45-25A-40
Section 45-25A-40 Composition; election of members; vacancies. (a) Any law, whether special,
local, or general, or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, the City of Fort
Payne, in DeKalb County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method,
seats for city council. (b)(1) In the election for the five members of the city council, if
there are more than five candidates, then the majority of the votes cast for the office in
the election shall be determined by dividing the total votes cast for all candidates for the
offices by the number of positions to be filled, and then dividing that result by two. Any
number of votes in excess of the number determined by the last division shall be the majority
necessary for election. (2) If it appears that any candidate in the election has received
a majority of the votes cast for that office, the municipal governing body shall declare that
candidate elected to the office, and a certificate of election shall be given...
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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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11-47-3
Section 11-47-3 Contracts and indebtedness for municipal buildings and public utility systems;
consolidation of systems; ancillary service contracts. (a) The governing body of any city
or town may contract for the construction, reconstruction, extension, or repair of any municipal
building, plant, waterworks system, or electric light and power plant or system or may on
credit employ labor and purchase on credit all materials and supplies needed in such construction,
reconstruction, extension, or repair and may, without an election, issue evidences of indebtedness
in the forms and of the maturities described in Section 11-47-2 to the extent of any indebtedness
incurred in such contract or purchase or construction, reconstruction or extension and may
secure such evidences of indebtedness by mortgage or deed of trust (in such form and with
such provisions as such governing body may determine) on such municipal building, plant, waterworks
system, or electric light and power plant or...
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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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11-42-100.1
Section 11-42-100.1 Mode of consolidation - When municipality to annex city or town. (a) When
two or more municipalities lying contiguous to each other desire to consolidate and operate
as one municipality, they may do so by proceeding in the manner hereafter provided in this
section. (b) If it is the purpose to annex a city or town to another municipality, then the
governing body of each city or town shall adopt an ordinance expressing a willingness to such
annexation. After both ordinances are passed and published as provided for by law, the governing
body of the municipality to be annexed shall, by resolution submit the question of annexation
at a special election to be held at a time specified in such resolution, not less than 40
days nor more than 90 days after passage of the last adopted willingness ordinance or at a
time otherwise specified by law. No other proposition may be on the ballot. Said election
shall be held pursuant to the general municipal election laws. (c) In...
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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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11-43A-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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11-44E-71
Section 11-44E-71 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any
election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied by a petition signed by a
minimum of 100 registered voters of such city endorsing the candidacy of such candidate and
an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or by a notary public that such person
is duly qualified to hold the office for which he (she) desires to be a candidate. Such statement
shall be filed by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the day set for such election
and shall be in substantially the following form: "State of Alabama, _____ County. I,
the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of
_____, in said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire
to become a candidate for the office of mayor in said City at the election for...
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11-44E-94
Section 11-44E-94 Political, other improper influences on city manager and personnel under
his (her) authority prohibited; ineligibility of candidates for public office to continue
employment. Neither the city manager nor any person appointed by him (her) or seeking appointment
by him (her) shall be appointed, promoted, reduced, removed, or in any way favored or discriminated
against because of his (her) political opinions or affiliations. Neither the city manager
nor any officer or employee directly appointed by the city manager shall continue in such
position after becoming a candidate for nomination or election to any municipal public office.
No person appointed by the city manager, or seeking appointment by him (her), shall either
directly or indirectly give, render, or pay any money, service, or other valuable thing to
any person for, or on account of, or in connection with, his (her) test, appointment, proposed
appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion. (Acts 1988, No....
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11-50-145
Section 11-50-145 Notice of election. Notice of said election shall be given by advertisement
published at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers published
in the city or town owning the plant proposed to be sold or disposed of and, if there is no
paper so published, notices shall be posted at five or more public places in such city or
town and shall be published in a newspaper published in the county in which the city or town
is located. (Acts 1909, No. 212, p. 253; Code 1923, §2063; Code 1940, T. 37, §380.)...
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