11-52-1
Section 11-52-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words or phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) MUNICIPALITY or MUNICIPAL. Cities or towns. (2) MAYOR. The chief executive of the municipality, whether the official designation of his office be mayor, city manager, or otherwise. (3) COUNCIL. The chief legislative body of the municipality. (4) COUNTY COMMISSION. The chief administrative or legislative body of the county. (5) STREETS. Streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, viaducts, and other ways. (6) SUBDIVISION. The division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale, of lease, or of building development. The term includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land or territory subdivided. (Acts 1935, No. 534, p....
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45-37-121
Section 45-37-121 Definitions. (a) In this part words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders and words used in the neuter gender include the masculine and feminine genders. (b) The terms governing body, governing bodies, and government as used in this part shall include the county board of health. (c) The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used in this part, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this subsection unless the context plainly indicates a contrary meaning: (1) APPOINTING AUTHORITY or APPOINTING POWER. The person, officer, board, council, commission, or other body, including the county board of health, whose lawful jurisdiction or powers are confined wholly or primarily within the territorial limits of such county and who or which possesses final power to appoint persons to services, jobs, offices, or positions, the compensation of which is paid in whole or in part from the public funds of such county or from the...
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11-43A-18
Section 11-43A-18 Appointment of city manager; temporary acting city manager; removal; dealings with administrative service. The council, by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council, shall appoint a city manager, who shall be an officer of the city, and shall have the powers to perform the duties in this article provided. No councilman shall receive such appointment during the term for which the council member shall have been elected nor within one year after expiration of the term. Any civil service act applicable to the municipality shall not apply to the appointment or the removal of the city manager. A temporary acting city manager may be designated by the council to serve for not more than four months in these events, but only in these events: (1) When the first council takes office after adoption of this article or (2) following the removal of any permanent city manager. Such temporary acting city manager shall perform the duties and assume the obligations...
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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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41-9-943
Section 41-9-943 Creation; qualification of members; vacancies; chair; meetings; clerical and legal support. There is created the Alabama Legislative Commission on Total Quality to be composed of 15 members, of whom four shall be black, appointed as follows: Four members appointed by the Governor, to serve an initial term of either one, two, three, or four years; four members appointed by the Presiding Officer of the Senate, to serve an initial term of either one, two, three, or four years; and four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to serve an initial term of either one, two, three, or four years. After the initial terms, all members shall serve four-year terms. The Governor, Presiding Officer of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve as ex officio members. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by the original appointing authority. A member shall not serve more than one term as a commissioner. A chair and vice chair...
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45-37A-54.32
Section 45-37A-54.32 Board of commissioners. (a) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners which shall be composed of the following members: (1) Two persons appointed by the Jefferson County House delegation. (2) Two persons appointed by the Jefferson County Senate delegation. (3) One person appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham. (b) The terms of office of the members shall be as follows: (1) The members appointed by the Jefferson County House delegation shall serve a term of three years. (2) The members appointed by the Jefferson County Senate delegation shall serve a term of four years. (3) The member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham shall serve a term of two years. (c) After the initial appointment, each member shall serve four-year terms until his or her successor is appointed. All members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities and shall be appointed from the state at large. No person shall be eligible for board...
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11-43-250
Section 11-43-250 Elected official of Class 8 municipality authorized to appoint designee to serve on state or local agency, board, etc. (a) In Class 8 municipalities, an elected official of the municipality who is an ex officio member of a state or local agency, board, commission, or other entity pursuant to law, may designate a person to serve in his or her place, who shall assume all duties of the elected official relating to the entity, including all voting rights and who shall be counted as a member for the purpose of conducting business. Provided, that the elected official may not appoint a convicted felon to serve in his or her place unless that person has had his or her civil rights restored. A designee appointed by the mayor to serve in his or her place is not required to be a resident of the municipality where the mayor serves. (b) A designee under subsection (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the elected official and for the duration of the elected official's term of office...
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11-43-42
Section 11-43-42 Exercise of functions of mayor during absence or disability of mayor; filling of vacancies in offices of mayor, president and president pro tempore of council. (a) In case of the absence of the mayor from a city of 12,000 or more inhabitants or his inability to serve on account of sickness or any other good reason, the president of the council or the president pro tempore of the council in case of absence or disability of the president of the council shall act as mayor pro tempore with the power and authority of the mayor during such time. In the event of a failure or refusal of the president of the council or the president pro tempore of the council to act, the council may appoint one of its members to act as mayor pro tempore with like effect, which appointment shall be entered in the minutes of the council. In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of mayor, the president of the council shall succeed to the office of mayor for the unexpired term. In the...
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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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11-44E-46
Section 11-44E-46 Vacancies in commission. (a) Whenever a vacancy in the office of commissioner shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, and the remainder of the term is six months or less, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint a commissioner to serve the remainder of the vacated term, who shall serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. (b) If the remainder of the vacated term is more than six months, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint a commissioner to serve until a successor has been elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The interim commissioner selected shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the commissioner whose vacated office he or she fills. The mayor shall within 10 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, call for a special election to be held in the district of the vacancy on a Tuesday not less than 60 days and not more than 120 days from the date the...
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