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AL Code § 11-44A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-2 - Establishment of Council Districts; Salaries; Election Notice; Powers and Duties of Mayor-Council.

Section 11-44A-2Establishment of council districts; salaries; election notice; powers and duties of mayor-council. If a majority of the voters voting in said election approve the proposition, then, (1) Within 90 days thereafter the commission shall adopt an ordinance establishing the boundaries of the five 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) Within 60 days after the referendum the commissioners shall establish the salaries to be paid to the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election held hereunder, (3) Within ten days after receipt of notification of compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice of an election for a mayor and all the members of the city council to be held not more than 90 days after the publication of said notice, and (4) The municipality shall thereafter and as provided in this article be governed by a mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, which shall have the same powers and duties as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11 and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this article which may have been theretofore granted to such municipality. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §2.)
AL Code § 11-44A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-3 - Mayor-Council - Assumption of Office; Duties, etc., of Commission Terminated.

Section 11-44A-3Mayor-council - Assumption of office; duties, etc., of commission terminated. On noon of the seventh day following the canvass of the election results, the newly elected mayor and council members shall assume office and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the commissioners shall end. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §3.)
AL Code § 11-44A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-4 - Mayor-Council - Terms.

Section 11-44A-4Mayor-council - Terms. The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve until the first Monday in October, 1988. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §4.)
AL Code § 11-44A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-5 - Conduct of Election and Referendum.

Section 11-44A-5Conduct of election and referendum. The election and referendum provided for herein shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by Chapter 46, Title 11, in respect to other municipal elections conducted in any such municipality. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §5.)
AL Code § 11-44A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-6 - Reapportionment of Council Districts.

Section 11-44A-6Reapportionment of council districts. Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well-defined boundaries; b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is possible the same population, but not more than five per centum more or less than the average. (2) The council shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. If the council fails to enact the redistricting ordinance within the said six months, the redistricting plan submitted by the mayor shall become effective without enactment by the council, as if it were a duly enacted ordinance. (3) Such redistricting ordinance shall not apply to any primary or regular or special election held within six months after its becoming effective. No incumbent member of the council shall be deprived of his unexpired term of office because of such redistricting. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §6.)
AL Code § 11-44A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-7 - Effect of Article on Pre-Existing Rights and Privileges of Municipal Employees, Etc.

Section 11-44A-7Effect of article on pre-existing rights and privileges of municipal employees, etc. Nothing contained in this article, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time when this article 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 the provisions of this article, 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 municipality or any office, department, board, or agency thereof. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §7.)
AL Code § 11-44A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-8 - Administrative Officers Continued; Reassignment of Duties and Powers Formerly Exercised by Abolished Agency, Etc.

Section 11-44A-8Administrative officers continued; reassignment of duties and powers formerly exercised by abolished agency, etc. 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. If any office, department, board, or agency of the municipality be abolished by this article or under its authority, the powers conferred and the duties imposed upon such office, department, board, or agency by the laws of the state shall be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §8.)
AL Code § 11-44A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-9 - Civil Service Officers Continued.

Section 11-44A-9Civil service officers continued. Any person holding such an office or position in the civil service of such municipality when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service 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 system. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §9.)
AL Code § 11-44A-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-10 - Interagency Transfer of Records, Equipment, Etc.

Section 11-44A-10Interagency transfer of records, equipment, etc. 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 article, 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 article 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 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §10.)
AL Code § 11-44A-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-11 - Municipal Contracts Continued; Completion of Public Works Required.

Section 11-44A-11Municipal contracts continued; completion of public works required. All contracts entered into by the municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such municipality 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 shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §11.)
AL Code § 11-44A-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-12 - Judicial Proceedings Unaffected by Adoption of Mayor-Council Government.

Section 11-44A-12Judicial proceedings unaffected by adoption of mayor-council government. 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 municipality or any office, department, board, 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 article. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §12.)
AL Code § 11-44A-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-13 - Pension and Retirement Plans, etc., Continued.

Section 11-44A-13Pension and retirement plans, etc., continued. All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the municipality, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to the municipality at the time when it shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this article, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §13.)
AL Code § 11-44A-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-14 - Continuation of Laws Relating to Certain Boards, Etc.

