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2023 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 11-42-70 - Certification to Probate Judge of Judgment of Circuit Court; Endorsement on Map by Probate Judge.

Section 11-42-70
Certification to probate judge of judgment of circuit court; endorsement on map by probate judge.
If there is an appeal from the judgment rendered by the probate judge and, on the termination of such appealed action, it is adjudged that the property in controversy is subject to city taxation, the clerk of the circuit court shall briefly certify to the judge of probate that it has been adjudged that the property is subject to city taxation and thereupon the judge of probate shall endorse upon the record of said map on the property in controversy as shown on said map, "Adjudged subject to city taxation."
(Code 1907, §1103; Code 1923, §1797; Code 1940, T. 37, §166.)
2023 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 11-42-71 - When Property Adjudged Subject to Taxation Becomes Liable for Payment of Taxes; Recordation of Resolution, Map, Orders, etc., of Probate Judge, Etc.

Section 11-42-71
When property adjudged subject to taxation becomes liable for payment of taxes; recordation of resolution, map, orders, etc., of probate judge, etc.
(a) All property adjudged to be subject to city taxation under the provisions of this article shall be liable for the payment of taxes to the city from and after the commencement of the city tax year commencing next after the time of the passing of the resolution by the board of aldermen or governing body of the city embracing the property adjudged to be subject to city taxation.
(b) The judge of probate shall cause to be recorded in the records of his office the certified copy of the resolution filed with him, together with map attached, and all orders and decrees or judgments rendered by him and the certificate of the clerk of the circuit court filed with him in any appealed cause, but the said map is to be recorded in the map records as provided in this article.
(Code 1907, §1104; Code 1923, §1798; Code 1940, T. 37, §167.)
2023 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 11-42-72 - Annexed Territory Subject to Laws and Ordinances of City; Jurisdiction of City Governing Body Over Annexed Territory.

Section 11-42-72
Annexed territory subject to laws and ordinances of city; jurisdiction of city governing body over annexed territory.
All territory brought within the corporate limits of a city under the provisions of this article shall be subject to the laws and ordinances of said city, and the council or governing body of the city shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction over such territory as is exercised over the territory within the corporate limits of the city, except as by this article restricted and except as may be restricted by ordinance or resolution passed by the council or governing body of the city.
(Code 1907, §1105; Code 1923, §1799; Code 1940, T. 37, §168.)
2023 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 11-42-73 - Creation, etc., of Wards; Election of Aldermen or Representatives.

Section 11-42-73
Creation, etc., of wards; election of aldermen or representatives.
(a) The council or governing body of the city shall create new wards (as many as may be deemed to be necessary) regardless of any limitation in the charter of the city on the number of wards, or may enlarge the wards so as to embrace all territory brought within the corporate limits of the city and so as to afford opportunity to all persons entitled to vote at elections in the city to vote thereat.
(b) Each ward in the city shall have the same number of aldermen or representatives in the council or governing body of the city, and as new wards are created the council or governing body of the city shall elect aldermen or representatives to represent such wards in the council or governing body of the city, as in the case of a vacancy, the aldermen or representatives so elected to hold office until the next regular election in the city; provided, however, that no person residing on territory which is exempt from taxation under provisions of this article shall have any right to vote in any election held in the city for the election of any city officer or in any other election held in the city which pertains to the government of said city, but no person who resides in territory exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article shall be eligible to hold any elective office in said city, and in no event shall there be more than 30 aldermen or representatives in the council or governing body of the city.
(Code 1907, §1106; Code 1923, §1800; Code 1940, T. 37, §169.)
2023 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 11-42-74 - Division of Wards Into Voting Precincts; Electors to Vote in Precincts of Residence; Rearrangement, etc., of Boundaries of Voting Precincts.

Section 11-42-74
Division of wards into voting precincts; electors to vote in precincts of residence; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of voting precincts.
The council or governing body of the city shall by resolution or ordinance divide the respective wards in the city into voting precincts, as many as may be necessary, and such elector shall vote in the precinct of his residence, and the boundary lines of such voting precinct shall be arranged and rearranged from time to time so that, as nearly as practicable, no more than 300 electors reside in any voting precinct, except where voting machines are used.
(Code 1907, §1107; Code 1923, §1801; Code 1940, T. 37, §170.)
2023 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 11-42-75 - Rearrangement, etc., of Boundaries of Wards.

