45-22-70.01
Section 45-22-70.01 Composition; election of members; terms; meetings. (a) Effective until the end of the term of the members of the county commission expiring in November 2022, the county commission of Cullman County shall be composed of three members who shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the county at large. One member shall be elected for each district defined herein and the member shall be a resident and elector of the district from which the member is elected; however, the chair of the commission shall be a resident and elector from anywhere in the county. The powers, duties, terms, compensation, and manner of election for the members of the commission shall be the same as now provided by law, except as otherwise herein provided, and the incumbent commissioners shall continue to serve until the expiration of their current terms at which time the successor shall qualify as herein provided. (b)(1) Effective for the term of the Associate Commissioners of the...
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45-37-140.14
Section 45-37-140.14 Abolition of district. (a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished in the manner provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished when it has any indebtedness. (1) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming to the requirements set forth below, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election on abolition of the district to be held in the district with the time provided for by Section 45-37-140.04 unless the petition is submitted less than one year before the next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election in which case the election shall be held at the next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election, at which qualified electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The number of qualified electors residing in the district signing the petition shall not be less than the smaller of these two numbers: 500, or a number equal to 10 percent of...
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45-49-140.02
Section 45-49-140.02 Petition for elections. (a) Upon a petition being filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county, the judge of probate shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the question, or questions, on which the petition requests an election. (b) The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified property owners within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The petition shall contain a description of the area proposed to be established as a district and shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question: Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? (d) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district. The board of trustees of a district may change the name of the district by filing in the office of the judge of probate a copy of a resolution changing the name thereof, which copy shall be certified by the president of the board of trustees. (e) The petition for election on...
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16-13-160
Section 16-13-160 Petition for election; calling of election. Upon a petition signed by 200 or more qualified electors of the county, who are also freeholders, to the county commission in any county within the State of Alabama, the said commission shall order an election to determine whether or not a special tax of one mill shall be levied for the support of the public schools within said county as hereinafter provided. (School Code 1927, §253; Code 1940, T. 52, §246.)...
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45-11-71.01
Section 45-11-71.01 Composition. (a) This section shall apply only in Chilton County. (b) Effective for the election of the county commission in November 2008 and thereafter, the Chilton County Commission shall be composed of five members elected from single-member districts. The member from each respective district shall be elected by the qualified electors residing within that district. The districts for the election of the commissioners in November 2008 shall be apportioned by the county commission at least 180 days prior to the last date for qualifying for the primary election and thereafter may be apportioned as provided by law. (c) Each candidate for election shall have been a resident and qualified elector of the district he or she seeks to represent at least 180 days prior to qualifying for election and shall remain a resident of the same district during his or her tenure in office. The members of the county commission shall serve for terms of four years. (d) The members of the...
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45-31-141.13
Section 45-31-141.13 Abolition of district. (a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished in the manner provided for by this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished when it has any indebtedness. All assets and equipment shall go to the Geneva County Volunteer Firefighters Association. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming to the requirements set forth below, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election on abolition of the district within the time provided, at which the qualified electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors of the district. It shall contain a recital that the district is not indebted and it shall request the judge of probate to order an election on whether the district shall be abolished. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that abolition of the district was approved by a...
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45-31-71
Section 45-31-71 Commission districts. The present members of the Geneva County Commission shall divide the county into commission districts for purposes of electing future members to the county commission. Such districts shall be divided and defined, as nearly as may be, on a population basis, and in contiguous area and as provided by law, so that each district shall have approximately the same population as every other district. The judge of probate shall continue to serve as the ex-officio chair of the commission and shall vote only in cases of tie votes on matters before the commission. Each candidate for district commissioner shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district which he or she represents and upon election shall continue to reside therein throughout their respective terms. Such district members shall be elected only by the qualified electors from the respective districts which they represent. Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as are all other...
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45-49-140.13
Section 45-49-140.13 Abolition of district. (a) Any district may be abolished in the manner provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished or diminished when it has any indebtedness. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election on abolition of the district to be held in the district within the time provided for by Section 45-49-140.02. The qualified electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote in the election. The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified property owners of the district. It shall contain a recital that the district is not indebted, and it shall request the judge of probate to order an election on whether the district shall be abolished. Upon the officers' canvassing the returns of the election certifying that abolition of the district was approved by a majority of the votes cast at the election, the district shall be...
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45-9-71
Section 45-9-71 Structure and operation. (a) The Court of County Commission of Chambers County is hereby abolished, and there is created in lieu thereof the Chambers County Commission, to be composed of five commissioners as hereinafter provided. Each commissioner shall be a resident and qualified elector of a commissioner's district as provided herein, and shall be elected by the electors of the county at large at the general elections held in November of 1974 and November of 1976. Each commissioner shall serve four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next following his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. In the event of a vacancy, the same shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. Commissioners for Districts 2 and 4 shall be elected in 1974. Commissioners for Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall be elected in 1976. (b) The commissioner's districts of the county as prescribed in subsection (a) of...
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9-9-7
Section 9-9-7 Establishment of district - Filing of petition for organization of district; appointment, etc., of engineer; report of engineer. (a) Whenever a petition praying for the organization of a water management district and signed by a majority of the landowners owning more than one third of the land in acreage in a proposed district or by at least one third of the persons owning more than one half of the land in the proposed district shall be filed with the court of probate of such county in which such lands are located or, if such lands are composed of tracts or parcels situated in two or more counties, then in the office of the court of probate of the county in which there is situated more of said lands than in any other county, said petition setting forth the specific body or district of land in the county or county and adjoining counties described in such a way as to convey an intelligent idea as to location of such land and stating that the public benefit or utility or the...
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