11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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45-37A-150.05
Section 45-37A-150.05 Qualifications and election of mayor, council members, etc.; resolutions
and ordinance. The council shall judge the qualifications and election of the mayor, the president
of the council, and each council member and such other officers as may be elected by the people,
and the resolutions and ordinances that may be adopted by the council under this section shall
not be subject to the approval or disapproval of the mayor. (Act 91-699, p. 1362, §6.)...

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11-43A-75
Section 11-43A-75 Mayor and council members to continue in office until expiration of terms.
The mayor and council members, and all officers of the council, who are holding office on
the date of the preclearance by the United States Department of Justice of the ordinance referenced
in Section 11-43A-70 shall continue in office until the expiration of their current terms,
but they shall be subject to and governed by the council-manager form of government under
this article unless the effective date of such form of government is deferred under Section
11-43A-71(ii) hereinabove, in which event they shall be subject to and governed by the previously
existing form of government until the expiration of said terms. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p.
973, §6.)...
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11-43B-5
Section 11-43B-5 Salary and expenses of mayor and council members; participation in hospitalization,
medical care, and insurance programs. In addition to any salary set by ordinance, the mayor
and council members shall receive their actual and necessary expenses as approved by a majority
of the council incurred in the performance of their duties, but they shall not receive a fixed
expense allowance. The mayor and council members shall be entitled to participate in the municipality's
hospitalization, medical care, and insurance programs to the same extent as other employees.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §5.)...
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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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11-44B-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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11-44B-2
Section 11-44B-2 Ordinances establishing boundaries of seven-council districts and salaries
of mayor and council members; compliance with Voting Rights Act; election of mayor and council;
powers and duties of municipality. If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any
municipality to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission
board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the
seven-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to
the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder; (2)
The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended; (3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal
Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality
shall give notice that an election for mayor and all...
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11-48-10
Section 11-48-10 When council to establish grade of street, alley, sidewalk, etc., to be improved.
Before the passage of the final resolution or ordinance to make any improvement on any street,
avenue, alley, or sidewalk, the cost of which or any part thereof is to be assessed to the
abutting property, if the grade of such street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk has not been established
or if said improvement necessitates a change of grade, the council shall, by ordinance, fix
and establish the grade of such street, avenue, alley, or sidewalk about to be improved and
also the grade of the curb on each side thereof. (Code 1907, §1366; Code 1923, §2181; Acts
1927, No. 639, p. 753; Code 1940, T. 37, §520.)...
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45-35A-54.17
Section 45-35A-54.17 Grants for use, etc., of public streets, property, etc. - Objections,
election. Pending the passage of any such resolution, bylaw, or ordinance, or during the time
intervening between its final passage and the expiration of the 30 days during which publication
shall be made as above provided, the legally qualified voters of the city may by written petition
or petitions addressed to the board of commissioners object to such grant, and if, during
this period, such written petition or petitions signed by at least a number of qualified voters
equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city, or fraction thereof, according to the
last federal census, shall be filed with the board of commissioners, the board shall forthwith
order an election, at which the legally qualified voters of the city shall vote for or against
the proposed grant as set forth in the bylaw, resolution, or ordinance. In the call for the
election the resolution, bylaw, or ordinance making the grant...
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11-50-77
Section 11-50-77 Hearing upon objections as to proposed purchase; amendment, modification,
rescission, etc., of ordinance or resolution and contract by council. At the meeting to be
held as provided for as specified in Section 11-50-75 or at a place and time to which the
same may be adjourned, all persons whose property may be affected by said sewers or sewer
system or by the proposed purchase of the same may appear in person or by attorney or by petition
and object or protest against the purchase of the same, and the council shall consider each
objection and protest, if any, and may confirm, amend, modify, or rescind the original ordinance
or resolution and the contract of purchase made with the owner or owners of the sewers or
sewer system proposed to be purchased, but if objections to the proposed purchase are made
by a majority in area of the property owners against whose property the cost and expense of
the proposed purchase is to be assessed, the purchase shall not take place,...
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