2-8-232
Section 2-8-232 Referendum and assessments declared to be in public interest. It is hereby
further declared to be in the public interest and highly advantageous to the economy of the
state that wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats producers be permitted by referendum as hereinafter
provided to levy upon themselves an assessment, and to provide for the collection thereof
for the financing or contributing toward the financing of a program of research, education,
advertising and other methods designed to increase or promote the efficient and economical
production, distribution and marketing as well as the increased use, consumption and sale
of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats and wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats products.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-701, p. 1142, §3.)...
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2-8-126
Section 2-8-126 Notice of referendum; maximum assessment. When a referendum has been authorized
as provided in Section 2-8-125, the certified organization shall, before calling and announcing
such referendum, fix, determine and publicly announce, at least 30 days before the date determined
upon for such referendum, the date, hours and polling places for voting in such referendum,
the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which such assessment
shall be collected if authorized by the growers and the general purposes to which said amount
so collected shall be applied. Such notice shall be published by the certified association
through the medium of an established farm publication, and written notice thereof shall be
given to each county extension chairman in the area covered by the referendum. Provided, however,
any referendum called under the provisions of this article for the assessment of peanuts,
notice shall also be published once a week in a...
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2-8-9
Section 2-8-9 Eligibility to vote in referendum; question to be voted on. Any referendum conducted
under the provisions of this article may be held on an area or statewide basis as may be determined
by the certified association pursuant to rules and regulations adopted for the holding of
such referendum. All owners of cattle in the area covered by the referendum who shall be subject
to any assessments levied under the provisions of this article shall be entitled to vote in
the referendum. In such referendum, individuals so eligible for participation therein shall
vote upon the question of whether there shall be levied an assessment for a period of five
years in an amount set forth in the call for such referendum, which amount shall not exceed
the limitations prescribed by this article. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 280, p. 2320, §8;
Acts 1981, No. 81-211, p. 265, §1.)...
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2-13-119
Section 2-13-119 Call for another referendum. In the event such referendum to be conducted
as herein provided shall not be supported by a majority of those eligible for participation
and voting therein, then the state ADA and Alabama Farmers Dairy Division conducting the said
referendum shall have the full power and authority to call another referendum for the purposes
herein set forth in the next succeeding year, on the question of an annual assessment for
five years. (Acts 1990, No. 90-584, p. 1013, §10.)...
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2-8-6
Section 2-8-6 Authority of certified association to conduct referendum on assessment. Upon
being certified by the State Board of Agriculture and Industries as provided in Section 2-8-5,
such association shall thereupon be fully authorized and empowered to hold and conduct on
the part of the Alabama cattle owners a referendum wherein they shall be entitled to vote
on the question of whether or not they shall levy upon themselves an assessment under and
subject to and for the purpose stated in this article. The referendum may be conducted either
on a statewide or area basis as may be determined by the certified association. (Acts 1961,
Ex. Sess., No. 280, p. 2320, §6.)...
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11-44D-1
Section 11-44D-1 Ordinance abandoning commission form of government and referendum adopting
mayor-council or manager-council form. Within three months of the adoption and approval of
this chapter, the governing body of any Class 6 municipality with a commission form of government
may by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopt an ordinance abandoning
the commission form of government and calling for a referendum to be held at public expense
within 60 days after such call for the purpose of determining whether such city shall adopt
the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter, or in the alternative the
manager-council form of government authorized by this chapter. The mayor or chief executive
officer shall give notice of the time and purpose of such referendum election by publication
once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality,
or, if there is no such newspaper of general circulation in the...
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45-23A-92
Section 45-23A-92 Ad valorem tax. (a) The governing body of the City of Ozark in Dale County
may levy and collect an additional ad valorem tax at a rate not exceeding seven mills per
each one dollar ($1) on the value of the taxable property within the city, the proceeds of
which tax shall be used exclusively first for the retirement of the debt created pursuant
to the construction and additions to Carroll High School, and thereafter for educational and
school purposes as determined by the Ozark City Council; provided, however, the rate of such
tax, the time it is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to
a vote of the qualified electors of the City of Ozark and voted for by a majority of those
voting at such election. The additional taxes levied and imposed by this section shall become
effective October 1, 1987, upon referendum approved by a majority of the qualified electors
of the municipality, called by the municipal governing body at the next special,...
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45-37A-152
Section 45-37A-152 Ad valorem taxes authorized. (a) The governing body of the City of Fairfield
in Jefferson County may levy and collect an additional ad valorem tax at a rate not exceeding
15 mills per each dollar on the value of the taxable property within the city, the proceeds
of which tax shall be used exclusively for public educational purposes, provided the rate
of such tax, the time it is to continue, and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted
to a vote of the qualified electors of the City of Fairfield and voted for by a majority of
those voting at such election. The additional taxes levied and imposed by this section shall
become effective October 1, 1986, upon referendum approved by a majority of the qualified
electors of the municipality, called by the municipal governing body at the next special,
local, or statewide referendum, as provided by law and Amendment 373 to the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901, as amended. Such proceeds shall be collected at the same...
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11-44F-22
Section 11-44F-22 Ordinance once majority of voters vote in favor of mayor being full-time.
If a majority of voters vote in favor of the mayor of the Class 8 municipality being full-time,
the governing body of the city may provide, by ordinance, that the mayor of the Class 8 municipality
shall serve in a full-time capacity, until such time, if any, that the municipality subsequently
holds a referendum on the issue as provided by Section 11-44F-25. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367,
p. 739, §3.)...
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11-44D-5
Section 11-44D-5 Council-manager form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum herein choose a council-manager form of government the following
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and
as provided in this chapter be governed by a council-manager form of government, with a five-member
council elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers
and duties as other council-manager municipalities organized under chapter 43A, Title 11,
and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter, which may have been heretofore
granted to such municipalities. (2) The council shall include five members who shall be elected
from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population according to the
last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less, than the average
of the five districts. (3) The council members shall be...
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