11-43A-9
Section 11-43A-9 Election of municipal officers; division of municipality into districts;
qualifications and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office; exception for
Class 6 cities. (a) In all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities
wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized
in Section 11-43A-8, the election for the first officers of the municipality shall
be held on the same date as the date of election for the next ensuing general municipal election.
Except as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the election of the governing
body of the municipality shall cause the municipality to be divided into three districts containing
as nearly an equal number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed
in the general municipal election laws and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set
forth therein. Each candidate shall announce that he or she is to become a...
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45-42-162.08
Section 45-42-162.08 Elections. The metropolitan-government shall be governed by a commission
of nine part-time members and a full-time mayor. The election for the first officers of the
metropolitan-government shall be held on the date established by the judge of probate. Before
such election the governing body of the municipalities and the county shall cause the metropolitan
area to be divided into nine districts containing as nearly as possible an equal number of
people. The division of the metropolitan-government into districts shall be by a committee
appointed as follows: Three persons appointed by the Limestone County Commission; two persons
appointed by the Athens City Commission; two persons by a committee of mayors from the four
incorporated cities; one person appointed by the Limestone County School Board; and one person
appointed by the Athens City School Board. Candidates for metropolitan-government offices
shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general municipal...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used
in this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus
which automatically examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and
tabulates the results. (2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which
conforms in layout and format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card"
shall mean a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label"
shall mean the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of
offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction
with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot" shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting
center" shall mean one or more locations selected and designated by the county commission
or the municipal governing body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots
in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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28-3-190
Section 28-3-190 Levy of tax; collection; disposition of proceeds by localities; enforcement
and administration; penalties; exclusive nature of tax. (a) Levy. In addition to the excise
tax levied by Article 5A of Chapter 3 of this title and the licenses provided for by Chapter
3A of this title and by Section 28-3-194, and any acts amendatory thereof, supplementary
thereto or substituted therefor, and municipal and county licenses, there is hereby levied
a privilege or excise tax on every person licensed under the provisions of Chapter 3A who
sells, stores, or receives for the purpose of distribution, to any person, firm, corporation,
club, or association within the State of Alabama any beer. The tax levied hereby shall be
measured by and graduated in accordance with the volume of sales by such person of beer, and
shall be an amount equal to one and six hundred twenty-five thousands cents (1.625 cents)
for each four fluid ounces or fractional part thereof. (b) Collection. The tax levied...
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11-43-63
Section 11-43-63 Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or
town council of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts
pursuant to state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal
election, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the
municipality into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven
districts (wards). Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1,
2, or 3 municipality may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered
only after two weeks public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts
under consideration. The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place
on the council, where the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the
boundaries of said district (ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue
to...
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45-37A-150.01
Section 45-37A-150.01 Establishment of districts. (a) The City Council of the City of
Fairfield, may, not less than six months prior to the next regular general municipal election
in 1992, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into six single-member districts and designate the districts as numbers one through six, pursuant
to subsection (b). The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on
the council shall reside within the boundaries of the district for which he or she seeks election,
and shall continue to so reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she
remains a member of the council. Candidates for election to a place on the council shall have
resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately
preceding the date of the election. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled
to vote for candidates seeking election for the...
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11-43-64
Section 11-43-64 Procedural requirements for increasing number of single-member districts
in Class 3 municipalities. Notwithstanding other provision of law, including but not limited
to Section 11-43-63, a Class 3 municipality may, by ordinance adopted by a majority
of the membership of the council 90 days prior to the regular general municipal election,
increase the number of single-member districts (wards) in the municipality up to and including
nine members. The ordinance may only be considered after two weeks public notice has been
given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide
that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided
into districts, shall have resided within the boundaries of the district (ward) for which
he or she seeks election for at least 30 days immediately preceding the date of the election,
and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or...
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11-46-24
Section 11-46-24 Designating and equipping voting places; election officials; canvass
returns. (a) The municipal governing body may, when it orders an election, designate at least
one place of voting in each ward and if the ward has been divided into voting districts then
at least one place of voting in each district or the municipal governing body may establish
and designate one central place (location) within the municipality as the place of voting
for all wards. The number of voting boxes or voting machines as prescribed, shall be placed
in a central place of voting for use by the electors. The municipal governing body shall provide
at least one machine or at least one box for the voters of each ward, provided that this requirement
shall not apply to any municipality which uses electronic vote counters or tabulators or other
devices that are regulated by the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee established in Chapter
24 of Title 17 that are capable of counting the ballots from all...
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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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28-3A-17.1
Section 28-3A-17.1 Entertainment district designation in certain municipalities. (a)(1)
Notwithstanding any rule adopted by the board, the board may issue an entertainment district
designation to any retailer licensee that is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises
consumption and to any manufacturer licensee that conducts tastings or samplings on the licensed
premises, provided the licensees are located in an entertainment district established pursuant
to this section. (2) A licensee who receives an entertainment district designation
under this subsection shall comply with all laws and rules governing its license type, except
that the patrons, guests, or members of that licensee may exit that licensed premises with
open containers of alcoholic beverages and consume alcoholic beverages anywhere within the
confines of the entertainment district, which shall be permitted, but may not enter another
licensed premises with open containers or closed containers of alcoholic...
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