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AL Code § 11-44E-120 (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 7 - Commission Districts.|Section 11-44E-120 - Division of City Into Six Single-Member Districts.

Section 11-44E-120Division of city into six single-member districts. The territorial limits of the city shall remain the same as under its former organization, except that for the purpose of holding elections under applicable laws, the present governing body shall by duly enacted ordinance, divide such city into six single-member districts, each containing as nearly as practical equal population according to the last federal decennial census. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §7.01; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-121 (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 7 - Commission Districts.|Section 11-44E-121 - Reapportionment.

Section 11-44E-121Reapportionment. Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal decennial census of population published following the last federal census of population preceding the adoption of this chapter, there shall be a reapportionment of the commission districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The mayor and commissioners shall within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the city, following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this chapter, or if within six months after there shall have been any change in the corporate limits of the city, file with the commission a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the commission 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 practicable the same population. (2) The report shall include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be drafted as a proposed ordinance and considered by the commission as other ordinances are considered. Input shall be solicited from the community. (3) The commission shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §7.02; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-140 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-140 - Rights of Officers and Employees Preserved.

Section 11-44E-140Rights of officers and employees preserved. Nothing in this chapter contained, 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 chapter shall take effect, or any provision of law in force at the time when the mayor/commission/city manager 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 city or any office, department, or agency thereof. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.01.)
AL Code § 11-44E-141 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-141 - Continuance of Present Officers; Exercise of Powers of Abolished Agency by Agency Designated by Commission.

Section 11-44E-141Continuance of present officers; exercise of powers of abolished agency by agency designated by commission. All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor/commission/city manager 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 shall, if such office, department or agency be abolished by this chapter or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, or agency designated by the commission unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.02.)
AL Code § 11-44E-142 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-142 - Continuance of Officers and Employees Holding Positions in Classified Service.

Section 11-44E-142Continuance of officers and employees holding positions in classified service. 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/commission/city manager form of government is adopted shall continue as such officer or employee in the classified service of the city under the mayor/commission/city manager 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/commission/city manager form of government had not been adopted. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.03.)
AL Code § 11-44E-143 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-143 - Transfer of Agency Records and Property.

Section 11-44E-143Transfer of agency 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 of 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 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.04.)
AL Code § 11-44E-144 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-144 - Office, etc., With Name or Powers and Duties the Same or Substantially Same as Existing Office Deemed a Continuation of Such Office.

Section 11-44E-144Office, etc., with name or powers and duties the same or substantially same as existing office deemed a continuation of such office. 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, 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, board, 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 the provisions of this chapter, apply to such office, department, or agency provided for by this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.05.)
AL Code § 11-44E-145 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-145 - Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken.

Section 11-44E-145Existing contracts continued in force; public improvements for which legislative steps taken. All contracts entered into by the preceding 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/commission/city manager form of government may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.06.)
AL Code § 11-44E-146 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-146 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.

Section 11-44E-146Pending legal actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager 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/commission/city manager form of government or by anything herein contained in this chapter; 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 by or under this chapter 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 under this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.07; Acts 1989, No. 89-525.)
AL Code § 11-44E-147 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-147 - Laws Relating to Pensions or Retirement and Relief Funds Continued in Force.

Section 11-44E-147Laws relating to pensions or retirement and relief funds continued in force. All laws and parts of laws relating to pensions, retirement, and relief funds for policemen, firemen, and other employees of the city, contained in the general or local laws of the state, 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 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, after adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by such city. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.08.)
AL Code § 11-44E-148 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-148 - Laws Relating to Authority for Fairgrounds, etc., Continued in Force.

Section 11-44E-148Laws relating to authority for fairgrounds, etc., continued in force. 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, as amended, or 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 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 authority created thereunder, after adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by such city. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.09.)
AL Code § 11-44E-149 (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 8 - Succession in Government.|Section 11-44E-149 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect.

Section 11-44E-149Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect. All ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the commission. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.10.)
AL Code § 11-44E-160 (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 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.|Section 11-44E-160 - Party Caucus or Primary for Nomination of Candidates for Mayor or Commissioner Prohibited.

Section 11-44E-160Party caucus or primary for nomination of candidates for mayor or commissioner prohibited. It shall be unlawful to hold a party caucus or primary for the purpose of nominating any candidate for the office of mayor or commissioner and any candidate who solicits, receives, or accepts a party or caucus nomination for any office shall be ineligible for such office or any other municipal office for a period of four years thereafter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.01; Acts 1989 No. 89-525, p. 1074, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-161 (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 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.|Section 11-44E-161 - Bribes; Transportation of Voters to Polls.

