11-43A-3.3
Section 11-43A-3.3 Election in Class 7 municipality - Adoption of council-manager form of government.
(a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized in this chapter, the
governing body of a Class 7 municipality may elect by resolution to adopt a council-manager
form of government comprised of a mayor and four council members elected at-large. No petition
of qualified electors is required to initiate such an election by the governing body pursuant
to this section. If the governing body elects to adopt a council-manager form of government
pursuant to this section, an election on the question shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the municipality. The governing body shall hold the election before January 1,
2011. The question submitted at the election shall be: "Shall the municipality of ______
adopt a council-manager form of government consisting of a mayor and four council members
elected in an at-large election to become operative on the first Monday in...
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11-44D-6
Section 11-44D-6 Provisions applicable to both mayor-council and manager-council forms of government.
The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of
the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1) Within 30 days
after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a.
Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing
the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election
to be held hereunder. (2) The governing body shall take such steps as are necessary to comply
with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (3) Within 10 days after the receipt
of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the
mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election for the members of
the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of...
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11-44D-1
Section 11-44D-1 Ordinance abandoning commission form of government and referendum adopting
mayor-council or manager-council form. Within three months of the adoption and approval of
this chapter, the governing body of any Class 6 municipality with a commission form of government
may by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopt an ordinance abandoning
the commission form of government and calling for a referendum to be held at public expense
within 60 days after such call for the purpose of determining whether such city shall adopt
the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter, or in the alternative the
manager-council form of government authorized by this chapter. The mayor or chief executive
officer shall give notice of the time and purpose of such referendum election by publication
once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality,
or, if there is no such newspaper of general circulation in the...
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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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11-43A-70
Section 11-43A-70 Adoption of ordinance establishing council-manager form of government; short
title. Within three months of the approval of this article by the Governor, the governing
body of any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality in the State of Alabama operating under
a council-manager or under a mayor-council-city manager form of government may, by a majority
vote of the members of that governing body, adopt an ordinance establishing a council-manager
form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. All provisions of
this article set forth hereinbelow shall apply only to those Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipalities
electing to establish a council-manager form of government as set forth herein. This article
shall be known as the "Council-Manager Act of 1991". (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p.
973, §1.)...
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11-44B-2
Section 11-44B-2 Ordinances establishing boundaries of seven-council districts and salaries
of mayor and council members; compliance with Voting Rights Act; election of mayor and council;
powers and duties of municipality. If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any
municipality to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission
board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the
seven-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to
the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder; (2)
The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended; (3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal
Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality
shall give notice that an election for mayor and all...
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11-50-313
Section 11-50-313 Board of directors. (a) Each corporation formed or the certificate of incorporation
of which is amended under this article shall have a board of directors which shall constitute
the governing body of the corporation, which board shall consist of at least three members.
In any Class 4 municipality which has adopted a mayor-council form of government pursuant
to Chapter 43B (commencing with Section 11-43B-1) of this title, any corporation formed pursuant
to this chapter may have a governing body which shall consist of seven members. Any corporation,
located in any Class 5 municipality, which is governed by a local law enacted in the 1995
Regular Session may have a governing body which shall consist of seven members. No fee shall
be paid to any director for services rendered with respect to a sanitary sewer system. In
any instance where the system or systems owned and operated by the corporation are any one
or more of a water system, a gas system, and an electric system,...
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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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11-46-26
Section 11-46-26 Proceedings where only one candidate or nominee for office. In the event only
one person has filed a statement of candidacy for an office by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday
in July preceding the date set for an election of municipal officers pursuant to subsection
(g) of Section 11-46-25, then such person shall for all purposes be deemed elected to such
office, any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding. The mayor or other
chief executive officer shall not cause the name of such person or the office for which his
candidacy was declared to be printed on the ballot, but he shall immediately file a written
statement with the governing body of the municipality, attested by the clerk, certifying the
fact that only one person filed a statement of candidacy for the office of _____ (naming the
office) by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday in July preceding the day of _____, 2__, the date
set for an election of municipal officers in the City (Town) of _____,...
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11-46-22
Section 11-46-22 Notice of elections. (a) It shall be the duty of the mayor to give notice
of all municipal elections by publishing notice thereof in a newspaper published in the city
or town, and, if no newspaper is published in the city or town, then by posting notices thereof
in three public places in the city or town. When the notice is of a regular election, the
notice shall be published on the first Tuesday in July preceding the election or the first
business day thereafter. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the second
Tuesday in a month, the notice shall be published on or before the second Tuesday of the second
month preceding the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise provided
by law. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of a month,
the notice shall be published on or before the fourth Tuesday of the second month preceding
the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise...
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