45-21A-50
Section 45-21A-50 Election of Rutledge City Council. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or
general or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action
No. 87-T-1289-N, U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court
Order, the Town of Rutledge in Crenshaw County, shall not designate by place number, or by
other similar method, seats for its city council. (b) The City Council of the Town of Rutledge,
Alabama, shall consist of five members elected at large, without designated or numbered places.
In the election of members of the city council, the five candidates receiving the greatest
number of votes shall be elected to the council. There shall be no runoff election and in
the event of a tie vote, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected
mayor and council. In such election for members of the city council, each qualified voter
is authorized to cast only one vote. (c) The requirement for office,...
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24-1-22
Section 24-1-22 Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this article,
shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context: (1) AUTHORITY or HOUSING AUTHORITY. A public body organized as a body corporate
and politic in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the powers
and subject to the restrictions set forth. (2) CITY. Any city or incorporated town in the
State of Alabama. (3) COUNCIL. The legislative body, council, board of commissioners or other
body charged with governing the city. (4) CITY CLERK and MAYOR. The clerk, and the mayor or
president of the board of commissioners, respectively, of the city or the officers thereof
charged with the duties customarily imposed on the clerk and mayor respectively. (5) COMMISSIONER.
One of the members of an authority appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(6) GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the state and...
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34-32-7
Section 34-32-7 Soil and Water Conservation Committee to serve as state board; appointment
of advisory council; duties, organization, etc. (a) The Alabama Soil and Water Conservation
Committee shall serve as and be the State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers,
and it shall be the duty of such board to administer the provisions of this chapter. The board
shall appoint an advisory council of five members, four of whom shall be qualified professional
soil classifiers who shall have the qualifications required in this chapter. It shall be the
duty of such council to recommend certification of those persons eligible to become registered
soil classifiers. The fifth member of the advisory council shall be the administrative officer
of the board. The other four members of the advisory council shall be appointed for terms
of office of five years and until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified;
provided that one of the initial members shall be...
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45-10A-20
Section 45-10A-20 Election of council members. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or general,
or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action No. 87-T-1174-N,
U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City
of Centre in Cherokee County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method,
seats for city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Centre, Alabama, shall consist
of seven members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election
of members of the city council, the seven candidates receiving the greatest number of votes
shall be elected to the council. There shall be no run-off election and in the event of a
tie vote, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected mayor and council.
(c) In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter is authorized to
cast as many as seven votes. Such voter may cast these seven votes...
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45-23A-21
Section 45-23A-21 City council. (a) Notwithstanding any law, whether special, local, general,
or municipal ordinance, to the contrary, pursuant to Civil Action No. 85-T-1332-N, U.S. District
Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City of Daleville
in Dale County, shall not designate by place number or by other similar method seats for its
city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Daleville, Alabama, shall consist of five
members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election of members
of the city council, the five candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected
to the council. There shall be no runoff election. In the event of a tie vote for the fifth
highest receiving votes, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected
mayor and council. In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter shall
be entitled to vote for any number of candidates from one to...
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45-8A-23.066
Section 45-8A-23.066 Meetings, passage or ordinances, etc. The council shall hold regular public
meetings as may be prescribed by its own rules, provided that a regular hour and day shall
be fixed by the order of the council, and publicly announced. It may hold such adjourned,
called, special, or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The mayor when
present and in his or her absence the assistant mayor shall preside at all meetings of the
council. A majority of the whole qualified membership of the council shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. The affirmative vote
of a majority of the quorum shall be necessary and sufficient for the passage of any resolution,
rule, or ordinance, or the transaction of any business of any sort by the council or the exercise
of any of the powers conferred upon it by the terms of this part or which may hereafter be
conferred upon it. No resolution or ordinance granting any...
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11-43-2
Section 11-43-2 Election of mayors and aldermen; exercise of legislative functions; salary
of aldermen. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), in all cities and towns at the general
election to be held on the fourth Tuesday in August, 1984, and quadrennially thereafter, there
shall be elected a mayor, who, in cities having a population of 12,000 or more according to
the last or any subsequent federal census, shall not sit with the council nor have a vote
in its proceedings, and he or she shall have the power and duties conferred in this chapter.
(b) In all cities and towns having a population of less than 12,000 inhabitants according
to the last or any subsequent federal census, the legislative functions shall be exercised
by the mayor and five aldermen. The mayor shall preside over all deliberations of the council.
At his or her discretion he or she may vote as a member of the council on any question coming
to a vote, except in case of a tie, in which event he or she must vote....
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11-44B-7
Section 11-44B-7 Powers and duties of mayor. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of said
council and sit with said council. Provided, however, the mayor shall not, for any purpose,
be a member of the council, shall vote only in the case of a tie, and shall have the right
of veto as provided herein. (1) The mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall
have general supervision and control of all other officers and the affairs of the city except
as otherwise provided by this article and general statutes of the state. (2) The mayor shall
devote full time to the duties of his office. The mayor shall maintain an office at the city
hall and be present thereat during reasonable hours when not otherwise absent therefrom on
other duties of the city. (3) The mayor shall, each quarter, prepare a detailed statement
of all receipts and expenses of the city, and annually, at the end of each fiscal year, the
mayor shall cause the books and accounts of the city to be audited by a...
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11-44E-46
Section 11-44E-46 Vacancies in commission. (a) Whenever a vacancy in the office of commissioner
shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, and the remainder
of the term is six months or less, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint
a commissioner to serve the remainder of the vacated term, who shall serve until a successor
has been elected and qualified. (b) If the remainder of the vacated term is more than six
months, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint a commissioner to serve until
a successor has been elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The interim commissioner
selected shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the commissioner whose
vacated office he or she fills. The mayor shall within 10 days after the occurrence of the
vacancy, call for a special election to be held in the district of the vacancy on a Tuesday
not less than 60 days and not more than 120 days from the date the...
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24-1A-4
Section 24-1A-4 Members, officers and directors; appointment; qualifications; meetings of board
and public notice thereof; salaries; record of proceedings; copies of proceedings as evidence;
permanent maintenance of official record; members, officers, etc., not personally liable;
legislative oversight committee established; composition; appointment; expenses. (a) The applicants
named in the application, being the seven initial appointees of the Governor by congressional
districts, the Director of Finance ex officio and the Superintendent of Banks ex officio,
and their respective successors in office, together with the State Treasurer ex officio, an
appointee of the Governor from the state at large and the appointees of the Speaker of the
House and the Lieutenant Governor, and their respective successors in office, shall constitute
the members of the authority. The Governor shall, as soon as convenient after the passage
of this chapter, appoint one person from each of the now existing...
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