39-7-3
Section 39-7-3 Filing of petition for election as to incorporation. A petition, in the form
and executed as provided in Sections 39-7-4 and 39-7-5 may be presented by filing the same
with the clerk of the city or town, and when the petition is signed by inhabitants of an area
with 250 qualified electors it may be presented to the probate judge of the county in which
the electors reside. It shall be signed by qualified electors in the territory by a number
of at least equal to five percent of the total number of qualified electors in said territory.
(Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §19.)...
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39-7-8
Section 39-7-8 Holding of special election for submission of question to voters; provisions
of law governing conduct of such elections; payment of expenses of elections. If a petition
shall not have been filed or, in case a summary proceeding has been instituted, a final order
thereon has not been made in favor of the sufficiency of the petition so as to permit the
question to be submitted at a general election within the provisions of Section 39-7-7, the
body to which such petition is directed shall at its next regular meeting succeeding the presentation
of the petition or, in case a summary proceeding has been instituted, succeeding the date
of a final order thereon in favor of the sufficiency of the petition or the probate judge
of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall designate a day for the holding
of a special election to ascertain the will of the electors regarding the question, which
day shall not be less than 30 days nor more than 40 days from the date...
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45-8A-23.005
Section 45-8A-23.005 Conduct, canvassing, and declaration of result of election. The election
thereupon shall be conducted, the vote canvassed and the result declared in the same manner
as provided by law in respect to other city elections. If the majority of the votes shall
be "yes" or in favor of such question, the provisions of this subpart shall thereby
be adopted for such city, and the mayor shall within five days of the election transmit to
the Governor, to the Secretary of State, and to the judge of probate of the county in which
the city is located, each, a certificate of adoption stating that such question was adopted
by such city. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §1.06.)...
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17-6-21
Section 17-6-21 Contents; amendments; withdrawal of name. (a) The official ballots shall contain
the names of all candidates nominated by caucus, convention, mass meeting, primary election,
or other assembly of any political party or faction, or by petition of electors and certified
as provided in Section 17-9-3, but no person's name shall be printed upon the ballots who,
within the time period set forth in subsection (c), notifies the judge of probate in writing,
acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, that he or she will
not accept the nomination specified in the certificate of nomination or petition of electors.
The name of each candidate shall appear but one time on the ballot and under only one emblem.
(b) A nomination for a candidate in a primary or general election shall be finalized by the
respective state executive committees not later than 76 days before the primary or general
election. Any amendment to a certification of a candidate by a...
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45-37A-52.05
Section 45-37A-52.05 Conduct, canvassing, and declaration of result of election. The election
thereupon shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner
as provided by law in respect to other city elections in such city. If the majority of the
votes shall be "yes" or in favor of such proposition, this part shall thereby be
adopted for such city, and the election commission or other canvassing board or official shall
transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, to the judge of probate of the county,
and to the chief executive officer of the city, a certificate stating that such proposition
was adopted by such city. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.06.)...
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11-46-23
Section 11-46-23 Authority and procedure for adjustment of boundary lines of wards, division
of wards into voting districts, etc. The boundaries of wards within municipalities which have
been divided into wards as now defined shall so remain until changed by ordinance. Hereafter
the municipal governing body may, in its discretion, readjust the boundary lines of wards
and may divide or consolidate any number of wards and resubdivide the same into voting districts;
provided, that no such adjustment shall be made within three months of any election unless
such adjustment is made during calendar year 1984 for the purpose of complying with the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 as amended. Whenever the municipal governing body readjusts any ward lines
or divides a ward into voting districts, the ordinance whereby the ward is established or
subdivided into voting districts shall describe the territory composing the ward, and when
the ward has been subdivided, the territory composing each district...
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11-50-341
Section 11-50-341 Creation. (a) The council of any city may, by ordinance, create a board of
water and sewer commissioners for such city. Such ordinance shall set forth: (1) The determination
by the council to create such board under the provisions of this article. (2) The name of
such board, which shall be "Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the City of _____"
(inserting the name of the city) and the temporary address of its principal office. (3) The
names of the persons appointed by the council as members of such board and the expiration
of their respective terms of office. (4) The determination by the council whether the water
system of the city or the sewer system of the city or both such systems shall be transferred
to the board and the consideration to be received for such transfer. (b) A copy of such ordinance
shall be published once in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in such
city, accompanied by a notice signed by the city clerk stating the time...
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11-50-342
Section 11-50-342 Qualifications, appointment, terms of office, compensation, and removal of
members of board; oath and bond thereof; vacancies; election of officers; quorum. (a) Each
board of water and sewer commissioners shall consist of three members appointed by the council.
The members first appointed shall serve for terms of two, four, and six years, respectively,
from the date of the judge of probate's certificate mentioned in subsection (c) of Section
11-50-341 and until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified; provided, however,
that a council which has heretofore created or hereafter creates a board as provided in this
article may, at its option, increase the board from three to five members to serve according
to all the conditions and terms set forth in this article. In the event the council elects
to increase the membership of the board from three to five members, one member added to the
board shall be appointed to serve for a term of four years, and the...
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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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11-44G-1
Section 11-44G-1 Procedures in event of vacancy - City council. (a)(1) A vacancy in the office
of city council member in any Class 7 or Class 8 municipality shall be filled by the city
council at the next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting of the council. The person elected
shall hold office for the unexpired term. In the event a vacancy is not filled within 60 days
after it occurs in a Class 7 or Class 8 municipality, each existing city council member, including
the mayor, may submit a name to the Governor for appointment. If the Governor fails to make
an appointment from any submitted names within 90 days after the vacancy occurs, the judge
of probate shall call a special election to fill the vacancy. (2) In the event the Governor
is unable or unwilling to make the appointment within the time period provided, he or she
shall immediately notify the judge of probate of the county. (3) Any election called pursuant
to this section shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 46 of this...
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