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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