11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and
March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this
article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section
11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first
Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality
shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the
alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et
seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication
once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions
to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot....
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45-37-40.02
Section 45-37-40.02 Barber commission. (a) There shall be a barber commission for the county
consisting of three members, one of whom shall be black, herein at times referred to as the
commission. The present members of the commission having been previously appointed by the
county commission, shall serve for the duration of their term, but in the event of a vacancy
existing at the time of taking effect of this section or occurring in the future, the vacancy
shall be filled, and all subsequent members of the commission shall be selected or appointed
in the manner provided in this section for terms of three years. The members of the commission
shall be nominated by the barbers licensed by the commission and only those licensed shall
be eligible to vote for nominees for appointment to the commission. The commission, at all
times, shall be composed of three members, all of whom shall be licensed barbers, who have
been licensed by the commission for a period of five years prior to their...
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11-43A-2
Section 11-43A-2 Petition to probate judge for election as to adoption of council-manager form
of government; examination of petition and certification to mayor. The filing of a petition
signed by 10 percent or more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general
municipal election held in such municipality, asking that the question of the adoption of
the council-manager form of government for such municipality be submitted to the qualified
voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the county in which such municipality is located,
shall mandatorily require an election to be held as herein provided. Whenever such a petition
purporting to be signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted
in the last general municipal election held in such municipality shall be presented to such
judge of probate, he shall examine such petition and determine whether or not the same is
signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in...
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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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11-41-4
Section 11-41-4 Certification of election result to probate judge; census enumeration of inhabitants;
issuance, recordation, and filing of order of incorporation; filing fee. Within five days
after the election, the inspectors must certify the result to the judge of probate, who must,
if a majority of the votes cast at the election are for "corporation," cause an
enumeration of the inhabitants residing within such territory to be made by such inspectors
or other persons appointed by him and, within three days after such enumeration has been completed
and returned to him, shall make an order to be entered of record in the minutes of the court
that the inhabitants of such territory are incorporated as a town or city, as the case may
be, by the name and with the boundaries shown by the petition, whereupon such town or city
shall be vested with the rights and powers incident to such corporations granted in this title.
The judge of probate shall file, within 10 days after its issuance, a...
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45-37A-52.02
Section 45-37A-52.02 Call of election. The mayor or other chief executive officer of such city
shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation,
submit the question of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government for such city,
under this part, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation,
not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt of the certificate from
the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days after
receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall
be held at the same time as such general or regular election. Should the election not be called
by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of the certificate, the judge of probate shall
call such election by order at a time specified therein but not less than 40 days and not
more than 60 days after the receipt by the mayor or other chief executive...
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45-8A-23.002
Section 45-8A-23.002 Call of election by mayor. The mayor or other chief executive officer
of such city shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate,
by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
for such city, under this part, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such
proclamation, not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt of the certificate
from the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days
after receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for
shall be held at the same time as such general or regular election. Should the election not
be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of his or her certificate, the judge
of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified therein but not less than
40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt by the mayor or...
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45-37A-54.07
Section 45-37A-54.07 Petition for election in issuance of bonds. If, in the opinion of the
park and recreation board of any such city, the funds available for such purposes be inadequate
to provide ample, appropriate, and suitable grounds, buildings, and equipment for all the
needed parks, park areas, park boulevards, playgrounds, park and playground systems, recreation
centers, and other recreational facilities and activities of such city, the park and recreation
board may petition the governing body of such city to call an election for the issuance of
bonds on the credit of the city in an amount sufficient to provide the necessities of such
city in these respects, subject to the limitations set out in the constitution of the state,
and the governing body of such city shall call or cause to be called the election at the time
requested in the petition. (Acts 1923, No. 529, p. 707, §8.)...
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39-7-7
Section 39-7-7 Submission of question proposed by petition to voters at general election. If
the petition shall have been filed with the clerk or probate judge or, in case a summary proceeding
has been instituted, a final order thereon has been made in favor of the sufficiency of the
petition not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to a general city or town or
county election, the body of the city or town to which such petition is directed or the probate
judge of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall cause the question proposed
by the petition to be duly submitted to a vote of the electors of the territory at such general
election. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §22.)...
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45-22-83.20
Section 45-22-83.20 Petition or referendum election. (a) In Cullman County, for petitions or
in referendum elections, the judge of probate is authorized to use the following form to distinguish
and identify signees: PETITION OR REFERENDUM ELECTION (Underline Whichever Applies) DATE:
NAME: ADDRESS: CITY _____ COUNTY _____ STATE _____ ZIP CODE _____ COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
DATE OF BIRTH ___ DRIVER'S LICENSE ___ SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ___ (b) The judge of probate
shall void any form that is used for a petition or referendum election that does not include
enough information to distinguish and identify the signee. (Act 91-452, p. 826, §§1, 2.)...

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