11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change;
election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners.
Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at
least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city
or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk.
The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters
of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers
and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall
be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon
their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission
and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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12-18-81
Section 12-18-81 Right of election of probate judges holding office on or after December 27,
1973, to come under provisions of Article 1 of chapter; filing of instrument as to election
with Clerk of Supreme Court, county commission and Secretary-Treasurer of State Employees'
Retirement System; applicability of provisions of Article 1 of chapter to probate judges elected
or appointed to office after October 1, 1976; state and local governing bodies authorized
to pick up member contributions to retirement fund. Each probate judge holding office in the
several counties of Alabama on or after December 27, 1973, and prior to October 1, 1976, shall
have a right to elect to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter in accordance
with the provisions of this article. Each such probate judge who elects to come under the
provisions of article 1 of this chapter shall, prior to the first Monday after the second
Tuesday in January, 1977, file with the Clerk of the Supreme Court of...
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45-23A-21
Section 45-23A-21 City council. (a) Notwithstanding any law, whether special, local, general,
or municipal ordinance, to the contrary, pursuant to Civil Action No. 85-T-1332-N, U.S. District
Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City of Daleville
in Dale County, shall not designate by place number or by other similar method seats for its
city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Daleville, Alabama, shall consist of five
members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election of members
of the city council, the five candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected
to the council. There shall be no runoff election. In the event of a tie vote for the fifth
highest receiving votes, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected
mayor and council. In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter shall
be entitled to vote for any number of candidates from one to...
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45-8A-23.006
Section 45-8A-23.006 Election of first council; term of office. Within five days of the date
of his or her receipt of the certificate of adoption the judge of probate with whom the certificate
was filed shall call an election to be held on the first Tuesday in September, 1954. The expenses
of this election shall be paid by the city. Before calling such election the judge of probate
shall cause the city to be divided into five wards containing as nearly equal number of people
as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in Section 45-8A-23.051 and
shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth in Sections 45-8A-23.052 and 45-8A-23.053.
Each candidate shall announce the ward from which he or she desires to become a candidate.
Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from each of the wards. Any candidate
receiving a majority of the total votes cast for the candidates from the ward from which he
or she is a candidate shall be elected as the...
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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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11-46-55
Section 11-46-55 Canvassing of returns and certificate of election; determination of majority;
runoff elections. (a) Commencing at 12:00 noon on the first Tuesday next after the election,
the municipal governing body shall proceed to open the envelopes addressed to the governing
body which have been delivered by the several returning officers to the municipal clerk, canvass
the returns, and ascertain and determine the number of votes received by each candidate and
for and against each proposition submitted at the election. If it appears that any candidate
or any proposition in the election has received a majority of the votes cast for that office
or on that question, the municipal governing body shall declare the candidate elected to the
office or the question carried, and a certificate of election shall be given to the persons
by the municipal governing body or a majority of them, which shall entitle the persons so
certified to the possession of their respective offices immediately...
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17-11-2
Section 17-11-2 Absentee election manager. In each county there shall be an "absentee
election manager," who shall fulfill the duties assigned by this chapter. The circuit
clerk of the county shall, at his or her option, be the absentee election manager. If the
circuit clerk of the county declines the duties of absentee election manager, the appointing
board shall thereupon appoint an absentee election manager, who shall be a person qualified
by training and experience, who is a qualified elector of the county and who is not a candidate
in the election to perform the duties assigned by this chapter. The county commission shall
designate the place or office where such duties shall be performed. Such place or office shall
be open on the days and during the hours as that of the circuit clerk prior to each election.
Any person so appointed shall have all the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the circuit
clerk for the purposes of this chapter, including the power to administer oaths....
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17-17-47
Section 17-17-47 Assessment of unauthorized fees against candidate. Any person who, as a condition
for standing for nomination to any office in a primary election, shall assess or cause to
be assessed a fee by any committee or other governing body of any political party in this
state in excess of that allowed by law shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act
2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)...
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11-50-265
Section 11-50-265 Transfer of gas plant or system to waterworks board; sale or transfer of
plant or system by board to utility regulated by state Public Service Commission. (a) Every
city or town now or hereafter owning and operating a municipal gas plant or distribution system
and in which municipality a waterworks board is now or hereafter incorporated under the provisions
of Division 1 of this article is hereby authorized to transfer and convey such gas plant or
system or both to such waterworks board pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance theretofore
duly enacted by the governing body of such city or town and without the necessity of authorization
at an election of the qualified voters thereof; provided, that if at the time of such transfer
the city or town has outstanding any bonds or other obligations payable from or secured by
the revenues or earnings of such gas plant or system, it shall be incumbent upon the waterworks
board of such city or town to pay the amount thereof...
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11-65-6
Section 11-65-6 Incorporation of commission. The five persons initially designated as members
of a commission shall become a corporation with the power and authority provided in this chapter
by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter. To become a corporation, the persons
so designated shall present to the Secretary of State an application signed by them which
shall contain the following: (1) A statement that the applicants propose to incorporate a
commission pursuant to this chapter; (2) The name and principal residence of each of the applicants;
(3) The date on which each applicant who is not an ex officio member was appointed as a member
and the expiration date of the term for which he was appointed; (4) The term of office for
each applicant who is an ex officio member; (5) The name of the proposed corporation, which
shall be "The _____ [name of the sponsoring municipality] Racing Commission"; (6)
The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation, which...
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