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9-8-57
Section 9-8-57 Referendum upon creation of district - Contents of ballot; qualifications of
voters; voting procedure. The question to be voted on shall be submitted by ballots upon which
appear the words: "For creation of _____ Watershed Conservancy District" "Against
creation of _____ Watershed Conservancy District" A square shall follow each proposition.
The ballot shall also contain a direction to insert an "X" mark in the square following
one or the other of the propositions as the voter may favor or oppose creation of the district.
The ballot shall set forth the boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the board
of supervisors. Only owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the territory, as determined
by the board, shall be eligible to vote in the referendum. Qualified voters may vote by absentee
ballot in such referendum under rules and regulations prescribed by the board of supervisors.
(Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §7.)...
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9-9-29
Section 9-9-29 Filing of exceptions to report; hearing upon exceptions and report; approval
and confirmation of report; dismissal of proceedings and dissolution of district; transmittance
of copies of court decree and report of viewers; filing fee. On or before the day set for
the hearing of the final report of the board of viewers, the water management district or
any owner of land or other property in said district or any person having an interest in any
lands or other property within said district may file exceptions to said report or to any
assessment for either benefits or damages. All exceptions shall be heard by the court and
determined in a summary manner so as to carry out liberally the purposes and needs of the
district. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court, after having heard and determined
all of said exceptions, that the estimated cost of constructing the improvements contemplated
in the plan of water management or, in the case of a Public Law 566 watershed...
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11-99A-2
Section 11-99A-2 Definitions. In this chapter the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) APPOINTING GOVERNMENT. The municipality or county that approves the creation
of a district and appoints members to the board. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of a district.
(3) CONTIGUOUS. Two tracts of land if touching for a continuous distance of not less than
200 feet. The term includes tracts of land divided by bodies of water, streets, railroad,
or utility rights-of-way, or by land owned by any public person. In determining whether land
is contiguous with a municipality, (i) land separated by bodies of water, streets, or railroad,
or utility rights-of-way is contiguous even though the bodies of water, streets, or rights-of-way
are within the city limits of another municipality and (ii) land separated by land owned by
a public person is not contiguous if the land owned by the public person is within the city
limits of another municipality. (4) COUNCIL. The governing body of a...
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16-13-194
Section 16-13-194 School tax district - Consolidation - Generally. When it shall seem desirable
to enlarge any school tax district by consolidating with it any adjacent territory or district,
which may or may not be levying any special school tax, the county board of education may
petition the county commission to call an election in all of the districts concerned, including
the school tax district proposed to be enlarged to determine whether a special tax for a uniform
rate and time shall be voted in each and every one of the districts. The proposed rate and
time shall not be less than the maximum rate in any school tax district or the maximum time
in any such district. (School Code 1927, §275; Code 1940, T. 52, §264.)...
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9-8-50
Section 9-8-50 Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) WATERSHED CONSERVANCY DISTRICT or WATERSHED DISTRICT. A subdistrict of a soil and water
conservation district which constitutes a governmental subdivision of this state and a public
body, corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this article for
the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions set forth in this article. (2)
DIRECTOR. One of the members of the governing body of a watershed conservancy district. (3)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The governing body of a watershed conservancy district. (4) SUPERVISOR.
A supervisor of a soil and water conservation district in which a watershed conservancy district
is situated. (5) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. The governing body of the soil and water conservation
district in which a watershed conservancy district is situated or, if...
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11-52-50
Section 11-52-50 Authorized; adoption, approval, etc., of plat therefor; agreements between
planning commission and landowners as to releases of claims for damages or compensation for
reservations; abandonment of reservations. Any municipal planning commission is empowered,
after it shall have adopted a major street plan of the territory within its subdivision jurisdiction
or of any major section or district thereof, to make or cause to be made, from time to time,
surveys for the exact location of the lines of a street or streets in any portion of such
territory and to make a plat of the area or district thus surveyed, showing the land which
it recommends be reserved for future acquisition for public streets. The commission, before
adopting any such plat, shall hold a public hearing thereon, notice of the time and place
of which, with the general description of the district or area covered by the plat, shall
be given not less than 10 days previous to the time fixed therefor by one...
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45-41-141.07
Section 45-41-141.07 Compensation for loss of territory. (a) In the event that any territory
lawfully included within the boundaries of a district shall thereafter be excluded therefrom
at the instance of the governing body of a municipality pursuant to Section 45-41-141.02,
or as a result of the incorporation or annexation of such territory under the circumstances
described in Section 45-41-141.05 or 45-41-141.06, the municipality, upon the written request
of the commission delivered to the governing body of such municipality, shall enter into a
written agreement with the county whereunder such municipality shall agree to take any or
all of the following actions (if applicable under the circumstances) that the commission may
specify: (1) In the event that there is then located within such territory to be so excluded
from such district any fire station and appurtenant facilities used or operated, whether by
the county or any volunteer fire department, for the purpose of providing fire...
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9-9-9
Section 9-9-9 Establishment of district - Notice of filing of petition and of hearing. Immediately
upon the filing of the report of the engineer or other plans submitted by petitioner, it shall
be the duty of the court of probate to forthwith give notice thereof by personal service or
by causing publication to be made as hereinafter defined; and, in the event notice is given
by publication, the following form shall suffice: "Notice of Petition for the Organization
of a Water Management District. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the following
described lands in _____ County, State of Alabama (here describe the lands as set out in the
preliminary survey or other plans on file with this court) that a petition has been filed
with this court signed by a majority of the persons owning at least one third of the land
or by at least one third of the persons owning more than one half of the aforementioned land,
asking that the aforementioned and described lands be organized...
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45-37A-250
Section 45-37A-250 Authorization to annex remaining portion of Virginia Mines Fire District.
(a) The Legislature finds that the City of Hueytown has annexed a substantial portion of the
Virginia Volunteer Fire District and desires to annex the remaining portion of the district
pursuant to the procedures established in this section. (b)(1) The City of Hueytown may annex
the remaining unincorporated portion of the Virginia Volunteer Fire District, upon the filing
of a petition with the clerk of the municipality requesting the annexation. The petition filed
with the clerk of the municipality shall contain all of the following: a. Signatures of 10
percent of the qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 100 qualified
electors, whichever is less. b. 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...
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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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