§11-8-28. Suit to Recover Unlawful Expenditure or to Cancel Obligation
Whenever a fiscal body expends money or incurs obligations in violation of sections twenty-five and/or twenty-six of this article, suit shall be instituted by the prosecuting attorney of the county or the Attorney General of the state, in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the money expended or to cancel the obligation, or both.
§11-8-29. Personal Liability of Official Participating in Unlawful Expenditure
A person who in his official capacity negligently participates in the violation of either section twenty-five or section twenty-six of this article shall be personally liable, jointly and severally, for the amount illegally expended.
§11-8-15. Certification of Municipal Levies
Within three days after the council of a municipality has laid the levies, its recording officer shall forward certified copies of the order laying the levies to the Tax Commissioner, the State Auditor and the officer whose duty it is to extend the levies.
§11-8-16. What Order for Election to Increase Levies to Show; Vote Required; Amount and Continuation of Additional Levy; Issuance of Bonds
A local levying body may provide for an election to increase the levies by entering on its record of proceedings an order setting forth: (1) The purpose for which additional funds are needed;
§11-8-17. Special Levy Elections; Notices; Conduct of Election; Supplies; Canvass of Returns; Form of Ballot
(a) The local levying body shall publish a notice, calling the election, as a Class II-0 legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of 59-3-1 et seq. of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be the territory in which the election is held. Such notice shall be so published within 14 […]
§11-8-18. Tax Commissioner to Furnish Forms of Statements and Attorney General to Furnish Forms for Elections
The Tax Commissioner shall prepare and furnish forms and instructions for making the statement required in sections ten, twelve, and fourteen of this article. The Attorney General shall prepare and furnish forms and instructions for the holding of any election authorized by this article.
§11-8-20. Levy Apportioned to Taxing District for Current Expense but Not Needed May Be Used for Its Debt Purposes or Passed on to Lesser Taxing District for Debt Purposes
When the levies apportioned to, or in any way becoming available to any tax levying body for debt purposes alone, shall be insufficient to meet the requirements for such indebtedness, then if there remain any part of the amount authorized to be levied and apportioned to such taxing body for current expense purposes and not […]
§11-8-21. Amount of Levy, With Consent of Tax Commissioner, When Fiscal Body Required by Law to Levy for Indebtedness, Property Within Municipality Not Being Subject to Levy
In any case in which the county court, the board of Education, or other fiscal body is required by law to lay the levies for the payment of any indebtedness of any taxing district, for which indebtedness the property situated within any incorporated municipality is not subject to such levy, such county court, Board of […]
§11-8-22. Supersedeas to Levy Order; Rescission or Reversal; Return of Money Collected; Recovery by Action
Within forty days after an order for a levy the circuit court of the county, or the judge in vacation, may allow a writ of supersedeas on the petition of at least twenty-four persons interested in reversing the order. The levying body, without awaiting the final decision, may rescind the order, and impose a new […]
§11-8-23. Statement of Fiscal Body When Levies Not Sufficient to Meet Requirements of Existing Contractual Indebtedness
When the entire apportionment of levies for the payment of such contractual indebtedness existing at the time of the adoption of the "Tax Limitation Amendment," together with the application to such indebtedness of such part, if any, of the levies allocated for current expenses and not required therefor and applied to such indebtedness as hereinabove […]