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39-7-8
Section 39-7-8 Holding of special election for submission of question to voters; provisions
of law governing conduct of such elections; payment of expenses of elections. If a petition
shall not have been filed or, in case a summary proceeding has been instituted, a final order
thereon has not been made in favor of the sufficiency of the petition so as to permit the
question to be submitted at a general election within the provisions of Section 39-7-7, the
body to which such petition is directed shall at its next regular meeting succeeding the presentation
of the petition or, in case a summary proceeding has been instituted, succeeding the date
of a final order thereon in favor of the sufficiency of the petition or the probate judge
of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall designate a day for the holding
of a special election to ascertain the will of the electors regarding the question, which
day shall not be less than 30 days nor more than 40 days from the date...
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11-42-207
Section 11-42-207 Question submitted; conduct of election generally; form, marking, etc., of
ballots; appointment, etc., of clerks, inspectors, and returning officer; ascertainment, etc.,
of election results; entry of order as to adoption of proposed corporate limits, etc. (a)
The election shall be to determine whether or not the proposed corporate limits shall be established,
and such election must be conducted in all respects as provided by the general election laws
and under the same sanctions and penalties, except as changed by the provisions of this article
and except that no official ballot need be provided. (b) Each voter may furnish his own ballot
with the following words written or printed thereon: "For adoption of the proposed corporate
limits," if he desires to vote in favor of proposed corporate limits or "Against
the adoption of proposed corporate limits," if he desires to vote against the adoption
of proposed corporate limits. It shall not be necessary for the ballot to...
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11-41-2
Section 11-41-2 Notice of filing; determination of statutory compliance; objections; ordering
and notice of election; contest of election. (a) Upon the filing of the verified application
with the judge of probate, the judge of probate shall give notice of the filing of the application
by publication in one or more newspapers published in the county, if there are any, that an
application to the judge of probate has been submitted and that the judge of probate will
determine if the application complies with Section 11-41-1, and that further notice will be
given for the filing of any objections. (b) The judge of probate shall have a reasonable period
of time, not to exceed 45 days, within which to ascertain compliance with Section 11-41-1.
If the judge of probate determines that the application does not comply with Section 11-41-1,
the judge of probate shall enter an order to that effect, which order shall be sent in accordance
with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. The order shall...
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11-40-10
Section 11-40-10 Police jurisdiction; force and effect of ordinances; jurisdiction on islands
and offshore water adjacent to Florida; annexations. (a)(1) The police jurisdiction in municipalities
having 6,000 or more inhabitants shall cover all adjoining territory within three miles of
the corporate limits, and in municipalities having less than 6,000 inhabitants and in towns,
the police jurisdiction shall extend also to the adjoining territory within a mile and a half
of the corporate limits of the municipality or town. (2) After May 12, 2016, and in addition
to any other requirements of this section, any extension of the police jurisdiction of any
municipality as otherwise provided in subdivision (1) shall not be effective beyond the corporate
boundaries of the municipality without an affirmative vote of the municipal governing body.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this subdivision shall not affect the boundaries of the police
jurisdiction of a municipality existing on May 12, 2016....
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the
effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training
requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote
informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member
of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local
board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board
of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development
and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support
of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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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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15-8-150
Section 15-8-150 Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms. The forms of indictment set
forth in this section in all cases in which they are applicable, are sufficient, and analogous
forms may be used in other cases. (1) CAPTION, COMMENCEMENT AND CONCLUSION GENERALLY. The
State of Alabama,) Circuit court, ___ session, ___) 20___ The grand jury of said county charge
that, before the finding of this indictment, etc. (describing the offense as in the following
forms), against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama. E.F.J.,District Attorney of
the ______ circuit. (2) ADVERTISING, ETC., UNREGISTERED SECURITIES. A. B. did, contrary to
law, and subsequent to the ____ day of ____, 20__, advertise (or otherwise describing the
unlawful act) in this state for the purpose of inducing or securing subscriptions to or sales
of the capital stock of the X. Y. company (or otherwise describing the security so advertised),
which said stock (or other security) had not then...
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11-42-129
Section 11-42-129 Costs and expenses of annexation. The costs and expenses incurred by each
city or town previous to holding the election by the city or town proposed to be annexed to
the other city or town shall be paid respectively by each city or town, and all other costs
and expenses incurred shall be paid by the city or town to which the other city or town is
annexed. (Code 1907, §1142; Code 1923, §1837; Code 1940, T. 37, §204.)...
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11-42-163
Section 11-42-163 Payment or assumption of indebtedness and liabilities of municipality annexed.
All indebtedness and liabilities of every kind and character of the city or town annexed shall
be paid or payment thereof assumed by the annexing city or town. As between the city or town
annexed and the annexing city or town, the agreement of annexation and the terms thereof shall
be binding as regards the payment or assumption of such indebtedness, but as to creditors,
the payment or the assumption of payment by the annexing city or town shall be absolute and
unconditional. (Code 1907, §1148; Code 1923, §1843; Code 1940, T. 37, §210.)...
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11-42-164
Section 11-42-164 Annexation agreement deemed contract between municipalities; right of persons
residing in annexed municipality to enforce agreement against annexing municipality. The agreement
of annexation shall be and shall be held to be a contract by and between the city or town
annexed and the city or town to which annexation is made, and no amendment of this article
or subsequent law enacted shall in anywise abrogate or change the terms of the agreement of
annexation, and any person residing in or owning property in the territory which was embraced
within the city or town annexed shall have the right in a court having jurisdiction to require
the annexing city or town to abide by and carry out the provisions of the agreement of annexation.
(Code 1907, §1149; Code 1923, §1844; Code 1940, T. 37, §211.)...
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