Alabama § 33-13-4 Procedure for Incorporation

Alabama Statutes

§ 33-13-4 — Procedure for Incorporation

Alabama § 33-13-4

Title 33Navigation and Watercourses

Ch. 13Alabama Port Authority

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Ala. Code § 33-13-4 (2026).

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To become a corporation, the Governor, the Director of Finance, one member of the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate, one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House and the Director of the State Docks Department shall present to the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama an application which shall set forth:

(1)The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants, together with certificates respecting the due election of those who are elected to the offices respectively held by them and certified copies of the commissions evidencing the due appointment of those who are appointed to the offices respectively held by them;

(2)The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of eac

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To become a corporation, the Governor, the Director of Finance, one member of the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate, one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House and the Director of the State Docks Department shall present to the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama an application which shall set forth:
(1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants, together with certificates respecting the due election of those who are elected to the offices respectively held by them and certified copies of the commissions evidencing the due appointment of those who are appointed to the offices respectively held by them;
(2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each applicant;
(3) The name of the proposed public corporation, which shall be Alabama Port Authority;
(4) The location of a principal office of the proposed public corporation; and
(5) Any other matter relating to the proposed public corporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of the State of Alabama.
The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds. The Secretary of State shall examine the application and, if he finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file it and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office.