The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein:
(1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority.
(3) BONDS. The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter.
(4) COUNTY. A county in the state.
(5) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of the authority.
(6) FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. The project for the construction and maintenance of improvements in the channels of tributary streams of the Tombigbee River in order to prevent or abate the flooding of such streams, as authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1958, 72 Statutes at Large 297, 85th Congress, 2nd Session (1958), in accordance with House Document No. 167, 84th Congress, 1st Session (1955).
(7) MUNICIPALITY. An incorporated city or town of the state.
(8) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, such term includes a public or private corporation organized under the laws of Alabama or of another state, a municipality, a county, or an agency, department or instrumentality of a county or municipality, of one or more of the several states, or of the United States.
(9) PROPERTY. Such term means and includes real and personal property, and interests therein.
(10) STATE. In the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, such term means the State of Alabama.
(11) WATERWAY. A navigable waterway, utilizing the channel of the Tombigbee River, between Demopolis, Alabama and the Tennessee River, as authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1946, 60 Statutes at Large 634, 79th Congress, 2nd Session (1946), in accordance with House Document No. 486, 79th Congress, 2nd Session (1946).
(12) HEREIN, HEREBY, HEREUNDER and HEREOF. These and other equivalent words refer to this chapter as an entirety and not solely to the particular section or portion thereof in which any such word is used.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 17 - Tombigbee Valley Development Authority.
Section 33-17-1 - Definitions.
Section 33-17-2 - Legislative Intent; Construction of Chapter.
Section 33-17-3 - Authorization to Form Public Corporation.
Section 33-17-4 - Procedure for Incorporation.
Section 33-17-5 - Certificate of Incorporation; No Fees to Be Paid to Secretary of State.
Section 33-17-6 - Members, Officers and Directors; Records of Proceedings.
Section 33-17-7 - Duties and Obligations Which May Be Undertaken.
Section 33-17-8 - Powers Enumerated.
Section 33-17-11 - Authority of State Docks Department.
Section 33-17-12 - Bonds - Generally.
Section 33-17-13 - Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds; Investments.
Section 33-17-14 - Bonds - State Treasurer to Pay Principal and Interest of Bonds; Records.