AnnexationOpinion
# 99-148
Discussion of several issues related to annexation and municipal
authority within a police jurisdiction. Opinion
# 2001-277
Discussion of legality of annexation of noncontiguous property
under general and local laws. Opinion
# 2002-277
Discussion of the responsibility for road maintenance following
annexation. Opinion
# 2002-325
Discussion providing that an incorporation election may be
set on the same date as the November general election and in the same polling
place as long as the elections are separate in the polling place and the areas
of voting are clearly designated. Opinion
# 2002-337
Discussion providing that the definition of contiguous, as
used in annexation cases, would probably apply to incorporation cases under section
11-41-1 of the Code of Alabama. Opinion
# 2003-147
Discussion of various methods of annexation. Opinion
# 2004-073
Discussion providing that the use of "long lasso"
annexation using public road rights-of-way to create contiguity has been held
invalid and that property is "contiguous" to the municipal corporate
limits if it touches at some point or if the property lies directly across a public
roadway or waterway from the municipal corporate limits.
Opinion # 2005-084
Discussion providing that an improvement district formed by a municipality may annex property across a bay from the city if the property is directly across from the city, has a minimum of 200 feet of water frontage, and all property owners consent.
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