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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11-44D-2
Section 11-44D-2 Form of referendum 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 only one
of the following: (1) Shall the mayor-council form of government, as provided by Act _____,
be adopted for the City of _____? YES _____; or (2) Shall the council-manager form of government,
as provided by Act _____, 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 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 1986, No. 86-195,
p. 240, §2.)...
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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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11-43A-114
Section 11-43A-114 Referendum ballots. At such referendum, 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) The City of ___ shall adopt and operate under the council-manager form of government pursuant
to the 'Council-Manager Act of 1991.' Yes ( ). or (2) The City of ___ shall adopt and operate
under the mayor-council form of government pursuant to Section 11-43-1 et seq. 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 propositions
may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge
of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate propositions on voting machines
so used. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §45.)...
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11-43A-8
Section 11-43A-8 Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate
form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively
as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)"
and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided
and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members.
One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations
of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three
members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts.
The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following
the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal
governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In...
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45-37A-52.197
Section 45-37A-52.197 Pension and relief funds. All laws and parts of laws relating to pension,
retirement, and relief funds for policemen, firemen, and other employees of the city, contained
in the general or local laws of the state or in Title 62 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as
amended, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when
such city shall elect to be governed by this part, shall continue in full force and effect,
and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder, after
adoption of the mayor-council form of government by such city. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004,
§7.08)...
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45-37A-52.198
Section 45-37A-52.198 Park, play ground, and fairground authority. Except as expressly provided
by this part, all laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of an authority for fairgrounds,
parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and places for the amusement,
entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of a city, and for the
powers, authority, mode of financing, and conduct of the same, contained in the general or
local laws of the state or in Title 62 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as amended, as the
same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city shall
elect to be governed by this part, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption
or change as to the establishment or conduct of any authority created thereunder, after adoption
of the mayor-council form of government by such city. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.09;
Act 2016-277, §1.)...
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11-40-8
Section 11-40-8 Division of municipalities into wards. The several councils of cities or towns
shall divide such cities or towns into wards having as nearly as may be the same number of
inhabitants, the lines thereof conforming to the center of the streets or alleys and being
rectangular as far as practicable. Ward lines, having once been fixed, shall not be changed
by the council within three months previous to an election nor within 18 months of the time
last established; except, that in the cases where a census showing a population authorizing
a change in the form of government shall have been taken or where, within such time, additional
territory shall have been annexed to such city or town, such councils shall have the right
to create new wards or annex such territory to wards already established. (Code 1907, §§1062,
1065; Acts 1909, No. 56, p. 100; Code 1923, §§1753, 1756; Code 1940, T. 37, §7.)...
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28-2A-1
Section 28-2A-1 Procedure for wet or dry classification option elections. (a) Any municipality
having a population of 1,000 or more, may change its classification from dry to wet or wet
to dry by a municipal option election, in the following manner. (b) Upon petition of 30 percent
of the number of voters voting in the last preceding general election of the municipality
being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality, the governing
body must call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine the sentiment
of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed
in the municipality. The petition for municipal option election shall contain the following:
"It is petitioned that a municipal option election be held to permit the legal sale and
distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality." On the ballot to be used
for such municipal option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do...

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45-35A-57
Section 45-35A-57 Ad valorem taxation on property. (a)(1) Pursuant to Section 216 of the Constitution
of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the City of Dothan currently levies ad valorem taxes on property
situated therein at the rate of one-half of one percent (5 mills) of the assessed value of
such property, which tax revenues are authorized to be used for general municipal purposes.
(2) Pursuant to Amendment 373(f) of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as
Section 217(f) of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended,
the governing body of the City of Dothan has duly proposed, after a public hearing on such
proposal, that the City Council of Dothan be authorized to increase the rate at which the
City of Dothan's municipal ad valorem taxes are levied on property situated therein by up
to an additional one and one-half percent (15 mills) of the assessed value of such property,
and has further proposed that such additional net ad valorem tax...
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