Section 11-42-75
Rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards.
The council or governing body of the city shall have the power to change or rearrange the boundary lines of wards in said city as often as necessary for the purpose of equalizing the number of voters entitled to vote in each ward in the city and each ward in the city shall have as near as practicable an equal number of qualified electors.
(Code 1907, §1108; Code 1923, §1802; Code 1940, T. 37, §171.)
2023 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 11-42-76 - Entitlement of Persons in Territory Exempt From Taxation to Benefits Derived From City Taxes.

Section 11-42-76
Entitlement of persons in territory exempt from taxation to benefits derived from city taxes.
No person residing in territory exempt from taxation in the city shall be entitled to receive any of the benefits derived from taxes paid to the city; except, that as far as practicable it shall be the duty of the city to give police and fire protection to persons and property in the exempt district.
(Code 1907, §1109; Code 1923, §1803; Code 1940, T. 37, §172.)
2023 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 11-42-77 - Construction of Improvements or Betterments in Territory Exempt From Taxation Generally.

Section 11-42-77
Construction of improvements or betterments in territory exempt from taxation generally.
The council or governing body of the city shall have no authority or power to construct or cause to be constructed any improvements or betterments in territory which is exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article, the cost of which or any part of which is assessable against the abutting property, except as provided in this article.
(Code 1907, §1115; Code 1923, §1809; Code 1940, T. 37, §177.)
2023 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 11-42-78 - Construction of Sanitary Sewers, Enforcement of Sanitary Connections, and Assessment of Costs Thereof in Territory Exempt From Taxation.

Section 11-42-78
Construction of sanitary sewers, enforcement of sanitary connections, and assessment of costs thereof in territory exempt from taxation.
The council or governing body of the city shall have the right to construct or cause to be constructed sanitary sewers and enforce sanitary connections in the territory exempt from city taxation under the provisions of this article and assess the cost and expense thereof against the abutting property in the same manner and under the same laws and to the same extent as it is authorized to construct similar betterments and enforce connections in the territory within the corporate limits of the city not exempt from taxation.
(Code 1907, §1110; Code 1923, §1804; Code 1940, T. 37, §173.)
2023 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 11-42-79 - Construction of Sidewalks and Curbing and Assessment of Costs Thereof in Territory Exempt From Taxation; Landowners in Exempt Territory to File Petition Requesting Betterments.

Section 11-42-79
Construction of sidewalks and curbing and assessment of costs thereof in territory exempt from taxation; landowners in exempt territory to file petition requesting betterments.
The council or governing body of the city shall have the right to construct or cause to be constructed sidewalks and curbing in the territory exempt from city taxation under the provisions of this article and assess the cost and expense thereof against the abutting property in the same manner and under the same laws and to the same extent as it is authorized to construct similar betterments in the territory within the corporate limits of said city which is not exempt from taxation, but before said council or governing body is authorized to construct any sidewalks or curbing in territory exempt from taxation, the owners of a majority of the frontage of and to be assessed for such sidewalks or curbing must file with the clerk of the city a written petition signed by them requesting such betterments to be made.
(Code 1907, §1111; Code 1923, §1805; Code 1940, T. 37, §174.)
2023 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 11-42-80 - Assessment, Collection, and Disposition of Street Tax in Territory Exempt From Taxation.

Section 11-42-80
Assessment, collection, and disposition of street tax in territory exempt from taxation.
The council or governing body of the city shall have the same rights and powers by and under an ordinance enacted to assess and collect a street tax from every person liable to road or street duty residing in the territory exempt from taxation that it has to assess and collect such tax from other persons residing within the corporate limits of the city, but not in territory exempt from taxation.
The money collected from persons residing in territory exempt from taxation shall be applied by the council or governing body of the city towards keeping up and maintaining the public roads or streets in the territory exempt from taxation or in opening new roads or streets in such territory.
(Code 1907, §1112; Code 1923, §1806; Code 1940, T. 37, §175.)
2023 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 11-42-81 - Licensing of Dance Halls, Poolrooms, etc., in Territory Exempt From Taxation.

