Ala. Code § 10A-20-7.04

Current through the 2024 Regular Session.

Section 10A-20-7.04 - Powers of corporation

In furtherance of its purposes and in addition to the powers now or hereafter conferred on business corporations by Alabama statutes, the corporation shall, subject to the restrictions and limitations contained in this section, have the following powers:

(1) To elect, appoint, and employ officers, agents, and employees to make contracts and incur liabilities for any of the purposes of the corporation; provided, that the corporation shall not incur any secondary liability by way of guaranty or endorsement of the obligations of any person, firm, corporation, joint stock company, association, or trust or in any other manner.

(2) To borrow money from its members and the small business administration and any other similar federal agency for any of the purposes of the corporation, to issue therefor its bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, whether secured or unsecured, and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, or other lien on its property, franchises, rights, and privileges of every kind and nature, or any part thereof of interest therein, without securing stockholder or member approval.

(3) To make loans to any person, firm, corporation, joint-stock company, association, or trust and to establish and regulate the terms and conditions with respect to the loans and the charges for interest and service connected therewith; provided, however, that the corporation shall not approve any application for a loan unless and until the person applying for the loan shall show that the person has applied for the loan through ordinary banking channels and that the loan has been refused by at least one bank or other financial institution.

(4) To purchase, receive, hold, lease, or otherwise acquire and to sell, convey, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property, together with the rights and privileges as may be incidental and appurtenant thereto and the use thereof, including, but not restricted to, any real or personal property acquired by the corporation from time to time in the satisfaction of debts or enforcement of obligations.

(5) To acquire the goodwill, business, rights, real and personal property, and other assets, or any part thereof or interest therein, of any persons, firms, corporations, joint-stock companies, associations, or trusts and to assume, undertake or pay the obligations, debts, and liabilities of any person, firm, corporation, joint-stock company, association, or trust, to acquire improved or unimproved real estate for the purpose of constructing industrial plants or other business establishments thereon or for the purpose of disposing of the real estate to others for the construction of industrial plants or other business establishments and to acquire, construct or reconstruct, alter, repair, maintain, operate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of industrial plants or business establishments.

(6) To acquire, subscribe for, own, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of the stock, shares, bonds, debentures, notes, or other securities and evidences of interest in, or indebtedness of, any person, firm, corporation, joint-stock company, association, or trust and, while the owner or holder thereof, to exercise all the rights, powers, and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon.

(7) To mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber any property, right, or thing of value acquired pursuant to the powers contained in subdivision (4), (5), or (6) as security for the payment of any part of the purchase price thereof.

(8) To cooperate with, and avail itself of, the facilities of the United States Department of Commerce, the state planning and industrial development board, and any other similar state or federal governmental agencies and to cooperate with, assist, and otherwise encourage organizations in the various communities of the state in the promotion, assistance, and development of the business prosperity and economic welfare of the communities, of this state or of any part thereof.

(9) To do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted in this article.

Ala. Code § 10A-20-7.04 (1975)

Acts 1969, No. 322, p. 681, §3; §10-4-133; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, § 336.