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§ 14-40-2201. Annexation and provision of scheduled services

(a) (1) Beginning March 1, 2014, and each successive year thereafter, the mayor or city manager of a city or incorporated town shall file annually with the city clerk or recorder, town recorder, and county clerk a written notice describing any annexation elections that have become final in the previous eight (8) years. (2) The […]

§ 14-40-1212. Rights of annexed territory to benefits of its revenues

(a) The wards formed out of the territory comprising the former territory of the smaller municipal corporation annexed under the provisions of this subchapter shall always receive betterments and improvements in an amount equal to the amount of revenue derived by the consolidated municipality from the territory and inhabitants of the smaller municipal corporation, after […]

§ 14-40-2202. Inhabitants of annexed area

(a) In all annexations under § 14-40-303 and in accordance with § 14-40-606, after the territory declared annexed is considered part of a city or incorporated town, the inhabitants residing in the annexed portion shall: (1) Have all the rights and privileges of the inhabitants of the annexing city or incorporated town; and (2) (A) […]

§ 14-40-1213. Franchises, contracts, and other obligations

No franchises, contracts, or other obligations of an extraordinary nature, or other than those necessary for the ordinary and usual running of the affairs of either municipal corporation, which have been granted, made, or created by either municipal corporation after the passage of an ordinance favoring annexation, and prior to the consummation of the annexation, […]

§ 14-40-1801. Proceedings generally

(a) Whenever any municipal corporation shall desire to throw any portion of the territory lying within its corporate limits outside of the limits and remit it back to the county in which the municipal corporation is situated, it shall be lawful for the council of the municipal corporation to submit the question to the qualified […]

§ 14-40-1802. Order for exclusion

(a) After hearing the petition, if the county court shall be satisfied that a majority of the qualified electors of the corporation are in favor of the exclusion of the territory mentioned in the petition from within its limits, or alternatively that the city council has resolved to request that the territory be excluded from […]

§ 14-40-1803. When effective — Limitation

(a) After the record shall have been filed and a copy forwarded to the Secretary of State, the territory shall cease to be a part of the municipal corporation. (b) The limits of cities of the first and second class shall not be reduced to an area less than they were on January 1, 1872.

§ 14-40-1901. Designation by resolution

(a) Whenever it appears that the official corporate limits as shown by the records of the Secretary of State for any city or incorporated town have for more than ten (10) years included an area or territory that has not been recognized by city or incorporated town officials and assessed for taxation as a part […]

§ 14-40-1902. Hearing and determination

(a) Upon the filing of the petition, the county court shall set a date for hearing thereon, not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the first publication of notice of the filing of the petition. Notice of the filing shall be published once each week for not less than […]

§ 14-40-1203. Election results

(a) At any election held under this subchapter, all qualified electors who are residents of either municipality shall be allowed to vote on the adoption or rejection of the proposed annexation or consolidation and the name of the proposed consolidated municipality. (b) (1) (A) (i) If a majority of the votes cast in each of […]