11-44C-7
Section 11-44C-7 Qualification of council candidates; votes cast by each voter; majority vote
requirements; run-off elections; elections held quadrennially; when elected councilmen take
office; term of office; councilman may succeed himself. Council candidates shall qualify as
provided by law and shall have the qualification and eligibility set forth herein. Each voter
in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from his district, and one vote for a candidate
for mayor. Any district councilman candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast
from the district in which he is a candidate shall be elected as a district councilman in
his district. In the event that a district councilman candidate, should fail to receive such
a majority, then another election shall be held upon the same day of the week three weeks
thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and
regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for each...
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11-52-1
Section 11-52-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words or phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) MUNICIPALITY or MUNICIPAL. Cities or towns. (2) MAYOR. The chief executive of the municipality,
whether the official designation of his office be mayor, city manager, or otherwise. (3) COUNCIL.
The chief legislative body of the municipality. (4) COUNTY COMMISSION. The chief administrative
or legislative body of the county. (5) STREETS. Streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes,
alleys, viaducts, and other ways. (6) SUBDIVISION. The division of a lot, tract, or parcel
of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of sale, of lease, or of building development. The term includes resubdivision
and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land
or territory subdivided. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p....
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11-43-7.3
Section 11-43-7.3 Salary of members of city council of Class 1 municipalities. (a) This section
shall relate to only any Class 1 municipality. (b) Effective beginning the term of office
commencing in 2017, the annual salary for each member of the city council of the Class 1 municipality
shall be set and adjusted each regular four-year term by the State Personnel Board, by determining
the median household income of the city rounded up to the nearest thousand, to take effect
on the first day of January of each new term. (c) The salary provided in subsection (b) shall
constitute the total salary payable to the presiding officers and members of the city council,
beginning with the term commencing immediately after any municipal election in 2017. (d) The
city council of the Class 1 municipality may not increase, supplement, or otherwise enlarge
the salary payable to the members of the city council. (Act 2017-275, §§1-3.)...
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11-43-80
Section 11-43-80 Powers and duties generally; office; salary; employment, salary, etc., as
superintendent of municipal light, water, sewage, etc., systems. (a) The mayor shall have
the powers and perform the duties provided by this title and by other applicable provisions
of law and shall keep an office in the city or town. (b) The mayor shall receive such salary
as the council may prescribe, which must be fixed by the council not less than six months
prior to each general municipal election; provided, however, the six-month requirement in
this section may be waived when necessary to comply with a mandate by the U.S. Justice Department
pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, or with an order issued by a state
or federal court. (c) In municipalities which own and operate light and power systems, municipal
water systems, municipal sewage systems, and municipal gas systems, one or any of them, may,
by resolution of the governing body duly entered in its minutes, require the...
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11-43B-7
Section 11-43B-7 Council not to direct appointment or removal of any person from office; appointment
of civil service employees; limits on supervision of employees by council. Neither the council
nor any of its members shall direct or request the mayor or any employee of the city to appoint
or remove any person from office or position, or in any manner take part in the appointment
or removal of employees in the service of the city; but the council may express its views
and freely and fully discuss with the mayor anything pertaining to the work of any employee.
Employees of the city subject to civil service appointment shall be appointed pursuant to
the applicable law, rule, and regulation, and in the event that such law, rule, or regulation
should allow a selection by the city from among qualified candidates, such selection shall
be made by the mayor. Except for the purpose of investigation or inquiry, neither the council
nor any of its members shall either publicly or privately...
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11-43C-34
Section 11-43C-34 Mayor - Qualifications. The mayor shall be a qualified elector, and shall
have been a resident of the city at least 90 days prior to the election and shall reside within
the city during his term of office and shall have attained the age of 25 years. (Acts 1987,
No. 87-102, p. 116, §34.)...
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11-44C-34
Section 11-44C-34 Mayor - Qualifications. The mayor shall be a qualified elector, and shall
have been a resident of the city at least 90 days prior to the election and shall reside within
the city during his term of office and shall have attained the age of 25 years. (Acts 1985,
No. 85-229, p. 96, §34.)...
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11-44C-93
Section 11-44C-93 Provisions applicable regardless of form of government chosen. It is the
legislative intent of this bill that the following provisions shall apply regardless of which
form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided
herein choose: (1) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government
chosen shall adopt an ordinance to provide that all appointments made by the mayor, council
or city commission to positions in city government, boards, commissions, agencies, authorities,
or any other organization or entity of the city or to any positions to which said officials
make appointments, shall fairly and equitably reflect the makeup of the total community with
due consideration given to all demographic characteristics of the population. (2) Within 30
days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance
to provide that all contracts or agreements entered into by the city or...
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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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41-9-371
Section 41-9-371 Vacancies. Upon the death, resignation, failure, or refusal to serve of any
appointed commissioner, his or her office shall become vacant, and the Governor, President
of the Senate, or the Speaker, as the case may be, shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy
for the unexpired term of the former appointee. (Acts 1951, No. 926, p. 1575, §2; Acts 1993,
No. 93-613, p. 1004, §1.)...
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