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11-43-40
Section 11-43-40 Composition of city councils; voting by president of council. (a) Except as
provided in Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities
and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according
to the most recent or any subsequent federal decennial census, in cities having a population
of 12,000 or more, the following officers shall be elected at each general municipal election,
who shall compose the city council for the cities and who shall hold office for four years
and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall exercise the legislative
functions of city government and any other powers and duties which are or may be vested by
law in the city council or its members: (1) In cities having seven wards or less, a president
of the city council and two aldermen from each ward, to be elected by the qualified voters
of the several wards voting separately in every ward; except, that in...
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11-43C-90
Section 11-43C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the five districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be drafted...
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11-43D-21
Section 11-43D-21 Temporary absence or disability of mayor; filling vacancies. (a) In the case
of absences of the mayor from the city or his inability to serve on account of sickness or
any other good reason, the president of the council or president pro tem of the council, in
case of absence or disability of the president of the council, shall act as mayor pro tempore
with the power and authority of the mayor during such time. In the event of a failure or refusal
of the president of the council or the president pro tempore to act, the council may appoint
one of its members to act as mayor pro tempore with like effect which appointment shall be
entered in the minutes of the council. (b) In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the
office of the mayor, council member-at-large, or council members from a district, the council
shall call for an election to fill said vacancy which shall be called and held not less than
30 nor more than 60 days from the occurrence of said vacancy. Notice...
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11-44C-90
Section 11-44C-90 Reapportionment of council districts because of population change. Whenever
there shall be a change in the population in any of the seven districts heretofore established
following a decennial federal census beginning in 1990, there shall be a reapportionment of
the council districts in the following manner: (1) The mayor shall within six months after
the publication of the 1990 federal census, and each decennial federal census thereafter,
file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for the reapportionment of the
council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district
shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and
its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries. b.
Each district shall contain as nearly as is reasonable the same population. The report shall
include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be...
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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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45-23A-21
Section 45-23A-21 City council. (a) Notwithstanding any law, whether special, local, general,
or municipal ordinance, to the contrary, pursuant to Civil Action No. 85-T-1332-N, U.S. District
Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City of Daleville
in Dale County, shall not designate by place number or by other similar method seats for its
city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Daleville, 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 highest number of votes shall be elected
to the council. There shall be no runoff election. In the event of a tie vote for the fifth
highest receiving votes, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected
mayor and council. In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter shall
be entitled to vote for any number of candidates from one to...
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45-37A-52.57
Section 45-37A-52.57 Council not to interfere in appointments or removals. Neither the council
nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his or
her removal from, office or position by the mayor or by any of his or her subordinates, or
in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the administrative
service of the city. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members shall
deal with the administrative service solely through the mayor and neither the council nor
any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the mayor, either publicly or
privately. Any council member violating this section, or voting for a resolution or ordinance
in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall cease to be a council member. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, ยง3.08.)...
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11-43A-20
Section 11-43A-20 Clerk of municipality; when subject to civil service or merit system; duties.
If the clerk of any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government holds
office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the clerk
under the council-manager form of government of such municipality, and his successor shall
be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service or merit system.
If the clerk of the municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government does
not hold office subject to any civil service or merit system, the council shall elect the
clerk by a majority vote of those members elected to the council. The clerk shall give notice
of the meetings of the council and shall keep the journal of its proceedings which shall be
authenticated by his signature. He shall record in full in said journal all ordinances or
resolutions and the minutes of all meetings of the council. He shall perform...
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11-43B-4
Section 11-43B-4 Conduct of elections; residency requirements; qualifying fee; statement of
campaign expenses and contributions. The initial elections provided for herein, and all subsequent
elections, shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, the results declared, and those elected
assume the duties of their offices in the same manner as provided by the general law of the
state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council forms of government, except as otherwise
provided by state statute. The mayor shall be elected by the whole of the electors of the
city and shall have been a resident of the city for at least 90 days prior to his or her election.
Council members shall be elected by the electors of the district which they represent, and
shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior
to their election. Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or council member must,
at the time of filing a statement of candidacy, pay to the...
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11-43-42
Section 11-43-42 Exercise of functions of mayor during absence or disability of mayor; filling
of vacancies in offices of mayor, president and president pro tempore of council. (a) In case
of the absence of the mayor from a city of 12,000 or more inhabitants or his inability to
serve on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president of the council or the
president pro tempore of the council in case of absence or disability of the president of
the council shall act as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of the mayor during
such time. In the event of a failure or refusal of the president of the council or the president
pro tempore of the council to act, the council may appoint one of its members to act as mayor
pro tempore with like effect, which appointment shall be entered in the minutes of the council.
In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of mayor, the president of the council
shall succeed to the office of mayor for the unexpired term. In the...
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