11-42-201
Section 11-42-201 Certification and filing with probate judge of resolution, plat or
map, and list of qualified electors. Upon the passage of such resolution the mayor or person
holding the chief office of such city or town shall certify a copy of such resolution, together
with a plat or map correctly defining the corporate limits proposed to be established, and
the names of all qualified electors residing in the territory proposed to be excluded from
the area of such corporation, and file the same with the judge of probate of the county in
which said city or town is situated. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2414; Code
1940, T. 37, §238.)...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties
consent to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the
public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution)
shall be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor
to certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section,
the judge of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing
of such resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and
ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...

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45-8A-110
Section 45-8A-110 Annexation based on resolution of public health or public good; elections.
(a) Whenever the council of the City of Oxford shall pass a resolution to the effect that
the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution)
shall be brought within the limits of the City of Oxford: (1) It shall be the duty of the
mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County and the
certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to
be annexed, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate.
(2) Within 10 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, the judge of probate must
make and enter an order upon the minutes of the court, directing and ordering an election
to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory described, not less than
20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the making of the order. The...
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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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11-42-204
Section 11-42-204 Order to be entered directing election as to establishment of proposed
corporate limits. If any protest against such change is made by any person within the territory
to be excluded and reasonable cause is shown which, in the opinion of the judge of probate,
requires that such question be submitted to the qualified electors of such city or town, the
judge of probate shall make an order and enter the same upon the minutes of the probate court
directing and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors of said city or town
not less than 10 nor more than 30 days from the making of such order. (Acts 1923, No. 372,
p. 394; Code 1923, §2418; Code 1940, T. 37, §242.)...
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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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11-42-100.1
Section 11-42-100.1 Mode of consolidation - When municipality to annex city or town.
(a) When two or more municipalities lying contiguous to each other desire to consolidate and
operate as one municipality, they may do so by proceeding in the manner hereafter provided
in this section. (b) If it is the purpose to annex a city or town to another municipality,
then the governing body of each city or town shall adopt an ordinance expressing a willingness
to such annexation. After both ordinances are passed and published as provided for by law,
the governing body of the municipality to be annexed shall, by resolution submit the question
of annexation at a special election to be held at a time specified in such resolution, not
less than 40 days nor more than 90 days after passage of the last adopted willingness ordinance
or at a time otherwise specified by law. No other proposition may be on the ballot. Said election
shall be held pursuant to the general municipal election laws. (c) In...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery
of fire and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county
pursuant to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors
who vote at a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval
of the mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election
for the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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11-99A-4
Section 11-99A-4 Establishment of districts. (a) One or more owners of land wishing
to form a district in a municipality or a county may petition the municipality or county to
form a district as follows: (1) The owners shall prepare a written petition executed by the
owners of all land proposed to be included within the district. (2) The petition shall include
a description of the tract or tracts of land proposed to be included within the district,
which may include less than all of any individual tract of land. The description shall be
sufficient if it refers to tax assessment tracts in accordance with the tax assessor's numbering
or other reference system, by metes and bounds, by subdivision lot, by reference to recorded
deeds, or by other reasonable reference method. (3) The petition shall include a map or plat
of the proposed district, showing that, if the district is created, (i) with respect to a
petition being submitted to a municipality, the land will be contiguous with land...
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45-25-100
Section 45-25-100 Election of members. (a) The DeKalb County Board of Education shall
consist of five members, each elected from a separate single-member district, nominated and
elected by the qualified electors of the district. The members shall take office as provided
by general law. (b) Beginning with the next term of office, members shall be elected for a
term of six years, and every six years thereafter as provided by general law. (c) Each board
member shall be a resident of the single-member district from which the member is elected.
The residency shall have been established at least one year before the general election at
which the member is elected. (d) DeKalb County, excluding the area located within the corporate
limits of the City of Fort Payne, shall be divided into five districts which shall be substantially
equal in population (within five percent plus or minus) according to the last federal decennial
census. The initial boundaries of the districts shall be based upon a...
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