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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-78
Section 11-43A-78 Election of municipal officers; qualifications and eligibility of
candidates; runoff election; term of office. With respect to municipal elections, each candidate
shall announce that he is to become a candidate for either mayor or for councilman of District
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. A candidate may not run for both mayor and councilman in the same election.
A candidate for mayor shall have resided in the municipality for a period of at least ninety
days immediately preceding the date of regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to
reside therein so long as he remains mayor. A candidate for councilman shall have resided
within the district from which he seeks election for a period of at least ninety days immediately
preceding the date of the regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to reside therein
so long as he remains a councilman. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate
for mayor and one vote for a candidate for councilman from...
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11-46-31
Section 11-46-31 Exhibition of voting machines for voter instruction and information;
diagrams furnished with voting machines. During the 30 days next preceding an election at
which voting machines will be used, the municipal governing body shall place on public exhibition
in public places and at times as it may deem most suitable for the information and instruction
of the voters one or more voting machines, containing the ballot labels and showing the offices
and questions to be voted upon and, so far as practicable, the names and arrangements of the
candidates for office. The machines will be under the charge and care of a person competent
as custodian and instructor. No voting machine which is to be assigned for use in an election
shall be used for public exhibition and instruction after having been prepared and sealed
for the election. This requirement shall not apply in any municipality which will use a vote
tabulator that requires voters to fill out a card or paper ballot that...
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45-10A-20
Section 45-10A-20 Election of council members. (a) Any law, whether special, local,
or general, or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action
No. 87-T-1174-N, U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court
Order, the City of Centre in Cherokee County, shall not designate by place number, or by other
similar method, seats for city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Centre, Alabama,
shall consist of seven members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In
the election of members of the city council, the seven candidates receiving the greatest number
of votes shall be elected to the council. There shall be no run-off 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. (c) In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter is
authorized to cast as many as seven votes. Such voter may cast these seven votes...
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45-23A-21
Section 45-23A-21 City council. (a) Notwithstanding any law, whether special, local,
general, or municipal ordinance, to the contrary, pursuant to Civil Action No. 85-T-1332-N,
U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City
of Daleville in Dale County, shall not designate by place number or by other similar method
seats for its city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Daleville, 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 highest number of votes
shall be elected to the council. There shall be no runoff election. In the event of a tie
vote for the fifth highest receiving votes, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote
of the newly elected mayor and council. In the election for members of the city council, each
qualified voter shall be entitled to vote for any number of candidates from one to...
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11-68-13
Section 11-68-13 Architectural review board; composition; nomination of members; terms;
removal for cause; vacancies; officers; rules; reimbursement for expenses; personnel; meetings;
multiple boards. (a) A municipality enacting an ordinance pursuant to this chapter, may elect
to create an architectural review board, hereinafter sometimes called the board, to perform
the duties and responsibilities of the historic preservation commission in accepting, considering
and approving or rejecting applications for certificates of appropriateness, as set out in
Sections 11-68-9 through 11-68-12. (b) If such board is created, it shall be composed of not
less than five members who shall have demonstrated training or experience in the fields of
history, architecture, architectural history, urban planning, archaeology, or law. Members
of the board need not be residents of the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality creating
the board. No member of a municipal governing body shall serve as...
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11-99-4
Section 11-99-4 Creation of tax increment districts and approval of project plans. In
order to exercise its powers under this chapter, a public entity shall take the following
steps: (1) The local governing body shall hold a public hearing at which all interested parties
are afforded a reasonable opportunity to express their views on the concept of tax increment
financing, on the proposed creation of a tax increment district and its proposed boundaries,
and its benefits to the public entity. Notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper
of general circulation in either the county or in the city, as the case may be, in which the
proposed tax increment district is to be located with such notice to be published at least
twice in the 15-day period immediately preceding the date of the hearing. Prior to publication,
a copy of the notice shall be sent by first class mail to the chief executive officer of each
deferred tax recipient. (2) In addition to the notice required by...
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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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11-43A-97
Section 11-43A-97 Reapportionment of council districts; filing of recommended plan with
council; redistricting ordinances; effect on incumbent. Whenever there shall be a change in
the population of any of the council districts according to the federal decennial census of
population published following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the
adoption of this article, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there
shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1)
The manager shall within six months after the publication of each federal decennial census
of population for the municipality, following the last federal decennial census of population
preceding the adoption of this article, or within six months after any 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 boundaries to comply...
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11-44D-6
Section 11-44D-6 Provisions applicable to both mayor-council and manager-council forms
of government. The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government
the majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1)
Within 30 days after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an
ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for,
and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at
the first election to be held hereunder. (2) The governing body shall take such steps as are
necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (3) Within 10
days after the receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election
for the members of the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of...
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