11-46-5
Section 11-46-5 Date of elections in certain municipalities. The governing body of a municipality
having a general municipal election or runoff election required by general or local act at
a time different from the dates now or hereafter provided by Article 2, Chapter 46 of Title
11, may elect by ordinance to have the election at the same time required by Article 2 and
the election made by ordinance shall not have the effect of changing the beginning of a term
of office or the time for taking office. (Acts 1980, No. 80-243, p. 320; Acts 1993, No. 93-760,
p. 1514, §1.)...
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11-65-4
Section 11-65-4 Elections required to approve incorporation of commission and conduct of racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. (a) No commission shall be incorporated for a Class 1 municipality
and no horse racing or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering thereon shall be permitted
in such municipality pursuant to this chapter unless the incorporation of such commission,
together with the conduct of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or greyhound racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or both such activities, shall have been authorized by an
election held in the host county in which such incorporation and such racing and wagering
activities shall have been approved by both (i) a majority of the votes cast in such election
by voters who reside in the host county (including those voters who reside in the sponsoring
municipality) and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in such election by voters who reside
in the commission municipal jurisdiction. In order to authorize the...
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11-81-87
Section 11-81-87 Recordation of election results. The record of the result of the election
held under this article as returned by the board of canvassers shall be recorded in the minutes
of the county commission of the county in which the same is held, and when so recorded the
record shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated and of the validity of such
election, unless contested, as provided in Sections 11-81-88 through 11-81-90. (Acts 1927,
No. 478, p. 534; Code 1940, T. 12, §99.)...
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45-28-21
Section 45-28-21 Regulation of sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on Sunday - Municipalities.
(a) The voters of any municipality within Etowah County may authorize the sale of alcoholic
beverages within the municipality on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the
following manner: The governing body of the municipality, by resolution, may call an election
for the municipality to determine the sentiment of the voters of the municipality residing
within the corporate limits, as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed
on Sunday within the municipality. (b) On the ballot to be used for the election, the question
shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic
beverages within this municipality on Sundays as further provided for and regulated by ordinance
of the municipal governing body? Yes ___ No ___." (c) The first election and any subsequent
elections shall be held and the officers appointed to...
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45-49-140.33
Section 45-49-140.33 Election requirements. (a) If the planned expansion of a municipal police
jurisdiction includes any portion of the Turnerville fire protection district, the council
or governing body of the respective municipality may request that the Judge of Probate of
Mobile County order an election to be held in the affected area. Only those qualified electors
residing within the boundaries of the affected area shall participate in the election. (1)
The council or governing body of the municipality may pass a resolution stating that the public
health or public good requires that the affected area, as described in the resolution, shall
be brought within the police jurisdiction of the municipality. (2) The mayor or other executive
head of the municipality shall certify and file a copy of the resolution together with a map
of the area showing its relationship to the municipal police jurisdiction to which the property
is proposed to be included, with the judge of probate. (3) At...
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11-43A-6
Section 11-43A-6 Conduct of election, canvassing of vote, and declaration of election result;
adoption and certification of provisions of chapter. The election shall be conducted, the
vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law with respect
to other municipal elections. If the majority of votes shall be "yes" or in favor
of such question, the provisions of this article shall thereafter be adopted for such municipality
and the mayor shall within five days of the election transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary
of State, and to the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located,
each, a certificate of adoption stating that such question was adopted by such municipality.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §6.)...
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11-46-72
Section 11-46-72 Procedure where election not held on day appointed. If any municipal election
provided for in this article should not take place on the day appointed, the municipal corporation
shall not for that cause be dissolved, but the incumbent officers shall remain in office until
their successors shall be elected and qualified. The municipal governing body shall fix some
day, as early as convenient, on which day said election shall be held, and the election shall
be conducted in all respects as a regular election, and the persons so elected shall hold
office until the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §52.)...
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11-49A-6
Section 11-49A-6 Certificate of incorporation - Amendments; resolution; application; denial
or approval of governing body; filing. The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated
under the provisions of this chapter may at any time and from time to time be amended in the
manner provided in this section, provided that the contents of any amendment are first approved
by the municipal governing body which shall have the authority to recommend requirements with
respect to either any amendment or the original certificate of incorporation. The board of
directors of the authority shall first adopt a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate
of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the said resolution and which amendment
may include any matters which might have been included in the original certificate of incorporation.
After the adoption by the board of a resolution proposing an amendment to the certificate
of incorporation of the authority, the chairman...
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11-80-12
Section 11-80-12 Retention of judicially prescribed method of election and number of serving
members for boards of education, county commissions, or municipal governing bodies. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law to the contrary, any board of education, county commission, or
municipal governing body whose currently serving members have been elected by a method of
election and a specific number of seats prescribed by a federal court shall retain that manner
of election and composition until such time as the method of election or number of seats is
changed in accordance with general or local law. This section shall not apply in any county
where a federal court has overturned the previous order concerning the manner of election
and the number of members of a county commission and shall not apply in any county where there
is currently pending litigation, or appeals relating thereto, challenging previous court orders
or consent orders concerning the manner of elections or the number...
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11-81-57
Section 11-81-57 Board of canvassers. The governing body of such municipality in which an election
has been held under this article shall constitute a board to canvass the returns and declare
the result of such election, and such governing body shall meet at the usual place of meeting
on the day after the date of the holding of such election and, at that time or at a subsequent
meeting to which such meeting may be adjourned, shall canvass the returns and declare the
result of said election. (Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Code 1940, T. 37, §281.)...
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