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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45-7-70
Section 45-7-70 Membership; salaries. (a) The Butler County Commission shall be composed of five members, elected from single-member districts one through five, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The five districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Unless otherwise provided by general law, each commissioner shall reside in the district he or she represents at the time of qualifying for office and during his or her tenure. For the purposes of establishing staggered terms for the members of the county commission, the members of the commission elected to represent districts two and three elected at the general election in 2020 shall serve a term of two years, and beginning with the general election in 2022 and each subsequent general election thereafter, shall serve a term of four years. (b) Effective beginning the next term of office, the chair of the commission shall be elected from among the five members of the commission to serve at the pleasure...
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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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45-26-72
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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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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45-11-71.01
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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45-16-71
Section 45-16-71 Composition and election of county commission. (a) The Coffee County Commission shall be composed of seven members, elected from single-member districts one through seven, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The seven districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner shall reside in the district he or she represents at the time of qualifying for office and during his or her tenure. The chair of the commission, who shall be a voting member of the commission, shall be elected at the first meeting after the election of the county commission from among the seven members of the commission to serve for a one-year term. A successor shall be elected each year in the same manner and any person serving as chair may serve succeeding terms. (b) The composition and election of the county commission as it existed on January 1, 2003, is ratified and confirmed. The districts for the election of commissioners in 2004 shall be the...
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45-25-71
Section 45-25-71 Election of members. (a) Effective the next election of the DeKalb County Commission, the members of the DeKalb County Commission shall be elected from single-member districts. Each member of the commission shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district he or she represents. (b) Not later than January 1 of the year of the next election of the county commission, the DeKalb County Commission shall adopt a plan dividing the county into districts of approximately equal population based on the immediately preceding federal decennial census. The variation between districts shall not exceed five percent plus or minus based on districts of equal population. (c) The county commission shall reapportion the commission districts in accordance with the standard in subsection (b) after each federal decennial census. (d) The members of the DeKalb County Commission serving pursuant to this section shall serve part time. The Chair of the DeKalb County Commission serving...
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45-17-70
Section 45-17-70 Membership. (a) The Colbert County Commission shall be composed of six members, elected from single-member districts one through six, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The six districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner shall reside in the district he or she represents at the time of qualifying for office and during his or her tenure. The chair of the commission shall rotate among the six members of the commission with each commissioner serving as chair for one-sixth of his or her four-year term of office. (b) The composition and election of the county commission as it existed on January 1, 2003, is ratified and confirmed. This section shall continue to apply to commissioners elected for a term of office for county commissioners in Colbert County on or after that date. (Act 2005-138, p. 242, §§1, 2.)...
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45-40-72
Section 45-40-72 Commission members; districts; chair. (a) The Lawrence County shall be composed of five , elected from single-member one through five, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The five districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner shall reside in the district he or she represents at the time of qualifying for office and during his or her tenure. The of the commission shall rotate among the five members of the commission with each commissioner serving as chair for one-fifth of his or her four-year term of office. (b) The composition and election of the county commission as it existed on January 1, 2003, is ratified and confirmed. This section shall continue to apply to commissioners elected for a term of office for county commissioners in Lawrence County on or after that date. (Act 2003-222, p. 562, §§1, 2.)...
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