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11-42-151
Section 11-42-151 Councils to define boundaries of territory to be incorporated in consolidated
municipality upon receipt of petition requesting election as to consolidation. When 10 percent
in numbers of the qualified voters according to the last municipal election of each of the
municipalities to be consolidated shall sign a petition addressed to their respective municipal
councils, requesting that an election be held to determine whether the three municipalities
be consolidated, said councils of the municipalities between which outside territory to be
incorporated in the consolidated municipality lies shall define the boundaries of such territory.
(Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1860; Code 1940, T. 37, §219.)...
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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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45-37-140.13
Section 45-37-140.13 Annexation; referendum; hearing; reestablishment of boundaries. (a) Whenever
any municipal corporation in Jefferson County annexes any portion of a district and a petition
is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting annexation of the remaining portion
of the district, the petition containing the following: (1) signatures of 20 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 200 qualified electors, whichever
is less, and (2) a written statement signed by at least two members of the board of trustees
of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either 10 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or 100 qualified electors residing within
the district, whichever is applicable, and (3) a description of the district; then the governing
body of such municipal corporation shall provide for and finance the cost of a referendum
election wherein the remaining qualified voter residents of...
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45-37A-250
Section 45-37A-250 Authorization to annex remaining portion of Virginia Mines Fire District.
(a) The Legislature finds that the City of Hueytown has annexed a substantial portion of the
Virginia Volunteer Fire District and desires to annex the remaining portion of the district
pursuant to the procedures established in this section. (b)(1) The City of Hueytown may annex
the remaining unincorporated portion of the Virginia Volunteer Fire District, upon the filing
of a petition with the clerk of the municipality requesting the annexation. The petition filed
with the clerk of the municipality shall contain all of the following: a. Signatures of 10
percent of the qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 100 qualified
electors, whichever is less. b. A written statement signed by at least two members of the
board of trustees of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either
10 percent of the qualified electors residing within the district or...
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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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11-42-21
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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11-42-152
Section 11-42-152 Calling of election; conduct of election generally; notice of election. (a)
The governing bodies shall within 10 days thereafter call an election at which the qualified
electors residing in the municipalities may vote at their usual voting places for or against
consolidation, and the voters residing in the territory outside the limits of either of the
municipalities shall also be permitted to vote at the voting place in either municipality
nearest to their place of residence. (b) The governing bodies of each municipality shall name
the election officers in their respective municipalities, and said election shall be governed,
the returns canvassed and the results declared as provided by law for other municipal elections.
(c) Such election shall be held in each of such municipalities on the same day and must be
advertised in each of the newspapers published in the county in which such municipalities
are situated once a week for four successive weeks, and said...
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45-9-91.20
Section 45-9-91.20 Establishment and designation; services; regulation of industrial parks.
(a) Subject to the written approval of the owners of 100 percent in interest based on assessed
value for ad valorem tax purposes of each 10 acres, or the part thereof to be included in
the proposed industrial park, the County Commission of Chambers County in the State of Alabama
may establish industrial parks composed of territory wholly within the county boundaries and
without the boundaries of any municipality. Any person, firm, or corporation who desires to
obtain a designation of an area as an industrial park shall file a petition with the county
commission of the county wherein the property is located requesting that the county commission
designate the area proposed as an industrial park, and include with such petition the consent
of the land owners as above required. The consent of each consenting owner shall be acknowledged
before a notary public or other person authorized to take...
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39-7-10
Section 39-7-10 Adoption of resolution setting forth question submitted and votes cast; declaration
of incorporation of improvement authority. At the regular meeting of the governing body of
the municipality next succeeding the completion of the canvass and the statement and proclamation
of result, such governing body shall adopt a resolution setting forth the question submitted
at the election, the number of votes cast for the question and the number of votes cast against
the question. If the number of votes cast for the question exceeds the number of votes cast
against the question at such election, such resolution shall further declare that the citizens
of the State of Alabama who are inhabitants of the territory, the boundaries of which are
coterminous with the boundaries of such municipality, are incorporated as the "Improvement
Authority of _____." (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §26.)...
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11-23-1
Section 11-23-1 Authority of county commissions to establish; written approval of owners required;
petition for designation. Subject to the written approval of the owners of 100 percent in
interest based on assessed value for ad valorem tax purposes of each 10 acres, or the part
thereof to be included in the proposed industrial park, the county commission of any county
in the State of Alabama may establish industrial parks composed of territory wholly within
the county boundaries and without the boundaries of any municipality. Any person, firm, or
corporation who desires to obtain a designation of an area as an industrial park shall file
a petition with the county commission of the county wherein the property is located requesting
that the county commission designate the area proposed as an industrial park, and include
with such petition the consent of the land owners as above required. The consent of each consenting
owner shall be acknowledged before a notary public or other person...
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