§8-12-18. Sale, Lease, or Disposition of Other Municipal Property
(a) Every municipality, municipal building commission created pursuant to §8-33-1 et seq. of this code, and municipal development authority created pursuant to §7-12-1 et seq. of this code is authorized to sell, lease as lessor, or dispose of any of its real or personal property or any interest therein or any part thereof (other than […]
§8-12-19. Extraterritorial Exercise of Powers and Authority
AND AUTHORITY. §8-12-19. Extraterritorial exercise of powers and authority. Wherever the powers and authority granted in this chapter cannot be reasonably and efficiently exercised by confining the exercise thereof within the corporate limits of the municipality, the powers and authority of the municipality shall extend beyond the corporate limits to the extent necessary to the […]
§8-12-20. Authorizing Municipalities to Enact Adopt-a-Street Programs
(a) In addition to all other powers and duties conferred by law upon municipalities, municipalities are empowered to enact municipality Adopt-A-Street programs. (b) The state Adopt-A-Highway Program was established in the late 1980s to improve the quality of the states environment by encouraging public involvement in the elimination of highway litter. That program is cosponsored […]
§8-12-21. Restriction on the Regulation of Trades, Occupations, and Professions
Except as expressly provided by this code, neither a municipality nor the governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance or otherwise, enact or enforce any law, ordinance, regulation, or rule, requiring the licensing, certification, or registration of any person or business in order to practice or conduct a trade, occupation, or profession within the […]
§8-12-14. Permits for Construction and Alteration
The governing body of every municipality has plenary power and authority to require a permit as a condition precedent to the erection, construction, repair or alteration of any structure or of any equipment or part of a structure which is regulated by state law or municipal ordinance: Provided, That no such permits may be required […]
§8-12-15. Municipal Inspection
The governing body of every municipality shall have plenary power and authority to provide for the entering and inspection of private premises to aid in the enforcement of any state law or municipal ordinance: Provided, That this section shall not be construed as purporting to authorize an unreasonable search and seizure prohibited by section six, […]
§8-12-6. Membership in Association or League
AND GOVERNING BODIES. §8-12-6. Membership in association or league. Every municipality is hereby empowered and authorized to become a member of an association or league having for its general purpose the exchange and dissemination of information and ideas designed for the more efficient administration and conduct of municipal government and affairs. In order to finance […]
§8-12-7. Power and Authority to Purchase Insurance and to Indemnify Officers, Agents and Employees
(a) Every municipality shall have plenary power and authority to contract and expend public funds for the purchase of one or more policies of public liability insurance, with or without a sharing in the cost thereof by the officers, agents and employees of such municipality, providing the municipality and its officers, agents and employees insurance […]
§8-12-8. Group Insurance Programs Authorized
Every municipality shall have plenary power and authority to negotiate for, secure and adopt for the regular employees thereof (other than provisional, temporary, emergency and intermittent employees) who are in employee status with such municipality on and after the effective date of this section and for their spouses and dependents, a policy or policies of […]
§8-12-9. Power and Authority to Enact Ordinance Prohibiting Discrimination With Respect to Housing Accommodations
Notwithstanding any statutory or charter provision to the contrary, the governing body of every municipality shall have plenary power and authority, by ordinance, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin in the sale, purchase, lease or rental of housing accommodations within the corporate limits of such municipality, and to […]