11-43A-3
Section 11-43A-3 Submission of question for election; proclamation of mayor; order of judge
of probate. The mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality shall immediately
upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question
of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality under this
article, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less
than 40 days nor more than 90 days after the receipt of said certificate from said judge of
probate, unless a general election is to be held within 120 days after receipt of such certificate
in which event the special election herein provided for may be held at the same time as such
general election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt
of the certificate, the judge of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified
therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 90...
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11-43A-5
Section 11-43A-5 Form and marking of ballots. At such election the question to be submitted
shall be printed in plain, prominent type on separate ballots and shall read as follows: "Shall
the council-manager form of government as provided by the Council-Manager Act of 1982 be adopted
for the municipality of ___ ? Yes ______ No ______" The voter shall mark his ballot with
a cross mark (X) after the word which expresses his choice. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851,
§5.)...
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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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11-44B-10
Section 11-44B-10 Initial territorial limits; reapportionment of council districts; recommended
plan for reapportionment; redistricting ordinance. (a) The initial territorial limits of any
municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter
shall be the same as under its former organization. (b) If following a federal census of population
or an alteration of the corporate limits, any council district shall contain a population
of 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by seven, then there
shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided. (1)
The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of such federal census of population
for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been such substantial change
in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district...
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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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11-43A-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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11-43A-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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16-11-2
Section 16-11-2 Applicability; composition of boards. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall
apply to city boards of education unless otherwise provided by local law pursuant to Amendment
659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any other provision of the Constitution of
Alabama of 1901. (b) The general administration and supervision of the public schools and
educational interest of each city shall be vested in a city board of education, to be composed
of five members who shall be residents of the city, and who shall not be members of the city
council or commission. 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 Title 11, the
city board of education may be composed of seven members. (c) No person shall be eligible
for election or appointment as a member of a city board of education unless he or she satisfies
all of the following qualifications: (1) Is a person of good moral...
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11-47-14.1
Section 11-47-14.1 Construction of port facilities by Class 1 municipalities; bonds and other
contributions. (a) Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds that the Tombigbee
Waterway will soon be completed, and the transportation opportunities afforded thereby must
be fully utilized if Alabama is to benefit from economic growth and job development potential
afforded by this project, and that local governments need broader authorization to participate
in the development of river port facilities necessary to accomplish this purpose. (b) Municipalities
authorized to construct port facilities; limitations thereon. The council or other governing
body of any Class 1 municipality may alter and change the channel of any watercourse within
25 miles of such municipality and may construct and maintain wharves and construct buildings
and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites, within such municipality or within
25 miles of the limits thereof, and may collect wharfage...
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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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