39-7-4
Section 39-7-4 Form and verification of petition. (a) The petition shall be in substantially
the following form: "To the (herein insert the name of governing body) of the City (or
Town) or to the Probate Judge of _____ County. We, the undersigned, qualified electors of
the area embraced within the city or town or of the following described area _____ respectfully
petition that there be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors in said area the following
question: 'Shall the citizens of said city or town or the citizens of said described area
(describing it) be incorporated by the name of the Improvement Authority of (here insert name
of city or town, or area) for the purpose of engaging in the enterprise of furnishing to such
city, town or area and its inhabitants or to the inhabitants of such area described for public
and private uses the following services: ___ ___ ___' (Signatures of electors)...
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45-21A-50
Section 45-21A-50 Election of Rutledge City Council. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or
general or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action
No. 87-T-1289-N, U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court
Order, the Town of Rutledge in Crenshaw County, shall not designate by place number, or by
other similar method, seats for its city council. (b) The City Council of the Town of Rutledge,
Alabama, shall consist of five members elected at large, without designated or numbered places.
In the election of members of the city council, the five candidates receiving the greatest
number of votes shall be elected to the council. There shall be no runoff election and in
the event of a tie vote, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected
mayor and council. In such election for members of the city council, each qualified voter
is authorized to cast only one vote. (c) The requirement for office,...
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11-42-123
Section 11-42-123 Ordering of election by proclamation. If the council or governing body of
each city or town confirms the agreement, then the mayor of the city or town proposed to be
annexed to the other city or town shall, by proclamation, order an election to be held on
a day fixed in the proclamation in his city or town, submitting to a vote of the qualified
electors in his city or town the following proposition: "Shall the agreement for the
annexation of (naming the city or town) to (naming the city or town) be ratified?" and
stating in such proclamation that one of the triplicates of the agreement made which is submitted
for ratification is on file in the office of the clerk of such city or town, open to the inspection
of the public. (Code 1907, §1136; Code 1923, §1831; Code 1940, T. 37, §198.)...
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11-42-133
Section 11-42-133 Creation, etc., of wards; election of aldermen; division of wards into voting
precincts; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards or voting precincts. (a) The council
or governing body of the annexing city or town shall create new wards (as many as may be deemed
to be necessary) regardless of any limitation in the charter of the annexing city or town
on the number of wards, or enlarge wards so as to embrace all territory embraced in the annexed
city or town and so as to afford opportunity to all persons in the territory embraced in the
annexed city or town to vote in all elections and participate in the government of the annexing
city or town, and each ward in the annexing city or town shall have the same number of aldermen,
but in no event shall there be more than 30 aldermen or representatives in the council or
governing body of the city or town. (b) The council or governing body of the city or town
shall elect aldermen for the wards, embracing all the territory...
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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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11-50-290
Section 11-50-290 Contracts between municipalities and waterworks board for operation and management
of sanitary sewer systems. (a) The city or town council, city commission, or other governing
body of any incorporated municipality in the State of Alabama in which a waterworks board
organized pursuant to Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-237, 11-50-240 and 11-50-241 may be
operating is hereby authorized, in behalf of such municipality, to enter into contracts with
such board, and such board is authorized to enter into contracts with such municipality, whereunder
such board shall act as agent of such municipality for the operation and management of any
one or more sanitary sewer systems located in such municipality. (b) Such contracts may contain
such provisions and terms as may be mutually agreed on by the parties thereto respecting the
operation and management of the sanitary sewer systems covered thereby, including provisions
respecting the furnishing by such board of water for such...
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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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45-35-244.30
Section 45-35-244.30 Authorization; prerequisites. The Houston County Commission, at its election
by resolution and in its sole discretion, or its designee is authorized to collect any municipal
privilege, license, sales, and use taxes levied or assessed by any city or town under a municipal
ordinance duly promulgated and adopted by the governing body of the city or town upon the
request by resolution of the council or commission of the city or town and upon the filing
with the Houston County Commission of a certified copy of the ordinance levying the tax, whenever
the levy, in the judgment of the Houston County Commission, substantially parallels the levy
by Houston County, except for the rate of the tax and the uses for which the tax may be levied
and is subject to Subpart 1 and this subpart, except where inapplicable or where herein otherwise
provided, including provisions for enforcement and collection of the taxes. (Act 95-407, p.
856, §2.)...
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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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11-42-164
Section 11-42-164 Annexation agreement deemed contract between municipalities; right of persons
residing in annexed municipality to enforce agreement against annexing municipality. The agreement
of annexation shall be and shall be held to be a contract by and between the city or town
annexed and the city or town to which annexation is made, and no amendment of this article
or subsequent law enacted shall in anywise abrogate or change the terms of the agreement of
annexation, and any person residing in or owning property in the territory which was embraced
within the city or town annexed shall have the right in a court having jurisdiction to require
the annexing city or town to abide by and carry out the provisions of the agreement of annexation.
(Code 1907, §1149; Code 1923, §1844; Code 1940, T. 37, §211.)...
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