The authority shall have the following powers and capacities, among others specified in this article, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof:

(1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in Section 22-21-154;

(2) To maintain actions and have actions maintained against it by others in any form of litigation other than an action ex delicto, and to defend any litigation brought against it;

(3) To have and use a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;

(4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business;

(5) To acquire, whether by purchase, gift, lease, devise or otherwise, property of every description which the board may deem necessary or desirable to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, equipment, operation or maintenance of a project and to hold title thereto;

(6) To construct, enlarge, improve, equip, maintain and operate one or more projects;

(7) To borrow money for any of its corporate purposes and to sell and issue in evidence of such borrowing its interest-bearing revenue bonds as provided in this article;

(8) To sell and issue refunding revenue bonds;

(9) To secure any of its bonds by pledge and indenture as provided in this article;

(10) To appoint, employ and compensate such agents, architects and attorneys as the business of the authority may require;

(11) To provide for such insurance as the board may deem advisable;

(12) To invest any of its funds pending need therefor as provided in this article;

(13) To contract, lease and make lease agreements respecting its properties, or any part thereof, as provided in this article; and

(14) To sell and convey any of its properties that may have become obsolete or worn out or that may no longer be needed or useful in connection with, or in the operation of, any project; provided, that it shall not have the power to sell or convey any project substantially as a whole except as provided in this article.