11-46-55
Section 11-46-55 Canvassing of returns and certificate of election; determination of majority;
runoff elections. (a) Commencing at 12:00 noon on the first Tuesday next after the election,
the municipal governing body shall proceed to open the envelopes addressed to the governing
body which have been delivered by the several returning officers to the municipal clerk, canvass
the returns, and ascertain and determine the number of votes received by each candidate and
for and against each proposition submitted at the election. If it appears that any candidate
or any proposition in the election has received a majority of the votes cast for that office
or on that question, the municipal governing body shall declare the candidate elected to the
office or the question carried, and a certificate of election shall be given to the persons
by the municipal governing body or a majority of them, which shall entitle the persons so
certified to the possession of their respective offices immediately...
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45-37A-52.60
Section 45-37A-52.60 City clerk. If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor-council
form of government 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 or her successor shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil
service or merit system. If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor-council form
of government does not hold office subject to any civil service or merit system, the council
shall elect the city clerk. The city clerk shall give notice of special or called meetings
of the council, shall keep the journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his or her
signature and record in full in a book kept for the purpose all ordinances and resolutions,
and shall perform such other duties as shall be required by this part or by ordinance, and
such duties as are imposed by general law of Alabama upon city clerks and...
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11-42-156
Section 11-42-156 Continuation in office and powers and duties of mayors and aldermen of consolidating
municipalities. The aldermen in office in each of the consolidating municipalities shall constitute
the board of aldermen of the consolidated municipality until the next general municipal election
after the consolidation. The mayor or chief executive of the largest in population shall be
the mayor or chief executive of the consolidated municipality until the next general municipal
election after the consolidation. The mayor or chief executive of the other municipalities
shall continue in office until the next general municipal election after the consolidation,
but they shall have only such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the council
of the consolidated municipality. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1865; Code 1940,
T. 37, §224.)...
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11-43A-16
Section 11-43A-16 Duties of mayor; assistant mayor; vacancy; mayor pro tempore; vacancies;
exceptions in Class 6 cities and Class 7 municipalities. (a) The mayor shall preside at the
meetings of the council and shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government for
all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purpose of military law, but shall have no
other administrative duties. (b) In all cities to which this section applies, except Class
6 cities wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as
authorized in Section 11-43A-8, and except in municipalities organized under Section 11-43A-1.1,
the councilman-at-large shall be assistant mayor and shall act as mayor during the absence
or disability of the mayor. Any vacancy in the office of the mayor shall be filled by the
councilman-at-large. In the Class 6 cities and municipalities organized under Section 11-43A-1.1,
a mayor pro tempore shall be elected from the membership by a majority vote...
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45-8A-23.062
Section 45-8A-23.062 City clerk. If the city clerk of any city which adopts the council-manager
form of government holds office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall
continue to be the city clerk under the council-manager form of government of such city, and
his or her successor shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil
service or merit system. If the city clerk of any city which adopts the council-manager form
of government does not hold office subject to any civil service or merit system, the council
shall elect the city clerk. The city clerk shall give notice of meetings of the council, shall
keep the journal of its proceedings, which shall be authenticated by his or her signature.
He or she shall record in full in the journal all ordinances and resolutions and the minutes
of all the meetings of the council. He or she shall also record in the journal any written
certificates or declarations received by the council under the...
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11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and
March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this
article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section
11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first
Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality
shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the
alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et
seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication
once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions
to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot....
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11-43A-8
Section 11-43A-8 Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate
form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively
as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)"
and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided
and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members.
One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations
of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three
members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts.
The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following
the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal
governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In...
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11-46-26
Section 11-46-26 Proceedings where only one candidate or nominee for office. In the event only
one person has filed a statement of candidacy for an office by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday
in July preceding the date set for an election of municipal officers pursuant to subsection
(g) of Section 11-46-25, then such person shall for all purposes be deemed elected to such
office, any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding. The mayor or other
chief executive officer shall not cause the name of such person or the office for which his
candidacy was declared to be printed on the ballot, but he shall immediately file a written
statement with the governing body of the municipality, attested by the clerk, certifying the
fact that only one person filed a statement of candidacy for the office of _____ (naming the
office) by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday in July preceding the day of _____, 2__, the date
set for an election of municipal officers in the City (Town) of _____,...
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45-42-241
Section 45-42-241 County revenue commissioner. (a) After September 30, 1987, there shall be
a county revenue commissioner for Limestone County. A county revenue commissioner shall be
elected at the general election in 1986 and at the general election every six years thereafter.
The county revenue commissioner shall serve a term of six years commencing the first day of
October next after his or her election and until his or her successor is elected and has qualified.
(b) The county revenue commissioner shall perform all acts, duties, and functions required
by law to be performed either by the tax assessor or the tax collector of the county, including,
but not limited to, the assessment of all real property for taxation, the collection of taxes
and distribution of taxes according to law, the keeping of records, and the making of reports
concerning assessments. (c) Subject to the approval of the Limestone County Commission, the
county revenue commissioner shall establish the duties and...
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45-18-70.09
Section 45-18-70.09 Identification of unassigned voters. An unassigned voter may identify himself
or herself for assignment in any one of the following ways: (1) He or she may identify himself
or herself for assignment by appearing in person at the office of the board of registrars
or before a deputy registrar, and answering such questions and submitting such proof as may
be reasonably required by the registrars or their deputies to establish the voter's identity
and place of legal residence, and that he or she has not become disqualified from voting in
the county or election district. (2) He or she may identify himself or herself by filling
in and mailing to the board of registrars the completed answers to such questions as may reasonably
be needed and mailed to him or her in a written questionnaire by the board of registrars,
or on a form which the board of registrars shall cause to be printed in all newspapers of
general circulation published in the county, or on forms distributed...
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