11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established, then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials. In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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4-3-45
Section 4-3-45 Board of directors of authority. Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors of either three, five, or seven members as provided in the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws. If the sole authorizing subdivision is a county, the county commission of the county shall elect all directors. If the sole authorizing subdivision is a municipality, the governing body of such municipality shall elect all directors. The directors initially elected shall be elected for terms of office of two, four, and six years, respectively, and their successors shall be elected for terms of six years. If a county and a municipality are both authorizing subdivisions, the governing body of the municipality shall elect one director for an initial term of two years if three directors are to be elected, and one director for an initial term of two years and one director for an initial term of four years if five directors are to be elected, and one for an initial term of two years and...
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9-18-1
Section 9-18-1 Enactment of Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact. The Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the state of Alabama with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: "SOUTHERN INTERSTATE NUCLEAR COMPACT "Article I. Policy and Purpose "The party states recognize that the proper employment of nuclear energy, facilities, materials, and products can assist substantially in the industrialization of the south and the development of a balanced economy for the region. They also recognize that optimum benefit from and acquisition of nuclear resources and facilities requires systematic encouragement, guidance, and assistance from the party states on a cooperative basis. It is the policy of the party states to undertake such cooperation on a continuing basis; it is the purpose of this compact to provide the instruments and framework for such a cooperative effort to improve...
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9-18A-1
Section 9-18A-1 Enactment of Southern States Energy Compact. The Legislature hereby enacts, and the State of Alabama hereby enters into, the Southern States Energy Compact with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: "SOUTHERN STATES ENERGY COMPACT "Article I. Policy and Purpose. "The party states recognize that the proper employment and conservation of energy and employment of energy-related facilities, materials, and products, within the context of a responsible regard for the environment, can assist substantially in the industrialization of the south and the development of a balanced economy for the region. They also recognize that optimum benefit from an acquisition of energy resources and facilities require systematic encouragement, guidance and assistance from the party states on a cooperative basis. It is the policy of the party states to undertake such cooperation on a continuing basis; it is the purpose of...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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37-6-3
Section 37-6-3 Enumerated powers. A cooperative shall have the power: (1) To sue and be sued in its corporate name. (2) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (3) To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and transmit electric energy and to distribute, sell, supply and dispose of electric energy to its members, to governmental agencies and political subdivisions and to other persons; provided, however, that should a cooperative acquire any electric facilities dedicated or devoted to the public use, it may continue to serve the persons served directly from such facilities at the time of such acquisition without requiring that such persons become members, and, provided further, that such nonmembers shall have the right to become members upon nondiscriminatory terms. Cooperatives may not condition membership or provision of service on compliance by the member with requirements not directly related to the electric or other service to be provided by the cooperative....
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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11-44A-2
Section 11-44A-2 Establishment of council districts; salaries; election notice; powers and duties of mayor-council. If a majority of the voters voting in said election approve the proposition, then, (1) Within 90 days thereafter the commission shall adopt an ordinance establishing the boundaries of the five 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) Within 60 days after the referendum the commissioners shall establish the salaries to be paid to the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election held hereunder, (3) Within ten days after receipt of notification of compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice of an election for a mayor and all the members of the city council to be held not more than 90 days after the publication of said notice, and (4) The...
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11-44E-2
Section 11-44E-2 Authority to adopt mayor/commission/city manager form of government; ordinance for election of commissioners. At any time upon passage of this chapter and said chapter becoming law, any Class 5 municipality may adopt the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by adopting an ordinance by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopting the mayor/commission/city manager form of government. Within 30 days of the adoption of the ordinance adopting the mayor/commission/city manager form of government, members of that governing body shall adopt a second ordinance for the election of commissioners from six single-member districts with the district boundaries established therein. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §1.02; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)...
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