11-44G-2
Section 11-44G-2 Procedures in event of vacancy - Mayor. (a)(1) In the event of the absence or disability of the mayor in any Class 7 or Class 8 municipality, the functions of the office shall be exercised by the chair pro tempore of the city council and, during his or her absence or disability, by such person as the city council may appoint from its membership, which appointment shall be entered upon the minutes of the city council. (2) In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of mayor, the city council shall fill the vacancy either from its own membership or from without the membership of the city council. The person elected by the city council to fill the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be a qualified elector in the municipality and shall meet all other legal qualifications required by law for the performance of the duties of the office to which elected. (3)a. In the event a vacancy in the office of mayor is not filled within 60 days after it occurs in a Class 7...
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11-49A-4
Section 11-49A-4 Application; resolution of denial or approval by governing body. A public corporation may be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in any Class 3 municipality. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall first file a written application with the governing body of the municipality which application shall: (1) Contain a statement that the authority proposes to render public transportation service in such county; (2) State the proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the municipality where such application is filed; (3) State that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the municipality where such application is filed; and (4) Request that such governing body adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority...
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17-3-31
Section 17-3-31 Restoration of right to vote upon pardon or issuance of certificate of eligibility. Any person who is disqualified by reason of conviction of any of the offenses mentioned in Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, except treason and impeachment, whether the conviction was had in a state or federal court, and who has been pardoned, may be restored to citizenship with the right to vote by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles when specifically expressed in the pardon. If otherwise qualified, such person shall be permitted to register or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the pardon document to the board of registrars of the county of his or her residence. In addition, any person who has been granted a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote by the Board of Pardons and Paroles pursuant to Section 15-22-36.1, shall be permitted to register or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the certificate to the board of...
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17-4-35
Section 17-4-35 Supervisor of Voter Registration. The Supervisor of Voter Registration shall be employed by the Secretary of State under the terms and conditions of the state Merit System and the salary and benefits shall be set by the Secretary of State out of funds appropriated for such purpose. The Supervisor of Voter Registration shall work at the direction of the Secretary of State. In addition to those duties assigned by the Secretary of State, the Supervisor of Voter Registration shall have the following duties: (1) To keep the minutes of the meetings of the Voter Registration Advisory Board, conduct the day-to-day business activities of the Voter Registration Advisory Board, and give progress reports on such activities at its meetings. (2) To serve as a liaison between the Secretary of State and the county boards of registrars on implementation of existing and future laws pertaining to voter registration. (3) To provide to the county boards of registrars such information as...
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28-2A-1
Section 28-2A-1 Procedure for wet or dry classification option elections. (a) Any municipality having a population of 1,000 or more, may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option election, in the following manner. (b) Upon petition of 30 percent of the number of voters voting in the last preceding general election of the municipality being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality, the governing body must call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine the sentiment of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed in the municipality. The petition for municipal option election shall contain the following: "It is petitioned that a municipal option election be held to permit the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality." On the ballot to be used for such municipal option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do...
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45-23A-92
Section 45-23A-92 Ad valorem tax. (a) The governing body of the City of Ozark in Dale County may levy and collect an additional ad valorem tax at a rate not exceeding seven mills per each one dollar ($1) on the value of the taxable property within the city, the proceeds of which tax shall be used exclusively first for the retirement of the debt created pursuant to the construction and additions to Carroll High School, and thereafter for educational and school purposes as determined by the Ozark City Council; provided, however, the rate of such tax, the time it is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the City of Ozark and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election. The additional taxes levied and imposed by this section shall become effective October 1, 1987, upon referendum approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality, called by the municipal governing body at the next special,...
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45-35A-57
Section 45-35A-57 Ad valorem taxation on property. (a)(1) Pursuant to Section 216 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the City of Dothan currently levies ad valorem taxes on property situated therein at the rate of one-half of one percent (5 mills) of the assessed value of such property, which tax revenues are authorized to be used for general municipal purposes. (2) Pursuant to Amendment 373(f) of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 217(f) of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the governing body of the City of Dothan has duly proposed, after a public hearing on such proposal, that the City Council of Dothan be authorized to increase the rate at which the City of Dothan's municipal ad valorem taxes are levied on property situated therein by up to an additional one and one-half percent (15 mills) of the assessed value of such property, and has further proposed that such additional net ad valorem tax...
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45-44-260.07
Section 45-44-260.07 Election for coverage. Except where jurisdiction has been obtained by the planning commission pursuant to Section 45-44-260.02, the master plan and zoning regulations provided by the planning commission shall not be applicable in any beat of Macon County until the majority of the qualified electors of the beat voting in a special election have signified by their vote that they desire the authority of the planning commission, its master plan, and the zoning regulations to apply in their beat. The election must be held not less than 30 or more than 45 days after a petition seeking the election is filed in the office of the judge of probate. The petition shall be signed by at least 25 percent of the electors who reside within the beat and who own real estate located within the beat. Notice of the election shall be given by three weeks' publication and posting notice in two public places within the beat. The cost of the election shall be paid from the general fund of...
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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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11-46-59
Section 11-46-59 Offenses of mayor and other executive officers. (a) Any mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipality who willfully fails to give notice of any municipal election as required in this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (b) Any mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipality who knowingly puts on the list of qualified electors for a municipal election the name of any person who is not registered, as shown by the records in the probate office of the county in which such municipality lies, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, must be fined not less than $100.00. (c) Any mayor or other chief executive officer of a municipality or other officer on whom the duty of the mayor may have temporarily devolved who willfully and knowingly neglects, fails or...
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