12-25-3
Section 12-25-3 Membership. (a) The commission shall consist of the following voting members: (1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or at his or her designation, a sitting or retired judge, who shall serve as chair, or at his or her designation another member of the commission shall serve as chair. (2) The Governor, or his or her designee. (3) The Attorney General, or his or her designee. (4) Three district attorneys appointed by the President of the Alabama District Attorneys' Association. (5) Two circuit judges, active or retired, appointed by the President of the Alabama Association of Circuit Court Judges. (6) A district judge, active or retired, appointed by the President of the Alabama Association of District Court Judges. (7) Two victims of a violent felony or persons whose immediate family member was a victim of a violent felony, appointed by the Governor. (8) The Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, or his or her designee who is a member of the House Judiciary...
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15-16-22
Section 15-16-22 Duty of judge to order examination of defendant in capital cases; observation and examination of defendant by commission on lunacy; report by commission; order of clerk of court; expenses of removal of defendant. (a) Whenever it shall be made known to the presiding judge of a court by which an indictment has been returned against a defendant for a capital offense, that there is reasonable ground to believe that such defendant may presently lack the capacity to proceed or continue to trial, as defined in Section 22-52-30, or whenever said judge receives notice that the defense of said defendant may proceed on the basis of mental disease or defect as a defense to criminal responsibility; it shall be the duty of the presiding judge to forthwith order that such defendant be committed to the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation for examination by one or more mental health professionals appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Mental...
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34-28A-5
Section 34-28A-5 Proceedings to enjoin or restrain violations of chapter. The board, the Attorney General, or the local district attorney may apply to the circuit court in the county in which a violation of this chapter is alleged to have occurred for an order enjoining or restraining the commission or continuance of the acts complained of. Thereupon, the court has jurisdiction over the proceedings and may grant any temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order, without bond, as it deems just and proper. The remedy provided by this section is in addition to and independent of any other remedies available for the enforcement of this chapter. (Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 90, p. 2756, §16; Acts 1997, No. 97-160, p. 218, §3.)...
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45-21A-50
Section 45-21A-50 Election of Rutledge City Council. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or general or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action No. 87-T-1289-N, U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the Town of Rutledge in Crenshaw County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method, seats for its city council. (b) The City Council of the Town of Rutledge, Alabama, shall consist of five members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election of members of the city council, the five candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to the council. There shall be no runoff election and in the event of a tie vote, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected mayor and council. In such election for members of the city council, each qualified voter is authorized to cast only one vote. (c) The requirement for office,...
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45-44-260.09
Section 45-44-260.09 Zoning; grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the county, the planning commission, with the approval of the county commission, is hereby empowered to divide the portion of the county within its zoning jurisdiction into districts. The districts shall be of such number, shape, and area as may be found best suited to carry out the purposes of this article. The planning commission, with the approval of the county commission, shall provide for standards within districts relating to the use of the land and the types and kinds of structures that may be erected in the districts, and all home remodeling or modification in such districts. Such provision shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the area involved and shall be designed to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue mixed use of land; to facilitate the...
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45-37A-150.01
Section 45-37A-150.01 Establishment of districts. (a) The City Council of the City of Fairfield, may, not less than six months prior to the next regular general municipal election in 1992, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality into six single-member districts and designate the districts as numbers one through six, pursuant to subsection (b). The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall reside within the boundaries of the district for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to so reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of the council. Candidates for election to 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. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for the...
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45-41-260.09
Section 45-41-260.09 Zoning; grant of power. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity, and general welfare of the county, the commission, with the approval of the county commission, may divide the portion of the county within its zoning jurisdiction into districts of the number, shape, and area as may be found best suited to carry out the purposes of this article, and to provide within the districts for standards relating to the use of the land and the types and kinds of structures that may be erected in the districts, and all home remodeling or modification in the districts. The provision shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan for the area involved and shall be designed to lessen congestion in the streets and highways; to secure safety from fire, flood, panic, and other dangers; to provide for health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue mixed use of...
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45-2-244.077
Section 45-2-244.077 Charge for collections; dispositition of funds. The county commission shall be authorized to charge an amount not less than two percent nor more than five percent of the special county tax collected in the county under this subpart for collecting the special county tax. In order to charge more than two percent of the special county tax for collecting the tax, the county commission and the Baldwin County Board of Education shall be required to agree upon such additional percentage for collection. Prior to any other distribution, two percent of all net revenues herein collected shall be appropriated to the Juvenile Court for Baldwin County to be used for drug interdiction and education programs; staffing; and the leasing, building, staffing, and operation of a home for juveniles; and one percent of all net revenues collected shall be appropriated to the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office to be expended for education and intervention programs, with emphasis on...
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45-27-81
Section 45-27-81 Escambia County Law Library and Judidcial Administration Fund. (a) In Escambia County, in order to provide a special fund for the creation and maintenance of the law library and for the purposes of judicial administration as further specified in this section, there shall be taxed as additional court costs the sum of thirty dollars ($30) in each civil or quasi-civil action at law, small claims case, suit in equity, criminal case, traffic case, quasi-criminal case, juvenile court case, proceeding on forfeited bail bond, or a proceeding on a forfeited bond given in connection with an appeal from a judgment of conviction in any district or municipal court to each circuit court or to the juvenile court hereinafter filed in, arising in, or brought by appeal, certiorari, or otherwise to the circuit court or district court or to the juvenile court in Escambia County. The costs shall be collected as other costs in cases are collected by the clerk of the court and shall be paid...
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45-37-240.20
Section 45-37-240.20 Election procedures. (a)(1) Those deputy or assistant county officials serving in the branch offices in the City of Bessemer in Jefferson County maintained as required by Act No. 490, H. 1566, Regular Session, (General Acts of Alabama 1915, p. 549), hereinafter listed, in lieu of being appointed by the principal county officers, shall be elected and nominated in the same manner that the circuit judges sitting at Bessemer and the deputy district attorney of the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County are nominated and elected, as follows, by the qualified voters of the territory over which the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit sitting at Bessemer has and exercises jurisdiction, and each of such officials shall at the time of his or her election and during his or her term of office reside within the territory from which he or she is elected. a. The assistant tax collector shall be elected at the general election held on the first Tuesday after the first...
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