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11-44F-1
Section 11-44F-1 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall
have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days
immediately preceding the date of the election, and...
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11-44B-11
Section 11-44B-11 City clerk, finance director, revenue director, city attorney, assistant
city attorneys, and city department heads continued in office; powers and duties; claims against
city; financial records; warrants; deposit of public money; payment of moneys due municipality;
office space, supplies, and other support. (a) If the city clerk of any city which adopts
the mayor-council form of government as herein provided holds office subject to any civil
service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk under the mayor-council
form of government of such city and his successors shall be selected and hold office subject
to the provisions of such civil service or merit system. The city clerk shall attend the meetings
of the council and keep a record of its proceedings. He shall have the custody of the rules,
ordinances and resolutions of the council and shall keep a record of them when adopted by
the council. He shall also have the custody of the city seal....
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11-44D-13
Section 11-44D-13 Administrative officers continued; reassignment of powers and duties formerly
exercised by abolished agency. All persons holding administrative office at the time the new
form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties
until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties
or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any
office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if
such office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall,
if such office, department, board, or agency be abolished by this chapter, or under its authority,
be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated
by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §13.)...
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11-44B-2
Section 11-44B-2 Ordinances establishing boundaries of seven-council districts and salaries
of mayor and council members; compliance with Voting Rights Act; election of mayor and council;
powers and duties of municipality. If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any
municipality to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission
board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the
seven-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to
the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder; (2)
The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended; (3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal
Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality
shall give notice that an election for mayor and all...
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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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45-37A-53
Section 45-37A-53 Abatement of weeds. (a) All weeds growing upon private property within municipalities
of the state having a population of 300,000 inhabitants or more, according to the last or
any subsequent federal census, which bear seeds of a wingy or downy nature or attain such
a large growth as to become a fire menace when dry, or which are otherwise noxious or dangerous,
may be declared to be a public nuisance by the governing body of any such municipality, and
thereafter abated as in this section provided. (b) Whenever any such weeds are growing upon
any private property, the governing body of any such municipality may, by resolution, declare
the same to be a public nuisance. The resolution shall refer to the street by the name under
which it is commonly known, and describe the property upon which the nuisance exists by giving
a legal description thereof; and no other description of the property shall be required. Any
number of parcels of private property may be included in one...
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11-43C-66
Section 11-43C-66 Head of division of finance - Powers and duties. The head of the division
of finance shall have general management and control of the division and of finance. He shall
have charge, subject to the direction and control of the mayor, of the administration of the
financial affairs of the city, and to that end shall have authority and be required to: (1)
Cooperate with the mayor in compiling estimates for the general fund, public utility, and
capital budgets; (2) Supervise and control all encumbrances, expenditures, and disbursements
to insure that budget appropriations are not exceeded; (3) Prescribe and install systems of
accounts for all departments, offices, and agencies of the city and provide instructions for
their use; and prescribe the form of receipts, vouchers, bills, or claims to be used and of
accounts to be kept by all departments, offices, and agencies of the city; (4) Require daily,
or at such other intervals but no longer than weekly, a report of receipts...
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45-37A-52.163
Section 45-37A-52.163 Director of finance - Powers and duties. The director of finance shall
have general management and control of the several divisions and units of the department of
finance. He or she shall have charge, subject to the direction and control of the mayor, of
the administration of the financial affairs of the city, and to that end shall have authority
and be required to: (1) Cooperate with the mayor in compiling estimates for the general fund,
public utility, and capital budgets. (2) Supervise and control all encumbrances, expenditures,
and disbursements to insure that budget appropriations are not exceeded. (3) Prescribe and
install systems of accounts for all departments, offices, and agencies of the city and provide
instructions for their use; and prescribe the form of receipts, vouchers, bills, or claims
to be used and of accounts to be kept by all departments, offices, and agencies of the city
(4) Require daily, or at such other intervals as he or she may deem...
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11-52-15
Section 11-52-15 Municipal planning commission. A Class 6 municipality with a council-manager
form of government may provide by ordinance for the members of the municipal planning commission,
upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members, to be appointed
by the city council in lieu of appointment in the manner provided in Section 11-52-3; provided
that the mayor or his or her designee shall be a voting member of the planning commission
and the mayor shall appoint all remaining members of the planning commission subject to approval
by the city council. Upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members
of the municipal planning commission, a member serving on the city council of a Class 6 municipality
with a council-manager form of government or an employee of a Class 6 municipality with a
council-manager form of government may not serve as a member of the municipal planning commission.
(Act 2000-555, p. 1020, §1.)...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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