Alabama § 2-8-196 - Notice of Referendum.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 2-8-196 — Notice of Referendum., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2-8-196. Notice of Referendum.
With respect to any referendum conducted under the provisions of this article, the duly certified commission shall, not less than 30 days before the date of such referendum, publicly announce the date, hours, polling places and rules for voting in the referendum, the amount and basis of the assessment proposed to be collected, the means by which such assessment shall be collected, and the general purposes to which said amount so collected shall be expended and applied. Such notice shall be published by the certified commission through the medium of an established farm publication and written notice thereof shall be given to each county agent in the area covered by the referendum.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 2-8-196 ("Notice of Referendum.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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