Code of Alabama
Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.
Section 33-10-15 - Certain Powers Enumerated.

The commission is granted all powers capable of being delegated by the Legislature under the Constitution of the state, including but not limited to authority:
(1) To own, construct, operate, maintain and lease docks, wharves, sheds, elevators, pipelines, pumping stations and facilities, storage facilities, housing and food facilities, heliport, locks, slips, laterals, basins, warehouses and all other property, structures, equipment and facilities, including belt and connecting lines of railroads and works of public improvement necessary or useful for deep draft harbor and terminal purposes.
(2) To dredge and maintain shipways, channels, slips, basins and turning basins.
(3) To establish, operate and maintain in cooperation with the federal government, the State of Alabama and its various agencies, subdivisions and public bodies, navigable waterway systems.
(4) To acquire by expropriation any real property in fee, leaving the ownership of any minerals or mineral rights in the former owners.
(5) To collect tolls and fees.
(6) To borrow funds for the business of the commission.
(7) To select an official journal for the publication of the official acts of the commission.
(8) To mortgage properties constructed or acquired by said commission and to mortgage and pledge any lease or leases and the rents, income and other advantages arising out of any lease or leases granted, assigned or subleased by the commission.

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