11-41-5
Section 11-41-5 Ordering and notice of election of mayor and councilmen for incorporated municipalities; conduct of election generally; qualifications for voting. Upon making such order of incorporation, the judge of probate shall order an election to be held by the same inspectors or others appointed by him for the purpose of electing a mayor and members of the council authorized by this title, who shall, at such election, be elected from the city or town at large. Such inspectors shall give 30 days' notice of the time and place of holding the election by posting a notice in five public places within the limits of such town or city. Said inspectors shall have the powers and discharge the duties as inspectors and clerks in municipal elections, and said election shall be conducted, as far as practicable, in the manner prescribed in this title for the election of city or town officers, and no person shall vote at such election unless he is a qualified elector of the county and has...
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11-42-157
Section 11-42-157 Division of consolidated municipality into wards; election of officers of consolidated municipality. The council of the consolidated municipality shall before the next general municipal election divide the consolidated municipality into a suitable and convenient number of wards, and at the next municipal election thereafter there shall be elected in the consolidated municipality the officers provided by general law for the government of towns and cities. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1866; Code 1940, T. 37, §225.)...
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11-43A-32
Section 11-43A-32 Establishment of council districts; at-large posts; exception for Class 6 cities. (a) Except as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1 and subject to subsection (b), there shall be established three council districts to be designated respectively as district post 1, district post 2, and district post 3, and in such Class 6 cities, there shall be established four council districts with eight district posts to be designated district 1 post 1, district 1 post 2, district 2 post 1, district 2 post 2, district 3 post 1, district 3 post 2, district 4 post 1, and district 4 post 2. Such districts shall have, as nearly as is reasonable, the same population. The designation and boundaries of the initial council districts shall be specifically described and set forth. In all cities to which this section applies, except the above-described Class 6 cities, the two at-large posts on the council shall be designated as mayor and councilman-at-large; and in such Class 6 cities...
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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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11-47-91
Section 11-47-91 Arrangement and return of enumeration; certification of same to Secretary of State; effect as to conduct of school census. Such enumeration shall be alphabetically arranged and returned to the mayor, together with the original books of enumeration. The mayor shall thereupon certify to the Secretary of State the result of such census, giving the total number of each race residing within the corporate limits of the municipality, and the result so certified by the mayor under the seal of the municipality, attested by the clerk, shall be the official census of such city or town until the next federal census or until a new enumeration shall have been taken. When a municipal census shall have been taken in an odd year, it shall not be necessary to take a separate school census in such municipality during such year, but such school census shall be taken from the result of the enumeration made by the municipality and certified as required by law to the State Superintendent of...
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11-47-95
Section 11-47-95 Limitation upon taking of census. A census may be taken by the cities and towns as provided by this article and a report of the same be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-47-94 as often as the city or town council of any such city or town may deem advisable, but in no event shall such census be taken more than once in each five years. (Acts 1919, No. 357, p. 465; Code 1923, §1763; Code 1940, T. 37, §484.)...
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12-5A-12
Section 12-5A-12 Study commission created. (a) There is created a study commission to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of transferring to state employee status the juvenile probation officers and staff in counties having a population of more than 99,000 according to the 1990 federal decennial census. The commission shall be composed of one person appointed by the Administrative Office of Courts, one person appointed by the Association of County Commissions of Alabama, one person appointed by the Alabama Association of County Commission Clerks and Administrators, one person appointed by the Council of Chief Probation Officers, one person appointed by the juvenile court judges, one person appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one person appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The commission shall meet on or before October 1, 1998, and shall at that time elect a chair and such other officers as it deems necessary. The first meeting of the commission shall...
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16-13-199
Section 16-13-199 Municipality may remain under county board of education; disposition of tax when city assumes control of schools. When a municipality under the jurisdiction of a county board of education attains a population of 5,000 or more, according to the last decennial or any subsequent federal census, the schools of the municipality may remain under control of the county board by agreement between that board and the city council of the municipality, which agreement shall be expressed in resolutions adopted by and spread upon the minutes of the two authorities. If the municipality does not enter into such an agreement, the control of the school or schools of the territory within the municipality shall be vested in a city board of education, and thereafter the district school tax collected in the city shall be paid over to the custodian of city school funds, and the district school tax collected in the contiguous territory shall be paid over to the custodian of county school...
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17-6-2
Section 17-6-2 Establishment of precincts; boundaries; precinct map; reapportionment coordination. (a) The governing body of each county shall establish precincts, define the territorial limits for which each precinct is established, prescribe their boundaries using the most recent federal decennial census tract and block map, and designate the precincts. The governing body of each county shall, by resolution, adopt the establishment and boundaries of each precinct in accordance with the timetable as set forth herein. (b) Each precinct shall be a contiguous, compact area having clearly defined and clearly observable boundaries coinciding with visible features readily distinguishable on the ground such as designated highways, roads, streets, or rivers or be coterminous with a county boundary. (c) Each county governing body shall provide and maintain at all times a suitable map showing the current geographical boundaries with designation of precincts and a legal description of the...
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40-6-1
Section 40-6-1 When officials commissioned as supernumeraries. (a) In the various counties of the State of Alabama having a population of less than 600,000 inhabitants according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census, any tax collector, tax assessor, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, or other elected or appointed official charged with the assessment or collection, or both, of ad valorem taxes in any county of the State of Alabama: (1) Who has served for 14 years as such an official in any county of Alabama and who has become permanently and totally disabled, proof of disability being made by certificate of three reputable physicians; or (2) Who has served for 12 years as a county official for any county of Alabama, at least 10 years or more continuously as tax collector, tax assessor, license commissioner, revenue commissioner, or other elected or appointed official charged with the assessment or collection, or both, of ad valorem taxes, and who is not less...
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