Alabama § 45-37A-54.60 - Incorporation of Authority.

§ 45-37A-54.60. Incorporation of Authority.

Provision is hereby made for the incorporation of an authority in any city of the State of Alabama, having a population of 300,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal census, which authority shall have the power to lease, or own, or otherwise acquire and provide, control and operate fairgrounds, parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and places for the amusement, entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of such city. Whenever six qualified electors of the state, who shall be residents of the county in which such city is located, shall file an application in writing for a permit to apply for the incorporation of the authority in the manner hereinafter provided with the governing body of such city, if the governing body of such city shall pass a resolution which shall be entered upon the minutes of such city, which resolution shall provide that the governing body deems it wise, expedient, necessary, or advisable that the authority be formed and shall authorize the persons making application to proceed to form the authority and to serve as the first directors thereof for terms commencing from the date of incorporation and running for the respective period prescribed in Section 45-37A-54.63, then such persons making such application shall proceed to execute, file, and record a certificate as hereinafter provided for the purposes hereinafter set forth. The application shall set forth the name which is to be adopted and used by the authority; and no name shall be used unless the use thereof is approved by the governing body in such resolution.