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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45-37-140.03
Section 45-37-140.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon any petition provided for in this section
being filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county, 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. (b) The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified electors
residing within the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The petition shall contain a
description of the area which is proposed to be established as a district under this article
and shall request the judge of product to call an election on one or more of the following
questions: (1) Shall there be created for the area a district for fighting fires? (2) Shall
there be created for the area a district for garbage disposal? (3) Shall there be created
for the area a district for fighting fires and (d) The petition shall state the name of the
proposed district. The board of trustees of a district may change the name of...
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45-26-142.11
Section 45-26-142.11 Service charge or fee - Approval; collection. (a) No service charge may
be assessed unless the service charge is approved at a referendum election of the qualified
voters in the district, provided that no person may vote more than once in the election. (b)
Any service charge assessed shall be collected by the revenue commissioner of the county where
the property is located and distributed to the board of the district for fire protection and
emergency medical services and for the administration of the district. (c) The expenses of
establishing and maintaining the district shall be paid for by the proceeds of the service
charge, which shall be assessed and collected from qualified property owners within the district.
The revenues collected from each district, less any costs of collection, shall be used for
fire protection and emergency medical services in the district. The service charge shall be
a personal obligation of the owner of the property served by the...
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45-49-140.11
Section 45-49-140.11 Service charges - Election. (a) No service charge shall be levied unless
the same has been first 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 of levying a service charge 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 accompanies the petition
for the election on the establishment of the proposed district as provided in Section 45-49-140.02.
An election on the question of a service charge may be held upon the board of trustees of
a district submitting to the judge of probate a petition for such election as hereinafter
provided. The board of trustees 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...
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9-8-23
Section 9-8-23 Creation and incorporation of districts; increase or decrease in boundaries;
reorganization; change of name. (a) Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory
proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to
function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: (1) The
proposed name of said district; (2) That there is need in the interest of the public health,
safety and welfare for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory
described in the petition; (3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as
a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by
legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and (4) A request
that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries...
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45-2-261.07
Section 45-2-261.07 Procedure for exercising jurisdiction in each district. The Baldwin County
Commission shall not exercise its planning and zoning powers and jurisdiction in any district
established hereunder until the majority of the qualified electors of the district voting
in an election shall have voted their desire to come within the planning and zoning authority
of the Baldwin County Commission. The election shall be held if 10 percent of the qualified
electors in any district submit a written petition to the county commission expressing a desire
to be subject to the planning and zoning jurisdiction of the Baldwin County Commission under
authority of this subpart. For the purposes of the establishment of districts after June 1,
2010, a district shall correspond to a voting precinct or precincts in the county unless the
county governing body determines that the use of voting precinct boundaries is not feasible.
A party or parties seeking to file a petition shall notify the...
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11-99A-4
Section 11-99A-4 Establishment of districts. (a) One or more owners of land wishing to form
a district in a municipality or a county may petition the municipality or county to form a
district as follows: (1) The owners shall prepare a written petition executed by the owners
of all land proposed to be included within the district. (2) The petition shall include a
description of the tract or tracts of land proposed to be included within the district, which
may include less than all of any individual tract of land. The description shall be sufficient
if it refers to tax assessment tracts in accordance with the tax assessor's numbering or other
reference system, by metes and bounds, by subdivision lot, by reference to recorded deeds,
or by other reasonable reference method. (3) The petition shall include a map or plat of the
proposed district, showing that, if the district is created, (i) with respect to a petition
being submitted to a municipality, the land will be contiguous with land...
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45-37-140.14
Section 45-37-140.14 Abolition of district. (a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished
in the manner provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished
when it has any indebtedness. (1) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming
to the requirements set forth below, 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 with the time provided
for by Section 45-37-140.04 unless the petition is submitted less than one year before the
next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election in which case the election shall
be held at the next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election, at which qualified
electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The number of qualified electors
residing in the district signing the petition shall not be less than the smaller of these
two numbers: 500, or a number equal to 10 percent of...
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11-42-100.1
Section 11-42-100.1 Mode of consolidation - When municipality to annex city or town. (a) When
two or more municipalities lying contiguous to each other desire to consolidate and operate
as one municipality, they may do so by proceeding in the manner hereafter provided in this
section. (b) If it is the purpose to annex a city or town to another municipality, then the
governing body of each city or town shall adopt an ordinance expressing a willingness to such
annexation. After both ordinances are passed and published as provided for by law, the governing
body of the municipality to be annexed shall, by resolution submit the question of annexation
at a special election to be held at a time specified in such resolution, not less than 40
days nor more than 90 days after passage of the last adopted willingness ordinance or at a
time otherwise specified by law. No other proposition may be on the ballot. Said election
shall be held pursuant to the general municipal election laws. (c) In...
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11-89-13
Section 11-89-13 Loans, sales, grants, etc., of money, property, etc., to district by counties,
municipalities, public corporations, etc. For the purpose of securing water service, sewer
service, or fire protection service or aiding or cooperating with the district in the planning,
development, undertaking, construction, extension, improvement, operation, or protection of
water systems, sewer systems, and fire protection facilities, any county, municipality, or
other political subdivision, public corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state
may, upon such terms and with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Lend or donate
money to, guarantee all or any part of the indebtedness of, or perform services for the benefit
of the district; (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the district, without
the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind,
including, but without limitation, any water system, sewer...
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