§11-8-31. Criminal Liability of Official Violating Provisions of Article; Proceeding for Removal
A person who in his official capacity willfully violates the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500, or confined in jail not more than one year, or both. Upon conviction he shall also forfeit his office: Provided, That no liability shall arise […]
§11-8-31a. Recovery of Attorneys' Fees Authorized
The governing body of the governmental entity of which a person is an official is hereby authorized to reimburse such person for the reasonable amount of such person's attorney fees in any case: (a) Wherein such person has successfully defended against an action seeking his or her removal from office, or (b) Wherein such person […]
§11-8-14b. Levy of Additional Tax
The governing body of any municipality may impose any tax not theretofore levied, or may increase any tax theretofore levied, and may make said tax or increase effective as of the date of the adoption of the ordinance imposing or increasing said tax, or as of any date thereafter specified in the ordinance regardless of […]
§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 […]