11-45-2
Section 11-45-2 Style of ordinances; procedure for adoption of ordinances or resolutions generally;
manner of awarding contracts on bids. (a) The style of an ordinance of a city or town shall
be, "Be it ordained by the city (or town) council of ___ as follows:" inserting
the name of the city or town as the case may be. (b) No ordinance or resolution intended to
be of permanent operation shall be adopted by the council at the same meeting at which it
is introduced, unless unanimous consent of those present is given for the immediate consideration
of such ordinance or resolution, such consent to be shown by a vote taken by yeas and nays,
and the names of the members voting shall be entered upon the minutes, and no ordinance or
resolution intended to be of permanent operation shall become a law unless on its final passage
a majority of the members elected to said council in cities of over 12,000 inhabitants shall
vote in its favor. In all towns and in cities of less than 12,000...
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11-45-3
Section 11-45-3 Transmittal of ordinances or resolutions to mayor for consideration; approval
by mayor and publication by clerk; recall of ordinances or resolutions from mayor. In cities
having a population of 12,000 or more, all resolutions or ordinances intended to be of permanent
operation, after having been passed by the council, shall be transmitted by the clerk, within
48 hours after their passage, to the mayor or acting mayor for his consideration, who, if
he shall approve thereof, shall sign and return the same to the clerk, who shall publish them,
and such ordinances and resolutions shall thereupon have the force of law; provided, that
the council may provide that they shall be effective from approval. An ordinance or resolution
may be recalled from the mayor at any time before it has become a law or has been acted on
by him by a resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to the council in regular
or special session. (Code 1907, §1185; Code 1923, §1901; Code...
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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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11-43C-28
Section 11-43C-28 Meetings of council; quorum; majority vote requirement; procedure; record
of proceedings; procedure as to ordinances or resolutions of permanent operation; publication;
no veto as to council actions relating to an investigation. The council shall hold regular
public meetings weekly, day or night, at a regular hour to be fixed by said council from time
to time and publicly announced; it may hold such special or other meetings as the business
of the city may require. The presence of three council members will constitute a quorum for
the conduct of official council business. The affirmative vote of at least three members of
the council shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, ordinance, or the
transaction of any business of any sort by the said council or the exercise of any of the
powers conferred upon it by the terms of this chapter or bylaw, or which may hereafter be
conferred upon it. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting any franchise,...
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11-44C-28
Section 11-44C-28 Meetings of council; quorum; majority vote requirement; procedure; record
of proceedings; procedure as to ordinances or resolutions of permanent operation; publication;
no veto as to council actions relating to an investigation. The council shall hold regular
public meetings weekly, day or night, at a regular hour to be fixed by said council from time
to time and publicly announced; it may hold such special or other meetings as the business
of the city may require. The presence of five council members will constitute a quorum for
the conduct of official council business. The affirmative vote of at least five members of
the council shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw ordinance, or the
transaction of any business of any sort by the said council or the exercise of any of the
powers conferred upon it by the terms of this chapter or bylaw, or which may hereafter be
conferred upon it. No resolution, bylaw or ordinance granting any franchise,...
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11-44B-6
Section 11-44B-6 Meetings; quorum; majority vote requirements; procedure for adoption of ordinances
and resolutions; approval or veto of mayor; record of proceedings; power of council as to
city employees; all powers of city vested in council. (a) The council shall hold regular public
meetings at least once a week at some regular hour to be fixed by the council. The council
may hold such adjourned, called, or other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. (b)
All council meetings shall comply with the applicable law concerning open or public meetings.
(c) A majority of the elected membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. For the purposes of determining
a quorum, the mayor shall not be counted. (d) The affirmative vote of a majority of the council
members present, and the mayor in the event of a tie, as provided by this article, shall be
sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance,...
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45-37A-52.64
Section 45-37A-52.64 Meetings; passage of ordinances, etc. The council shall hold regular public
meetings on Tuesday of each and every week at a regular hour to be fixed by the order of the
council from time to time and publicly announced. The council may hold such adjourned, called,
special, or other meetings as the business of the city may require. The president of the council,
when present, shall preside at all meetings of the council. Five members of the council shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council,
and the affirmative vote of at least four members of the council provided such four constitute
a majority of those voting shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, 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 this part or by law, or which may hereafter be conferred
upon the council. No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance...
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11-45-4
Section 11-45-4 Veto of ordinances and resolutions, and passage over veto generally. (a) Except
as provided in subsection (b), if the mayor shall disapprove of any ordinance or resolution
transmitted to him or her as provided in Section 11-45-3, within 10 days of the time of its
passage by the council, he or she shall return the same to the clerk with his or her objections
in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city
council. If two thirds of the members elected to the council shall adhere to the ordinance
or resolution notwithstanding the objections, the vote being taken by yeas and nays and spread
upon the minutes, then the ordinance or resolution, after publication thereof, shall have
the force of law, unless by its terms it was to take effect on its approval, in which event
it shall take effect upon its passage over the veto. The failure of the mayor to return to
the clerk an ordinance or resolution with his or her veto within 10 days...
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11-43A-24
Section 11-43A-24 Regular public meetings of council; adjourned, called, special, or other
meetings; quorum; when vote of majority of quorum sufficient; when vote of majority of council
required; procedure; record of proceedings; journal; unanimous consent for passage of certain
ordinances at meeting where introduced; publication of ordinances. 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 said council and publicly announced. It may hold such
adjourned, called, or special or other meetings as the business of the municipality may require.
The mayor when present, and in his absence the assistant mayor, shall preside at all meetings
of said 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 said council. The affirmative
vote of a majority of the quorum shall be necessary and...
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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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