11-40-8
Section 11-40-8 Division of municipalities into wards. The several councils of cities or towns
shall divide such cities or towns into wards having as nearly as may be the same number of
inhabitants, the lines thereof conforming to the center of the streets or alleys and being
rectangular as far as practicable. Ward lines, having once been fixed, shall not be changed
by the council within three months previous to an election nor within 18 months of the time
last established; except, that in the cases where a census showing a population authorizing
a change in the form of government shall have been taken or where, within such time, additional
territory shall have been annexed to such city or town, such councils shall have the right
to create new wards or annex such territory to wards already established. (Code 1907, §§1062,
1065; Acts 1909, No. 56, p. 100; Code 1923, §§1753, 1756; Code 1940, T. 37, §7.)...
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11-42-102
Section 11-42-102 Exemption from taxation of industrial or manufacturing plants. The council
of any city or town that alters and rearranges its boundary lines so as to absorb two or more
cities or towns may exempt from taxation for a period not exceeding five years any industrial
or manufacturing plant situated in the territory added to said city or town, but said terms
of exemption shall not be renewed or extended. The council of any city or town may also exempt
from taxation for a period not to exceed 10 years any industrial or manufacturing plant that
may be established in said city or town; provided, that said term of exemption shall not be
renewed. (Code 1907, §1127; Code 1923, §1821; Code 1940, T. 37, §189.)...
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11-42-133
Section 11-42-133 Creation, etc., of wards; election of aldermen; division of wards into voting
precincts; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards or voting precincts. (a) The council
or governing body of the annexing city or town shall create new wards (as many as may be deemed
to be necessary) regardless of any limitation in the charter of the annexing city or town
on the number of wards, or enlarge wards so as to embrace all territory embraced in the annexed
city or town and so as to afford opportunity to all persons in the territory embraced in the
annexed city or town to vote in all elections and participate in the government of the annexing
city or town, and each ward in the annexing city or town shall have the same number of aldermen,
but in no event shall there be more than 30 aldermen or representatives in the council or
governing body of the city or town. (b) The council or governing body of the city or town
shall elect aldermen for the wards, embracing all the territory...
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11-43A-33
Section 11-43A-33 Reapportionment of council districts; filing of recommended plan with council;
redistricting ordinances; effect on incumbents and on elections held within six months. Whenever
there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced
by a federal census of population published following the last federal census of population
preceding the adoption of this article, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate
limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter
provided: (1) The manager shall within six months after the publication of each federal census
of population for the municipality, following the last federal census of population preceding
the adoption of this article, or within six months after there shall have been any substantial
change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing
a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council...
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11-43C-90
Section 11-43C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the five districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be drafted...
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11-44C-90
Section 11-44C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the seven districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be...
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11-44A-6
Section 11-44A-6 Reapportionment of council districts. Whenever there shall be a change in
population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of
population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a
reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The mayor
shall, within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the
municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial change in the
corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications:
a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact
territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well-defined
boundaries; b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is...
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11-44D-8
Section 11-44D-8 Reapportionment of council districts. Whenever there shall be a change in
population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of
population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a
reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The mayor
shall within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the
municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial change in the
corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications:
a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and to the extent reasonably possible, compact
territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well defined
boundaries; b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is...
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11-43D-5
Section 11-43D-5 Effect of change of population; manner of reapportionment of council districts.
Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established,
evidenced by a federal census of population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate
limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter
provided: (1) The mayor shall within six months after the publication of each federal census
of population for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial
change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing
a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the
following specifications: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent
reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of
streets or other well-defined boundaries; b. Each...
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11-46-23
Section 11-46-23 Authority and procedure for adjustment of boundary lines of wards, division
of wards into voting districts, etc. The boundaries of wards within municipalities which have
been divided into wards as now defined shall so remain until changed by ordinance. Hereafter
the municipal governing body may, in its discretion, readjust the boundary lines of wards
and may divide or consolidate any number of wards and resubdivide the same into voting districts;
provided, that no such adjustment shall be made within three months of any election unless
such adjustment is made during calendar year 1984 for the purpose of complying with the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 as amended. Whenever the municipal governing body readjusts any ward lines
or divides a ward into voting districts, the ordinance whereby the ward is established or
subdivided into voting districts shall describe the territory composing the ward, and when
the ward has been subdivided, the territory composing each district...
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