22-21-101
Section 22-21-101 Designation as agency to operate, etc., public hospital facilities. The county commission of any county in which a special tax for public hospital purposes has heretofore been or shall hereafter be authorized at an election held in the county pursuant to the provisions of any amendment to the constitution shall have the power to designate a hospital corporation in the county as the agency of the county to acquire, construct, equip, operate and maintain public hospital facilities in the county as a whole if the said special tax is a countywide tax or in that portion of the county in which the tax shall have been voted if the said tax is not a countywide tax. Such designation shall be made by a resolution of the county commission, which shall be duly entered upon the minutes of such county commission. A certified copy of such resolution shall be filed with the judge of probate of the county, who shall forthwith receive and record the same. A certified copy of such...
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22-21-103
Section 22-21-103 Special county tax - Validation of elections - Generally. All elections which have heretofore been held in any county pursuant to the provisions of any amendment to the constitution for the purpose of authorizing a special county tax for public hospital purposes which said elections resulted in a majority of the votes cast being in favor of the said tax and which said elections were irregular by reason of failure prior to the actual holding of the elections to give notice thereof in a newspaper or by reason of any other irregularity are hereby ratified and confirmed and given effect in all respects as if all provisions of law relating to such elections had been duly and legally complied with, and the said tax may be levied and collected accordingly; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to elections which have been in express terms held and declared illegal by any county commission of a county prior to September 19, 1949. (Acts 1949, No. 640,...
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45-30-102
Section 45-30-102 Election of superintendent. (a) The Legislature finds that Amendment 578 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, was approved by an overwhelming majority of the voters of Franklin County and the Franklin County School District at the election held for that purpose. The Legislature further finds and declares that subsection (b) of Amendment 578 was intended to require approval of a majority of those qualified electors of the political subdivisions voting at the constitutional amendment election and was not intended to require approval by a majority of the registered voters in the respective political subdivisions. However, because the Legislature is mindful that opponents to Amendment 578 may attempt to challenge Amendment 578 based on an unreasonable interpretation of subsection (b) of Amendment 578, the Legislature desires to provide further for the nomination of the Franklin County Superintendent of Education. (b) Candidates for election to the office of the...
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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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16-13-37
Section 16-13-37 Use of county sales and use tax funds for general educational purposes. (a) When approved at a referendum election held for such purposes in the manner hereinafter prescribed, any local board of education may divert any earmarked revenue derived by it from county sales and use taxes heretofore levied and imposed by local laws enacted by the Legislature of Alabama which exclusively earmarked such county sales and use taxes for capital outlay, construction and maintenance of public schools and use or spend the same for general educational purposes, including payment of teachers' salaries, other current school expenses, and costs of school transportation, the provisions of any general, special or local law to the contrary notwithstanding. (b) Upon the written request of the local board of education to the county commission, the referendum elections referred to in subsection (a) of this section may be called, held and conducted as nearly as may be in accordance with state...
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45-37-150.18
Section 45-37-150.18 Referendum. If the vote on the constitutional amendment excepting bingo from the constitutional prohibition against lotteries in Section 65 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, is approved by a majority of the voters casting ballots thereon in Jefferson County, it shall not be necessary for an election to be held under this article to determine whether the procedures of this article shall be operative in the county. If the amendment passes statewide, but is rejected in Jefferson County, this article shall not be effective until a favorable vote is given by the voters of the county thereon. The governing body of Jefferson County may call and provide for holding a referendum for the purpose of determining if this article shall become operative. The election shall be held and the officers appointed to hold same in the manner provided by law for holding other county elections in the county and the returns thereof tabulated and results certified as provided by law for...
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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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45-20A-51
Section 45-20A-51 Levy of ad valorem tax. (a) In Covington County, pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901, and a resolution heretofore adopted by the City of Opp governing body after a public hearing, the governing body is authorized to levy, in addition to any and all other taxes heretofore levied, an additional ad valorem tax on the taxable properties in the city. The city governing body may impose an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of seven and one half mills on each dollar of taxable property in the city. The revenues from the tax shall be paid to the city board of education to be used for general educational purposes. (b) The increase in the rate of the tax as provided herein subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the city who vote on the proposed increase at a special election called and held for such purpose pursuant to the provisions of subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 of the Alabama...
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45-26-243
Section 45-26-243 Additional tax for education purposes. (a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Elmore County Commission may levy, in addition to any other tax, an ad valorem tax in the amount of 6 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county effective October 1, 1996, and an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of 3 mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county effective October 1, 1998, for a total increase in ad valorem tax in the amount of 9 mills. The revenue from the additional tax shall be paid to the county board of education to be used for general education purposes. (b) The increase in the rate of the tax as provided by this section is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors of the county who vote on the proposed increase at a special election held for that purpose on September 3, 1996. (Act 96-624, p. 994, ยงยง1, 2.)...
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45-27-243
Section 45-27-243 Additional ad valorem tax; disposition of funds. (a) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT No. 3. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 60, S. 130, 1915 Regular Session. (2) AMENDMENT No. 373. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 6, 1978 Second Special Session. (3) COUNTY COMMISSION. Escambia County Commission. (4) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (5) COUNTY. Escambia County, Alabama. (6) SPECIAL TAX. The countywide ad valorem tax authorized in Amendment No. 3 and levied and collected on taxable property in the county. (b) The county presently levies and collects the special tax at a rate of thirty cents ($.30) on each one hundred dollars ($100) (3 mills on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 373 and an election held in the county on May 8, 1979. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the county...
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