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AL Code § 11-40-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-7 - Change of Name.

Section 11-40-7Change of name. Any city or town may change its corporate name by passing an ordinance stating the new name proposed and submitting the question of change to a vote of the qualified electors of such municipality at the next general municipal election to be held therein. The result of the election shall be ascertained by the officers holding such general election, and return shall be made to the council or other governing authorities which, in the event that a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of the change, shall pass a resolution or ordinance declaring the result of the election and stating the new name of the city or town. (Code 1907, §1074; Code 1923, §1768; Code 1940, T. 37, §6.)
AL Code § 11-40-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-8 - Division of Municipalities Into Wards.

Section 11-40-8Division of municipalities into wards. The several councils of cities or towns shall divide such cities or towns into wards having as nearly as may be the same number of inhabitants, the lines thereof conforming to the center of the streets or alleys and being rectangular as far as practicable. Ward lines, having once been fixed, shall not be changed by the council within three months previous to an election nor within 18 months of the time last established; except, that in the cases where a census showing a population authorizing a change in the form of government shall have been taken or where, within such time, additional territory shall have been annexed to such city or town, such councils shall have the right to create new wards or annex such territory to wards already established. (Code 1907, §§1062, 1065; Acts 1909, No. 56, p. 100; Code 1923, §§1753, 1756; Code 1940, T. 37, §7.)
AL Code § 11-40-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-9 - Continuation of Present Organization.

Section 11-40-9Continuation of present organization. The organization of cities and towns existing at the adoption of this Code shall continue until changed in accordance with the provisions of this Code or some subsequent statute. (Code 1923, §1755; Code 1940, T. 37, §8.)
AL Code § 11-40-10.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-10.1 - Contracts for Certain Law Enforcement Services of Class 6 Municipality.

Section 11-40-10.1Contracts for certain law enforcement services of Class 6 municipality. (a) The governing body of a Class 6 municipality may enter into contracts which provide for the police department of the municipality to provide law enforcement services beyond the corporate limits of the municipality, but within the police jurisdiction of the municipality, and may prescribe the conditions under which the services may be rendered. The governing body of the municipality may enter into a contract or contracts with any county or county board, any property owner of a manufacturing or industrial concern, or any property owner within any residential or business area for its police department to render law enforcement services on the terms as may be agreed to by the governing body of a Class 6 municipality and the contracting party or parties. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the governing body of the municipality may not enter into a contract or contracts with any county or county board, any property owner of a manufacturing or industrial concern, or any property owner within any residential or business area for its police department to render law enforcement services to enforce traffic regulations, including speeding and enforcement of speed zones. (c) When the police department of a Class 6 municipality is operating pursuant to a contract or contracts pursuant to this section on any call beyond the corporate limits, but within the police jurisdiction of the Class 6 municipality, the department shall be deemed to be operating in a governmental capacity and subject to the same liability for injuries as the department would be if the department was otherwise operating within the corporate limits of the Class 6 municipality. (Act 2001-693, p. 1452, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-11 - When Change in Form of Government Takes Effect.

Section 11-40-11When change in form of government takes effect. No change from the mayor-council form of municipal government to the commission form of municipal government hereafter directed by vote of the electors of any municipality in this state shall become effective until October 1 of the general municipal election year next following the election at which such change is voted. No change from the commission form of municipal government to the mayor-council form of municipal government hereafter directed by vote of the electors of any municipality in this state shall become effective until October 1 of the general municipal election year next following the election at which such change is voted. The term of any commissioner which might expire before such date is hereby extended until such date when the form of government changes. (Acts 1959, No. 71, p. 477.)
AL Code § 11-40-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-12 - Classification of Municipalities.

Section 11-40-12Classification of municipalities. (a) There are hereby established eight classes of municipalities based on the population as certified by the 1970 federal decennial census, as authorized by Amendment No. 375, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as follows: Class 1: All cities with a population of 300,000 inhabitants or more; Class 2: All cities with a population of not less than 175,000 and not more than 299,999 inhabitants; Class 3: All cities with a population of not less than 100,000 and not more than 174,999 inhabitants; Class 4: All cities with a population of not less than 50,000 and not more than 99,999 inhabitants; Class 5: All cities with a population of not less than 25,000 and not more than 49,999 inhabitants; Class 6: All cities with a population of not less than 12,000 and not more than 24,999 inhabitants; Class 7: All cities with a population of not less than 6,000 and not more than 11,999 inhabitants; Class 8: All cities and towns with a population of 5,999 inhabitants or less. (b) The Legislature may refer, in the title thereof, to the class or classes of municipalities herein set out, in adopting general laws. (c) Any municipality incorporated after June 28, 1979, shall be placed in one of the above classes according to the population of the municipality at the time of its incorporation. (Acts 1979, No. 79-263, p. 402, §§1, 3.)
AL Code § 11-40-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-13 - Notice Required for Enactment of General Law Applying to Single Municipality.

