11-48-19
Section 11-48-19 Assessment of costs of improvements against railroads. If there is a street, electric, or other railroad track or tracks on any street or highway improved or reimproved under this article, the cost of such improvement, except storm water and sanitary sewers, between the tracks and the rails of the tracks and, in case there are two or more tracks, the space between such tracks and 18 inches on each side of the tracks, including switches and turnouts, shall be paid by the owner of the railroad and shall be assessed against and form a lien on said railroad and the property connected therewith and, in the event that storm water sewers are constructed which drain, serve or benefit the streets or avenues or rights-of-way on which a street, electric, or other railroad is located, whether the same is a continued or separate system, there shall be assessed against such railroad a fair and just proportion of the cost of construction of such sewer, to be determined by the...
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11-81-110
Section 11-81-110 Issuance generally; pledge of proceeds of assessments, etc., as security for payment. (a) For the purpose of providing funds to pay the cost of street and sidewalk improvements, sanitary or storm water sewers or sewer systems, including treatment and disposal plants and water service connections, or other improvements, whether of a like or any different kind, the cost of which, in whole or in part, is proposed to be assessed against the property abutting on said street or sidewalk improved or drained, serviced or benefited by such sanitary or storm water sewer or sewer system or water service connection or served, improved, increased in value or otherwise specially benefited by such improvement, for which purpose the Constitution may now or hereafter permit the issuance of bonds without an election, the governing body of any municipality may, without an election, from time to time, issue bonds of such municipality not in excess of the cost of the improvements as...
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11-48-4
Section 11-48-4 General powers of municipalities as to public improvements. All cities or towns in this state may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be executed a contract for the construction of the following named improvements or reimprovements to the streets or any portions thereof and the following named sewers or sewer systems and the following named water and gas mains and service connections. All cities or towns in this state having a population of 60,000 inhabitants or more according to the most recent federal census may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be executed a contract for the construction of the following named drainage improvements or drainage systems or reclamation systems and the filling in of swamps or inundated or overflowed or submerged lands within the limits of such municipality. All cities or towns in this state may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be...
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11-48-5
Section 11-48-5 Adoption of ordinance or resolution describing proposed improvement, ordering preparation of plans, specifications, etc., thereof, etc. (a) When the council of any city or town shall determine to open, widen, extend, construct, or improve any street, alley, avenue, sidewalk, highway, or other public place or to make any other public improvements or undertake any work authorized by the provisions of this article, the cost of which or any part thereof it is proposed to assess against the property abutting on, served, illuminated, drained, elevated, reclaimed, protected, or otherwise specially benefited or increased in value by said improvements, it shall adopt an ordinance or resolution to that effect, describing the nature and extent of the work, the general character of the materials to be used and the location and terminal point thereof and the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or parts thereof embraced therein, and it shall direct that full details,...
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11-81-51
Section 11-81-51 Purposes for which bonds may be issued. All municipalities shall have full and continuing power and authority within the limits of the Constitution now in effect or that may be hereafter provided to issue and sell bonds (when such issue is authorized by an election as provided in this article if such election is required by the Constitution, but without an election if an election is not so required) for the following named purposes: (1) For the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, enlarging or extending public buildings, sewers, streets, alleys, bridges and public schoolhouses and buildings and of constructing or acquiring by purchase or otherwise water, electric light, electric power and gas plants and systems or any two or more such plants or systems combined, including transmission and distribution systems, and of constructing enlargements and extensions to any such plants or systems; (2) For the purchase of real estate necessary for any improvement authorized...
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11-99A-2
Section 11-99A-2 Definitions. In this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING GOVERNMENT. The municipality or county that approves the creation of a district and appoints members to the board. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of a district. (3) CONTIGUOUS. Two tracts of land if touching for a continuous distance of not less than 200 feet. The term includes tracts of land divided by bodies of water, streets, railroad, or utility rights-of-way, or by land owned by any public person. In determining whether land is contiguous with a municipality, (i) land separated by bodies of water, streets, or railroad, or utility rights-of-way is contiguous even though the bodies of water, streets, or rights-of-way are within the city limits of another municipality and (ii) land separated by land owned by a public person is not contiguous if the land owned by the public person is within the city limits of another municipality. (4) COUNCIL. The governing body of a...
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11-48-14
Section 11-48-14 Assessment of costs of improvements against property abutting or benefited by improvements authorized generally. (a) If any such improvement is finally ordered and constructed, the council shall have power and authority, after the completion and acceptance thereof, to assess the cost of constructing said improvements or any part thereof upon or against the property abutting on any street, avenue, alley, highway, or other public place so opened, widened, improved, lighted, served, or drained or against the property drained, protected or benefited by such improvement to the extent of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements. (b) If the construction or reconstruction of a system or systems of drainage of swamps or inundated or overflowed lands within the limits of any municipality having a population of 60,000 or more inhabitants according to the most recent federal census, is finally ordered and constructed,...
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11-48-16
Section 11-48-16 Manner of assessment of costs of improvements generally - Sewers, swamp drainage, seawalls, levees, etc. (a) When the improvement consists of a sanitary or storm water sewer or sewers or a sanitary or storm water sewer system, including sewage treatment or sewage disposal plants, the cost of any part thereof may be assessed in fair proportion against the frontage of the property drained by said sewer system or against all the lots or parcels of land lying within the district drained, served, or benefited, but the assessment shall not exceed the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from the improvement. (b) When the improvement consists of the draining of swamps or the elevating, filling, reclamation, or draining of submerged, inundated, or overflowed land, then the council shall have the power and authority, after the completion and acceptance of such improvement, to assess the cost thereof or any part thereof upon or against the...
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45-35-180
Section 45-35-180 Road maintenance programs, rules, costs. (a) The county governing body or its road maintenance department or agency shall have the authority to pave any streets within Houston County. The county governing body or its duly authorized agency is hereby authorized to establish and maintain such a program of paving streets, specifically within subdivisions; including, but not limited to, authorization to set and collect reasonable fees for such services and improvements. (b) The county governing body is hereby authorized to set up and create within its road maintenance department rules and regulations regarding proper notification to adjoining land owners of the intention of the county to perform any work or labor upon or furnish any material for any paving, curb, gutter, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, or other improvement in or on any public or dedicated street, avenue, alley, or other public way, or thoroughfare; and upon completion thereof shall have a lien therefor on...
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11-48-8
Section 11-48-8 Hearing upon objections as to proposed improvement; amendment, modification, rescission, etc., of ordinance or resolution; actions ratified and confirmed where prior to ordinance, resolution or hearing. (a) At the meeting, to be held as provided for as specified in Section 11-48-6, or at a place and time to which the same may be adjourned, all persons whose property may be affected by the proposed improvement may appear in person or by attorney or by petition and object or protest against said improvement, the material to be used or the alternative types of material or any of them from which selection is later to be made, if any, and the manner of making the same, and said council shall consider such objection and protest and may confirm, amend, modify, or rescind the original ordinance or resolution. But if objection to the proposed improvement is made by a majority in frontage of the property owners to be affected thereby when the proposed improvement is to be...
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