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AL Code § 11-48-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-14 - Assessment of Costs of Improvements Against Property Abutting or Benefited by Improvements Authorized Generally.

Section 11-48-14Assessment 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, the council of said city shall have power and authority, after the completion and acceptance thereof, to assess the cost thereof or any part of the cost thereof upon and against the property elevated, filled, reclaimed, drained, 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. (Code 1907, §1370; Code 1923, §2185; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §524.)
AL Code § 11-48-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-15 - Assessment Against Lands Purchased by State at Sale for Nonpayment of Taxes of Costs of Street Improvements and Sewers Authorized; Effect of Redemption or Sale of Said Lands.

Section 11-48-15Assessment against lands purchased by state at sale for nonpayment of taxes of costs of street improvements and sewers authorized; effect of redemption or sale of said lands. Any and every city or town shall have the power to assess for the cost of street improvements and sewers any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land purchased by the State of Alabama at any sale for the nonpayment of taxes, and where any such assessment is made against such lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land, a subsequent redemption thereof by any person authorized to redeem or sale thereof by the state shall not operate to discharge or in any manner affect the lien of such city or town for such assessment, but any redemptioner or purchaser at any sale by the state of any lot or lots, parcel or parcels of land upon which an assessment has been levied whether prior to or subsequent to a sale to the state for the nonpayment of taxes shall take the same subject to such assessment. (Acts 1953, No. 856, p. 1146.)
AL Code § 11-48-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-16 - Manner of Assessment of Costs of Improvements Generally - Sewers, Swamp Drainage, Seawalls, Levees, Etc.

Section 11-48-16Manner 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 property so drained, elevated, or reclaimed and specially benefited thereby to the extent of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived by such property from such improvement. (c) When such improvement consists of the construction of seawalls, dikes, levees, embankments, or other protection against seas, waves, storms, floods, waters, or rivers, then the council shall have power and authority, after the completion and acceptance thereof, to assess the cost of constructing said improvement or any part thereof upon or against the property abutting on such improvement and all other property protected or specially benefited thereby to the extent of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived by such property from such improvement. (Code 1907, §1371; Code 1923, §2186; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §525.)
AL Code § 11-48-16.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-16.1 - Assessment of Charge Against Landowner Seeking to Connect to Sewer.

Section 11-48-16.1Assessment of charge against landowner seeking to connect to sewer. (a) If a landowner, whose property has not previously been assessed a fee for the public improvement of sanitary sewers or the sanitary sewer system, requests to be connected to the existing sanitary sewer after the term of a public improvement ordinance relating to that improvement has expired, the governing body of any city or town shall, if the improvement has sufficient capacity to add the user, assess a charge against the property to be drained, served, or benefitted by the sanitary sewers or sanitary sewer system to the extent of the increased value to the property by reason of the special benefit derived from the connection. (b) The assessment shall be computed at the same rate, if readily available, for property originally assessed under the public improvement ordinance establishing the sanitary sewers to which the landowner desires to connect. If the governing body determines the rate is not readily available, the assessment shall be as determined by the governing body, but shall not be in excess of either (1) the reasonable front foot cost of the sewer at current construction costs under similar circumstances or (2) the increased value to the property by reason of the special benefit derived from the connection. (c) The fee for the connection shall be assessed prior to a plumbing permit being issued to perform the connection. Payment for the assessment shall be allowed pursuant to Section 11-48-48, and arrangements for the payment shall be made prior to the issuance of any required plumbing permit for the connection. (d) The provisions of this section are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any provisions of any local law or general law of local application relating to assessment of property owners by cities or towns for public improvements. (Acts 1995, No. 95-379, p. 774, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 11-48-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-17 - Manner of Assessment of Costs of Improvements Generally - Improvements of Intersections of Streets, Alleys, Etc.