Section 11-40-13Notice required for enactment of general law applying to single municipality. No general law which at the time of its enactment applies to only one municipality of the state shall be enacted unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been given and shown as provided in Section 106 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 for special, private, or local laws; provided, that such notice shall not be deemed to constitute such law a local law. (Acts 1979, No. 79-263, p. 402, §2.)
AL Code § 11-40-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-14 - Expense Allowances for Members of Governing Body of Class 1 Municipalities; Reimbursement for Expenses Incurred Beyond Corporate Limits.

Section 11-40-14Expense allowances for members of governing body of Class 1 municipalities; reimbursement for expenses incurred beyond corporate limits. (a) The council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama and all municipalities in Alabama having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last and any subsequent federal decennial census, shall have the power and authority to grant to any member of such council or other governing body an amount of money for expenses incurred by such member on account of such member's attending the business of such municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum expense allowance shall be $300.00 per month for each member of the council, except the president or chairman of the council or other governing body who may be given an allowance not to exceed $350.00 per month. (b) In addition to the authority granted by subsection (a) of this section, the council or other governing body of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama and all municipalities in Alabama having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last and any subsequent federal decennial census commencing November 15, 1983, shall have the power and authority to grant to any member of such council or other governing body who was elected for a term commencing in November, 1981, an amount of money in addition to that provided in subsection (a) of this section, for expenses incurred by such member on account of such member's attending the business of such municipality within its corporate limits. The maximum additional expense allowance shall be $200.00 per month for each such member of the council. No such additional expense allowance shall be paid to any council member after November 15, 1985. (c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to prevent any such member of such council or other governing body from being reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by him on or in connection with a trip on municipal business beyond the corporate limits of such municipality, which amount shall not accrue against the monetary amounts provided in subsection (a) of this section. (Acts 1982, No. 82-188, p. 217, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 11-40-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-15 - Exemption of Incorporated Municipalities and Municipal Boards From Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.

Section 11-40-15Exemption of incorporated municipalities and municipal boards from Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. The incorporated municipalities and incorporated municipal boards of this state shall be exempt from the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, which is codified in sections 35-12-20 through 35-12-48. (Acts 1982, No. 82-483, p. 801.)
AL Code § 11-40-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-16 - Creation of Enterprise Zones Within Class 1 Cities; Purpose.

Section 11-40-16Creation of enterprise zones within Class 1 cities; purpose. (a) The Legislature of Alabama hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Class 1 cities are enhanced by the continual encouragement, development, growth, and expansion of private enterprise within this state. That there are certain economically depressed areas in such cities that need particular attention to create new jobs, stimulate economic activity, and attract private sector investment rather than government subsidy to improve the quality of life of their citizens. It is the purpose of this section to encourage new economic activity in these depressed areas of such Class 1 cities by means of reduced taxes and the removal of unnecessary governmental barriers to the production and earning of wages and profits and the creation of economic growth. (b) In order to further the purposes of this section, Class 1 cities are hereby authorized to create by ordinance one or more specific areas as enterprise zones which the governing body finds are areas of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general economic distress, and, in order to encourage private investment, to promote the creation of jobs within such zones, such Class 1 cities are hereby authorized within such zones to initiate and carry out special programs which include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) A reduction of municipal tax rates, municipal license rates, and/or municipal fees for governmental services within such zones. (2) An increase in the level or efficiency of public services within the zone including provision for the providing of such services by nongovernment entities. (3) Reduction, removal, simplification, or other modification of regulatory requirements applying within such zones. (4) Involvement of private entities, organizations, neighborhood associations, and community groups with such zones, including the provision by such entities of jobs, job training, and technical, financial, and other assistance to employers, employees, and residents of such zones. (5) Other services or modification of requirements as may be necessary or desirable to qualify for financial assistance to such Class 1 cities or private entities within such zones under any act of the Congress of the United States heretofore or hereafter enacted. (c) In carrying out any program established in an enterprise zone created hereunder, the governing body of the county in which such Class 1 city is situated, and all agencies of such Class 1 city and county agencies created thereby, and the State of Alabama and all agencies thereof, are hereby authorized to carry out programs which include, but are not limited to, those authorized for such Class 1 cities under the provisions of subdivisions (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (b) above. (Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-142, p. 150.)
AL Code § 11-40-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-17 - Minimum Monthly Retirement and Survivor's Benefits in Class 1 Municipalities.

Section 11-40-17Minimum monthly retirement and survivor's benefits in Class 1 municipalities. In all Class 1 municipalities, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any section of Article VI of Act No. 929, S. 676, Regular Session 1951 (Acts 1951, p. 1579), as amended, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under Act No. 929, S. 676, Regular Session 1951 (Acts 1951, p. 1579), as amended, shall not be of an amount less than $400.00 per month, and any survivor's or spouse's benefit payable on a monthly basis shall not be of an amount less than $160.00 per month. (Acts 1987, No. 87-227, p. 325, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-17.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-17.1 - Class 1 Municipalities Authorized to Grant Pension Benefit Increases to Participants in Former Municipal Pension Plans.

