Section 45-2A-80.01 - Acquisition and administration of cable television systemIn addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law:
(1) Such municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, construct, lease, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a cable television system which may be defined, without limiting the generality, as a facility that in whole or in part, receives directly, or indirectly, or over the air, and amplifies or otherwise modifies the signal transmitting programs broadcast by one or more television or radio stations, and distributes such signals by wire or cable to subscribing members of the public who pay for such service; and(2) Such municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, lease, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve a system of auxiliary services which may be identified generally as any communication service, in addition to the cable television transmissions, which shall include, but be not limited to burglar alarm systems, data transmissions, facsimile service, home shopping service, and any allied or similar communication services.Ala. Code § 45-2A-80.01 (1975)