Code of Alabama
Chapter 94 - Port Authorities.
Section 11-94-4 - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Execution and Acknowledgment.

(a) The certificate of incorporation shall set forth:
(1) The names and resident addresses of the applicants together with a recital that each of them is a duly qualified elector of and taxpayer in the county;
(2) The name of the authority which shall be _____ Port Authority (the blank spaces to be filled in with the names of the authorizing subdivisions if such names shall be available for use by the authority, and if not available then the incorporators shall designate some other similar name that is available);
(3) A recital that permission to organize the authority has been granted by resolution duly adopted by the governing body of each authorizing subdivision and the Alabama State Docks Department and the respective dates of adoption of said resolutions;
(4) The location of the principal office of the authority (which shall be in the municipality) and its post office address;
(5) A statement that the authority is organized for the purposes set forth in this chapter with all the powers and authorities specified in this chapter;
(6) The geographical boundaries of the authority's jurisdiction, which shall be the boundaries of the county that is the authorizing subdivision or, if the authorizing subdivision is a municipality, the county in which such municipality is located;
(7) The period, if any, for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be perpetual that fact shall be so stated); and
(8) Any other matter which the applicants may choose to insert therein which shall not be inconsistent with this chapter or with the laws of the State of Alabama.
(b) The certificate of incorporation shall be subscribed and acknowledged by each of the applicants before an officer or officers authorized by the laws of the State of Alabama to take acknowledgments to deeds.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.

Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.

Chapter 94 - Port Authorities.

Section 11-94-1 - Definitions.

Section 11-94-2 - Legislative Intent; Liberal Construction of Chapter.

Section 11-94-3 - Application for Incorporation of Authority; Approval by Local Governing Bodies and State Docks Department.

Section 11-94-4 - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Execution and Acknowledgment.

Section 11-94-5 - Certificate of Incorporation - Filing With Probate Judge; Examination, Approval, and Recordation by Probate Judge; Recordation as Conclusive Evidence.

Section 11-94-6 - Certificate of Incorporation - Amendment Procedure; Recordation of Amendment as Conclusive Evidence.

Section 11-94-7 - Board of Directors of Authority; Election; Terms of Office; Qualifications; Vacancies; Quorum; Proceedings and Record Thereof; Certified Copies as Evidence; Expenses; Impeachment; Annual Report.

Section 11-94-8 - Officers of Authority.

Section 11-94-9 - Powers of Authority; Location of Projects.

Section 11-94-10 - Bonds of Authority - From What Source Payable; Form; Denominations; Terms; Redemption; Sale; Subsequent Issues; Negotiability.

Section 11-94-11 - Bonds of Authority - Execution.

Section 11-94-12 - Bonds of Authority - Indenture; Lien; Remedies of Bondholders.

Section 11-94-13 - Bonds of Authority - Application of Proceeds.

Section 11-94-14 - Refunding Bonds.

Section 11-94-15 - Liability of Authorizing Subdivisions Upon Bonds, Obligations and Agreements of Authority; Other Actions by Authorizing Subdivisions to Attain Objectives of Chapter.

Section 11-94-16 - Disposition of Net Earnings.

Section 11-94-17 - Bonds of Authority as Legal Investments.

Section 11-94-18 - Dissolution of Authority; Vesting of Title to Funds and Property of Authority.

Section 11-94-19 - Exemption From Taxation and Fees.

Section 11-94-20 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws.

Section 11-94-21 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 11-94-22 - Applicability of Article 5 of Chapter 6 of Title 8.

Section 11-94-23 - Correction of Errors or Omissions in Incorporation.

Section 11-94-24 - Validation of Incorporation of Certain Port Authorities.

Section 11-94-25 - Revenues to Be Used for Paying Bonds of Authorities.