22-50-11
Section 22-50-11 Department - Additional and cumulative powers. The Department of Mental Health
is given hereby the following additional and cumulative powers through its commissioner: (1)
It is authorized and directed to set up state plans for the purpose of controlling and treating
any and all forms of mental and emotional illness and any and all forms of mental retardation
and shall divide the state into regions, districts, areas or zones, which need not be geographic
areas, but shall be areas for the purpose of establishing priorities and programs and for
organizational and administrative purposes in accordance with these state plans. (2) It is
designated and authorized to supervise, coordinate, and establish standards for all operations
and activities of the state related to mental health and the providing of mental health services;
and it is authorized to receive and administer any funds available from any source for the
purpose of acquiring building sites for, constructing,...
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44-2-10
Section 44-2-10 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into law and
entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially
as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Article I. Purpose. The compacting states
to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision
or return of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and
who have absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so doing have
endangered their own safety and the safety of others. The compacting states also recognize
that each state is responsible for the safe return of juveniles who have run away from home
and in doing so have left their state of residence. The compacting states also recognize that
Congress, by enacting the Crime Control Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 112 (1965), has authorized and
encouraged compacts for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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45-37A-52.199
Section 45-37A-52.199 When part takes effect. For the purpose of nominating and electing members
of the council and the mayor, this part shall become applicable to any city adopting the mayor-council
form of government upon the filing of the certificate of adoption by the judge of probate
with the mayor or other chief executive office of the city as provided for in Section 45-37A-52.05.
For all other purposes this part shall become applicable to the city at the time when the
first council of such city elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies.
(Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.10.)...
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45-8A-23.055
Section 45-8A-23.055 Presiding officer; mayor and assistant mayor. (a) The councilman elected
by all of the qualified electors of the city shall have the title of mayor. He or she shall
preside at meetings of the council, shall be recognized as the head of the city government
for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for the purposes of military law, shall serve
as chief executive officer for the city, shall develop the basic objectives and policies of
the city in conjunction with the council and with advice from the city manager, shall ensure
the preparations of adequate plans for the long-range growth and development of the city and
annually present such plans for the review of the public and approval by the council, shall
ensure the preparations of plans for the development of resources in this the city and periodically
present such plans to the council for review and approval, shall maintain programs along with
the council to ensure successful future management of the city,...
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11-44C-2
Section 11-44C-2 Special election as to adoption of commission or mayor-council form of government.
Upon March 28, 1985, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter
applies shall call a special election to be held on May 14, 1985, said call for the purpose
of determining whether such city shall adopt the court ordered district commission form of
government in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved
by the court on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs. City of Mobile, Civil Action No.
75-297, or in the alternative the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter,
and shall give notice of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week
for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city. All qualified electors of
such city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions
shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section...
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11-43A-70
Section 11-43A-70 Adoption of ordinance establishing council-manager form of government; short
title. Within three months of the approval of this article by the Governor, the governing
body of any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality in the State of Alabama operating under
a council-manager or under a mayor-council-city manager form of government may, by a majority
vote of the members of that governing body, adopt an ordinance establishing a council-manager
form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. All provisions of
this article set forth hereinbelow shall apply only to those Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipalities
electing to establish a council-manager form of government as set forth herein. This article
shall be known as the "Council-Manager Act of 1991". (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p.
973, §1.)...
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11-44B-6
Section 11-44B-6 Meetings; quorum; majority vote requirements; procedure for adoption of ordinances
and resolutions; approval or veto of mayor; record of proceedings; power of council as to
city employees; all powers of city vested in council. (a) The council shall hold regular public
meetings at least once a week at some regular hour to be fixed by the council. The council
may hold such adjourned, called, or other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. (b)
All council meetings shall comply with the applicable law concerning open or public meetings.
(c) A majority of the elected membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. For the purposes of determining
a quorum, the mayor shall not be counted. (d) The affirmative vote of a majority of the council
members present, and the mayor in the event of a tie, as provided by this article, shall be
sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance,...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and
as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council
elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties
as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43,
Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be
now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members
who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population
according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less,
than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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11-52-15
Section 11-52-15 Municipal planning commission. A Class 6 municipality with a council-manager
form of government may provide by ordinance for the members of the municipal planning commission,
upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members, to be appointed
by the city council in lieu of appointment in the manner provided in Section 11-52-3; provided
that the mayor or his or her designee shall be a voting member of the planning commission
and the mayor shall appoint all remaining members of the planning commission subject to approval
by the city council. Upon the expiration of the current term of office for the current members
of the municipal planning commission, a member serving on the city council of a Class 6 municipality
with a council-manager form of government or an employee of a Class 6 municipality with a
council-manager form of government may not serve as a member of the municipal planning commission.
(Act 2000-555, p. 1020, §1.)...
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