11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change; election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners. Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk. The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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11-65-4
Section 11-65-4 Elections required to approve incorporation of commission and conduct of racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. (a) No commission shall be incorporated for a Class 1 municipality and no horse racing or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering thereon shall be permitted in such municipality pursuant to this chapter unless the incorporation of such commission, together with the conduct of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or both such activities, shall have been authorized by an election held in the host county in which such incorporation and such racing and wagering activities shall have been approved by both (i) a majority of the votes cast in such election by voters who reside in the host county (including those voters who reside in the sponsoring municipality) and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in such election by voters who reside in the commission municipal jurisdiction. In order to authorize the...
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45-17-242
Section 45-17-242 Election to authorize tax. The board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or like governing body of Colbert County is hereby authorized to call an election of the qualified electors of the county for the purpose of determining whether or not the county governing body may levy an additional county privilege or excise tax on tobacco and certain tobacco products. Due notice of the time of holding the election and of the purpose of the election must be given by the sheriff at least 30 days prior to the date the election is to be held, by publication in some newspaper in the county, and by posting such notice at the courthouse door and at three other public places in the county. The county governing body shall provide for the holding of the election on the date specified in the notice. If the question of levying the special tax authorized herein fails to carry at such election, that fact shall not preclude the submission of the question to the voters of the county at...
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45-8A-115
Section 45-8A-115 Additional ad valorem taxes; special election approval; use of proceeds. (a) In accordance with the pertinent provisions of Amendment 373 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the governing body of the City of Oxford, Alabama, in Calhoun County and Talladega County may levy and provide for the collection of an additional 15 mills ad valorem taxes on taxable property situated within the city. (b) The additional ad valorem taxes levied and collected pursuant to this section are subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors residing in the City of Oxford who vote on the proposed additional ad valorem taxes at a special election called and held for such purpose as provided for in Amendment 373 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (c) The net proceeds from any additional revenue accruing to the city from the additional tax revenue resulting from this section shall be paid to the municipal general fund and shall be allocated and expended solely for...
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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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6-6-751
Section 6-6-751 Right to file petition to determine validity of obligations. When any unit desiring to issue any obligations shall hold an election for that purpose in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and laws of this state controlling and regulating such election and the returns of such election shall show prima facie that such election is in favor of the issuance of such obligations, or when the governing body of any unit, in any case where an election is not required by the Constitution or laws of this state, shall adopt any ordinance or resolution or take any other action required by law for the issuance of obligations of such unit, the governing body of such unit may in its discretion, before the issuance of any of such obligations, determine its authority to issue such obligations and the legality of all proceedings had or taken in connection therewith, the validity of the tax or other means provided for the payment thereof and the validity of all pledges of...
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45-48-142.27
Section 45-48-142.27 Election procedures. (a) The provision of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to the elections for fire district funding. (b) When a petition for the holding of an election is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to some other election to be held in the territory in which the election is sought by the petition, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day as the other election held. The county governing body shall pay for the necessary expenses of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county. (c) If the petition is not filed at a time that will permit the election sought thereby to be held at the same time some other election is held, as herein provided, the judge of...
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23-4-20
Section 23-4-20 Vacation of street or alley. (a) Subject to the conditions set out in this subsection, any street or alley may be vacated, in whole or in part, by the owner or owners of the land abutting the street or alley or abutting that portion of the street or alley desired to be vacated by following the procedures set out herein. The owner or owners of the land abutting the street or alley to be vacated shall join in a written petition requesting that the street or alley be vacated and shall file the petition with the governing body with jurisdiction over the street or alley, or portion thereof, requesting the governing body's approval of the vacation. The governing body shall set the request for vacation for public hearing within 100 days from the date the petition is received. Notice of the hearing shall be provided as set out in Section 36-25A-3 for notice of meetings of the governing body and shall describe the street or alley, or portion thereof, requested to be vacated in...
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40-12-4
Section 40-12-4 County license tax for school purposes - Authority to levy. (a) In order to provide funds for public school purposes, the governing body of each of the several counties in this state is hereby authorized by ordinance to levy and provide for the assessment and collection of franchise, excise and privilege license taxes with respect to privileges or receipts from privileges exercised in such county, which shall be in addition to any and all other county taxes heretofore or hereafter authorized by law in such county. Such governing body may, in its discretion, submit the question of levying any such tax to a vote of the qualified electors of the county. If such governing body submits the question to the voters, then the governing body shall also provide for holding and canvassing the returns of the election and for giving notice thereof. All the proceeds from any tax levied pursuant to this section less the cost of collection and administration thereof shall be used...
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45-28-21.01
Section 45-28-21.01 Regulation of sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on Sunday - Unincorporated areas. (a) The voters in the unincorporated area of Etowah County may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the unincorporated area of the county on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: The county commission, by resolution, may call an election to determine the sentiment of the voters residing outside the corporate limits of any municipalities within the county, as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed on Sunday in the unincorporated area of the county as further provided for and regulated by ordinance of the county commission. (b) On the ballot to be used for the election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages outside the corporate limits of any municipalities within the county on Sunday as further provided for and regulated by...
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