Section 41-10-391 Legislative Findings of Fact and Declaration of Intent; Construction of Article.

The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be: Supercomputer technology is expected to have a significant impact on the research capabilities of research institutions, governmental agencies, and private industries. The police power of the state authorizes the state to promote the prosperity and general welfare of its citizens. The development of supercomputer technology will greatly enhance research capabilities of the state’s major research institutions and governmental agencies, and will attract industry to the state. For these reasons, it is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to exercise its police power to authorize the incorporation by the Governor, the Director of Finance, the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House, of a public corporation for the purpose of planning, acquiring, developing, administering, and operating a statewide supercomputer and related telecommunications system, and to vest such corporation with all powers, authorities, rights, privileges, and titles that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purpose. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purpose expressed. It shall be the duty of the authority to establish, administer, and operate such supercomputer system for the primary purpose of providing state-of-the-art technology in supercomputer processing for scientific research and development to governmental agencies, educational institutions, private-sector businesses, and industries.