The corporation shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this article;
(2) To sue and be sued, to prosecute and defend civil actions in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and the parties;
(3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business;
(5) To acquire, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise, exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, property of every description which the board may deem necessary to the acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, operation or maintenance of one or more projects and to hold title thereto or a leasehold interest therein;
(6) To borrow money for any of its corporate purposes and to sell and issue, in evidence of such borrowing, its interest-bearing revenue bonds;
(7) To sell and issue refunding revenue bonds;
(8) To secure any of its bonds by indenture as provided in this article;
(9) To appoint, employ and compensate such agents, architects, engineers and attorneys as the business of the corporation may require;
(10) To provide for such insurance as the board may deem advisable;
(11) To invest in obligations which are direct and general obligations of the United States of America or which are unconditionally guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States of America any of its funds that the board may determine are not presently needed for its corporate purposes;
(12) To contract, lease and make lease agreements respecting its properties or any thereof; and
(13) To sell and convey any of its properties that may have become obsolete or worn out or that may no longer be needed or useful in connection with the operation of any project; provided, that it shall not have the power to sell or convey any project substantially as a whole except as provided in this article.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 4 - State Products Mart and Coliseum Authorities.
Section 41-10-80 - Short Title.
Section 41-10-81 - Definitions.
Section 41-10-82 - Purpose of Article; Construction of Article Generally.
Section 41-10-86 - Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 41-10-90 - Officers of Corporation.
Section 41-10-91 - Powers of Corporation - Generally.
Section 41-10-92 - Powers of Corporation - Eminent Domain.
Section 41-10-95 - Execution and Delivery of Bonds and Interest Coupons.
Section 41-10-96 - Security for Payment of Principal and Interest on Bonds.
Section 41-10-97 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds Generally.
Section 41-10-99 - Refunding Bonds.
Section 41-10-100 - Investment of Surplus, etc., County Funds in Bonds of Corporation.
Section 41-10-102 - Remedies Upon Default on Bonds, Etc.
Section 41-10-103 - Leasing of Projects.
Section 41-10-104 - Conduct of Sporting Events, Exhibits, etc., in Projects.
Section 41-10-106 - Appropriations to Corporation by Municipality or County Authorized; Limitations.
Section 41-10-107 - Exemption From Taxation of Bonds, Income, Projects, etc., of Corporation.