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AL Code § 11-44E-21 (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-21 - Government to Be Known as Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government; Powers of City Vested in Commission; Exercise of Powers.

Section 11-44E-21Government to be known as mayor/commission/city manager form of government; powers of city vested in commission; exercise of powers. The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this chapter shall be known as the "mayor/commission/city manager form of government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to the limitations imposed by the laws and Constitution of Alabama, all powers of the city shall be vested in the commission elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the commission," which shall enact ordinances, resolutions, budgets, and 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 the laws of the state. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §2.02.)
AL Code § 11-44E-22 (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-22 - Powers of City; Acquisition of Property; Enumeration of Powers in Chapter Not Exclusive.

Section 11-44E-22Powers of city; acquisition of property; enumeration of powers in chapter not exclusive. 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. The city may acquire within or without its corporate limits for any city purpose, in fee simple and any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interests may require; and 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. The enumeration of particular powers by this chapter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, 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 specifically to enumerate. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §2.03.)
AL Code § 11-44E-40 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-40 - Elections; Qualification and Term of Office; Oath.

Section 11-44E-40Elections; qualification and term of office; oath. (a) Any commissioner whose present term does not expire until October, 1993, shall continue to serve the remainder of his or her term, but shall represent the district in which he or she resides. The commissioners shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first Monday in October following his or her election. An election shall be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioner for Districts 2, 4, and 6 and in the manner herein provided. Associate commissioners for Districts 1 and 5 shall also be elected the second Tuesday in July, 1991, for initial two-year terms. Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall elect associate commissioners the second Tuesday in July, 1993, for four-year terms. After 1993, all associate commissioners shall serve four-year terms. The mayor shall continue to hold office until the first Monday in October, 1993, and shall continue to be elected at-large for a four-year term at the same election in 1993 as Districts 1, 3, and 5 and every four years thereafter. The commissioners shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in October following his or her election. The commissioners elected at any such regular election shall on or before the first Monday in October, make oath that he or she is eligible for the office and will execute the duties of same according to the best of his or her knowledge and ability. At any election for commissioner the candidate receiving the highest 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 a majority is not received by any candidate for the office of commissioner, then a second election shall be held on the second Tuesday next thereafter following the first election, in the same mode, manner, and under the same rules and regulations provided in Section 11-44E-3 hereof with respect to the election of the first commission. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), effective for the election of city commissioners in 2011, the city commissioners in Districts 2, 4, and 6 shall be elected for a two-year term. Effective for the election of city commissions in 2013 and thereafter, all city commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms. Effective for the election of city commissioners in 2011, and thereafter, the first election date shall be on the first Tuesday in August and the second election or run-off election shall be held on the sixth Tuesday thereafter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.01; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1; Act 2006-348, p. 921, §1; Act 2009-362, p. 684, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-41 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-41 - Statement of Candidacy.

Section 11-44E-41Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy accompanied by a petition signed by a minimum of fifty registered voters of such commission district or in the case of mayor, one hundred registered voters of the municipality, endorsing the candidacy of such candidate and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or notary public. Such statement shall be filed by 5:00 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the date set for the election and shall be substantially in the following form: "State of Alabama, _____ County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of _____, in said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire to become a candidate for the office of commissioner for District _____, in said City at the election for said office to be held on the _____ day of _____ and that I am duly qualified to hold said office if elected thereto, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot at said election. Signed _____; Sworn to and subscribed before me on this _____ day of _____, 2__, and filed in this office for record on said day. _____ City Clerk." Said statement shall be accompanied by a qualifying fee in the amount of $150.00 for candidates for a commissioner, which fee shall be paid over by the city clerk to the general fund of the city. Any person may file with the city clerk, a verified pauper's oath that he (she) does not have the financial resources to pay a qualifying fee and thereupon shall be exempt from filing such fee. No name shall appear upon said ballot as a candidate for election except the names of such persons as have become candidates according to provisions as above set forth. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office of mayor or commissioner and candidates shall be nominated only as hereinabove described. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.02; Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-831, p. 293, §2; Act 2011-252, p. 450, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-42 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-42 - Eligibility of Candidates; Vacancy When Commissioner Ceases to Possess Qualifications.

