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12-2-1
Section 12-2-1 Composition of court; election and terms of office of justices. (a) The Supreme
Court, except as otherwise provided, shall consist of a chief justice and eight associate
justices, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the state at the general elections
as provided by law for the election of members of the House of Representatives in Congress
and who shall hold their offices for the term of six years from the first Monday after the
second Tuesday in January next succeeding their election and until their successors are elected
and qualified. Subject to the provisions of the Constitution respecting filling of vacancies
in judicial offices, members of the Supreme Court shall be elected as follows: The Chief Justice
and three associate justices shall be elected at the general election in November, 1976, two
associate justices shall be elected at the general election in November, 1978, and three associate
justices shall be elected at the general election in...
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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing
body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal
election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts
officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer
for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where
voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk
for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established,
then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials.
In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the
municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official
appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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11-43-18
Section 11-43-18 Vacancies of over 60 days in governing bodies of Class 5 municipalities. (a)
Unless otherwise provided by local law, vacancies in the governing bodies of all Class 5 municipalities
which have existed for more than 60 days shall be filled as herein provided: (1) If the vacated
term has less than six months remaining, then the remaining members of the city governing
body shall appoint a successor by a majority vote of those members voting. In case of a tie
vote, the mayor, if there is one, shall cast the tie-breaking vote. The successor shall serve
the remainder of the unexpired term until a successor has been qualified and elected. (2)
If the term has been declared vacant and has six months or more remaining, the mayor, if there
is one, otherwise the senior member of the city governing body, shall call for a special election
to fill the vacancy. The successor shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term until a
successor has been qualified and elected. (b) Special...
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11-43-7.2
Section 11-43-7.2 Additional expense allowances for members of council or governing body of
Class 1 municipalities. (a) In addition to the authority granted by Section 11-43-7.1, the
council or other governing body of any Class 1 municipality may grant to the members of the
council or governing body, an additional amount of money monthly for expenses incurred by
the members when attending to the business of the municipality within its corporate limits.
The maximum amount of the additional expense allowance shall be three hundred thirty-three
dollars and thirty-three cents ($333.33) per month. (b) Notwithstanding all other provisions
of law, any council or governing body member may elect in writing to have the expense allowances
authorized by subsection (a) of this section and Section 11-43-7.1, become subject to the
withholding of any employee contribution required to be paid into the trust fund of any pension
or retirement system in which the member is eligible to participate. A...
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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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28-1-7
Section 28-1-7 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board prohibited from issuing licenses for sale of
intoxicating beverages in Class IV municipalities; exceptions. REPEALED IN THE 2020 REGULAR
SESSION BY ACT 2020-152 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) All other provisions of law, rules, or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall absolutely have no authority to issue any form
of license in a Class IV municipality organized pursuant to Section 11-44B-1, et seq., including,
but not limited to, on or off-premise consumption licenses, special event or special retail
licenses, restaurant or lounge licenses, club licenses, or other licenses for the retail sale
of any form of intoxicating beverages, including, but not limited to, beer and other forms
of malt beverages, wine, liquor, or other alcoholic beverages regulated by the board, unless
the application therefore has first been approved by the governing...
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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, ยง1.)...
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11-44C-92
Section 11-44C-92 Commission form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting
in the election provided herein choose the court ordered districted commission form of government
in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved by the court
on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs.City of Mobile, Civil Action No. 75-297, then the
provisions of said court ordered districted commission form shall be applicable to said city.
The three commissioners elected under said court ordered plan from single member districts
shall sit as a board and shall possess and exercise all municipal powers, legislative, executive,
and judicial, possessed and exercised by city governing bodies as provided by sections 11-44-70
through 11-44-105, as amended, and other applicable laws, except that all functions, responsibilities
and operations of the city shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners
as a whole. All three commissioners...
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11-43D-2
Section 11-43D-2 Adoption of ordinance establishing boundaries of council districts; election
of mayor and city council; assumption of office; future elections; powers and duties. If said
ordinance as hereinabove set out be adopted by the governing body of any municipality to which
this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter the governing body shall adopt an
ordinance establishing the boundaries of the six council districts herein provided for and
shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965,
as amended. (2) The election of the mayor and all the members of the city council shall be
held as set by ordinance by the council and quadrennially thereafter and in accordance with
the provisions and terms of the general election laws governing mayor-council elections under
the general laws of the State of Alabama. (3) On the first Monday in October, after the election
of the mayor and council, the newly elected mayor and council...
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11-54A-7
Section 11-54A-7 Board of directors; election, terms, eligibility, etc. Each authority shall
be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the
board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of any number of directors,
not less than three, who shall be elected by the governing body of the city for staggered
terms as hereinafter provided. At the time of the election of the first board, the governing
body of the city shall divide the directors into three groups containing as nearly equal whole
numbers as may be possible. The governing body of the city shall specify for which term each
director is elected. The initial term of office of the first group shall be two years each.
The initial terms of office of the second group shall be four years each. The initial term
of office of the third group shall be six years. Thereafter, the term of office of each such
director shall be six years. If at the expiration of any term of office of...
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