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AL Code § 11-43B-7 (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-7 - Council Not to Direct Appointment or Removal of Any Person From Office; Appointment of Civil Service Employees; Limits on Supervision of Employees by Council.

Section 11-43B-7Council not to direct appointment or removal of any person from office; appointment of civil service employees; limits on supervision of employees by council. Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the mayor or any employee of the city to appoint or remove any person from office or position, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of employees in the service of the city; but the council may express its views and freely and fully discuss with the mayor anything pertaining to the work of any employee. Employees of the city subject to civil service appointment shall be appointed pursuant to the applicable law, rule, and regulation, and in the event that such law, rule, or regulation should allow a selection by the city from among qualified candidates, such selection shall be made by the mayor. Except for the purpose of investigation or inquiry, neither the council nor any of its members shall either publicly or privately supervise, order, or give directions to any employee of the city, but shall deal with the administrative service only through the mayor. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the election or appointment of any person who is not an employee of the city to any board or agency funded or supported in whole or in part by the city. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §7.)
AL Code § 11-43B-8 (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-8 - Government Known as Mayor-Council Form of Government; Powers Vested in Council; Agenda of Meetings; Exercise of Powers; Quorum.

Section 11-43B-8Government known as mayor-council form of government; powers vested in council; agenda of meetings; exercise of powers; quorum. The government of any such city operating 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 and laws of Alabama, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council. The council is the sole authority to set the agenda for any of its meetings. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this chapter or, if the manner is not prescribed herein, in the manner prescribed by law or ordinance. A majority of the council members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business of the council. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §8.)
AL Code § 11-43B-9 (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-9 - Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Audit of Books and Accounts; Publication of Audit; Submission of Audit to Mayor.

Section 11-43B-9Statement of receipts and expenses; audit of books and accounts; publication of audit; submission of audit to mayor. The mayor shall, from time to time, prepare a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the city. At the end of each fiscal year the council shall cause the books and accounts of the city to be audited by a reputable, disinterested certified public accountant. The same accountant shall not conduct the audit for more than three consecutive fiscal years. A true summary of the annual audit report shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The audit report shall be submitted by the mayor to the council at its first meeting after the completion of such report. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §9.)
AL Code § 11-43B-10 (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-10 - Budget, Appropriations, and Expenditures.

Section 11-43B-10Budget, appropriations, and expenditures. The mayor shall annually prepare and submit a proposed budget to the council. After public hearing the council shall adopt an ordinance providing the municipal budget. Adoption of the budget shall constitute appropriation of the amounts specified therein from the funds indicated. If the council fails to adopt a budget for the ensuing fiscal year by the first day of the fiscal year, the amounts appropriated for the preceding year shall be deemed to be appropriated for the ensuing year on a month-to-month basis until such time as the council adopts a budget. Every general fund appropriation shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered, except that an appropriation for a capital expenditure shall not lapse until the purpose for which it was made is accomplished or abandoned or until three years pass without any disbursement from or encumbrance of the appropriation. Any appropriation may be decreased or increased by ordinance amending the budget. Part or all of an unencumbered balance may be transferred by the mayor within an appropriation. No expenditure may be made unless the finance director or other designee of the mayor first certifies that there is a sufficient unencumbered balance in the appropriate allotment or appropriation. If the mayor shall disapprove of the budget adopted by the council, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council he shall return the same to the clerk with written objections and the clerk shall bring this to the next meeting of the council. A majority vote of the total membership of the council shall be necessary to override any veto of the budget by the mayor. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §10.)
AL Code § 11-43B-11 (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-11 - President of Council; President Pro Tempore Appointed Upon Failure or Refusal to Act.

Section 11-43B-11President of council; president pro tempore appointed upon failure or refusal to act. The council shall elect from its members a president of the council. In the event of a failure or refusal of the president of the council to act, the council may appoint one of its members to act as president pro tempore with like effect, and this appointment shall be entered in the minutes of the council. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §11.)
AL Code § 11-43B-12 (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-12 - Vacancies in Offices of Mayor, President of Council, and Councilman.

Section 11-43B-12Vacancies in offices of mayor, president of council, and councilman. In the event of a vacancy, from any cause, in the office of mayor, the council shall appoint a person to succeed to the office of mayor for the unexpired term. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the president of the council, the office shall be filled from the membership of the council. In the event of a vacancy, from any cause, in the office of councilman, the council shall appoint a person from the district in which such vacancy occurs to succeed to the office of councilman for the unexpired term. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §12.)
AL Code § 11-43B-13 (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-13 - Franchise or Lease of Right to Use Streets or Public Property.

Section 11-43B-13Franchise or lease of right to use streets or public property. No ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation of any franchise or lease of right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares or public property of the city shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after final enactment of same by the council and publication of said ordinance as required by law. The publication shall be made at the expense of the person, firm, or corporation applying for said grant. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §13.)
AL Code § 11-43B-14 (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-14 - Initial Territorial Limits.

