Finance shall be its sec…

The authority may undertake and discharge the duties and obligations set forth in this section as follows: In connection with the waterway, the authority may do or cause to be done the following: (1) Construct, improve, maintain and operate all highway and railroad bridges necess…

The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit; (2) To bring civil actions and have civil actions brought against it and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parti…

The aggregate monetary obligation that the authority may incur in connection with its contracts (other than contracts of the type described in the next succeeding paragraph) shall not at any time exceed the sum of: (1) Any uncommitted or unencumbered moneys then appropriated to t…