Section 11-44A-14Continuation of laws relating to certain boards, etc. All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, municipally owned public utility, and any municipally owned service enterprise, including inter alia, electric, gas and water boards, agencies, etc., and any board, authority, agency, etc., given such independent status, as the same may apply and be in effect at the time when the municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this article, shall continue in full force and effect and without interruption or change as to the establishment or conduct of any such authority, board or agency, until otherwise provided by law. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §14.)
AL Code § 11-44A-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-15 - Applicability of Article.

Section 11-44A-15Applicability of article. For all purposes the provisions of Sections 11-44A-6 through 11-44A-14 shall become applicable to the municipality at the time when the first council elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies, otherwise, this article shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the governor, or upon its otherwise becoming a law. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §15.)
AL Code § 11-44A-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 11-44A-16 - Continuation of Ordinances and Resolutions.

Section 11-44A-16Continuation of ordinances and resolutions. All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. (Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §16.)
AL Code § 11-44A-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 2 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act.|Section 11-44A-30 - 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.

Section 11-44A-30Adoption 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 7 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 shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of said council. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for said district. (Acts 1988, No. 88-556, p. 872, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44A-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 2 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act.|Section 11-44A-31 - Boundaries of Districts.

Section 11-44A-31Boundaries of districts. The ordinance establishing the districts shall describe the territory composing each district and its boundary line shall be the centerline of streets or other well-defined boundaries. (Acts 1988, No. 88-556, p. 872, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44A-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities.|Article 2 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act.|Section 11-44A-32 - Form of Government; Powers and Duties of Municipality.

Section 11-44A-32Form of government; powers and duties of municipality. The municipality shall thereafter and as provided herein be governed by a mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, and shall have the same powers and duties as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11, as amended, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this article which may have therefore been granted to such municipality. (Acts 1988, No. 88-556, p. 872, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 1 - Adoption of the Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government; Election and Term of First Commission.|Section 11-44E-1 - Cities to Which Chapter Applies.

Section 11-44E-1Cities to which chapter applies. Any Class 5 municipality in the State of Alabama may adopt the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by proceeding in the manner hereinafter provided in this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §1.01.)
AL Code § 11-44E-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 1 - Adoption of the Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government; Election and Term of First Commission.|Section 11-44E-2 - Authority to Adopt Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government; Ordinance for Election of Commissioners.

Section 11-44E-2Authority to adopt mayor/commission/city manager form of government; ordinance for election of commissioners. At any time upon passage of this chapter and said chapter becoming law, any Class 5 municipality may adopt the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by adopting an ordinance by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopting the mayor/commission/city manager form of government. Within 30 days of the adoption of the ordinance adopting the mayor/commission/city manager form of government, members of that governing body shall adopt a second ordinance for the election of commissioners from six single-member districts with the district boundaries established therein. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §1.02; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 1 - Adoption of the Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government; Election and Term of First Commission.|Section 11-44E-4 - Mayor and Commissioners to Be Known as Commission; Powers and Duties; Qualification and Taking of Office; Commencement of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government.

Section 11-44E-4Mayor and commissioners to be known as commission; powers and duties; qualification and taking of office; commencement of mayor/commission/city manager form of government. The commissioners provided for in this section, along with the mayor, shall be known collectively as the commission and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The commissioners first elected shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first Monday in October following the date of election, and thereupon such city shall at that time be organized under the mayor/commission/city manager form of government provided under this chapter and shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §1.04.)
AL Code § 11-44E-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 2 - Legal Status; Form of Government; Powers.|Section 11-44E-20 - Continuation as Municipal Corporation; Duties, Rights, Etc.

Section 11-44E-20Continuation as municipal corporation; duties, rights, etc. Any such city which adopts the mayor/commission/city manager form of government shall continue its existence as a municipal corporation. The word "city" as hereinafter used shall mean and refer to any city which has adopted the mayor/commission/city manager form of government. The city shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits as then established, and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation and shall enjoy all the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, duties, and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well as those that may thereafter or hereinafter be granted to it. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §2.01.)