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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45-49-140.11
Section 45-49-140.11 Service charges - Election. (a) No service charge shall be levied
unless the same has been first 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 of levying a service charge 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 accompanies the petition
for the election on the establishment of the proposed district as provided in Section
45-49-140.02. An election on the question of a service charge may be held upon the board of
trustees of a district submitting to the judge of probate a petition for such election as
hereinafter provided. The board of trustees 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...
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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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45-37-140.03
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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45-49-140.12
Section 45-49-140.12 Enlargement of district. (a) A district may be enlarged, provided,
that no area lying within a municipality at the time of the enlargement shall be brought within
the district. (b) No area shall be brought within a district by enlargement unless the majority
of the votes cast at the election provided for by subsection (c), approve the inclusion of
the area within the district and also approve every service charge in effect within the district
at the time of election. (c) The term proposed area, as used in this subsection, means an
area proposed to be brought within a district by enlargement of the district. When the board
of trustees of a district determines that the inclusion of a proposed area within the district
would be to the advantage of the district and also to the advantage of the majority of the
property owners of the proposed area, the board of trustees may file in the office of the
judge of probate a petition, signed by two-thirds of property owners,...
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45-37-140.12
Section 45-37-140.12 Service charge ordinances; election. (a) Subject to the conditions
stated below in this section, the board of trustees shall be authorized to adopt service
charge ordinances levying service charges provided for in Section 45-37-140.11. No
service charge ordinance shall take effect and be enforced until the substance of the ordinance
has been published in some newspaper of general circulation in the district and at least eight
days have elapsed after such newspaper publication and at least eight days have also elapsed
after such ordinance in full was posted in each fire station in the district, or at some other
public place in the district if there is no such fire station. It is further provided that
no such ordinance shall become effective unless it is approved at an election held in response
to the petition hereinbelow provided for, or unless the time prescribed for filing such petition
expires without the petition being filed. (b) Upon the petition, prescribed in...
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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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45-49-140.02
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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45-37-140.06
Section 45-37-140.06 Election notice. (a) As used herein the following terms shall have
the meanings hereby ascribed to them: (1) DISTRICT. A district for fighting fires, a district
for garbage disposal, or a district for fighting fires and garbage disposal. (2) FIRE STATION.
A fire station maintained in a district or a fire station within a proposed district being
maintained and operated at the time the petition for an election on the proposed district
is filed in the office of the judge of probate. (3) PROPOSED AREA. An area which it is proposed
be brought within a district by enlargement of the district. (4) PROPOSED DISTRICT. An area
for which it is proposed that there be established a district. (b) Not more than 35 days and
not less than 20 days before any election is held under this article the judge of probate
shall publish one time a notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory
where the election is to be held. The notice shall state all of the...
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