39-7-4
Section 39-7-4 Form and verification of petition. (a) The petition shall be in substantially
the following form: "To the (herein insert the name of governing body) of the City (or
Town) or to the Probate Judge of _____ County. We, the undersigned, qualified electors of
the area embraced within the city or town or of the following described area _____ respectfully
petition that there be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors in said area the following
question: 'Shall the citizens of said city or town or the citizens of said described area
(describing it) be incorporated by the name of the Improvement Authority of (here insert name
of city or town, or area) for the purpose of engaging in the enterprise of furnishing to such
city, town or area and its inhabitants or to the inhabitants of such area described for public
and private uses the following services: ___ ___ ___' (Signatures of electors)...
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45-37-140.03
Section 45-37-140.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon any petition provided for in this section
being filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county, he or she 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 electors
residing within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The petition shall contain a
description of the area which is proposed to be established as a district under this article
and shall request the judge of product to call an election on one or more of the following
questions: (1) Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? (2) Shall
there be created for the area a district for garbage disposal? (3) Shall there be created
for the area a district for fighting fires and (d) The petition shall state the name of the
proposed district. The board of trustees of a district may change the name of...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent
to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public
health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall
be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge
of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such
resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering
an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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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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45-41A-10.03
Section 45-41A-10.03 Application; authorization of incorporation. (a) The authority may be
organized pursuant to this part. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number
of natural persons not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the city, shall
first file a written application with the governing body of the city, which application shall:
(1) Contain a statement that the applicants propose to incorporate the authority pursuant
to this part. (2) State the proposed location of the principal office of the authority, which
shall be within the corporate limits of the city. (3) State that each of the applicants is
a duly qualified elector of the city. (4) Request that the governing body of the city adopt
a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that the proposed authority
be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed authority by the
filing for record of a certificate of incorporation in accordance with Section...
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45-41A-40.03
Section 45-41A-40.03 Application; authorization of incorporation. (a) The authority may be
organized pursuant to this part. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number
of natural persons, not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of the city, shall
first file a written application with the governing body of the city, which application shall
do all of the following: (1) Contain a statement that the applicants propose to incorporate
the authority pursuant to this part. (2) State the proposed location of the principal office
of the authority, which shall be within the corporate limits of the city. (3) State that each
of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the city. (4) Request that the governing
body of the city adopt a resolution declaring that it is wise, expedient, and necessary that
the proposed authority be formed and authorizing the applicants to proceed to form the proposed
authority by the filing for record of a certificate of incorporation...
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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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17-14-31
Section 17-14-31 Certification of names of candidates; nominating petitions; names of electors;
statement of electors. (a) When presidential electors are to be chosen, the Secretary of State
of Alabama shall certify to the judges of probate of the several counties the names of all
candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated by any national convention or
other like assembly of any political party or by written petition signed by at least 5,000
qualified voters of this state. (b) The certificate of nomination by a political party convention
must be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the convention and by the chair of
the state executive or central committee of the political party making the nomination. Any
nominating petition, to be valid, must contain the signatures as well as the addresses of
the petitioners. Such certificates and petitions must be filed in the office of the Secretary
of State no later than the 82nd day next preceding the day fixed for...
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17-9-3
Section 17-9-3 Persons entitled to have names printed on ballots; failure of Secretary of State
to certify nominations. (a) The following persons shall be entitled to have their names printed
on the appropriate ballot for the general election, provided they are otherwise qualified
for the office they seek: (1) All candidates who have been put in nomination by primary election
and certified in writing by the chair and secretary of the canvassing board of the party holding
the primary and filed with the judge of probate of the county, in the case of a candidate
for county office, and the Secretary of State in all other cases, on the day next following
the last day for contesting the primary election for that office if no contest is filed. If
a contest is filed, then the certificate for the contested office must be filed on the day
next following the date of settlement or decision of the contest. (2) All candidates who have
been put in nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting,...
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11-95-3
Section 11-95-3 Application for incorporation of public corporation; approval by local governing
bodies. A public corporation may be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter in
any county. In order to incorporate such a public corporation, any number of natural persons,
not less than three, who are duly qualified electors of a county, shall first file a written
application with the governing body of such county and with the governing body of any single
municipality located wholly within such county, which application shall: (1) Recite the names
of the county and the municipality with the governing bodies of which such application is
being filed; (2) Contain a statement that the applicants propose to incorporate a corporation
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; (3) State the proposed location of the principal
office of the corporation, which shall be within the county with whose governing body such
application is filed; (4) State that each of the applicants is a duly...
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