28-2-1
Section 28-2-1 Procedure for elections to determine classification of counties as wet or dry
counties; laws applicable in dry counties. (a) In every county where a majority of the electors
voting in an election, called by the Governor to determine whether Chapter 3 of this title
shall be adopted in the county, vote "Yes," Chapter 3 and all of its provisions
shall be immediately put into operation in such county, but in every county where a majority
of the electors voting in the election vote "No," Chapter 3 shall not go into effect
in such county and all laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors or beverages
now in force and effect in Alabama shall remain in full force and effect in every such county.
For the purpose of this chapter the term "wet county" shall mean any county which
by a majority of those voting voted in the affirmative in the election provided for in this
section, and "dry counties" shall be construed to mean all counties which by a majority
of...
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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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4-4-11
Section 4-4-11 Bonds for airport purposes. Each municipality in this state shall have full
and continuing power and authority, within the limits of the constitution now or hereafter
in effect, to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of extending, enlarging and improving its
airport or airports or an airport in which it is or may be a joint owner or operator and of
acquiring or improving or paying for land for airport uses, or property purchased or condemned
to facilitate the operation of an airport or airports, when the issuance of such bonds has
been heretofore or shall be hereafter authorized by a majority vote of the qualified electors
of such municipality voting at an election called and held, and the result declared, in the
manner required by law for securing authorization for the issuance by such municipality of
other bonds requiring authorization through or by means of an election. (Acts 1931, No. 136,
p. 197; Code 1940, T. 4, §32.)...
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45-49-261.07
Section 45-49-261.07 Board of adjustment. The Mobile County Commission shall provide for the
appointment of a board of adjustment and the regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to
the authority of this part shall provide that the board of adjustment, in appropriate cases
and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, may make special exceptions to the terms
of the ordinances and regulations in harmony with their general purposes and interests and
in accordance with general or specific rules therein contained. The board of adjustment shall
be appointed by the Mobile County Commission. The board of adjustment shall consist of three
members who shall be qualified electors of the planning jurisdiction. The board of adjustment
shall reflect as nearly as practical the diversity of land use in the areas within the jurisdiction
of the commission. No more than one of the members of the board of adjustment shall be directly
engaged in real estate sales, development, or construction...
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45-24A-30
Section 45-24A-30 Board of education. (a) If the majority of electors voting pursuant to Section
1 of the act from which this section is derived, vote in favor of changing to an elected board,
an elected board of education for the City of Selma shall be established. The board shall
be called the Selma City Board of Education. The board shall be composed of five members.
Four members shall be elected from districts and shall be designated Selma City Board of Education
Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4. District 1 of the Selma City Board of Education shall be composed
of Selma City Council Districts 1 and 2. District 2 of the Selma City Board of Education shall
be composed of Selma City Council Districts 4 and 5. District 3 of the Selma City Board of
Education shall be composed of Selma City Council Districts 3 and 8. District 4 of the Selma
City Board of Education shall be composed of Selma City Council Districts 6 and 7. One member
shall be elected from the city at large and shall serve as...
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45-26-72
Section 45-26-72 Election. (a) The organization and composition of the County Commission of
Elmore County is altered to comply with this section. The governing body shall continue to
be known as the County Commission of Elmore County and shall have and exercise all of the
powers, duties, limitations, and responsibilities conferred upon it by the general laws of
Alabama relating to county commissions insofar as they are consistent with this section. For
the purpose of transacting official business, a quorum shall consist of three commissioners.
(b) Each member of the Elmore County Commission shall represent a separate district. Only
the qualified electors residing in a district may vote to elect the commissioner representing
the respective district. No person shall be eligible as a candidate for county commissioner
unless he or she is a bona fide resident of the district he or she seeks to represent. Each
member of the county commission shall reside in the district he or she represents...
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45-37A-250
Section 45-37A-250 Authorization to annex remaining portion of Virginia Mines Fire District.
(a) The Legislature finds that the City of Hueytown has annexed a substantial portion of the
Virginia Volunteer Fire District and desires to annex the remaining portion of the district
pursuant to the procedures established in this section. (b)(1) The City of Hueytown may annex
the remaining unincorporated portion of the Virginia Volunteer Fire District, upon the filing
of a petition with the clerk of the municipality requesting the annexation. The petition filed
with the clerk of the municipality shall contain all of the following: a. Signatures of 10
percent of the qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 100 qualified
electors, whichever is less. b. 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...
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22-27-3
Section 22-27-3 Authority of local governing bodies as waste collections and disposal; household
exemptions; state regulatory program. (a) Generally. (1) The county commission or municipal
governing body may, and is hereby authorized to, make available to the general public collection
and disposal facilities for solid wastes in a manner acceptable to the department. The county
commission or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal services by
contract with private or other controlling agencies and may include house-to-house service
or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within reasonable
(generally less than eight miles) distance from the farthest affected household and the wastes
managed in a manner acceptable to the department. (2) Any county commission or municipal governing
body providing services to the public under this article shall have the power and authority
by resolution or ordinance to adopt rules and...
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35-8B-3
Section 35-8B-3 Sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within district. (a) If a majority
of the board of control of a community development district formed under Section 35-8B-1(a),
(b), or (d) consents to and approves the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within
the district, it shall be lawful to sell and distribute alcoholic beverages in the community
development district in the following manner and subject to the following terms, definitions,
and conditions: (1) Upon being licensed by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, alcoholic
beverages may be sold by the club of the district to members and their guests for on-premises
consumption only. The club shall be licensed to sell alcoholic beverages to its members and
their guests as a club liquor retail licensee by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
upon the club's compliance with the provisions of the alcoholic beverage licensing code and
the regulations made thereunder. The original application...
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45-28A-60
Section 45-28A-60 Regulation of sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a)(1)
The voters of the City of Hokes Bluff in Etowah County may authorize the sale of alcoholic
beverages within the city on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following
manner: The governing body of the City of Hokes Bluff, by resolution, may call an election
for the city to determine the sentiment of the voters of the city residing within the corporate
limits, as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed on Sunday
within the city. (2) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in
the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages
within the City of Hokes Bluff seven days a week subject to regulation by the City Council?
Yes ___ No ___." (3) The election shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the
election in the manner provided by law for holding other city elections, and the...
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