Article XII — Corporations
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 220 Section 220
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220. Consent of municipal corporation prerequisite to use of public property for public utility or private enterprise purposes. No person, firm, association, or corporation shall be authorized or permitted to use the streets, avenues, alleys, or public places of any city, town, o…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 221 Payment of state license tax, etc., not to excuse payment of other privilege and license taxes
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The legislature shall not enact any law which will permit any person, firm, corporation, or association to pay a privilege, license, or other tax to the State of Alabama, and relieve him or it from the payment of all other privilege and license taxes in the state.
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 222 Issuance of bonds by counties, municipal corporations, districts and other political subdivisions of counties
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The legislature, after the ratification of this Constitution, shall have authority to pass general laws authorizing the counties, cities, towns, villages, districts, or other political subdivisions of counties to issue bonds, but no bonds shall be issued under authority of a gene…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 223 Limitation on assessments for public improvements by municipal corporations
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No city, town, or other municipality shall make any assessment for the cost of sidewalks or street paving, or for the cost of the construction of any sewers against property abutting on such street or sidewalk so paved, or drained by such sewers, in excess of the increased value …
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 224 Debt limit for counties
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No county shall become indebted in an amount including present indebted- ness, greater than five percentum of the assessed value of the property therein. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any county from issuing bonds, or other obligations, to fund or refund any indebtedness…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 225 Indebtedness of municipal corporations — Limitation; ex- ception as to Sheffield and Tuscumbia; limitation not applicable to obligations or indebtedness exempted by Constitution or amendments thereto
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No city, town or other municipal corporation having a population of less than six thousand, except as hereafter provided, shall become indebted in an amount, including present indebtedness, exceeding twenty per centum of the assessed value of the property therein, except for the …
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 226 Section 226
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226. Indebtedness of municipal corporations — Municipal cor- porations whose present indebtedness exceeds constitutional limitation; exception as to Sheffield and Tuscumbia. No city, town, or village, whose present indebtedness exceeds the limitation imposed by this Constitution,…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 227 Liability of public utilities in municipal corporations for damages to abutting property owners
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Any person, firm, association, or corporation, who may construct or operate any public utility along or across the public streets of any city, town, or village, under any privilege or franchise permitting such construction or operation, shall be liable to abutting proprietors for…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 228 Maximum term of public utility franchises in cities and towns having population of six thousand or more
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No city or town having a population of more than six thousand shall have authority to grant to any person, firm, corporation, or association the right to use its streets, avenues, alleys, or public places for the construction or operation of water works, gas works, telephone or t…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 229 Authority of Legislature to pass general laws pertaining to corporations and other entities
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The Legislature shall pass general laws under which corporations and other entities may be organized, authorized to do business or conduct their affairs, operated, dissolved, and regulated; such laws, now existing or hereafter passed, shall be subject to amendment or repeal by ge…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 230 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 231 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 232 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 233 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 234 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 235 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 236 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 237 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 238 Authority of legislature to revoke charters of incorporation
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The legislature shall have the power to alter, amend, or revoke any charter of incorporation now existing and revocable at the ratification of this Constitution, or any that may be hereafter created, whenever, in its opinion, such charter may be injurious to the citizens of this …
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 239 Telegraph and telephone companies
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Any association or corporation organized for the purpose, or any individual, shall have the right to construct and maintain lines of telegraph and tele- phone within this state, and connect the same with other lines; and the legislature shall, by general law of uniform operation,…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 240 Corporations may sue and be sued like natural persons
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All corporations shall have the right to sue, and shall be subject to be sued, in all courts in like cases as natural persons. Dues from private corporations shall be secured by such means as may be prescribed by law; but in no case shall any stockholder be individually liable ot…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 241 ‘‘Corporation’’ defined
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The term ‘‘corporation,’’ as used in this article shall be construed to include all joint stock companies, and all associations having any of the powers or privileges of corporations, not possessed by individuals or partnerships. Railroads and Canals
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 242 When railroads and canals deemed public highways; rail- road and canal companies; common carriers; rights of railroad companies generally
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All railroads and canals not constructed and used exclusively for private purposes, shall be public highways, and all railroad and canal companies shall be common carriers. Any association or corporation organized for the purpose shall have the right to construct and operate a ra…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 243 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 245 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 246 Reserved
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Ala. Const. art. XII, § 222.04 Bonds for enlargement, etc., of municipally–owned manufacturing, industrial or commercial projects
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Revenue bonds at any time issued by a municipality (a) for the purpose of enlarging, improving or expanding any manufacturing, industrial or commercial project then owned by such municipality and acquired by it pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 756 enacted at the 1951 regular…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 222.03 Bonds for voting machines
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Section 1. The several counties of the state may become indebted and issue and sell general obligation bonds or other evidence of such indebtedness for the purpose of paying the cost of installing and providing for the use of voting machines at all elections held within the count…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 225.01 Section 225.01
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225.01. Certain obligations of municipality having less than 6,000 inhabitants not indebtedness within meaning of Section 225. Obligations hereafter incurred and securities hereafter issued for any of the following purposes and under the following circumstances by a municipality …
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 222.01 Issuance of revenue bonds and other revenue securities by municipalities
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Revenue bonds and other revenue securities at any time issued by a municipality for the purpose of extending, enlarging or improving any water, sewer, gas or electric system then owned by such municipality shall not be deemed to constitute bonds or indebtedness of such municipali…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 222.02 Bonds and other securities issued by certain public corporations
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Each public corporation heretofore or hereafter organized or created in this state pursuant to authorization or determination by any municipality or municipalities, or county or counties, or the governing body of any one or more thereof, shall for the purposes of sections 222, 22…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 228.01 Trust funds for continuing benefit of certain cities
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Part I. As used in this amendment, the following terms shall have the following meanings: Part II. The governing body of any authorized city may establish by ordinance one or more trust funds for the continuing benefit of the authorized city and its citizens which shall be funded…
Ala. Const. art. XII, § 222.05 Certain county revenue securities not to constitute bonds or indebtedness
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Revenue bonds or other revenue securities at any time issued by a county for the purpose of extending, enlarging or improving any water, sewer, gas or electric system then owned by such county shall not be deemed to constitute bonds or indebtedness of such county within the meani…