Section 11-42-81
Licensing of dance halls, poolrooms, etc., in territory exempt from taxation.
The council or governing body of the city shall have no authority or power to license or permit any dance halls or billiard or poolrooms or business or occupation of any kindred or like kind or character to be operated or carried on at another place in the territory which is exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article so long as the same is exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article.
(Code 1907, §1114; Code 1923, §1808; Code 1940, T. 37, §176.)
2023 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 11-42-82 - Levy and Collection of Privilege or License Tax From Persons, Firms, etc., Carrying on Business, etc., in Territory Exempt From Taxation Generally.

Section 11-42-82
Levy and collection of privilege or license tax from persons, firms, etc., carrying on business, etc., in territory exempt from taxation generally.
The council or governing body of the city shall have no authority or power to levy and collect a privilege or license tax on or from any person, firm, or corporation for carrying on any business, trade, or occupation in the territory exempt from city taxation under the provisions of this article, except as provided in this article.
(Code 1907, §1118; Code 1923, §1812; Code 1940, T. 37, §180.)
2023 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 11-42-84 - Assessment and Collection of Privilege or License Tax From Operators of Common Carriers, Street Railroads, etc., in Territory Exempt From Taxation.

Section 11-42-84
Assessment and collection of privilege or license tax from operators of common carriers, street railroads, etc., in territory exempt from taxation.
(a) The council or governing body of the city may annually assess and collect for and in behalf of the city a privilege or license tax from the operator of each and every common carrier, street railroad, waterworks, telephone and telegraph lines, or other quasi-public business which is operated or carried on in whole or in part in the territory exempt from city taxation so long as the same is exempt from city taxation under the provisions of this article on the following basis: The amount of such license tax shall be in proportion to the capital employed within the territory exempt from city taxation in such trade, business, or vocation and shall not exceed $2.00 per $1,000.00 where the capital employed does not exceed $100,000.00, and shall not exceed $1.00 per $1,000.00 on the excess of capital employed over $100,000.00 up to $200,000.00, and shall not exceed $.50 per $1,000.00 on the excess of capital employed over $200,000.00 up to $300,000.00, and shall not exceed $.25 per $1,000.00 on the excess of capital employed over $300,000.00.
(b) The rolling stock of a common carrier or street railroad is not to be considered or counted in arriving at the capital employed in such trade, business, or vocation.
(Code 1907, §1117; Code 1923, §1811; Code 1940, T. 37, §179.)
2023 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 11-42-85 - Right of Children Residing in Territory Exempt From Taxation to Attend Public Schools of City.

Section 11-42-85
Right of children residing in territory exempt from taxation to attend public schools of city.
The public schools of the city, to the extent that the same are supported and maintained by revenue derived from all sources, except appropriations made from the city treasury derived from city taxes or other source of city revenue, shall be open to children residing in the territory exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article the same as the schools are open to the children residing within the corporate limits of the city other than the territory exempt from taxation.
As to that portion of any term of the public schools in the city supported and maintained by appropriations made from the city treasury derived from city taxes or other source of city revenue, children residing in the territory which is exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article shall have the right to attend on the payment for the use of the city of a per capita tuition fixed (if any) by the school board or other governing body having control of the schools on a basis of what is equitable and just, taking into consideration the cost and expense of supporting and maintaining such schools for such portion of any term as is supported and maintained by and from city revenue.
(Code 1907, §1119; Code 1923, §1813; Code 1940, T. 37, §181.)
2023 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 11-42-86 - Acquisition of Rights and Privileges of Resident Citizens by Persons Residing in Territory Exempt From Taxation.

