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45-37A-52.251
Section 45-37A-52.251 Petition for change of form of government. Such change, however, shall
first be initiated by petition and submitted to a vote of the qualified electors at an election
and shall receive at such election a majority of the votes yes or in favor thereof in the
same manner and subject to the same requirements as provided in Sections 45-37A-52.01 to 45-37A-52.04,
inclusive, except that the proposition on the ballot shall be changed to reflect the proposed
form of municipal government to be submitted to the vote of the qualified electors. The officers
and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall
be elected as soon as may be under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon their
election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the council under
the mayor-council form of government shall terminate. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, ยง9.02.)...
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45-37-140.13
Section 45-37-140.13 Annexation; referendum; hearing; reestablishment of boundaries. (a) Whenever
any municipal corporation in Jefferson County annexes any portion of a district and a petition
is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting annexation of the remaining portion
of the district, the petition containing the following: (1) signatures of 20 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 200 qualified electors, whichever
is less, and (2) a written statement signed by at least two members of the board of trustees
of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either 10 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or 100 qualified electors residing within
the district, whichever is applicable, and (3) a description of the district; then the governing
body of such municipal corporation shall provide for and finance the cost of a referendum
election wherein the remaining qualified voter residents of...
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11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change;
election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners.
Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at
least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city
or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk.
The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters
of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers
and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall
be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon
their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission
and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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45-37A-250
Section 45-37A-250 Authorization to annex remaining portion of Virginia Mines Fire District.
(a) The Legislature finds that the City of Hueytown has annexed a substantial portion of the
Virginia Volunteer Fire District and desires to annex the remaining portion of the district
pursuant to the procedures established in this section. (b)(1) The City of Hueytown may annex
the remaining unincorporated portion of the Virginia Volunteer Fire District, upon the filing
of a petition with the clerk of the municipality requesting the annexation. The petition filed
with the clerk of the municipality shall contain all of the following: a. Signatures of 10
percent of the qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 100 qualified
electors, whichever is less. b. A written statement signed by at least two members of the
board of trustees of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either
10 percent of the qualified electors residing within the district or...
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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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11-43A-3.3
Section 11-43A-3.3 Election in Class 7 municipality - Adoption of council-manager form of government.
(a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized in this chapter, the
governing body of a Class 7 municipality may elect by resolution to adopt a council-manager
form of government comprised of a mayor and four council members elected at-large. No petition
of qualified electors is required to initiate such an election by the governing body pursuant
to this section. If the governing body elects to adopt a council-manager form of government
pursuant to this section, an election on the question shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the municipality. The governing body shall hold the election before January 1,
2011. The question submitted at the election shall be: "Shall the municipality of ______
adopt a council-manager form of government consisting of a mayor and four council members
elected in an at-large election to become operative on the first Monday in...
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28-2A-1
Section 28-2A-1 Procedure for wet or dry classification option elections. (a) Any municipality
having a population of 1,000 or more, may change its classification from dry to wet or wet
to dry by a municipal option election, in the following manner. (b) Upon petition of 30 percent
of the number of voters voting in the last preceding general election of the municipality
being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality, the governing
body must call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine the sentiment
of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed
in the municipality. The petition for municipal option election shall contain the following:
"It is petitioned that a municipal option election be held to permit the legal sale and
distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality." On the ballot to be used
for such municipal option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do...
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11-50B-8
Section 11-50B-8 Meetings, hearings, etc., open to public; notice; petition; election; procedure.
(a) Actions of the governing body of a public provider relating to the provision of cable
service or telecommunications service by the public provider, shall be taken in meetings open
to the public consistent with any one or more of Sections 11-43-49, 11-43A-21, 11-44C-25,
and 13A-14-2, as amended, respectively, or other similar statutory provisions, as shall otherwise
govern meetings of the governing body of the affected public provider. (b) Prior to the determination
of the governing body of a public provider of cable service to commence furnishing cable service
to subscribers in the exercise of authority granted under this chapter, the governing body
of the public provider shall conduct a public hearing. Actual notice of the date, time, and
place of the public hearing shall be given not less than 30 days prior thereto, to each private
provider furnishing cable service in the...
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45-36-20
Section 45-36-20 Charge of classification for incorporated municipalities. (a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2A of Title 28, and pursuant
to authority granted by Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the electors of
an incorporated municipality located in Jackson County with a population of 2,500 or more
inhabitants may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option
election as provided by this section. (b)(1) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number of
voters voting in the last general election of the municipality having a population of 2,500
or more inhabitants being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality,
the governing body shall call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine
the sentiment of the people as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed
in the municipality. The petition for the municipal option...
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11-43A-3.1
Section 11-43A-3.1 Election in Class 6 municipalities - Time, procedure, etc. Any law to the
contrary notwithstanding, an election shall be held in every Class 6 municipality wherein
the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, at the same time that
the election for members of the Alabama legislature is held in 1983; and the question submitted
at such election shall be: "shall the council-manager form of government, provided in
the Council-Manager Act of 1982, with the change in the form of government of such municipality
to become operative on the first Monday in October 1986, be adopted for the municipality of
_____?" The election shall be held and in all things governed as nearly as possible by
the provisions regulating elections on the question the adoption of the council-manager form
of government provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982, except that no petition of any
of the qualified voters of the municipality need be filed and the mayor of any city...
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