45-37-72
Section 45-37-72 Single member districts; compensation; residency requirements. (a) It is the intent of this section to implement the amended federal court order, and related orders, dated October 31, 1985, Civil Action No. 84-C-1730-S, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division, in the case of Taylor, et al. v. The Jefferson County Commission, and subsequently redrawn by the county commission pursuant to Section 11-3-1.1. (b) There is created and established in and for Jefferson County a single-member district governing body. The Jefferson County Commission shall be composed of five members, elected from single-member districts one through five, inclusive, which districts are described in the amended federal court order dated October 31, 1985, and related orders, in Civil Action No. 84-C-1730-S in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division, in the case of Taylor, et al. v. The Jefferson...
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45-28-70
Section 45-28-70 Single-member district county governing body. (a) The intent of this section is to implement, by local act for Etowah County, the Joint Remedy Proposal in the court order dated January 30, 1995, and related orders, in Civil Action No. 89-T-459-E, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Eastern Division, in the case of Presley, et al. v. Etowah County Commission. (b) There is created and established in and for Etowah County, a single-member district governing body, which shall replace the existing governing body to the extent there is a conflict with existing laws relating to Etowah County. The Etowah County Commission shall be composed of six members, elected from single-member districts one through six inclusive, which districts are described in the Joint Remedy Proposal made a part of the court order dated January 30, 1995, and related orders, in Civil Action No. 89-T-459-E in the United States District Court for the Middle District of...
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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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11-3-1.1
Section 11-3-1.1 Authority of single-member district commissioners to alter district boundaries. (a) Following the release of any federal decennial census, any county commission of this state which is at that time electing its members from single-member districts, pursuant to either state or local law or a court order, may, by resolution, alter the boundaries of the districts. (b) Any revised single-member district arrangement to be used, in whole or in part, in the 1992 primary and general election shall be adopted by the county commission not later than 75 days prior to the primary election in 1992. Any revised district arrangement to be used, in whole or in part, for the first time in any year after 1992 shall be approved by the county commission not later than 180 days prior to the primary election in which it will first be used. (c) No resolution making changes in the boundaries of existing districts shall be adopted by the county commission unless the commission shall first have...
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23-4-20
Section 23-4-20 Vacation of street or alley. (a) Subject to the conditions set out in this subsection, any street or alley may be vacated, in whole or in part, by the owner or owners of the land abutting the street or alley or abutting that portion of the street or alley desired to be vacated by following the procedures set out herein. The owner or owners of the land abutting the street or alley to be vacated shall join in a written petition requesting that the street or alley be vacated and shall file the petition with the governing body with jurisdiction over the street or alley, or portion thereof, requesting the governing body's approval of the vacation. The governing body shall set the request for vacation for public hearing within 100 days from the date the petition is received. Notice of the hearing shall be provided as set out in Section 36-25A-3 for notice of meetings of the governing body and shall describe the street or alley, or portion thereof, requested to be vacated in...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations. (a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state, and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct, independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare, or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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45-37-260
Section 45-37-260 County planning commission. In Jefferson County, any county planning commission established under Act No. 344, H. 775, 1947 Regular Session (General Acts of 1947, p. 217) or Act No. 581, H. 1012, 1947 Regular Session (General Acts of 1947, p. 404) shall consist of 15 members; three designated and 12 appointed members. Within 60 days after October 2, 1986, the Jefferson County Commission shall divide the county into six districts with each district containing an approximately equal number of persons residing in unincorporated territory. Such division shall be based upon the most recent federal decennial census and redrawn after each new federal decennial census. After October 2, 1986, newly appointed or reappointed members of such commissions shall be appointed so that the county commission shall appoint two members from each district with one such member representing the unincorporated territory of the district so that at least 50 percent of the total 12 appointed...
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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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45-17-70
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, ยงยง1, 2.)...
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