11-43A-2
Section 11-43A-2 Petition to probate judge for election as to adoption of council-manager form
of government; examination of petition and certification to mayor. The filing of a petition
signed by 10 percent or more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general
municipal election held in such municipality, asking that the question of the adoption of
the council-manager form of government for such municipality be submitted to the qualified
voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the county in which such municipality is located,
shall mandatorily require an election to be held as herein provided. Whenever such a petition
purporting to be signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted
in the last general municipal election held in such municipality shall be presented to such
judge of probate, he shall examine such petition and determine whether or not the same is
signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in...
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11-43B-16
Section 11-43B-16 Redistricting of boundaries after publication of census or change in corporate
limits. After the publication of a federal census of population or a substantial change in
the corporate limits, if any council district contains a population which is 10 percent more
or less than the total population of the city divided by the number of council districts,
then the council shall redistrict the boundaries in the following manner: (1) Within six months
after the publication of such a census or after such a change in the corporate limits, the
mayor shall file with the council a report recommending a plan for redistricting of the boundaries
in accordance with the following standards: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous
and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be
the center lines of streets or other well-defined boundaries; b. Each district shall contain
as nearly as possible the same population, but shall not vary by...
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45-49-140.33
Section 45-49-140.33 Election requirements. (a) If the planned expansion of a municipal police
jurisdiction includes any portion of the Turnerville fire protection district, the council
or governing body of the respective municipality may request that the Judge of Probate of
Mobile County order an election to be held in the affected area. Only those qualified electors
residing within the boundaries of the affected area shall participate in the election. (1)
The council or governing body of the municipality may pass a resolution stating that the public
health or public good requires that the affected area, as described in the resolution, shall
be brought within the police jurisdiction of the municipality. (2) The mayor or other executive
head of the municipality shall certify and file a copy of the resolution together with a map
of the area showing its relationship to the municipal police jurisdiction to which the property
is proposed to be included, with the judge of probate. (3) At...
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45-49-140.08
Section 45-49-140.08 Board of trustees. (a) The affairs and business of the district shall
be managed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the district unless a candidate is unopposed for office. A candidate who is unopposed
for office shall be declared elected by the judge of probate immediately following the close
of the qualification period. Beginning with the year 1998, the election shall be held on the
last Tuesday in March of each year and any runoff election, if needed, shall be held three
weeks later. The election shall be nonpartisan and shall be administered by the judge of probate.
No person shall be elected to the board unless the person is a property owner of the district.
The election shall be for a term of four years; provided, however, that two of the initial
five members shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and
one shall be for a term of four years. The term of office...
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45-31-71
Section 45-31-71 Commission districts. The present members of the Geneva County Commission
shall divide the county into commission districts for purposes of electing future members
to the county commission. Such districts shall be divided and defined, as nearly as may be,
on a population basis, and in contiguous area and as provided by law, so that each district
shall have approximately the same population as every other district. The judge of probate
shall continue to serve as the ex-officio chair of the commission and shall vote only in cases
of tie votes on matters before the commission. Each candidate for district commissioner shall
be a resident and qualified elector of the district which he or she represents and upon election
shall continue to reside therein throughout their respective terms. Such district members
shall be elected only by the qualified electors from the respective districts which they represent.
Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as are all other...
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45-48-142.23
Section 45-48-142.23 Fire protection service fee - Referendum. (a) After the county commission
establishes a fire district, the qualified electors of that district may file a petition,
signed by at least five percent of the qualified electors in the fire district who voted in
the last general election, with the office of the judge of probate who shall then order a
referendum to be held in the fire district on the question of establishing a fire protection
service fee for the fire district. Section 45-48-142.27 shall apply to all elections provided
by this subpart. (b) The petition shall contain the name and description of the fire district
area and shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question:
"Do you favor the assessment of a fire service fee in the amount of $ (dollars) a month
for the purpose of funding fire protection services in this volunteer fire district? Yes No"
(c) The fee shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) a month. (Act 2013-403, p. 1543,...
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11-43-40
Section 11-43-40 Composition of city councils; voting by president of council. (a) Except as
provided in Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities
and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according
to the most recent or any subsequent federal decennial census, in cities having a population
of 12,000 or more, the following officers shall be elected at each general municipal election,
who shall compose the city council for the cities and who shall hold office for four years
and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall exercise the legislative
functions of city government and any other powers and duties which are or may be vested by
law in the city council or its members: (1) In cities having seven wards or less, a president
of the city council and two aldermen from each ward, to be elected by the qualified voters
of the several wards voting separately in every ward; except, that in...
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11-44A-6
Section 11-44A-6 Reapportionment of council districts. Whenever there shall be a change in
population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of
population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a
reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The mayor
shall, within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the
municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial change in the
corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications:
a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact
territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well-defined
boundaries; b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is...
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11-44D-8
Section 11-44D-8 Reapportionment of council districts. Whenever there shall be a change in
population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of
population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a
reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The mayor
shall within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the
municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial change in the
corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications:
a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and to the extent reasonably possible, compact
territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well defined
boundaries; b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is...
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11-50-342
Section 11-50-342 Qualifications, appointment, terms of office, compensation, and removal of
members of board; oath and bond thereof; vacancies; election of officers; quorum. (a) Each
board of water and sewer commissioners shall consist of three members appointed by the council.
The members first appointed shall serve for terms of two, four, and six years, respectively,
from the date of the judge of probate's certificate mentioned in subsection (c) of Section
11-50-341 and until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified; provided, however,
that a council which has heretofore created or hereafter creates a board as provided in this
article may, at its option, increase the board from three to five members to serve according
to all the conditions and terms set forth in this article. In the event the council elects
to increase the membership of the board from three to five members, one member added to the
board shall be appointed to serve for a term of four years, and the...
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