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16-13-187
Section 16-13-187 Ballots. The ballots used in said election shall have printed at the top
the purpose of such election and, if a tax is proposed to be levied, there shall be printed
at the top the rate of such proposed tax, the time such tax is proposed to be continued and
that it is to be used for public school purposes. Where the election is only for a proposed
tax levy, directly underneath such statement at the top of the ballot in plain type shall
be printed on different lines the words, "For proposed taxation," "Against
proposed taxation"; and, where the election is for consolidation of school tax districts
or a school tax district and adjacent territory and proposed taxation, there shall be so printed
the words, "For proposed consolidation and taxation," "Against proposed consolidation
and taxation." A blank must be left directly to the left of each line so that the voter
may indicate his choice by a cross mark directly to the left and in front of the line expressing
his choice....
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16-13-164
Section 16-13-164 Ballot and election supplies. The county commission shall provide a sufficient
number of ballots for each voting precinct within said county, and at the top of each ballot
shall be printed the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is to be continued and that the
purpose is for the support of the public schools, and directly underneath in plain type shall
be printed on different lines the words, "For proposed taxation," "Against
proposed taxation," and a place must be left directly to the left of each line thereof,
and the voters favoring the proposed taxation will make a cross mark directly to the left
of the line, "For proposed taxation," and the voter not favoring proposed taxation
will make a cross mark directly to the left of the line "Against proposed taxation."
(School Code 1927, §257; Code 1940, T. 52, §250.)...
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16-8-17
Section 16-8-17 Consolidation of schools - County and city systems. (a) Whenever a county board
of education and the city board or boards of education in the county shall deem it advisable
to consolidate the administration of their respective systems under the county board of education
and shall reach an agreement to that effect through resolutions adopted by and recorded in
the minutes of each board, which agreement shall provide for the payment of their respective
indebtedness, said consolidation shall be made to become effective at the time designated
in the resolutions providing for such consolidation; provided, that, if within 30 days after
the adoption of said resolutions 25 percent of the qualified electors of the territory covered
by either of the school systems concerned shall submit a protest in writing, the consolidation
procedure shall be as follows: (1) REQUEST FOR REFERENDUM. The boards concerned shall adopt
resolutions asking for a referendum on the proposed...
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16-13-184
Section 16-13-184 Election officers; conduct of election. (a) The inspectors and officers of
the special county election shall be appointed and said election shall be held and the results
of such election shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as the results
of the regular election for county officers, under the general election laws of the state;
provided, that the election may be held at the time for holding any regular election in the
county; and, if held at such time, the inspectors and officers of the general election shall
conduct at the same time the election herein provided for and for such services they shall
receive no compensation other than that allowed them for the holding of the general election.
If the election is held at some other time than that of holding the regular election in the
county, then the election officers shall receive the same pay as that for holding the general
election. (b) The managers and returning officers, provided for above,...
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17-6-81
Section 17-6-81 Fair Ballot Commission; ballot statements. (a)(1) There is created the Fair
Ballot Commission. The purpose of the commission is to provide to the public a fair and accurate
explanation of what a vote for and what a vote against a statewide ballot measure represents.
(2) The commission shall consist of the following 18 members: The Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and the Secretary of State, or their designees, shall each serve as a member on the commission
and shall each appoint to the commission one member who is an attorney licensed in the state
and one member who is a private citizen of the state who is not an attorney. The Alabama State
University School of Public Policy, the Samford University School of Public Policy, and the
Miles College School of Law shall each appoint a member to the commission. Other than the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of...
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16-13-196
Section 16-13-196 School tax district - Consolidation - Effect. Thereupon the county commission
shall call an election in like manner as already prescribed for calling an election in a school
tax district in the special districts or district and adjacent territory proposed to be consolidated,
and if a majority of the qualified electors voting in the combined territories of the districts
or district and adjacent territory proposed to be consolidated shall vote favorably, the districts
or district and adjacent territory shall be consolidated into a new special school tax district,
and the tax as voted shall be levied and collected in the new district as a unit, but the
creation of a new district shall not operate to relieve the county board of education of liability
for the just obligations made prior to such consolidation. In the event a majority of the
qualified electors voting in the combined territories of the districts or district and adjacent
territory proposed to be consolidated...
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16-13-195
Section 16-13-195 School tax district - Consolidation - City district with other territory.
When it shall seem desirable to consolidate with a city school tax district having a city
board of education, either a county school tax district or territory adjacent to such city
school tax district which does not lie within the corporate limits of the city, so as to vest
the control of educational matters of such proposed consolidated school tax district in said
city board of education, the county board of education and city board of education shall agree
upon the terms of consolidation and concurrently request the county commission to call an
election in all the territory proposed to be consolidated to determine whether such school
tax district or territory adjacent to said city school tax district should be consolidated
with the city school tax district and the educational affairs of all the territory proposed
to be consolidated placed under the control of the city board of education of...
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16-13-194
Section 16-13-194 School tax district - Consolidation - Generally. When it shall seem desirable
to enlarge any school tax district by consolidating with it any adjacent territory or district,
which may or may not be levying any special school tax, the county board of education may
petition the county commission to call an election in all of the districts concerned, including
the school tax district proposed to be enlarged to determine whether a special tax for a uniform
rate and time shall be voted in each and every one of the districts. The proposed rate and
time shall not be less than the maximum rate in any school tax district or the maximum time
in any such district. (School Code 1927, §275; Code 1940, T. 52, §264.)...
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16-13-190
Section 16-13-190 Validation of elections. Each election heretofore held in any school district
or in any municipality or in any county at large, in this state on the question of the levy
of a special tax for any school or educational purpose, or for school or educational purposes
generally, under the Constitution of Alabama or any amendment thereto, or upon the question
of the consolidation of two or more school districts and the levy of such a tax in the consolidated
school district resulting from such consolidation, at which election a majority of the ballots
cast were in favor of the levy of the tax, or in favor of the proposed consolidation and the
levy of the tax in the consolidated district, as the case may be, and which election was irregular
because of failure prior to the holding of the election to give notice thereof in a newspaper
or by posting in the manner or for the time required by the statute under which the election
was held, or because the period of time for which...
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45-37-242
Section 45-37-242 Taxation for public school purposes. (a) The Legislature finds and confirms
that pursuant to paragraph (f) of Amendment 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the
County Board of Education of Jefferson County, the board, and the Jefferson County Commission
of Jefferson County, the county commission, after separate public hearings thereon, have each
proposed that the county commission increase above the limit otherwise provided in the constitution,
the rate at which the ad valorem tax, hereinafter described, is levied on the taxable property
in the Jefferson County School District, consisting of all areas of Jefferson County outside
of the municipalities of Birmingham, Bessemer, Fairfield, Mountain Brook, Homewood, Vestavia
Hills, Tarrant City, and Midfield, the school district. (b) The Legislature hereby approves
the aforesaid proposal and authorizes the county commission to increase the rate at which
the ad valorem tax levied pursuant to the election held in the...
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