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AL Code § 11-43B-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-28 - Powers Generally.

Section 11-43B-28Powers generally. (a) The municipality shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution, code and laws of this state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry out and execute all the powers granted, as well as any other powers and duties which may heretofore or hereafter be granted to such municipality and which are not inconsistent with this chapter. (b) The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as the interest may require. (c) Except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state or restricted by this chapter, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. (d) The enumeration of particular powers by this chapter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied hereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the city shall have and may exercise all powers which, under the Constitution of this state, it would be competent for this chapter to specifically enumerate. (e) The city may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with any one or more states or civil divisions or agencies thereof, or of the United States or any agency thereof. (f) All rights, powers and properties of every description which were vested in any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter shall vest in such city under this mayor-council form of government, unless in conflict with the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §28.)
AL Code § 11-43B-28.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-28.1 - Increase in Membership of City Board of Education and Waterworks and Sewer Board.

Section 11-43B-28.1Increase in membership of city board of education and waterworks and sewer board. In any Class 4 municipality which has adopted a mayor-council form of government pursuant to Chapter 43B (commencing with Section 11-43B-1) of Title 11, the membership of the city board of education and the waterworks and sewer board may be increased to seven members. The additional members shall be appointed in the same manner as the present members are appointed and shall serve the same term as set by law. The initial appointments for the additional positions shall serve for full terms. (Acts 1994, No. 94-133, p. 172, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43B-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-29 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to City Commission, etc., Deemed to Refer to City Council.

Section 11-43B-29Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect; references to city commission, etc., deemed to refer to city council. All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference is made to a member of the governing body (by whatever name), the same shall be construed to refer to the mayor. Whenever in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference is made to the city commission, board of commissioners, the governing body, or like term, the same shall be construed to refer to the city council. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §29.)
AL Code § 11-43B-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-30 - Purchase of Labor Services, Materials, etc., From Elected Officials or Employees.

Section 11-43B-30Purchase of labor services, materials, etc., from elected officials or employees. Notwithstanding any statute or law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality which adopts this form of mayor-council government may legally purchase or lease from any of the elected officials or employees of such municipality any labor, services, work, materials, equipment, or supplies under the competitive bidding procedures established by Section 41-16-50 et seq., and such elected official or employee may legally sell same to the municipality under those procedures. The elected official or employee, if he or she proposes to bid, shall not participate in the decision-making process determining the need for or the purchase of such personal service or personal property, or in the determination of the successful bidder. The council shall affirmatively find that the elected official or employee, from whom the purchase is to be made, is the lowest responsible bidder as required by said procedure. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the city clerk to file a copy of any contract awarded to any elected official or employee with the State Ethics Commission. All awards shall be as a result of original bid takings. It is the intention of the Legislature by the adoption of this section to specifically remove any statutory or legal prohibitions against a Class 4 municipality, which has adopted the mayor-council form of government under this chapter, dealing with its elected officials and employees in the purchase of personal services or personal property. In the event an elected official or employee offers to sell or submit a bid to the municipality for the sale of personal property or a contract for furnishing personal services, the official or employee shall make full disclosure of his or her ownership or extent of ownership in the business organization with which he or she is associated. In the event the business organization is a partnership, the names and addresses and percentage of ownership of the partners shall be disclosed. In the event the business organization is a corporation, the names and addresses and percentage of ownership of all stockholders shall be disclosed. The disclosure required hereunder shall be made under oath in the original bid submission to the municipality and in any contract or agreement entered into with the municipality. The procedures in the preceding paragraph shall be permitted only for the purchase of items for which competitive bidding is required by state law. Otherwise, no elected official or city employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or materials, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for the city. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §30.)
AL Code § 11-43B-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-31 - Laws Relating to City Continued in Effect; Inconsistent Laws as to Exercise of Powers and Duties of Other Form of Government; Chapter 44b of This Title Not Repealed.

Section 11-43B-31Laws relating to city continued in effect; inconsistent laws as to exercise of powers and duties of other form of government; Chapter 44B of this title not repealed. All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting the city, its powers, functions, duties, and property, in force when this chapter shall take effect, are hereby continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of the powers, functions, and duties of the commission or some other form of government, shall be superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, and all laws or parts of laws which conflict with this chapter are hereby repealed. This chapter does not repeal Chapter 44B of this title, which provides a different form of mayor-council government for a Class 4 municipality. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §31.)
AL Code § 11-43B-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.|Section 11-43B-32 - Violation of Chapter.

Section 11-43B-32Violation of chapter. Any person who willfully and intentionally violates a provision of this chapter shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by the laws of the state of Alabama. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §32.)
AL Code § 11-43C-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-1 - Applicability of Chapter.

Section 11-43C-1Applicability of chapter. This chapter shall apply to any Class 5 municipality in the State of Alabama. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-2 - Special Election as to Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government.

Section 11-43C-2Special election as to adoption of mayor-council form of government. After May 21, 1987, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter applies may call a special election to be held in 1987, for the purpose of determining whether such city shall adopt the mayor-council form of government, and shall give notice of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city or in the nearest larger city. All qualified electors of such city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section 11-43C-3. The election shall be conducted, the expenses paid, the votes canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as is or may be provided by law in other city elections. The proposal for which the majority of the votes cast shall be "yes," or in favor of such proposition, shall thereby be adopted for such city, and the mayor or other chief executive officer shall transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, and to the judge of probate of the county, a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted for such city. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43C-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-3 - Form of Ballot; Marking of Ballot; Use of Voting Machines.

