Section 45-27-90 Industrial Development Authority. For the purpose of promoting industry and trade and to assist the county commission or other like governing bodies in Escambia County in their pursuits thereof, there is created an Industrial Development Authority for Escambia County which shall be composed of members as provided in this section. No member of […]
Section 45-27-90.01 Officers; meetings; compensation. The authority shall hold an organizational meeting within 30 days after the appointment of all its members and shall elect a chair and vice chair from among its members. Such officers shall serve for such term as the authority by rule or regulation may prescribe. After the organizational meeting, the […]
Section 45-27-90.02 Exercise of functions and powers. Upon the organization of the Industrial Development Authority of Escambia County the authority shall be constituted an instrumentality for the exercise of public and essential governmental functions and the exercise of the powers conferred by this article, and the development of the county shall be deemed to be […]
Section 45-27-90.03 Director. The authority may employ a director, who shall be its chief administrative officer and serve as secretary to the authority. The authority shall fix the salary of the director who shall serve at its pleasure. The director shall have authority to employ clerical and other assistants subject to the approval of the […]
Section 45-27-90.04 Powers of authority. The authority or its agents and employees may do all of the following: (1) Investigate, study, and engage in basic research relative to the natural resources of land, water, minerals, and people in the county and apply its findings in efforts to promote a sound and balanced agricultural, industrial, and […]
Section 45-27-90.05 Office space and equipment. The authority may establish and maintain an office at some suitable place within the county, and the cost of securing furnishing, equipping, lighting, heating, and maintaining such office shall be a lawful charge against any funds appropriated for the use of the authority. (Acts 1978, No. 894, p. 1330, […]
Section 45-27-90.06 Expenses of authority. The county governing body of Escambia County shall annually, before the end of the county’s fiscal year, fix the amount to be expended by the Industrial Development Authority herein created, and shall deposit such amount as it determines to be necessary for the efficient operation of the authority in a […]
