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AL Code § 45-37A-52.190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.190 - Rights of Officers and Employees Preserved.

Section 45-37A-52.190Rights of officers and employees preserved. Nothing in this part, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or of any office, department, or agency existing at the time when this part shall take effect, or any provision of law in force at the time when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted, and not inconsistent with this part, in relation to the personnel, appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotion, removal, pension, and retirement rights, civil rights, or any other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or any office, department, or agency thereof. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.01.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.191 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.191 - Continuance of Officers.

Section 45-37A-52.191Continuance of officers. All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office, department, or agency of the city by the laws of the state, if such office, department, or agency, be abolished by this part, or under its authority, shall be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.02.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.192 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.192 - Status of Officers and Employees Holding Positions When the Mayor-Council Form of Government Is Adopted.

Section 45-37A-52.192Status of officers and employees holding positions when the mayor-council form of government is adopted. Any person holding an office or position in the classified service of the city under any civil service or merit system applicable to the city when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall be continued as such officer or employee in the classified service of the city under the mayor-council form of government and with the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable civil service or merit system as if the mayor-council form of government had not been adopted. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.03.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.193 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.193 - Transfer of Records and Property.

Section 45-37A-52.193Transfer of records and property. All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, or agency by this part, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any office, department, or agency or part thereof are by this part assigned to another office, department, or agency, all records, property, and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.04.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.194 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.194 - Continuity of Offices, Departments, or Agencies.

Section 45-37A-52.194Continuity of offices, departments, or agencies. Any office, department, or agency provided for in this part with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, or agency heretofore existing, shall be deemed to be a continuation of such office, department, or agency and, until otherwise provided, shall exercise its powers and duties in continuation of their exercise by the office, department, or agency by which the same were heretofore exercised and, until otherwise provided, shall have power to continue any business, proceeding, or other matter within the scope of its regular powers and duties commenced by an office, department, or agency by which such powers and duties were heretofore exercised. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, or agency, shall, so far as not inconsistent with this part, apply to such office, department, or agency provided for by this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.05.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.195 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.195 - Continuance of Contracts and Public Improvements.

Section 45-37A-52.195Continuance of contracts and public improvements. All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such city of the mayor-council form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with such existing laws. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.06.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.196 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.196 - Pending Actions and Proceedings.

Section 45-37A-52.196Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government, brought by or against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor-council form of government or by anything therein contained in this part; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency or officer party thereto may be or under this part be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or agency or officer, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department, or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.07.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.197 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.197 - Pension and Relief Funds.

Section 45-37A-52.197Pension and relief funds. All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for policemen, firemen, and other employees of the city, contained in the general or local laws of the state or in Title 62 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as amended, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city shall elect to be governed by this part, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder, after adoption of the mayor-council form of government by such city. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.08)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.198 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.198 - Park, Play Ground, and Fairground Authority.

Section 45-37A-52.198Park, play ground, and fairground authority. Except as expressly provided by this part, all laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of an authority for fairgrounds, parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and places for the amusement, entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of a city, and for the powers, authority, mode of financing, and conduct of the same, contained in the general or local laws of the state or in Title 62 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as amended, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city shall elect to be governed by this part, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to the establishment or conduct of any authority created thereunder, after adoption of the mayor-council form of government by such city. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.09; Act 2016-277, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.199 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.199 - When Part Takes Effect.

Section 45-37A-52.199When part takes effect. For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the council and the mayor, this part shall become applicable to any city adopting the mayor-council form of government upon the filing of the certificate of adoption by the judge of probate with the mayor or other chief executive office of the city as provided for in Section 45-37A-52.05. For all other purposes this part shall become applicable to the city at the time when the first council of such city elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.10.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 7 - Succession in Government.|Section 45-37A-52.200 - Continuance of Ordinances and Resolutions.

Section 45-37A-52.200Continuance of ordinances and resolutions. To the extent consistent with the terms of this part, all ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor-council form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. To the extent any current or future ordinance or resolution of the city is inconsistent with the express terms of this part, the ordinance or resolution shall be void and of no effect to the extent of its inconsistency. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §7.11; Act 2016-277, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.221 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 8 - General Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.221 - Right of Mayor and Other Officers in Council.

Section 45-37A-52.221Right of mayor and other officers in council. The mayor, the heads of all departments, and such other officers of the city as may be designated by the council, shall be entitled to attend meetings of the council, but shall have no vote therein. The mayor shall have the right to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before the council, and the directors and other officers shall be entitled to take part in all discussions of the council relating to their respective offices, departments, or agencies. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §8.02.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.222 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 8 - General Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.222 - Investigations by Council or Mayor.

Section 45-37A-52.222Investigations by council or mayor. The council, the mayor, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, agency, or officer of the city and to make investigations as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the production of books, papers, and other evidence. Failure to obey such subpoena or to produce books, papers, or other evidence as ordered under this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §8.03.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.223 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 8 - General Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.223 - Contracts Extending Beyond One Year.

