11-43C-2
Section 11-43C-2 Special election as to adoption of mayor-council form of government. After
May 21, 1987, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter applies
may call a special election to be held in 1987, for the purpose of determining whether such
city shall adopt the mayor-council form of government, and shall give notice of the time and
purpose of such election by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper
published in said city or in the nearest larger city. All qualified electors of such city
may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions shall be
plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section 11-43C-3. The election shall be conducted,
the expenses paid, the votes canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as is
or may be provided by law in other city elections. The proposal for which the majority of
the votes cast shall be "yes," or in favor of such proposition, shall...
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11-44C-2
Section 11-44C-2 Special election as to adoption of commission or mayor-council form of government.
Upon March 28, 1985, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter
applies shall call a special election to be held on May 14, 1985, said call for the purpose
of determining whether such city shall adopt the court ordered district commission form of
government in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved
by the court on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs. City of Mobile, Civil Action No.
75-297, or in the alternative the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter,
and shall give notice of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week
for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city. All qualified electors of
such city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions
shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section...
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39-7-14
Section 39-7-14 Board of trustees of authority - Composition; appointment, removal and terms
of office of members; vacancies. (a) Each improvement authority shall have a board of trustees
consisting of not more than five members that are qualified electors residing in the area
serviced by the authority. (b) When the authority is composed of an incorporated city or town,
the trustees shall be appointed by the governing body of the city or town. When the authority
is composed in whole or in part of the inhabitants of an unincorporated area, the governing
body of the county in which the area is composed appoints the trustees. In the event the unincorporated
area is composed of parts of different counties, the Governor of the state shall appoint the
board. All vacancies on the board shall be filled by the proper authority designated in this
section. The first appointment of the members of the board shall be made not later than 30
days after the improvement authority becomes an...
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45-10A-20
Section 45-10A-20 Election of council members. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or general,
or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action No. 87-T-1174-N,
U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City
of Centre in Cherokee County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method,
seats for city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Centre, Alabama, shall consist
of seven members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election
of members of the city council, the seven candidates receiving the greatest number of votes
shall be elected to the council. There shall be no run-off 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.
(c) In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter is authorized to
cast as many as seven votes. Such voter may cast these seven votes...
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45-28A-42.53
Section 45-28A-42.53 Secretary-treasurer; custodial care of the retirement fund. (a) The board
of trustees, if it so elects, and with the approval of the governing body of the city, shall
have the power and authority to appoint a secretary-treasurer of the board who shall serve
at the pleasure of the board and who shall receive a compensation for his or her services
the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) per month or such other amount of compensation as the
board of trustees shall provide by majority vote and shall be approved by the governing body
of the city, to be paid on the first day of each month by warrant drawn in like manner as
other warrants on such fund. The secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees is hereby made,
and it shall be his or her duty to be the custodian of all monies belonging to the policemen's
and firemen's retirement fund, and all monies belonging to such fund, and all money or other
property belonging to such fund, and all money or other property belonging...
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45-37A-242.02
Section 45-37A-242.02 Special property tax. (a) As used in this section, the following words
and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AMENDMENT 373. That amendment to the Constitution
that was proposed by Act 6, 1978 Second Special Session. (2) CITY. Hoover, Alabama. (3) CONSTITUTION.
The Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (4) COUNCIL. Hoover City Council. (5) SECTION 216. Section
216 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (6) SPECIAL TAX. The ad valorem tax authorized
in Section 216 and levied and collected on taxable property in the city. (b) The city presently
levies and collects the special tax at a rate of $2.05 on each one hundred dollars (20.5 mills
on each dollar) of assessed value pursuant to Section 216 and Amendment 373 and an election
held in the city on May 8, 1990. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the city council in accordance
with Amendment 373, the city proposes to increase the rate at which it may levy and collect
the special tax to a maximum rate, for any...
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45-39A-12
Section 45-39A-12 Board of Education - Creation; composition. If the majority of electors voting
vote in favor of changing to an elected board, an elected board of education for the City
of Florence shall be established. The board shall be called the Florence City Board of Education.
The board shall be composed of six members, with one member being elected from each of the
six city council districts by a majority of the qualified electors voting who reside in the
district. (Act 2000-656, p. 1311, §2.)...
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11-40-7
Section 11-40-7 Change of name. Any city or town may change its corporate name by passing an
ordinance stating the new name proposed and submitting the question of change to a vote of
the qualified electors of such municipality at the next general municipal election to be held
therein. The result of the election shall be ascertained by the officers holding such general
election, and return shall be made to the council or other governing authorities which, in
the event that a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of the change, shall
pass a resolution or ordinance declaring the result of the election and stating the new name
of the city or town. (Code 1907, §1074; Code 1923, §1768; Code 1940, T. 37, §6.)...
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11-41-7
Section 11-41-7 Reinstatement of corporate organization of dormant municipalities; appointment
of mayor and councilmen for same. Towns or cities that have permitted their organization to
become dormant and inefficient may, by a petition of a majority of the taxpayers of such town
or city to the probate judge, have their corporate organization reinstated by an order, entered
of record, of the probate judge, who thereupon shall appoint a mayor and councilmen for such
town or city, who shall hold their offices until the next regular election thereafter and
until their successors are elected and qualified. (Code 1907, §1059; Code 1923, §1750; Code
1940, T. 37, §16.)...
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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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