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12-14-17
Section 12-14-17 Procedure for abolition of municipal courts by governing bodies of municipalities;
effect of abolition generally. (a) The governing body of any municipality having a municipal
court may at any time by ordinance abolish its municipal court and the jurisdiction of the
court so abolished shall be transferred to the district court of the district in which the
municipality is located under the conditions and effective dates provided in this section.
A certified copy of the ordinance abolishing the municipal court shall be transmitted by certified
mail to the clerk of the district court for the district in which the municipality is located,
the presiding judge of the circuit court for the judicial circuit in which the municipality
is located, the clerk of the circuit court, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Secretary
of State and the Administrative Director of the Courts. (b) All pending cases and process
in those cases which are to be acted upon by the district court...
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11-43-63
Section 11-43-63 Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or town council
of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to
state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by
ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards).
Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality
may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks
public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration.
The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where
the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district
(ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to...
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11-44C-24
Section 11-44C-24 City clerk continued in office; applicability of merit system; appointment
of successor; duties. The city clerk serving under the merit system at the time that this
chapter becomes effective shall continue to hold office as the city clerk under the mayor-council
form of government of such city, and his successor shall be selected and hold office subject
to the provisions of such merit system. After the current city clerk retires, the council
shall be the appointing authority in filling any vacancy in the office of city clerk. The
city clerk shall give notice of special or called meetings of the council, shall keep the
journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his signature and record in full in a book
kept for such purpose all ordinances and resolutions and shall perform such other duties as
shall be required by this chapter, or by ordinance, or such duties as are imposed by general
law of Alabama upon city clerks. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §24.)...
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11-52-3
Section 11-52-3 Municipal Planning Commission - Composition; qualifications, appointment, terms
of office, compensation, and removal of members; vacancies. (a) The commission shall consist
of nine members: The mayor, or his or her designee, one of the administrative officials of
the municipality selected by the mayor, a member of the council to be selected by it as a
member ex officio and six persons who shall be appointed by the mayor, if the mayor is an
elective officer, otherwise by the officer as the council may in the ordinance creating the
commission designate as the appointing power; provided, that in any Class 1 municipality,
the commission shall consist of 16 members: The mayor, one of the administrative officials
of the municipality selected by the mayor, two members of the council to be selected by it
as members ex officio, and 12 persons who shall be selected by the council. In the event the
mayor designates a person to sit in his or her place on the municipal planning...
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12-18-51
Section 12-18-51 Right of election of judges of county courts or full-time municipal court
judges entitled to receive commissions as district judges to come under provisions of Article
1 of chapter; filing of notice of election with Clerk of Supreme Court, Secretary-Treasurer
of Judicial Retirement Fund and governing body of county or municipality; applicability of
provisions of Article 1 of chapter to district court judges elected or appointed to office
after October 10, 1975. (a) Each judge of a county court or full-time municipal court judge
entitled to receive a commission as a district judge pursuant to the Constitution shall have
a right to elect to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter in accord with
the provisions of this article, but a full-time municipal court judge shall not be entitled
to credit to determine eligibility for retirement under Section 12-18-55 for any service prior
to such election. (b) Such election shall be made by written notice filed...
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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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11-43C-24
Section 11-43C-24 City clerk continued in office; applicability of merit system; appointment
of successor; duties. The city clerk serving under the merit system at the time that this
chapter becomes effective shall continue to hold office as the city clerk under the mayor-council
form of government of such city, and his successor shall be selected and hold office subject
to the provisions of such merit system. The city clerk shall give notice of special or called
meetings of the council, shall keep the journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by
his signature and record in full in a book kept for such purpose all ordinances and resolutions
and shall perform such other duties as shall be required by this chapter, or by ordinance,
or such duties as are imposed by general law of Alabama upon city clerks. (Acts 1987, No.
87-102, p. 116, §24.)...
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45-49-85.20
Section 45-49-85.20 Administrative divisions. (a) The Judge of Probate of Mobile County, may
in his or her discretion, create and establish administrative divisions in his or her office
as he or she may determine necessary or convenient in the efficient and expeditious performance
of the functions and duties in his or her office. He or she may assign functions and duties
to the divisions, and may delegate to the chiefs thereof such powers as he or she may deem
proper. The judge may reassign functions and duties as between existing divisions. The chiefs
of the divisions shall be appointed by the judge of probate, and shall serve at his or her
pleasure, but shall not be related to him or her by blood or marriage. The salary of the chief
of any division shall not be less than 80 percent of the minimum salary for the administrative
assistant position existing in the office of the judge of probate nor more than 80 percent
of the maximum salary of the administrative assistant position...
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11-43-80
Section 11-43-80 Powers and duties generally; office; salary; employment, salary, etc., as
superintendent of municipal light, water, sewage, etc., systems. (a) The mayor shall have
the powers and perform the duties provided by this title and by other applicable provisions
of law and shall keep an office in the city or town. (b) The mayor shall receive such salary
as the council may prescribe, which must be fixed by the council not less than six months
prior to each general municipal election; provided, however, the six-month requirement in
this section may be waived when necessary to comply with a mandate by the U.S. Justice Department
pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, or with an order issued by a state
or federal court. (c) In municipalities which own and operate light and power systems, municipal
water systems, municipal sewage systems, and municipal gas systems, one or any of them, may,
by resolution of the governing body duly entered in its minutes, require the...
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12-14-19
Section 12-14-19 Procedure for reestablishment of municipal courts and effect thereof. (a)
Any municipality which shall have abolished its municipal court may thereafter by ordinance
reestablish such court in the manner provided in this section. (b) A copy of the proposed
ordinance shall be sent by certified mail to the officers specified in Section 12-14-17 to
receive notice of the abolition of municipal courts, together with notice stating the time
and place of the meeting at which such ordinance shall be considered for adoption, which shall
be not less than 15 days from the date of mailing such notice. (c) Such ordinance upon its
adoption shall specify the effective date of the reestablishment of the municipal court, which
in no event shall be sooner than the following stipulated minimums: (1) In municipalities
with a population of 5,000 or less, the ordinance shall not have an effective date of less
than 90 days subsequent to the date of adoption; (2) In municipalities with a...
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