11-44E-3
Section 11-44E-3 Election of commission and mayor; term of office. (a) The expense for all
elections shall be paid by such city. The mayor and all commission candidates shall qualify
as provided in Sections 11-44E-71 and 11-44E-72, respectively, and shall have the qualifications
and eligibility set forth in this chapter. Under applicable laws for the election of commissioners
to the commission, the mayor, within the scope of this chapter, shall provide for an election
to be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every two years thereafter for the positions
of associate commissioners in the manner herein provided. Upon the adoption of such form of
government and approval by the Justice Department, the mayor shall call an election, to be
governed by this chapter, to be held no later than the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every
four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioner for Districts 2, 4, and
6 for four-year terms. Associate commissioners for Districts 1...
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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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45-37A-52.07
Section 45-37A-52.07 The council. The council members provided for in this article shall be
known collectively as the Council of the City of ___ (Name of city to be inserted) and shall
have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The council members first elected shall qualify
and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the second Monday following the date
the election of all nine council members is completed, and thereupon such city shall at that
time and thereby be and become organized under the mayor-council form of government provided
under this part, and shall thereafter be governed by this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004,
§1.08.)...
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11-41-5
Section 11-41-5 Ordering and notice of election of mayor and councilmen for incorporated municipalities;
conduct of election generally; qualifications for voting. Upon making such order of incorporation,
the judge of probate shall order an election to be held by the same inspectors or others appointed
by him for the purpose of electing a mayor and members of the council authorized by this title,
who shall, at such election, be elected from the city or town at large. Such inspectors shall
give 30 days' notice of the time and place of holding the election by posting a notice in
five public places within the limits of such town or city. Said inspectors shall have the
powers and discharge the duties as inspectors and clerks in municipal elections, and said
election shall be conducted, as far as practicable, in the manner prescribed in this title
for the election of city or town officers, and no person shall vote at such election unless
he is a qualified elector of the county and has...
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11-42-156
Section 11-42-156 Continuation in office and powers and duties of mayors and aldermen of consolidating
municipalities. The aldermen in office in each of the consolidating municipalities shall constitute
the board of aldermen of the consolidated municipality until the next general municipal election
after the consolidation. The mayor or chief executive of the largest in population shall be
the mayor or chief executive of the consolidated municipality until the next general municipal
election after the consolidation. The mayor or chief executive of the other municipalities
shall continue in office until the next general municipal election after the consolidation,
but they shall have only such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the council
of the consolidated municipality. (Acts 1919, No. 423, p. 547; Code 1923, §1865; Code 1940,
T. 37, §224.)...
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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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11-43-80
Section 11-43-80 Powers and duties generally; office; salary; employment, salary, etc., as
superintendent of municipal light, water, sewage, etc., systems. (a) The mayor shall have
the powers and perform the duties provided by this title and by other applicable provisions
of law and shall keep an office in the city or town. (b) The mayor shall receive such salary
as the council may prescribe, which must be fixed by the council not less than six months
prior to each general municipal election; provided, however, the six-month requirement in
this section may be waived when necessary to comply with a mandate by the U.S. Justice Department
pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, or with an order issued by a state
or federal court. (c) In municipalities which own and operate light and power systems, municipal
water systems, municipal sewage systems, and municipal gas systems, one or any of them, may,
by resolution of the governing body duly entered in its minutes, require the...
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45-5A-70
Section 45-5A-70 Election of board of education; referendum. (a)(1) Pursuant to Amendment 659
to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and as soon as practicable after final approval of
this section by the United States Department of Justice, if necessary, the Oneonta City Council
shall call an authorizing referendum election, to be held at the time of the next general
election held in the city on November 7, 2000, regarding changing the Oneonta City Board of
Education to an elected city board of education. (2) 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 and operation of the Oneonta City Board of Education. The local laws may
provide for the termination of the terms of office of members of the...
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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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11-43-2
Section 11-43-2 Election of mayors and aldermen; exercise of legislative functions; salary
of aldermen. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), in all cities and towns at the general
election to be held on the fourth Tuesday in August, 1984, and quadrennially thereafter, there
shall be elected a mayor, who, in cities having a population of 12,000 or more according to
the last or any subsequent federal census, shall not sit with the council nor have a vote
in its proceedings, and he or she shall have the power and duties conferred in this chapter.
(b) In all cities and towns having a population of less than 12,000 inhabitants according
to the last or any subsequent federal census, the legislative functions shall be exercised
by the mayor and five aldermen. The mayor shall preside over all deliberations of the council.
At his or her discretion he or she may vote as a member of the council on any question coming
to a vote, except in case of a tie, in which event he or she must vote....
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