11-75-2. Powers of Authority.
The regional law enforcement training facility authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, subject to the limitations provided in Chapter 93, and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to defend civil actions against the authority.
(2) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure.
(3) To have perpetual succession.
(4) To make and, from time to time, amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.
(5) To make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized or to exercise any power expressly granted under this section.
(6) To acquire, receive, take, or dispose of, by purchase, sale, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, that the authority may deem necessary to accomplish its purposes.
(7) To plan, establish, develop, acquire, purchase, lease, construct, reconstruct, renovate, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, and operate a regional law enforcement training facility. The regional law enforcement training facility may include a shooting range to be used for training.
(8) To sell and issue bonds in order to provide funds for any corporate function, use, or purpose, pursuant to the same rules and regulations established for water, sewer, and fire protection districts as found in Chapter 89.
(9) To borrow money for any of its purposes.
(10) To appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for the compensation of officers, employees, and agents as the purposes of the authority may require, including, but not limited to, engineers, architects, attorneys, management consultants, private construction management firms, fiscal advisers, and in particular, a superintendent to manage the regional law enforcement training facility, and facility personnel as necessary to operate and maintain the facility.
(Act 2025-375, §2.)
