11-46-26
Section 11-46-26 Proceedings where only one candidate or nominee for office. In the event only
one person has filed a statement of candidacy for an office by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday
in July preceding the date set for an election of municipal officers pursuant to subsection
(g) of Section 11-46-25, then such person shall for all purposes be deemed elected to such
office, any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding. The mayor or other
chief executive officer shall not cause the name of such person or the office for which his
candidacy was declared to be printed on the ballot, but he shall immediately file a written
statement with the governing body of the municipality, attested by the clerk, certifying the
fact that only one person filed a statement of candidacy for the office of _____ (naming the
office) by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday in July preceding the day of _____, 2__, the date
set for an election of municipal officers in the City (Town) of _____,...
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11-65-5
Section 11-65-5 Composition of commission; terms; qualifications; removal from office. (a)
Every commission shall have five members, which shall constitute its governing body. All powers
of a commission shall be exercised by its members or pursuant to their authorization. The
mayor or other chief executive officer of the sponsoring municipality and the president or
other designated presiding officer of the county commission of the host county shall each
serve as a member ex officio, unless such official exercises his or her right, as provided
in subsection (b), to appoint a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of such official. The service
of each such official as a member shall begin with the beginning of his or her tenure in such
office and shall end with the ending of such tenure or the appointment by such official of
a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of his or her ex officio service. The other three members
shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter prescribed as soon as may be...
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11-44E-41
Section 11-44E-41 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any
election for the office of commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office
of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy accompanied by a petition signed
by a minimum of fifty registered voters of such commission district or in the case of mayor,
one hundred registered voters of the municipality, endorsing the candidacy of such candidate
and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or notary public. Such statement shall
be filed by 5:00 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the date set for the election
and shall be substantially in 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 said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire
to become a candidate for the office of commissioner for District _____, in said City...
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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and
as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council
elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties
as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43,
Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be
now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members
who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population
according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less,
than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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22-21-314
Section 22-21-314 Certificate of incorporation - Filing; form and contents; recordation. (a)
Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution (or, if there is more
than one, the last adopted thereof), the applicants shall proceed to incorporate an authority
by filing for record, in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the principal
office of the authority is to be located, a certificate of incorporation which shall comply
in form and substance with the requirements of this section, shall be in the form and executed
in the manner herein provided and shall also be in the form theretofore approved by the governing
body of each authorizing subdivision. (b) In addition to any other provisions required by
this article to be included therein, the certificate of incorporation of an authority shall
state: (1) The names of the incorporators, together with the address of the residence of each
thereof, and either a. where the authorizing subdivision is a...
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11-88-5
Section 11-88-5 Authorization and procedure for amendment of certificate of incorporation.
(a) The certificate of incorporation of any authority incorporated under the provisions of
this article may at any time and from time to time be amended in the manner provided in this
section. (b)(1) The board of directors of the authority shall first adopt a resolution proposing
an amendment to the certificate of incorporation which shall be set forth in full in the resolution
and which amendment may include: a. A change in the name of the authority; b. The addition
to the service area of the authority of new territory lying within the determining county;
c. Provisions for the operation of a system or facility the operation of which is not then
provided for in the certificate of incorporation of the authority and which the authority
is authorized by this article to operate; d. Any matters which might have been included in
the original certificate of incorporation; e. Provisions for the addition...
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45-37-140.13
Section 45-37-140.13 Annexation; referendum; hearing; reestablishment of boundaries. (a) Whenever
any municipal corporation in Jefferson County annexes any portion of a district and a petition
is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting annexation of the remaining portion
of the district, the petition containing the following: (1) signatures of 20 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 200 qualified electors, whichever
is less, and (2) a written statement signed by at least two members of the board of trustees
of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either 10 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or 100 qualified electors residing within
the district, whichever is applicable, and (3) a description of the district; then the governing
body of such municipal corporation shall provide for and finance the cost of a referendum
election wherein the remaining qualified voter residents of...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...

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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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