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AL Code § 11-43A-97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-97 - Reapportionment of Council Districts; Filing of Recommended Plan With Council; Redistricting Ordinances; Effect on Incumbent.

Section 11-43A-97Reapportionment of council districts; filing of recommended plan with council; redistricting ordinances; effect on incumbent. Whenever there shall be a change in the population of any of the council districts according to the federal decennial census of population published following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this article, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The manager shall within six months after the publication of each federal decennial census of population for the municipality, following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this article, or within six months after any substantial change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well-defined boundaries; and b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is possible the same population; (2) The council shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. If the council fails to enact the redistricting ordinance within the said six months, the redistricting plan submitted by the manager shall become effective without enactment by the council, as if it were a duly enacted ordinance; (3) Such redistricting ordinance shall not apply nor be effective until the next regularly scheduled municipal election thereafter as provided by state law. No incumbent councilman shall be deprived of his unexpired term of office because of such redistricting. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §28.)
AL Code § 11-43A-98 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-98 - Effect of Article on Rights and Privileges of Officers, Employees, Departments, Boards, Etc.

Section 11-43A-98Effect of article on rights and privileges of officers, employees, departments, boards, etc. Nothing in this article, except as may otherwise be specifically provided herein, shall affect or impair the rights and privileges of the officers and employees of the municipality, or any department, board or agency thereof, as those rights and privileges relate to, among other things, matters of personnel, appointment, rank, grade, tenure of office, promotion, removal, pension rights, retirement rights and civil rights. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §29.)
AL Code § 11-43A-99 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-99 - Continuation in Office of Persons Holding Administrative Office Until Different Provision Made; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices.

Section 11-43A-99Continuation in office of persons holding administrative office until different provision made; transfer of powers and duties of abolished offices. All persons holding any administrative office on the date that the council-manager form of government under this article is made effective shall continue in office and in the performance of their respective duties until different provision shall be made for the performance of such duties or until 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 article or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein or by law. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §30.)
AL Code § 11-43A-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-100 - Continuation in Office of Persons in Civil Service or Merit System.

Section 11-43A-100Continuation in office of persons in civil service or merit system. Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of the municipality under any civil service law or merit system applicable to the municipality when the council-manager form of government under this article shall be made effective shall continue to hold such office in the civil service of the municipality under such form of government and with the same status, rights and privileges and subject to the same conditions under the applicable civil service law or merit system. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §31.)
AL Code § 11-43A-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-101 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment When Duties and Powers of Office, Department, etc., Reassigned.

Section 11-43A-101Transfer of records, property and equipment when duties and powers of office, department, etc., reassigned. If the powers and duties of any office, department, board or agency of the municipality are by this article assigned to another office, department, board or agency, then all records, property and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, board or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §32.)
AL Code § 11-43A-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-102 - Continuation of Offices, Departments, etc., Until Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-43A-102Continuation of offices, departments, etc., until otherwise provided. Any office, department, board or agency provided for in this article with a name or with powers and duties which are the same or substantially the same as those of any office, department, board or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties, unless and until otherwise provided. Any provision of law, rule, regulation, contract, grant or other right relating to any such formerly existing office, department, board or agency shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, apply to any office, department, board or agency provided for herein. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §33.)
AL Code § 11-43A-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-103 - Continuation of Contracts; Completion of Public Improvements.

Section 11-43A-103Continuation of contracts; completion of public improvements. All contracts and other obligations entered into by the municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by the municipality of the council-manager form of government under this article shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time the council-manager form of government under this article is made effective shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §34.)
AL Code § 11-43A-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-104 - Effect of Article on Pending Litigation.

Section 11-43A-104Effect of article on pending litigation. No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government under this article, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board or agency thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the council-manager form of government under this article or by anything herein contained in this article. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §35.)
AL Code § 11-43A-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-105 - Continuation of Laws Relating to Boards, Authorities, Agencies, etc., With Independent Status Until Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-43A-105Continuation of laws relating to boards, authorities, agencies, etc., with independent status until otherwise provided. All laws relating to any school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board or commission, zoning board, board of adjustment, park or recreation board, industrial development board, medical clinic board, utilities board, or any municipally-owned service enterprise, including, without limitation, electric, gas, sewer, and water boards or agencies, and to any board, authority, or agency having independent status, which may apply at the time the council-manager form of government under this article is made effective, 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, unless and until otherwise provided by law. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §36.)
AL Code § 11-43A-106 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-106 - Continuation of Ordinances and Resolutions Unless and Until Changed or Repealed.

Section 11-43A-106Continuation of ordinances and resolutions unless and until changed or repealed. All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government under this article shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §37.)
AL Code § 11-43A-107 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-107 - Discrimination Prohibited.

Section 11-43A-107Discrimination prohibited. No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to, any municipal position or appointed municipal administrative office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions or affiliations. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §38.)
AL Code § 11-43A-108 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-108 - Right of City Manager, Directors of Departments, etc., to Attend Council Meetings and Take Part in Discussions; City Manager to Be Notified of All Council Meetings.

