Section 45-42-162.05 – Assumption of Functions of Special Districts.
Section 45-42-162.05 Assumption of functions of special districts. The metropolitan-government created by this part, and approved by the voters, on 60 days’ notice, may at any time thereafter assume all functions, rights, duties, personnel, property, assets, and liabilities of any independent special district operating within the geographical jurisdiction of the metropolitan, which district may thereupon […]
Section 45-42-162.06 – State Shared Revenues.
Section 45-42-162.06 State shared revenues. The metropolitan-government shall not receive less in state grants, general support payments, shared revenues, or otherwise than the total amount that would have been received by each participating government if consolidation had not taken place. Future state shared revenues shall be calculated as for counties in the general services district […]
Section 45-42-162.07 – Powers of Metropolitan-Government
Section 45-42-162.07 Powers of metropolitan-government The metropolitan-government shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations and the county governments by the constitution and the laws of the state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The metropolitan-government may acquire property within or without its corporate limits […]
Section 45-42-160 – Participation in Acreage Protection Program.
Section 45-42-160 Participation in acreage protection program. (a) The County Commission of Limestone County is authorized, when the need exists, to provide protection for the forestlands and other acreage protected by the Alabama Forestry Commission in Limestone County by participating in the Alabama Forestry Commission’s acreage protection program in the manner hereinafter specified. (b)(1) After […]
Section 45-42-161 – Reimbursement; Due Care Required.
Section 45-42-161 Reimbursement; due care required. (a) The Limestone County governing body shall reimburse the office of license commissioner, judge of probate, or tax collector from the general fund of the county the amount of any monetary loss, not to exceed a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum, arising or caused by error, […]
Section 45-42-162 – Purpose.
Section 45-42-162 Purpose. The purpose of this part is to provide for the economic and efficient merger of the City of Athens and Limestone County and such other political subdivisions as by formal procedures agree to participate in the merger. (Act 87324, p. 442, § 1.)