11-43A-76
Section 11-43A-76 Composition of council; municipal elections. The council shall consist of
seven council members who shall be elected by single-member districts. There shall be one
mayor, and he shall be elected at large. An election for mayor and members of the council
shall be held at the next regularly scheduled municipal election after the adoption of this
article, and the officials elected shall take office upon the expiration of the present officials'
terms of office. Regular municipal elections shall be held quadrennially thereafter under
the same rules and regulations and in the same manner as provided by law. The expense of such
election shall be paid by the municipality and shall be governed by the applicable general
municipal election laws. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §7.)...
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11-44B-13
Section 11-44B-13 Persons holding administrative offices continued in office until other provisions
made; powers and duties of abolished offices, etc.; certain offices, etc., deemed continued;
references to existing offices, etc., in laws, contracts, 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 provisions shall have been made in accordance
therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office subject
to any existing civil service law. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office,
department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office,
department, board, or agency be abolished by this article, or under its authority, be thereafter
exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council
unless otherwise provided herein. Any office,...
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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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11-44C-93
Section 11-44C-93 Provisions applicable regardless of form of government chosen. It is the
legislative intent of this bill that the following provisions shall apply regardless of which
form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided
herein choose: (1) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government
chosen shall adopt an ordinance to provide that all appointments made by the mayor, council
or city commission to positions in city government, boards, commissions, agencies, authorities,
or any other organization or entity of the city or to any positions to which said officials
make appointments, shall fairly and equitably reflect the makeup of the total community with
due consideration given to all demographic characteristics of the population. (2) Within 30
days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance
to provide that all contracts or agreements entered into by the city or...
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11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change;
election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners.
Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at
least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city
or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk.
The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters
of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers
and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall
be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon
their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission
and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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11-51-42
Section 11-51-42 Levy of taxes; certification and delivery to county tax assessor of copy of
ordinance or resolution levying taxes. It shall be the duty of the council, board of commissioners,
or other governing body of any such municipality during the month of May of each year, by
resolution or ordinance, to levy a tax on the property situated in such municipality for the
next succeeding tax year at a rate in no event in excess of the constitutional limit authorized
to be levied by such municipality on the value of such property as assessed for state taxation
as shown by the books of assessment for the state and county tax year ending September 30
next succeeding the levy. The levy so made by the council, board of commissioners, or other
governing body of such municipality shall go into force and effect as of October 1 next succeeding
the levy and shall become a lien on October 1 next succeeding such levy and not before. After
such levy is made it shall be the duty of the mayor or...
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11-65-4
Section 11-65-4 Elections required to approve incorporation of commission and conduct of racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. (a) No commission shall be incorporated for a Class 1 municipality
and no horse racing or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering thereon shall be permitted
in such municipality pursuant to this chapter unless the incorporation of such commission,
together with the conduct of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or greyhound racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or both such activities, shall have been authorized by an
election held in the host county in which such incorporation and such racing and wagering
activities shall have been approved by both (i) a majority of the votes cast in such election
by voters who reside in the host county (including those voters who reside in the sponsoring
municipality) and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in such election by voters who reside
in the commission municipal jurisdiction. In order to authorize the...
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11-91-1
Section 11-91-1 Provision by governing bodies of counties and municipalities for group life,
health, accident, etc., insurance, etc., for officers and employees authorized. (a) The council,
commission, or similar governing body of each municipal corporation, the board of directors
of each incorporated municipal board, the county commission of each county, the board of education
of each city and the board of education of each county, now existing or established after
August 16, 1947, shall have power and authority to contract for and obtain and maintain policies
of group life, health, accident, and hospitalization insurance or any one or more of them
and shall have power and authority to contract for and obtain and maintain individual annuity
contracts, retirement income policies or group annuity contracts to provide a retirement plan
for the benefit of such of the officers and employees of such municipality, incorporated municipal
board, county, or board as may be determined by such...
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11-92-1
Section 11-92-1 Definitions. (a) The following definitions shall be applicable to this chapter,
unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) COUNTY. Each county in the
state. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The county commission or the board of commissioners, council, or
other governing body of a municipality. (3) INDUSTRIAL PARK. Land, with such improvements
as are authorized by this chapter, which has been determined by a governing body to be suitable
for use by more than one industrial or commercial enterprise for industrial or commercial
purposes and has been acquired or is proposed to be acquired by a county or a municipality
or any combination of counties and municipalities and held for the purpose of transferring
it to one or more persons for use for industrial or commercial purposes. (4) MUNICIPALITY.
A municipal corporation in the state. (5) PARTICIPANT. With respect to the acquisition and
development of an industrial park, a county or municipality which has financed...
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12-14-15
Section 12-14-15 Power of mayor to remit fines and costs, commute sentences imposed by municipal
judges, etc.; report of actions to municipal governing body. The mayor may remit fines and
such costs as are payable to the municipality and commute sentences imposed by a municipal
court or the court to which an appeal was taken for violations of municipal ordinances and
may grant pardons, after conviction, for violation of such ordinances, and he shall report
his action to the council or other governing body at the first regular meeting thereof in
the succeeding month with his reasons therefor in writing. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384,
§8-104.)...
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