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45-37A-52.95
Section 45-37A-52.95 Powers and duties. The mayor shall be the head of the administrative branch
of the city government. The mayor shall not sit with the council nor shall he or she have
a vote in its proceedings and he or she shall have the power and duties herein conferred.
The mayor shall be responsible for the proper administration of all affairs of the city and,
subject to any civil service or merit system law applicable to such city and except as otherwise
provided herein, he or she shall have power and shall be required to: (1) Enforce all law
and ordinances. (2) Appoint and, when necessary for the good of the service, remove all officers
and employees of the city except as otherwise provided by this part and except as he or she
may authorize the head of a department or office to appoint and remove subordinates in such
department or office; provided that he or she shall not appoint or remove officers and employees
of: a. Any board of the city having control over any park,...
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11-42-104
Section 11-42-104 Oath and compensation of commissioners; expenses of election; failure of
commissioner to act. Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the commissioners
shall take an oath before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths to faithfully
and impartially discharge their duties as such commissioners. They shall be paid for their
services such amount as may be allowed by the several councils by ordinance, and the expense
of such election shall be paid forthwith by the consolidated city or town. If any commissioner
fails or refuses without sufficient excuse to act upon said commission, he shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction therefor in a court having jurisdiction, shall be fined
not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. If for any reason a member of the commission
shall not act, the other commissioners shall have the right to declare his office vacant and
fill the vacancy by the appointment of some suitable person. (Code 1907, §1130;...
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11-52-79
Section 11-52-79 Zoning commission. In availing itself of the powers conferred by this article,
the legislative body of any incorporated city or town may appoint a commission, to be known
as the zoning commission, to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts and
appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. Such commission shall make a preliminary report
and hold a public hearing thereon before submitting its final report. In case of the appointment
of such zoning commission, the municipal legislative body shall not hold its public hearings
or take action until it has received the final report of such commission. Where a municipal
planning commission already exists, it may be appointed as the "zoning commission."
(Acts 1935, No. 533, p. 1121; Code 1940, T. 37, §780.)...
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11-42-164
Section 11-42-164 Annexation agreement deemed contract between municipalities; right of persons
residing in annexed municipality to enforce agreement against annexing municipality. The agreement
of annexation shall be and shall be held to be a contract by and between the city or town
annexed and the city or town to which annexation is made, and no amendment of this article
or subsequent law enacted shall in anywise abrogate or change the terms of the agreement of
annexation, and any person residing in or owning property in the territory which was embraced
within the city or town annexed shall have the right in a court having jurisdiction to require
the annexing city or town to abide by and carry out the provisions of the agreement of annexation.
(Code 1907, §1149; Code 1923, §1844; Code 1940, T. 37, §211.)...
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11-42-180
Section 11-42-180 Payment, execution, etc., of debts, bonds, contracts for local improvements,
etc., of absorbed municipalities. When any municipal corporation has been absorbed or its
government extinguished by the alteration or rearrangement of the boundary lines of another
city or town, the city or town whose boundary lines have been altered and rearranged shall
assume and pay all and any debts, liabilities, and bonds of every kind and character and the
interest thereon when the same becomes due which may have been lawfully contracted or issued
by the city or town so absorbed or whose government has been extinguished, and the city or
town whose boundary lines have been altered and rearranged, thereby absorbing and extinguishing
the government of another municipality, shall assume, carry on, and complete all contracts
for local improvements which may have been entered into by the city or town so absorbed or
whose government has been so extinguished, and the said city or town whose...
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45-42-162.01
Section 45-42-162.01 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them:
(1) CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. The sheriff, revenue commissioner, license commissioner, and
judge of probate, and such other public offices of Limestone County which are established
by the constitution or by statute. (2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Limestone County, and municipalities
or special districts located therein. (3) METROPOLITAN-GOVERNMENT. The political entity created
by the merger of the political, corporate, and economic functions of Limestone County, the
City of Athens, and such other local governments as agree to participate, and shall have the
powers and duties previously held by the county and the municipality(ies). (4) MUNICIPALITY.
Any incorporated city or town in Limestone County. (5) SPECIAL DISTRICT. An independent political
subdivision created pursuant to general or special law for the purpose of performing one or
a limited number of functions within prescribed boundaries located...
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11-43C-81
Section 11-43C-81 Pending legal actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or
criminal, pending at the time of the organization under the mayor-council form of government,
brought by or against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall
be affected or abated by the change to the mayor-council form of government or by anything
contained in this chapter; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding
that functions, powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency or officer party thereto
may by or under this chapter be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or
agency or officer; but in that event, the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of
the office, department, or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned
or transferred by or under the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116,
§81.)...
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11-44C-81
Section 11-44C-81 Pending legal actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or
criminal, pending at the time of the organization under the mayor-council form of government,
brought by or against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall
be affected or abated by the change to the mayor-council form of government or by anything
contained in this chapter; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding
that functions, powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency or officer party thereto
may by or under this chapter be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or
agency or officer, but in that event, the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of
the office, department, or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned
or transferred by or under the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96,
§81.)...
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11-44E-146
Section 11-44E-146 Pending legal actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or
criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of
government, brought by or against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer
thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager
form of government or by anything herein contained in this chapter; but all such actions or
proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers, and duties of any office,
department, or agency, or officer party thereto may by or under this chapter be assigned or
transferred to another office, department, or agency or officer, but in that event the same
may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department, or agency to which such
functions, powers, and duties have been assigned or transferred under this chapter. (Acts
1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.07; Acts 1989, No. 89-525.)...
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11-48-30
Section 11-48-30 Reduction or abatement of assessments on property owned by government or charitable
organizations in municipalities having population of 20,000 or less - Authority generally;
reconveyance of property acquired through foreclosure of assessment. The council of any town
or city having a population of less than 20,000 people according to the last federal census
or which shall hereafter have such a population according to any such census that may be taken
hereafter shall have the power to reduce or abate any assessments heretofore or hereafter
made for public improvements in such town or city in cases where such assessments have been
levied or attempted to be levied against property owned by the State of Alabama or by such
town or city or by the county in which such town or city is located or owned by any church,
hospital, or other charitable organization, whether or not such assessment shall have been
made final and the time to appeal therefrom expired. Such council may...
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