The corporation shall have the following powers:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit;
(2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend, at law or in equity, 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, provide, construct, improve, renovate, equip, and maintain, or transfer to public institutions in the state, forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences;
(5) To receive, take and hold by sale, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, real and personal estate of every description, and to manage the same;
(6) To acquire by purchase, gift, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain, or any other lawful means, and to transfer, convey or cause to be conveyed to the state, any real, personal or mixed property necessary or convenient in connection with the acquiring, providing, constructing, improving, renovating, equipping and maintenance of, or transfer to public institutions in the state, forensic sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research in the field of forensic sciences;
(7) To exercise the right of eminent domain as freely and completely as, and in the same manner as, the state is empowered to exercise such right;
(8) To sell and issue for the state bonds and refunding bonds as provided in this article;
(9) To appoint and employ such attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, underwriters, trustees, depositories, registrars and other advisors, agents and independent contractors as the business of the corporation may require; and
(10) To enter into contracts with municipalities, counties, state agencies or institutions, or political subdivisions of the state or any other state, private persons, firms, corporations and any branch of the federal government, in furtherance of its public purposes and objects either relative to work done or to be done.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 18B - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Authority.
Section 16-18B-1 - Legislative Findings.
Section 16-18B-2 - Definitions.
Section 16-18B-3 - Authorization and Procedure for Incorporations; Application.
Section 16-18B-4 - Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 16-18B-5 - Members; Officers; Quorum; Vacancies; Salaries; Record of Proceedings.
Section 16-18B-6 - Powers of Authority.
Section 16-18B-7 - Bonds - Issuance and Sale.
Section 16-18B-8 - Bonds - Payment of Principal, Premium, and Interest; Records.
Section 16-18B-9 - Bonds - Redemption.
Section 16-18B-10 - Bonds - Execution; Facsimiles; Validity.
Section 16-18B-11 - Alabama Forensic Sciences Bond Fund.
Section 16-18B-12 - Use of Proceeds From Bonds.
Section 16-18B-13 - Refunding Bonds.
Section 16-18B-14 - Exemption From Taxes; Use of Bonds as Security; Investment of Funds.
Section 16-18B-15 - Contracts to Be in Writing.
Section 16-18B-16 - Appropriation and Allocation of Funds.
Section 16-18B-17 - Dissolution of Corporation.