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11-3A-2
Section 11-3A-2 Powers for public welfare, health, and safety; authorization; scope. (a) Except
where otherwise specifically prohibited or provided for either heretofore or hereafter by
general law or the constitution of this state and subject to the procedures and limitations
set out in this chapter, the county commission of a county may provide for its property and
affairs; and for the public welfare, health, and safety of the citizens throughout the unincorporated
areas of the county by exercising certain powers for the protection of the county and public
property under its control. The powers granted herein to provide for the public welfare, health,
and safety of its citizens shall only include the following: (1) Abatement of weeds as a public
nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60. (2) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127,
control of animals and animal nuisances. (3) Control of litter as defined in subsection (b)
of Section 13A-7-29, or rubbish as defined in subdivision...
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11-85-53
Section 11-85-53 Composition; selection, terms and replacement of representatives; financing;
procedure for addition or withdrawal of governmental units, dissolution, etc. (a) All governmental
units within the boundaries of a region which are parties to the agreement for the establishment
of a regional planning and development commission shall be represented on the commission as
provided in this section. The agreement may provide formulas and procedures under which smaller
governmental units may select a common representative and larger units may select more than
one representative, but there shall be at least one representative for each county and for
each city of over 10,000 population. At least a majority of the representation of a commission
shall be elected public officials of the participating governmental units. This section shall
not apply to any counties which have formed any regional planning commissions. (b) The terms
and manner of selection and replacement of the commission...
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45-31-71
Section 45-31-71 Commission districts. The present members of the Geneva County Commission
shall divide the county into commission districts for purposes of electing future members
to the county commission. Such districts shall be divided and defined, as nearly as may be,
on a population basis, and in contiguous area and as provided by law, so that each district
shall have approximately the same population as every other district. The judge of probate
shall continue to serve as the ex-officio chair of the commission and shall vote only in cases
of tie votes on matters before the commission. Each candidate for district commissioner shall
be a resident and qualified elector of the district which he or she represents and upon election
shall continue to reside therein throughout their respective terms. Such district members
shall be elected only by the qualified electors from the respective districts which they represent.
Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as are all other...
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45-37-72.27
Section 45-37-72.27 Statement of candidacy; petition. (a) No primary election shall be held
to nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy under this subpart. At any election held under this
subpart no person's name shall appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office to be filled
at the election unless such person has filed in the office of the judge of probate of the
county within the time and in the forms prescribed in subsection (b) his or her statement
of candidacy and the petition signed by a least 100 qualified electors of the commission district
requesting that such person become a candidate for the office. (b) Any person desiring to
become a candidate at any election may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
judge of probate of the county such person's statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied
by such person's affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate, or by a notary public,
that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which...
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11-44E-41
Section 11-44E-41 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any
election for the office of commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office
of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy accompanied by a petition signed
by a minimum of fifty registered voters of such commission district or in the case of mayor,
one hundred registered voters of the municipality, endorsing the candidacy of such candidate
and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or notary public. Such statement shall
be filed by 5:00 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the date set for the election
and shall be substantially in the following form: "State of Alabama, _____ County. I,
the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of
_____, in said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire
to become a candidate for the office of commissioner for District _____, in said City...
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45-37-140.12
Section 45-37-140.12 Service charge ordinances; election. (a) Subject to the conditions stated
below in this section, the board of trustees shall be authorized to adopt service charge ordinances
levying service charges provided for in Section 45-37-140.11. No service charge ordinance
shall take effect and be enforced until the substance of the ordinance has been published
in some newspaper of general circulation in the district and at least eight days have elapsed
after such newspaper publication and at least eight days have also elapsed after such ordinance
in full was posted in each fire station in the district, or at some other public place in
the district if there is no such fire station. It is further provided that no such ordinance
shall become effective unless it is approved at an election held in response to the petition
hereinbelow provided for, or unless the time prescribed for filing such petition expires without
the petition being filed. (b) Upon the petition, prescribed in...
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11-89-6
Section 11-89-6 Board of directors. Each district shall be governed by a board of directors.
All powers of the district shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 11-89-3 and 11-89-4, the board shall consist initially
of that number of directors, apportioned among and elected by the authorizing subdivisions,
as shall be specified in the certificate of incorporation of the district. The initial term
of office of each such director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at
12:01 A.M. on the fourth anniversary date of the filing for record of the certificate of incorporation
of the district. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall be four years;
provided however, each county commission may, if they desire, number the place of each director
and prescribe one-, two-, three-or four-year terms for each place so as to stagger the terms
of office of the directors. If any amendment to the certificate...
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6-6-752
Section 6-6-752 Contents of petition; order to show cause; service of petition and order on
district attorney; publication of public notice. (a) The authority for issuing such obligations,
the fact that an election has been held and that such election was in favor of the issuance
of such obligations, if an election was required, the ordinances or resolutions authorizing
their issuance and the fact of their adoption, and all essential proceedings had or taken
in connection therewith, the amount of the obligations to be issued, the maximum rate of interest
they are to bear, when principal and interest are to be paid and the place of payment (unless
the successful bidder at public sale will have the right to name, designate, request, or suggest
the place of payment, which shall be stated if this is the case), the tax or other means provided
for their payment, the assessed value of the property in the unit, the amount of outstanding
indebtedness incurred and the date or dates when so...
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11-44C-2
Section 11-44C-2 Special election as to adoption of commission or mayor-council form of government.
Upon March 28, 1985, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter
applies shall call a special election to be held on May 14, 1985, said call for the purpose
of determining whether such city shall adopt the court ordered district commission form of
government in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved
by the court on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs. City of Mobile, Civil Action No.
75-297, or in the alternative the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter,
and shall give notice of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week
for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city. All qualified electors of
such city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions
shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section...
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17-13-102
Section 17-13-102 Petition requirements. In order to qualify the name of any person to appear
on the ballot at a presidential preference primary, a petition or petitions in support of
his or her candidacy shall be filed with the state party chair of the appropriate political
party, hereinafter referred to as "chair," 116 days prior to the presidential preference
primary election. To comply with this section, a candidate may file a petition or petitions
signed by a total of not less than 500 qualified electors of the state, or petitions signed
by not less than 50 qualified electors of each congressional district of the state, in which
case there shall be a separate petition for each congressional district. The petitions shall
be in such form as the chair may prescribe; provided, that there shall be a space for the
county of residence of each signer next to the space provided for his or her signature. No
signature may be counted as valid unless the county of residence of the signer is...
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