11-40-7
Section 11-40-7 Change of name. Any city or town may change its corporate name by passing an
ordinance stating the new name proposed and submitting the question of change to a vote of
the qualified electors of such municipality at the next general municipal election to be held
therein. The result of the election shall be ascertained by the officers holding such general
election, and return shall be made to the council or other governing authorities which, in
the event that a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of the change, shall
pass a resolution or ordinance declaring the result of the election and stating the new name
of the city or town. (Code 1907, §1074; Code 1923, §1768; Code 1940, T. 37, §6.)...
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11-42-123
Section 11-42-123 Ordering of election by proclamation. If the council or governing body of
each city or town confirms the agreement, then the mayor of the city or town proposed to be
annexed to the other city or town shall, by proclamation, order an election to be held on
a day fixed in the proclamation in his city or town, submitting to a vote of the qualified
electors in his city or town the following proposition: "Shall the agreement for the
annexation of (naming the city or town) to (naming the city or town) be ratified?" and
stating in such proclamation that one of the triplicates of the agreement made which is submitted
for ratification is on file in the office of the clerk of such city or town, open to the inspection
of the public. (Code 1907, §1136; Code 1923, §1831; Code 1940, T. 37, §198.)...
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11-44E-168
Section 11-44E-168 Recall of elected official. The mayor or any commissioner shall be subject
to recall. To institute a recall election, any registered voter may present a petition to
the city clerk having the signatures of no less than 30 percent of the registered voters having
voted in the last preceding election. Such petition shall contain the following statement:
To the city clerk. We the following registered voters of _____ (name of municipality) do respectfully
request that you instigate an election to be held for the purpose of recalling _____ (name
of person) who holds the office of _____ (name of office) Signatures of those signing the
petition along with residential addresses shall follow. Upon receipt of such petition, the
city clerk shall make arrangements under Alabama law to hold such election within 30 days
of receipt by the city clerk of such petition. Provided that a majority of registered voters
vote for the recall, then the city clerk shall thereupon declare that...
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11-42-121
Section 11-42-121 Appointment of commissioners. The mayor or other head of the governing body
of any city or town shall appoint the commissioners provided for in Section 11-42-120 upon
the adoption of a resolution by the governing body calling for such appointment or upon the
presentation of a petition to the governing body signed by one third of the qualified electors
residing within such city or town. (Code 1907, §1134; Code 1923, §1829; Code 1940, T. 37,
§196.)...
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39-7-14
Section 39-7-14 Board of trustees of authority - Composition; appointment, removal and terms
of office of members; vacancies. (a) Each improvement authority shall have a board of trustees
consisting of not more than five members that are qualified electors residing in the area
serviced by the authority. (b) When the authority is composed of an incorporated city or town,
the trustees shall be appointed by the governing body of the city or town. When the authority
is composed in whole or in part of the inhabitants of an unincorporated area, the governing
body of the county in which the area is composed appoints the trustees. In the event the unincorporated
area is composed of parts of different counties, the Governor of the state shall appoint the
board. All vacancies on the board shall be filled by the proper authority designated in this
section. The first appointment of the members of the board shall be made not later than 30
days after the improvement authority becomes an...
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45-19-110.08
Section 45-19-110.08 Voters reidentification questionnaire. The questionnaire to reidentify
a voter shall be in substantially the following form: VOTERS REIDENTIFICATION QUESTIONNAIRE
Date _____, 20 Name ___ (FIRST) (MIDDLE) (LAST) Legal Residence Address ___ STREET City or
Town ___ State ___ Date of Birth ___ Sex ___ I now vote and I am a qualified elector in precinct
or Beat No. _____, Box No. _____, Coosa County, and I have not been disqualified from voting
in this county. I am not a qualified voter in any other county in the State of Alabama or
in any other state in the United States. I have resided in Precinct or Beat No. ____ for the
past _____ months. Signed ___ Signature of Worker Sworn and subscribed before me this ____
day of ____, 20_. Registrar - Judge of Probate (Acts 1978, No. 864,...
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39-7-2
Section 39-7-2 Authorization for incorporation generally. The citizens of any city or town
in the State of Alabama or the citizens of any area in the State of Alabama containing as
many as 250 qualified electors may be incorporated as an authority under this chapter. (Acts
1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §18.)...
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11-42-201
Section 11-42-201 Certification and filing with probate judge of resolution, plat or map, and
list of qualified electors. Upon the passage of such resolution the mayor or person holding
the chief office of such city or town shall certify a copy of such resolution, together with
a plat or map correctly defining the corporate limits proposed to be established, and the
names of all qualified electors residing in the territory proposed to be excluded from the
area of such corporation, and file the same with the judge of probate of the county in which
said city or town is situated. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923, §2414; Code 1940,
T. 37, §238.)...
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24-1-23
Section 24-1-23 Procedure for incorporation of authority; boundaries of authority; denial of
petition for incorporation; resubmission of petition after denial. Any 25 residents of a city
or of the area within 10 miles from the territorial boundaries thereof may file a petition
with the city clerk setting forth that there is a need for an authority to function in the
city and the surrounding area. Upon the filing of such a petition the city clerk shall give
notice of the time, place and purpose of a public hearing at which the council will determine
the need for an authority in the city and surrounding area. Such notice shall be given at
the city's expense by publishing a notice, at least 10 days preceding the day on which the
hearing is to be held, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the city and said surrounding
area or, if there be no such newspaper, by posting such a notice in at least three public
places within the city, at least 10 days preceding the day on which the...
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11-46-36
Section 11-46-36 Preparation, certification, filing, and publication of lists of qualified
regular voters. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town shall cause
to be made a list of the qualified voters who reside within the corporate limits of such city
or town and who are registered to vote regular ballots, dividing the same into separate alphabetical
lists of the qualified voters of each ward where such city or town has been divided into wards
and all qualified voters thereof vote at one box or voting machine, or dividing such list
into separate alphabetical lists of voters authorized to vote at each respective box or voting
machine if the list of qualified voters has been divided alphabetically and each alphabetical
group assigned a box or machine at which to vote. He or she shall have such lists compared
with the official list of electors qualified to vote during the current year on file in the
probate office of the county in which the municipality is...
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