Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 11-92A-3 (2026)

Incorporation of Authority.

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(a) Any number of natural persons, not less than three, residing in any county or counties within the proposed authority’s authorized operational area may incorporate an authority as provided in this chapter. To do so, the incorporators shall first file a written application in accordance with the provisions of this section and Section 11-92A-4.

(b) The authorized operational area of an authority may include any portion of one but not more than five counties. If more than one county is included in an authority’s authorized operational area, each county, or portion thereof, included therein shall be contiguous with at least one other county, or portion thereof, included therein so that the authority’s authorized operational area encompasses a unified territory.

(Acts 1989, No. 89-404, p. 802, §3; Act 99-350, p. 513, §2.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1999–1999 · leading case: Dobbs v. Shelby Cnty. Econ. & Indus. Dev. Auth., 749 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 1999).
Dobbs v. Shelby Cnty. Econ. & Indus. Dev. Auth., 749 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 1999). “§§ 11-92A-3 through -6. The 1989 Act grants to IDAs the power to acquire real property for the purpose of establishing industrial parks, to improve such industrial parks, and to lease or to sell projects consisting of land, improvements, or both in the industrial parks to any…”
Dobbs v. Shelby Cnty. Econ. & Ind. Dev. Auth., 749 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 1999). “§§ 11-92A-3 through -6. The 1989 Act grants to IDAs the power to acquire real property for the purpose of establishing industrial parks, to improve such industrial parks, and to lease or to sell projects consisting of land, improvements, or both in the industrial parks to any…”
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