Section 11-44E-161Bribes; transportation of voters to polls. It shall be unlawful for any candidate for office or any officer in the city, directly or indirectly, to give or promise any person or persons an office, position, benefit, or anything of value for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid, or vote of any person or persons, or for any candidate to provide or use any trucks, automobiles or other vehicles for the purpose of transporting voters to the polls on election day. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.02.)
AL Code § 11-44E-162 (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 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.|Section 11-44E-162 - Statement of Campaign Contributions.

Section 11-44E-162Statement of campaign contributions. Each candidate for city office provided for by this chapter shall, not later than 30 days after the election, file with the city clerk his (her) sworn itemized statement in detail of each contribution received by him (her) or any person or committee acting in his (her) behalf, specifying the amount of same, the full name and address of the contributor, and each campaign-related expenditure in excess of $50.00, specifying the name and address of the person or company to whom the expenditure was made. The statement shall also list the total amount of contributions received and the total amount of campaign expenditures made by the candidate or any person or committee acting in his (her) behalf. The statement shall be published one time, at the expense of the city, in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.03.)
AL Code § 11-44E-163 (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 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.|Section 11-44E-163 - Financial Interest in Public Service Utility.

Section 11-44E-163Financial interest in public service utility. No mayor or commissioner or any other official of the city, nor any employee thereof, shall be financially interested in any corporation operating any public service utility within the city; provided, however, this shall not apply to any employment or interest existing at the time of the selection or election of such mayor or commissioner or other official. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.04.)
AL Code § 11-44E-164 (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 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.|Section 11-44E-164 - Election Bribes; False Statement as to Qualification to Vote; Voting or Offering to Vote by Person Who Is Not Qualified.

Section 11-44E-164Election bribes; false statement as to qualification to vote; voting or offering to vote by person who is not qualified. Any person offering to give a bribe, either in money or other consideration, to any voter for the purpose of influencing his (her) vote at any election provided for in this chapter, or any voter entitled to vote at such election, receiving and accepting such bribe or other consideration, or any person making false answer to any of the provisions of this chapter relative to his (her) qualifications to vote at an election, or any person willfully voting or offering to vote at such election, who has not complied with the residency requirements provided for by general law, or who is not voting age, or is not a citizen of the United States, or knowing himself (herself) not to be a qualified voter of the precinct, where he (she) offers to vote, or any person knowingly procuring, aiding or abetting any violation hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.05.)
AL Code § 11-44E-165 (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 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.|Section 11-44E-165 - Employee Involvement in Elections.

Section 11-44E-165Employee involvement in elections. Any employee of any such city shall not wear signs or election material at his (her) place of employment or work. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.06.)
AL Code § 11-44E-166 (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 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.|Section 11-44E-166 - Hiring of Persons to Solicit Votes at Polls on Election Day.

Section 11-44E-166Hiring of persons to solicit votes at polls on election day. It shall be unlawful for any candidate for mayor or commissioner, or for any other person in his (her) behalf, to hire, or pay or agree to pay, any person to solicit votes at the polls on election day, and it shall also be unlawful for any person to accept such hire, or make contract for pay, to solicit votes for any candidate for mayor or commissioner. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.07.)
AL Code § 11-44E-167 (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 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.|Section 11-44E-167 - Penalties for Violations of This Chapter; Disqualification of Candidate.

Section 11-44E-167Penalties for violations of this chapter; disqualification of candidate. Any person willfully violating any provisions of this chapter relating to the mayor/commission/city manager form of government for which penalties have not otherwise been prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 or may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not to exceed six months, or both. Furthermore, any candidate for the office of commissioner or mayor, shall be disqualified from holding municipal office for a period of four years from such conviction. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.08.)
AL Code § 11-44E-168 (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 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.|Section 11-44E-168 - Recall of Elected Official.

Section 11-44E-168Recall of elected official. The mayor or any commissioner shall be subject to recall. To institute a recall election, any registered voter may present a petition to the city clerk having the signatures of no less than 30 percent of the registered voters having voted in the last preceding election. Such petition shall contain the following statement:  To the city clerk. We the following registered voters of _____ (name of municipality) do respectfully request that you instigate an election to be held for the purpose of recalling _____ (name of person) who holds the office of _____ (name of office)  Signatures of those signing the petition along with residential addresses shall follow. Upon receipt of such petition, the city clerk shall make arrangements under Alabama law to hold such election within 30 days of receipt by the city clerk of such petition. Provided that a majority of registered voters vote for the recall, then the city clerk shall thereupon declare that office vacant and the office holder shall no longer be an elected official. The office holder's successor shall be named as prescribed elsewhere in this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.09.)