45-42-162.08
Section 45-42-162.08 Elections. The metropolitan-government shall be governed by a commission
of nine part-time members and a full-time mayor. The election for the first officers of the
metropolitan-government shall be held on the date established by the judge of probate. Before
such election the governing body of the municipalities and the county shall cause the metropolitan
area to be divided into nine districts containing as nearly as possible an equal number of
people. The division of the metropolitan-government into districts shall be by a committee
appointed as follows: Three persons appointed by the Limestone County Commission; two persons
appointed by the Athens City Commission; two persons by a committee of mayors from the four
incorporated cities; one person appointed by the Limestone County School Board; and one person
appointed by the Athens City School Board. Candidates for metropolitan-government offices
shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general municipal...
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45-8A-23.050
Section 45-8A-23.050 Number, election, term. The council shall have five to seven members consisting
of one councilman who shall be elected by all of the qualified voters of the city, and the
remainder of such councilmen shall reside within a residential ward and be elected by all
of the qualified voters from such ward. Any election of councilmen shall be held and conducted,
at the same times and in the same manner, as provided by law in respect to municipal elections
in cities of this state, not organized under a commission form of government. All municipal
officers of the city shall have the same duties and responsibilities as they have with respect
to said municipal elections. The officer or officers shall issue any orders necessary to cause
all election requirements to be met. Each councilman shall hold office for four years, but
shall serve until his or her successor shall have qualified. A councilman may succeed himself
or herself in office. Each councilman elected from a...
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11-44B-7
Section 11-44B-7 Powers and duties of mayor. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of said
council and sit with said council. Provided, however, the mayor shall not, for any purpose,
be a member of the council, shall vote only in the case of a tie, and shall have the right
of veto as provided herein. (1) The mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall
have general supervision and control of all other officers and the affairs of the city except
as otherwise provided by this article and general statutes of the state. (2) The mayor shall
devote full time to the duties of his office. The mayor shall maintain an office at the city
hall and be present thereat during reasonable hours when not otherwise absent therefrom on
other duties of the city. (3) The mayor shall, each quarter, prepare a detailed statement
of all receipts and expenses of the city, and annually, at the end of each fiscal year, the
mayor shall cause the books and accounts of the city to be audited by a...
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45-8A-21
Section 45-8A-21 Anniston City Board of Education. (a) A school board as established by the
City of Anniston, Alabama, shall be called "The Anniston City Board of Education."
The board shall be composed of one member being elected from each of the wards in the city
as defined in this section by a majority of the qualified electors voting who reside in each
of the wards, and one member elected citywide. (b) The initial school board districts for
the elected members shall be geographically identical to the wards of the city council. If
the boundaries of the wards for the election of the city council should be changed for any
reason, the boundaries of the corresponding school board district shall automatically change
accordingly without the necessity of further action by the Legislature. (c) Candidates for
each elected place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, residents
of the board of education district which they seek to represent on the board for at least
90...
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11-43-21
Section 11-43-21 Qualifications; compensation; powers and duties; bond; term of office and
removal. (a) A city manager employed under the provisions of this article shall have the authority
and be charged with the duties, liabilities, and penalties and shall hold office and receive
compensation as set forth in this section: The city manager shall be the administrative head
of the municipal government. He shall be chosen by the governing body of the municipality
without regard to political beliefs and solely upon the basis of his executive and administrative
qualifications. The choice shall not be limited to inhabitants of the municipality or of the
State of Alabama. The city manager shall receive such compensation as may be prescribed by
ordinance of the governing body, which shall be payable in 12 monthly installments from the
municipal treasury. During the absence or disability of the city manager the governing body
shall designate some properly qualified person to perform the duties...
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45-37A-52.65
Section 45-37A-52.65 Granting of franchises. No resolution or ordinance, granting to any person,
firm, or corporation any franchise, lease, or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares,
or public ways of any city organized under this part, either in, under, upon, along, through,
or over same shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after the final enactment of
same by the council and publication of the resolution or ordinance in full once a week for
three consecutive weeks in some daily newspaper published in the city, which publication shall
be made at the expense of the persons, firm, or corporation applying for the grant. Pending
the passage of any such resolution or ordinance or during the time intervening between its
final passage, and the expiration of the 30 days during which publication shall be made as
above provided, the legally qualified voters of the city, by written petition or petitions
addressed to the council, may object to such grant, and if...
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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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11-50-344
Section 11-50-344 Transfer of existing water or sewer systems to board; powers of board as
to conveyance, etc., of title to systems. The council of any city which shall have theretofore
created a board of water and sewer commissioners and the waterworks board of any such city
which shall have theretofore been formed under the provisions of Sections 11-50-230 through
11-50-241 are each hereby authorized and empowered, without the necessity of authorization
of an election by the qualified voters of said city, to transfer and convey to such board
of water and sewer commissioners all or any part of any water system or sewer system or both
such systems then owned and operated by such city or by such waterworks board for such considerations
and upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon; provided, however, that
any such transfer or conveyance shall be subject to all bonds, mortgages, and other obligations,
including revenue bonds, then outstanding which shall have...
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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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11-81-166
Section 11-81-166 Revenue bonds - Authority for issuance; authorization proceedings generally;
form, terms, denominations, etc.; execution and delivery generally; maturity and sale; payment
generally; trust indentures. (a) Any borrower may issue its revenue bonds for the purpose
of: (1) Financing the acquisition, improvement, enlargement, extension and repair, or any
of them, of a system or systems; (2) Refunding the principal of and the interest on any bonds
of such borrower theretofore issued under this article and then outstanding, whether or not
such principal and interest shall have matured at the time of such refunding; or (3) Financing
any such acquisition, improvement, enlargement, extension and repair, or any of them, and
refunding any such principal and interest. (b) Any bonds issued under this article shall be
made payable solely out of the revenues from the operation of a system or systems of the borrower
and may be made payable from any such revenues without regard to...
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