11-43-40
Section 11-43-40 Composition of city councils; voting by president of council. (a) Except as
provided in Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities
and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according
to the most recent or any subsequent federal decennial census, in cities having a population
of 12,000 or more, the following officers shall be elected at each general municipal election,
who shall compose the city council for the cities and who shall hold office for four years
and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall exercise the legislative
functions of city government and any other powers and duties which are or may be vested by
law in the city council or its members: (1) In cities having seven wards or less, a president
of the city council and two aldermen from each ward, to be elected by the qualified voters
of the several wards voting separately in every ward; except, that in...
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11-43-2
Section 11-43-2 Election of mayors and aldermen; exercise of legislative functions; salary
of aldermen. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), in all cities and towns at the general
election to be held on the fourth Tuesday in August, 1984, and quadrennially thereafter, there
shall be elected a mayor, who, in cities having a population of 12,000 or more according to
the last or any subsequent federal census, shall not sit with the council nor have a vote
in its proceedings, and he or she shall have the power and duties conferred in this chapter.
(b) In all cities and towns having a population of less than 12,000 inhabitants according
to the last or any subsequent federal census, the legislative functions shall be exercised
by the mayor and five aldermen. The mayor shall preside over all deliberations of the council.
At his or her discretion he or she may vote as a member of the council on any question coming
to a vote, except in case of a tie, in which event he or she must vote....
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11-42-75
Section 11-42-75 Rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards. The council or governing body
of the city shall have the power to change or rearrange the boundary lines of wards in said
city as often as necessary for the purpose of equalizing the number of voters entitled to
vote in each ward in the city and each ward in the city shall have as near as practicable
an equal number of qualified electors. (Code 1907, §1108; Code 1923, §1802; Code 1940, T.
37, §171.)...
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11-43-63
Section 11-43-63 Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or town council
of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to
state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by
ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards).
Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality
may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks
public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration.
The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where
the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district
(ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to...
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11-43A-97
Section 11-43A-97 Reapportionment of council districts; filing of recommended plan with council;
redistricting ordinances; effect on incumbent. Whenever there shall be a change in the population
of any of the council districts according to the federal decennial census of population published
following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this article,
or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a reapportionment
of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The manager shall within
six months after the publication of each federal decennial census of population for the municipality,
following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this article,
or within six months after any substantial change in the corporate limits of the municipality,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council
district boundaries to comply...
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11-43B-16
Section 11-43B-16 Redistricting of boundaries after publication of census or change in corporate
limits. After the publication of a federal census of population or a substantial change in
the corporate limits, if any council district contains a population which is 10 percent more
or less than the total population of the city divided by the number of council districts,
then the council shall redistrict the boundaries in the following manner: (1) Within six months
after the publication of such a census or after such a change in the corporate limits, the
mayor shall file with the council a report recommending a plan for redistricting of the boundaries
in accordance with the following standards: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous
and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be
the center lines of streets or other well-defined boundaries; b. Each district shall contain
as nearly as possible the same population, but shall not vary by...
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11-44B-10
Section 11-44B-10 Initial territorial limits; reapportionment of council districts; recommended
plan for reapportionment; redistricting ordinance. (a) The initial territorial limits of any
municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter
shall be the same as under its former organization. (b) If following a federal census of population
or an alteration of the corporate limits, any council district shall contain a population
of 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by seven, then there
shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided. (1)
The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of such federal census of population
for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been such substantial change
in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district...
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45-8A-21
Section 45-8A-21 Anniston City Board of Education. (a) A school board as established by the
City of Anniston, Alabama, shall be called "The Anniston City Board of Education."
The board shall be composed of one member being elected from each of the wards in the city
as defined in this section by a majority of the qualified electors voting who reside in each
of the wards, and one member elected citywide. (b) The initial school board districts for
the elected members shall be geographically identical to the wards of the city council. If
the boundaries of the wards for the election of the city council should be changed for any
reason, the boundaries of the corresponding school board district shall automatically change
accordingly without the necessity of further action by the Legislature. (c) Candidates for
each elected place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, residents
of the board of education district which they seek to represent on the board for at least
90...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent
to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public
health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall
be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge
of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such
resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering
an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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11-49-1
Section 11-49-1 Consent to use public streets, etc., for construction or operation of public
utility or private enterprise; fees. (a) No person, firm, association, or corporation shall
be authorized to use the streets, avenues, alleys, and other public places of cities or towns
for the construction or operation of any public utility or private enterprise without first
obtaining the consent of the proper authorities of the city or town. (b) No electric supplier,
as defined in Section 37-14-31(1), which has an assigned service territory established by
general law enacted by the Legislature and which is subject to payment of a privilege or license
tax or other tax or fee established by general law enacted by the Legislature to a city or
town which authorizes a levy not to exceed three percent of the gross receipts of the business
done by the electric supplier in the municipality during the preceding year, and which authorizes
a levy not to exceed one and one-half percent of the gross...
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