|
11-44A-30
Section 11-44A-30 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 7 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall
have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days
immediately preceding the date of the election, and...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-44A-30.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
11-44F-1
Section 11-44F-1 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall
have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days
immediately preceding the date of the election, and...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-44F-1.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
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.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-43B-29.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
11-44C-93
Section 11-44C-93 Provisions applicable regardless of form of government chosen. It is the
legislative intent of this bill that the following provisions shall apply regardless of which
form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided
herein choose: (1) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government
chosen shall adopt an ordinance to provide that all appointments made by the mayor, council
or city commission to positions in city government, boards, commissions, agencies, authorities,
or any other organization or entity of the city or to any positions to which said officials
make appointments, shall fairly and equitably reflect the makeup of the total community with
due consideration given to all demographic characteristics of the population. (2) Within 30
days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance
to provide that all contracts or agreements entered into by the city or...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-44C-93.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
11-43A-114
Section 11-43A-114 Referendum ballots. At such referendum, 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 one of the following:
(1) The City of ___ shall adopt and operate under the council-manager form of government pursuant
to the 'Council-Manager Act of 1991.' Yes ( ). or (2) The City of ___ shall adopt and operate
under the mayor-council form of government pursuant to Section 11-43-1 et seq. 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 propositions
may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge
of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate propositions on voting machines
so used. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §45.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-43A-114.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
11-44A-1
Section 11-44A-1 Referendum to determine continuation of commission or adoption of mayor-council
form of government. Within three months of the approval of this section, the governing body
of any Class 7 municipality with a commission form of government organized pursuant to Article
1, Chapter 44, Title 11, by a majority vote of the members of that governing body, may call
for a referendum to be held at public expense within 90 days after such call at which the
following question shall be submitted to the voters of any such municipality: "Shall
the city of ___ adopt a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and
a five-member council elected from single member districts? YES _____ NO ______" (Acts
1984, No. 84-397, §1; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-45, p. 68.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-44A-1.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
11-65-4
Section 11-65-4 Elections required to approve incorporation of commission and conduct of racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. (a) No commission shall be incorporated for a Class 1 municipality
and no horse racing or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering thereon shall be permitted
in such municipality pursuant to this chapter unless the incorporation of such commission,
together with the conduct of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or greyhound racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or both such activities, shall have been authorized by an
election held in the host county in which such incorporation and such racing and wagering
activities shall have been approved by both (i) a majority of the votes cast in such election
by voters who reside in the host county (including those voters who reside in the sponsoring
municipality) and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in such election by voters who reside
in the commission municipal jurisdiction. In order to authorize the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-65-4.htm - 13K - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-43A-115.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-43A-3.1.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
11-44C-21
Section 11-44C-21 Powers of council; dealings with officers and employees in administrative
service. All legislative powers of the city, including all powers vested in it by this chapter,
by the laws, general and local, of the state, and by the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended,
and the determination of all matters of legislative policy, shall be vested in the council.
Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have power to: (1) Upon recommendation
of the mayor, establish administrative departments and distribute the work of divisions, (2)
Adopt the budget of the city, (3) Authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants, (4) Inquire
into the conduct of any office, department or agency of the city and make investigations as
to municipal affairs, (5) Appoint the members of all boards except the planning commission
and the housing board and the Airport Authority and the Industrial Development Authority,
(6) Succeed to all the powers, rights and privileges conferred upon the former...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-44C-21.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
|