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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