Code of Alabama
Article 2 - Industrial Development Boards.
Section 11-20-37 - Powers Generally; Location and Operation of Projects.

(a) The corporation shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance of those stated in this subsection:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name for the period specified in the certificate of incorporation unless sooner dissolved as provided in this article;
(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties;
(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To acquire, whether by purchase, construction, exchange, gift, lease or otherwise, improve, maintain, equip and furnish one or more projects, including all real and personal properties which the board of directors of the corporation may deem necessary in connection therewith and regardless of whether or not any such projects or any part thereof shall then be in existence;
(5) To sell, exchange, donate and convey, to contract to sell, exchange and convey and to grant, with or without additional consideration, options to acquire any or all of its properties whenever its board of directors shall find any such action to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the corporation was organized;
(6) To lease to others for a period not to exceed 40 years any or all of its projects or any part thereof and to charge and collect rent therefor and to terminate any such lease upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations thereof;
(7) To grant to others privileges, licenses or permits for the use of land for the construction and operation of projects and to authorize such lessees or grantees to mortgage their interest, rights and properties to finance the construction, enlargement and improvement of such projects;
(8) To issue its bonds for the purpose of carrying out any of its powers;
(9) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds so issued and any agreements made in connection therewith, to mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects or any part or parts thereof, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, and to pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom or from any thereof;
(10) To assume obligations secured by a lien on any project or any part thereof that may be acquired, any obligation so assumed to be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts from any or all of its projects or part thereof;
(11) To appoint, employ, contract with and provide for the compensation of such officers, employees and agents, including, but without limitation, engineers, attorneys, architects, construction contractors, management consultants and fiscal advisers, as its business may require;
(12) To provide for such insurance as the board of directors may deem advisable;
(13) To cooperate with the United States of America, any agency or instrumentality thereof, the state, any municipality, county, public corporation or other public entity in the state or any person, or any combination of any of the foregoing; and
(14) To accept gifts, grants, bequests and devises.
(b) Any project or projects of the corporation may be located within or partially within and partially without the county, subject to the following conditions:
(1) No part of a project shall be located more than three miles outside the boundaries of the county;
(2) In no event shall any project or part thereof be located within the corporate limits of a municipality unless the governing body of such municipality has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of such project or part thereof in such municipality; and
(3) No such project or part thereof shall be located in a county other than the county which authorized the formation of the corporation unless the governing body of such other county has first adopted a resolution consenting to the location of a part of such project in such other county.
(c) The corporation shall not have the power to operate any project as a business other than as a lessor.