Section 11-42-86
Acquisition of rights and privileges of resident citizens by persons residing in territory exempt from taxation.
When and as often as the owner or owners of any land situated in territory exempt from taxation under the provisions of this article shall desire to exercise all of the rights and privileges conferred upon resident citizens not residing in territory exempt from taxation, they may apply to the council or governing body of the city by petition in writing to have such land assessed for city taxation, attaching to such petition a map of such land showing the location of the same. If the council or governing body assent to such petition, a resolution shall be passed by such council or governing body to that effect, and the mayor of such city shall endorse on such map or plat a certificate certifying that the petition was filed for the land shown on the map to be taxed by the city and that the council or governing body assent to the taxing of such land, which map so certified must be filed and recorded in the probate office of the county wherein the land is situated and thereafter such land and property having a situs thereon shall be subject to taxation by the city and taxes thereon shall be paid to the city and all persons residing in such territory shall thereafter have and exercise the same rights and privileges as other citizens residing in the city other than in territory exempt from taxation.
(Code 1907, §1120; Code 1923, §1814; Code 1940, T. 37, §182.)
2023 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 11-42-87 - Fees and Compensation of Probate Judge and Other Officers for Services Rendered.

Section 11-42-87
Fees and compensation of probate judge and other officers for services rendered.
The probate judge shall be entitled to the same fees for services performed under the provisions of this article as he is authorized by law to charge and collect for similar services rendered by him, and all other officers shall be entitled to the same compensation for services rendered by them as they are authorized by law to charge and collect for similar services rendered by them and the city at whose instance the service is performed under the provisions of this article shall pay all costs and expenses thereof, except in case of a contest as provided in this article.
(Code 1907, §1121; Code 1923, §1815; Code 1940, T. 37, §183.)
2023 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 11-42-88
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.
(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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-42-101 - Mode of Consolidation - When Municipalities to Form New Corporate Organization.

Section 11-42-101
Mode of consolidation - When municipalities to form new corporate organization.
If municipalities desiring to consolidate wish to form a new and distinct corporate organization to be operated under the name of either one of such municipalities or a different name, the several councils, upon the filing with the mayor or chief executive officer or chief executive authority of each of such municipalities of a petition signed by not less than one fourth of the number of the qualified electors residing in each of such municipalities setting forth that they desire the consolidation of such municipalities, shall each pass an ordinance expressing the purpose thenceforth to operate as one municipal corporation under the name therein mentioned and call an election to be held simultaneously in the several municipalities on a day designated by said ordinances, not less than 30 days after the passage thereof.
Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as general municipal elections and by officers selected by the several councils. The voting places shall be designated by the councils and an official ballot shall be furnished with the words "for consolidation" and "against consolidation" written or printed thereon. Said election shall be held under the same sanctions and penalties as general elections, and the returns shall be made to the councils by the proper officers. The several councils shall canvass such returns and announce the results in their respective municipalities.
If a majority of the qualified electors voting in each municipality vote for consolidation, then such municipalities shall be one municipal corporation and shall operate as one municipal government.
(Code 1907, §1128; Acts 1911, No. 408, p. 578; Code 1923, §1822; Code 1940, T. 37, §190.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-42-102 - Exemption From Taxation of Industrial or Manufacturing Plants.

Section 11-42-102
Exemption from taxation of industrial or manufacturing plants.
The council of any city or town that alters and rearranges its boundary lines so as to absorb two or more cities or towns may exempt from taxation for a period not exceeding five years any industrial or manufacturing plant situated in the territory added to said city or town, but said terms of exemption shall not be renewed or extended.
The council of any city or town may also exempt from taxation for a period not to exceed 10 years any industrial or manufacturing plant that may be established in said city or town; provided, that said term of exemption shall not be renewed.
(Code 1907, §1127; Code 1923, §1821; Code 1940, T. 37, §189.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-42-103 - Division of Consolidated Municipality Into Wards by Commission; Election of Mayor and Other Officers.

Section 11-42-103
Division of consolidated municipality into wards by commission; election of mayor and other officers.
(a) The mayor and one councilman from each municipality to be selected by the council shall be constituted a commission to divide such consolidated municipality into wards, and if they are unable to agree, they shall call in another person who shall cast a deciding vote, and such consolidated city or town shall be divided into wards as the commission or a majority of them may direct.
(b) At a day not more than 30 days after said commission has divided such city or town into wards, an election, conforming to the general municipal election law, shall be held and conducted by officers selected by such commission, at which election a mayor and the proper officers for a municipality of such size shall be elected. Officers conducting such election shall forthwith count the votes and make return to the commission, who shall declare the results of such election, and those receiving the highest number of votes shall be the officers of said consolidated city or town until the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Code 1907, §1129; Code 1923, §1823; Code 1940, T. 37, §191.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-42-104 - Oath and Compensation of Commissioners; Expenses of Election; Failure of Commissioner to Act.

