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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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