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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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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11-44B-4
Section 11-44B-4 Mayor and council - Terms; election date. The mayor and council members elected
hereunder shall serve four-year terms with the first election being held as herein provided
on the second Tuesday of July, 1985, and quadrennially thereafter on the month and the day
established by the general law of the state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council
forms of government. (Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §4.)...
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11-44B-5
Section 11-44B-5 Conduct of elections; qualifications of mayor and council; qualifying fee.
The elections provided for herein, and all subsequent elections, shall be conducted, the vote
canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as provided by the general law of the
state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council forms of government, except as otherwise
herein provided by this article. The mayor shall be elected by the whole of the electors of
the city, shall be a qualified elector of the city, and shall have been a resident of the
city for at least 90 days prior to his election and shall reside within the limits of the
city during his term of office. Council members shall be elected by the electors of the district
which they represent, shall be qualified electors of the city, shall have been residents of
the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior to their election, and shall
reside in said district during their term of office. Any person...
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11-44C-4
Section 11-44C-4 Conduct of election; portions of chapter applicable upon choosing form of
government; election expenses. The election shall be held and conducted in accordance with
the provisions of Title 11, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. If the votes
shall be in favor of the court ordered district commission 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 mayor-council 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 1985, No. 85-229,
p. 96, §4.)...
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11-44E-47
Section 11-44E-47 Continuation of city clerk in office where subject to civil service or merit
system; appointment where not subject to such system; duties of city clerk. If the city clerk
of any city which adopts the mayor/commission/city manager form of government holds office
subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk
under the mayor/commission/city manager form of government of such city, and the clerk's successor
shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service or merit
system. If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor/commission/city manager form
of government does not hold office subject to any civil service or merit system, the city
manager may appoint the city clerk in the same manner as department heads are appointed. The
city clerk shall give notice of special or called meetings of the commission, shall keep the
journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his (her) signature...
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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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45-8A-23.310
Section 45-8A-23.310 Effect of this part on existing law. (a) All laws and parts of laws, general,
local, or special, relating to or affecting the city, its powers, functions, duties, and property,
in force when this part shall take effect are hereby continued in effect; but all such laws
relating to the exercise of powers, functions, and duties by the commission or mayor-council
or some other form of government shall be superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent
with the provisions of this part. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §11.1.)...
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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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45-8A-23.002
Section 45-8A-23.002 Call of election by mayor. The mayor or other chief executive officer
of such city shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate,
by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
for such city, under this part, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such
proclamation, not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt of the certificate
from the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days
after receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for
shall be held at the same time as such general or regular election. Should the election not
be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of his or her certificate, the judge
of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified therein but not less than
40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt by the mayor or...
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