Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 11-50-399 (2026)
Acquisition of Competing Gas Systems, Etc.
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All districts incorporated under the provisions of this article shall have all powers and be subject to all limitations with respect to the acquisition of competing gas systems and the duplication of existing privately owned gas systems to the same extent as boards under the provisions of Sections 11-50-266 through 11-50-270.
(Acts 1951, No. 762, p. 1319, §17.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1989–2013 · leading case: South Alabama Gas Dist. v. Knight, 138 So. 3d 971 (Ala. 2013).
South Alabama Gas Dist. v. Knight, 138 So. 3d 971 (Ala. 2013). “Code 1975, made applicable to gas districts by § 11-50-399, Ala.Code 1975. In *973 1961, the cities of Evergreen and Monroe-ville formed the Conecuh-Monroe Counties Gas District, which in 2001 changed its name to South Alabama Gas District (“SAG”).”
Newton v. Se. Alabama Gas Dist., 708 F. Supp. 1254 (M.D. Ala. 1989). “The statutory scheme authorizes the districts to exercise the same powers of eminent domain as do municipalities [§§ 11-50-396(17), 11-50-397]; to acquire, construct, own and operate gas distribution systems outside the respective territories of the member-municipalities [§…”
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