Code of Alabama
Article 5 - Confirmation of Operating Regional Planning and Development Commissions.
Section 11-85-72 - General Powers, Rights, Obligations, etc., of Regional Planning and Development Commissions.

The regional planning and development commissions ratified and confirmed by this article as such commissions shall have such powers, rights, obligations, and privileges as heretofore accorded to, and which might be hereinafter accorded to regional planning and development commissions under the laws of Alabama.