Alabama Code Title 11. Counties and Municipal Corporations § 11-88-3

(1) A statement that the authority proposes to render water service, sewer service, and fire protection service, or any one or more thereof;

(2) A concise legal description of the area or areas in which the authority proposes to render water service, sewer service, and fire protection service, or any thereof;

(3) A statement that there is no public water system adequate to serve any area in which it is proposed that the authority will render water service, that there is no public sewer system adequate to serve any area in which it is proposed that the authority will render sewer service, and that there are no public fire protection facilities adequate to serve any area in which it is proposed that the authority will render fire protection service;  provided, that in lieu of the statement required by the foregoing provisions of this subdivision, the said application may state that the board of directors or similar governing or managing body of the owner of the legal or equitable title to an existing public water system, public sewer system, or public fire protection facility, as the case may be, has adopted a resolution either (i) declaring its intention to convey to the authority its interest in such existing system or facility, or both, or a leasehold estate therein, or (ii) consenting to the incorporation of the authority and its proposed service area;

(4) A statement that the establishment of an adequate water system, adequate sewer system, and adequate fire protection facility, or any thereof, will promote the public health, convenience, and welfare;

(5) A statement, that each of the applicants is a resident of and owner of real property in the area or areas of the county in which the authority proposes to render water service, sewer service, and fire protection service, or any thereof, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector of said county;  and

(6) A request that the said governing body adopt a resolution declaring that it has reviewed the contents of the application and has found and determined as a matter of fact that the statements contained in the application are true.