Section 11-43A-108Right of city manager, directors of departments, etc., to attend council meetings and take part in discussions; city manager to be notified of all council meetings. The city manager, the directors of all departments and such other officers of the municipality as may be designated by the council shall be entitled to attend meetings of the council, but they shall have no vote thereon. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussions of all matters coming before the council, and the directors and other officers shall be entitled to take part in all discussions of the council relating to their respective offices, departments, boards or agencies. The city manager shall be notified of all council meetings. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §39.)
AL Code § 11-43A-109 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-109 - Right of Council, City Manager, and Designees to Investigate Municipal Affairs, Etc.

Section 11-43A-109Right of council, city manager and designees to investigate municipal affairs, etc. The council and the city manager, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have the power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, board, commission, agency or officer of the municipality. Either of them may make investigations of municipal affairs and may compel the production of books, papers and other evidence for that purpose. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §40.)
AL Code § 11-43A-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-110 - Limits on Contracts Involving Money Payments; Requirements for Validity.

Section 11-43A-110Limits on contracts involving money payments; requirements for validity. No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made or approved by ordinance and signed in the name of the municipality by the mayor and countersigned by the city manager. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §41.)
AL Code § 11-43A-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-111 - Bond of City Manager and Other Officers and Employees.

Section 11-43A-111Bond of city manager and other officers and employees. The city manager, and other officers or employees whom the council may by ordinance require, shall give bond in such amount, for such matters and with such surety as may be approved by the council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the municipality. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §42.)
AL Code § 11-43A-112 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-112 - Oath or Affirmation of Mayor, Councilmen, Officers, and Employees.

Section 11-43A-112Oath or affirmation of mayor, councilmen, officers, and employees. The mayor and every councilman, officer and employee of the municipality shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, to be filed and kept in the office of the clerk: "I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am eligible for the office of _______ and will execute the duties of same according to the best of my ability, and that I will support the constitutions and will obey the laws of the United States and of the State of Alabama; that I will, in all respects, observe the provisions of the ordinances of the City of _______ and will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of _______." (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §43.)
AL Code § 11-43A-113 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-113 - Referendum to Determine Form of Government.

Section 11-43A-113Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section 11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot. The referendum shall be conducted, the expenses paid, the votes canvassed and the results declared in the same manner as provided by the applicable general municipal election laws, unless otherwise provided herein. The form of government for which the majority of votes are cast shall thereafter be adopted by the municipality as its form of government at the time and in the manner prescribed herein. Within five days of the declaration of the referendum results, the city clerk shall transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State and to the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located, a certificate setting forth such results. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §44.)
AL Code § 11-43A-114 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-114 - Referendum Ballots.

Section 11-43A-114Referendum ballots. At such referendum, 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) The City of _______ shall adopt and operate under the council-manager form of government pursuant to the 'Council-Manager Act of 1991.' Yes ( ). or  (2) The City of _______ shall adopt and operate under the mayor-council form of government pursuant to Section 11-43-1 et seq. Yes ( )." 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 propositions may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate propositions on voting machines so used. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §45.)
AL Code § 11-43A-115 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-115 - Adoption of Form of Government by Majority of Votes.

Section 11-43A-115Adoption of form of government by majority of votes. If the majority of votes are in favor of the council-manager form of government, then the council-manager form of government under this article shall, without further action, be adopted (or continued, if then currently in effect) by the municipality on the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election. If the majority of votes are in favor of the mayor-council form of government, then the mayor-council form of government as prescribed in Section 11-43-1 et seq., shall, without further action, be adopted by the municipality on the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, and this article shall no longer apply. If the mayor-council form of government is so adopted, then municipalities having a council elected from seven single-member districts shall continue to have seven districts with the same boundaries. Under such circumstances, there shall be no need for such municipality to adopt a separate ordinance as contemplated by Section 11-43-63. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §46.)
AL Code § 11-43A-116 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government.|Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.|Section 11-43A-116 - Effect of Article on Existing Laws.

Section 11-43A-116Effect of article on existing laws. All laws and parts of laws, general, local or special, relating to or affecting such municipality, its powers, functions, duties, corporate limits or property, which are in force when this article shall take effect are hereby continued in effect; but all laws and parts of laws relating to the powers, functions and duties under any prior form of government shall be superseded to the extent that the same apply to any municipality electing to come within the provisions of this article and are inconsistent with the provisions of this article. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §47.)
AL Code § 11-44-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44-1 - Applicability of Article.

Section 11-44-1Applicability of article. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1911, No. 504, p. 591; Code 1923, §2335; Acts 1931, No. 75, p. 151; Code 1940, T. 37, §35.)
AL Code § 11-44-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44-2 - Petition to Probate Judge for Election as to Organization Under Commission Form of Government; Examination of Petition and Certification Thereof to Mayor.

Section 11-44-2Petition to probate judge for election as to organization under commission form of government; examination of petition and certification thereof to mayor. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1911, No. 504, p. 591; Code 1923, §2336; Acts 1927, No. 397, p. 465; Code 1940, T. 37, §36.)
AL Code § 11-44-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44-3 - Calling of Election by Mayor.

Section 11-44-3Calling of election by mayor. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1911, No. 504, p. 591; Code 1923, §2337; Code 1940, T. 37, §37.)