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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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17-6-3
Section 17-6-3 Voting districts; naming of precincts. (a) Except as may be provided further
by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the counties in this state,
as divided pursuant to this chapter into election precincts, and the boundaries of such precincts
shall so remain until changed by order of the county governing body, but the county governing
body, at its first regular meeting in March in each even-numbered year, shall subdivide any
election precinct in which there are more than 2,400 qualified voters and electronic voting
machines are used into voting districts or shall divide alphabetically the list of qualified
voters in such precincts into groups and assign each qualified voter a designated voting place
so as to provide an electronic voting machine for every person legally entitled to vote at
a polling place at which not more than 2,400 votes on a single electronic voting machine will
be cast. (b) Except as may be provided further by local...
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45-19-110.01
Section 45-19-110.01 Removal from list of qualified electors. The board of registrars shall
omit and remove from the lists of qualified electors of the county the name of any person
who fails to reidentify himself or herself, in the manner prescribed herein, before the first
day of January, 1980, and any tenth year thereafter. No person whose name is removed from
the list of qualified electors as herein provided shall cease permanently to be a qualified
elector nor be subject to reregistration, but shall be subject only to the requirement that
he or she reidentify himself or herself as a duly registered elector before being listed on
the list of qualified electors in the county, and before being entitled to vote. (Acts 1978,
No. 864, p. 1290, ยง2.)...
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11-42-133
Section 11-42-133 Creation, etc., of wards; election of aldermen; division of wards into voting
precincts; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards or voting precincts. (a) The council
or governing body of the annexing city or town shall create new wards (as many as may be deemed
to be necessary) regardless of any limitation in the charter of the annexing city or town
on the number of wards, or enlarge wards so as to embrace all territory embraced in the annexed
city or town and so as to afford opportunity to all persons in the territory embraced in the
annexed city or town to vote in all elections and participate in the government of the annexing
city or town, and each ward in the annexing city or town shall have the same number of aldermen,
but in no event shall there be more than 30 aldermen or representatives in the council or
governing body of the city or town. (b) The council or governing body of the city or town
shall elect aldermen for the wards, embracing all the territory...
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11-43-64
Section 11-43-64 Procedural requirements for increasing number of single-member districts in
Class 3 municipalities. Notwithstanding other provision of law, including but not limited
to Section 11-43-63, a Class 3 municipality may, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the
membership of the council 90 days prior to the regular general municipal election, increase
the number of single-member districts (wards) in the municipality up to and including nine
members. The ordinance may only be considered 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 have resided within the boundaries of the district (ward) for which
he or she seeks election for at least 30 days immediately preceding the date of the election,
and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or...
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12-14-30
Section 12-14-30 Appointment, terms of office and qualifications; designation, etc., of presiding
judge; filling of vacancies; oath; grounds for disqualification of judges from hearing of
cases; practice of law or receipt of unauthorized remuneration for judicial services by full-time
judges prohibited. (a) The governing body of the municipality shall, by vote of a majority
of its members, appoint judges of the municipal court. (b) The term of office of each full-time
municipal judge shall be for a term of four years. The term of office of a municipal judge
other than a full-time municipal judge shall be two years. The term of either full-time or
part-time municipal judges shall continue until a successor has been appointed and qualified.
(c) In the event that a municipality has more than one judge, the mayor shall designate a
presiding judge, who shall have such additional duties and powers and be entitled to receive
such additional compensation as provided by ordinance. (d) Each...
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45-19-236
Section 45-19-236 Minimum qualifications for sheriff; continuing education. (a)(1) On or after
May 12, 2016, a person qualifying for election to the office of sheriff in Coosa County or
any person appointed to serve as a sheriff shall meet all of the following minimum qualifications,
in addition to any other qualifications required by law: a. The person is a citizen of the
United States. b. The person has been a resident of the county for at least one year immediately
prior to the qualification date. c. The person is qualified as an elector pursuant to state
and federal law and the person has been registered to vote in the county at least one year
immediately prior to qualifying. d. The person has been awarded a high school diploma or a
GED equivalence. e. The person is 21 years of age or older prior to qualifying. f. The person
has one year of prior service as a law enforcement officer having the power of arrest. g.
The person has never been convicted of a felony. (2) Upon election,...
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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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11-43A-78
Section 11-43A-78 Election of municipal officers; qualifications and eligibility of candidates;
runoff election; term of office. With respect to municipal elections, each candidate shall
announce that he is to become a candidate for either mayor or for councilman of District 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. A candidate may not run for both mayor and councilman in the same election.
A candidate for mayor shall have resided in the municipality for a period of at least ninety
days immediately preceding the date of regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to
reside therein so long as he remains mayor. A candidate for councilman shall have resided
within the district from which he seeks election for a period of at least ninety days immediately
preceding the date of the regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to reside therein
so long as he remains a councilman. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate
for mayor and one vote for a candidate for councilman from...
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45-17A-82.03
Section 45-17A-82.03 Civil Service Board - Composition; termination; meetings; oath. (a) On
June 7, 2007, the current board members shall complete their terms of office. The board shall
be composed of five members designated respectively as Member No. 1, Member No. 2, Member
No. 3, Member No. 4, and Member No. 5. Each member shall be of recognized good character and
ability and a resident and qualified elector of the city. No person shall be eligible for
membership on the board who holds any civil office of profit under the city, county, or state.
No employee or official of the City of Tuscumbia shall serve as a member of this board. (b)
The first four members of the board shall be appointed by the mayor and city council and Member
No. 5 shall be appointed by the department heads. (c) The initial term of Member No. 1 shall
be one year. The initial term of Member No. 2 shall be two years. The initial term of Member
No. 3 shall be three years. The initial term of Member No. 4 shall be...
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