Alabama § 45-49A-80 - City Council Districts.
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§ 45-49A-80. City Council Districts.
(a) The Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall divide the City of Prichard into five districts which shall be homogeneous in area and nearly equal in population, with the number of persons residing in each district, according to the last federal census, not to vary by over five percent.
(b) The boundaries as established by the judge of probate shall be certified to the Prichard City Council and shall be used by the council for the election of the members of the city council in the 1980 municipal election and for all council elections thereafter.
(c) The City Council of the City of Prichard shall consist of five council members with one member to be elected by the voters of each of the districts provided for herein. Each council member shall be a resident of the district for which elected and shall have been a resident of the district for at least three months prior to the election and shall remain a resident of the district during the term to which elected.
(d) Should any district established in the City of Prichard for the election of council members be found by the judge of probate, based on any future federal census, to vary by over five percent in population from any of the other districts, then the judge of probate shall change, alter, or rearrange the boundaries of the districts in such manner as to establish five districts which are homogeneous in area and have a population which does not vary by over five percent between districts.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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