11-44D-3
Section 11-44D-3 Conduct of referendum; election results determine which provisions of chapter
applicable; election expenses. The referendum shall be held and conducted in accordance with
the provisions of this title, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. If the majority
of votes shall be in favor of the mayor-council form of government, then only the applicable
provisions of this chapter shall thereby be adopted for such city; if the majority of the
votes shall be in favor of the council-manager form of government, then only the applicable
provisions of this chapter shall thereby be adopted for such city. The expenses of any and
all elections provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195,
p. 240, §3.)...
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11-50-144
Section 11-50-144 Calling of election. Such election, if ordered by the resolution of the board
of aldermen or other governing body of the city or town, shall be called by the mayor or other
chief executive officer of such city or town to be held on the day fixed by the said resolution
of the board of aldermen or other governing body of the city or town, which day shall not
be less than 30 days from the day of the passage of the said resolution ordering the election.
(Acts 1909, No. 212, p. 253; Code 1923, §2062; Code 1940, T. 37, §379.)...
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45-37A-52.04
Section 45-37A-52.04 Proposition submitted; form of ballot. At such election the proposition
to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct
from ballots used for any other office or question, and shall read as follows: "Shall
the mayor-council form of government, as provided by the Mayor-Council Act of 1955, be adopted
for the City of ___? "Yes ___. "No ___." The voter shall mark his or her ballot
with a cross mark before or after the word which expresses his or her choice. No other proposition
shall be submitted to the voters of such city upon this ballot. If voting machines are used
at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may at the discretion of the election
commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in
such city, be submitted as a separate proposition on voting machines so used. (Acts 1955,
No. 452, p. 1004, §1.05.)...
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11-43C-3
Section 11-43C-3 Form of ballot; marking of ballot; use of voting machines. At such election
the proposition to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate
and distinct from ballots used for any other office or question and shall read as follows:
Check one of the following: (1) Shall the Mayor-Council form of government, as provided by
Act ______, be adopted for the City of ___ ? Yes ___; or No ___. The voter shall mark his
ballot with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses his choice. If voting machines
are used at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may, at the discretion
of the election commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal
elections in such city, be submitted as a separate proposition on voting machines so used.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §3.)...
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11-44C-3
Section 11-44C-3 Form of ballot; marking of ballot; use of voting machines. At such election
the proposition to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate
and distinct from ballots used for any other office or question and shall read as follows:
Check one of the following: (1) Shall the mayor-council form of government, as provided by
Act 85-229, be adopted for the city of _____? Yes _____; or (2) Shall the district commission
form of government be adopted for the city of _____? Yes _____. The voter shall mark his ballot
with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses his choice. If voting machines
are used at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may, at the discretion
of the election commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal
elections in such city, be submitted as a separate proposition on voting machines so used.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §3.)...
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11-43-81
Section 11-43-81 Designated chief executive officer; powers of appointment and removal. The
mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall have general supervision and control
of all other officers and the affairs of the city or town, except as otherwise provided in
this title. He shall have the power to appoint all officers whose appointment is not otherwise
provided for by law. He may remove any officer for good cause, except those elected by the
people, and fill the vacancy caused thereby, permanently, if the appointment of such officer
is made by the mayor, and temporarily, if such officer was elected by the council or appointed
with its consent, in either of which last two cases he must report such removal and his reasons
therefor to the council at its next regular meeting, when, if the council shall sustain the
act of removal by the mayor by a majority vote of those elected to the council, the vacancy
shall be filled as provided in this title. (Code 1907, §1179; Code...
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11-43A-115
Section 11-43A-115 Adoption of form of government by majority of votes. If the majority of
votes are in favor of the council-manager form of government, then the council-manager form
of government under this article shall, without further action, be adopted (or continued,
if then currently in effect) by the municipality on the first Monday in October following
the next regularly scheduled municipal election. If the majority of votes are in favor of
the mayor-council form of government, then the mayor-council form of government as prescribed
in Section 11-43-1 et seq., shall, without further action, be adopted by the municipality
on the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election,
and this article shall no longer apply. If the mayor-council form of government is so adopted,
then municipalities having a council elected from seven single-member districts shall continue
to have seven districts with the same boundaries. Under such circumstances, there...
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11-44A-1
Section 11-44A-1 Referendum to determine continuation of commission or adoption of mayor-council
form of government. Within three months of the approval of this section, the governing body
of any Class 7 municipality with a commission form of government organized pursuant to Article
1, Chapter 44, Title 11, by a majority vote of the members of that governing body, may call
for a referendum to be held at public expense within 90 days after such call at which the
following question shall be submitted to the voters of any such municipality: "Shall
the city of ___ adopt a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and
a five-member council elected from single member districts? YES _____ NO ______" (Acts
1984, No. 84-397, §1; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-45, p. 68.)...
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11-43D-14
Section 11-43D-14 Powers and duties of mayor. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer,
and shall have general supervision and control of all other officers, employees, and affairs
of the city, which shall include the management of the public utilities, either owned and
operated by the city or operated by private corporations under contracts with the city. The
general law applicable to mayor-council municipalities notwithstanding, the mayor shall have
the power to appoint all officers and employees of the city subject to the rules and regulations
of any civil service or merit system that may be applicable to said city. The mayor may remove
any person appointed by him subject to the rules and regulations of any civil service or merit
system that may be applicable to said city. (Acts 1989, No. 89-750, p. 1518, §14.)...
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11-46-37
Section 11-46-37 Preparation, etc., of lists of qualified voters upon disqualification of mayor,
etc. In the event the mayor or other chief executive officer of any city or town is a candidate
in any municipal election held under the provisions of this article, he shall be disqualified
to perform the duties set forth in Section 11-46-36, and said duties shall be performed by
a disinterested person appointed by the board of aldermen or other governing body of the city
or town. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §17.)...
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