45-49-120.28
Section 45-49-120.28 Attendance of witnesses; fees; false oaths. Any person who shall be served
with a subpoena, issued in the course of an investigation or hearing conducted under this
part, to appear and testify or to produce books and papers, who shall disobey or neglect to
obey any such subpoena shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The fees of witnesses for attendance
and travel shall be the same as fees of witnesses before the courts of record and shall be
paid as is provided in Section 45-49-120.29. Any judge of a court of record, either in term
time or vacation upon application of a member of the board or the director, shall compel the
attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers, and the giving of testimony before
the board or an agent thereof by attachment, or contempt, or otherwise, in the same manner
as the production of evidence shall be compelled before the court. Any person who, having
taken oath or made affirmation in the cause of any investigation or hearing...
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45-8A-23.055
Section 45-8A-23.055 Presiding officer; mayor and assistant mayor. (a) The councilman elected
by all of the qualified electors of the city shall have the title of mayor. He or she shall
preside at meetings of the council, shall be recognized as the head of the city government
for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for the purposes of military law, shall serve
as chief executive officer for the city, shall develop the basic objectives and policies of
the city in conjunction with the council and with advice from the city manager, shall ensure
the preparations of adequate plans for the long-range growth and development of the city and
annually present such plans for the review of the public and approval by the council, shall
ensure the preparations of plans for the development of resources in this the city and periodically
present such plans to the council for review and approval, shall maintain programs along with
the council to ensure successful future management of the city,...
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45-8A-23.173
Section 45-8A-23.173 Director of finance - Powers and duties. The director of finance shall
have charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the city, and to that end he
or she shall have authority and shall be required to: (1) Compile the current expense estimates
for the budget for the city manager; (2) Compile the capital estimates for the budget for
the city manager; (3) Supervise and be responsible for the disbursement of all monies and
have control over all expenditures to insure that budget appropriations are not exceeded;
(4) Maintain a general accounting system for the city government and each of its offices,
departments, and agencies; keep books for and exercise financial budgetary control over each
office, department, and agency; keep separate accounts for the items of appropriation contained
in the city budget, each of which accounts shall show the amount of the appropriation, the
amounts paid therefrom, the unpaid obligations against it and the unencumbered...
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45-8A-23.230
Section 45-8A-23.230 Rights of officers and employees preserved. Nothing in this part contained,
except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers
or employees of the city or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time
when this part shall take effect, or any provision of law in force at the time when the council-manager
form of government shall be adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions of 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, board, or agency thereof. (Acts 1953,
No. 404, p. 472, §8.01.)...
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8-12A-2
Section 8-12A-2 Assertion of patent infringement in bad faith. (a) A person may not assert
a claim of patent infringement in bad faith. (b) The Attorney General may investigate claims
of patent infringement alleged to have been made in bad faith and may do both of the following:
(1) Issue subpoenas to any person to appear and produce relevant papers, documents, and physical
evidence, and administer an oath or affirmation to any person, in aid of any investigation
or inquiry into possible violations of this chapter. Subpoenas shall be served in accordance
with the appropriate Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon failure of a person without lawful
excuse to obey a subpoena, the Attorney General may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction
for an order compelling compliance. After an action is commenced, discovery may proceed in
accordance with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (2) Initiate a civil action in the name
of the state, as necessary, to seek injunctive and any other...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and
as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council
elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties
as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43,
Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be
now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members
who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population
according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less,
than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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11-44E-44
Section 11-44E-44 Powers of commission. The commission shall be the legislative body of the
city. It shall have powers vested in it by this chapter. These powers shall be as follows:
(1) To establish administrative departments. (2) To adopt the budgets of the city. (3) To
authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants. (4) To inquire into the conduct of any office,
department, or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs. (5) To
appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by
law. (6) To succeed to all the powers, rights, and privileges conferred upon the former governing
body of the city by statutes in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor/commission/city
manager form of government and not in conflict with this chapter. (7) To levy property taxes
and impose and collect license taxes and local improvement assessments and enact any such
new revenue or adjustments as elsewhere prescribed by law. (8) To...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at the
capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her opinion
in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the state
or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries,
Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners, Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue or
any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or her duty so to
do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration of the committee.
b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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11-44D-2
Section 11-44D-2 Form of referendum ballot; use of voting machines. At such election the proposition
to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct
from ballots used for any other office or question and shall read as follows: Check only one
of the following: (1) Shall the mayor-council form of government, as provided by Act _____,
be adopted for the City of _____? YES _____; or (2) Shall the council-manager form of government,
as provided by Act _____, be adopted for the City of _____? YES _____. The voter shall mark
his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses his choice. If voting
machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may at the discretion
of the body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in such city,
be submitted as a separate proposition on voting machines so used. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195,
p. 240, §2.)...
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12-21-35
Section 12-21-35 Certified transcripts of official governmental books, etc.; duty to furnish.
(a) All transcripts of books or papers, or parts thereof, required by law to be kept in the
office, custody or control of any public officer, agent, servant or employee of any municipality,
city or county of the State of Alabama or of the United States, when certified by the proper
custodian thereof, must be received in evidence in all courts, and it is no objection to such
transcript that the book from which it is taken is a copy of office books belonging to the
United States. All such officers under jurisdiction and laws of the State of Alabama and counties
and cities therein shall furnish all such transcripts of any documents, official books and
papers in their possession, custody or control when requested so to do by any person, firm
or corporation tendering to such officer or custodian of such records the proper amount of
fees and charges required or necessary to pay for the making of...
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