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11-42-21
Section 11-42-21 Annexation proceedings. Whenever all of the owners of property located and
contained within an area contiguous to the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality
located in the state of Alabama and such property does not lie within the corporate limits
or police jurisdiction of any other municipality, shall sign and file a written petition with
the city clerk of such municipality requesting that such property or territory be annexed
to the said municipality, and the governing body of such municipality adopts an ordinance
assenting to the annexation of said property to such municipality, the corporate limits of
said municipality shall be extended and rearranged so as to embrace and include such property
and such property or territory shall become a part of the corporate area of such municipality
upon the date of publication of said ordinance. It is provided further, that in the event
any such incorporated municipality's police jurisdiction overlaps with the police...
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11-43-64
Section 11-43-64 Procedural requirements for increasing number of single-member districts in
Class 3 municipalities. Notwithstanding other provision of law, including but not limited
to Section 11-43-63, a Class 3 municipality may, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the
membership of the council 90 days prior to the regular general municipal election, increase
the number of single-member districts (wards) in the municipality up to and including nine
members. The ordinance may only be considered after two weeks public notice has been given,
outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide
that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided
into districts, shall have resided within the boundaries of the district (ward) for which
he or she seeks election for at least 30 days immediately preceding the date of the election,
and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or...
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11-65-1
Section 11-65-1 Legislative declarations and findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares
as follows: (1) As the basis for enacting Act No. 84-131, the Legislature found and determined
that the conduct within Class 1 municipalities in the state of horse racing events and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon will generate additional revenues for governmental and charitable purposes,
provide additional jobs for the residents of the state and benefit the businesses related
to tourism and recreation within any such municipality and throughout the surrounding areas
of the state; it is desirable to permit the qualified voters of any Class 1 municipality to
determine through referendum whether horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will be
permitted in such municipality; and for each Class 1 municipality in which horse racing is
approved by the voters thereof, it is necessary and desirable to provide for the establishment
of a racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel...
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45-35A-54.17
Section 45-35A-54.17 Grants for use, etc., of public streets, property, etc. - Objections,
election. Pending the passage of any such resolution, bylaw, or ordinance, or during the time
intervening between its final passage and the expiration of the 30 days during which publication
shall be made as above provided, the legally qualified voters of the city may by written petition
or petitions addressed to the board of commissioners object to such grant, and if, during
this period, such written petition or petitions signed by at least a number of qualified voters
equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city, or fraction thereof, according to the
last federal census, shall be filed with the board of commissioners, the board shall forthwith
order an election, at which the legally qualified voters of the city shall vote for or against
the proposed grant as set forth in the bylaw, resolution, or ordinance. In the call for the
election the resolution, bylaw, or ordinance making the grant...
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45-45A-80.01
Section 45-45A-80.01 Increase to ad valorem tax. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
following words have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT NO 373. Amendment No. 373 of the
Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 217 of the Official Recompilation
of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (2) TOWN. The Town of Triana, Alabama. (3) TOWN GENERAL
AD VALOREM TAX. The tax authorized pursuant to the applicable provisions of the general laws
of this state and the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to be levied by the town for general
municipal purposes and without express limit as to time. (b) The town presently levies and
collects the town general ad valorem tax. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Town Council
of the Town of Triana after a public hearing in accordance with Amendment No. 373, the Town
of Triana proposes to increase the rate at which it may levy and collect the town general
ad valorem tax by an additional 12 mills ($1.20 on each one hundred dollars)...
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45-49-91.04
Section 45-49-91.04 Certification of petition. The judge of probate, with assistance from the
revenue commissioner of the county, shall certify the accuracy of the petition within 30 days
of receipt in his or her office. If the accuracy of the petition cannot be certified, the
judge of probate shall return the petition to the person or persons submitting it to the probate
court, and shall notify the persons submitting the petition of the reason or reasons for returning
the petition and that no election will be called. If the petition is certified, the judge
of probate shall provide for a special election on the question within that district within
70 days from the date the petition was certified by the judge of probate. The judge of probate
shall certify no more than one petition for election per district during any calendar year
and no special election shall be held within the 12-month period since the previous special
election on this issue. (Act 2005-75, p. 111, ยง 5.)...
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11-44E-41
Section 11-44E-41 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any
election for the office of commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office
of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy accompanied by a petition signed
by a minimum of fifty registered voters of such commission district or in the case of mayor,
one hundred registered voters of the municipality, endorsing the candidacy of such candidate
and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or notary public. Such statement shall
be filed by 5:00 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the date set for the election
and shall be substantially in the following form: "State of Alabama, _____ County. I,
the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of
_____, in said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire
to become a candidate for the office of commissioner for District _____, in said City...
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11-44E-71
Section 11-44E-71 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any
election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied by a petition signed by a
minimum of 100 registered voters of such city endorsing the candidacy of such candidate and
an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or by a notary public that such person
is duly qualified to hold the office for which he (she) desires to be a candidate. Such statement
shall be filed by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the day set for such election
and shall be in substantially the following form: "State of Alabama, _____ County. I,
the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of
_____, in said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire
to become a candidate for the office of mayor in said City at the election for...
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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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