'Failure to exercise corporate powers' under § 6-52-301 shall include either subdivisions (1)(A)-(C) combined, or subdivision (2) alone:(1)(A) Failure to elect a mayor or legislative body, or both, for more than one (1) year after the time fixed for such elections; and(B) Failure to levy and collect any municipal ad valorem property taxes for a period of three (3) successive years; and(C) Failure to expend any funds for municipal purposes or adopt a budget for municipal expenditures for a period of three (3) successive years; or(2) Failure to hold any municipal elections for more than twenty (20) years.Acts 1983, ch. 116, § 2.
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