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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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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45-5-141.20
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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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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45-26-142.13
Section 45-26-142.13 Abolition of district. (a) The district may be abolished in the manner provided for in this section; however, the district shall not be abolished or diminished when it has any indebtedness. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of the district being filed with the judges of probate, the judges of probate of both counties, acting jointly, shall order an election on the abolition of the district to be held in the district within the time provided for by Section 45-26-142.04. The qualified property owners residing within the district shall be entitled to vote in the election. The petition shall be signed by at least 300 qualified property owners of the district. It shall contain a recital that the district is not indebted and it shall request the judges of probate to order an election on whether the district shall be abolished. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the votes and determining that abolition of the district was approved by a majority of the votes...
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45-49-140.12
Section 45-49-140.12 Enlargement of district. (a) A district may be enlarged, provided, that no area lying within a municipality at the time of the enlargement shall be brought within the district. (b) No area shall be brought within a district by enlargement unless the majority of the votes cast at the election provided for by subsection (c), approve the inclusion of the area within the district and also approve every service charge in effect within the district at the time of election. (c) The term proposed area, as used in this subsection, means an area proposed to be brought within a district by enlargement of the district. When the board of trustees of a district determines that the inclusion of a proposed area within the district would be to the advantage of the district and also to the advantage of the majority of the property owners of the proposed area, the board of trustees may file in the office of the judge of probate a petition, signed by two-thirds of property owners,...
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17-5-2
Section 17-5-2 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANDIDATE. An individual who has done any of the following: a. Taken the action necessary under the laws of the state to qualify himself or herself for nomination or for election to any state office or local office or in the case of an independent seeking ballot access, on the date when he or she files a petition with the judge of probate in the case of county offices, with the appropriate qualifying municipal official in the case of municipal offices, or the Secretary of State in all other cases. b. Received contributions or made expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or given his or her consent for any other person or persons to receive contributions or make expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with a view to bringing about his or her nomination or election to any state office or local office. (2) COMMISSION. The State Ethics...
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45-49-91.01
Section 45-49-91.01 Election to establish district. An election on the establishment of the district shall be held within the boundaries of the district if a written petition is submitted to the county commission with signatures from 125 property owners of real property in the proposed district. Only property owners who own property in the proposed district at the time the petition is certified by the Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall be eligible to sign the petition and be counted toward the required number necessary to call an election. If property is owned by partnership, company, or corporation, the signature on the petition shall be that of the person authorized to sign for the company or corporation under the articles of incorporation or company structure. (Act 2005-75, p. 111, § 2.)...
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45-26-142.08
Section 45-26-142.08 Approval by voters; certification of election results. No district shall be created unless it is approved by the majority of votes cast by the qualified voters in the proposed district, provided that no person may vote more than once in the election. At any election on the establishment of a district, the question of the establishment of the district shall be submitted separately. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election certifying that the creation of the district was approved by the majority of the votes of qualified voters cast at the election, the proposed district shall be created and constitute a public corporation. The Judges of Probate of Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties shall jointly certify the results of the election to the Secretary of State. (Act 2013-412, p. 1558, §9.)...
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45-31-141.12
Section 45-31-141.12 Approval of service charge or fee. (a) No service charge or fee shall be levied unless the same has first been approved by the majority of the votes cast at an election held hereunder by the qualified electors residing within the district, or within the proposed district. (b) An election on the question levying a service charge or fee in a proposed district may be held at the same time that the election is held on the creation of the district; provided that the petition for the election on the question of the service charge or fee accompanies the petition for the election on the establishment of the proposed district as provided herein. An election on the question of a service charge or fee may be held upon the board of the district submitting to the judge of probate a petition for an election as provided. The board shall file in the office of the judge of probate a petition that he or she call an election in the district on the question of whether the service...
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