Section 11-43C-3Form of ballot; marking of ballot; use of voting machines. At such election the proposition to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used for any other office or question and shall read as follows: Check one of the following: (1) Shall the Mayor-Council form of government, as provided by Act ______, be adopted for the City of ___________________ ? Yes ___________; or No ___________. The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses his choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in such city, be submitted as a separate proposition on voting machines so used. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §3.)
AL Code § 11-43C-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-4 - Conduct of Election; Election Expenses.

Section 11-43C-4Conduct of election; election expenses. The election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of Title 11, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. The expenses of any and all elections provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43C-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-5 - Provisions Applicable if Mayor-Council Form of Government Chosen.

Section 11-43C-5Provisions applicable if mayor-council form of government chosen. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein vote in favor of a mayor-council form of government, the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §5.)
AL Code § 11-43C-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-6 - Election of Mayor and Council Members; Time of Taking Office; Election Expenses.

Section 11-43C-6Election of mayor and council members; time of taking office; election expenses. An election shall be held in 1988 at the regularly scheduled municipal election and the officials elected shall take office upon the expiration of the present official's term of office. Five council members to be elected by districts and a mayor to be elected at-large shall be elected and the expense thereof shall be paid by the municipality. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §6.)
AL Code § 11-43C-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-7 - Qualification of Council Candidates; Votes Cast by Each Voter; Majority Vote Requirements; Runoff Elections; Elections Held Quadrennially; When Elected Councilmen Take Office; Term of Office; Councilman May Succeed Himself.

Section 11-43C-7Qualification of council candidates; votes cast by each voter; majority vote requirements; runoff elections; elections held quadrennially; when elected councilmen take office; term of office; councilman may succeed himself. Council candidates shall qualify as provided by law and shall have the qualification and eligibility set forth herein. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from his district, and one vote for a candidate for mayor. Any district councilman candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast from the district in which he is a candidate shall be elected as a district councilman in his district. In the event that a district councilman candidate should fail to receive such a majority, then another election shall be held upon the same day of the week three weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for each place upon the council to be filled in such runoff election and these candidates shall be the two who received the highest number of votes. The candidate or candidates for the council receiving the highest number of votes cast in the second election shall be elected, so that in the first and second elections five councilmen shall be elected. Regular municipal elections shall be held quadrennially thereafter under the same rules and regulations and in the same mode and manner as provided by law. The councilmen so elected shall take office upon the expiration of the terms of office of the present municipal officeholders. Each councilman shall hold office for four years, but shall serve until his successor shall have qualified. A councilman may succeed himself in office. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §7.)
AL Code § 11-43C-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-8 - Mayor - Majority Vote Requirements; Runoff Election.

Section 11-43C-8Mayor - Majority vote requirements; runoff election. The candidate for mayor receiving the largest number of votes for the office shall be elected thereto, provided such candidate receives a majority of all votes cast for such office. If at the first election no candidate received a majority of the votes cast for the office, then another election shall be held upon the same day of the week three weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for the office of mayor; and these candidates shall be the two who received the highest number of votes for said office at the first election. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §8.)
AL Code § 11-43C-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-9 - Mayor - Elections Held Quadrennially; Oath; May Succeed Himself.

Section 11-43C-9Mayor - Elections held quadrennially; oath; may succeed himself. The mayor shall qualify and take office in the manner herein prescribed. The regular election for mayor shall be held quadrennially thereafter under the same rules and regulations and in the same mode and manner herein provided. The mayor elected at such regular election shall qualify by making oath that he is eligible for said office and will execute the duties of same according to the best of his knowledge and ability. Said oath may be administered by any person authorized to administer an oath under the laws of Alabama. A mayor may succeed himself. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §9.)
AL Code § 11-43C-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-10 - City Continued as Municipal Corporation.

Section 11-43C-10City continued as municipal corporation. When this mayor-council form of government becomes applicable to a city, said city shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits as now established and as may hereafter be fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation and shall continue to enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers, and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well as those that may thereafter or hereinafter be granted to it. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §10.)
AL Code § 11-43C-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-11 - Government Known as "Mayor-Council Form of Government"; Powers of City Vested in Council; Manner in Which Powers Exercised.

Section 11-43C-11Government known as "mayor-council form of government"; powers of city vested in council; manner in which powers exercised. The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this chapter shall be known as the "mayor-council form of government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the council," which shall enact ordinances, adopt budgets and determine policies. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §11.)
AL Code § 11-43C-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-12 - Powers of City Generally.

Section 11-43C-12Powers of city generally. The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution and laws of this state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted, and the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §12.)
AL Code § 11-43C-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-13 - Council to Consist of Five District Council Members; Division of Municipality Into Districts; Changing District Boundaries Where Population Varies by Over Five Percent.

Section 11-43C-13Council to consist of five district council members; division of municipality into districts; changing district boundaries where population varies by over five percent. The council shall include five members who shall be known and elected as district council members. Such district council members shall be elected from districts which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population according to the last federal decennial census. The probate judge of the county in which any such municipality is located shall divide the municipality into five districts which shall be homogeneous in area and shall not vary in population by over five percent. The boundaries as established by the probate judge shall be certified to the governing body of the municipality and shall be used for the election of members of the city council in the 1988 municipal election and for all council elections thereafter. Should any district established in the municipality for the election of council members be found by the probate judge, based on any future federal census, to vary by over five percent in population from any of the other districts, then the probate judge shall change, alter, or rearrange the boundaries of said districts in such manner as to establish five districts which are homogeneous in area and have a population which does not vary by over five percent between said districts. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §13.)