Section 11-48-17Manner of assessment of costs of improvements generally - Improvements of intersections of streets, alleys, etc. Where the intersections of streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways are improved, the cost of improving any intersection or any part thereof may be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on each of the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways so intersecting for a half block in each direction therefrom; provided, that for the purpose of computing assessments under this section, no block shall be considered as extending more than 1,000 feet from any intersection so improved. (Code 1907, §1372; Code 1923, §2187; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §526.)
AL Code § 11-48-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-18 - Manner of Assessment of Costs of Improvements Generally - Sidewalk Improvements.

Section 11-48-18Manner of assessment of costs of improvements generally - Sidewalk improvements. In the case of sidewalk improvements, including curbing and guttering, the costs or any part thereof of the improvement of the street or avenue corner may be assessed against the lots abutting on or nearest said improvement, and the entire cost or any part thereof of the sidewalks improvement, including curbing and guttering, at the intersection of any alley with a street or avenue or other highway may be assessed in fair proportion against the respective lots or parcels of land abutting or cornering on the alley at such intersection, but in no case shall the assessment against any lots or parcels of land be greater than the increased value of such lots or parcels of land by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvement. (Code 1907, §1373; Code 1923, §2188; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §527.)
AL Code § 11-48-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-19 - Assessment of Costs of Improvements Against Railroads.

Section 11-48-19Assessment 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 council, and such assessment shall be a lien like other assessments and may be collected in like manner, and the council may require the owners of such street railroad or other railroad to prepare or construct its tracks for the receipt of such paving or other improvements in a manner satisfactory to the council. In the event that seawalls or other protection against waves, storms and floods are constructed which protect or benefit 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 seawall or other protection against waves, storms, and floods, to be determined by the council, and such assessment shall be a lien like other assessments and may be collected in like manner; provided, however, that such assessments shall not exceed the increased value of such railroad by reason of the benefits received by such railroad from the construction of such seawall. (Code 1907, §1374; Code 1923, §2189; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §528.)
AL Code § 11-48-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-20 - Preparation, etc., of List of Property Owners to Be Assessed for Improvement.

Section 11-48-20Preparation, etc., of list of property owners to be assessed for improvement. When any improvement made under the provisions of this article is completed, the mayor or other chief executive officer shall cause to be prepared a roll or list showing the names of the property owners and opposite each name a description of each lot or parcel of land proposed to be assessed for such improvement belonging to such owner or owners and the amount proposed to be assessed against each lot or parcel of land. (Code 1907, §1375; Code 1923, §2190; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §529.)
AL Code § 11-48-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-21 - Entry of List in Assessment Book for Local Improvements.

Section 11-48-21Entry of list in assessment book for local improvements. Such list shall be entered in a well-bound book or loose-leaf book firmly bound, prepared for that purpose, and shall contain appropriate columns in which payments may be credited and the lien of the assessment satisfied by the proper officers of the municipality. Said book shall be known as the "assessment book for local improvements" and shall be a public record, and no error or mistake in regard to the name of the owner shall be held to invalidate any assessment, and it shall be sufficient if the name of the person in whose name such property was last assessed for taxes for state taxation is shown in said book. (Code 1907, §1376; Code 1923, §2191; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §530.)
AL Code § 11-48-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-22 - Delivery of Assessment Book to City or Town Clerk; Publication of Notice as to Delivery and Inspection of Book, Etc.

Section 11-48-22Delivery of assessment book to city or town clerk; publication of notice as to delivery and inspection of book, etc. After the completion of the proper entries of each improvement, said book shall be delivered to the city or town clerk, who shall thereupon give notice by publication one time in some newspaper published in said municipality or of general circulation therein that said assessment roll or list has been delivered to him and is open for inspection in the office of the person authorized to make collection of said assessments. (Code 1907, §1377; Code 1923, §2192; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §531.)
AL Code § 11-48-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-23 - Notice of Hearing Upon Objections, etc., to Assessments.

Section 11-48-23Notice of hearing upon objections, etc., to assessments. The notice provided for in Section 11-48-22 shall state that, at a time and place therein mentioned, not less than 20 days from the date of publication, the council shall meet to hear and determine any objections or defense that may be filed to such assessment or the amount thereof. (Code 1907, §1378; Code 1923, §2193; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §532.)
AL Code § 11-48-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-24 - Contents of Notice as to Assessments for Improvements.

