45-37A-52.91
Section 45-37A-52.91 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any
election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
judge of probate of the county in which such city is situated, a statement in writing of such
candidacy, accompanied by an affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate or by
a notary public that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she
desires to be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 45 days before the day set
for such election and shall be in substantially the following form: State of Alabama, ______
County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of
the City of ______, in the state and county, and reside at ______ in the City of ______, that
I desire to become a candidate for the office of mayor in that city at the election of the
office to be held on the ______ day of August, next and that I am duly qualified...
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45-13-20
Section 45-13-20 Municipal option election for legalization of sale and distribution of alcoholic
beverages. (a)(1) The Legislature of Alabama is cognizant of "Opinion of the Justices
No. 376," issued April 9, 2002, which states that a local bill for Cherokee County "purporting
to allow by local law the creation of a traffic in alcohol that does not presently exist in
smaller municipalities in Cherokee County, does not fit within the ambit of the last paragraph
of Section 104 permitting the Legislature to pass local laws regulating or prohibiting such
traffic." The effect of this Opinion of the Justices is to greatly limit situations in
which local laws may be enacted regarding alcoholic beverages. This opinion was, in part,
based upon a determination that, "Generally, 'regulate' implies the exercise of control
over something that already exists." While respecting the constitutional authority granted
to the Alabama Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, this...
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45-13-120
Section 45-13-120 Compensation; election; oath and bond; office space, equipment; chief clerk;
powers and duties; issuance of licenses; disposition of funds. (a)(1) Effective October 1,
1991, there is hereby created the office of commissioner of licenses. The salary of the commissioner
of licenses shall be in the amount of thirty-six thousand dollars ($36,000) annually. The
annual salary shall be payable in equal biweekly installments from the general funds of the
county, as all other county employees are paid. (2) The office of commissioner of licenses
shall be established upon the occurrence of a vacancy before October 1, 1991, in either the
office of tax assessor or tax collector, then, in that event, the officer remaining after
the office of revenue commissioner is established, shall be the license commissioner for the
remainder of the unexpired term for which he or she was elected as either tax assessor or
as tax collector, as the case may be, and the license commissioner shall be...
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11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change;
election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners.
Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at
least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city
or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk.
The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters
of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers
and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall
be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon
their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission
and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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45-35A-54.17
Section 45-35A-54.17 Grants for use, etc., of public streets, property, etc. - Objections,
election. Pending the passage of any such resolution, bylaw, or ordinance, or during the time
intervening between its final passage and the expiration of the 30 days during which publication
shall be made as above provided, the legally qualified voters of the city may by written petition
or petitions addressed to the board of commissioners object to such grant, and if, during
this period, such written petition or petitions signed by at least a number of qualified voters
equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city, or fraction thereof, according to the
last federal census, shall be filed with the board of commissioners, the board shall forthwith
order an election, at which the legally qualified voters of the city shall vote for or against
the proposed grant as set forth in the bylaw, resolution, or ordinance. In the call for the
election the resolution, bylaw, or ordinance making the grant...
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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., §5.)...
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45-37A-52.65
Section 45-37A-52.65 Granting of franchises. No resolution or ordinance, granting to any person,
firm, or corporation any franchise, lease, or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares,
or public ways of any city organized under this part, either in, under, upon, along, through,
or over same shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after the final enactment of
same by the council and publication of the resolution or ordinance in full once a week for
three consecutive weeks in some daily newspaper published in the city, which publication shall
be made at the expense of the persons, firm, or corporation applying for the grant. Pending
the passage of any such resolution or ordinance or during the time intervening between its
final passage, and the expiration of the 30 days during which publication shall be made as
above provided, the legally qualified voters of the city, by written petition or petitions
addressed to the council, may object to such grant, and if...
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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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39-7-3
Section 39-7-3 Filing of petition for election as to incorporation. A petition, in the form
and executed as provided in Sections 39-7-4 and 39-7-5 may be presented by filing the same
with the clerk of the city or town, and when the petition is signed by inhabitants of an area
with 250 qualified electors it may be presented to the probate judge of the county in which
the electors reside. It shall be signed by qualified electors in the territory by a number
of at least equal to five percent of the total number of qualified electors in said territory.
(Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §19.)...
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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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