Section 11-42-104
Oath and compensation of commissioners; expenses of election; failure of commissioner to act.
Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the commissioners shall take an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties as such commissioners. They shall be paid for their services such amount as may be allowed by the several councils by ordinance, and the expense of such election shall be paid forthwith by the consolidated city or town. If any commissioner fails or refuses without sufficient excuse to act upon said commission, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor in a court having jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. If for any reason a member of the commission shall not act, the other commissioners shall have the right to declare his office vacant and fill the vacancy by the appointment of some suitable person.
(Code 1907, §1130; Code 1923, §1824; Code 1940, T. 37, §192.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-42-105 - Continuation of Officers and Corporate Organization of Municipalities; Qualification and Assumption of Duties of Officers Elected for Consolidated Municipalities.

Section 11-42-105
Continuation of officers and corporate organization of municipalities; qualification and assumption of duties of officers elected for consolidated municipalities.
The officers of the several municipalities shall continue in office, and the corporate organization of the several municipalities shall continue unaffected until the officers of the consolidated town or city are elected and qualified as provided for in the applicable provisions of this title or any other applicable provisions of law, and such officers so elected shall immediately qualify and assume the duties of their office.
(Code 1907, §1131; Code 1923, §1825; Code 1940, T. 37, §193.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 1 - General Provisions. › Section 11-42-106 - Powers, Duties, Rights, etc., of Consolidated Municipalities; Continuation of Civil Actions as to Consolidated Municipalities.

Section 11-42-106
Powers, duties, rights, etc., of consolidated municipalities; continuation of civil actions as to consolidated municipalities.
(a) The consolidated city or town shall succeed to all the powers, obligations, duties, rights of action, property, and rights of property that belonged to or appertained to the municipalities consolidated and shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges delegated to municipalities under the applicable provisions of this title and shall be subject to all the duties, liabilities, or obligations of such municipalities.
(b) All civil actions pending in favor of or against either of the municipalities shall continue to judgment unaffected by the consolidation and may be enforced in favor of or against such consolidated city or town as if commenced by or against such consolidated city or town.
(Code 1907, §1132; Code 1923, §1826; Code 1940, T. 37, §194.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-120 - Mode of Consolidation Generally.

Section 11-42-120
Mode of consolidation generally.
Any city or town may be annexed to and merged into a contiguous city or town in the following manner: The mayor of each city or town shall each appoint two persons, and the four persons thus appointed, with the mayor of each town, shall constitute a commission to agree upon terms for the annexation and merger of the one city or town into the other city or town.
(Code 1907, §1133; Code 1923, §1828; Code 1940, T. 37, §195.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-121 - Appointment of Commissioners.

Section 11-42-121
Appointment of commissioners.
The mayor or other head of the governing body of any city or town shall appoint the commissioners provided for in Section 11-42-120 upon the adoption of a resolution by the governing body calling for such appointment or upon the presentation of a petition to the governing body signed by one third of the qualified electors residing within such city or town.
(Code 1907, §1134; Code 1923, §1829; Code 1940, T. 37, §196.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-122 - Execution, Approval, and Confirmation of Agreement as to Terms of Annexation and Merger.

Section 11-42-122
Execution, approval, and confirmation of agreement as to terms of annexation and merger.
If the commission agrees upon terms of annexation and merger, such agreement shall be reduced to writing and signed in triplicate by the commissioners or a majority thereof, and one of the triplicates of the agreement shall be presented to the council or governing body of each city or town, and if the council or other governing body of each city or town approves of the agreement reached by the commission, the council or governing body of each city or town shall pass a resolution confirming such agreement, which resolution shall be spread upon the minutes of the proceedings of such council or governing body, and the mayor of each city or town shall notify the mayor of the other city or town of the confirmation of the agreement by the council or governing body of the city or town of which he is mayor.
(Code 1907, §1135; Code 1923, §1830; Code 1940, T. 37, §197.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-123 - Ordering of Election by Proclamation.