Section 11-48-24Contents of notice as to assessments for improvements. The notice required by Section 11-48-22 shall also state the general character of the improvements, the terminal points thereof and the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or portions thereof along which the improvement has been constructed, and, if the improvement made consists of a sanitary or storm water sewer or sanitary or storm water sewer system, said notice shall also describe the frontage of the property drained by said sewers or the territory or area drained, served, or benefited by said sewer or sewers by naming the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or other lines by which said district is bounded. If the improvement made consists of the draining, elevating, filling or reclaiming of swamps or overflowed, inundated, or submerged land within the limits of any municipality having a population of 60,000 or more inhabitants according to the most recent federal census, said notice shall also describe the territory or area drained, filled, elevated, or reclaimed and the territory benefited and increased in value by reason of such improvement. If the improvement made consists of the construction of a seawall or other protection against waves, seas, storms, and floods, said notice shall also describe the territory or area protected, benefited, or increased in value by reason of the construction of such seawall or other protection against seas, waves, storms, and floods. (Code 1907, §1379; Code 1923, §2194; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §533.)
AL Code § 11-48-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-25 - Effect and Correction of Defects or Errors in Notice.

Section 11-48-25Effect and correction of defects or errors in notice. If there is any defect in said notice or proceedings before or subsequent to said notice with respect to one or more interested persons, the same shall not affect such notice or proceedings except insofar as it may touch the interest or property of such person or persons and shall not avail any other person concerned therein. In the case of such defect, supplementary proceedings of the same general character as those prescribed in this article may be had in order to supply such defect. (Code 1907, §1380; Code 1923, §2195; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §534.)
AL Code § 11-48-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-26 - Filing of Written Objections, etc., to Assessments by Property Owners.

Section 11-48-26Filing of written objections, etc., to assessments by property owners. The owner or owners of any real estate or any interest therein which it is proposed to assess for the cost or any part thereof of said improvement may appear at any time on or before the date named in said notice or at said meeting and file in writing with the clerk or in his office any objections or defense to the proposed assessment against said property or to the amount thereof, and persons who do not file objections or protests in writing against such assessment shall be held to have consented to the same. (Code 1907, §1381; Code 1923, §2196; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §535.)
AL Code § 11-48-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-27 - Hearing Upon Objections to Assessments - Conduct Generally.

Section 11-48-27Hearing upon objections to assessments - Conduct generally. The council shall hear and pass upon all such objections to and protests against the proposed assessment under such reasonable rules and regulations as it may adopt. (Code 1907, §1382; Code 1923, §2197; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §536.)
AL Code § 11-48-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-28 - Hearing Upon Objections to Assessments - Powers of Council as to Subpoena of Witnesses, Etc.

Section 11-48-28Hearing upon objections to assessments - Powers of council as to subpoena of witnesses, etc. The council, by the mayor or clerk or other executive officer, may issue subpoenas for witnesses to appear before the council or any committee thereof and may administer oaths to any witness to be examined. (Code 1907, §1383; Code 1923, §2198; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §537.)
AL Code § 11-48-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-48-29 - Fixing of Amount of Assessments by Council and Effect Thereof; Reduction, Abatement, etc., of Assessments Generally.

Section 11-48-29Fixing of amount of assessments by council and effect thereof; reduction, abatement, etc., of assessments generally. (a) At such meeting or any adjourned meeting the council shall proceed by order or resolution to fix the amount of the assessment against each lot or tract of land described and included in said assessment roll, and all such assessments from the date of such order or resolution shall be and constitute a lien on the respective lots or parcels of land upon which they are levied superior to all other liens, except those of the state and county for taxes. (b) The council shall have no power to reduce or abate an assessment made for public improvements after such assessments shall have been made final, unless an appeal shall have been taken from such assessments within the time prescribed by law, except as provided in Sections 11-48-30 and 11-48-31, but this provision shall not affect the power of such council to split an assessment between two or more parties as now provided by law. (Code 1907, §1384; Code 1923, §2199; Acts 1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §538.)