11-43-63
Section 11-43-63 Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or town council of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards). Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district (ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to...
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45-48-70.55
Section 45-48-70.55 Final budget. (a) Within a reasonable time after the invitation for questions and comments on the tentative budget as provided for in Section 45-48-70.54, but before September 30, the commission shall adopt and approve a final budget for the ensuing fiscal year which budget may not thereafter be amended or revised except by a majority vote of the entire commission. The budget may not provide for a deficit. (b) The expenditures of no commissioner, office, department, board, institution, commission, or agency shall exceed the amount originally provided for in the final budget unless the same be amended or revised to provide for such expenditure as herein provided. Any officer of the county or department official, including the chair of the county commission, any associate county commissioner, sheriff, coroner, tax assessor, tax collector, or judge of probate, who willfully violates any of the provisions of this budget shall be personally liable for the amount by which...
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45-49-242.21
Section 45-49-242.21 Special ad valorem tax for public school purposes. (a) The following words and phrases used in this section, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, in the absence of a clear implication herein otherwise, shall be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) AMENDMENT 3. That amendment to the constitution that was pro- posed by Act 60 enacted at the 1915 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama. (2) AMENDMENT 325. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 116 enacted at the 1971 Third Special Session of the Legislature of Alabama. (3) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the constitution that was proposed by Act 6 enacted at the 1978 Second Special Session of the Legislature of Alabama. (4) COMMISSION. The Mobile County Commission or other governing body of the county. (5) CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (6) COUNTY. Mobile County, Alabama. (7) MOBILE SCHOOL TAX DISTRICT. The special school tax...
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11-50-392
Section 11-50-392 Contents, acknowledgment, filing, and recordation of certificate of incorporation; procedure for amendment thereof; dissolution of district and disposition of systems, etc., upon payment of indebtedness of district in full. (a) The certificate of incorporation of any gas district incorporated under this article shall state: (1) The name of the corporation, which shall be a name indicating in a general way the area or municipalities proposed to be served by the district (e.g., "The South Alabama Gas District" or "The _____ County Gas District" or "The _____, _____, and _____ (naming the municipalities which are members thereof) Gas District"); (2) The names of all the municipalities which are to be members of the district; (3) The location of the principal office of the district and its post office address; (4) The period for the duration of the corporation (if the duration is to be perpetual, this fact should be stated); and (5) The objects for which the district is...
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45-37A-51.03
Section 45-37A-51.03 Board of managers. (a)(1) In order to assure representation of all participants of this system, there shall be a board of managers of five members for the administration, management, and control of the supplemental pension system, including administration, management, control, acquisition, and disbursement of the fund. The board shall consist of the president of the governing body of the city, who shall be chair of the board, and four associate members, designated respectively as Member No. 1, Member No. 2, Member No. 3, and Member No. 4. (2) Member No. 1 shall be appointed by the Jefferson County Personnel Board and shall be a person who at the time of appointment has had five or more consecutive years immediately preceding his or her appointment and has been an officer of, or the occupant of an executive position in insurance, actuarial, investment, banking, or as a certified public accountant and shall serve for a term of four years. Should the appointed Member...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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11-71-3
Section 11-71-3 Creation of Neighborhood Infrastructure Authority. (a) A municipality of this state may authorize the creation of a Local Neighborhood Infrastructure Authority to manage, coordinate, and collect voluntary assessments from homeowners and business owners to participate in revitalization projects in their respective neighborhoods. If at least 80 percent of the property tax assessable homeowners and/or business owners sign a petition to allow the formation of an authority, the petition shall be reviewed by the municipality. (b) One or more owners of land wishing to form an authority in a municipality may petition the municipality to form an authority as follows: (1) The owners shall prepare a written petition executed by 80 percent of the owners of property of all land proposed to be included within the authority. (2) The petition shall include a description of the tract or tracts of land proposed to be included within the authority, which may include less than all of any...
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10A-10-1.15
Section 10A-10-1.15 Merger. (a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them: (1) ALABAMA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST. A real estate investment trust organized in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. (2) BUSINESS TRUST. a. An entity described in Section 10A-16-1.01. b. An unincorporated trust or association, including an Alabama real estate investment trust, a common-law trust, or a Massachusetts trust, which is engaged in business and in which property is acquired, held, managed, administered, controlled, invested, or disposed of for the benefit and profit of any person who may become a holder of a transferable unit of beneficial interest in the trust. (3) DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. A limited liability company as defined under the Alabama Limited Liability Company Law. (4) DOMESTIC LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. A limited partnership as defined under the Alabama Limited Partnership Law. (5) FOREIGN BUSINESS TRUST. A...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results. (2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot" shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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11-3A-2
and for the public welfare, health, and safety of the citizens throughout the unincorporated areas of the county by exercising certain powers for the protection of the county and public property under its control. The powers granted herein to provide for the public welfare, health, and safety of its citizens shall only include the following: (1) Abatement of weeds as a public nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60. (2) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127, control of animals and animal nuisances. (3) Control of litter as defined in subsection (b) of Section 13A-7-29, or rubbish as defined in subdivision (4) of Section 22-27-2. (4) Junkyard control of areas which create a public nuisance because of an accumulation of items described in the definition of a junkyard under Section 11-80-10. (5) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127, abatement of noise, unsanitary sewage, or pollution creating a public nuisance as defined in Sections 6-5-120 and 6-5-121. (b) Except as...
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