11-43B-15
Section 11-43B-15 Number of council members; boundaries of districts. The council shall be composed of seven members. The boundaries of the districts shall be established by ordinance adopted at least six months prior to the next regular municipal election. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §15.)...
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11-51-206
Section 11-51-206 Levy of tax outside corporate limits. The council or other governing body shall have the authority to levy and assess by ordinance within the police jurisdiction of any municipality or town all taxes authorized by this article; provided, that the levy and assessment shall not exceed one-half the amount levied and assessed for like businesses, sales or uses conducted within the corporate limits, fees and penalties excluded. All taxes adopted pursuant to this section shall be levied and assessed. No levy or assessment of a tax adopted by ordinance after September 1, 2015, shall take effect until a 30-day notice has been given of the adoption of the ordinance; provided, however, that no tax levy or assessment may be imposed under this section in an expanded police jurisdiction until the police jurisdiction expansion is effective under subsection (d) of Section 11-40-10. The notice given shall be the same as required for adoption of an ordinance in Section 11-45-8....
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11-68-5
Section 11-68-5 Powers and duties of commission. An historic preservation commission created by an ordinance enacted pursuant to this chapter shall be authorized to: (1) Preserve and protect buildings, structures, and sites of historic and architectural value in the historic districts designated pursuant to that ordinance; (2) Prepare a survey of all property within the territorial jurisdiction of the municipality creating the commission; (3) Recommend to the municipality creating the commission buildings, structures, sites, and districts for designation as historic properties or districts; (4) Restore and preserve any historic properties acquired by the municipality creating the commission or acquired by the commission; (5) Promote acquisition of facade and conservation easements by the municipality creating the commission or by the commission; (6) Develop and conduct educational programs on historic projects and districts designated pursuant to the ordinance and on historic...
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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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11-44A-2
Section 11-44A-2 Establishment of council districts; salaries; election notice; powers and duties of mayor-council. If a majority of the voters voting in said election approve the proposition, then, (1) Within 90 days thereafter the commission shall adopt an ordinance establishing the boundaries of the five council districts herein provided for and shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, (2) Within 60 days after the referendum the commissioners shall establish the salaries to be paid to the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election held hereunder, (3) Within ten days after receipt of notification of compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice of an election for a mayor and all the members of the city council to be held not more than 90 days after the publication of said notice, and (4) The...
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11-47-90
Section 11-47-90 Authorization for conduct by municipality; appointment, oath, and duties of enumerators. Municipal corporations may by ordinance require a census to be taken of the inhabitants residing within the corporate limits of such municipality. Such census shall be taken by enumerators, who shall be responsible citizens appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. Such enumerator or enumerators shall take such census block by block and shall state, as far as practical, the name, age, sex, and race of each person residing within such municipality. They shall, before entering upon their duties, take and subscribe the following oath: "I solemnly swear that I will honestly and conscientiously enumerate the inhabitants living within the town or city, or portion thereof allotted to me for enumeration." (Code 1907, §1060; Code 1923, §1751; Code 1940, T. 37, §481.)...
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11-40-14
Section 11-40-14 Expense allowances for members of governing body of Class 1 municipalities; reimbursement for expenses incurred beyond corporate limits. (a) The council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama and all municipalities in Alabama having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last and any subsequent federal decennial census, shall have the power and authority to grant to any member of such council or other governing body an amount of money for expenses incurred by such member on account of such member's attending the business of such municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum expense allowance shall be $300.00 per month for each member of the council, except the president or chairman of the council or other governing body who may be given an allowance not to exceed $350.00 per month. (b) In addition to the authority granted by subsection (a) of this section, the council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama...
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11-44D-6
Section 11-44D-6 Provisions applicable to both mayor-council and manager-council forms of government. The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1) Within 30 days after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder. (2) The governing body shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (3) Within 10 days after the receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election for the members of the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of...
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28-2A-20
Section 28-2A-20 Ordinance and referendum to determine whether annexed territories should be legally wet. In addition to the procedure established pursuant to Article 1, the governing body of any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality or any municipality having a population of 18,500 or more, which is legally wet, and which has previously annexed or hereinafter annexes territory into the municipality which lies in a county which is legally dry, shall, before the annexed territory becomes wet, pass an ordinance calling for a city-wide referendum to be held to determine whether the annexed portions of the municipality shall be legally wet as herein provided. If the governing body of the municipality adopts an ordinance determining that all of the area within the corporate limits of the municipality should be legally wet, and if this decision is approved at a subsequent referendum called to decide this issue, alcoholic beverages may be lawfully sold, distributed, and consumed within the newly...
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11-43A-32
Section 11-43A-32 Establishment of council districts; at-large posts; exception for Class 6 cities. (a) Except as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1 and subject to subsection (b), there shall be established three council districts to be designated respectively as district post 1, district post 2, and district post 3, and in such Class 6 cities, there shall be established four council districts with eight district posts to be designated district 1 post 1, district 1 post 2, district 2 post 1, district 2 post 2, district 3 post 1, district 3 post 2, district 4 post 1, and district 4 post 2. Such districts shall have, as nearly as is reasonable, the same population. The designation and boundaries of the initial council districts shall be specifically described and set forth. In all cities to which this section applies, except the above-described Class 6 cities, the two at-large posts on the council shall be designated as mayor and councilman-at-large; and in such Class 6 cities...
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