Court Opinion

ID: 7695597
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 18:45:58.756851+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:39:36.002386
License: Public Domain

I concur in the result only. I agree with the principle stated by the majority that a published annexation bill that does not provide for a referendum may be amended by the legislature to eliminate a portion of the territory as described in the notice and, thus, that such an amendment would not make the act violate § 106 of the Alabama Constitution. The result reached here is consistent with the views I expressed inCity of Mobile v. Aborady, 600 So.2d 1009 (Ala. 1992) (Maddox, J., dissenting), and Lowe v. Pension Bd. of the Gen. RetirementSystem for Employees of Jefferson County, 665 So.2d 195 (Ala. 1995) (Maddox, J., dissenting).