Section 33-13-7
Powers enumerated.
The authority shall have the following powers:
(1) To have succession by its corporate name without time limit;
(2) To bring civil actions against others, to have civil actions brought against it, but only for breach of contract and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties;
(3) To have and to use a corporate seal and to alter the same at its pleasure;
(4) To act as the agency of the state in authorizing, selling, issuing and approving disbursement of the proceeds of said general obligation bonds of the state subject to the provisions of this chapter;
(5) To provide for and specify the details of and to supervise and make sale of general obligation bonds of the state subject to the provisions of this chapter;
(6) To make studies and analyses of the operations of the state docks facilities and to make the reports and recommendations provided for in Section 33-13-8;
(7) To appoint and employ such attorneys and agents as the business of the authority may require; provided, that the authority shall not employ fiscal agents or financial advisers in connection with the sale of bonds.
(Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 78, p. 206, §7.)