41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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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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11-43C-11
Section 11-43C-11 Government known as "mayor-council form of government"; powers of city vested in council; manner in which powers exercised. The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this chapter shall be known as the "mayor-council form of government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the council," which shall enact ordinances, adopt budgets and determine policies. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §11.)...
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11-44C-11
Section 11-44C-11 Government known as "mayor-council form of government"; powers of city vested in council; manner in which powers exercised. The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this chapter shall be known as the "mayor-council form of government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the council," which shall enact ordinances, adopt budgets and determine policies. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §11.)...
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45-20A-10.04
Section 45-20A-10.04 Board of education - Powers and duties. (a) Upon the assumption of office of the initially elected and city council-appointed members of the board of education in October 2002, the Andalusia City Board of Education as provided in this part shall be constituted and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the prior members of the board of education shall end. (b)(l) Upon assumption of office of the initial elected and board-appointed members of the board of education, these members shall have the powers, authority, duties, and responsibilities as are otherwise provided by law for members of city boards of education as set forth in Chapter 11, commencing with Section 16-11-1, of Title 16. (2) At the first meeting after the board is constituted, and every two years thereafter, the board shall by majority vote of those voting, select a chair from among its members. (3) All property, records, supplies, and equipment of the prior board of...
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11-43A-8
Section 11-43A-8 Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)" and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members. One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts. The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In...
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11-44B-11
Section 11-44B-11 City clerk, finance director, revenue director, city attorney, assistant city attorneys, and city department heads continued in office; powers and duties; claims against city; financial records; warrants; deposit of public money; payment of moneys due municipality; office space, supplies, and other support. (a) If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government as herein provided holds office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk under the mayor-council form of government of such city and his successors shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service or merit system. The city clerk shall attend the meetings of the council and keep a record of its proceedings. He shall have the custody of the rules, ordinances and resolutions of the council and shall keep a record of them when adopted by the council. He shall also have the custody of the city seal....
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45-9A-50
Section 45-9A-50 City Board of Education; election. (a) If a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality voting in the authorizing referendum election vote in favor of an elected city board of education, the board shall be established as provided in this section and the Legislature, as provided in Amendment 659, from time to time, by local law may provide further for the election of the Lanett City Board of Education. The local laws may provide for the termination of the terms of office of members of the existing city board of education; the composition of the city board of education; initial and succeeding terms of office, including staggered terms; election districts and at-large membership; qualifications; powers, duties, and responsibilities; vacancies; compensation; and any other matter that the Legislature determines necessary for the operation of the board. (b) If the majority of electors voting pursuant to Act 2000-428 vote in favor of changing to an elected board,...
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45-28A-30
Section 45-28A-30 Board of education - Established. (a) There is hereby established a school board for the City of Attalla, Alabama, which board shall be called the Attalla Board of Education. The members of such board shall be elected by vote of the qualified electors of the City of Attalla, Alabama, as hereinafter provided. The board shall be composed of five members, with one member of such board being elected from each of five school districts as defined in subsection (b). (b) The school districts from which such board members are to be elected shall be geographically identical to the districts from which the five council members of the City of Attalla are elected. In the event the boundaries of a city council district should be changed for any reason, the boundaries of the corresponding school board district within the City of Attalla shall automatically change accordingly without the necessity of further action by the Legislature. (c) Candidates for each place on the city board...
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45-37A-52.250
Section 45-37A-52.250 Abandonment of the mayor-council plan. No city may change 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 may change its form of municipal government to: (1) The form of municipal government applicable to the city prior to its adoption of the mayor-council form of government, or to (2) The council-manager form of municipal government provided by Act Number 518 of the 1953 session of the Legislature of Alabama. (3) One of the commission forms of municipal government provided by Title 37, Alabama Code of 1940, as amended and supplemented. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §9.01.)...
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