40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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11-43A-3.3
Section 11-43A-3.3 Election in Class 7 municipality - Adoption of council-manager form of government. (a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized in this chapter, the governing body of a Class 7 municipality may elect by resolution to adopt a council-manager form of government comprised of a mayor and four council members elected at-large. No petition of qualified electors is required to initiate such an election by the governing body pursuant to this section. If the governing body elects to adopt a council-manager form of government pursuant to this section, an election on the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the municipality. The governing body shall hold the election before January 1, 2011. The question submitted at the election shall be: "Shall the municipality of ______ adopt a council-manager form of government consisting of a mayor and four council members elected in an at-large election to become operative on the first Monday in...
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11-52-16
Section 11-52-16 Alternative structure for Class 6 municipality planning commission. (a) The governing body of any Class 6 municipality may determine by ordinance that the planning commission of the municipality, created under authority of Section 11-52-3, shall consist of seven voting members appointed as follows: (1) Six members appointed by the mayor. (2) One member, appointed by a majority of the city council, who may be a member of the city council. (b) In addition, one nonvoting advisory member shall be appointed by the mayor, who shall be a senior administrative official of the municipality qualified by education, training, experience, and job responsibilities to provide substantive and technical advice, assistance, and guidance to the planning commission in the exercise of its statutory functions. (c) All members of the planning commission shall be at least 21 years of age and, to the extent not inconsistent with this section, shall meet the additional qualifications for...
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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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11-44E-1
Section 11-44E-1 Cities to which chapter applies. Any Class 5 municipality in the State of Alabama may adopt the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by proceeding in the manner hereinafter provided in this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §1.01.)...
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11-44A-1
Section 11-44A-1 Referendum to determine continuation of commission or adoption of mayor-council form of government. Within three months of the approval of this section, the governing body of any Class 7 municipality with a commission form of government organized pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 44, Title 11, by a majority vote of the members of that governing body, may call for a referendum to be held at public expense within 90 days after such call at which the following question shall be submitted to the voters of any such municipality: "Shall the city of ___ adopt a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single member districts? YES _____ NO ______" (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, §1; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-45, p. 68.)...
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11-43A-70
Section 11-43A-70 Adoption of ordinance establishing council-manager form of government; short title. Within three months of the approval of this article by the Governor, the governing body of any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality in the State of Alabama operating under a council-manager or under a mayor-council-city manager form of government may, by a majority vote of the members of that governing body, adopt an ordinance establishing a council-manager form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. All provisions of this article set forth hereinbelow shall apply only to those Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipalities electing to establish a council-manager form of government as set forth herein. This article shall be known as the "Council-Manager Act of 1991". (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §1.)...
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11-43A-3.1
Section 11-43A-3.1 Election in Class 6 municipalities - Time, procedure, etc. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, an election shall be held in every Class 6 municipality wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, at the same time that the election for members of the Alabama legislature is held in 1983; and the question submitted at such election shall be: "shall the council-manager form of government, provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982, with the change in the form of government of such municipality to become operative on the first Monday in October 1986, be adopted for the municipality of _____?" The election shall be held and in all things governed as nearly as possible by the provisions regulating elections on the question the adoption of the council-manager form of government provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982, except that no petition of any of the qualified voters of the municipality need be filed and the mayor of any city...
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11-44E-44
Section 11-44E-44 Powers of commission. The commission shall be the legislative body of the city. It shall have powers vested in it by this chapter. These powers shall be as follows: (1) To establish administrative departments. (2) To adopt the budgets of the city. (3) To authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants. (4) To inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs. (5) To appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by law. (6) To succeed to all the powers, rights, and privileges conferred upon the former governing body of the city by statutes in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government and not in conflict with this chapter. (7) To levy property taxes and impose and collect license taxes and local improvement assessments and enact any such new revenue or adjustments as elsewhere prescribed by law. (8) To...
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11-50-313
Section 11-50-313 Board of directors. (a) Each corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation of which is amended under this article shall have a board of directors which shall constitute the governing body of the corporation, which board shall consist of at least three members. In any Class 4 municipality which has adopted a mayor-council form of government pursuant to Chapter 43B (commencing with Section 11-43B-1) of this title, any corporation formed pursuant to this chapter may have a governing body which shall consist of seven members. Any corporation, located in any Class 5 municipality, which is governed by a local law enacted in the 1995 Regular Session may have a governing body which shall consist of seven members. No fee shall be paid to any director for services rendered with respect to a sanitary sewer system. In any instance where the system or systems owned and operated by the corporation are any one or more of a water system, a gas system, and an electric system,...
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