Section 45-37A-52.223Contracts extending beyond one year. No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made or approved by resolution or ordinance. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §8.04.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.224 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 8 - General Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.224 - Publicity of Records.

Section 45-37A-52.224Publicity of records. All records and accounts of every office, department, or agency of the city shall be open to inspection by any citizen, any representative of a citizens’ organization, or any representative of the press at all reasonable times and under reasonable regulations established by the mayor, except records and documents the disclosure of which would tend to defeat the lawful purpose which they are intended to accomplish. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §8.05.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.225 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 8 - General Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.225 - Officers and Employees Not to Be Privately Interested in City Contracts.

Section 45-37A-52.225Officers and employees not to be privately interested in city contracts. No member of the council, officer, or employee elected or appointed shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for the city, and no such member of the council, officer, or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for any person, firm, or corporation operating interurban railway, street railway, gas works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange within the territorial limits of the city. No such member of the council, officer, or employee of such city shall be interested in or an employee or attorney of any corporation operating any public service utility within the city. No such member of the council, officer, or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation operating within the territorial limits of the city any interurban railway, railway, street railway, gas works, water works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange, or other business using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free pass, free ticket, or free service, or accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any such person, firm, or corporation, any gift or other thing of value, or any service upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the guilty person shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) and may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 90 days. Every such contract or agreement shall be voidable by the mayor or the council. Such prohibition of free transportation shall not apply to policemen or firemen in uniform nor to policemen in the discharge of their duty; nor shall service to city officials in their official capacity heretofore provided by any franchise or ordinance be affected by this section. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §8.06.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.226 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 8 - General Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.226 - Official Bonds.

Section 45-37A-52.226Official bonds. The director of finance, and such other officers or employees as the council may by general ordinance require so to do, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §8.07.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.227 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 8 - General Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.227 - Oath of Office.

Section 45-37A-52.227Oath of office. Every officer of the city, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, to be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk: "I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution and will obey the laws of the United States and of the State of Alabama, that I will, in all respects, observe the provisions of the ordinances of the city of _________, and will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of ________" (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §8.08.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.250 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 9 - Abandonment of Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 45-37A-52.250 - Abandonment of the Mayor-Council Plan.

Section 45-37A-52.250Abandonment of the mayor-council plan. No city may change from the mayor-council form of government within two years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the city may change its form of municipal government to: (1) The form of municipal government applicable to the city prior to its adoption of the mayor-council form of government, or to  (2) The council-manager form of municipal government provided by Act Number 518 of the 1953 session of the Legislature of Alabama. (3) One of the commission forms of municipal government provided by Title 37, Alabama Code of 1940, as amended and supplemented. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §9.01.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.251 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 9 - Abandonment of Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 45-37A-52.251 - Petition for Change of Form of Government.

Section 45-37A-52.251Petition for change of form of government. Such change, however, shall first be initiated by petition and submitted to a vote of the qualified electors at an election and shall receive at such election a majority of the votes yes or in favor thereof in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as provided in Sections 45-37A-52.01 to 45-37A-52.04, inclusive, except that the proposition on the ballot shall be changed to reflect the proposed form of municipal government to be submitted to the vote of the qualified electors. The officers and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall be elected as soon as may be under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the council under the mayor-council form of government shall terminate. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §9.02.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.252 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 9 - Abandonment of Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 45-37A-52.252 - No Election on Change More Often Than Two Years.

Section 45-37A-52.252No election on change more often than two years. No election on the abandonment of the mayor-council form of government shall be held within two years after any other election thereon. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §9.03.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.270 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 10 - General Statutory Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.270 - Effect of This Part in Existing Law.

Section 45-37A-52.270Effect of this part in existing law. Except as otherwise provided by this part, all laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting the city, its powers, functions, duties, and property, in force on September 9, 1955, are hereby continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions, and duties by the commission or council-manager or some other form of government shall be superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent with this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §10.01; Act 2016-277, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.271 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 10 - General Statutory Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.271 - Separability Clause.

Section 45-37A-52.271Separability clause. If any section or part of section of this part shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this part nor the context in which such section or part of section so held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire section or part of section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section to which such holding shall directly apply. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §10.02.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.272 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 10 - General Statutory Provisions.|Section 45-37A-52.272 - Short Title.

Section 45-37A-52.272Short title. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Mayor-Council Act of 1955. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §10.03.)
AL Code § 45-37A-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 5 - Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.|Part 1 - Parks and Playgrounds.|Section 45-37A-54 - Applicability.

Section 45-37A-54Applicability. This subpart shall apply to all cities of the State of Alabama now or hereafter having a population of 100,000 or more, according to the last or any subsequent federal census. The term such city as used in this subpart refers to and means all and only those cities of the State of Alabama having a population of 100,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal census. (Acts 1923, No. 529, p. 707, §1.)