45-16-71
Section 45-16-71 Composition and election of county commission. (a) The Coffee County Commission
shall be composed of seven members, elected from single-member districts one through seven,
inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The seven districts shall
be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner shall reside in the district he or she
represents at the time of qualifying for office and during his or her tenure. The chair of
the commission, who shall be a voting member of the commission, shall be elected at the first
meeting after the election of the county commission from among the seven members of the commission
to serve for a one-year term. A successor shall be elected each year in the same manner and
any person serving as chair may serve succeeding terms. (b) The composition and election of
the county commission as it existed on January 1, 2003, is ratified and confirmed. The districts
for the election of commissioners in 2004 shall be the...
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45-17-70
Section 45-17-70 Membership. (a) The Colbert County Commission shall be composed of six members,
elected from single-member districts one through six, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing
within each district. The six districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner
shall reside in the district he or she represents at the time of qualifying for office and
during his or her tenure. The chair of the commission shall rotate among the six members of
the commission with each commissioner serving as chair for one-sixth of his or her four-year
term of office. (b) The composition and election of the county commission as it existed on
January 1, 2003, is ratified and confirmed. This section shall continue to apply to commissioners
elected for a term of office for county commissioners in Colbert County on or after that date.
(Act 2005-138, p. 242, §§1, 2.)...
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45-40-72
Section 45-40-72 Commission members; districts; chair. (a) The Lawrence County shall be composed
of five , elected from single-member one through five, inclusive, by the qualified voters
residing within each district. The five districts shall be apportioned as provided by law.
Each commissioner shall reside in the district he or she represents at the time of qualifying
for office and during his or her tenure. The of the commission shall rotate among the five
members of the commission with each commissioner serving as chair for one-fifth of his or
her four-year term of office. (b) The composition and election of the county commission as
it existed on January 1, 2003, is ratified and confirmed. This section shall continue to apply
to commissioners elected for a term of office for county commissioners in Lawrence County
on or after that date. (Act 2003-222, p. 562, §§1, 2.)...
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45-11-71.01
Section 45-11-71.01 Composition. (a) This section shall apply only in Chilton County. (b) Effective
for the election of the county commission in November 2008 and thereafter, the Chilton County
Commission shall be composed of five members elected from single-member districts. The member
from each respective district shall be elected by the qualified electors residing within that
district. The districts for the election of the commissioners in November 2008 shall be apportioned
by the county commission at least 180 days prior to the last date for qualifying for the primary
election and thereafter may be apportioned as provided by law. (c) Each candidate for election
shall have been a resident and qualified elector of the district he or she seeks to represent
at least 180 days prior to qualifying for election and shall remain a resident of the same
district during his or her tenure in office. The members of the county commission shall serve
for terms of four years. (d) The members of the...
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45-13-71
Section 45-13-71 Composition; election by districts. (a) The county commission herein created
shall consist of five members, one of whom shall serve as chairman as hereinafter provided.
(b) The five members of the commission shall be elected from, be a qualified elector of, and
reside in each of five single-member districts within Clarke County as herein defined. Commissioners
for Districts 2, 4, and 5 shall run in 1992, and every four years thereafter. Commissioners
for Districts 1 and 3 shall run in 1994, and every four years thereafter. Each commissioner
will serve a four-year term. The term for the commissioners from Districts 2 and 4 elected
in 1992 shall begin on the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January, 1993. The term
of all the commissioners from District 5 elected in 1992, and the term of commissioners elected
thereafter, shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on the seventh day next following his or her election,
or as otherwise provided by the general laws of Alabama. (c)...
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45-37-72
Section 45-37-72 Single member districts; compensation; residency requirements. (a) It is the
intent of this section to implement the amended federal court order, and related orders, dated
October 31, 1985, Civil Action No. 84-C-1730-S, in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division, in the case of Taylor, et al. v. The Jefferson
County Commission, and subsequently redrawn by the county commission pursuant to Section 11-3-1.1.
(b) There is created and established in and for Jefferson County a single-member district
governing body. The Jefferson County Commission shall be composed of five members, elected
from single-member districts one through five, inclusive, which districts are described in
the amended federal court order dated October 31, 1985, and related orders, in Civil Action
No. 84-C-1730-S in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama,
Southern Division, in the case of Taylor, et al. v. The Jefferson...
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45-48-71
Section 45-48-71 Single member districts. Pursuant to the authority of Section 11-3-1.1, the
Marshall County Commission shall adopt a plan of four single member districts for the election
of the county commission and shall submit the plan to the United States Justice Department
by July 1, 1993, for preclearance. The initial terms shall be staggered as follows: One commissioner
from District 1 or District 2 shall be elected for a six year term of office in 1994 and one
commissioner from District 3 or District 4 shall be elected for a six year term of office.
The remaining commission members shall be elected for terms of office of four years each.
The county commission shall draw lots to determine the two districts with initial terms of
office of four years, and the two districts with initial terms of office of six years. Thereafter,
successors shall serve terms of office of four years each. (Act 92-391, p. 807, § 1.)...

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11-44A-30
Section 11-44A-30 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 7 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall
have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days
immediately preceding the date of the election, and...
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11-44F-1
Section 11-44F-1 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall
have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days
immediately preceding the date of the election, and...
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45-32-72
Section 45-32-72 Greene County Districting Commission. (a) In Greene County, there is hereby
created a three member Greene County Districting Commission, hereinafter referred to as districting
commission, to establish districts for the election of members of the Greene County Commission
and the Greene County Board of Education. One member of the districting commission shall be
appointed by the Greene County Board of Education, hereinafter referred to as board; one member
shall be appointed by the Greene County Commission, hereinafter referred to as commission;
and, one member shall be appointed by the state representative and state senator representing
Greene County, hereinafter referred to as delegation. The board, commission, and delegation
may hereinafter be referred to as appointing authorities. If the board or the commission does
not appoint its member to the districting commission within 45 days from May 8, 1985, the
delegation shall make the appointments within 10 days...
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