Alabama § 11-42-186 - Partial Annexation - Payment of Proportionate Share of Bonded Indebtedness for Municipal Improvements by Expanded Municipality.
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§ 11-42-186. Partial Annexation - Payment of Proportionate Share of Bonded Indebtedness for Municipal Improvements by Expanded Municipality.
Should the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines absorb or annex any part of another city or town, the city or town so altering or rearranging its boundary lines shall assume and pay the proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness of the city or town from which said territory is taken that the cost of the municipal improvements in such territory taken from such city or town bears to the whole cost of municipal improvements made in the whole of the city or town from which such territory is taken immediately before such annexation; provided, that this section shall apply only to that part of bonded indebtedness actually expended for municipal improvements.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-42-186 ("Partial Annexation - Payment of Proportionate Share of Bonded Indebtedness for Municipal Improvements by Expanded Municipality.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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