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11-42-167
Section 11-42-167 Rights, powers, duties, etc., of annexing municipality as to municipality
annexed attach upon dissolution of same. The rights, powers, duties, liabilities, and jurisdiction
of the annexing city or town over the territory embraced in the corporate limits of the city
or town annexed and over the inhabitants thereof shall attach immediately upon the dissolution
of the annexed city or town as provided in Section 11-42-166, except insofar as limited
by the terms and provisions of the agreement of annexation. (Code 1907, §1152; Code 1923,
§1847; Code 1940, T. 37, §214.)...
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11-40-10
Section 11-40-10 Police jurisdiction; force and effect of ordinances; jurisdiction on
islands and offshore water adjacent to Florida; annexations. (a)(1) The police jurisdiction
in municipalities having 6,000 or more inhabitants shall cover all adjoining territory within
three miles of the corporate limits, and in municipalities having less than 6,000 inhabitants
and in towns, the police jurisdiction shall extend also to the adjoining territory within
a mile and a half of the corporate limits of the municipality or town. (2) After May 12, 2016,
and in addition to any other requirements of this section, any extension of the police
jurisdiction of any municipality as otherwise provided in subdivision (1) shall not be effective
beyond the corporate boundaries of the municipality without an affirmative vote of the municipal
governing body. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this subdivision shall not affect the boundaries
of the police jurisdiction of a municipality existing on May 12, 2016....
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11-42-166
Section 11-42-166 Dissolution of annexed municipality; ordinances, resolutions, and
bylaws of annexing municipality applicable to and enforceable in municipality annexed. The
annexed city or town from and after the time of annexation, under the terms of this article,
shall be and shall be held to be dissolved, and from and after the time of such dissolution
all of the ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws of the annexing city or town shall apply to
and be enforceable in the territory which was embraced in the annexed city or town, except
insofar as is inconsistent with the terms and provisions of the agreement of annexation. (Code
1907, §1151; Code 1923, §1846; Code 1940, T. 37, §213.)...
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11-42-186
Section 11-42-186 Partial annexation - Payment of proportionate share of bonded indebtedness
for municipal improvements by expanded municipality. Should the city or town so altering or
rearranging its boundary lines absorb or annex any part of another city or town, the city
or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall assume and pay the proportionate
share of the bonded indebtedness of the city or town from which said territory is taken that
the cost of the municipal improvements in such territory taken from such city or town bears
to the whole cost of municipal improvements made in the whole of the city or town from which
such territory is taken immediately before such annexation; provided, that this section
shall apply only to that part of bonded indebtedness actually expended for municipal improvements.
(Code 1907, §1162; Code 1923, §1876; Code 1940, T. 37, §235.)...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties
consent to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the
public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution)
shall be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor
to certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section,
the judge of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing
of such resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and
ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...

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11-47-170
Section 11-47-170 Acquisition of lands, easements, etc., by municipality; limitations
on condemnation. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), whenever in the judgment
of the council, commission, or other governing body of a city or town it may be necessary
or expedient for the carrying out and full exercise of any power granted by the applicable
provisions of this title or any other applicable provision of law, the town or city shall
have full power and authority to acquire by purchase the necessary lands or rights, easements,
or interests therein, thereunder, or thereover or, for the purposes for which private property
may be acquired by condemnation, may proceed to condemn the same in the manner provided by
this article, or by the general laws of this state governing the taking of lands or the acquiring
of interests therein for the uses for which private property may be taken, and such proceedings
shall be governed in every respect by the general laws of this state...
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11-43-80
Section 11-43-80 Powers and duties generally; office; salary; employment, salary, etc.,
as superintendent of municipal light, water, sewage, etc., systems. (a) The mayor shall have
the powers and perform the duties provided by this title and by other applicable provisions
of law and shall keep an office in the city or town. (b) The mayor shall receive such salary
as the council may prescribe, which must be fixed by the council not less than six months
prior to each general municipal election; provided, however, the six-month requirement in
this section may be waived when necessary to comply with a mandate by the U.S. Justice
Department pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, or with an order issued
by a state or federal court. (c) In municipalities which own and operate light and power systems,
municipal water systems, municipal sewage systems, and municipal gas systems, one or any of
them, may, by resolution of the governing body duly entered in its minutes, require the...

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37-5-1
Section 37-5-1 Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms,
when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) MUNICIPAL POWER DISTRICT, POWER DISTRICT or DISTRICT. A municipal power district organized
under this chapter, either as originally organized or as the same may be from time to time
altered or amended. (2) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town. (3) GOVERNING BODY. Whenever used
in relation to any municipality, the body or board, by whatsoever name known, having charge
of the governing of a municipality and shall be held to include the mayor or other chief executive
officers of such municipality in any case wherein the concurrence or approval of such officer
is required by the law governing such municipality for the adoption of any municipal ordinance
or resolution or other municipal act provided for in this chapter. (4) BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
DIRECTORS or BOARD. The board of directors of a municipal power...
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11-43-21
Section 11-43-21 Qualifications; compensation; powers and duties; bond; term of office
and removal. (a) A city manager employed under the provisions of this article shall have the
authority and be charged with the duties, liabilities, and penalties and shall hold office
and receive compensation as set forth in this section: The city manager shall be the
administrative head of the municipal government. He shall be chosen by the governing body
of the municipality without regard to political beliefs and solely upon the basis of his executive
and administrative qualifications. The choice shall not be limited to inhabitants of the municipality
or of the State of Alabama. The city manager shall receive such compensation as may be prescribed
by ordinance of the governing body, which shall be payable in 12 monthly installments from
the municipal treasury. During the absence or disability of the city manager the governing
body shall designate some properly qualified person to perform the duties...
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11-81-140
Section 11-81-140 Definitions. When used in this division, the following words and phrases
shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) UNDERTAKING. Such term shall include all of the following revenue-producing undertakings
or any combination of two or more of such undertakings, whether now existing or hereafter
acquired or constructed: a. Causeways, tunnels, viaducts, bridges and other crossings, highways,
parks, parkways, airports, docks, piers, wharves, seaport or river terminals, hospitals, public
markets, tennis courts, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums, armories, auditoriums and
other public buildings of all kinds, incinerator plants and systems in connection with the
generation, production, transmission and distribution of electric energy for lighting, heating
and power for public and private uses, together with all parts of any such undertaking and
all appurtenances thereto, including lands, easements, rights-of-way,...
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