45-37A-52.56
Section 45-37A-52.56 Powers. Except those powers specifically granted by this part to the mayor
or as otherwise granted to the mayor by law, all powers of the city, including all powers
vested in it by this part, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and the determination
of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing,
the council shall have power to: (1) Adopt the budget of the city. (2) Authorize the issuance
of bonds or warrants. (3) Inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of
the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs. (4) Except as otherwise provided
by law or Act 2016-277, appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized
hereunder or by law. This provision for appointment of members of boards, commissions, or
other bodies authorized hereunder or by law shall supersede any different provision for appointment
of such members contained in any statute or ordinance in...
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45-8A-23.001
Section 45-8A-23.001 Petition for election. The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or
more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last city general election held in
such city, asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
for such city be submitted to the qualified voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the
county in which such city 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 city general election held in such city
shall be presented to such judge of probate, he or she 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 the last city general election held in such city, and if such petition is signed
by the requisite number of voters to require such an election, he or she...
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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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11-43A-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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11-44A-2
Section 11-44A-2 Establishment of council districts; salaries; election notice; powers and
duties of mayor-council. If a majority of the voters voting in said election approve the proposition,
then, (1) Within 90 days thereafter the commission shall adopt an ordinance establishing the
boundaries of the five council districts herein provided for and shall take such steps as
are necessary to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, (2) Within
60 days after the referendum the commissioners shall establish the salaries to be paid to
the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election held hereunder, (3) Within
ten days after receipt of notification of compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give
notice of an election for a mayor and all the members of the city council to be held not more
than 90 days after the publication of said notice, and (4) The...
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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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11-44C-92
Section 11-44C-92 Commission form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting
in the election provided herein choose the court ordered districted 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, then the
provisions of said court ordered districted commission form shall be applicable to said city.
The three commissioners elected under said court ordered plan from single member districts
shall sit as a board and shall possess and exercise all municipal powers, legislative, executive,
and judicial, possessed and exercised by city governing bodies as provided by sections 11-44-70
through 11-44-105, as amended, and other applicable laws, except that all functions, responsibilities
and operations of the city shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners
as a whole. All three commissioners...
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36-27-23
Section 36-27-23 Board of Control; medical board, actuary. (a) The general administration and
responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective
the provisions of this article are hereby vested in a board of trustees which shall be known
as the Board of Control. (b) The board shall consist of 13 trustees as follows: (1) The Governor,
ex officio, who shall be chairman. (2) The State Treasurer, ex officio. (3) The State Personnel
Director, ex officio. (4) The Director of Finance, ex officio. (5) Three members of the retirement
system, to be appointed by the Governor, no two of whom shall be from the same department
of the state government nor from any department of which an ex officio trustee is the head.
The state employees appointed pursuant to this section shall be Merit System employees with
at least ten years of creditable state service and shall not be a department head or an assistant
department head. The terms of office of the three members...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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11-43C-91
Section 11-43C-91 Procedure for changing form of government; change from mayor-council form
prohibited for four years. The city is prohibited from changing from the mayor-council form
of government within four years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or
at any time thereafter, the city's form of government may be amended or changed when: (i)
Awritten petition executed by 10 percent of the number of those who voted in the last city
election is submitted to the council with the proposed changes or amendments incorporated
in the petition; after presentation of the petition, the council shall call for a referendum
vote on the proposed changes and amendments, and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in the
referendum is in favor of the proposed changes or amendments. After the council receives the
proposed changes and petition, it shall call a special election for the purpose of determining
whether the city shall adopt the changes or amendments. Notice shall be given of the...
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