11-44B-1
Section 11-44B-1 Ordinance abandoning commission form of government and adopting mayor-council
form. Within three months of January 29, 1985, the governing body of any Class 4 municipality
with a commission form of government may by a majority vote of the members of that governing
body adopt an ordinance abandoning the commission form of government and adopting a mayor-council
form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. Any municipality
desiring to abandon the commission form of government and adopt the form of government provided
for herein, shall adopt an ordinance in substantially the following form: BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE COMMISSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF _____ as follows: Section 1. That, pursuant to Act No.
85-107 of the 1985 First Special Session of the Legislature, the commission form of government,
pursuant to which this municipality has operated, be and the same is hereby abandoned according
to the provisions of said Act No. 85-107. Section 2. That...
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11-44B-4.1
Section 11-44B-4.1 Elections - Mayor, city council, and City of Tuscaloosa Board of Education.
(a) This section shall only apply in a Class 4 municipality organized pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any Class 4 municipality organized pursuant
to this chapter, the election for the mayor, members of the city council, and members of the
city board of education of the Class 4 municipality shall be held on the first Tuesday in
March and every four years thereafter. (Act 2015-201, §§1, 2.)...
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11-44F-1
Section 11-44F-1 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 8 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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45-37A-52.191
Section 45-37A-52.191 Continuance of officers. All persons holding administrative office at
the time the mayor-council form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the
performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for
the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred
and the duties imposed upon any office, department, or agency of the city by the laws of the
state, if such office, department, or agency, be abolished by this part, or under its authority,
shall be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, or agency designated
by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.02.)...

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11-43A-2
Section 11-43A-2 Petition to probate judge for election as to adoption of council-manager form
of government; examination of petition and certification to mayor. The filing of a petition
signed by 10 percent or more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general
municipal election held in such municipality, asking that the question of the adoption of
the council-manager form of government for such municipality be submitted to the qualified
voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the county in which such municipality is located,
shall mandatorily require an election to be held as herein provided. Whenever such a petition
purporting to be signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted
in the last general municipal election held in such municipality shall be presented to such
judge of probate, he shall examine such petition and determine whether or not the same is
signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in...
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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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45-37A-52.90
Section 45-37A-52.90 Election; term; qualification. The first mayor shall be elected at the
same election at which the council members are elected under Section 45-37A-52.06 and shall
hold office until the second Tuesday in November of that year ending in an odd number which
would give him or her a term of office most closely approximating four years and until his
or her successor is elected and qualified. The first mayor shall qualify and take office in
the manner hereinafter prescribed on the second Monday following the date the election of
all nine council members is completed or on the second Monday following the election of such
mayor, whichever last occurs. The regular election for mayor shall be held on the second Tuesday
in October of the year during which the term of the first mayor elected hereunder terminates
and every four years thereafter. The mayor elected at any such regular election, on or before
the fourth Tuesday of November of the year of such election, shall qualify...
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45-8A-23.003
Section 45-8A-23.003 Second election not called within four years. If the council-manager form
of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting such
form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such city for adoption within
four years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted
in the manner above provided. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §1.04.)...
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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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11-43D-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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