{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-11-50-370","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 11-50-370","heading":"Definitions.","body":"When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:\n(1) PUBLIC CORPORATION. Any of the following: A municipality incorporated under the laws of this state; a board organized under Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-238, 11-50-240 and 11-50-241, inclusive, as amended; a board organized under Sections 11-50-310 through 11-50-324, as amended; and a board organized under Sections 11-50-340 through 11-50-358, as amended.\n(2) PUBLIC WATER CORPORATION. Any public corporation which owns and operates a water distribution system or which has the corporate power and proposes to own and operate a water distribution system.\n(3) SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. Any or all of the following: Sanitary sewer mains, sanitary sewer laterals, a sewage disposal plant or plants, and a sewage treatment plant or plants and appurtenances related to any thereof.\n(4) PUBLIC SEWER CORPORATION. Any public corporation which owns and operates a sanitary sewer system or which has the corporate power and proposes to own and operate a sanitary sewer system.","path":["Title 11 Counties and Municipal Corporations.","Title 2 Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.","Chapter 50 Public Utilities.","Article 11 Operation of Sanitary Sewer Systems by Public Water Corporations."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=11-50-370","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"3d858c2f7b684cdeb5da5c9af6dc9b9bfd42b31cee70f5cc88083be1c581e0ee","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-11-50-358","next":"us-al/ala.-code-11-50-371"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}