11-44B-20
Section 11-44B-20 Powers of city; vesting of existing rights, powers, and properties. The city
shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution
and laws of this state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry and execute
all the powers granted. The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits
for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise,
lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property
as the interest may require; and except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state, or
restricted by this article, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions,
rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of
particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to
the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the...
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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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11-52-80.1
Section 11-52-80.1 Board of Adjustment - Definitions; membership; reversing, affirming or modifying
decisions, etc.; terms of planning commission members terminated; duties, powers, etc. (a)
When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities, and mayor shall have the
meanings as provided for in Section 11-52-1. (b) The council of any Class 5 municipality with
a city manager or mayor commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any
board of adjustment of the municipality created pursuant to Section 11-52-80, shall consist
of seven members: six regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally
as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, to be determined
by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor. (c) In exercising the powers
in subsection (d) of Section 11-52-80, the board may reverse, affirm, or may modify the order,
requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may enter...
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45-37A-52.03
Section 45-37A-52.03 Second election not to be called within two years. If the mayor-council
form of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting
such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such city for adoption within
two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted
in the manner above provided. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.04.)...
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45-8A-23.003
Section 45-8A-23.003 Second election not called within four years. If the council-manager form
of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting such
form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such city for adoption within
four years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted
in the manner above provided. (Acts 1953, No. 404, p. 472, §1.04.)...
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11-43B-28
Section 11-43B-28 Powers generally. (a) The municipality shall have all powers granted to municipal
corporations and to cities by the Constitution, code and laws of this state, together with
all the implied powers necessary to carry out and execute all the powers granted, as well
as any other powers and duties which may heretofore or hereafter be granted to such municipality
and which are not inconsistent with this chapter. (b) The city may acquire property within
or without its corporate limits for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate,
by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage
and control such property as the interest may require. (c) Except as prohibited by the Constitution
of this state or restricted by this chapter, the city shall and may exercise all municipal
powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever.
(d) The enumeration of particular powers by this chapter...
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11-44C-92
Section 11-44C-92 Commission form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting
in the election provided herein choose the court ordered districted 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, then the
provisions of said court ordered districted commission form shall be applicable to said city.
The three commissioners elected under said court ordered plan from single member districts
shall sit as a board and shall possess and exercise all municipal powers, legislative, executive,
and judicial, possessed and exercised by city governing bodies as provided by sections 11-44-70
through 11-44-105, as amended, and other applicable laws, except that all functions, responsibilities
and operations of the city shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners
as a whole. All three commissioners...
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45-37A-52.190
Section 45-37A-52.190 Rights of officers and employees preserved. Nothing in this part, except
as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees
of the city or of any office, department, or agency existing at the time when this part shall
take effect, or any provision of law in force at the time when the mayor-council form of government
shall be adopted, and not inconsistent with this part, in relation to the personnel, appointment,
ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotion, removal, pension, and retirement rights, civil
rights, or any other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or any office,
department, or agency thereof. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.01.)...
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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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11-44C-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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