Section 11-44E-42Eligibility of candidates; vacancy when commissioner ceases to possess qualifications. The candidates for office of commissioner shall be qualified electors in the city for at least one year prior to qualifying, shall be at least 19 years of age, shall have continuously resided in the district for which he (she) is a candidate for the preceding six months, and shall hold no other public office except that of notary public or member of the National Guard of Naval or Military Reserve. If the commissioner shall cease to possess any of these qualifications or shall be convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, his (her) office shall immediately become vacant. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.03.)
AL Code § 11-44E-43 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-43 - Compensation; Increase or Decrease in Compensation; Bond.

Section 11-44E-43Compensation; increase or decrease in compensation; bond. The compensation of all commissioners elected during the first election held under the terms of this chapter shall be the sum of $21,000.00 per annum. The fees, salary or compensation of any commissioner whose election is authorized by this chapter shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he (she) shall be elected, provided, however, that the commission shall have authority and power to adjust such fees, salaries, or compensation for the succeeding term. The commissioners shall each be bonded in the minimum amount of $25,000.00, and such additional amount as the commission may determine, if any. Such bond will be at the expense of the municipality. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.04; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-44 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-44 - Powers of Commission.

Section 11-44E-44Powers of commission. The commission shall be the legislative body of the city. It shall have powers vested in it by this chapter. These powers shall be as follows: (1) To establish administrative departments. (2) To adopt the budgets of the city. (3) To authorize the issuance of bonds or warrants. (4) To inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of the city and make investigations as to municipal affairs. (5) To appoint the members of all boards, commissions, or other bodies authorized hereunder or by law. (6) To succeed to all the powers, rights, and privileges conferred upon the former governing body of the city by statutes in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government and not in conflict with this chapter. (7) To levy property taxes and impose and collect license taxes and local improvement assessments and enact any such new revenue or adjustments as elsewhere prescribed by law. (8) To adopt each year a financial plan for at least the next succeeding five years showing anticipated revenues, anticipated expenditures and with all capital projects ranked by priority. Said financial plan shall be used as a financial planning guide by the city staff and city manager, but shall not be binding on the commission. (9) To enact such resolutions, ordinances, and policies, as prescribed by this chapter or prescribed elsewhere in the Code of Alabama. (10) To employ the city manager; to discharge the city manager; to enter into employment contract with the city manager. (11) To hold public hearings as prescribed by law. (12) To set the compensation of the mayor and commission in accordance with procedure in Sections 11-44E-43 and 11-44E-73. (13) To adopt policies for the operation of the city. (14) To adopt rules of procedure. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.05; Acts 1989, No. 89-525, p. 1074, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-45 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-45 - Interference in Appointment or Removal of Officers and Employees; Dealings of Commission With Administrative Service.

Section 11-44E-45Interference in appointment or removal of officers and employees; dealings of commission with administrative service. Neither the commission nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his removal from, office or position by the city manager or by any of his (her) subordinates, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the administrative service of the city with the exception of certain employees as prescribed in Section 11-44E-92(2) of this chapter. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the commission and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager and neither the commission nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.06.)
AL Code § 11-44E-46 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-46 - Vacancies in Commission.

Section 11-44E-46Vacancies in commission. (a) Whenever a vacancy in the office of commissioner shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, and the remainder of the term is six months or less, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint a commissioner to serve the remainder of the vacated term, who shall serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. (b) If the remainder of the vacated term is more than six months, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint a commissioner to serve until a successor has been elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The interim commissioner selected shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the commissioner whose vacated office he or she fills. The mayor shall within 10 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, call for a special election to be held in the district of the vacancy on a Tuesday not less than 60 days and not more than 120 days from the date the vacancy occurred. If a regular or special municipal election is scheduled in the municipality within not less than 60 days nor more than 120 days after the date the vacancy occurred, then the election for a commissioner to fill this vacancy shall be held at the regular or special municipal election. Notice of the election shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation and published in the city. The method, procedure, and requirements of qualifying, voting, and determining the successful election of the commissioner shall be the same as is provided herein relative to the election of a commissioner at regular elections, except that statements of candidacy shall be filed within 10 days after notice of election has been given. The commissioner chosen at the election shall take office no later than the next Monday following election and shall hold office for the unexpired term until a successor is elected and qualified. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.07; Act 98–290, p. 476, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-47 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-47 - Continuation of City Clerk in Office Where Subject to Civil Service or Merit System; Appointment Where Not Subject to Such System; Duties of City Clerk.

