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Ala. Code § 45-48-142.27 (2026)

Election Procedures.

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(a) The provision of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to the elections for fire district funding.

(b) When a petition for the holding of an election is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to some other election to be held in the territory in which the election is sought by the petition, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day as the other election held. The county governing body shall pay for the necessary expenses of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county.

(c) If the petition is not filed at a time that will permit the election sought thereby to be held at the same time some other election is held, as herein provided, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by petition to be held on a day not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days from the date on which the judge of probate enters the order with the costs of the election assumed by the fire district requesting the special election.

(d) The judge of probate shall give notice of any election held under Section 45-48-142.23 by publishing for three weeks, at least once a week, on the same day of each week, in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory where the election is to be held, a notice that on the day fixed for the election, the location of the election, and the questions to be voted on shall be submitted to the electors of the territory.

(Act 2013-403, p. 1543, § 9.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Michael Johnson, in his Off. capacity as the Marshall Cnty. Revenue Comm'r v. Four-C Volunteer Fire Dep't & Georgia Mountain Volunteer Fire Dep't (Appeal from Marshall Circuit Court: CV-21-900188)., No. SC-2024-0205 (Ala. Dec. 13, 2024).
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Michael Johnson, in his Off. capacity as the Marshall Cnty. Revenue Comm'r v. Four-C Volunteer Fire Dep't & Georgia Mountain Volunteer Fire Dep't (Appeal from Marshall Circuit Court: CV-21-900188)., No. SC-2024-0205 (Ala. Dec. 13, 2024). “A notice of the referendum that described each fire district by name and a sample ballot containing the question to be voted upon was published in a local newspaper for three weeks pursuant to § 45-48-142.27(d), Ala. Code 1975. All but one of the 5 SC-2024-0205 referendums for…”
Ala. Code § 45-48-142.27(d): 1 case
Michael Johnson, in his Off. capacity as the Marshall Cnty. Revenue Comm'r v. Four-C Volunteer Fire Dep't & Georgia Mountain Volunteer Fire Dep't (Appeal from Marshall Circuit Court: CV-21-900188)., No. SC-2024-0205 (Ala. Dec. 13, 2024). “A notice of the referendum that described each fire district by name and a sample ballot containing the question to be voted upon was published in a local newspaper for three weeks pursuant to § 45-48-142.27(d), Ala. Code 1975. All but one of the 5 SC-2024-0205 referendums for…”
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