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...
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11-92B-7
Section 11-92B-7 Board of directors. (a) The authority shall operate under the direction of
a board of directors which shall consist of voting members selected as follows: (1) One member
appointed by the Governor. (2) Five members appointed by the governing body of each municipality
whose corporate limits lie in whole or in part within the operational area of the authority.
(3) Five members appointed by the governing body of the county of incorporation. (b) A vacancy
occurring on the board for any reason shall be filled within 30 days of the vacancy by the
appointing authority making the initial appointment. If the appointing authority that made
the initial appointment does not fill the vacancy within 30 days, the remaining appointing
authorities shall make the appointment. (c) Initial appointments to the board shall be made
within 30 days following the effective date of the incorporation. The Governor's initial appointee
shall serve a three-year term. Each governing body of a...
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11-52-80.1
Section 11-52-80.1 Board of Adjustment - Definitions; membership; reversing, affirming or modifying
decisions, etc.; terms of planning commission members terminated; duties, powers, etc. (a)
When used in this section, the words municipality, municipalities, and mayor shall have the
meanings as provided for in Section 11-52-1. (b) The council of any Class 5 municipality with
a city manager or mayor commission form of government may determine by ordinance that any
board of adjustment of the municipality created pursuant to Section 11-52-80, shall consist
of seven members: six regular members appointed by the council and representing as equally
as possible the several districts, wards, or other areas of the municipality, to be determined
by the council, and one regular member appointed by the mayor. (c) In exercising the powers
in subsection (d) of Section 11-52-80, the board may reverse, affirm, or may modify the order,
requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may enter...
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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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45-2-261.01
Section 45-2-261.01 Appointment of members and personnel of the Baldwin County Planning and
Zoning Commission. The planning commission shall be composed of nine regular members, each
of whom shall be a qualified elector and an actual resident of the county. One and only one
regular member of the planning commission may be a qualified elector of the county who resides
in the corporate limits of a municipality in the county. All regular members shall be appointed
by the Baldwin County Commission for a term of four years. Upon the affirmative vote of a
majority of the qualified electors in a district election held pursuant to Section 45-2-261.07,
the membership of the planning commission shall be increased by appointment by the county
commission of a qualified elector from that district for a temporary one-time term of three
years. In the event of any vacancy on the planning commission, such vacancy shall be filled
by appointment of the Baldwin County Commission. The Baldwin County...
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45-44-90.01
Section 45-44-90.01 Economic Development Authority - Board of directors. (a) The authority
shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of members to be appointed as follows:
One member appointed by the Macon County Commission; one member appointed by the member of
the Alabama House of Representatives who represents Macon County; one member appointed by
the member of the Alabama State Senate who represents Macon County; one member appointed by
Tuskegee University; and one member appointed by the governing body of each incorporated municipality
in the county. Additional voting members may be appointed to the board of directors by a two-thirds
vote of a quorum of the board of directors, provided that the board of directors shall be
composed of no more than 13 members. No member of the board of directors shall hold any elected
public office. The initial terms of the directors shall be staggered. Two members, the one
appointed by the member of the House of Representatives...
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11-44D-5
Section 11-44D-5 Council-manager form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum herein choose a council-manager 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 council-manager form of government, with a five-member
council elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers
and duties as other council-manager municipalities organized under chapter 43A, Title 11,
and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter, which may have been heretofore
granted to such municipalities. (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 be...
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11-65-5
Section 11-65-5 Composition of commission; terms; qualifications; removal from office. (a)
Every commission shall have five members, which shall constitute its governing body. All powers
of a commission shall be exercised by its members or pursuant to their authorization. The
mayor or other chief executive officer of the sponsoring municipality and the president or
other designated presiding officer of the county commission of the host county shall each
serve as a member ex officio, unless such official exercises his or her right, as provided
in subsection (b), to appoint a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of such official. The service
of each such official as a member shall begin with the beginning of his or her tenure in such
office and shall end with the ending of such tenure or the appointment by such official of
a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of his or her ex officio service. The other three members
shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter prescribed as soon as may be...
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45-37-260
Section 45-37-260 County planning commission. In Jefferson County, any county planning commission
established under Act No. 344, H. 775, 1947 Regular Session (General Acts of 1947, p. 217)
or Act No. 581, H. 1012, 1947 Regular Session (General Acts of 1947, p. 404) shall consist
of 15 members; three designated and 12 appointed members. Within 60 days after October 2,
1986, the Jefferson County Commission shall divide the county into six districts with each
district containing an approximately equal number of persons residing in unincorporated territory.
Such division shall be based upon the most recent federal decennial census and redrawn after
each new federal decennial census. After October 2, 1986, newly appointed or reappointed members
of such commissions shall be appointed so that the county commission shall appoint two members
from each district with one such member representing the unincorporated territory of the district
so that at least 50 percent of the total 12 appointed...
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45-37-40.02
Section 45-37-40.02 Barber commission. (a) There shall be a barber commission for the county
consisting of three members, one of whom shall be black, herein at times referred to as the
commission. The present members of the commission having been previously appointed by the
county commission, shall serve for the duration of their term, but in the event of a vacancy
existing at the time of taking effect of this section or occurring in the future, the vacancy
shall be filled, and all subsequent members of the commission shall be selected or appointed
in the manner provided in this section for terms of three years. The members of the commission
shall be nominated by the barbers licensed by the commission and only those licensed shall
be eligible to vote for nominees for appointment to the commission. The commission, at all
times, shall be composed of three members, all of whom shall be licensed barbers, who have
been licensed by the commission for a period of five years prior to their...
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