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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11-48-5
Section 11-48-5 Adoption of ordinance or resolution describing proposed improvement, ordering preparation of plans, specifications, etc., thereof, etc. (a) When the council of any city or town shall determine to open, widen, extend, construct, or improve any street, alley, avenue, sidewalk, highway, or other public place or to make any other public improvements or undertake any work authorized by the provisions of this article, the cost of which or any part thereof it is proposed to assess against the property abutting on, served, illuminated, drained, elevated, reclaimed, protected, or otherwise specially benefited or increased in value by said improvements, it shall adopt an ordinance or resolution to that effect, describing the nature and extent of the work, the general character of the materials to be used and the location and terminal point thereof and the streets, avenues, alleys, or other highways or parts thereof embraced therein, and it shall direct that full details,...
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11-44A-7
Section 11-44A-7 Effect of article on pre-existing rights and privileges of municipal employees, etc. Nothing contained in this article, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time when this article shall take effect, or any provision of law in force at the time when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, in relation to the personnel, appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotion, removal, pension and retirement rights, civil rights, or any other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency thereof. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, ยง7.)...
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11-47-14.1
Section 11-47-14.1 Construction of port facilities by Class 1 municipalities; bonds and other contributions. (a) Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds that the Tombigbee Waterway will soon be completed, and the transportation opportunities afforded thereby must be fully utilized if Alabama is to benefit from economic growth and job development potential afforded by this project, and that local governments need broader authorization to participate in the development of river port facilities necessary to accomplish this purpose. (b) Municipalities authorized to construct port facilities; limitations thereon. The council or other governing body of any Class 1 municipality may alter and change the channel of any watercourse within 25 miles of such municipality and may construct and maintain wharves and construct buildings and other improvements on and near wharves and wharf sites, within such municipality or within 25 miles of the limits thereof, and may collect wharfage...
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11-48-8
Section 11-48-8 Hearing upon objections as to proposed improvement; amendment, modification, rescission, etc., of ordinance or resolution; actions ratified and confirmed where prior to ordinance, resolution or hearing. (a) At the meeting, to be held as provided for as specified in Section 11-48-6, or at a place and time to which the same may be adjourned, all persons whose property may be affected by the proposed improvement may appear in person or by attorney or by petition and object or protest against said improvement, the material to be used or the alternative types of material or any of them from which selection is later to be made, if any, and the manner of making the same, and said council shall consider such objection and protest and may confirm, amend, modify, or rescind the original ordinance or resolution. But if objection to the proposed improvement is made by a majority in frontage of the property owners to be affected thereby when the proposed improvement is to be...
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45-49-100.40
Section 45-49-100.40 Powers of board. The board of school commissioners shall be entitled to receive, levy, assess, and collect all devises, revenues, and taxes to which they were by law entitled at the date of the organization of the Board of Education of the State of Alabama, and they shall have full power to continue in force, revise, modify, and improve, as to them may see fit, the public school system now existing in the County of Mobile, and to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the state and of the United States, for the government of the board and of the schools, as they may deem expedient or necessary. They shall hold regular meetings of the board at such times as they may fix upon and adjourned or special meetings when necessary. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no business involving a change in the system, rules, and regulations or affecting the general interest of the county...
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11-40-10
Section 11-40-10 Police jurisdiction; force and effect of ordinances; jurisdiction on islands and offshore water adjacent to Florida; annexations. (a)(1) The police jurisdiction in municipalities having 6,000 or more inhabitants shall cover all adjoining territory within three miles of the corporate limits, and in municipalities having less than 6,000 inhabitants and in towns, the police jurisdiction shall extend also to the adjoining territory within a mile and a half of the corporate limits of the municipality or town. (2) After May 12, 2016, and in addition to any other requirements of this section, any extension of the police jurisdiction of any municipality as otherwise provided in subdivision (1) shall not be effective beyond the corporate boundaries of the municipality without an affirmative vote of the municipal governing body. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this subdivision shall not affect the boundaries of the police jurisdiction of a municipality existing on May 12, 2016....
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41-16-51
Section 41-16-51 Contracts for which competitive bidding not required. (a) Competitive bids for entities subject to this article shall not be required for utility services, the rates for which are fixed by law, regulation, or ordinance, and the competitive bidding requirements of this article shall not apply to: (1) The purchase of insurance. (2) The purchase of ballots and supplies for conducting any primary, general, special, or municipal election. (3) Contracts for securing services of attorneys, physicians, architects, teachers, superintendents of construction, artists, appraisers, engineers, consultants, certified public accountants, public accountants, or other individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the personality of the individual plays a decisive part. (4) Contracts of employment in the regular civil service. (5) Contracts for fiscal or financial advice or services. (6) Purchases of products made or manufactured by the blind or visually handicapped...
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11-19-12
Section 11-19-12 Subdivision regulations - Scope and contents. In exercising the powers granted to it by this chapter, the county planning commission shall prepare and recommend to the county commission for adoption regulations governing the subdivision of land within the flood-prone area of the county. Such regulations may provide for the harmonious development of the flood-prone area of the county; for the coordination of streets within subdivisions with other existing or planned streets; for the size of blocks and lots; for the dedication or reservation of land for streets, school sites, and recreation areas and of easements for utilities and other public services and facilities; and, for a distribution of population and traffic which will tend to create conditions favorable to health, safety, convenience, prosperity, or general welfare. Such regulations may include requirements as to the extent to which and the manner in which streets shall be graded, surfaced, and improved, and...
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11-52-80.1
Section 11-52-80.1 Board of Adjustment - Definitions; membership; reversing, affirming or modifying decisions, etc.; terms of planning commission members terminated; duties, powers, etc. (a) When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities, and mayor shall have the meanings as provided for in Section 11-52-1. (b) The council of any Class 5 municipality with a city manager or mayor commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any board of adjustment of the municipality created pursuant to Section 11-52-80, shall consist of seven members: six regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, to be determined by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor. (c) In exercising the powers in subsection (d) of Section 11-52-80, the board may reverse, affirm, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may enter...
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