Section 11-44E-47Continuation of city clerk in office where subject to civil service or merit system; appointment where not subject to such system; duties of city clerk. If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor/commission/city manager form of government holds office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk under the mayor/commission/city manager form of government of such city, and the clerk's successor shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service or merit system. If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor/commission/city manager form of government does not hold office subject to any civil service or merit system, the city manager may appoint the city clerk in the same manner as department heads are appointed. The city clerk shall give notice of special or called meetings of the commission, shall keep the journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his (her) signature and record in full, in a book kept for that purpose, all ordinances and resolutions and shall perform such other duties as shall be required by this chapter or by ordinance, and such duties as are imposed by law of Alabama upon city clerks. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.08.)
AL Code § 11-44E-48 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-48 - Meetings of Commission.

Section 11-44E-48Meetings of commission. The first meeting of each newly elected commission shall be held at two o'clock in the afternoon on the first Tuesday in October, with all subsequent meetings held at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance of the commission. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.09.)
AL Code § 11-44E-49 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-49 - Commission to Judge Election.

Section 11-44E-49Commission to judge election. The commission shall be the judge of the election by officially canvassing the votes. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.10.)
AL Code § 11-44E-50 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-50 - Rules of Procedure of Commission; Journal of Commission Proceedings.

Section 11-44E-50Rules of procedure of commission; journal of commission proceedings. The commission shall determine its own rules and order of business. It shall keep a journal of its own proceedings and the journal shall be open to public inspection. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.11.)
AL Code § 11-44E-53 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-53 - Codification Authorized.

Section 11-44E-53Codification authorized. The commission may provide at any time it may deem proper, for the revision and codification of its resolutions, bylaws, and ordinances, or for the adoption of a code or codes by ordinance. Such code or codes and the revisions or amendments thereof may relate to the whole system of city resolutions, bylaws, and ordinances, or may relate to that portion of such resolutions, bylaws, and ordinances, which relate to, affect, or purport to govern any particular subject or subjects or subdivision of municipal legislation. The commission shall have full power and authority to prescribe the manner in which said code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, shall be made public, whether by proclamation of any officer or officers of said city by posting or by publication, one or all, but it shall not be necessary unless so prescribed by the commission for such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, to be published in a newspaper or newspapers. Nor shall it be necessary that such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, be spread at length upon the minutes. The commission may prescribe that such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, be spread at length upon the minutes. The commission may prescribe that such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto may be certified by and filed with the city clerk, or other corresponding officer, in lieu of spreading the same on the minutes; and the commission may prescribe the manner in which copies of such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, may be officially certified for use by the inhabitants or by the courts. The commission may adopt and provide for the maintenance in a designated office of the city a comprehensive zoning map of the city open for inspection by the public at all reasonable times, and may make such zoning map a part of any ordinance by reference thereto in such ordinance and without publication of such zoning map in any newspaper. Such zoning map need not be in one piece but may for convenience be in sections. A zoning map of territory newly added to the city shall be treated as a comprehensive zoning of the city for purposes of application of the provisions of the preceding sentence. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.14; Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-831, p. 293, §3.)
AL Code § 11-44E-54 (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 3 - The Commission.|Section 11-44E-54 - Examination of Books and Publication of Accounts.

Section 11-44E-54Examination of books and publication of accounts. At the end of each year, the commission shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city to be made by a certified public accountant, or by the state department of public examiner of public accounts. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §3.15.)