45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery of fire
and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county pursuant
to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote at
a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval of the
mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election for
the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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11-44F-20
Section 11-44F-20 Governing body authorized to provide for referendum to determine status of
mayor. The governing body of a Class 8 municipality may, by resolution adopted within 60 days
after the date on which the United States Justice Department determines not to interpose objection
to this article, provide for a referendum of the registered voters of the city or town to
determine public opinion as to whether the candidate elected mayor at the 1996 municipal election,
and thereafter, shall serve in a full-time capacity. Except as otherwise provided herein,
any referendum conducted pursuant to this article shall comply with general municipal election
laws for special elections. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §1.)...
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11-44D-6
Section 11-44D-6 Provisions applicable to both mayor-council and manager-council forms of government.
The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of
the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1) Within 30 days
after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a.
Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing
the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election
to be held hereunder. (2) The governing body shall take such steps as are necessary to comply
with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (3) Within 10 days after the receipt
of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the
mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election for the members of
the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of...
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11-44E-2
Section 11-44E-2 Authority to adopt mayor/commission/city manager form of government; ordinance
for election of commissioners. At any time upon passage of this chapter and said chapter becoming
law, any Class 5 municipality may adopt the mayor/commission/city manager form of government
by adopting an ordinance by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopting
the mayor/commission/city manager form of government. Within 30 days of the adoption of the
ordinance adopting the mayor/commission/city manager form of government, members of that governing
body shall adopt a second ordinance for the election of commissioners from six single-member
districts with the district boundaries established therein. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660,
§1.02; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)...
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28-2A-20
Section 28-2A-20 Ordinance and referendum to determine whether annexed territories should be
legally wet. In addition to the procedure established pursuant to Article 1, the governing
body of any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality or any municipality having a population of 18,500
or more, which is legally wet, and which has previously annexed or hereinafter annexes territory
into the municipality which lies in a county which is legally dry, shall, before the annexed
territory becomes wet, pass an ordinance calling for a city-wide referendum to be held to
determine whether the annexed portions of the municipality shall be legally wet as herein
provided. If the governing body of the municipality adopts an ordinance determining that all
of the area within the corporate limits of the municipality should be legally wet, and if
this decision is approved at a subsequent referendum called to decide this issue, alcoholic
beverages may be lawfully sold, distributed, and consumed within the newly...
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11-52-16
Section 11-52-16 Alternative structure for Class 6 municipality planning commission. (a) The
governing body of any Class 6 municipality may determine by ordinance that the planning commission
of the municipality, created under authority of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of seven voting
members appointed as follows: (1) Six members appointed by the mayor. (2) One member, appointed
by a majority of the city council, who may be a member of the city council. (b) In addition,
one nonvoting advisory member shall be appointed by the mayor, who shall be a senior administrative
official of the municipality qualified by education, training, experience, and job responsibilities
to provide substantive and technical advice, assistance, and guidance to the planning commission
in the exercise of its statutory functions. (c) All members of the planning commission shall
be at least 21 years of age and, to the extent not inconsistent with this section, shall meet
the additional qualifications for...
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11-44B-21
Section 11-44B-21 Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect; references to certain officers
or governing body in existing ordinances, etc., deemed references to mayor or council. All
ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the
mayor-council form of government herein established shall continue in effect unless and until
changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect
at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established, reference
is made to the mayor, chairman of the commission board, public safety commissioner, associate
commissioner No. 1, finance and water commissioner or associate commissioner No. 2, the same
shall be construed to refer to the mayor of the mayor-council form of government herein established.
Whenever in any ordinance, resolution or law in effect at the time of the adoption of the
mayor-council form of government herein established,...
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11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and
March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this
article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section
11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first
Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality
shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the
alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et
seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication
once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions
to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot....
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11-43B-29
Section 11-43B-29 Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect; references to city commission,
etc., deemed to refer to city council. All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality
in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established
shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in
any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council
form of government, reference is made to a member of the governing body (by whatever name),
the same shall be construed to refer to the mayor. Whenever in any ordinance, resolution,
or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference
is made to the city commission, board of commissioners, the governing body, or like term,
the same shall be construed to refer to the city council. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926,
p. 213, §29.)...
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12-14-17
Section 12-14-17 Procedure for abolition of municipal courts by governing bodies of municipalities;
effect of abolition generally. (a) The governing body of any municipality having a municipal
court may at any time by ordinance abolish its municipal court and the jurisdiction of the
court so abolished shall be transferred to the district court of the district in which the
municipality is located under the conditions and effective dates provided in this section.
A certified copy of the ordinance abolishing the municipal court shall be transmitted by certified
mail to the clerk of the district court for the district in which the municipality is located,
the presiding judge of the circuit court for the judicial circuit in which the municipality
is located, the clerk of the circuit court, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Secretary
of State and the Administrative Director of the Courts. (b) All pending cases and process
in those cases which are to be acted upon by the district court...
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