Alabama Code 11-48-81. Powers of cities as to construction of public improvements, assessment of cost thereof against property benefited, etc., outside corporate limits generally; requirement as to consent of property owners, etc
Each such city shall have the same powers with respect to the assessment of the cost of public improvements, whether constructed in the city or in such police jurisdiction, against the property specially benefited by such improvements, whether such property is located in such city or in such police jurisdiction, that such city may have under any law now existing or hereafter enacted with respect to assessment of the cost of public improvements constructed within the city against property specially benefited by such improvements and located within the corporate limits of the city.
All such laws relating to the making of public improvements within the corporate limits of such city and to the making of public improvement assessments against property located within such corporate limits and the creation and enforcement of liens securing such assessments shall apply to any public improvements constructed within the police jurisdiction of such city, to any public improvement assessments made pursuant to the provisions of this article and to the liens securing such assessments.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 11-48-81
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1