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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45-26-142.12
Section 45-26-142.12 Service charge or fee - Election; proposed changes. (a) The petition for
the election on the question of a service charge, which may accompany the petition for the
election on the establishment of the proposed district, as provided in Section 45-26-142.03,
shall be signed by owners of all parcels of property comprising 25 percent or greater, whether
considered as single contiguous parcels or combinations of parcels owned by a single person,
firm, corporation, or other legal entity, of the acreage located within the boundaries of
the proposed district and shall state specifically the charge proposed to be assessed including
the basis and manner to be assessed. The petition may request that an election be held on
more than one proposed charge. (b) No service charge shall be increased or decreased unless
the same has been first approved by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters in
the district at an election held under this part. (c) An election on the...
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45-31-141.04
Section 45-31-141.04 Time of election. (a) When a petition for the holding of any election
is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to
some other election to be held in the territory in which an election is sought by the petition,
the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day
as the other election is held. (b) If the petition is not filed at a time that will permit
the election sought thereby to be held at the time some other election is held, as herein
provided, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held
on a day not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the date on which the judge of probate
enters the order with the costs assumed by the district requesting the special election. (c)
This section shall apply to all elections provided for by this article. (Act 2010-546, p.
958, §5.)...
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45-26-142.03
Section 45-26-142.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon a petition being filed in the offices
of the Judges of Probate of Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties, the judges of probate of both
counties, acting jointly, shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the
question, or questions, on which the petition requests an election. (b) The petition shall
be signed by 50 qualified property owners which shall include owners of all parcels of property
comprising 25 percent or greater, whether considered as single contiguous parcels or combinations
of parcels, owned by a single person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, of the acreage
located within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) When filed in the offices of the
Judges of Probate of Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties, each petition in each county shall be
accompanied by a filing fee in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to
be applied to defray the costs of compiling a list of qualified voters....
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45-37A-52.01
Section 45-37A-52.01 Petition for election. The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or
more of the qualified electors of such city, asking that the proposition of the adoption of
the mayor-council form of government for such city be submitted to the qualified voters thereof,
with the judge of probate of the county in which such city is located, shall mandatorily require
an election to be held as herein provided. Whenever such a petition purporting to be signed
by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters of such city shall be presented to such judge
of probate, he or she shall examine such petition and determine whether or not the same is
signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters of such city, and if such petition is
signed by the requisite number of voters to require such an election, he or she shall within
15 days from the receipt of such petition certify such fact to the mayor or other chief executive
officer of the city for which such election is so petitioned,...
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45-48-142.27
Section 45-48-142.27 Election procedures. (a) The provision of the election laws governing
the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment
of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to
the elections for fire district funding. (b) When a petition for the holding of an election
is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to
some other election to be held in the territory in which the election is sought by the petition,
the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day
as the other election held. The county governing body shall pay for the necessary expenses
of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county. (c) If
the petition is not filed at a time that will permit the election sought thereby to be held
at the same time some other election is held, as herein provided, the judge of...
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45-41-71
Section 45-41-71 Membership; districts; elections. (a) The Lee County Commission shall be composed
of five commissioners, elected from single-member districts one through five, inclusive, by
the qualified voters residing within each district and the judge of probate, who shall serve
as chair. The five 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 commissioners shall be elected for four-year staggered terms in the
same manner as terms are staggered on May 3, 2004, as follows: Commissioners in district one
and district three shall be elected in 2004, and every four years thereafter; commissioners
in district two, district four, and district five shall be elected in 2006, and every four
years thereafter. (b) The composition and election of the Lee County Commission as it existed
on January 1, 2004, is ratified and confirmed. This section shall...
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45-8A-23.001
Section 45-8A-23.001 Petition for election. The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or
more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last city general election held in
such city, asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
for such city be submitted to the qualified voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the
county in which such city is located, shall mandatorily require an election to be held as
herein provided. Whenever such a petition purporting to be signed by at least 10 percent of
the number of qualified voters who voted in the last city general election held in such city
shall be presented to such judge of probate, he or she shall examine such petition and determine
whether or not the same is signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters
who voted in the last city general election held in such city, and if such petition is signed
by the requisite number of voters to require such an election, he or she...
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39-7-3
Section 39-7-3 Filing of petition for election as to incorporation. A petition, in the form
and executed as provided in Sections 39-7-4 and 39-7-5 may be presented by filing the same
with the clerk of the city or town, and when the petition is signed by inhabitants of an area
with 250 qualified electors it may be presented to the probate judge of the county in which
the electors reside. It shall be signed by qualified electors in the territory by a number
of at least equal to five percent of the total number of qualified electors in said territory.
(Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §19.)...
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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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