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AL Code § 11-42-88 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 3 - Annexation of Territory by Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants or More.|Section 11-42-88 - Provisions of Article Deemed Contract Between City and Persons, etc., in Territory Exempt From Taxation; Conferral of Other Rights and Powers as to Exempt Territory Upon City; Right of Persons Residing in Exempt Territory to Enforce Article Against City.

Section 11-42-88Provisions of article deemed contract between city and persons, etc., in territory exempt from taxation; conferral of other rights and powers as to exempt territory upon city; right of persons residing in exempt territory to enforce article against city. (a) The provisions of this article shall be held to be a contract by and between the city and persons or corporations owning property in the territory exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article and no amendment hereof or subsequent law shall confer upon the city other or different rights and powers as to such territory as is exempt from taxation so long as such territory remains exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article. (b) Any person residing in or owning property in the territory exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article shall have the right in any court having jurisdiction to prevent the city from exercising any other or different powers in the territory exempt from taxation or any part thereof than the powers authorized under the provisions of this article. (Code 1907, §1122; Code 1923, §1816; Code 1940, T. 37, §1984.)
AL Code § 11-42-150 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-150 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 11-42-150Applicability of provisions of article. Two cities or towns whose boundaries touch may consolidate and merge themselves with a third city or town not contiguous to either, but whose boundary line is within one mile or less of the boundary line of either of the other two cities or towns, in the manner set out in this article. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1859; Code 1940, T. 37, §218.)
AL Code § 11-42-151 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-151 - Councils to Define Boundaries of Territory to Be Incorporated in Consolidated Municipality Upon Receipt of Petition Requesting Election as to Consolidation.

Section 11-42-151Councils to define boundaries of territory to be incorporated in consolidated municipality upon receipt of petition requesting election as to consolidation. When 10 percent in numbers of the qualified voters according to the last municipal election of each of the municipalities to be consolidated shall sign a petition addressed to their respective municipal councils, requesting that an election be held to determine whether the three municipalities be consolidated, said councils of the municipalities between which outside territory to be incorporated in the consolidated municipality lies shall define the boundaries of such territory. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1860; Code 1940, T. 37, §219.)
AL Code § 11-42-152 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-152 - Calling of Election; Conduct of Election Generally; Notice of Election.

Section 11-42-152Calling of election; conduct of election generally; notice of election. (a) The governing bodies shall within 10 days thereafter call an election at which the qualified electors residing in the municipalities may vote at their usual voting places for or against consolidation, and the voters residing in the territory outside the limits of either of the municipalities shall also be permitted to vote at the voting place in either municipality nearest to their place of residence. (b) The governing bodies of each municipality shall name the election officers in their respective municipalities, and said election shall be governed, the returns canvassed and the results declared as provided by law for other municipal elections. (c) Such election shall be held in each of such municipalities on the same day and must be advertised in each of the newspapers published in the county in which such municipalities are situated once a week for four successive weeks, and said advertisement shall state the purpose for which such election is called, the time of holding the same, and the territory outside of either municipality which is proposed to be incorporated into the consolidated municipality. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1861; Code 1940, T. 37, §220.)
AL Code § 11-42-153 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-153 - Form and Marking of Ballots.

Section 11-42-153Form and marking of ballots. (a) At the election provided for in this article the municipal authorities shall furnish ballots on which shall be printed: "Election to provide for the consolidation of _______ (Naming the cities or towns to be consolidated). For Consolidation _____ Against Consolidation _____ " (b) The voter shall express his choice by making a cross mark (X) opposite the phrase expressing his choice. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1863; Code 1940, T. 37, §222.)
AL Code § 11-42-154 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-154 - Forwarding of Statement of Vote to Probate Judge and Canvassing of Returns; Ascertainment and Publication of Election Results.

Section 11-42-154Forwarding of statement of vote to probate judge and canvassing of returns; ascertainment and publication of election results. Within five days after such election the mayor or other chief executive officer shall forward to the probate judge of the county in which such municipalities are located a statement in writing, showing the number of votes cast for and against the proposed consolidation, and the probate judge shall canvass the returns made to him and ascertain the number of votes cast for and against consolidation and publish the same by posting written notice at the courthouse door of the county. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1862; Code 1940, T. 37, §221.)
AL Code § 11-42-155 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-155 - Rights, Powers, Duties, and Name of Consolidated Municipality; Disposition of Property, Obligations, and Contracts of Consolidating Municipalities.

