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11-41-8
Section 11-41-8 Validation of previously invalidated incorporations and alterations of corporate
limits. (a) In all cases prior to May 14, 2012, where there has been an attempt to organize
the inhabitants of any territory as a municipal corporation under this article, and the judge
of probate of the county in which the territory is situated has entered an order that the
inhabitants of the territory are incorporated as a town or city, as the case may be, pursuant
to Section 11-41-4, but the attempted incorporation is invalid because of some irregularity
in the procedure followed, the incorporation of that municipality so attempted to be organized
and with respect to which the order has been made is validated ab initio in accordance with
the description of the territory attempted to be incorporated as the description is contained
in the order or, if the description of the territory attempted to be incorporated is not contained
in the order in accordance with the description of the...
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11-41-1
Section 11-41-1 Authority; petition to probate judge for order of incorporation. When the inhabitants
of an unincorporated community, which has a population of not less than 300, constituting
a body of citizens whose residences are contiguous to and all of which form a homogeneous
settlement or community, desire to become organized as a municipal corporation, they may apply
to the judge of probate of the county in which the territory is situated, or the greater portion
thereof if it is situated in two or more counties, for an order of incorporation, by a petition
in writing signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors residing within the
limits of the proposed municipality and by the persons, firms, or corporations owning at least
60 percent of the acreage of the platted or unplatted land of the proposed municipality. No
platted or unplatted territory shall be included within the boundary unless there are at least
four qualified electors, according to government survey,...
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11-52-30
Section 11-52-30 Territorial jurisdiction; approval of maps or plats; regulations; limits on
exercise of powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the territorial jurisdiction
of any municipal planning commission shall include all land located in the municipality and
all land lying within five miles of the corporate limits of the municipality and not located
in any other municipality; except that, in the case of any nonmunicipal land lying within
five miles of more than one municipality having a municipal planning commission, the jurisdiction
of each municipal planning commission shall terminate at a boundary line equidistant from
the respective corporate limits of such municipalities. Any alterations of a municipal planning
commission based upon annexation or deannexation of property within the corporate limits of
a municipality shall occur once a year on the first day of January and shall take effect for
any annexations which were finalized on or before the preceding first day...
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11-50-396
Section 11-50-396 Powers generally. Each district incorporated under this article shall have
each and all of the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary
to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession in its corporate name for
the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in the certificate of incorporation,
or until dissolved as provided in subsection (c) of Section 11-50-392. (2) To sue and be sued
and to defend civil actions against it. (3) To have and use a corporate seal and alter the
same at pleasure. (4) To acquire, purchase, construct, receive, own, operate, maintain, enlarge,
extend, and improve any one or more gas systems the operation of which is provided for in
the certificate of incorporation of the district (whether or not such system or systems were
in existence or whether or not such system or systems were privately owned or municipally
owned prior to the acquisition by such district). (5) To receive,...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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11-42-21
Section 11-42-21 Annexation proceedings. Whenever all of the owners of property located and
contained within an area contiguous to the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality
located in the state of Alabama and such property does not lie within the corporate limits
or police jurisdiction of any other municipality, shall sign and file a written petition with
the city clerk of such municipality requesting that such property or territory be annexed
to the said municipality, and the governing body of such municipality adopts an ordinance
assenting to the annexation of said property to such municipality, the corporate limits of
said municipality shall be extended and rearranged so as to embrace and include such property
and such property or territory shall become a part of the corporate area of such municipality
upon the date of publication of said ordinance. It is provided further, that in the event
any such incorporated municipality's police jurisdiction overlaps with the police...
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11-44B-25
Section 11-44B-25 Procedures to reduce or delete areas from police jurisdiction. Notwithstanding
any law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality that is organized pursuant to this article
may from time to time reduce or delete various portions and areas from the territorial limits
of its respective police jurisdiction or its planning jurisdiction or both as established
by law, including, but not limited to, Sections 11-40-10 and 11-52-30, Act 76-594 and as amended
by Act 94-539, the reduction and deletion shall be pursuant to the following procedure: (1)
INITIATION. The governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution calling for public
hearings to consider the adoption of an ordinance or ordinances for the purpose of deleting
a portion or portions of territory from its respective police jurisdiction or planning jurisdiction,
or both, as the case may be. The resolution shall state the time, date, and place of all public
hearings in regard to the ordinance and a reasonably...
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45-8A-110
Section 45-8A-110 Annexation based on resolution of public health or public good; elections.
(a) Whenever the council of the City of Oxford 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 of Oxford: (1) It shall be the duty of the
mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County and the
certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to
be annexed, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate.
(2) Within 10 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, the judge of probate must
make and enter an order upon the minutes of the court, directing and ordering an election
to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory described, not less than
20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the making of the order. The...
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11-50-314
Section 11-50-314 Powers of corporation generally; provisions in mortgages, deeds of trust,
or pledge agreements executed by corporation as to rights of parties thereto, etc. (a) Each
corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under this article
shall have the following powers together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to
the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for
the duration of time (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation
or until dissolved as provided in this article; (2) To sue and be sued and to defend civil
actions against it; (3) To make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure;
(4) To acquire, purchase, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve any system
or systems, the operation of which is provided for in the certificate of incorporation of
such corporation or in any amendment thereto (whether or not such system or...
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32-5A-171
Section 32-5A-171 Maximum limits. Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed
for compliance with Section 32-5A-170, the limits hereinafter specified or established as
hereinafter authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle
at a speed in excess of the maximum limits. (1) No person shall operate a vehicle in excess
of 30 miles per hour in any urban district. (2)a. No person shall operate a motor vehicle
in excess of 35 miles per hour on any unpaved road. For purposes of this chapter the term
unpaved road shall mean any highway under the jurisdiction of any county, the surface of which
consists of natural earth, mixed soil, stabilized soil, aggregate, crushed sea shells, or
similar materials without the use of asphalt, cement, or similar binders. b. No person shall
operate a motor vehicle on any county-maintained paved road in an unincorporated area of the
state at a speed in excess of 45 miles per hour unless a different maximum speed...
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