Code of Alabama
Article 15 - Alabama State Parking Deck Authority.
Section 41-10-497 - Powers Generally.

The authority shall have the following powers among others specified in this article:
(1) To have succession in its corporate name until the principal of and interest on all bonds issued by it shall have been fully paid and until it shall have been dissolved as provided herein;
(2) To maintain actions and have actions maintained against it and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereof;
(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter such seal at pleasure;
(4) To establish a fiscal year;
(5) To acquire and hold title to real and personal property and to sell, convey, mortgage or lease the same as provided in this article;
(6) To provide for the construction, reconstruction, alteration and improvement of facilities and for the procurement of sites and equipment for such facilities and for the lease thereof;
(7) To lease facilities to the state, or any agency or instrumentality of the state;
(8) To anticipate by the issuance of its bonds, subject to the provisions of this article, the receipt of the rent and revenues from such facilities;
(9) As security for the payment of the principal of and interest on its bonds, to enter into any lawful covenant, to grant mortgages upon or security interests in its facilities and to pledge the rents and revenues from such facilities;
(10) To invest as provided in this act the proceeds from the sale of its bonds pending need therefor;
(11) To appoint and employ such attorneys, agents and employees as the business of the authority may require, subject to the Merit System where applicable; and
(12) To perform such other acts and duties as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

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