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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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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11-43A-9
Section 11-43A-9 Election of municipal officers; division of municipality into districts; qualifications
and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office; exception for Class 6 cities.
(a) 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,
the election for the first officers of the municipality shall be held on the same date as
the date of election for the next ensuing general municipal election. Except as otherwise
provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the election of the governing body of the municipality
shall cause the municipality to be divided into three districts containing as nearly an equal
number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general
municipal election laws and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth therein.
Each candidate shall announce that he or she is to become a...
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11-43-42
Section 11-43-42 Exercise of functions of mayor during absence or disability of mayor; filling
of vacancies in offices of mayor, president and president pro tempore of council. (a) In case
of the absence of the mayor from a city of 12,000 or more inhabitants or his inability to
serve on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president of the council or the
president pro tempore of the council in case of absence or disability of the president of
the council shall act as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of the mayor during
such time. In the event of a failure or refusal of the president of the council or the president
pro tempore of the council to act, the council may appoint one of its members to act as mayor
pro tempore with like effect, which appointment shall be entered in the minutes of the council.
In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of mayor, the president of the council
shall succeed to the office of mayor for the unexpired term. In the...
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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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45-25-101
Section 45-25-101 Election; term; compensation; qualifications; powers and duties; vacancy.
(a) A county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama, shall be elected by the
qualified electors of DeKalb County, Alabama, at the next general election who shall hold
office until his or her successor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. (b) At
the next general election to be held in the county and state a county Superintendent of Education
for DeKalb County, Alabama, shall be elected, who shall hold office for a term of four years
and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed for good cause.
Each four years thereafter, a county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama,
shall be elected by those qualified voters of the county residing outside of a municipality
served by a city board of education at the regular general election, nominations for which
office may be made in primary elections as other county officers. (c)...
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11-43-65
Section 11-43-65 Filling vacancies on city council in Class 6 municipalities. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, a vacancy on the city council of a Class 6 city may be filled
by either of the following ways: (1) The city council may appoint a person to fill the vacancy
for the remainder of the unexpired term. (2) The city council may call a special election
to fill the vacancy. A special election called pursuant to this subdivision shall be conducted
as provided by the general laws of this state regarding municipal elections. The successor,
upon election and certification, shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. (Act 2001-314
p. 405, §1.)...
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11-44B-20
Section 11-44B-20 Powers of city; vesting of existing rights, powers, and properties. The city
shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution
and laws of this state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry and execute
all the powers granted. The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits
for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise,
lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property
as the interest may require; and except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state, or
restricted by this article, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions,
rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of
particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to
the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the...
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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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11-41-3
Section 11-41-3 Conduct of election generally; provision and form of ballots; qualifications
for voting. The judge of probate shall appoint three qualified electors within the limits
of the proposed city or town as inspectors to manage the election, which shall be conducted
under the same sanction and penalties as are provided by the general election laws, except
that a voter may furnish his own ballot, upon which must be written or printed "corporation"
or "no corporation," and any person who is a qualified elector under the state law
and has resided within the boundaries of the proposed city or town for three months next preceding
may vote at such election. (Code 1907, §1055; Code 1923, §1746; Code 1940, T. 37, §12.)...

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