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45-37A-52.56
Section 45-37A-52.56 Powers. Except those powers specifically granted by this part to the mayor
or as otherwise granted to the mayor by law, all powers of the city, including all powers
vested in it by this part, by the laws, general and local, of the state, and the determination
of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing,
the council shall have power to: (1) Adopt the budget of the city. (2) Authorize the issuance
of bonds or warrants. (3) Inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of
the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs. (4) Except as otherwise provided
by law or Act 2016-277, appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized
hereunder or by law. This provision for appointment of members of boards, commissions, or
other bodies authorized hereunder or by law shall supersede any different provision for appointment
of such members contained in any statute or ordinance in...
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11-41-5
Section 11-41-5 Ordering and notice of election of mayor and councilmen for incorporated municipalities;
conduct of election generally; qualifications for voting. Upon making such order of incorporation,
the judge of probate shall order an election to be held by the same inspectors or others appointed
by him for the purpose of electing a mayor and members of the council authorized by this title,
who shall, at such election, be elected from the city or town at large. Such inspectors shall
give 30 days' notice of the time and place of holding the election by posting a notice in
five public places within the limits of such town or city. Said inspectors shall have the
powers and discharge the duties as inspectors and clerks in municipal elections, and said
election shall be conducted, as far as practicable, in the manner prescribed in this title
for the election of city or town officers, and no person shall vote at such election unless
he is a qualified elector of the county and has...
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11-43-3
Section 11-43-3 Election, etc., of treasurer, clerk, etc., in cities having more than 6,000
inhabitants; consolidation or abolishment of offices. (a) In cities having a population of
more than 6,000, there shall be elected by the council, at its first regular meeting or as
soon thereafter as practicable, a city treasurer and a city clerk, who shall hold office until
the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified, and such council
may elect an auditor, and any officers whose election is required by ordinance, and, except
as otherwise provided, the council shall have authority to fix the terms of office, prescribe
their duties, and fix the salaries of the officers. The council may, by ordinance, require
the city treasurer and the city clerk to be residents of the city. Except as provided in subsection
(b), the council, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected, by and with the consent of
the mayor, may consolidate two or more of the offices and may...
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11-43-5
Section 11-43-5 Provision for tax assessor, tax collector, chief of police, etc.; designation
of persons to administer oaths, issue warrants, and approve appearance bonds. The council
may provide for a tax assessor, tax collector, chief of police, and chief of the fire department
and shall specifically prescribe their duties. The council shall designate the persons who
shall administer oaths and issue warrants of arrest for violations of law and the ordinances
of the city or town and the persons authorized to approve appearance bonds of persons arrested.
(Code 1907, §1227; Code 1923, §1951; Code 1940, T. 37, §407.)...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and
as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council
elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties
as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43,
Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be
now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members
who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population
according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less,
than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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11-52-2
Section 11-52-2 Adoption, amendment, execution, etc., of municipal plan and creation of municipal
planning commission authorized; designations of planning commissions. (a) Any municipality
is hereby authorized and empowered to make, adopt, amend, extend, add to, or carry out a municipal
plan as provided in this article and to create by ordinance a planning commission with the
powers and duties herein set forth. (b) The planning commission of a city shall be designated
city planning commission and the planning commission of a town, town planning commission,
as its council may specify. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §787.)...
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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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39-7-33
Section 39-7-33 Purpose of chapter; chapter exclusive as to franchises, licenses, permits,
etc., for authorities. (a) This chapter is intended to aid the state in the execution of its
duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and
adequate power to fulfill their functions. (b) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
chapter, it shall not be necessary for any improvement authority incorporated under this chapter
to obtain, prior to engaging in an enterprise of furnishing a service or acquiring, constructing,
reconstructing, improving or extending a plant system, any certificate of convenience or necessity,
franchise, license, permit or any other authorization from any board, bureau, commission,
department or other like agency of the state or any county, city or town of the state. (Acts
1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §48.)...
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11-50-344
Section 11-50-344 Transfer of existing water or sewer systems to board; powers of board as
to conveyance, etc., of title to systems. The council of any city which shall have theretofore
created a board of water and sewer commissioners and the waterworks board of any such city
which shall have theretofore been formed under the provisions of Sections 11-50-230 through
11-50-241 are each hereby authorized and empowered, without the necessity of authorization
of an election by the qualified voters of said city, to transfer and convey to such board
of water and sewer commissioners all or any part of any water system or sewer system or both
such systems then owned and operated by such city or by such waterworks board for such considerations
and upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon; provided, however, that
any such transfer or conveyance shall be subject to all bonds, mortgages, and other obligations,
including revenue bonds, then outstanding which shall have...
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11-50-98
Section 11-50-98 Form, terms, denominations, etc., of bonds; execution, sale, etc., thereof.
The bonds authorized to be issued by this division shall be negotiable and payable to the
bearer and may be payable in lawful money of the United States as the council may prescribe.
By the ordinance providing for the issue of such bonds, full provision shall be made for their
form and character. Said bonds shall have coupons attached to represent the interest thereon,
and the council may provide that such bonds may be changed from coupon to registered bonds
or vice versa. Such bonds shall be of such denomination or denominations as the council may
direct, not to exceed $1,000.00 each, and not to be less than $50.00 each. They shall bear
interest at a rate not to exceed six percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually,
at such place or places as may be designated therein. They shall be issued under the corporate
seal of the city or town and shall be signed by the mayor and the treasurer...
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