Alabama § 33-1-40 Sovereign Immunity

Alabama Statutes

§ 33-1-40 — Sovereign Immunity

Alabama § 33-1-40

Title 33Navigation and Watercourses

Ch. 1General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Port Authority

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 33-1-40 (2026).

Text

The port authority shall have sovereign immunity from suit to precisely the same extent as the Alabama State Docks Department had on August 1, 2000.

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Legislative History

(Act 2000-598, p. 1199, §5.)

Nearby Sections

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§ 33-1-1

State May Engage in Promoting, Constructing, Operating, Etc., Harbors and Ports; Expenditure of Funds to Entertain Customers, Etc., Authorized; Audit and Accounting of Certain Expenditures

§ 33-1-1.1

Definitions

§ 33-1-10

State Docks Advisory Committee - Committee to Act in Advisory Capacity

§ 33-1-11

Jurisdiction

§ 33-1-12

Power to Acquire, Operate, Etc., Structures, Facilities, Etc

§ 33-1-12.1

Additional Powers

§ 33-1-13

Governor May Make Additional Investigations Relative to Acquisition, Etc., of Facilities

§ 33-1-14

Appraisal of Real Estate; Approval of Facilities by Governor Prerequisite to Beginning Project

§ 33-1-15

Amendment of Plans

§ 33-1-16

Terminal Railroads

§ 33-1-17

Title to Property

§ 33-1-18

Sales of Submerged Lands and Made Lands Lying Under or Abutting Tidal Waters

§ 33-1-19

Exemption of Leases, Etc., from Taxation

§ 33-1-2

Alabama State Port Authority

§ 33-1-20

Exchange of Property and Relocation of Buildings, Etc

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