Alabama § 11-62-17 - Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Authority; Vesting of Title to Assets and Properties of Authority Upon Dissolution of Authority; Effect of Dissolution of Authority Upon Formation of Other Such Authorities.
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§ 11-62-17. Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Authority; Vesting of Title to Assets and Properties of Authority Upon Dissolution of Authority; Effect of Dissolution of Authority Upon Formation of Other Such Authorities.
(a) At any time when any authority does not have any bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding and when there shall be no other obligations assumed by such authority that are then outstanding, the board of such authority may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved.
(b) Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of said resolution in the office of the judge of probate in which the authority’s certificate of incorporation was filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and, in the event it owned any assets or property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all such assets or property shall thereupon vest in the determining municipality.
(c) The formation or dissolution of one or more authorities authorized by any determining municipality shall not prevent the subsequent formation of other authorities authorized by the same determining municipality.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-62-17 ("Authority and Procedure for Dissolution of Authority; Vesting of Title to Assets and Properties of Authority Upon Dissolution of Authority; Effect of Dissolution of Authority Upon Formation of Other Such Authorities.") 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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