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11-46-23
Section 11-46-23 Authority and procedure for adjustment of boundary lines of wards, division
of wards into voting districts, etc. The boundaries of wards within municipalities which have
been divided into wards as now defined shall so remain until changed by ordinance. Hereafter
the municipal governing body may, in its discretion, readjust the boundary lines of wards
and may divide or consolidate any number of wards and resubdivide the same into voting districts;
provided, that no such adjustment shall be made within three months of any election unless
such adjustment is made during calendar year 1984 for the purpose of complying with the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 as amended. Whenever the municipal governing body readjusts any ward lines
or divides a ward into voting districts, the ordinance whereby the ward is established or
subdivided into voting districts shall describe the territory composing the ward, and when
the ward has been subdivided, the territory composing each district...
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11-52-14
Section 11-52-14 Alternate structure of planning commission in Class 5 municipality having
city manager, mayor commission form of government. (a) When used in this section, the words
municipality, municipalities, mayor, and council shall have the meanings as provided for in
Section 11-52-1. (b)(1) The council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager, mayor
commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any planning commission of the
municipality created pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of nine
members: Namely, eight regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally
as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, such representation
to be determined by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor. (2) The regular
members of the planning commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman, both of whom
shall be regular members, and a secretary who need not be a member of the...
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11-43C-90
Section 11-43C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the five districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be drafted...
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11-44C-90
Section 11-44C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the seven districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be...
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11-52-80.1
Section 11-52-80.1 Board of Adjustment - Definitions; membership; reversing, affirming or modifying
decisions, etc.; terms of planning commission members terminated; duties, powers, etc. (a)
When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities, and mayor shall have the
meanings as provided for in Section 11-52-1. (b) The council of any Class 5 municipality with
a city manager or mayor commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any
board of adjustment of the municipality created pursuant to Section 11-52-80, shall consist
of seven members: six regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally
as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, to be determined
by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor. (c) In exercising the powers
in subsection (d) of Section 11-52-80, the board may reverse, affirm, or may modify the order,
requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may enter...
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45-28A-30
Section 45-28A-30 Board of education - Established. (a) There is hereby established a school
board for the City of Attalla, Alabama, which board shall be called the Attalla Board of Education.
The members of such board shall be elected by vote of the qualified electors of the City of
Attalla, Alabama, as hereinafter provided. The board shall be composed of five members, with
one member of such board being elected from each of five school districts as defined in subsection
(b). (b) The school districts from which such board members are to be elected shall be geographically
identical to the districts from which the five council members of the City of Attalla are
elected. In the event the boundaries of a city council district should be changed for any
reason, the boundaries of the corresponding school board district within the City of Attalla
shall automatically change accordingly without the necessity of further action by the Legislature.
(c) Candidates for each place on the city board...
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11-43D-1
Section 11-43D-1 Cities to which chapter applies; form of ordinance. The governing body of
any Class 5 municipality operating under a United States district court consent decree approved
by the court in the case of Tolbert and Petty vs. the City of Bessemer, Civil Action No. 75-297,
by a majority vote of the members thereof may adopt an ordinance establishing a mayor-council
form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this chapter. Any municipality
desiring to adopt a form of government provided for herein shall adopt an ordinance in substantially
the following form: "BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF _____ AS FOLLOWS: "Section
1. That pursuant to Act 89-750 of the 1989 Regular Session of the Legislature, the mayor-council
form of government pursuant to the United States district court decree agreed to by the parties
and approved by the court on the 18th day of October, 1985, in the case of Tolbert and Petty
vs. the City of Bessemer, under which the...
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11-44B-1
Section 11-44B-1 Ordinance abandoning commission form of government and adopting mayor-council
form. Within three months of January 29, 1985, the governing body of any Class 4 municipality
with a commission form of government may by a majority vote of the members of that governing
body adopt an ordinance abandoning the commission form of government and adopting a mayor-council
form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. Any municipality
desiring to abandon the commission form of government and adopt the form of government provided
for herein, shall adopt an ordinance in substantially the following form: BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE COMMISSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF _____ as follows: Section 1. That, pursuant to Act No.
85-107 of the 1985 First Special Session of the Legislature, the commission form of government,
pursuant to which this municipality has operated, be and the same is hereby abandoned according
to the provisions of said Act No. 85-107. Section 2. That...
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11-52-16
Section 11-52-16 Alternative structure for Class 6 municipality planning commission. (a) The
governing body of any Class 6 municipality may determine by ordinance that the planning commission
of the municipality, created under authority of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of seven voting
members appointed as follows: (1) Six members appointed by the mayor. (2) One member, appointed
by a majority of the city council, who may be a member of the city council. (b) In addition,
one nonvoting advisory member shall be appointed by the mayor, who shall be a senior administrative
official of the municipality qualified by education, training, experience, and job responsibilities
to provide substantive and technical advice, assistance, and guidance to the planning commission
in the exercise of its statutory functions. (c) All members of the planning commission shall
be at least 21 years of age and, to the extent not inconsistent with this section, shall meet
the additional qualifications for...
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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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