Section 11-42-155Rights, powers, duties, and name of consolidated municipality; disposition of property, obligations, and contracts of consolidating municipalities. (a) If the majority of the votes cast in each municipality separately are in favor of consolidation, the three municipalities and other territory included shall be consolidated into one municipality which shall have all the rights, powers, and duties conferred by any law, general or special, of the largest in population of the consolidating municipalities and until otherwise changed shall bear its name. (b) The municipal property of each of the consolidating municipalities shall vest in the consolidated municipality, and all outstanding obligations and contracts of whatever kind shall be assumed by the consolidated municipality. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1864; Code 1940, T. 37, §223.)
AL Code § 11-42-156 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-156 - Continuation in Office and Powers and Duties of Mayors and Aldermen of Consolidating Municipalities.

Section 11-42-156Continuation in office and powers and duties of mayors and aldermen of consolidating municipalities. The aldermen in office in each of the consolidating municipalities shall constitute the board of aldermen of the consolidated municipality until the next general municipal election after the consolidation. The mayor or chief executive of the largest in population shall be the mayor or chief executive of the consolidated municipality until the next general municipal election after the consolidation. The mayor or chief executive of the other municipalities shall continue in office until the next general municipal election after the consolidation, but they shall have only such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the council of the consolidated municipality. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1865; Code 1940, T. 37, §224.)
AL Code § 11-42-157 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-157 - Division of Consolidated Municipality Into Wards; Election of Officers of Consolidated Municipality.

Section 11-42-157Division of consolidated municipality into wards; election of officers of consolidated municipality. The council of the consolidated municipality shall before the next general municipal election divide the consolidated municipality into a suitable and convenient number of wards, and at the next municipal election thereafter there shall be elected in the consolidated municipality the officers provided by general law for the government of towns and cities. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1866; Code 1940, T. 37, §225.)
AL Code § 11-42-158 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-158 - Collection and Disbursement of Taxes.

Section 11-42-158Collection and disbursement of taxes. The consolidated municipality shall collect all taxes or other obligations due the consolidating municipalities and disburse the same. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1867; Code 1940, T. 37, §226.)
AL Code § 11-42-159 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-159 - Continuation in Office of Boards of Education of Consolidating Municipalities; Election of Board of Education for Consolidated Municipality.

Section 11-42-159Continuation in office of boards of education of consolidating municipalities; election of board of education for consolidated municipality. The boards of education in the consolidating municipalities shall continue in office and in charge of their respective schools until the next general election after the consolidation, and after such election the council of the consolidated municipality shall elect a board of education as provided by law. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1868; Code 1940, T. 37, §227.)
AL Code § 11-42-160 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-160 - Continuation of Rights of Action Against Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-160Continuation of rights of action against municipality annexed. All rights of action existing against the city or town annexed shall be a right of action against the city or town annexing the other city or town, and a civil action may be brought against the annexing city or town the same as if the right of action originally existed against the annexing city or town. (Code 1907, §1145; Code 1923, §1840; Code 1940, T. 37, §207.)
AL Code § 11-42-161 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-161 - Continuation of Civil Actions Brought by Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-161Continuation of civil actions brought by municipality annexed. All civil actions pending brought by the city or town annexed, shall, on motion, be made a civil action by the city or town annexing the other city or town, and the right to prosecute such civil action to final judgment by the annexing city or town shall exist the same as if the right of action originally existed in favor of the annexing city or town. (Code 1907, §1146; Code 1923, §1841; Code 1940, T. 37, §208.)
AL Code § 11-42-162 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-162 - Continuation of Rights of Action of Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-162Continuation of rights of action of municipality annexed. All rights of action existing in favor of the city or town annexed shall be a right of action existing in favor of the city or town annexing the other city or town, and it may bring a civil action the same as if such right of action originally existed in favor of the annexing city or town. (Code 1907, §1147; Code 1923, §1842; Code 1940, T. 37, §209.)
AL Code § 11-42-163 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-163 - Payment or Assumption of Indebtedness and Liabilities of Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-163Payment or assumption of indebtedness and liabilities of municipality annexed. All indebtedness and liabilities of every kind and character of the city or town annexed shall be paid or payment thereof assumed by the annexing city or town. As between the city or town annexed and the annexing city or town, the agreement of annexation and the terms thereof shall be binding as regards the payment or assumption of such indebtedness, but as to creditors, the payment or the assumption of payment by the annexing city or town shall be absolute and unconditional. (Code 1907, §1148; Code 1923, §1843; Code 1940, T. 37, §210.)
AL Code § 11-42-164 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-164 - Annexation Agreement Deemed Contract Between Municipalities; Right of Persons Residing in Annexed Municipality to Enforce Agreement Against Annexing Municipality.

