11-41-1
Section 11-41-1 Authority; petition to probate judge for order of incorporation. When the inhabitants
of an unincorporated community, which has a population of not less than 300, constituting
a body of citizens whose residences are contiguous to and all of which form a homogeneous
settlement or community, desire to become organized as a municipal corporation, they may apply
to the judge of probate of the county in which the territory is situated, or the greater portion
thereof if it is situated in two or more counties, for an order of incorporation, by a petition
in writing signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors residing within the
limits of the proposed municipality and by the persons, firms, or corporations owning at least
60 percent of the acreage of the platted or unplatted land of the proposed municipality. No
platted or unplatted territory shall be included within the boundary unless there are at least
four qualified electors, according to government survey,...
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45-44-260.07
Section 45-44-260.07 Election for coverage. Except where jurisdiction has been obtained by
the planning commission pursuant to Section 45-44-260.02, the master plan and zoning regulations
provided by the planning commission shall not be applicable in any beat of Macon County until
the majority of the qualified electors of the beat voting in a special election have signified
by their vote that they desire the authority of the planning commission, its master plan,
and the zoning regulations to apply in their beat. The election must be held not less than
30 or more than 45 days after a petition seeking the election is filed in the office of the
judge of probate. The petition shall be signed by at least 25 percent of the electors who
reside within the beat and who own real estate located within the beat. Notice of the election
shall be given by three weeks' publication and posting notice in two public places within
the beat. The cost of the election shall be paid from the general fund of...
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17-6-46
Section 17-6-46 Instructional posters. (a) The judge of probate shall cause to be printed in
large type posters of instructions for the guidance of electors in preparing their ballots.
Instructional information shall not show partiality to any political party or candidate. The
information shall include: (1) A sample version of the ballot that will be used for that election.
(2) Information regarding the date of the election and the hours during which polling places
will be open. (3) Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote and how to cast
a provisional ballot. (4) Instructions for mail-in registrants and first-time voters registering
and voting for the first time after January 1, 2003. (5) General information on voting rights
under applicable federal and state laws, including information on the right of an individual
to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials
if these rights are alleged to have been violated. (6) General...
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11-20-70
Section 11-20-70 Establishment of agriculture authority; application; articles of incorporation.
(a) An agriculture authority may be established in any county to construct and operate facilities
to promote agricultural businesses, operations, and commodities, workforce development, and
economic development within the county as further provided in this article. The operational
area of an agriculture authority may not extend beyond the boundaries of the county in which
an agriculture authority is incorporated. (b) Any number of natural persons who are residents
and qualified electors in the county may file an application in writing with the county commission
for authority to incorporate and organize an agriculture authority. If the application is
approved, the county commission shall adopt a resolution declaring it to be wise, expedient,
and beneficial to the county that the agriculture authority be formed and that the persons
filing the application are authorized to form the authority....
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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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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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11-52-31
Section 11-52-31 Adoption, publication, and certification of subdivision regulations; contents
of regulations; bond. (a) Except where the county commission is responsible for the regulation
of subdivision regulations within the territorial jurisdiction of a municipal planning commission
pursuant to Section 11-52-30, the municipal planning commission shall adopt subdivision regulations
governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. The regulations may provide for
the proper arrangement of streets in relation to other existing or planned streets and to
the master plan, for adequate and convenient open spaces for traffic, utilities, access of
fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air and for the avoidance of congestion of
population, including minimum width and area of lots. The regulations may include provisions
as to the extent to which streets and other ways shall be graded and improved and to which
water and sewer and other utility mains, piping, or other...
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11-92C-4
Section 11-92C-4 Procedure to incorporate; contents and execution of certificate of incorporation.
(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution, the applicants shall
proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate
of the county in which the proposed local redevelopment area is located a certificate of incorporation
which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall
be in the form and executed in the manner provided in this section. (b) The certificate of
incorporation of an authority shall state all of the following: (1) The names of the persons
forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector residing in the authorizing
subdivision. (2) The name of the authority, which shall include the local redevelopment authority.
(3) A general description of the proposed project. (4) The period for the duration of the
authority; subject to Section...
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11-52-30
Section 11-52-30 Territorial jurisdiction; approval of maps or plats; regulations; limits on
exercise of powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the territorial jurisdiction
of any municipal planning commission shall include all land located in the municipality and
all land lying within five miles of the corporate limits of the municipality and not located
in any other municipality; except that, in the case of any nonmunicipal land lying within
five miles of more than one municipality having a municipal planning commission, the jurisdiction
of each municipal planning commission shall terminate at a boundary line equidistant from
the respective corporate limits of such municipalities. Any alterations of a municipal planning
commission based upon annexation or deannexation of property within the corporate limits of
a municipality shall occur once a year on the first day of January and shall take effect for
any annexations which were finalized on or before the preceding first day...
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11-88-4
Section 11-88-4 Filing of certificate of incorporation, copy of resolution of county governing
body, etc., with probate judge; contents and execution of certificate of incorporation; entry
of order by probate judge requiring recordation of certificate of incorporation, etc.; notification
of Secretary of State of recordation of certificate of incorporation. (a) Within 40 days following
the adoption of a resolution in accordance with Section 11-88-3, the applicants, or not less
than three of the applicants, shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record
in the office of the judge of probate of the determining county a certificate of incorporation
which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall
be in the form and executed in the manner provided in this section. (b) The certificate of
incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The names of the persons forming the authority,
together with the residence of each, and that...
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