§8-7-1. Decrease of Corporate Limits

§8-7-1. Decrease of corporate limits. The corporate limits of a municipality may be decreased only in accordance with the provisions of this article.

§8-7-2. Procedure to Decrease Corporate Limits

8-7-2. Procedure to decrease corporate limits. A petition to decrease the corporate limits of a municipality may be filed with the governing body thereof by five percent or more of the freeholders in the territory proposed for elimination, setting forth the change proposed in the metes and bounds of the municipality, and asking that a […]

§8-7-3. Governing Body of Municipality to Certify Decrease in Corporate Limits; Order

The governing body of such municipality shall enter the results of such election in its minutes, and, when the decrease proposed is adopted, as provided in the immediately preceding section of this article, shall forward a certificate to such effect to the county court of the county wherein the municipality or the major portion of […]

§8-7-4. Decreasing Corporate Limits by Minor Boundary Adjustment

BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. §8-7-4. Decreasing corporate limits by minor boundary adjustment. In the event a municipality desires to decrease its corporate limits by making a minor boundary adjustment, the governing body of such municipality may apply to the county court of the county wherein the municipality or the major portion of the territory thereof is located […]