Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 11-50-1.1 (2026)
Acquisition of Certain Waterworks Systems Only with Consent of Governing Board of Corporation or Association Operating Same.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Municipalities are hereby prohibited from acquiring, or duplicating any services of, any waterworks system or any part thereof, operated by a corporation or association which has been organized under Sections 10-4-190 through 10-4-194, Sections 11-88-1 through 11-88-21, Sections 11-88-40 through 11-88-111, or Sections 11-89-1 through 11-89-19, without the consent of a majority of the members of the governing board of said corporation or association.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-624, p. 1179.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1997–2016 · leading case: Mobile Cnty. Water, Sewer & Fire Prot. Auth., Inc. v. Mobile Area Water & Sewer Sys., Inc., 567 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (S.D. Ala. 2008).
Mobile Cnty. Water, Sewer & Fire Prot. Auth., Inc. v. Mobile Area Water & Sewer Sys., Inc., 567 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (S.D. Ala. 2008). “The Non-Impact of Alabama Code § 11-50-1.1. In arguing that the “clearly articulated state policy” requirement is not satisfied here, MoCo spends little time parsing Chapter 50, Article 10 of Title 11 of the Alabama Code, as the Court has done, but instead devotes the bulk of…”
City of Wetumpka v. Cent. Elmore Water Auth., 703 So. 2d 907 (Ala. 1997). “§ 1926 (b), pre-empt the provisions of state law, such as the provisions of § 11-50-1.1, Ala.Code 1975, which prohibit municipalities from "acquiring, or duplicating any services of, any waterworks system or any part thereof, operated by a corporation or association which has…”
E. Cent. Baldwin Cnty. Water v. Town of Summerdale (Ex parte Town of Summerdale), 252 So. 3d 111 (Ala. 2016). “Alabama Code 1975, § 11-50-1.1, provides: " 'Municipalities are hereby prohibited from acquiring, or duplicating any services of, any waterworks system or any part thereof, operated by a corporation or association which has been organized under Sections 10-4-190 through…”
E. Cent. Baldwin Cnty. Water, Sewer & Fire Prot. Auth. v. Town of Summerdale, 252 So. 3d 98 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “Alabama Code 1975, § 11-50-1.1, provides: "Municipalities are hereby prohibited from acquiring, or duplicating any services of, any waterworks system or any part thereof, operated by a corporation or association which has been organized under Sections 10-4-190 through 10-4-194,…”
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