11-44B-10
Section 11-44B-10 Initial territorial limits; reapportionment of council districts; recommended plan for reapportionment; redistricting ordinance. (a) The initial territorial limits of any municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter shall be the same as under its former organization. (b) If following a federal census of population or an alteration of the corporate limits, any council district shall contain a population of 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by seven, then there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided. (1) The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of such federal census of population for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been such substantial change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council district...
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11-43-63
Section 11-43-63 Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or town council of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards). Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district (ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to...
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11-43A-8
Section 11-43A-8 Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)" and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members. One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts. The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In...
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45-49A-83
Section 45-49A-83 Prichard Communication Authority. (a) There is created the Prichard Communication Authority. (b)(1) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of five members who shall be appointed by the mayor. Vacancies on the board shall be appointed by the mayor. (2) The initial terms of the directors shall be staggered. Two members shall serve for a term of two years, two members shall serve for a term of three years, and one member shall serve for a term of four years. Within 30 days following July 28, 1995, the appointing authority shall submit in writing the name and address of the members of the board of directors to the judge of probate and a record of the appointments shall be filed and maintained in the office of the judge of probate. At the organizational meeting of the members of the board of directors of the authority, the members shall select the initial term for which each member shall serve. The term of each member shall be filed with the...
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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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45-37-200.03
Section 45-37-200.03 Issuance of motor vehicle or boat registrations; fees; disposition of funds. (a) The Legislature finds that Jefferson County has reduced the number of locations where the citizens of Jefferson County may be issued their motor vehicle registrations due to the financial difficulties of the county resulting in impediments to the citizens and to the collection of state and local taxes and fees. The Legislature further finds that there is a substantial local need to provide additional and supplemental means for the issuance of motor vehicle registrations in Jefferson County in response to a demonstrated local need in the county. The Legislature further finds that citizens often desire to register their boats at the same time that they register their motor vehicles, and therefore, citizens should be able to register their boats at the same locations where they register their motor vehicles as a matter of public convenience. (b) In Jefferson County, the mayor of any city...
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32-6-280
Section 32-6-280 Issuance of distinctive plates; list of eligible retired professional firefighters; identification; fees; use of plates or tags. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) Professional firefighter means a paid member of a paid or part-paid fire department of a city, town, county, or other subdivision of the state, including the chief, assistant chief, warden, engineer, captain, firemen, and all other officers and employees of the department who actually engage in fire fighting or rendering first aid at the scene of an accident. (2) Retired professional firefighter means a retired member of a paid or part-paid fire department of a city, town, county, or other subdivision of the state, including the chief, assistant chief, warden, engineer, captain, firemen, and all other officers and employees of the department who actually engaged in fire fighting or rendering first aid at the scene of an accident. Notwithstanding any other...
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28-3-1
Section 28-3-1 Definitions. As used in this title, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Any alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, fermented, or other alcoholic beverage, or combination of liquors and mixed liquor, a part of which is spirituous, vinous, fermented, or otherwise alcoholic, and all drinks or drinkable liquids, preparations or mixtures intended for beverage purposes, which contain one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, and shall include liquor, beer, and wine. (2) ASSOCIATION. A partnership, limited partnership, or any form of unincorporated enterprise owned by two or more persons. (3) BEER, or MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, any beer, lager beer, ale, porter, malt or brewed beverage, or similar fermented malt liquor containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume and not in excess of thirteen and nine-tenths percent...
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45-8-22.01
Section 45-8-22.01 Legislative intent; disposition of funds. (a) The Legislature of Alabama finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section clarify but not change existing law and supplement existing law, by clarifying and showing the intent of the Legislature in, but not changing, Act 2001-361, 2001 Regular Session, and supplementing Act 2001-361, 2001 Regular Session, concerning the distribution of the proceeds of the Calhoun County portion of the levelized excise tax on beer levied pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 28. (b) The Calhoun County portion of the proceeds of the levelized state excise tax on beer levied pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 28, shall be collected by the Calhoun County Judge of Probate and paid to the Calhoun County Commission. All of the tax proceeds shall be distributed by the Calhoun County Commission as follows: (1) The first one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) of the proceeds each month shall be deposited in...
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45-12-240.40
Section 45-12-240.40 Motor vehicle licensing. (a) The Revenue Commissioner of Choctaw County shall perform all duties relative to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles, motor vehicle titles, and nonmotorized vehicles in Choctaw County which the judge of probate is required under the law to perform. The judge of probate shall be relieved of all duties and responsibilities relative to the assessment and collection of taxes on motor vehicles, motor vehicle titles, and nonmotorized vehicles, and the revenue commissioner shall have all the duties and responsibilities relative to the assessment and collection of taxes and issuance of motor vehicle licenses and titles for motorized and non-motorized vehicles. For purposes of this section the term "motor vehicle" shall mean the same as defined in Article 5, Chapter 12, Title 40. (b) Before entering upon the additional duties imposed by this section, the revenue commissioner shall execute an additional bond in a sum...
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