Section 11-43A-91
Thirty-day delay in effect of ordinances granting franchises, etc.; publication at expense of grantee.
No ordinance granting to any person, firm or corporation any franchise, lease or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares or public property of the municipality shall take effect or be enforced until 30 days after final enactment of same by the council and publication of said ordinance as provided by law, which publication shall be made at the expense of the person, firm or corporation applying for said grant.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §22.)