Section 11-42-164Annexation agreement deemed contract between municipalities; right of persons residing in annexed municipality to enforce agreement against annexing municipality. The agreement of annexation shall be and shall be held to be a contract by and between the city or town annexed and the city or town to which annexation is made, and no amendment of this article or subsequent law enacted shall in anywise abrogate or change the terms of the agreement of annexation, and any person residing in or owning property in the territory which was embraced within the city or town annexed shall have the right in a court having jurisdiction to require the annexing city or town to abide by and carry out the provisions of the agreement of annexation. (Code 1907, §1149; Code 1923, §1844; Code 1940, T. 37, §211.)
AL Code § 11-42-165 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-165 - Enactment and Passage of Ordinances and Resolutions to Carry Out Annexation Agreement.

Section 11-42-165Enactment and passage of ordinances and resolutions to carry out annexation agreement. The council or governing body of the annexing city or town shall enact such ordinances and pass such resolutions as may be necessary or deemed necessary to carry out the agreement of annexation, and any ordinance or resolution enacted or passed by the council or governing body of the annexed city or town in violation of the terms and provisions of the agreement of annexation shall be held to be void. (Code 1907, §1150; Code 1923, §1845; Code 1940, T. 37, §212.)
AL Code § 11-42-166 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-166 - Dissolution of Annexed Municipality; Ordinances, Resolutions, and Bylaws of Annexing Municipality Applicable to and Enforceable in Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-166Dissolution 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.)
AL Code § 11-42-167 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 5 - Consolidation of Noncontiguous Municipalities.|Section 11-42-167 - Rights, Powers, Duties, etc., of Annexing Municipality as to Municipality Annexed Attach Upon Dissolution of Same.

Section 11-42-167Rights, 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.)
AL Code § 11-42-180 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities.|Section 11-42-180 - Payment, Execution, etc., of Debts, Bonds, Contracts for Local Improvements, etc., of Absorbed Municipalities.

Section 11-42-180Payment, execution, etc., of debts, bonds, contracts for local improvements, etc., of absorbed municipalities. When any municipal corporation has been absorbed or its government extinguished by the alteration or rearrangement of the boundary lines of another city or town, the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered and rearranged shall assume and pay all and any debts, liabilities, and bonds of every kind and character and the interest thereon when the same becomes due which may have been lawfully contracted or issued by the city or town so absorbed or whose government has been extinguished, and the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered and rearranged, thereby absorbing and extinguishing the government of another municipality, shall assume, carry on, and complete all contracts for local improvements which may have been entered into by the city or town so absorbed or whose government has been so extinguished, and the said city or town whose boundary lines have been so altered or rearranged shall have all the powers with reference to the making of assessment for local improvements and the collection thereof as if such local improvements had been originally instituted by it, and such last described city or town may grant to property owners the same privileges of paying local assessments in installments as they would be entitled to if their municipal organization had not changed and, for the purpose of carrying into effect this privilege, the city or town whose boundary lines have been so altered or rearranged shall issue its bonds in the place and stead of the bonds which would have been issued by the city or town whose government has been extinguished to the end that all contracts for local improvements and the sale of bonds to carry on the same shall be faithfully observed and executed. (Code 1907, §1156; Acts 1909, No. 160, p. 234; Code 1923, §§1827, 1870; Code 1940, T. 37, §229.)
AL Code § 11-42-181 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits.|Article 6 - Duties of Expanded Municipalities as to Property and Obligations of Absorbed Municipalities.|Section 11-42-181 - Disposition of Property of Absorbed Municipalities.

Section 11-42-181Disposition of property of absorbed municipalities. The city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall become vested with the title and ownership of all property, both real and personal, including taxes, moneys, school buildings and grounds, parks, fixtures and furniture of school buildings, city or town halls, equipment and apparatus of fire departments, city or town jails, water, gas or electric systems, including all mains or pipes used for conducting the water or gas or electric lines, wires, poles, conduits and all apparatus connected with any waterworks, gas or electric light systems belonging to the city or town so absorbed or whose government has been extinguished, subject to the same conditions and to be held for the same uses and purposes as before. (Code 1907, §1157; Code 1923, §1871; Code 1940, T. 37, §230.)