45-31-71
Section 45-31-71 Commission districts. The present members of the Geneva County Commission shall divide the county into commission districts for purposes of electing future members to the county commission. Such districts shall be divided and defined, as nearly as may be, on a population basis, and in contiguous area and as provided by law, so that each district shall have approximately the same population as every other district. The judge of probate shall continue to serve as the ex-officio chair of the commission and shall vote only in cases of tie votes on matters before the commission. Each candidate for district commissioner shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district which he or she represents and upon election shall continue to reside therein throughout their respective terms. Such district members shall be elected only by the qualified electors from the respective districts which they represent. Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as are all other...
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45-36A-102
Section 45-36A-102 Historic preservation commission; architectural review board; review of building plans. (a) The governing body of the City of Scottsboro in Jackson County may adopt ordinances, pass resolutions, or take such appropriate action as necessary to promote the general public welfare within the city, such ordinances to protect the historic character of the city in the manner hereinafter described.. (b) The governing body of the city, upon the recommendation of the historic preservation commission, as provided for below, may designate as a historic district any area, site, building, or structure within the city having an overall atmosphere of either historic or architectural distinction, or both (c) A historic preservation commission with the following membership, duties, and powers may be created by the city governing body: (1) The commission shall be composed of no less than seven members who shall be selected by the city governing body in such a manner as to serve...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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11-85-53
Section 11-85-53 Composition; selection, terms and replacement of representatives; financing; procedure for addition or withdrawal of governmental units, dissolution, etc. (a) All governmental units within the boundaries of a region which are parties to the agreement for the establishment of a regional planning and development commission shall be represented on the commission as provided in this section. The agreement may provide formulas and procedures under which smaller governmental units may select a common representative and larger units may select more than one representative, but there shall be at least one representative for each county and for each city of over 10,000 population. At least a majority of the representation of a commission shall be elected public officials of the participating governmental units. This section shall not apply to any counties which have formed any regional planning commissions. (b) The terms and manner of selection and replacement of the commission...
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45-28-22
Section 45-28-22 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2017 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 16, 2017. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The voters in the unincorporated area of Etowah County may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the unincorporated area of the county on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: The county commission, by resolution, may call an election to determine the sentiment of the voters residing outside the corporate limits of any municipalities within the county, as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed on Sunday in the unincorporated area of the county as further provided for and regulated by ordinance of the county commission. (b) On the ballot to be used for the election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages outside the corporate limits of any municipalities within the county on...
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45-2A-60
Section 45-2A-60 Regulation in unincorporated areas and certain cities. (a) This section shall apply only within the police jurisdictions of the Town of Summerdale, the City of Gulf Shores, the City of Orange Beach, and the City of Foley in the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County. (b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), in the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County, the Town of Summerdale within its police jurisdiction, the City of Gulf Shores within its police jurisdiction, the City of Orange Beach within its police jurisdiction, and the City of Foley within its police jurisdiction may regulate and shall have exclusive zoning authority to regulate billboards within the police jurisdiction of each respective city or town along the Foley Beach Express, otherwise known as the Eastern Corridor. (2) In the case of any area of Baldwin County covered by subdivision (1) which is also in a county zoning district or in an overlapping police jurisdiction, the most stringent regulation...
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45-9-71
Section 45-9-71 Structure and operation. (a) The Court of County Commission of Chambers County is hereby abolished, and there is created in lieu thereof the Chambers County Commission, to be composed of five commissioners as hereinafter provided. Each commissioner shall be a resident and qualified elector of a commissioner's district as provided herein, and shall be elected by the electors of the county at large at the general elections held in November of 1974 and November of 1976. Each commissioner shall serve four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next following his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. In the event of a vacancy, the same shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. Commissioners for Districts 2 and 4 shall be elected in 1974. Commissioners for Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall be elected in 1976. (b) The commissioner's districts of the county as prescribed in subsection (a) of...
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45-37-210
Section 45-37-210 Metropolitan Rapid Rail Study Commission. (a) There is created a rapid rail authority in Jefferson County to be called the Metropolitan Rapid Rail Study Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission. The commission shall be a body corporate and politic, shall be governed and managed as provided for in this section, and shall have the powers and duties provided for by this section, and other applicable provisions of law. (b) The commission shall be composed of five members as follows: (1) One member appointed by the Jefferson County State Senate Delegation. (2) One member appointed by the Jefferson County State House Delegation. (3) One member appointed by the Board of Directors of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority. (4) One member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham. (5) One member appointed by the Jefferson County commissioner in charge of roads and transportation. (c)(1) The members shall be appointed to four-year terms and may be...
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11-19-15
Section 11-19-15 Transferring, sale, etc., of lands in subdivision prior to approval of plat. Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land located within a subdivision within the flood-prone areas transfers or sells or agrees to sell or negotiates to sell any land by reference to, or exhibition of or by other use of a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been approved by the county planning commission and recorded or filed in the office of the judge of probate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided by law, and the description of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or conveyance or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction from the penalties or remedies provided in this chapter. The county commission may enjoin such transfer or sale or agreement by action for injunction brought in any court of equity jurisdiction or may recover...
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11-85-22
Section 11-85-22 Composition; qualifications, appointments, terms of office, and compensation of members; vacancies. (a) The membership of any regional planning commission created and established under this article shall be composed of not less than three representatives of each governmental unit participating in the creation of such. In addition to said minimum representation of three, each governmental unit shall be entitled to appoint one other representative for each 50,000 people residing within the geographical and territorial limits and bounds of such governmental unit according to the most recent federal census; provided, that any commission in which any county having a population in excess of 600,000 participates shall be constituted as follows: Each governmental unit shall have only one representative, except that any city having a population of more than 300,000 shall have 20 representatives, and each county having a population of more than 600,000 shall have 10...
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