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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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11-43A-82
Section 11-43A-82 Duties, powers, and rights of mayor. The mayor shall preside at the meetings
of the council and shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government for all ceremonial
purposes. The mayor shall have the power to veto all ordinances and resolutions of a general
and permanent nature, but shall otherwise have no vote on the council. An affirmative vote
of five out of seven council members shall be required to override the veto of the mayor.
The mayor shall have the right to bring any matter relating to the municipality to the council
for discussion and debate, and the mayor shall have the right to enter into discussion and
debate of all matters brought before the council and shall be notified of all meetings of
the council. The mayor shall have the power to appoint members of boards, authorities and
commissions only to the extent that such power is otherwise provided mayors in general by
law. However, the mayor shall also have the power to appoint himself or,...
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11-43A-39
Section 11-43A-39 Continuation of contracts; completion of public improvements. All contracts
entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such city of the council-manager
form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which
legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of the council-manager
form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such
existing laws. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §38.)...
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11-43D-7
Section 11-43D-7 Continuance in office of present officeholders; exercise of powers of abolished
office, agency, etc. All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council
form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties
until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties
or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any
office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the law of the state shall, if
such office, department, board, or agency be abolished by this chapter, or under its authority,
be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated
by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1989, No. 89-750, p. 1518, §7.)...
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11-44D-16
Section 11-44D-16 Contracts continued; completion of public improvements. All contracts entered
into by the municipality or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such municipality of
the new form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for
which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of
the new form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions
of such existing laws. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §16.)...
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11-43A-40
Section 11-43A-40 Effect of chapter on pending litigation. No action or proceeding, civil or
criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government, brought
by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency or officer thereof,
shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the council-manager form of government or by
anything therein contained in this article. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §39.)...
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11-43A-1.1
Section 11-43A-1.1 Organization of council-manager form of government; election of council
members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, after the judge of probate has
certified to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality the sufficiency
of a petition asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, any Class 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality
having the mayor-council form of government, by resolution of the council, may provide for
the council in a municipality proposing to adopt the council-manager form of government to
be composed of either five or seven members as follows: One member shall be the mayor elected
at large, who shall be a voting member of the council and either four or six members shall
be council members elected either at large or from single-member districts, as the resolution
shall provide. If a municipality has single-member districts for the...
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11-43A-104
Section 11-43A-104 Effect of article on pending litigation. No action or proceeding, civil
or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
under this article, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board
or agency thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the council-manager form
of government under this article or by anything herein contained in this article. (Acts 1991,
No. 91-545, p. 973, §35.)...
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11-44B-14
Section 11-44B-14 Persons holding civil service positions continued in office; existing civil
service system continued. Any person holding such an office or position in the civil service
of such municipality when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall continue
to hold such office in the civil service 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 system. Where there is an existing civil service system, then that system shall
remain in full force and effect and this articleshall not supersede, modify, or repeal said
civil service system. (Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §14.)...
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11-80-8.1
Section 11-80-8.1 Enactment of ordinances, resolutions, etc., controlling rent charged for
leasing private property prohibited. (a) As used in this section, "local governmental
unit" means any political subdivision of this state including, but not limited to, a
county, city, town, or municipality, if the political subdivision provides local government
services in a geographically limited area of this state as its primary purpose and it has
the power to act primarily on behalf of that area. (b) A local governmental unit shall not
enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance, resolution, or rule that would have the effect of
controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private property. This section does not
impair the right of any local governmental unit to manage and control property in which the
local governmental unit has a property interest. (Acts 1993, No. 93-421, p. 707, §§1, 2.)...
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