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11-44B-1
Section 11-44B-1 Ordinance abandoning commission form of government and adopting mayor-council
form. Within three months of January 29, 1985, the governing body of any Class 4 municipality
with a commission form of government may by a majority vote of the members of that governing
body adopt an ordinance abandoning the commission form of government and adopting a mayor-council
form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. Any municipality
desiring to abandon the commission form of government and adopt the form of government provided
for herein, shall adopt an ordinance in substantially the following form: BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE COMMISSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF _____ as follows: Section 1. That, pursuant to Act No.
85-107 of the 1985 First Special Session of the Legislature, the commission form of government,
pursuant to which this municipality has operated, be and the same is hereby abandoned according
to the provisions of said Act No. 85-107. Section 2. That...
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11-40-11
Section 11-40-11 When change in form of government takes effect. No change from the mayor-council
form of municipal government to the commission form of municipal government hereafter directed
by vote of the electors of any municipality in this state shall become effective until October
1 of the general municipal election year next following the election at which such change
is voted. No change from the commission form of municipal government to the mayor-council
form of municipal government hereafter directed by vote of the electors of any municipality
in this state shall become effective until October 1 of the general municipal election year
next following the election at which such change is voted. The term of any commissioner which
might expire before such date is hereby extended until such date when the form of government
changes. (Acts 1959, No. 71, p. 477.)...
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11-43A-115
Section 11-43A-115 Adoption of form of government by majority of votes. If the majority of
votes are in favor of the council-manager form of government, then the council-manager form
of government under this article shall, without further action, be adopted (or continued,
if then currently in effect) by the municipality on the first Monday in October following
the next regularly scheduled municipal election. If the majority of votes are in favor of
the mayor-council form of government, then the mayor-council form of government as prescribed
in Section 11-43-1 et seq., shall, without further action, be adopted by the municipality
on the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election,
and this article shall no longer apply. If the mayor-council form of government is so adopted,
then municipalities having a council elected from seven single-member districts shall continue
to have seven districts with the same boundaries. Under such circumstances, there...
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45-37A-52.250
Section 45-37A-52.250 Abandonment of the mayor-council plan. No city may change from the mayor-council
form of government within two years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period,
or at any time thereafter, the city may change its form of municipal government to: (1) The
form of municipal government applicable to the city prior to its adoption of the mayor-council
form of government, or to (2) The council-manager form of municipal government provided by
Act Number 518 of the 1953 session of the Legislature of Alabama. (3) One of the commission
forms of municipal government provided by Title 37, Alabama Code of 1940, as amended and supplemented.
(Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §9.01.)...
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45-37A-52.03
Section 45-37A-52.03 Second election not to be called within two years. If the mayor-council
form of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting
such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such city for adoption within
two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted
in the manner above provided. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.04.)...
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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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11-44B-10
Section 11-44B-10 Initial territorial limits; reapportionment of council districts; recommended
plan for reapportionment; redistricting ordinance. (a) The initial territorial limits of any
municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter
shall be the same as under its former organization. (b) If following a federal census of population
or an alteration of the corporate limits, any council district shall contain a population
of 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by seven, then there
shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided. (1)
The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of such federal census of population
for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been such substantial change
in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district...
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11-43D-1
Section 11-43D-1 Cities to which chapter applies; form of ordinance. The governing body of
any Class 5 municipality operating under a United States district court consent decree approved
by the court in the case of Tolbert and Petty vs. the City of Bessemer, Civil Action No. 75-297,
by a majority vote of the members thereof may adopt an ordinance establishing a mayor-council
form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this chapter. Any municipality
desiring to adopt a form of government provided for herein shall adopt an ordinance in substantially
the following form: "BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF _____ AS FOLLOWS: "Section
1. That pursuant to Act 89-750 of the 1989 Regular Session of the Legislature, the mayor-council
form of government pursuant to the United States district court decree agreed to by the parties
and approved by the court on the 18th day of October, 1985, in the case of Tolbert and Petty
vs. the City of Bessemer, under which the...
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45-37A-52.04
Section 45-37A-52.04 Proposition submitted; form of ballot. 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: "Shall
the mayor-council form of government, as provided by the Mayor-Council Act of 1955, be adopted
for the City of ___? "Yes ___. "No ___." The voter shall mark his or her ballot
with a cross mark before or after the word which expresses his or her choice. No other proposition
shall be submitted to the voters of such city upon this ballot. 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 1955,
No. 452, p. 1004, §1.05.)...
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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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