Section 11-40-17.1Class 1 municipalities authorized to grant pension benefit increases to participants in former municipal pension plans. The city council of any Class 1 municipality may grant pension plan benefit increases to retired employee participants, and their beneficiaries, in terminated or inactive former pension plans of any Class 1 municipality, provided the increases shall not exceed the increases granted to retired participants in the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System created under Act No. 929, 1951 Regular Session, as amended. The benefit increases may be retroactive but shall be granted only after the city council receives the opinion of a licensed actuary regarding the cost of any increase. (Acts 1995, No. 95-562, p. 1174. §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-17.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-17.2 - Inclusion of Longevity Component in Monthly Salary Used to Calculate Extraordinary Disability Benefits in Class 1 Municipalities.

Section 11-40-17.2Inclusion of longevity component in monthly salary used to calculate extraordinary disability benefits in Class 1 municipalities. (a) The Legislature finds that in all Class 1 municipalities some recipients of extraordinary disability benefits awarded prior to May 23, 1977, did not have a longevity component included in the monthly salary used to calculate their extraordinary disability benefit and hereby intends to remedy that omission. (b) In all Class 1 municipalities, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any section of Article VI of Act No. 929, S. 676, Regular Session 1951, as amended, all recipients of extraordinary disability benefits whose longevity payment received during the year prior to their disability was not included in the amount of monthly salary used in the calculation of the extraordinary disability benefit shall receive an increase in the monthly benefit of 70 percent of one-twelfth of the total longevity payment received during the year immediately preceding the recipient's disability application. The increase shall apply to future benefits only and no retroactive increase shall be paid. (Acts 1996, No. 96-549, p. 802, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 11-40-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-18 - Minimum Benefits Under Certain Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief Plans.

Section 11-40-18Minimum benefits under certain policemen's and firemen's pension and relief plans. In all Class 1 municipalities, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under the Policemen's Pension and Relief Plan provided by Act No. 502 of the 1923 Session of the legislature of Alabama, as amended or codified; the Firemen's Pension and Relief Plan provided by Act No. 307 of the 1943 Session of the legislature of Alabama, as amended (General Acts of Alabama of 1943, p. 264); the Limited Policemen's Retirement and Relief System provided by Act No. 470 of the 1955 Regular Session of the legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts of Alabama of 1955, p. 1067); and Limited Firemen's Pension and Relief System provided by Act No. 217 of the 1966 Special Session of the legislature of Alabama, as amended (Acts of Alabama, Special Session 1966, p. 280) shall not be of an amount less than $400.00 per month, and any survivor's or spouse's benefit payable on a monthly basis shall not be of an amount less than $160.00 per month. (Acts 1988, No. 88-642, p. 1028, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-18.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-18.1 - Minimum Benefits Under Certain Policemen's and Firemen's Pension and Relief Plans.

Section 11-40-18.1Minimum benefits under certain policemen's and firemen's pension and relief plans. Notwithstanding any other laws, in Class 1 municipalities, any benefit payable on a monthly basis to a participant or retiree under the Policemen's Pension and Relief Fund provided by Act No. 502 of the 1923 Session of the Legislature, as amended, the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund provided by Act No. 307 of the 1943 Session of the Legislature, as amended, the Separate Policemen's Retirement and Relief System provided by Act No. 470 of the 1955 Regular Session of the Legislature, as amended, or the Separate Firemen's Pension and Relief System provided by Act No. 217 of the 1966 Special Session of the Legislature, as amended, shall be in an amount not less than five hundred fifty dollars ($550) per month, and any survivor's or spouse's benefit payable therefrom on a monthly basis shall be in an amount not less than three hundred twenty dollars ($320) per month. (Acts 1994, No. 94-658, p. 1271, §1.)
AL Code § 11-40-18.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 40 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-40-18.2 - Liability and Indemnification Under Firemen's and Policemen's Supplemental Pension System.

Section 11-40-18.2Liability and indemnification under firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system. In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, in any Class 1 municipality, the board of firemen and policemen for the Class 1 municipality, the members of the board of firemen and policemen, and any officer, employee, or agent of a Class 1 municipality or of the board of firemen and policemen shall not incur any liability, individually or on behalf of any other individuals or on behalf of a Class 1 municipality or the board of firemen and policemen in a Class 1 municipality, for any act or failure to act in relation to the plan or the fund of any firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system established pursuant to Act 556 of the 1959 Regular Session (Acts 1959, p. 1376).  In the absence of wantonness or willful misconduct, officers and members of the board, employees in any Class 1 municipalities, and agents of any Class 1 municipality and of the board of firemen and policemen shall be indemnified against any and all liabilities arising by reason of any act, or failure to act, in relation to the plan or the fund of the firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system. This indemnification shall not apply to any act or failure to act made in bad faith, nor shall it apply to a paid consultant or paid agent of the fund. This indemnification shall include, without limitation, expenses reasonably incurred in the defense of any claim relating to the plan or the fund of the firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system, and amounts paid in any compromise or settlement relating to the plan or the fund of the firemen's and policemen's supplemental pension system. The indemnification shall be paid from the fund and shall apply retrospectively as well as prospectively. (Act 2001-966, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 860, §1; Act 2004-438, p. 748, §1.)