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11-44E-120
Section 11-44E-120 Division of city into six single-member districts. The territorial
limits of the city shall remain the same as under its former organization, except that for
the purpose of holding elections under applicable laws, the present governing body shall by
duly enacted ordinance, divide such city into six single-member districts, each containing
as nearly as practical equal population according to the last federal decennial census. (Acts
1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §7.01; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)...
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11-44B-10
Section 11-44B-10 Initial territorial limits; reapportionment of council districts;
recommended plan for reapportionment; redistricting ordinance. (a) The initial territorial
limits of any municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by
this chapter shall be the same as under its former organization. (b) If following a federal
census of population or an alteration of the corporate limits, any council district shall
contain a population of 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided
by seven, then 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 such federal census
of population for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been such 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...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery
of fire and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county
pursuant to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors
who vote at a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval
of the mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election
for the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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11-65-36
Section 11-65-36 Application of net commission revenues. All commission horse wagering
fees, commission greyhound wagering fees, and other fees, commissions, and moneys, including
fines and forfeitures, to which a commission shall be entitled under the provisions of this
chapter shall be paid to the treasurer of such commission and shall be deposited by said treasurer
to the account of such commission. Except for the gross profits of any commission racing day
and the commission greyhound wagering fee referable to greyhound racing on such day that may
be set aside for specific public entities or charitable organizations pursuant to Section
11-65-30.1(c), all such moneys to which a commission shall be entitled that remain after (i)
the payment of all expenses incurred in the administration of this chapter, including (without
limitation thereto) the payment of the salaries and expenses of the members and employees
of such commission, and (ii) the deposit into the breeding fund of all...
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22-50-11
Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers. The Department of Mental
Health is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner:
(1) It is authorized and directed to set up state plans for the purpose of controlling and
treating any and all forms of mental and emotional illness and any and all forms of mental
retardation and shall divide the state into regions, districts, areas or zones, which need
not be geographic areas, but shall be areas for the purpose of establishing priorities and
programs and for organizational and administrative purposes in accordance with these state
plans. (2) It is designated and authorized to supervise, coordinate, and establish standards
for all operations and activities of the state related to mental health and the providing
of mental health services; and it is authorized to receive and administer any funds available
from any source for the purpose of acquiring building sites for, constructing,...
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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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11-44C-92
Section 11-44C-92 Commission form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the election provided herein choose the court ordered districted commission form
of government in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved
by the court on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs.City of Mobile, Civil Action No. 75-297,
then the provisions of said court ordered districted commission form shall be applicable to
said city. The three commissioners elected under said court ordered plan from single member
districts shall sit as a board and shall possess and exercise all municipal powers, legislative,
executive, and judicial, possessed and exercised by city governing bodies as provided by sections
11-44-70 through 11-44-105, as amended, and other applicable laws, except that all functions,
responsibilities and operations of the city shall be under the direction and supervision of
the board of commissioners as a whole. All three commissioners...
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11-43D-2
Section 11-43D-2 Adoption of ordinance establishing boundaries of council districts;
election of mayor and city council; assumption of office; future elections; powers and duties.
If said ordinance as hereinabove set out be adopted by the governing body of any municipality
to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter the governing body shall
adopt an ordinance establishing the boundaries of the six council districts herein provided
for and shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act
of 1965, as amended. (2) The election of the mayor and all the members of the city council
shall be held as set by ordinance by the council and quadrennially thereafter and in accordance
with the provisions and terms of the general election laws governing mayor-council elections
under the general laws of the State of Alabama. (3) On the first Monday in October, after
the election of the mayor and council, the newly elected mayor and council...
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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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11-43D-1
Section 11-43D-1 Cities to which chapter applies; form of ordinance. The governing body
of any Class 5 municipality operating under a United States district court consent decree
approved by the court in the case of Tolbert and Petty vs. the City of Bessemer, Civil Action
No. 75-297, by a majority vote of the members thereof may adopt an ordinance establishing
a mayor-council form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this chapter. Any
municipality desiring to adopt a form of government provided for herein shall adopt an ordinance
in substantially the following form: "BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF _____
AS FOLLOWS: "Section 1. That pursuant to Act 89-750 of the 1989 Regular Session
of the Legislature, the mayor-council form of government pursuant to the United States district
court decree agreed to by the parties and approved by the court on the 18th day of October,
1985, in the case of Tolbert and Petty vs. the City of Bessemer, under which the...
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