11-43C-87
Section 11-43C-87 Inquiry into conduct of office, department, agency, or officer; investigations
as to municipal affairs; subpoena power. The council, or the mayor, shall have power to inquire
into the conduct of any office, department, agency, or officer of the city and to make investigations
as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and
compel the production of books, papers, and other evidence. Failure to obey such subpoena
or to produce books, papers, or other evidence as ordered under the provisions of this section
shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.00 or
by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §87.)...

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11-44C-87
Section 11-44C-87 Inquiry into conduct of office, department, agency, or officer; investigations
as to municipal affairs; subpoena power. The council, or the mayor, shall have power to inquire
into the conduct of any office, department, agency, or officer of the city and to make investigations
as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and
compel the production of books, papers, and other evidence. Failure to obey such subpoena
or to produce books, papers, or other evidence as ordered under the provisions of this section
shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.00 or
by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §87.)...
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45-37A-52.191
Section 45-37A-52.191 Continuance of officers. 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 provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for
the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred
and the duties imposed upon any office, department, or agency of the city by the laws of the
state, if such office, department, or agency, be abolished by this part, or under its authority,
shall be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, or agency designated
by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.02.)...

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45-37A-52.199
Section 45-37A-52.199 When part takes effect. For the purpose of nominating and electing members
of the council and the mayor, this part shall become applicable to any city adopting the mayor-council
form of government upon the filing of the certificate of adoption by the judge of probate
with the mayor or other chief executive office of the city as provided for in Section 45-37A-52.05.
For all other purposes this part shall become applicable to the city at the time when the
first council of such city elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies.
(Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.10.)...
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11-43B-2
Section 11-43B-2 Election date; when mayor-council form of government deemed adopted. An election
for mayor and members of the city council shall be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1986,
with a runoff, if necessary, on the third Tuesday next thereafter. Upon the qualification
and assumption of office of the council and mayor on the first Monday in October, 1986, the
municipality shall be deemed to have adopted the form of government as herein provided. The
municipality shall thereafter be governed by the form of government provided under this chapter.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §2.)...
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45-37A-52.94
Section 45-37A-52.94 Vacancy. Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason
of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the president of the council shall assume
the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date such vacancy occurs and shall serve
as acting mayor until a new mayor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The acting
mayor shall receive no compensation, expenses, or allowances as a member of the city council
while acting as mayor, but shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for
the mayor whose vacated office he or she fills, and the compensation received for days of
service as acting mayor shall not be counted in determining the maximum annual per diem compensation
permitted council members. While the president of the council is serving as acting mayor he
or she shall not sit with the council or vote on any matters before the council. The election
commission of the city, if there be one, and if not then the...
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11-43D-18
Section 11-43D-18 Establishment of salaries for mayor and council. The salary of the first
mayor and council elected hereunder shall be established by the commission at least six months
prior to the mayor and council taking office. Such salary, and the manner in which it is to
be paid, shall be established by ordinance of the governing body. The salary of all mayors
and council members serving the city after the first mayor and council shall be established
as provided by general law applicable to mayor-council municipalities. Notwithstanding any
of the provisions of this chapter, the mayor and council members shall be reimbursed for approved
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (Acts 1989, No. 89-750, p. 1518, §18.)...

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11-44B-11
Section 11-44B-11 City clerk, finance director, revenue director, city attorney, assistant
city attorneys, and city department heads continued in office; powers and duties; claims against
city; financial records; warrants; deposit of public money; payment of moneys due municipality;
office space, supplies, and other support. (a) If the city clerk of any city which adopts
the mayor-council form of government as herein provided holds office subject to any civil
service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk under the mayor-council
form of government of such city and his successors shall be selected and hold office subject
to the provisions of such civil service or merit system. The city clerk shall attend the meetings
of the council and keep a record of its proceedings. He shall have the custody of the rules,
ordinances and resolutions of the council and shall keep a record of them when adopted by
the council. He shall also have the custody of the city seal....
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11-44B-2
Section 11-44B-2 Ordinances establishing boundaries of seven-council districts and salaries
of mayor and council members; compliance with Voting Rights Act; election of mayor and council;
powers and duties of municipality. If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any
municipality to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission
board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the
seven-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to
the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder; (2)
The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended; (3) 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 that an election for mayor and all...
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11-44G-2
Section 11-44G-2 Procedures in event of vacancy - Mayor. (a)(1) In the event of the absence
or disability of the mayor in any Class 7 or Class 8 municipality, the functions of the office
shall be exercised by the chair pro tempore of the city council and, during his or her absence
or disability, by such person as the city council may appoint from its membership, which appointment
shall be entered upon the minutes of the city council. (2) In the event of a vacancy from
any cause in the office of mayor, the city council shall fill the vacancy either from its
own membership or from without the membership of the city council. The person elected by the
city council to fill the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be a qualified elector in the
municipality and shall meet all other legal qualifications required by law for the performance
of the duties of the office to which elected. (3)a. In the event a vacancy in the office of
mayor is not filled within 60 days after it occurs in a Class 7...
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