22-21-135
Section 22-21-135 Board of directors. (a) The authority shall have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation, as most recently amended. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The directors shall be residents of the municipality (except, that any director required to be elected from among persons nominated by the county commission need not be a resident of the municipality, but must be a resident of the county) and shall be elected by the governing body for staggered terms of office. In order to accomplish this purpose, the governing body shall, at the time of the election of the first board, divide the board into three groups containing as near equal whole numbers as possible. The first term of board members included in the first group shall be two years, the first term of the board members included in the second group shall be four years and the first term of the board...
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37-13-5
Section 37-13-5 Board of directors of authority. Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in its certificate of incorporation, all of whom shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of this section. If there is to be only one authorizing subdivision (whether a county, city or town), the governing body of the authorizing subdivision shall elect all the directors. If there is to be more than one authorizing subdivision, the respective governing bodies of the authorizing subdivisions shall each elect the same number of directors; and one additional director shall be elected jointly by the governing bodies of all the authorizing subdivisions. Each director shall be a resident of the authorizing subdivision by whose governing body he was elected, except that the said additional director need only be a resident of the county in which is located the principal office of the authority, as specified in its certificate of...
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11-44D-6
Section 11-44D-6 Provisions applicable to both mayor-council and manager-council forms of government. The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1) Within 30 days after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder. (2) The governing body shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (3) Within 10 days after the receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election for the members of the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of...
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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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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43, Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less, than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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11-44C-92
Section 11-44C-92 Commission form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein choose the court ordered districted 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, then the provisions of said court ordered districted commission form shall be applicable to said city. The three commissioners elected under said court ordered plan from single member districts shall sit as a board and shall possess and exercise all municipal powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, possessed and exercised by city governing bodies as provided by sections 11-44-70 through 11-44-105, as amended, and other applicable laws, except that all functions, responsibilities and operations of the city shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners as a whole. All three commissioners...
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11-65-1
Section 11-65-1 Legislative declarations and findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (1) As the basis for enacting Act No. 84-131, the Legislature found and determined that the conduct within Class 1 municipalities in the state of horse racing events and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will generate additional revenues for governmental and charitable purposes, provide additional jobs for the residents of the state and benefit the businesses related to tourism and recreation within any such municipality and throughout the surrounding areas of the state; it is desirable to permit the qualified voters of any Class 1 municipality to determine through referendum whether horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will be permitted in such municipality; and for each Class 1 municipality in which horse racing is approved by the voters thereof, it is necessary and desirable to provide for the establishment of a racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel...
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11-49B-6
Section 11-49B-6 Board of directors. (a) Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall initially be composed of 10 directors, but may be increased to a maximum of 15 directors if additional counties join the regional system. The directors of the authority shall be appointed as follows: (1) The president of the county commission in the county where the authority is organized shall appoint three members of the board of directors for the county commission with one appointee being an elected county official. All appointees shall be subject to confirmation by the county commission. (2) The mayor of the Class 1 municipality shall appoint three members of the board of directors for the city with one appointee being an elected city official. All appointees shall be subject to confirmation by the city council. (3) The president of the mayors association of the county where...
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11-44B-2
Section 11-44B-2 Ordinances establishing boundaries of seven-council districts and salaries of mayor and council members; compliance with Voting Rights Act; election of mayor and council; powers and duties of municipality. If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any municipality to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the seven-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder; (2) The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; (3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice that an election for mayor and all...
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