Alabama Code 33-1-12. Power to acquire, operate, etc., structures, facilities, etc
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 33-1-12
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
The port authority, in engaging in the work of internal improvement, or promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining and operating harbors, seaports, and riverports within the state and its jurisdiction, may acquire, purchase, install, lease, construct, own, hold, maintain, equip, use, control, and operate, at seaports, or at any ports located on any river or stream which is navigable for commercial traffic, or which may be made so navigable at any time in the future, wharves, piers, docks, quays, grain elevators, cotton compresses, warehouses, and other water and rail terminals and other structures, and facilities needed for the convenient use of the port authority in the aid of commerce, including the dredging of approaches thereto.