Section 11-43B-14Initial territorial limits. The initial territorial limits of any municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter shall be the same as under its former organization. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §14.)
AL Code § 11-43B-15 (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-15 - Number of Council Members; Boundaries of Districts.

Section 11-43B-15Number of council members; boundaries of districts. The council shall be composed of seven members. The boundaries of the districts shall be established by ordinance adopted at least six months prior to the next regular municipal election. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §15.)
AL Code § 11-43B-16 (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-16 - Redistricting of Boundaries After Publication of Census or Change in Corporate Limits.

Section 11-43B-16Redistricting of boundaries after publication of census or change in corporate limits. After the publication of a federal census of population or a substantial change in the corporate limits, if any council district contains a population which is 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by the number of council districts, then the council shall redistrict the boundaries in the following manner: (1) Within six months after the publication of such a census or after such a change in the corporate limits, the mayor shall file with the council a report recommending a plan for redistricting of the boundaries in accordance with the following standards: 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 possible the same population, but shall not vary by more than five percent from the average. (2) The council shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. If the council fails to enact a redistricting ordinance within that period, the redistricting plan submitted by the mayor shall automatically become effective, without any action by the council, as if it were a duly adopted ordinance. (3) No redistricting ordinance shall apply to any election held within six months after it becomes effective. No new district boundary shall become effective until the next regular municipal election. No term of an incumbent member of the council shall be shortened because of any redistricting. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §16.)
AL Code § 11-43B-17 (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-17 - Creation of Departments, etc., by Ordinance; Discontinuance of Functions Assigned by Law.

Section 11-43B-17Creation of departments, etc., by ordinance; discontinuance of functions assigned by law. By ordinance, the council may establish city departments, boards, offices, or agencies and may prescribe the functions thereof, except that no function assigned by law to a particular department, board, office, or agency may be discontinued unless this chapter specifically so provides. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §17.)
AL Code § 11-43B-18 (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-18 - Limit on Duration of Contracts; Validity of Contracts.

Section 11-43B-18Limit on duration of contracts; validity of contracts. No contract involving the payment of money out of the budget of more than one fiscal year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made and approved by the council and signed in the name of the municipality by the mayor. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §18.)
AL Code § 11-43B-19 (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-19 - Effect of Chapter on Preexisting Rights of Officers and Employees.

Section 11-43B-19Effect of chapter on preexisting rights of officers and employees. Nothing contained in this chapter, 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 chapter shall take effect in the municipality, or any provision of law enforced at the time when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter 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 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §19.)
AL Code § 11-43B-20 (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-20 - Administrative Offices Continued; Exercise of Powers and Duties of Offices, etc., Abolished by Chapter.

Section 11-43B-20Administrative offices continued; exercise of powers and duties of offices, etc., abolished by chapter. 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 provisions 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, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency be abolished by this chapter, or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §20.)
AL Code § 11-43B-21 (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-21 - Transfer of Powers and Duties From Existing Offices to Similar Offices Provided for in This Chapter; Applicability of Laws Relating to Existing Offices.

Section 11-43B-21Transfer of powers and duties from existing offices to similar offices provided for in this chapter; applicability of laws relating to existing offices. Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this chapter with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties, until otherwise provided. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, board, or agency, shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, apply to such office, department, board, or agency provided for by this chapter. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §21.)
AL Code § 11-43B-22 (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-22 - Continuance in Office of Persons Under Existing Civil Service System; Chapter Not to Supersede Existing Civil Service System.

Section 11-43B-22Continuance in office of persons under existing civil service system; chapter not to supersede existing civil service system. Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of the municipality under any civil service or merit system applicable to the municipality when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service of the municipality 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. Where there is an existing civil service act, then that act shall remain in full force and effect and this chapter shall not supersede, modify, or repeal said civil service act. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §22.)
AL Code § 11-43B-23 (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-23 - Interagency Transfer of Records, Equipment, Etc.

Section 11-43B-23Interagency 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 chapter, 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 chapter 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 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §23.)
AL Code § 11-43B-24 (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-24 - Continuance of Contracts in Effect.

Section 11-43B-24Continuance of contracts in effect. 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 shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §24.)
AL Code § 11-43B-25 (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-25 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.

Section 11-43B-25Pending legal 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 municipality or any office, department, board, or agency or officer or employee thereof shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor-council form of government or by anything contained in this chapter. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §25.)
AL Code § 11-43B-26 (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-26 - Pension, Retirement, and Relief Fund Laws Continued in Effect.

Section 11-43B-26Pension, retirement, and relief fund laws continued in effect. 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 chapter, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §26.)
AL Code § 11-43B-27 (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-27 - Laws as to Independent Boards, Authorities, and Agencies Continued in Effect.

Section 11-43B-27Laws as to independent boards, authorities, and agencies continued in effect. All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, industrial development boards or authorities, housing authorities, medical clinic boards, plumbers or electricians boards or other technical boards, planning commission, board of adjustment, any municipally owned service enterprise, 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 chapter, 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 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §27.)