11-3A-2
Section 11-3A-2 Powers for public welfare, health, and safety; authorization; scope.
(a) Except where otherwise specifically prohibited or provided for either heretofore or hereafter
by general law or the constitution of this state and subject to the procedures and limitations
set out in this chapter, the county commission of a county may provide for its property and
affairs; and for the public welfare, health, and safety of the citizens throughout the unincorporated
areas of the county by exercising certain powers for the protection of the county and public
property under its control. The powers granted herein to provide for the public welfare, health,
and safety of its citizens shall only include the following: (1) Abatement of weeds as a public
nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60. (2) Subject to the provisions of Section
6-5-127, control of animals and animal nuisances. (3) Control of litter as defined in subsection
(b) of Section 13A-7-29, or rubbish as defined in subdivision...
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11-50-392
Section 11-50-392 Contents, acknowledgment, filing, and recordation of certificate of
incorporation; procedure for amendment thereof; dissolution of district and disposition of
systems, etc., upon payment of indebtedness of district in full. (a) The certificate of incorporation
of any gas district incorporated under this article shall state: (1) The name of the corporation,
which shall be a name indicating in a general way the area or municipalities proposed to be
served by the district (e.g., "The South Alabama Gas District" or "The _____
County Gas District" or "The _____, _____, and _____ (naming the municipalities
which are members thereof) Gas District"); (2) The names of all the municipalities which
are to be members of the district; (3) The location of the principal office of the district
and its post office address; (4) The period for the duration of the corporation (if the duration
is to be perpetual, this fact should be stated); and (5) The objects for which the district
is...
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11-88-5
Section 11-88-5 Authorization and procedure for amendment of certificate of incorporation.
(a) The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated under the provisions of
this article may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this
section. (b)(1) The board of directors of the authority shall first adopt a resolution
proposing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full
in the resolution and which amendment may include: a. A change in the name of the authority;
b. The addition to the service area of the authority of new territory lying within the determining
county; c. Provisions for the operation of a system or facility the operation of which is
not then provided for in the certificate of incorporation of the authority and which the authority
is authorized by this article to operate; d. Any matters which might have been included in
the original certificate of incorporation; e. Provisions for the addition...
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7-9A-102
Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) Article 9A definitions. In
this article: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other
goods in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) "Account,"
except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation,
whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased,
licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (ii) for services rendered or to be rendered,
(iii) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (iv) for a secondary obligation incurred
or to be incurred, (v) for energy provided or to be provided, (vi) for the use or hire of
a vessel under a charter or other contract, (vii) arising out of the use of a credit or charge
card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (viii) as winnings in a lottery
or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or...

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11-41-21
Section 11-41-21 Petition to probate judge for dissolution. Three-fourths of the qualified
voters residing within the corporate limits of any municipal corporation having a population
of 1,100 inhabitants or less may, in writing, petition to the probate judge of the county
in which the same is situated for a dissolution of such corporation. (Acts 1919, No. 517,
p. 739; Code 1923, §2327; Code 1940, T. 37, §18.)...
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11-40-65
Section 11-40-65 Filing petition for foreclosure; form of petition; notice. (a) After
a municipal code lien has been recorded with the office of the probate judge of the county
in which the real property lies, the Class 2 municipality may identify those properties on
which to commence a judicial in rem foreclosure in accordance with this article, except that
those properties the Class 2 municipality identifies as owner occupied shall not be subject
to judicial in rem foreclosure under this article. The Class 2 municipality shall not file
a petition for judicial in rem foreclosure in accordance with this article for a period of
six months following the date upon which the municipal code lien is recorded in the office
of the probate judge. A petition for judicial in rem foreclosure may include any other municipal
code lien that has been filed prior to the date the petition is filed. After enforcement proceedings
have commenced in accordance with this article, the enforcement proceedings...
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11-42-42
Section 11-42-42 Certification and filing of resolution and map or plat of territory
to be annexed with probate judge. (a) The mayor or other executive head of the city shall
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be brought into the city is situated, and said certified resolution shall have
attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to be brought into the corporate
limits of the city, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed with the judge
of probate. (b) The plat or map filed with the certified copy of the resolution as required
in subsection (a) of this section shall show the boundary of the territory proposed
to be taken into the city, which territory must be contiguous to the boundary of the city
at some point and may extend to or around the boundary line of any other city, but is not
to embrace any territory within the corporate limits of another city. (Code 1907, §§1077,
1089; Code...
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45-36-20
Section 45-36-20 Charge of classification for incorporated municipalities. (a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2A of Title 28, and pursuant
to authority granted by Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the electors
of an incorporated municipality located in Jackson County with a population of 2,500 or more
inhabitants may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option
election as provided by this section. (b)(1) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number
of voters voting in the last general election of the municipality having a population of 2,500
or more inhabitants being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality,
the governing body shall call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine
the sentiment of the people as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed
in the municipality. The petition for the municipal option...
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39-7-7
Section 39-7-7 Submission of question proposed by petition to voters at general election.
If the petition shall have been filed with the clerk or probate judge or, in case a summary
proceeding has been instituted, a final order thereon has been made in favor of the sufficiency
of the petition not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to a general city or
town or county election, the body of the city or town to which such petition is directed or
the probate judge of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall cause the
question proposed by the petition to be duly submitted to a vote of the electors of the territory
at such general election. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §22.)...
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45-37-140.06
Section 45-37-140.06 Election notice. (a) As used herein the following terms shall have
the meanings hereby ascribed to them: (1) DISTRICT. A district for fighting fires, a district
for garbage disposal, or a district for fighting fires and garbage disposal. (2) FIRE STATION.
A fire station maintained in a district or a fire station within a proposed district being
maintained and operated at the time the petition for an election on the proposed district
is filed in the office of the judge of probate. (3) PROPOSED AREA. An area which it is proposed
be brought within a district by enlargement of the district. (4) PROPOSED DISTRICT. An area
for which it is proposed that there be established a district. (b) Not more than 35 days and
not less than 20 days before any election is held under this article the judge of probate
shall publish one time a notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory
where the election is to be held. The notice shall state all of the...
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