11-43A-115
Section 11-43A-115 Adoption of form of government by majority of votes. If the majority of
votes are in favor of the council-manager form of government, then the council-manager form
of government under this article shall, without further action, be adopted (or continued,
if then currently in effect) by the municipality on the first Monday in October following
the next regularly scheduled municipal election. If the majority of votes are in favor of
the mayor-council form of government, then the mayor-council form of government as prescribed
in Section 11-43-1 et seq., shall, without further action, be adopted by the municipality
on the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election,
and this article shall no longer apply. If the mayor-council form of government is so adopted,
then municipalities having a council elected from seven single-member districts shall continue
to have seven districts with the same boundaries. Under such circumstances, there...
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11-43A-9
Section 11-43A-9 Election of municipal officers; division of municipality into districts; qualifications
and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office; exception for Class 6 cities.
(a) In all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities wherein the municipal
governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized in Section 11-43A-8,
the election for the first officers of the municipality shall be held on the same date as
the date of election for the next ensuing general municipal election. Except as otherwise
provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the election of the governing body of the municipality
shall cause the municipality to be divided into three districts containing as nearly an equal
number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general
municipal election laws and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth therein.
Each candidate shall announce that he or she is to become a...
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45-28-21
Section 45-28-21 Regulation of sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on Sunday - Municipalities.
(a) The voters of any municipality within Etowah County may authorize the sale of alcoholic
beverages within the municipality on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the
following manner: The governing body of the municipality, by resolution, may call an election
for the municipality to determine the sentiment of the voters of the municipality residing
within the corporate limits, as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed
on Sunday within the municipality. (b) On the ballot to be used for the election, the question
shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic
beverages within this municipality on Sundays as further provided for and regulated by ordinance
of the municipal governing body? Yes ___ No ___." (c) The first election and any subsequent
elections shall be held and the officers appointed to...
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11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change;
election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners.
Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at
least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city
or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk.
The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters
of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers
and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall
be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon
their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission
and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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11-43A-3
Section 11-43A-3 Submission of question for election; proclamation of mayor; order of judge
of probate. The mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality shall immediately
upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question
of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality under this
article, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less
than 40 days nor more than 90 days after the receipt of said certificate from said judge of
probate, unless a general election is to be held within 120 days after receipt of such certificate
in which event the special election herein provided for may be held at the same time as such
general election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt
of the certificate, the judge of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified
therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 90...
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11-43B-29
Section 11-43B-29 Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect; references to city commission,
etc., deemed to refer to city council. All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality
in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established
shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in
any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council
form of government, reference is made to a member of the governing body (by whatever name),
the same shall be construed to refer to the mayor. Whenever in any ordinance, resolution,
or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference
is made to the city commission, board of commissioners, the governing body, or like term,
the same shall be construed to refer to the city council. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926,
p. 213, §29.)...
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11-44B-21
Section 11-44B-21 Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect; references to certain officers
or governing body in existing ordinances, etc., deemed references to mayor or council. All
ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the
mayor-council form of government herein established shall continue in effect unless and until
changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect
at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established, reference
is made to the mayor, chairman of the commission board, public safety commissioner, associate
commissioner No. 1, finance and water commissioner or associate commissioner No. 2, the same
shall be construed to refer to the mayor of the mayor-council form of government herein established.
Whenever in any ordinance, resolution or law in effect at the time of the adoption of the
mayor-council form of government herein established,...
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11-46-9
Section 11-46-9 Election commission in Class 1 municipality. In any Class 1 municipality, the
mayor, the city attorney, and the president of the city council shall constitute an election
commission for the city. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either the mayor or the president
of the council is a candidate for office, the mayor shall appoint a member of the city council
who is not a candidate for office to serve on the election commission for the election in
which the mayor or the president is a candidate. In the event that both the mayor and the
president of the council are candidates for office at the same election, the mayor shall appoint
two members of the council who are not candidates for office to serve on the election commission
in place of the mayor and the president. If the mayor and all members of the council are candidates
for office at the same election, the mayor shall designate a senior member of his or her staff
and the council president shall designate a senior...
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45-2A-30.01
Section 45-2A-30.01 Governing body. (a) The governing body of the City of Daphne shall consist
of a mayor-council-city manager. The mayor shall be elected at large, represent the City of
Daphne at all ceremonial functions and have veto power over all ordinances and resolutions
of a general and permanent nature. The council shall consist of seven members elected by districts
in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1964. The council shall exercise the legislative
functions of the city, shall have the power to appoint and remove a city manager, board, commission
and/or committee member, to establish other administrative departments, to distribute the
work of such departments, and promulgate rules and regulations for the operation thereof.
(b) The council shall be presided over by a president elected by a majority vote of the council
members and the president of the council shall be a voting member of the council. (c) The
city manager shall be the head of the administrative branch of...
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45-19A-30
Section 45-19A-30 Regulation of sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a) The voters of the
Town of Kellyton in Coosa County may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the
municipality on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: The
governing body of the Town of Kellyton, by resolution, may call an election for the municipality
to determine the sentiment of the voters of the municipality residing within the corporate
limits, as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed on Sunday
within the municipality. (b) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall
be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic
beverages within this municipality on Sunday after 1:00 P.M.? Yes ___ No ___." (c) The
election shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the election in the manner provided
by law for holding other municipal elections, and the returns thereof tabulated and...
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