Alabama § 11-56-20 - Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Corporations; Vesting of Title to Properties Thereof in Municipalities Upon Dissolution; Formation of Corporations Not to Prevent Subsequent Formation of Other Corporations by Same Municipalities.
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§ 11-56-20. Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Corporations; Vesting of Title to Properties Thereof in Municipalities Upon Dissolution; Formation of Corporations Not to Prevent Subsequent Formation of Other Corporations by Same Municipalities.
(a) At any time when the corporation does not have any bonds outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution which shall be duly entered upon its minutes declaring that the corporation shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of said resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the county, the corporation shall thereupon stand dissolved, and, in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its property shall thereupon vest in the municipality. In the event the corporation shall at any time have outstanding bonds issued under this chapter payable out of the revenues from different projects, then as and when the principal of and the interest on all bonds payable in whole or in part from the revenues derived from any project shall have been paid in full, title to the project with respect to which the bonds so paid in full have been paid shall thereupon vest in the municipality, but such vesting of title in the municipality shall not affect the title of the corporation to any other project the revenues from which are pledged for the payment of any other bonds then outstanding.
(b) The formation of one or more corporations under the provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the subsequent formation under this chapter of other corporations pursuant to authorization by the same municipality.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-56-20 ("Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Corporations; Vesting of Title to Properties Thereof in Municipalities Upon Dissolution; Formation of Corporations Not to Prevent Subsequent Formation of Other Corporations by Same Municipalities.") 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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