45-28-70
Section 45-28-70 Single-member district county governing body. (a) The intent of this section
is to implement, by local act for Etowah County, the Joint Remedy Proposal in the court order
dated January 30, 1995, and related orders, in Civil Action No. 89-T-459-E, in the United
States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Eastern Division, in the case of
Presley, et al. v. Etowah County Commission. (b) There is created and established in and for
Etowah County, a single-member district governing body, which shall replace the existing governing
body to the extent there is a conflict with existing laws relating to Etowah County. The Etowah
County Commission shall be composed of six members, elected from single-member districts one
through six inclusive, which districts are described in the Joint Remedy Proposal made a part
of the court order dated January 30, 1995, and related orders, in Civil Action No. 89-T-459-E
in the United States District Court for the Middle District of...
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45-13-71
Section 45-13-71 Composition; election by districts. (a) The county commission herein created
shall consist of five members, one of whom shall serve as chairman as hereinafter provided.
(b) The five members of the commission shall be elected from, be a qualified elector of, and
reside in each of five single-member districts within Clarke County as herein defined. Commissioners
for Districts 2, 4, and 5 shall run in 1992, and every four years thereafter. Commissioners
for Districts 1 and 3 shall run in 1994, and every four years thereafter. Each commissioner
will serve a four-year term. The term for the commissioners from Districts 2 and 4 elected
in 1992 shall begin on the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January, 1993. The term
of all the commissioners from District 5 elected in 1992, and the term of commissioners elected
thereafter, shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on the seventh day next following his or her election,
or as otherwise provided by the general laws of Alabama. (c)...
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45-26-72
Section 45-26-72 Election. (a) The organization and composition of the County Commission of
Elmore County is altered to comply with this section. The governing body shall continue to
be known as the County Commission of Elmore County and shall have and exercise all of the
powers, duties, limitations, and responsibilities conferred upon it by the general laws of
Alabama relating to county commissions insofar as they are consistent with this section. For
the purpose of transacting official business, a quorum shall consist of three commissioners.
(b) Each member of the Elmore County Commission shall represent a separate district. Only
the qualified electors residing in a district may vote to elect the commissioner representing
the respective district. No person shall be eligible as a candidate for county commissioner
unless he or she is a bona fide resident of the district he or she seeks to represent. Each
member of the county commission shall reside in the district he or she represents...
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11-3-1.1
Section 11-3-1.1 Authority of single-member district commissioners to alter district boundaries.
(a) Following the release of any federal decennial census, any county commission of this state
which is at that time electing its members from single-member districts, pursuant to either
state or local law or a court order, may, by resolution, alter the boundaries of the districts.
(b) Any revised single-member district arrangement to be used, in whole or in part, in the
1992 primary and general election shall be adopted by the county commission not later than
75 days prior to the primary election in 1992. Any revised district arrangement to be used,
in whole or in part, for the first time in any year after 1992 shall be approved by the county
commission not later than 180 days prior to the primary election in which it will first be
used. (c) No resolution making changes in the boundaries of existing districts shall be adopted
by the county commission unless the commission shall first have...
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45-11-71.01
Section 45-11-71.01 Composition. (a) This section shall apply only in Chilton County. (b) Effective
for the election of the county commission in November 2008 and thereafter, the Chilton County
Commission shall be composed of five members elected from single-member districts. The member
from each respective district shall be elected by the qualified electors residing within that
district. The districts for the election of the commissioners in November 2008 shall be apportioned
by the county commission at least 180 days prior to the last date for qualifying for the primary
election and thereafter may be apportioned as provided by law. (c) Each candidate for election
shall have been a resident and qualified elector of the district he or she seeks to represent
at least 180 days prior to qualifying for election and shall remain a resident of the same
district during his or her tenure in office. The members of the county commission shall serve
for terms of four years. (d) The members of the...
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45-22-70.01
Section 45-22-70.01 Composition; election of members; terms; meetings. (a) Effective until
the end of the term of the members of the county commission expiring in November 2022, the
county commission of Cullman County shall be composed of three members who shall be nominated
and elected by the qualified electors of the county at large. One member shall be elected
for each district defined herein and the member shall be a resident and elector of the district
from which the member is elected; however, the chair of the commission shall be a resident
and elector from anywhere in the county. The powers, duties, terms, compensation, and manner
of election for the members of the commission shall be the same as now provided by law, except
as otherwise herein provided, and the incumbent commissioners shall continue to serve until
the expiration of their current terms at which time the successor shall qualify as herein
provided. (b)(1) Effective for the term of the Associate Commissioners of the...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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45-32-72
Section 45-32-72 Greene County Districting Commission. (a) In Greene County, there is hereby
created a three member Greene County Districting Commission, hereinafter referred to as districting
commission, to establish districts for the election of members of the Greene County Commission
and the Greene County Board of Education. One member of the districting commission shall be
appointed by the Greene County Board of Education, hereinafter referred to as board; one member
shall be appointed by the Greene County Commission, hereinafter referred to as commission;
and, one member shall be appointed by the state representative and state senator representing
Greene County, hereinafter referred to as delegation. The board, commission, and delegation
may hereinafter be referred to as appointing authorities. If the board or the commission does
not appoint its member to the districting commission within 45 days from May 8, 1985, the
delegation shall make the appointments within 10 days...
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45-31-71.01
Section 45-31-71.01 Election of members. For purposes of electing members of the Geneva County
Commission in 1988 and 1990, the county is hereby divided into four county commission districts
as defined by resolution duly adopted by the Geneva County Commission on July 12, 1976, and
spread upon the minutes of the regular session of the county commission held on that date.
For purposes of electing members of the Geneva County Commission in 1992 and thereafter, the
members serving on the Geneva County Commission during the months of February and March of
1991, shall divide the county into four contiguous commission districts in such manner that
each district shall have approximately the same population as every other district, as nearly
as practicable. The judge of probate shall continue to serve as the ex-officio chair of the
commission and shall vote only in case of tie votes on matters before the commission. Each
candidate for district commissioner shall be a resident and qualified...
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45-48-71
Section 45-48-71 Single member districts. Pursuant to the authority of Section 11-3-1.1, the
Marshall County Commission shall adopt a plan of four single member districts for the election
of the county commission and shall submit the plan to the United States Justice Department
by July 1, 1993, for preclearance. The initial terms shall be staggered as follows: One commissioner
from District 1 or District 2 shall be elected for a six year term of office in 1994 and one
commissioner from District 3 or District 4 shall be elected for a six year term of office.
The remaining commission members shall be elected for terms of office of four years each.
The county commission shall draw lots to determine the two districts with initial terms of
office of four years, and the two districts with initial terms of office of six years. Thereafter,
successors shall serve terms of office of four years each. (Act 92-391, p. 807, § 1.)...

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