11-41-1
Section 11-41-1 Authority; petition to probate judge for order of incorporation. When the inhabitants of an unincorporated community, which has a population of not less than 300, constituting a body of citizens whose residences are contiguous to and all of which form a homogeneous settlement or community, desire to become organized as a municipal corporation, they may apply to the judge of probate of the county in which the territory is situated, or the greater portion thereof if it is situated in two or more counties, for an order of incorporation, by a petition in writing signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors residing within the limits of the proposed municipality and by the persons, firms, or corporations owning at least 60 percent of the acreage of the platted or unplatted land of the proposed municipality. No platted or unplatted territory shall be included within the boundary unless there are at least four qualified electors, according to government survey,...
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11-48-4
Section 11-48-4 General powers of municipalities as to public improvements. All cities or towns in this state may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be executed a contract for the construction of the following named improvements or reimprovements to the streets or any portions thereof and the following named sewers or sewer systems and the following named water and gas mains and service connections. All cities or towns in this state having a population of 60,000 inhabitants or more according to the most recent federal census may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be executed a contract for the construction of the following named drainage improvements or drainage systems or reclamation systems and the filling in of swamps or inundated or overflowed or submerged lands within the limits of such municipality. All cities or towns in this state may design or cause to be designed, contract for and execute or cause to be...
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22-21-278
Section 22-21-278 Kidney disease treatment centers in certain municipalities exempted from certificate of need requirement. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the state and its residents for kidney disease treatment centers to be established and operated throughout the state so that any patient needing such treatment will be able to utilize a hemodialysis unit located within a reasonable distance from his or her home; that a shortage of kidney disease treatment centers now exists in the rural areas and smaller municipalities in the state; that the existence of the certificate of need requirement with respect to new kidney disease treatment centers is a factor that hinders the establishment of new treatment centers in the less heavily-populated areas of the state; that, in order to encourage and facilitate the development of new kidney disease treatment centers in those areas of the state where such centers are most needed, it is rational,...
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40-12-116
Section 40-12-116 Junk dealers. (a) Each junk dealer shall pay the following license tax: in all places of less than 1,000 inhabitants, whether incorporated or not, $10; in towns of 1,000 inhabitants and less than 3,000 inhabitants, or within 10 miles thereof, $20; in cities and towns of 3,000 and less than 10,000 inhabitants, or within 10 miles of the city limits thereof, $30; in cities and towns of 10,000 and less than 20,000 inhabitants, or within 10 miles of the city limits thereof, $50; in cities and towns of 20,000 inhabitants and less than 50,000 inhabitants, or within 10 miles of the city limits thereof, $75; and in cities and towns of 50,000 inhabitants and over or within 10 miles of the city limits thereof, $150. Each junk dealer, his clerk, agent or employee shall keep a book open to inspection in which he shall make entries of all articles of railroad iron or brass, pieces of machinery and plumbing material, automobiles, automobile tires, parts, and accessories, or other...
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45-37A-51.301
Section 45-37A-51.301 Board of health. Employees of the board of health, who were hired prior to June 1, 1994, and who have elected to continue to participate in the system until such employee shall elect to terminate participation in the system, shall be deemed constructively employees of the city during all their time in the service of the board of health, whether past, present, or future, and the retrospective and prospective terms of the system shall be retrospectively and prospectively applied to such constructive employees as fully and restrictively, and with like effect as though the board of health were actually such subsidiary board or department at all times past, present, and future and as though the employees thereof were actually employees of the city at all times while in the service of the board of health, past, present, or future. For the purposes of application of the terms of the system, such constructive employees of the city shall be deemed as in the classified...
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45-48-40
Section 45-48-40 Branch banking authorized. (a) Any bank, incorporated under the laws of this state and having a banking office in Marshall County, and any national bank having a combined paid in capital and earned surplus of at least two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), shall have the power to establish, maintain, and operate within the limits of such county, one or more branches or branch banks, and to conduct all types of banking and trust business at such branch or branch bank as such bank is lawfully authorized to conduct at its principal office; provided that no branch may be established within the city limits of any incorporated municipality having a population of 5,000 or less in accord with the present or any subsequent federal decennial census and in which a bank is already established; and further provided that any such branch or branch bank lawfully established under this section may continue to operate if the population of the incorporated municipality in which it is...
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15-20A-21
Section 15-20A-21 Adult sex offender - Community notification. (a) Immediately upon the release of an adult sex offender or immediately upon notice of where the adult sex offender plans to establish, or has established a fixed residence, the following procedures shall apply: (1) In the Cities of Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville, and Montgomery, the chief of police shall notify all persons who have a legal residence within 1,000 feet of the declared fixed residence of the adult sex offender and all schools and childcare facilities within three miles of the declared fixed residence of the adult sex offender that the adult sex offender will be establishing or has established as his or her fixed residence. (2) In all other cities in Alabama with a resident population of 5,000 or more, the chief of police, or if none, then the sheriff of the county, shall notify all persons who have a legal residence within 1,500 feet of the declared fixed residence of the adult sex offender and all schools...
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24-2-2
Section 24-2-2 Powers of housing authorities or municipalities - Acquisition and redevelopment of blighted property; limitations on eminent domain; definitions. (a) Any housing authority now or hereafter established pursuant to this title, or any incorporated city or town may carry out any work or undertaking, hereafter called a "redevelopment project": (1) To acquire blighted property as defined in subsection (c). (2) To acquire other real property for the purpose of removing, preventing, or reducing blight, blighting factors, or the causes of blight, but this authority to acquire such other property shall not be construed to grant the power of eminent domain to acquire property that is not blighted without the consent of the owner. (3) To clear any areas acquired and install, construct, or reconstruct streets, utilities, and site improvements essential to the preparation of sites for uses in accordance with the redevelopment plan. (4) To sell or lease land so acquired for uses in...
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45-37A-51
Section 45-37A-51 Definitions. The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used in this subpart, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them, unless the context plainly indicates that a different meaning is intended: (1) ACT 556. Act 556 of the Regular Session of the Legislature of 1959 (Acts 1959, p. 1376), as heretofore amended. (2) ACT 929. Act 929 of the Regular Session of the Legislature of 1951 (Acts 1951, p. 1579), as heretofore amended or hereafter amended, which established in and for every city of the State of Alabama having a population 250,000 or more inhabitants according to the last federal census a pension and relief or retirement and relief system for officers and employees of such city and their dependents. (3) CITY. Any city wherein there is established a pension and relief or retirement and relief system for municipal officers and employees provided for by Act 929. (4) FIREMAN. A member of the fire department of the city, whether man or woman,...
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45-42-162.01
Section 45-42-162.01 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them: (1) CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. The sheriff, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, and judge of probate, and such other public offices of Limestone County which are established by the constitution or by statute. (2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Limestone County, and municipalities or special districts located therein. (3) METROPOLITAN-GOVERNMENT. The political entity created by the merger of the political, corporate, and economic functions of Limestone County, the City of Athens, and such other local governments as agree to participate, and shall have the powers and duties previously held by the county and the municipality(ies). (4) MUNICIPALITY. Any incorporated city or town in Limestone County. (5) SPECIAL DISTRICT. An independent political subdivision created pursuant to general or special law for the purpose of performing one or a limited number of functions within prescribed boundaries located...
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