45-49-140.02
Section 45-49-140.02 Petition for elections. (a) Upon a petition being filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county, the judge of probate 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 at least 100 qualified property owners within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The petition shall contain a description of the area proposed to be established as a district and shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question: Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? (d) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district. The board of trustees of a district may change the name of the district by filing in the office of the judge of probate a copy of a resolution changing the name thereof, which copy shall be certified by the president of the board of trustees. (e) The petition for election on...
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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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45-31-141.03
Section 45-31-141.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon any petition being filed in the office of the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election to be held in the proposed district on the question or questions on which the petition requests an election. The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed district. (b) The petition shall contain a map and description of the area which is proposed to be established as a district under this article and the petition shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question: "Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? Yes ( ) No ( )" (c) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district. The board of a district may change the name of a district by filing in the office of the judge of probate a copy of the resolution changing the name thereof, which copy shall be certified by the president of the board. (d) The petition...
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45-37-140.03
Section 45-37-140.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon any petition provided for in this section being filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county, he or she 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 at least 100 qualified electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The petition shall contain a description of the area which is proposed to be established as a district under this article and shall request the judge of product to call an election on one or more of the following questions: (1) Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? (2) Shall there be created for the area a district for garbage disposal? (3) Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires and (d) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district. The board of trustees of a district may change the name of...
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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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45-30-140.04
Section 45-30-140.04 Fire protection service fee - Referendum. (a) The qualified electors of a fire district may file a petition, signed by at least 50 registered voters in the fire district, with the office of the judge of probate, who shall then order a referendum to be held in the fire district on the question of establishing a fire protection service fee for the fire district. Section 45-30-140.08 shall apply to all elections provided for by this article. (b) The petition shall contain the name and description of the fire district area and shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question: "Do you favor the assessment of a fire protection service fee in the amount of $____ a month collected annually with property tax payments for the purpose of funding fire protection services in this volunteer fire district? Yes __ No __." (c) The fee may not exceed six dollars ($6) a month. (Act 2015-513, 1st Sp. Sess., ยง5.)...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election. (a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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45-31-141.12
Section 45-31-141.12 Approval of service charge or fee. (a) No service charge or fee shall be levied unless the same has first been approved by the majority of the votes cast at an election held hereunder by the qualified electors residing within the district, or within the proposed district. (b) An election on the question levying a service charge or fee in a proposed district may be held at the same time that the election is held on the creation of the district; provided that the petition for the election on the question of the service charge or fee accompanies the petition for the election on the establishment of the proposed district as provided herein. An election on the question of a service charge or fee may be held upon the board of the district submitting to the judge of probate a petition for an election as provided. The board shall file in the office of the judge of probate a petition that he or she call an election in the district on the question of whether the service...
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45-49-140.33
Section 45-49-140.33 Election requirements. (a) If the planned expansion of a municipal police jurisdiction includes any portion of the Turnerville fire protection district, the council or governing body of the respective municipality may request that the Judge of Probate of Mobile County order an election to be held in the affected area. Only those qualified electors residing within the boundaries of the affected area shall participate in the election. (1) The council or governing body of the municipality may pass a resolution stating that the public health or public good requires that the affected area, as described in the resolution, shall be brought within the police jurisdiction of the municipality. (2) The mayor or other executive head of the municipality shall certify and file a copy of the resolution together with a map of the area showing its relationship to the municipal police jurisdiction to which the property is proposed to be included, with the judge of probate. (3) At...
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45-48-142.23
Section 45-48-142.23 Fire protection service fee - Referendum. (a) After the county commission establishes a fire district, the qualified electors of that district may file a petition, signed by at least five percent of the qualified electors in the fire district who voted in the last general election, with the office of the judge of probate who shall then order a referendum to be held in the fire district on the question of establishing a fire protection service fee for the fire district. Section 45-48-142.27 shall apply to all elections provided by this subpart. (b) The petition shall contain the name and description of the fire district area and shall request the judge of probate to call an election on the following question: "Do you favor the assessment of a fire service fee in the amount of $ (dollars) a month for the purpose of funding fire protection services in this volunteer fire district? Yes No" (c) The fee shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) a month. (Act 2013-403, p. 1543,...
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