45-49-91.04
Section 45-49-91.04 Certification of petition. The judge of probate, with assistance from the
revenue commissioner of the county, shall certify the accuracy of the petition within 30 days
of receipt in his or her office. If the accuracy of the petition cannot be certified, the
judge of probate shall return the petition to the person or persons submitting it to the probate
court, and shall notify the persons submitting the petition of the reason or reasons for returning
the petition and that no election will be called. If the petition is certified, the judge
of probate shall provide for a special election on the question within that district within
70 days from the date the petition was certified by the judge of probate. The judge of probate
shall certify no more than one petition for election per district during any calendar year
and no special election shall be held within the 12-month period since the previous special
election on this issue. (Act 2005-75, p. 111, § 5.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-49-91.04.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

45-49-91.02
Section 45-49-91.02 Petition requirements. The petition shall state that those persons signing
the petition request an election be held in the district to determine whether or not the citizens
and property in the district shall be subject to the planning and land use control jurisdiction
of the board created pursuant to this part. The petition shall include all of the following:
(1) The full name and address of each person signing the petition. (2) The location of the
property in the district owned by the person signing or by the entity on whose behalf the
person is signing. (3) The name and address of the person or persons submitting the petition
to the Probate Court of Mobile County. (Act 2005-75, p. 111, § 3.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-49-91.02.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-8A-23.001.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

45-49-91.01
Section 45-49-91.01 Election to establish district. An election on the establishment of the
district shall be held within the boundaries of the district if a written petition is submitted
to the county commission with signatures from 125 property owners of real property in the
proposed district. Only property owners who own property in the proposed district at the time
the petition is certified by the Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall be eligible to sign
the petition and be counted toward the required number necessary to call an election. If property
is owned by partnership, company, or corporation, the signature on the petition shall be that
of the person authorized to sign for the company or corporation under the articles of incorporation
or company structure. (Act 2005-75, p. 111, § 2.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-49-91.01.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

11-43A-1.1
Section 11-43A-1.1 Organization of council-manager form of government; election of council
members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, after the judge of probate has
certified to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality the sufficiency
of a petition asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, any Class 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality
having the mayor-council form of government, by resolution of the council, may provide for
the council in a municipality proposing to adopt the council-manager form of government to
be composed of either five or seven members as follows: One member shall be the mayor elected
at large, who shall be a voting member of the council and either four or six members shall
be council members elected either at large or from single-member districts, as the resolution
shall provide. If a municipality has single-member districts for the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-43A-1.1.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages

45-42-162.08
Section 45-42-162.08 Elections. The metropolitan-government shall be governed by a commission
of nine part-time members and a full-time mayor. The election for the first officers of the
metropolitan-government shall be held on the date established by the judge of probate. Before
such election the governing body of the municipalities and the county shall cause the metropolitan
area to be divided into nine districts containing as nearly as possible an equal number of
people. The division of the metropolitan-government into districts shall be by a committee
appointed as follows: Three persons appointed by the Limestone County Commission; two persons
appointed by the Athens City Commission; two persons by a committee of mayors from the four
incorporated cities; one person appointed by the Limestone County School Board; and one person
appointed by the Athens City School Board. Candidates for metropolitan-government offices
shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general municipal...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-42-162.08.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages

45-49-140.08
Section 45-49-140.08 Board of trustees. (a) The affairs and business of the district shall
be managed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the district unless a candidate is unopposed for office. A candidate who is unopposed
for office shall be declared elected by the judge of probate immediately following the close
of the qualification period. Beginning with the year 1998, the election shall be held on the
last Tuesday in March of each year and any runoff election, if needed, shall be held three
weeks later. The election shall be nonpartisan and shall be administered by the judge of probate.
No person shall be elected to the board unless the person is a property owner of the district.
The election shall be for a term of four years; provided, however, that two of the initial
five members shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and
one shall be for a term of four years. The term of office...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-49-140.08.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages

17-9-3
Section 17-9-3 Persons entitled to have names printed on ballots; failure of Secretary of State
to certify nominations. (a) The following persons shall be entitled to have their names printed
on the appropriate ballot for the general election, provided they are otherwise qualified
for the office they seek: (1) All candidates who have been put in nomination by primary election
and certified in writing by the chair and secretary of the canvassing board of the party holding
the primary and filed with the judge of probate of the county, in the case of a candidate
for county office, and the Secretary of State in all other cases, on the day next following
the last day for contesting the primary election for that office if no contest is filed. If
a contest is filed, then the certificate for the contested office must be filed on the day
next following the date of settlement or decision of the contest. (2) All candidates who have
been put in nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting,...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-9-3.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages

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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-44-260.07.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

45-37-140.04
Section 45-37-140.04 Subsequent elections. (a) As used in this section the following terms
have the meanings hereby ascribed to them: (1) ABOLITION. The abolition of a district under
Section 45-37-140.14. (2) DISTRICT PROPOSED. The area proposed to be established as a district
under this article. (3) ELECTION HEREUNDER. An election held under this article. (4) SOME
OTHER ELECTION. Any election, whether general, special, or primary, not held under this article.
(b) No two elections hereunder on the creation of a district shall be held in a period of
two years if the district proposed at the second of such elections contains any part of the
district proposed at the first of such elections; provided, however, a period of one year
between the two elections hereunder shall be sufficient if the second of such elections is
held on a day whereon some other election is held in the district proposed at the second election.
(c) No election to abolish a district shall be held at any time within...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-37-140.04.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages