Title 11

An authority is hereby authorized from time to time to sell and issue its bonds for the purposes authorized in Section 11-92A-12. (Acts 1989, No. 89-404, p. 802, §13.)

(a) Bonds of an authority shall be signed by its chairman and attested by its secretary, the seal of the authority shall be affixed thereto, and any interest coupons applicable to said bonds shall be signed by the chairman; provided that a facsimile of the signature of said offic…

(a) In the discretion of the board of directors of an authority, any bonds may be secured by an indenture between an authority and a trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having trust powers, whether such trust company or bank is located within or without the state. In …

(a) The proceeds from the sale of any bonds shall be applied as provided in the proceedings in which the bonds are authorized to be issued, including without limitation, the payment of all legal, fiscal, and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with the authorizatio…

An authority shall be exempt from all laws of the state now or hereafter governing usury or prescribing or limiting interest rates, including without limitation the provisions of Chapter 8 of Title 8. (Acts 1989, No. 89-404, p. 802, §17.)

All properties of an authority, whether real, personal, or mixed, and the income therefrom, all bonds and other securities issued by an authority and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom, and all indentures and other instruments executed as security therefor, a…

The provisions of Articles 2 and 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41 or other similar laws shall not apply to an authority, its directors, or any of its officers, agents, or employees in their capacities as such. (Acts 1989, No. 89-404, p. 802, §19.)

(a) The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be as follows: In recent years changes have taken place in the economy of the state that have had a far-reaching effect on the welfare of its citizens. The agrarian economy that once prevai…

The recovery of damages under any judgment or judgments against an authority shall be limited to $100,000 for bodily injury or death for one person in any single occurrence. Recovery of damages under any judgment or judgments against art authority shall be limited to $300,000 in …

Any public person is hereby authorized to transfer and convey to an authority, with or without consideration, (a) any properties, real, personal, or mixed, and all funds and assets, tangible or intangible, that may be owned by such public person or that may be jointly owned by an…

(a) At any time when no bonds of an authority are outstanding, an authority may be dissolved by the adoption by its board of directors of a resolution recommending its dissolution and the approval of such dissolution and the proposed articles of dissolution by the governing body …

In addition to the requirements for dissolution under Section 11-92A-22, prior to the dissolution of an authority organized under Chapter 92A of this title, the authority shall provide notice to the Legislature of the authority’s intent to dissolve, as adopted by its board of dir…

(a) In addition to all other powers at any time conferred upon an authority by law, an authority may, in connection with the issuance of any bonds hereunder, create and establish one or more special debt service reserve funds (a “debt service reserve fund”), and may pay or cause …

(a) Any number of natural persons, not less than three, residing in any county or counties within the proposed authority’s authorized operational area may incorporate an authority as provided in this chapter. To do so, the incorporators shall first file a written application in a…

(a) The written application of the incorporators shall be filed with the probate judge, which application shall: (1) Contain a statement that the incorporators propose to incorporate an authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; (2) State the authorized operational are…

(a) The articles of incorporation of an authority shall state all of the following: (1) A designation of the authorized operational area of the authority, including the name or names of each county within such authorized operational area. (2) The names of the incorporators of the…

(a) In all cases where there has heretofore been an attempt to create or incorporate an industrial development authority or industrial development board, but the attempted creation or incorporation is or may be invalid because of some irregularity in the procedure followed or som…

In all cases where an industrial development authority or industrial development board has been incorporated or created prior to or after the enactment of this chapter, and a majority of the members of the board of directors of such authority or board adopts a resolution determin…

(a) The articles shall be filed with the probate judge. Upon acceptance of such articles for filing, the proposed authority shall constitute a de jure corporation. The acceptance of such articles for filing by the probate judge shall be conclusive of the valid incorporation of a …

(a) The board of directors of an authority shall be as specified in the articles, or as provided in Sections 11-92A-5 and 11-92A-6, provided that each county within the authorized operational area of an authority shall be represented by at least three directors. (b) Each authorit…