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Ala. Code § 16-13-180 (2026)

Petition for Election; Calling of Election.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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Upon a petition signed by 200 or more qualified electors of any county to the county commission, said county commission shall order an election to be held at the time specified in said petition to determine whether or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within said county; and, upon request of the county board of education to the county commission, said court shall order an election to be held at the time requested by the said board of education to determine whether or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within any school tax district in the county under the control of such board; and, upon the request of any city board of education to the county commission, said court shall order an election to be held at the time requested by said board of education to determine whether or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within said city.

(School Code 1927, §261; Code 1940, T. 52, §254.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2022 · leading case: Chambers Cnty. Comm'n v. Chambers Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 852 So. 2d 102 (Ala. 2002).
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Chambers Cnty. Comm'n v. Chambers Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 852 So. 2d 102 (Ala. 2002). · cites it 19× “3 is codified at § 16-13-180 and § 16-13-181, Ala.Code 1975.”
Gulf Shores City Bd. of Educ. & Kelly Walker v. Eric Mackey, in his Off. capacity as Superintendent of the Alabama State Bd. of Educ. Teddy J. Faust, Jr., in his Off. capacity as Revenue Comm'r of Baldwin Cnty. James E. Ball, Joe Davis III, Billie Jo Underwood, & Charles F. Gruber, in their Off. capacities as Commissioners of Baldwin Cnty. Baldwin Cnty. Bd. of Educ. Baldwin Cnty. Circuit Judge Carmen E. Bosch, in her Off. capacity as Presiding Judge of the Baldwin Cnty. Juv. Court Robert Wilters, in his Off. capacity as Baldwin Cnty. Dist. Attorney & Coastal Alabama Cmty. Coll. (Ala. 2022). “For example, § 16-13-160 and § 16-13-180, Ala. Code 1975, allow a county to impose, respectively, a one-mill ad valorem tax and a three-mill ad valorem tax for the purpose of funding public education in the county.”
Opinion of the Justices, 469 So. 2d 110 (Ala. 1985). “Ill and implemented by Code 1975, § 16-13-180 et seq.; Amendment No. 3, implemented by Code 1975, § 16-13-160 et seq.”
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