11-42-103
Section 11-42-103 Division of consolidated municipality into wards by commission; election of mayor and other officers. (a) The mayor and one councilman from each municipality to be selected by the council shall be constituted a commission to divide such consolidated municipality into wards, and if they are unable to agree, they shall call in another person who shall cast a deciding vote, and such consolidated city or town shall be divided into wards as the commission or a majority of them may direct. (b) At a day not more than 30 days after said commission has divided such city or town into wards, an election, conforming to the general municipal election law, shall be held and conducted by officers selected by such commission, at which election a mayor and the proper officers for a municipality of such size shall be elected. Officers conducting such election shall forthwith count the votes and make return to the commission, who shall declare the results of such election, and those...
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11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section 11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot....
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11-44B-5
Section 11-44B-5 Conduct of elections; qualifications of mayor and council; qualifying fee. The elections provided for herein, and all subsequent elections, shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as provided by the general law of the state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council forms of government, except as otherwise herein provided by this article. The mayor shall be elected by the whole of the electors of the city, shall be a qualified elector of the city, and shall have been a resident of the city for at least 90 days prior to his election and shall reside within the limits of the city during his term of office. Council members shall be elected by the electors of the district which they represent, shall be qualified electors of the city, shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior to their election, and shall reside in said district during their term of office. Any person...
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11-46-25
the ballot shall in general conform substantially to the plan given in subsection (f). (d) Ballots shall be fastened together in convenient numbers in books or blocks in such manner that each ballot may be detached and removed separately, and each ballot shall have attached to it a stub of sufficient size to enable one of the inspectors to write or stamp his or her name or initials thereon and so attached to the ballot that when the same is folded the stub can be detached therefrom without injury to the ballot or exposing the contents thereof. (e) Absentee ballots shall be in the form prescribed for absentee ballots by Title 17. (f) The ballot shall be arranged in substantially the following form: For Mayor Vote for One ( ) John Doe ( ) Richard Roe For City Council Place Number One ( ) ___ ( ) ___ For City Council Place Number Two ( )___ ( ) ___ Etc. (g) The mayor shall cause to be printed on the ballots the name...
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45-13-241
Section 45-13-241 Consolidation of offices and duties of tax assessor and tax collector; chief clerk; oath and bond; office space, equipment; disposition of funds. (a) On and after October 1, 1991, or if a vacancy occurs in either the office of tax assessor or the office of tax collector of Clarke County before such date, then immediately upon the occurrence of such vacancy there shall be the office of county revenue commissioner in Clarke County. If such office is established upon the occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or tax collector, then the tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be, remaining in office shall be the county revenue commissioner for the remainder of the term for which elected tax assessor or tax collector, as the case may be. A revenue commissioner shall be elected in the primaries and the general election in November 1990, and in the general election every six years thereafter. He or she shall serve for a term of office of six...
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45-5A-70
Section 45-5A-70 Election of board of education; referendum. (a)(1) Pursuant to Amendment 659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and as soon as practicable after final approval of this section by the United States Department of Justice, if necessary, the Oneonta City Council shall call an authorizing referendum election, to be held at the time of the next general election held in the city on November 7, 2000, regarding changing the Oneonta City Board of Education to an elected city board of education. (2) If a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality voting in the authorizing referendum election vote in favor of an elected city board of education, the board shall be established as provided in this section and the Legislature, as provided in Amendment 659, from time to time, by local law may provide further for the election and operation of the Oneonta City Board of Education. The local laws may provide for the termination of the terms of office of members of the...
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11-42-101
Section 11-42-101 Mode of consolidation - When municipalities to form new corporate organization. If municipalities desiring to consolidate wish to form a new and distinct corporate organization to be operated under the name of either one of such municipalities or a different name, the several councils, upon the filing with the mayor or chief executive officer or chief executive authority of each of such municipalities of a petition signed by not less than one fourth of the number of the qualified electors residing in each of such municipalities setting forth that they desire the consolidation of such municipalities, shall each pass an ordinance expressing the purpose thenceforth to operate as one municipal corporation under the name therein mentioned and call an election to be held simultaneously in the several municipalities on a day designated by said ordinances, not less than 30 days after the passage thereof. Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as general municipal...
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11-44F-25
Section 11-44F-25 Subsequent referendum to reconsider status of mayor as part-time position. In the event that the governing body of any Class 8 municipality, which has adopted an ordinance pursuant to Section 11-44F-22, shall later determine that it would be in the best interests of the municipality that a subsequent referendum be held to reconsider the status of the mayor as a part-time position in such city (town), then the governing body may, by resolution, provide for a subsequent referendum upon the issue and, if so provided, the ballot shall be substantially as set forth in Section 11-44F-21, except that the question presented shall read substantially as follows: Check one of the following: Do you favor that the office of mayor of the City (Town) of ___ shall no longer be required to be a full-time position? Yes ___ No ___. If a majority of the voters voting cast their votes in favor of no longer requiring the position of mayor to be full time, then the governing body of the...
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45-12-240
Section 45-12-240 Consolidation of offices and powers; oath; compensation. (a) This section shall apply only in Choctaw County. (b) The purpose of this section is to conserve revenue and promote the public convenience in the county by consolidating the office of tax assessor and the office of tax collector into one county office designated as the office of county revenue commissioner. (c) At the expiration of the next term of office of the tax assessor and the office of the tax collector of the county following the effective date of this section, or if a vacancy occurs in either office, then immediately upon the occurrence of the vacancy, the office of county revenue commissioner shall be established. If the office of county revenue commissioner is established upon the occurrence of a vacancy in either the office of tax assessor or the office of tax collector, the tax assessor or the tax collector, as the case may be, remaining in office shall be the county revenue commissioner for the...
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45-22-240
Section 45-22-240 Consolidation of offices and powers. (a) After September 30, 1979, there shall be a county revenue commissioner in Cullman County. A commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1978, and at the general election every six years thereafter, who shall serve for a term of six years from the thirtieth day of September next after his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and has qualified. (b) The county revenue commissioner shall do and perform all acts, duties, and functions required by law to be performed either by the tax assessor or by the tax collector of the county relative to the assessment of property for taxation, the collection of taxes, the keeping of records, and the making of reports concerning assessments for and the collection of taxes. (c) Subject to the approval of the court of county commissioners or other like county governing body, the county revenue commissioner shall appoint and fix the duties and compensation of a...
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