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45-48-101.22
Section 45-48-101.22 Boundaries of districts. (a) Following the release of any federal decennial
census, the board, by majority vote, may change the boundaries of the districts in order to
create single-member districts that comply with the one-person, one-vote requirement of the
United States Constitution and may provide that members be elected from single-member districts,
reside within those districts, and be elected by majority vote of the electors voting in the
district. Any revised district arrangement to be used, in whole or in part, shall be approved
by the board not less than 180 days before the election in which the revised districts shall
first be used. (b) No change to the boundaries of existing districts shall be adopted by the
board unless the board first shall have advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in
Marshall County for at least two consecutive weeks the time and place of the meeting at which
the change shall be voted upon. The advertisement shall include...
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10A-2A-1.48
Section 10A-2A-1.48 Action on ratification. (a) The quorum and voting requirements applicable
to a ratifying action by the board of directors under Section 10A-2A-1.47(a) shall be the
quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified
at the time such ratifying action is taken. (b) If the ratification of the defective corporate
action requires approval by the stockholders under Section 10A-2A-1.47(c), and if the approval
is to be given at a meeting, the corporation shall notify each holder of valid and putative
stock, regardless of whether entitled to vote, as of the record date for notice of the meeting
and as of the date of the occurrence of defective corporate action, provided that notice shall
not be required to be given to holders of valid or putative stock whose identities or addresses
for notice cannot be determined from the records of the corporation. The notice must state
that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting, is to...
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11-42-51
Section 11-42-51 Canvassing of returns; entry, recordation, etc., of orders, maps, etc., as
to annexation of territory. The judge of probate must canvass the returns as made by the inspectors
and if it appears that a majority of the votes cast at the election were "for annexation"
the judge shall make and enter an order on the records of the probate court adjudging and
decreeing the corporate limits of the city to be extended so as to embrace the territory described
in the resolution and designated on the plat or map attached to the resolution, and must cause
the certified resolution and all orders or decrees or judgments to be recorded in the records
in his office and must also cause the map or plat to be recorded in the map records in his
office, and from the time of the entry of such order such territory shall be a part of and
within the corporate limits of the city with the limitations, rights, powers, and privileges
set forth in this article. If it appears that a majority of the...
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17-9-13
Section 17-9-13 Voting assistance; time allowed to finish voting. (a) Any person who wishes
assistance in voting may receive assistance from any person the voter chooses except the voter's
employer, an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. The voter
is not required to state a reason for requesting assistance. To obtain assistance, the voter
must specifically request assistance by naming the person from whom assistance is sought and
by signing in the appropriate column of the voters' poll list. The person providing assistance
shall legibly sign in the adjacent column on the same line as the assisted voter's name. By
signing the poll list, the assistant shall certify that he or she is not the voter's employer,
an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. If the voter is unable
to sign the poll list, the person giving assistance shall write the voter's name in the appropriate
column and then sign his or her own name in the third...
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45-2-261.07
Section 45-2-261.07 Procedure for exercising jurisdiction in each district. The Baldwin County
Commission shall not exercise its planning and zoning powers and jurisdiction in any district
established hereunder until the majority of the qualified electors of the district voting
in an election shall have voted their desire to come within the planning and zoning authority
of the Baldwin County Commission. The election shall be held if 10 percent of the qualified
electors in any district submit a written petition to the county commission expressing a desire
to be subject to the planning and zoning jurisdiction of the Baldwin County Commission under
authority of this subpart. For the purposes of the establishment of districts after June 1,
2010, a district shall correspond to a voting precinct or precincts in the county unless the
county governing body determines that the use of voting precinct boundaries is not feasible.
A party or parties seeking to file a petition shall notify 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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11-44B-25
Section 11-44B-25 Procedures to reduce or delete areas from police jurisdiction. Notwithstanding
any law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality that is organized pursuant to this article
may from time to time reduce or delete various portions and areas from the territorial limits
of its respective police jurisdiction or its planning jurisdiction or both as established
by law, including, but not limited to, Sections 11-40-10 and 11-52-30, Act 76-594 and as amended
by Act 94-539, the reduction and deletion shall be pursuant to the following procedure: (1)
INITIATION. The governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution calling for public
hearings to consider the adoption of an ordinance or ordinances for the purpose of deleting
a portion or portions of territory from its respective police jurisdiction or planning jurisdiction,
or both, as the case may be. The resolution shall state the time, date, and place of all public
hearings in regard to the ordinance and a reasonably...
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11-65-5
Section 11-65-5 Composition of commission; terms; qualifications; removal from office. (a)
Every commission shall have five members, which shall constitute its governing body. All powers
of a commission shall be exercised by its members or pursuant to their authorization. The
mayor or other chief executive officer of the sponsoring municipality and the president or
other designated presiding officer of the county commission of the host county shall each
serve as a member ex officio, unless such official exercises his or her right, as provided
in subsection (b), to appoint a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of such official. The service
of each such official as a member shall begin with the beginning of his or her tenure in such
office and shall end with the ending of such tenure or the appointment by such official of
a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of his or her ex officio service. The other three members
shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter prescribed as soon as may be...
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17-6-46
Section 17-6-46 Instructional posters. (a) The judge of probate shall cause to be printed in
large type posters of instructions for the guidance of electors in preparing their ballots.
Instructional information shall not show partiality to any political party or candidate. The
information shall include: (1) A sample version of the ballot that will be used for that election.
(2) Information regarding the date of the election and the hours during which polling places
will be open. (3) Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote and how to cast
a provisional ballot. (4) Instructions for mail-in registrants and first-time voters registering
and voting for the first time after January 1, 2003. (5) General information on voting rights
under applicable federal and state laws, including information on the right of an individual
to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials
if these rights are alleged to have been violated. (6) General...
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39-7-29
Section 39-7-29 Authorization and procedure for enlarging of services furnished by authority.
The authority shall not include in an enterprise in which it is engaged the furnishing of
any services not named in the petition provided for by this chapter unless the furnishing
of such additional services shall be submitted to and approved by the electors of the territory
of such authority. If the board of trustees of such authority shall by resolution determine
to submit the question of furnishing such additional services or if a petition requesting
the submission of such a question in the general form and executed as provided for petitions
for the submission to vote on the question of incorporating an authority under this chapter
shall be filed with the secretary of the board of trustees of the authority, such question
shall be submitted for the approval of such electors at a special election in the territory
to be held not less than 60 days after the adoption of such resolution or the...
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