Ancillary Facilities.

Ala. Code tit. 11, tit. 2, ch. 54, art. 4, div. 2

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Ala. Code § 11-54-120 Definitions.

11-54-120. Definitions. Wherever used in this division, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following respective interpretations: (1) INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD. Any public corporation now in existence or hereafter organized pursuant to the provisions of the Industrial Development Board Act. (2) INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACT. a. Act No. 648 enacted at the 1949 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended (Division 1 of this article), and b. This chapter. (3) ANCILLARY FACILITY. Any land and any building or other improvement thereon and all real and personal properties deemed necessary in connection therewith, including without limitation office facilities and any other necessary or appropriate facilities, whether or not now in existence, which shall be suitable for use by any of following or by any combination of two or more thereof: a. Any industrial development board; b. Any local or regional chamber of commerce, board of trade, or other similar association or organization, one of the purposes or objects of which is the promotion of industrial or commercial development or the improvement of trade, business, professional, or economic conditions; c. Any convention, visitors, or other similar bureau or organization, one of the purposes or objects of which is the promotion of tourism or of conventions or meetings of business, civic or trade association groups; and d. Any non-profit educational foundation, one of the purposes or objects of which is the acquisition, development, and sale of land for industrial development purposes and whose net earnings inure to the benefit of one or more institutions of higher education operated by the State of Alabama. (Acts 1982, No. 82-510, p. 843, §1.)

Ala. Code § 11-54-121 Legislative Intent; Liberal Construction.

11-54-121. Legislative Intent; Liberal Construction. It is the intent of the Legislature by passage of this division to confer on industrial development boards now or hereafter organized, in addition to those powers heretofore or hereafter conferred on them, the power to sell and issue their bonds for, and to acquire, construct, enlarge, improve, replace, equip, maintain, use, operate, lease, and dispose of ancillary facilities. This division shall be liberally construed to conform with the said intention. (Acts 1982, No. 82-510, p. 843, §2.)

Ala. Code § 11-54-122 Additional Powers of Industrial Development Boards; Powers with Respect to Ancillary Facilities.

11-54-122. Additional Powers of Industrial Development Boards; Powers with Respect to Ancillary Facilities. In addition to all other powers at any time conferred on it by law, each industrial development board shall have the following powers: (1) To acquire, whether by construction, purchase, exchange, gift, lease, or otherwise, and to enlarge, improve, replace, equip, and maintain, one or more ancillary facilities, including all real and personal properties deemed necessary or desirable in connection therewith, and to sell and issue its bonds for any of such purposes; (2) To lease to others and otherwise dispose of all or any portion of any ancillary facility, provided that an industrial development board may operate and use any ancillary facility, or any part thereof, intended for its own use; and (3) To exercise with respect to any ancillary facility, and each part thereof, any and all powers that are conferred on industrial development boards by the Industrial Development Board Act. Each industrial development board shall have with respect to ancillary facilities all powers that are conferred on such boards by the Industrial Development Board Act with respect to other projects; all applicable provisions of the Industrial Development Board Act shall apply to the exercise by an industrial development board of the powers conferred on it by this division; and all other provisions of the Industrial Development Board Act with which this division is not in conflict shall be applicable to the exercise by an industrial development board of its powers under this division, all to the same extent as if the said provisions of the Industrial Development Board Act were set out in full herein; provided, however, that any bonds issued by an industrial development board in connection with any ancillary facility intended, in whole or in part, for its own use and operation need not be payable solely out of the revenues and receipts derived from the leasing or sale of such facility but shall be payable solely out of such revenues and receipts as may be designated in the proceedings of the board of directors of such industrial development board under which such bonds shall be authorized to be issued. (Acts 1982, No. 82-510, p. 843, §3; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-131, p. 137, §1.)

Ala. Code § 11-54-123 Powers Cumulative.

11-54-123. Powers Cumulative. The powers conferred by this division shall be cumulative of and in addition to all powers heretofore conferred on industrial development boards by the Industrial Development Board Act. (Acts 1982, No. 82-510, p. 843, §4.)

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