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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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