45-49-140.13
Section 45-49-140.13 Abolition of district. (a) Any district may be abolished in the manner
provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished or diminished
when it has any indebtedness. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, being filed
with the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election on abolition of the district
to be held in the district within the time provided for by Section 45-49-140.02. The qualified
electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote in the election. The petition
shall be signed by at least 100 qualified property owners of the district. It shall contain
a recital that the district is not indebted, and it shall request the judge of probate to
order an election on whether the district shall be abolished. Upon the officers' canvassing
the returns of the election certifying that abolition of the district was approved by a majority
of the votes cast at the election, the district shall be...
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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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9-9-7
Section 9-9-7 Establishment of district - Filing of petition for organization of district;
appointment, etc., of engineer; report of engineer. (a) Whenever a petition praying for the
organization of a water management district and signed by a majority of the landowners owning
more than one third of the land in acreage in a proposed district or by at least one third
of the persons owning more than one half of the land in the proposed district shall be filed
with the court of probate of such county in which such lands are located or, if such lands
are composed of tracts or parcels situated in two or more counties, then in the office of
the court of probate of the county in which there is situated more of said lands than in any
other county, said petition setting forth the specific body or district of land in the county
or county and adjoining counties described in such a way as to convey an intelligent idea
as to location of such land and stating that the public benefit or utility or the...
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45-49-140.33
Section 45-49-140.33 Election requirements. (a) If the planned expansion of a municipal police
jurisdiction includes any portion of the Turnerville fire protection district, the council
or governing body of the respective municipality may request that the Judge of Probate of
Mobile County order an election to be held in the affected area. Only those qualified electors
residing within the boundaries of the affected area shall participate in the election. (1)
The council or governing body of the municipality may pass a resolution stating that the public
health or public good requires that the affected area, as described in the resolution, shall
be brought within the police jurisdiction of the municipality. (2) The mayor or other executive
head of the municipality shall certify and file a copy of the resolution together with a map
of the area showing its relationship to the municipal police jurisdiction to which the property
is proposed to be included, with the judge of probate. (3) At...
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11-41-1
Section 11-41-1 Authority; petition to probate judge for order of incorporation. When the inhabitants
of an unincorporated community, which has a population of not less than 300, constituting
a body of citizens whose residences are contiguous to and all of which form a homogeneous
settlement or community, desire to become organized as a municipal corporation, they may apply
to the judge of probate of the county in which the territory is situated, or the greater portion
thereof if it is situated in two or more counties, for an order of incorporation, by a petition
in writing signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors residing within the
limits of the proposed municipality and by the persons, firms, or corporations owning at least
60 percent of the acreage of the platted or unplatted land of the proposed municipality. No
platted or unplatted territory shall be included within the boundary unless there are at least
four qualified electors, according to government survey,...
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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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9-9-14
Section 9-9-14 Board of water management commissioners - Composition; qualifications, appointment,
terms of office, oath and bond of commissioners; seal; officers and employees generally; meetings;
vacancies; quorum. Upon the organization of the district, the court of probate shall appoint
three water management commissioners to be designated "Board of Water Management Commissioners,"
who shall have control of the affairs of the district, and each commissioner shall be an owner
of real property within the district and shall be over 19 years of age, and at least one of
them shall be a resident of the county in which the proceedings are held. Whenever the owners
of a majority in acres of the land comprising a district petition the court for appointment
of a person qualified under this article to act as a water management commissioner, it shall
be the duty of the court to appoint such person or persons, but in the absence of such petition
it shall be the duty of the court to appoint such...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent
to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public
health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall
be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge
of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such
resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering
an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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45-8A-110
Section 45-8A-110 Annexation based on resolution of public health or public good; elections.
(a) Whenever the council of the City of Oxford shall pass a resolution to the effect that
the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution)
shall be brought within the limits of the City of Oxford: (1) It shall be the duty of the
mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County and the
certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to
be annexed, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate.
(2) Within 10 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, the judge of probate must
make and enter an order upon the minutes of the court, directing and ordering an election
to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory described, not less than
20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the making of the order. The...
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45-26-142.01
Section 45-26-142.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following words shall
have the following meanings: (1) DISTRICT. A district to be known as the South Lake Martin
Fire District created pursuant to this part for establishing and maintaining a system for
fighting and preventing fires and a system for the operation of emergency medical services.
(2) PROPOSED AREA. As used in Section 45-26-142.13, an area of land composed of the following
tracts located in Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties, the legal description as set out herein:
TRACT 1: The Willow Point / Ourtown Fire District The Willow Point/Ourtown Fire District which
includes the following property located in Elmore and Tallapoosa County, Alabama. All that
part of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4, the SW 1/4, and the South 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the SW
1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 31, T-22-N, R-21-E, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. All that part
of the East 1/2 of Section 12 T-21-N, R-20-E located east of Oakachoy Creek and all...
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