11-44B-8
Section 11-44B-8 Temporary and permanent vacancies in office of mayor; vacancy on city council.
(a) Temporary Vacancy in the Office of Mayor. The council shall elect from its members, a
president pro tempore of the council. In the case of the temporary absence of the mayor or
his inability to serve temporarily on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president
pro tempore of the council shall act as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of
the mayor during such time. Provided; however, the president pro tempore while acting as mayor
pro tempore shall not exercise the mayor's right to vote nor the right of approval or veto
of ordinances or resolutions, nor receive the rate of compensation or allowance of the mayor.
In the event of a failure or refusal of 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. While...
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11-43-1
Section 11-43-1 Qualifications and residence of mayors, councilmen, and officers. Every mayor,
councilman, and officer elected by the whole electorate of the city or town shall be a resident
and qualified elector of the city or town in which he shall have been elected and shall reside
within the limits of the city or town during his term of office. The councilmen shall be qualified
electors of said city or town, residing within the limits of the ward from which they shall
have been elected and shall reside within the limits of said ward during the term of their
office. (Code 1907, §1069; Code 1923, §1761; Code 1940, T. 37, §403.)...
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11-46-69
Section 11-46-69 Contest of elections - Grounds; commencement of action. (a) The election of
any person declared elected to any office of a city or town may be contested by any person
who was at the time of the election a qualified elector of such city or town for any of the
following causes: (1) Misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any election official,
any marker, the municipal governing body, or any other person; (2) The person whose election
to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the time of such election; (3) Illegal
votes; (4) The rejection of legal votes; or (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or
other misconduct calculated to prevent a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise.
(b) Any contest of such an election must be commenced within five days after the result of
the election is declared. Such contest shall be instituted in the manner prescribed by Section
17-15-29 and, except as otherwise provided in this article, all...
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11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change;
election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners.
Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at
least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city
or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk.
The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters
of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers
and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall
be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon
their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission
and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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11-43C-91
Section 11-43C-91 Procedure for changing form of government; change from mayor-council form
prohibited for four years. The city is prohibited from changing from the mayor-council form
of government within four years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or
at any time thereafter, the city's form of government may be amended or changed when: (i)
Awritten petition executed by 10 percent of the number of those who voted in the last city
election is submitted to the council with the proposed changes or amendments incorporated
in the petition; after presentation of the petition, the council shall call for a referendum
vote on the proposed changes and amendments, and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in the
referendum is in favor of the proposed changes or amendments. After the council receives the
proposed changes and petition, it shall call a special election for the purpose of determining
whether the city shall adopt the changes or amendments. Notice shall be given of the...
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11-44C-91
Section 11-44C-91 Procedure for changing form of government; change from mayor-council form
prohibited for two years. The city is prohibited from changing from the mayor-council form
of government within two years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at
any time thereafter, the city's form of government may be amended or changed when: (1) A written
petition executed by 10 percent of the number of those who voted in the last city election
is submitted to the council with the proposed changes or amendments incorporated in the petition;
after presentation of the petition, the council shall call for a referendum vote on the proposed
changes and amendments, and (2) A majority of the votes cast in the referendum is in favor
of the proposed changes or amendments. After the council receives the proposed changes and
petition, it shall call a special election for the purpose of determining whether the city
shall adopt the changes or amendments. Notice shall be given of the...
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45-18-70.03
Section 45-18-70.03 Qualifications. At the general election in 1988, and every four years thereafter,
the qualified electors residing in each of the districts in Conecuh County shall elect one
commissioner for that district, who shall be a bona fide elector of an shall actually reside
in the district for which elected, and who shall hold office for a period of four years, and
until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified. (Act 86-322, p. 480, §5.)...
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45-37A-52.94
Section 45-37A-52.94 Vacancy. Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason
of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the president of the council shall assume
the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date such vacancy occurs and shall serve
as acting mayor until a new mayor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The acting
mayor shall receive no compensation, expenses, or allowances as a member of the city council
while acting as mayor, but shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for
the mayor whose vacated office he or she fills, and the compensation received for days of
service as acting mayor shall not be counted in determining the maximum annual per diem compensation
permitted council members. While the president of the council is serving as acting mayor he
or she shall not sit with the council or vote on any matters before the council. The election
commission of the city, if there be one, and if not then the...
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45-37A-52.90
Section 45-37A-52.90 Election; term; qualification. The first mayor shall be elected at the
same election at which the council members are elected under Section 45-37A-52.06 and shall
hold office until the second Tuesday in November of that year ending in an odd number which
would give him or her a term of office most closely approximating four years and until his
or her successor is elected and qualified. The first mayor shall qualify and take office in
the manner hereinafter prescribed on the second Monday following the date the election of
all nine council members is completed or on the second Monday following the election of such
mayor, whichever last occurs. The regular election for mayor shall be held on the second Tuesday
in October of the year during which the term of the first mayor elected hereunder terminates
and every four years thereafter. The mayor elected at any such regular election, on or before
the fourth Tuesday of November of the year of such election, shall qualify...
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45-8A-23.055
Section 45-8A-23.055 Presiding officer; mayor and assistant mayor. (a) The councilman elected
by all of the qualified electors of the city shall have the title of mayor. He or she shall
preside at meetings of the council, shall be recognized as the head of the city government
for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for the purposes of military law, shall serve
as chief executive officer for the city, shall develop the basic objectives and policies of
the city in conjunction with the council and with advice from the city manager, shall ensure
the preparations of adequate plans for the long-range growth and development of the city and
annually present such plans for the review of the public and approval by the council, shall
ensure the preparations of plans for the development of resources in this the city and periodically
present such plans to the council for review and approval, shall maintain programs along with
the council to ensure successful future management of the city,...
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