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11-43A-32
Section 11-43A-32 Establishment of council districts; at-large posts; exception for Class 6
cities. (a) Except as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1 and subject to subsection
(b), there shall be established three council districts to be designated respectively as district
post 1, district post 2, and district post 3, and in such Class 6 cities, there shall be established
four council districts with eight district posts to be designated district 1 post 1, district
1 post 2, district 2 post 1, district 2 post 2, district 3 post 1, district 3 post 2, district
4 post 1, and district 4 post 2. Such districts shall have, as nearly as is reasonable, the
same population. The designation and boundaries of the initial council districts shall be
specifically described and set forth. In all cities to which this section applies, except
the above-described Class 6 cities, the two at-large posts on the council shall be designated
as mayor and councilman-at-large; and in such Class 6 cities...
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11-43A-9
Section 11-43A-9 Election of municipal officers; division of municipality into districts; qualifications
and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office; exception for Class 6 cities.
(a) 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,
the election for the first officers of the municipality shall be held on the same date as
the date of election for the next ensuing general municipal election. Except as otherwise
provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the election of the governing body of the municipality
shall cause the municipality to be divided into three districts containing as nearly an equal
number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general
municipal election laws and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth therein.
Each candidate shall announce that he or she is to become a...
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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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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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11-43D-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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11-43A-7
Section 11-43A-7 Time for change in form of government. The change in the form of government
shall take place on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal
election for the election of members of the governing body held by the municipality during
a general municipal election year as established by Section 11-46-21, except in Class 6 cities
wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council as authorized
in Section 11-43A-8; and in such cities the change in the form of government may take place
on the first Monday in November in any even-numbered year, designated therefor by the municipal
governing body unless the election approving such change was held in 1983, in which case the
change shall take place on the first Monday in October 1986. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851,
§7; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1; Act 2019-360, §2.)...
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45-37A-150.01
Section 45-37A-150.01 Establishment of districts. (a) The City Council of the City of Fairfield,
may, not less than six months prior to the next regular general municipal election in 1992,
by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into six single-member districts and designate the districts as numbers one through six, pursuant
to subsection (b). The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on
the council shall reside within the boundaries of the district for which he or she seeks election,
and shall continue to so reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she
remains a member of the council. Candidates for election to 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. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled
to vote for candidates seeking election for the...
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11-50-313
Section 11-50-313 Board of directors. (a) Each corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation
of which is amended under this article shall have a board of directors which shall constitute
the governing body of the corporation, which board shall consist of at least three members.
In any Class 4 municipality which has adopted a mayor-council form of government pursuant
to Chapter 43B (commencing with Section 11-43B-1) of this title, any corporation formed pursuant
to this chapter may have a governing body which shall consist of seven members. Any corporation,
located in any Class 5 municipality, which is governed by a local law enacted in the 1995
Regular Session may have a governing body which shall consist of seven members. No fee shall
be paid to any director for services rendered with respect to a sanitary sewer system. In
any instance where the system or systems owned and operated by the corporation are any one
or more of a water system, a gas system, and an electric system,...
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28-3A-17.1
Section 28-3A-17.1 Entertainment district designation in certain municipalities. (a)(1) Notwithstanding
any rule adopted by the board, the board may issue an entertainment district designation to
any retailer licensee that is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption
and to any manufacturer licensee that conducts tastings or samplings on the licensed premises,
provided the licensees are located in an entertainment district established pursuant to this
section. (2) A licensee who receives an entertainment district designation under this subsection
shall comply with all laws and rules governing its license type, except that the patrons,
guests, or members of that licensee may exit that licensed premises with open containers of
alcoholic beverages and consume alcoholic beverages anywhere within the confines of the entertainment
district, which shall be permitted, but may not enter another licensed premises with open
containers or closed containers of alcoholic...
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11-44A-30
Section 11-44A-30 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 7 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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