11-50-147
Section 11-50-147 Qualifications for voting; provision of ballots; conduct of election generally. At the election so ordered all qualified voters under the laws of this state who are resident citizens of such city or town may vote, and the ballot shall be provided or furnished by the board of aldermen or other governing body, and the election shall be conducted in conformity to the laws of this state, except as otherwise provided in this article. (Acts 1909, No. 212, p. 253; Code 1923, §2064; Code 1940, T. 37, §381.)...
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11-43A-8
Section 11-43A-8 Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)" and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members. One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts. The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In...
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28-3A-3
Section 28-3A-3 Authority of board to issue licenses to engage in alcoholic beverage transactions. (a) Subject to the provisions of this chapter and regulations promulgated thereunder, the board is authorized and empowered to issue and renew licenses to reputable and responsible persons for the following purposes: (1) To manufacture, brew, distill, ferment, rectify, bottle or compound any or all alcoholic beverages within or for sale within this state. (2) To import any or all alcoholic beverages manufactured outside the United States of America into this state or for sale or distribution within this state. (3) To distribute, wholesale or act as jobber for the sale of alcoholic liquor. (4) To distribute, wholesale or act as jobber for the sale of table wine and beer or either of them, to licensed retailers within the state and others within this state lawfully authorized to sell table wine or beer. (5) To store or warehouse any or all alcoholic beverages for transshipment inside and...
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11-46-22
Section 11-46-22 Notice of elections. (a) It shall be the duty of the mayor to give notice of all municipal elections by publishing notice thereof in a newspaper published in the city or town, and, if no newspaper is published in the city or town, then by posting notices thereof in three public places in the city or town. When the notice is of a regular election, the notice shall be published on the first Tuesday in July preceding the election or the first business day thereafter. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the second Tuesday in a month, the notice shall be published on or before the second Tuesday of the second month preceding the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise provided by law. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of a month, the notice shall be published on or before the fourth Tuesday of the second month preceding the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent to annexation. Whenever the council 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 or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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11-44F-20
Section 11-44F-20 Governing body authorized to provide for referendum to determine status of mayor. The governing body of a Class 8 municipality may, by resolution adopted within 60 days after the date on which the United States Justice Department determines not to interpose objection to this article, provide for a referendum of the registered voters of the city or town to determine public opinion as to whether the candidate elected mayor at the 1996 municipal election, and thereafter, shall serve in a full-time capacity. Except as otherwise provided herein, any referendum conducted pursuant to this article shall comply with general municipal election laws for special elections. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §1.)...
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11-50-265
Section 11-50-265 Transfer of gas plant or system to waterworks board; sale or transfer of plant or system by board to utility regulated by state Public Service Commission. (a) Every city or town now or hereafter owning and operating a municipal gas plant or distribution system and in which municipality a waterworks board is now or hereafter incorporated under the provisions of Division 1 of this article is hereby authorized to transfer and convey such gas plant or system or both to such waterworks board pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance theretofore duly enacted by the governing body of such city or town and without the necessity of authorization at an election of the qualified voters thereof; provided, that if at the time of such transfer the city or town has outstanding any bonds or other obligations payable from or secured by the revenues or earnings of such gas plant or system, it shall be incumbent upon the waterworks board of such city or town to pay the amount thereof...
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45-45A-40
Section 45-45A-40 Regulation and sale of alcoholic beverages. (a) Except as provided in this section, in order to provide for additional local control and regulation of the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas of the City of Madison located within Madison County, in addition to all other power and authority granted by state law, the governing body of the City of Madison is hereby authorized to regulate the days and hours of operation of establishments selling and serving alcoholic beverages, specify zones in the city in which businesses required to have retail off-premises or on-premises Alcoholic Beverage Control Board licenses may operate, issue and set fees for local business licenses for establishments selling and serving alcoholic beverages, and adopt ordinances regulating the establishments. Any authority granted herein shall not be construed to affect, modify, or amend the authority otherwise reserved to the state for the issuance and revocation of licenses for the sale of...
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11-44E-52
Section 11-44E-52 Grant of franchise; lease, or right to use streets, etc.; transfer of waterworks, sewer, electric, or gas plant and system to board or public corporation. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation any franchise, lease, or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of the city organized under the provisions of this chapter, either in, under, upon, along, through, or over same shall take effect and be in force until 30 days after the final enactment of same by the commission, and publication of said resolution, or ordinance in full once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the city, which publication shall be made at the expense of the persons, firms, or corporations applying for the grant. Pending the passage of any such resolution or ordinance, or during the time intervening between its final passage and the expiration of the 30 days during which publication shall be...
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45-37A-52.06
Section 45-37A-52.06 Election of first council and first mayor; terms of office. Immediately upon the adoption of such form of government, the judge of probate of the county with whom the petition was filed shall call an election to be held under and to be governed by this part not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days after the date of such call, the expense thereof to be paid by such city, for the election at large of nine council members and a mayor by the qualified voters of such city. The nine candidates for the council receiving a majority of the votes cast in the election shall be elected to the council; and in the event that nine candidates should fail to receive such a majority, then and in that event those candidates for the council receiving a majority shall be elected, and another election shall be held upon the same day of the week four weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election...
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