11-43B-2
Section 11-43B-2 Election date; when mayor-council form of government deemed adopted. An election
for mayor and members of the city council shall be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1986,
with a runoff, if necessary, on the third Tuesday next thereafter. Upon the qualification
and assumption of office of the council and mayor on the first Monday in October, 1986, the
municipality shall be deemed to have adopted the form of government as herein provided. The
municipality shall thereafter be governed by the form of government provided under this chapter.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §2.)...
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11-44E-2
Section 11-44E-2 Authority to adopt mayor/commission/city manager form of government; ordinance
for election of commissioners. At any time upon passage of this chapter and said chapter becoming
law, any Class 5 municipality may adopt the mayor/commission/city manager form of government
by adopting an ordinance by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopting
the mayor/commission/city manager form of government. Within 30 days of the adoption of the
ordinance adopting the mayor/commission/city manager form of government, members of that governing
body shall adopt a second ordinance for the election of commissioners from six single-member
districts with the district boundaries established therein. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660,
§1.02; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)...
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11-43A-3.3
Section 11-43A-3.3 Election in Class 7 municipality - Adoption of council-manager form of government.
(a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized in this chapter, the
governing body of a Class 7 municipality may elect by resolution to adopt a council-manager
form of government comprised of a mayor and four council members elected at-large. No petition
of qualified electors is required to initiate such an election by the governing body pursuant
to this section. If the governing body elects to adopt a council-manager form of government
pursuant to this section, an election on the question shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the municipality. The governing body shall hold the election before January 1,
2011. The question submitted at the election shall be: "Shall the municipality of ______
adopt a council-manager form of government consisting of a mayor and four council members
elected in an at-large election to become operative on the first Monday in...
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11-43C-11
Section 11-43C-11 Government known as "mayor-council form of government"; powers
of city vested in council; manner in which powers exercised. The municipal government of any
such city proceeding under this chapter shall be known as the "mayor-council form of
government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to
the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the city
shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the
council," which shall enact ordinances, adopt budgets and determine policies. All powers
of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or if the manner
be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance. (Acts
1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §11.)...
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11-44C-11
Section 11-44C-11 Government known as "mayor-council form of government"; powers
of city vested in council; manner in which powers exercised. The municipal government of any
such city proceeding under this chapter shall be known as the "mayor-council form of
government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to
the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the city
shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the
council," which shall enact ordinances, adopt budgets and determine policies. All powers
of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or if the manner
be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance. (Acts
1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §11.)...
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11-44A-30
Section 11-44A-30 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 7 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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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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11-44F-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-52.03
Section 45-37A-52.03 Second election not to be called within two years. If the mayor-council
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
two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted
in the manner above provided. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.04.)...
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45-37A-52.192
Section 45-37A-52.192 Status of officers and employees holding positions when the mayor-council
form of government is adopted. Any person holding an office or position in the classified
service of the city under any civil service or merit system applicable to the city when the
mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall be continued as such officer or employee
in the classified service of the city under the mayor-council form of government and with
the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable
civil service or merit system as if the mayor-council form of government had not been adopted.
(Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.03.)...
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