Section 11-42-123
Ordering of election by proclamation.
If the council or governing body of each city or town confirms the agreement, then the mayor of the city or town proposed to be annexed to the other city or town shall, by proclamation, order an election to be held on a day fixed in the proclamation in his city or town, submitting to a vote of the qualified electors in his city or town the following proposition: "Shall the agreement for the annexation of (naming the city or town) to (naming the city or town) be ratified?" and stating in such proclamation that one of the triplicates of the agreement made which is submitted for ratification is on file in the office of the clerk of such city or town, open to the inspection of the public.
(Code 1907, §1136; Code 1923, §1831; Code 1940, T. 37, §198.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-124 - Inspectors.

Section 11-42-124
Inspectors.
Inspectors of election in the city or town proposed to be annexed shall be appointed and the election in all particulars held in the same manner as elections are held in such city or town for the election of municipal officers, except as changed by the provisions of this division.
(Code 1907, §1137; Code 1923, §1832; Code 1940, T. 37, §199.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-125 - Form and Marking of Ballots; Ascertainment of Election Results; Contests of Election.

Section 11-42-125
Form and marking of ballots; ascertainment of election results; contests of election.
(a) The mayor of the city or town shall cause the ballots to be used in such election to be printed with the following words thereon: "Shall the agreement for the annexation of (naming the city or town) to (naming the city or town) be ratified?" and printed on the ballot with the above quoted words immediately thereunder the words "Yes" and "No," and the elector shall designate his choice by marking with ink or pencil a cross mark (X) in a place to be left before the word expressing his wish. The ballots provided under the terms of this division need not be of any particular size, form, or color.
(b) The result of the election shall be ascertained in the same manner that the result of the election of city or town officers is ascertained, and the election may be contested in the same manner as is provided for the contest of the election of any city or town officers.
(Code 1907, §1138; Code 1923, §1833; Code 1940, T. 37, §200.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-126 - Declaration of Election Result; Declaration of Annexation of Municipality.

Section 11-42-126
Declaration of election result; declaration of annexation of municipality.
If a majority of the votes cast in such city or town is in favor of ratifying the agreement of annexation and merger, the result shall be so declared, and the mayor of each city or town shall by joint proclamation, published in some newspaper published in the city or town or in the county, if no newspaper is published in the city or town, declare the annexation of the one city or town to the other city or town under the agreement of annexation and merger.
(Code 1907, §1139; Code 1923, §1834; Code 1940, T. 37, §201.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-127 - Filing and Recordation of Copy of Agreement and Merger.

Section 11-42-127
Filing and recordation of copy of agreement and merger.
The mayor of the city or town to which another city or town is annexed under the provisions of this division shall, within 10 days from the day of the issuing of the joint proclamation of annexation and merger of the one city or town into the other city or town, file with the Secretary of State one of the triplicates of the agreement of annexation and merger, which must be kept on file in the office of the Secretary of State, and must also, within said time, file one of the triplicates of the agreement of annexation and merger in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such city or town is situated, and the same must be recorded by the judge of probate in a record of deeds or mortgages kept in his office.
(Code 1907, §1140; Code 1923, §1835; Code 1940, T. 37, §202.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-128 - When Annexation Deemed Perfected.

Section 11-42-128
When annexation deemed perfected.
From the time the said triplicate of the agreement is filed in the office of the judge of probate, as required in Section 11-42-127, the proclamations having been made and published as required by Section 11-42-126, the one city or town shall be and shall be held to be annexed to and merged into the other city or town under the terms and provisions as set forth in the agreement of annexation and merger.
(Code 1907, §1141; Code 1923, §1836; Code 1940, T. 37, §203.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-129 - Costs and Expenses of Annexation.

