No bonds or obligations of any corporation formed under this chapter shall be issued or sold until consent to the issuance and sale thereof shall have been given by the Department of Finance. Such consent shall be granted only after a public hearing and after a petition requesting such consent has been duly filed by such corporation with the director of said department more than five days before such public hearing. Such petition shall specify the plan or program of the corporation and the uses to which it is proposed to put the proceeds of such issue and such other matters as are necessary fully to advise such Department of Finance of the nature of the corporate purpose in furtherance of which such issue is proposed, and said petition shall include such other information as may be required by the rules of such Department of Finance. The department shall grant such consent only after it finds that such issue or sale serves some public need and is in the public interest. It shall be unlawful for the corporation to use the proceeds of any such issue or sale contrary to the plan and purposes presented to such Department of Finance in obtaining its consent thereto. The corporation applying for such consent is authorized to pay such fees as shall be lawfully assessed against it by the Department of Finance.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 7 - Electric Membership Corporations.
Section 37-7-2 - Formation and Purpose Generally.
Section 37-7-3 - Form and Contents of Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 37-7-4 - Persons Executing Certificate to Be Residents; Acknowledgment and Filing.
Section 37-7-5 - Board of Directors - Election; Expenses; President; Secretary.
Section 37-7-6 - Board of Directors - Powers.
Section 37-7-7 - Certificates of Membership; Voting.
Section 37-7-8 - Corporate Purpose; Membership Fees; Service to Nonmembers; Service Outside State.
Section 37-7-9 - Vesting of Powers for Accomplishment of Corporate Purpose.
Section 37-7-10 - Enumerated Powers.
Section 37-7-11 - Encumbering or Disposing of Property.
Section 37-7-12 - Bonds or Obligations - Consent of Department of Finance.
Section 37-7-13 - Bonds or Obligations - Manner of Sale or Issuance.
Section 37-7-14 - Bonds or Obligations - Covenants or Agreements.
Section 37-7-16 - Consolidation.
Section 37-7-15 - Bonds or Obligations - Purchase of Own Obligations.
Section 37-7-17 - Extension of Territory.
Section 37-7-18 - Charges for Services Rendered.
Section 37-7-19 - Dissolution.
Section 37-7-20 - Foreign Corporations.
Section 37-7-21 - Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation.