45-8A-23.051
Section 45-8A-23.051 Statement of candidacy. For the 1984 election and all subsequent elections
candidates shall file statements of candidacy at the same times and in the same manner as
provided by law in respect to municipal elections in cities of this state which have a population
of its size according to the latest federal decennial census for cities not organized under
a commission form of government. No person shall file a statement of candidacy for more than
one position on the council unless a previous statement of candidacy is withdrawn by him or
her and a subsequent statement of candidacy otherwise qualifies under the provisions of this
section. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §3.02; Acts 1969, No. 283, p. 619, §4; Act 84-400,
p. 938, §1.)...
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11-40-6
Section 11-40-6 Municipal corporations classified as cities or towns; holding of election after
change in government of municipality. Municipal corporations now existing or hereafter organized
under this title containing 2,000 or more inhabitants shall be called cities. All incorporated
municipalities containing less than 2,000 inhabitants shall be called towns. The last census,
whether federal or taken as authorized in this title, shall be used in determining the population
of a city or town. At the next election more than four months after the one hundred twentieth
day after the first day of the first regular business session of the legislature held next
after the publication by the federal government of the regular federal decennial population
census for Alabama, if the municipality shows a population which authorizes a change in its
government under this title, the proper officers for such a city shall be elected and perform
the duties prescribed in this title. (Code 1907, §1052;...
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11-43-81.1
Section 11-43-81.1 Authority of mayors of Class 1 municipalities to appoint chief administrative
assistants. The mayor of any Class 1 municipality or of any municipality having a population
of 250,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census of this
state is hereby authorized to employ for and on behalf of said municipality an employee to
be known as chief administrative assistant to the mayor whose salary shall be fixed and determined
by the mayor, but shall not exceed $39,500.00 annually. The chief administrative assistant
to the mayor employed hereunder must reside within the municipality during the term of his
employment. He must have had at least five years experience in public or private business
in an executive or managerial capacity; provided, however, a majority of the council shall
have the authority to approve the appointment of a person having different qualifications
upon the recommendation of the mayor. Said chief administrative assistant...
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45-45A-32
Section 45-45A-32 Board membership. (a) The City of Huntsville Board of Education shall be
elected from districts. The number of board districts shall be the same as the number of districts
for the Huntsville City Council. Each board district, by district number and by geographic
boundaries, shall be the same as a corresponding district for the Huntsville City Council.
(b) Candidates for the board shall meet the same district residency requirements required
of a candidate for the Huntsville City Council. The election of board members, at the discretion
and direction of the board, may be staggered provided that the election of board members shall
be conducted on the same election days provided for the election of members of the Huntsville
City Council or for the election of the Mayor of Huntsville. Board members shall take office
on the same day as provided for members of the Huntsville City Council or for the Mayor of
Huntsville. (c) The districts of the board shall be redrawn by the...
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45-21A-50
Section 45-21A-50 Election of Rutledge City Council. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or
general or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action
No. 87-T-1289-N, U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court
Order, the Town of Rutledge in Crenshaw County, shall not designate by place number, or by
other similar method, seats for its city council. (b) The City Council of the Town of Rutledge,
Alabama, shall consist of five members elected at large, without designated or numbered places.
In the election of members of the city council, the five candidates receiving the greatest
number of votes shall be elected to the council. There shall be no runoff election and in
the event of a tie vote, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected
mayor and council. In such election for members of the city council, each qualified voter
is authorized to cast only one vote. (c) The requirement for office,...
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45-25-71
Section 45-25-71 Election of members. (a) Effective the next election of the DeKalb County
Commission, the members of the DeKalb County Commission shall be elected from single-member
districts. Each member of the commission shall be a resident and qualified elector of the
district he or she represents. (b) Not later than January 1 of the year of the next election
of the county commission, the DeKalb County Commission shall adopt a plan dividing the county
into districts of approximately equal population based on the immediately preceding federal
decennial census. The variation between districts shall not exceed five percent plus or minus
based on districts of equal population. (c) The county commission shall reapportion the commission
districts in accordance with the standard in subsection (b) after each federal decennial census.
(d) The members of the DeKalb County Commission serving pursuant to this section shall serve
part time. The Chair of the DeKalb County Commission serving...
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11-40-10.2
Section 11-40-10.2 Rehiring of certain law enforcement officers retired from state or local
law enforcement agency. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a Class
5, Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality may rehire a retired law enforcement officer
to perform duties as needed if the mayor, or town or city council, as appropriate, declares
all of the following: (1) There is a critical personnel shortage such that the rehiring is
necessary to provide public safety services. (2) The retired law enforcement officer retired
from any state or local law enforcement agency within the State of Alabama which subscribes
to the same pension system as the reemploying authority, and has been retired for at least
45 consecutive days prior to reemployment with a municipality. (3) The retired law enforcement
officer, at the time of retirement, met the qualifications as a law enforcement officer provided
in Section 36-21-46, and the standards and rules issued by the Alabama Peace...
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11-43-160
Section 11-43-160 Removal. (a)(1) Any person appointed to office in any city or town may, for
cause, after a hearing, be removed by the officer making the appointment. (2) The council
of the municipality may remove, by a two-thirds vote of all those elected to the council,
any person in the several departments for incompetency, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance
in office and for conduct detrimental to good order or discipline, including habitual neglect
of duty. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in municipalities having a population of less
than 12,000 inhabitants, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, the mayor
may vote on the removal of any person appointed to office in the municipality pursuant to
subsection (a) and the mayor shall be considered as a member of the council in determining
whether there is a two-thirds vote of the council for the removal of the officer. (Code 1907,
§1172; Code 1923, §1888; Code 1940, T. 37, §451; Act 2009-402, p. 729,...
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11-43-80
Section 11-43-80 Powers and duties generally; office; salary; employment, salary, etc., as
superintendent of municipal light, water, sewage, etc., systems. (a) The mayor shall have
the powers and perform the duties provided by this title and by other applicable provisions
of law and shall keep an office in the city or town. (b) The mayor shall receive such salary
as the council may prescribe, which must be fixed by the council not less than six months
prior to each general municipal election; provided, however, the six-month requirement in
this section may be waived when necessary to comply with a mandate by the U.S. Justice Department
pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, or with an order issued by a state
or federal court. (c) In municipalities which own and operate light and power systems, municipal
water systems, municipal sewage systems, and municipal gas systems, one or any of them, may,
by resolution of the governing body duly entered in its minutes, require the...
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11-45-8
Section 11-45-8 Publication and recordation of ordinances; when ordinances take effect; adoption
of certain technical codes by reference. (a) All ordinances shall as soon as practicable after
their passage be recorded in a book kept for that purpose and be authenticated by the signature
of the clerk. (b)(1) All ordinances of a general or permanent nature, except as provided in
subdivision (2) and in subsection (d) of this section, shall be published in some newspaper
of general circulation published in the municipality, but if no such newspaper is published
in the municipality such ordinances may be published by posting a copy of the ordinance in
three public places within the municipality, one of which shall be at the mayor's office in
the city or town. In the event there is no newspaper published in the municipality and there
is a newspaper published in the county in which the municipality is located having general
circulation in the municipality, at the option of the governing body...
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