Section 11-42-129
Costs and expenses of annexation.
The costs and expenses incurred by each city or town previous to holding the election by the city or town proposed to be annexed to the other city or town shall be paid respectively by each city or town, and all other costs and expenses incurred shall be paid by the city or town to which the other city or town is annexed.
(Code 1907, §1142; Code 1923, §1837; Code 1940, T. 37, §204.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-130 - Ownership of Property of Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-130
Ownership of property of municipality annexed.
All property and rights of property and assets and interests of every kind and character owned by the city or town annexed to the other city or town shall vest in and become the property and assets of the city or town to which it is annexed.
(Code 1907, §1143; Code 1923, §1838; Code 1940, T. 37, §205.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-131 - Continuation of Civil Actions Against Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-131
Continuation of civil actions against municipality annexed.
All civil actions pending against the city or town annexed shall, on notice, be made a civil action against the city or town annexing the other city or town, and the right to prosecute to final judgment such civil action or actions against the annexing city or town shall exist the same as if the right of action originally existed against the annexing city or town.
(Code 1907, §1144; Code 1923, §1839; Code 1940, T. 37, §206.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-132 - Provisions in Annexation Agreement as to Taxation in Municipality Annexed.

Section 11-42-132
Provisions in annexation agreement as to taxation in municipality annexed.
The agreement of annexation may provide for specific property having a situs thereon embraced in the annexed city or town to be exempt from city or town taxation or the payment of taxes to the annexing city or town for a period not exceeding 10 years and may provide a maximum license tax to be annually assessed and collected by the annexing city or town from each and every person, firm, company, or corporation engaging in or carrying on any business, vocation, occupation, or profession in the territory exempt from taxation.
(Code 1907, §1153; Code 1923, §1848; Code 1940, T. 37, §215.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-133 - Creation, etc., of Wards; Election of Aldermen; Division of Wards Into Voting Precincts; Rearrangement, etc., of Boundaries of Wards or Voting Precincts.

Section 11-42-133
Creation, etc., of wards; election of aldermen; division of wards into voting precincts; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards or voting precincts.
(a) The council or governing body of the annexing city or town shall create new wards (as many as may be deemed to be necessary) regardless of any limitation in the charter of the annexing city or town on the number of wards, or enlarge wards so as to embrace all territory embraced in the annexed city or town and so as to afford opportunity to all persons in the territory embraced in the annexed city or town to vote in all elections and participate in the government of the annexing city or town, and each ward in the annexing city or town shall have the same number of aldermen, but in no event shall there be more than 30 aldermen or representatives in the council or governing body of the city or town.
(b) The council or governing body of the city or town shall elect aldermen for the wards, embracing all the territory of the annexed city or town, as in case of a vacancy, the aldermen so elected to hold office until the next regular election of the annexing city or town. At such elections and thereafter aldermen for such wards shall be elected as other aldermen are elected in the city or town, and if the agreement of annexation names the aldermen to be elected to fill the office of aldermen until the next ensuing election, the parties named shall be elected aldermen by the council or governing body of the annexing city or town.
(c) The council or governing body of the annexing city or town shall, by ordinance or resolution, create new wards or change the lines of wards, as often as may be necessary, covering the territory embraced in the annexed city or town for the purpose of making equal as near as practicable the voting population in each ward in the annexing city or town, and the council or governing body of the annexing city or town shall divide the respective wards in the city or town into voting precincts, as many as may be necessary, and each elector shall vote in the precinct of his residence, and the boundary of such voting precincts shall be arranged and rearranged from time to time so that, as near as practicable, not more than 300 electors reside in any voting precinct, except where voting machines are used.
(Code 1907, §1154; Code 1923, §1849; Code 1940, T. 37, §216.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 42 - Alteration of Corporate Limits. › Article 4 - Consolidation of Contiguous Municipalities. › Division 2 - Alternate Mode. › Section 11-42-134 - Provisions of Division Not Exclusive.

Section 11-42-134
Provisions of division not exclusive.
The provisions of this division shall in no wise preclude any city or town from being annexed and merged into another city or town in any way that may be provided by law.
(Code 1907, §1155; Code 1923, §1850; Code 1940, T. 37, §217.)
2023 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 11-42-150
Applicability 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.)