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Alabama Code Title 45. Local Laws § 45-49-140.32

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If the planned expansion of a municipal police jurisdiction includes any portion of the Turnerville fire protection district, the owners of property located and contained within the affected area may approve the expansion by petition.

(1) If all of the owners of property located and contained within the affected area sign and file a written petition with the city clerk of the municipality requesting that the affected area be included within the expanding municipal police jurisdiction of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality may adopt an ordinance assenting to the inclusion of the affected area in the municipal police jurisdiction. The affected area shall become a part of the expanded municipal police jurisdiction upon the date of publication of the ordinance.

(2) The petition required by this section shall contain an accurate description of the affected area together with a map of the area showing its relationship to the municipal police jurisdiction to which the property is proposed to be included and the signatures of all the owners of property located and contained within the affected area.

(3) If the expansion of a municipal police jurisdiction into an affected area is approved, pursuant to this section, by unanimous consent of all of the owners of property located and contained within the affected area and by the adoption of an ordinance by the municipality, the governing body shall file a description of the expanded municipal police jurisdiction in the office of the Judge of Probate of Mobile County.

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