45-41-71
Section 45-41-71 Membership; districts; elections. (a) The Lee County Commission shall be composed
of five commissioners, elected from single-member districts one through five, inclusive, by
the qualified voters residing within each district and the judge of probate, who shall serve
as chair. 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 commissioners shall be elected for four-year staggered terms in the
same manner as terms are staggered on May 3, 2004, as follows: Commissioners in district one
and district three shall be elected in 2004, and every four years thereafter; commissioners
in district two, district four, and district five shall be elected in 2006, and every four
years thereafter. (b) The composition and election of the Lee County Commission as it existed
on January 1, 2004, is ratified and confirmed. This section shall...
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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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45-40-72
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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45-48-101.22
Section 45-48-101.22 Boundaries of districts. (a) Following the release of any federal decennial
census, the board, by majority vote, may change the boundaries of the districts in order to
create single-member districts that comply with the one-person, one-vote requirement of the
United States Constitution and may provide that members be elected from single-member districts,
reside within those districts, and be elected by majority vote of the electors voting in the
district. Any revised district arrangement to be used, in whole or in part, shall be approved
by the board not less than 180 days before the election in which the revised districts shall
first be used. (b) No change to the boundaries of existing districts shall be adopted by the
board unless the board first shall have advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in
Marshall County for at least two consecutive weeks the time and place of the meeting at which
the change shall be voted upon. The advertisement shall include...
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11-44A-30
Section 11-44A-30 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 7 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall
have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days
immediately preceding the date of the election, and...
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11-44F-1
Section 11-44F-1 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall
have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days
immediately preceding the date of the election, and...
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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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45-44-72
Section 45-44-72 Composition; elections; terms. (a) The Macon County Commission shall be composed
of four members, each of whom shall be elected from the single-member districts previously
established by the Macon County Commission. In addition, the chair of the county commission
shall be elected from the county at-large. The terms of all four county commissioners and
the chair of the county commission shall continue to run concurrently with the terms of the
county board of education and each member of the commission shall be elected to serve four-year
terms. The Macon County Commission shall set the necessary policies and priorities for the
construction, maintenance, and repair of all public roads, county highways, bridges, ferries,
and public facilities within Macon County, Alabama, to provide the people of Macon County
with a safe and adequate road system. (b) After April 21, 2015, the members of the Macon County
Commission shall continue to be elected as provided by law and shall...
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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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45-26-72
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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