11-41-7
Section 11-41-7 Reinstatement of corporate organization of dormant municipalities; appointment
of mayor and councilmen for same. Towns or cities that have permitted their organization to
become dormant and inefficient may, by a petition of a majority of the taxpayers of such town
or city to the probate judge, have their corporate organization reinstated by an order, entered
of record, of the probate judge, who thereupon shall appoint a mayor and councilmen for such
town or city, who shall hold their offices until the next regular election thereafter and
until their successors are elected and qualified. (Code 1907, §1059; Code 1923, §1750; Code
1940, T. 37, §16.)...
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17-12-12
Section 17-12-12 Returns of election - Sealing, delivery, and disposition of records. After
completing and signing the certificate of result, the election officials shall seal the ballots,
certificates, and other records as follows: (1) Where precinct ballot counters are used: a.
The list of registered voters shall be delivered to the judge of probate for transmittal to
the board of registrars for use by the board of registrars in updating their records. b. The
ballot accounting certificate and the first copy of the certificates of result shall be placed
in an envelope addressed to the judge of probate who shall keep them for public inspection
or election contest, or both. c. All voted ballots shall be placed in a voted ballot box and
sealed. All spoiled ballots, unused ballots, and ballot stubs, one copy of the certificate
of results, and the clerk's poll list (already sealed in a separate envelope) shall be placed
in the records of election container which shall be sealed and signed...
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45-2-261.07
Section 45-2-261.07 Procedure for exercising jurisdiction in each district. The Baldwin County
Commission shall not exercise its planning and zoning powers and jurisdiction in any district
established hereunder until the majority of the qualified electors of the district voting
in an election shall have voted their desire to come within the planning and zoning authority
of the Baldwin County Commission. The election shall be held if 10 percent of the qualified
electors in any district submit a written petition to the county commission expressing a desire
to be subject to the planning and zoning jurisdiction of the Baldwin County Commission under
authority of this subpart. For the purposes of the establishment of districts after June 1,
2010, a district shall correspond to a voting precinct or precincts in the county unless the
county governing body determines that the use of voting precinct boundaries is not feasible.
A party or parties seeking to file a petition shall notify the...
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45-49-140.12
Section 45-49-140.12 Enlargement of district. (a) A district may be enlarged, provided, that
no area lying within a municipality at the time of the enlargement shall be brought within
the district. (b) No area shall be brought within a district by enlargement unless the majority
of the votes cast at the election provided for by subsection (c), approve the inclusion of
the area within the district and also approve every service charge in effect within the district
at the time of election. (c) The term proposed area, as used in this subsection, means an
area proposed to be brought within a district by enlargement of the district. When the board
of trustees of a district determines that the inclusion of a proposed area within the district
would be to the advantage of the district and also to the advantage of the majority of the
property owners of the proposed area, the board of trustees may file in the office of the
judge of probate a petition, signed by two-thirds of property owners,...
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45-49-261.06
Section 45-49-261.06 Procedures for exercising planning and zoning powers. The Mobile County
Commission shall not exercise its planning and zoning powers established hereunder until the
majority of the qualified electors in the proposed planning jurisdiction shall have voted
their desire to come within the planning and zoning authority of the Mobile County Commission.
The election shall be held if 10 percent of the qualified electors in the planning jurisdiction
submit a written petition to the county commission expressing a desire to be subject to the
planning and zoning jurisdiction of the Mobile County Commission under authority of this part
or upon a resolution of the county commission. The county commission and the Judge of Probate
of Mobile County shall certify or reject the accuracy of the petition no later than 45 days
after receiving the petition, or in the case of an election to be held by resolution of the
county commission, the county commission shall certify the adoption...
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45-49A-80
Section 45-49A-80 City council districts. (a) The Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall divide
the City of Prichard into five districts which shall be homogeneous in area and nearly equal
in population, with the number of persons residing in each district, according to the last
federal census, not to vary by over five percent. (b) The boundaries as established by the
judge of probate shall be certified to the Prichard City Council and shall be used by the
council for the election of the members of the city council in the 1980 municipal election
and for all council elections thereafter. (c) The City Council of the City of Prichard shall
consist of five council members with one member to be elected by the voters of each of the
districts provided for herein. Each council member shall be a resident of the district for
which elected and shall have been a resident of the district for at least three months prior
to the election and shall remain a resident of the district during the term to...
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45-8A-110
Section 45-8A-110 Annexation based on resolution of public health or public good; elections.
(a) Whenever the council of the City of Oxford shall pass a resolution to the effect that
the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution)
shall be brought within the limits of the City of Oxford: (1) It shall be the duty of the
mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County and the
certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to
be annexed, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate.
(2) Within 10 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, the judge of probate must
make and enter an order upon the minutes of the court, directing and ordering an election
to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory described, not less than
20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the making of the order. The...
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11-43A-1.1
Section 11-43A-1.1 Organization of council-manager form of government; election of council
members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, after the judge of probate has
certified to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality the sufficiency
of a petition asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, any Class 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality
having the mayor-council form of government, by resolution of the council, may provide for
the council in a municipality proposing to adopt the council-manager form of government to
be composed of either five or seven members as follows: One member shall be the mayor elected
at large, who shall be a voting member of the council and either four or six members shall
be council members elected either at large or from single-member districts, as the resolution
shall provide. If a municipality has single-member districts for the...
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45-31-141.13
Section 45-31-141.13 Abolition of district. (a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished
in the manner provided for by this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished
when it has any indebtedness. All assets and equipment shall go to the Geneva County Volunteer
Firefighters Association. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming to
the requirements set forth below, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall order
an election on abolition of the district within the time provided, at which the qualified
electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The petition shall be signed
by at least 100 qualified electors of the district. It shall contain a recital that the district
is not indebted and it shall request the judge of probate to order an election on whether
the district shall be abolished. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election
certifying that abolition of the district was approved by a...
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45-37-140.14
Section 45-37-140.14 Abolition of district. (a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished
in the manner provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished
when it has any indebtedness. (1) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming
to the requirements set forth below, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall
order an election on abolition of the district to be held in the district with the time provided
for by Section 45-37-140.04 unless the petition is submitted less than one year before the
next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election in which case the election shall
be held at the next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election, at which qualified
electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The number of qualified electors
residing in the district signing the petition shall not be less than the smaller of these
two numbers: 500, or a number equal to 10 percent of...
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