11-43D-2
Section 11-43D-2 Adoption of ordinance establishing boundaries of council districts; election
of mayor and city council; assumption of office; future elections; powers and duties. If said
ordinance as hereinabove set out be adopted by the governing body of any municipality to which
this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter the governing body shall adopt an
ordinance establishing the boundaries of the six 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) The election of the mayor and all the members of the city council shall be
held as set by ordinance by the council and quadrennially thereafter and in accordance with
the provisions and terms of the general election laws governing mayor-council elections under
the general laws of the State of Alabama. (3) On the first Monday in October, after the election
of the mayor and council, the newly elected mayor and council...
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11-44C-2
Section 11-44C-2 Special election as to adoption of commission or mayor-council form of government.
Upon March 28, 1985, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter
applies shall call a special election to be held on May 14, 1985, said call for the purpose
of determining whether such city shall adopt the court ordered district commission form of
government in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved
by the court on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs. City of Mobile, Civil Action No.
75-297, or in the alternative the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter,
and shall give notice of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week
for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city. All qualified electors of
such city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions
shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section...
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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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11-50-341
Section 11-50-341 Creation. (a) The council of any city may, by ordinance, create a board of
water and sewer commissioners for such city. Such ordinance shall set forth: (1) The determination
by the council to create such board under the provisions of this article. (2) The name of
such board, which shall be "Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the City of _____"
(inserting the name of the city) and the temporary address of its principal office. (3) The
names of the persons appointed by the council as members of such board and the expiration
of their respective terms of office. (4) The determination by the council whether the water
system of the city or the sewer system of the city or both such systems shall be transferred
to the board and the consideration to be received for such transfer. (b) A copy of such ordinance
shall be published once in a newspaper published and having a general circulation in such
city, accompanied by a notice signed by the city clerk stating the time...
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45-8A-23.232
Section 45-8A-23.232 Status of officers and employees holding positions when council-manager
form of government is adopted. Any person holding an office or position in the civil service
of the city under any civil service or merit system applicable to the city when the council-manager
form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service
of the city under the council-manager form of government and with the same status, rights,
and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable civil service or merit
system. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §8.03.)...
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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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11-43C-81
Section 11-43C-81 Pending legal actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or
criminal, pending at the time of the organization under the mayor-council form of government,
brought by or against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall
be affected or abated by the change to the mayor-council form of government or by anything
contained in this chapter; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding
that functions, powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency or officer party thereto
may by or under this chapter be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or
agency or officer; but in that event, the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of
the office, department, or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned
or transferred by or under the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116,
§81.)...
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11-44C-81
Section 11-44C-81 Pending legal actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or
criminal, pending at the time of the organization under the mayor-council form of government,
brought by or against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall
be affected or abated by the change to the mayor-council form of government or by anything
contained in this chapter; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding
that functions, powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency or officer party thereto
may by or under this chapter be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or
agency or officer, but in that event, the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of
the office, department, or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned
or transferred by or under the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96,
§81.)...
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45-37A-52.196
Section 45-37A-52.196 Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or criminal,
pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government, brought by or
against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected
or abated by the adoption of the mayor-council form of government or by anything therein contained
in this part; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions,
powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency or officer party thereto may be or
under this part be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or agency or officer,
but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department,
or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned or transferred by
or under this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.07.)...
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11-43A-99
Section 11-43A-99 Continuation in office of persons holding administrative office until different
provision made; transfer of powers and duties of abolished offices. All persons holding any
administrative office on the date that the council-manager form of government under this article
is made effective shall continue in office and in the performance of their respective duties
until different provision shall be made for the performance of such duties or until the discontinuance
of such office. 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 or by law. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §30.)...
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