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AL Code § 11-43-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-43-18 - Vacancies of Over 60 Days in Governing Bodies of Class 5 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-18Vacancies of over 60 days in governing bodies of Class 5 municipalities. (a) Unless otherwise provided by local law, vacancies in the governing bodies of all Class 5 municipalities which have existed for more than 60 days shall be filled as herein provided: (1) If the vacated term has less than six months remaining, then the remaining members of the city governing body shall appoint a successor by a majority vote of those members voting. In case of a tie vote, the mayor, if there is one, shall cast the tie-breaking vote. The successor shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term until a successor has been qualified and elected. (2) If the term has been declared vacant and has six months or more remaining, the mayor, if there is one, otherwise the senior member of the city governing body, shall call for a special election to fill the vacancy. The successor shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term until a successor has been qualified and elected. (b) Special elections called pursuant to this section shall be conducted as provided by the general laws of this state regarding municipal elections. (c) The procedures provided in this section shall be used, unless otherwise provided by local law, for any vacancies existing on or after May 7, 1981. (Acts 1981, No. 81-440, p. 763.)
AL Code § 11-43-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-43-19 - Retirement Pensions for Certain Elected Public Officials of Class 2 Municipalities.

Section 11-43-19Retirement pensions for certain elected public officials of Class 2 municipalities. In any Class 2 municipality in this state, any elected public official of such municipality, or any former elected public official of such municipality, who has served as an elected official of such municipality for a total of eight years or more, and who in addition thereto has served as an elected public official of the county within which said municipality is located, for not less than 10 years, and who has attained the age of 64 years and has retired from such service or if he shall have heretofore retired from such service, shall, upon May 4, 1982, receive a pension from the municipality, which pension shall be in an amount of $600.00 per month. (b) This retirement pension shall be paid to such retired official by said municipality out of the general fund of said municipality in equal monthly installments commencing on the first day of the second month after his retirement, each such monthly payment to be for the last previous month, and shall continue until his death. (Acts 1982, No. 82-477, p. 797, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 11-43-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 2 - Manager.|Section 11-43-20 - Authority and Procedure for Employment.

Section 11-43-20Authority and procedure for employment. All municipalities in the State of Alabama, whether now or hereafter operating under a municipal government consisting of a mayor and aldermen or of a commission, are hereby authorized at their discretion to employ a city manager with the authority, duties, and liabilities described in this article, whose term of office and compensation shall be as prescribed in this article. The authority given under this article to employ a city manager and to invoke the provisions hereof shall be exercised by the passage of an ordinance or resolution by the governing body of the municipality so desiring to employ a city manager, which ordinance or resolution shall set a date not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the date of its passage upon which the city manager shall assume his office. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 197; Code 1940, T. 37, §418; Acts 1945, No. 354, p. 572.)
AL Code § 11-43-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 2 - Manager.|Section 11-43-22 - Provisions of Article Cumulative; Affirmative Action Necessary to Exercise Powers, etc., Conferred by Article.

Section 11-43-22Provisions of article cumulative; affirmative action necessary to exercise powers, etc., conferred by article. This article shall be supplementary to other statutes relating to municipal government in Alabama and shall be cumulative, and the provisions of this article shall not be mandatory as to any municipality coming within its scope unless affirmative action to exercise the authorities and powers hereby conferred are properly taken by the governing body of such municipalities in accordance with the provisions hereof. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 197; Code 1940, T. 37, §420.)
AL Code § 11-43-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-41 - Filling of Vacancies in Office of Aldermen.

Section 11-43-41Filling of vacancies in office of aldermen. Vacancies in the office of the aldermen in any city or town shall be filled by the council at the next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting of the council, the person so elected to hold for the unexpired term. (Acts 1931, No. 371, p. 436; Code 1940, T. 37, §427.)
AL Code § 11-43-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-43 - Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 11-43-43Powers and duties generally. All legislative powers and other powers granted to cities and towns shall be exercised by the council, except those powers conferred on some officers by law or ordinance. The council shall perform the duties required by this title and other applicable provisions of law. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-44 - Organizational Meeting.

Section 11-43-44Organizational meeting. The members of such council shall, on the first Monday in November after their election, assemble and organize the council. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4; Act 2006-354, p. 937, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-45 - Officers - Election or Appointment.

Section 11-43-45Officers - Election or appointment. All elections of officers shall be made viva voce, and a concurrence of a majority of the members to the council shall be required, and all members of the council may vote any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. On the vote resulting in an election or appointment, the name of each member and for whom he voted shall be recorded. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4; Acts 1984, No. 84-286, p. 497, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-46 - Officers - Terms of Service.

Section 11-43-46Officers - Terms of service. The council shall fix by ordinance the terms of service, not to exceed the term of the mayor, of all the officers appointed or elected whose terms are not prescribed by law. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-47 - Officers - Powers and Duties.

Section 11-43-47Officers - Powers and duties. The council shall prescribe by an ordinance the powers to be exercised and the duties to be performed by the officers appointed or elected so far as such duties and powers are not prescribed by law. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-48 - Proceedings - Quorum.

Section 11-43-48Proceedings - Quorum. In all towns or cities, a majority of the whole number of members to which such corporation is entitled, including the mayor in towns and cities of less than 12,000 population, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-49 - Proceedings - Time and Place of Meetings Generally; Appointment of Temporary Chairman or Election of President Pro Tempore.

Section 11-43-49Proceedings - Time and place of meetings generally; appointment of temporary chairman or election of president pro tempore. The council shall determine the time and place of holding its meetings, which at all times shall be open to the public, and, in towns and cities of less than 12,000 population, in the absence of the mayor, shall appoint a temporary chairman, which appointment shall be entered of record. In cities of more than 12,000 population, it shall elect viva voce a president pro tempore. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-50 - Proceedings - Regular and Special Meetings; Cancelling and Rescheduling Meetings.

Section 11-43-50Proceedings - Regular and special meetings; cancelling and rescheduling meetings. (a) There shall be at least two regular meetings of the council in each month, except that in towns, as defined in Section 11-40-6, there shall be at least one regular meeting of the council in each month; but provided, however, the council of any town may, by ordinance, mandate at least two regular meetings of the council in each month, and the presiding officer shall call special meetings whenever in his or her opinion the public interest may require it and whenever two council members or the mayor request the presiding officer in writing to call a meeting. Upon the failure or refusal of the presiding officer to call a meeting when requested, the two council members or the mayor making the request shall have the right to call the meeting. (b) A council member may notify the presiding officer in writing when the member will be unable to attend a council meeting. If the presiding officer receives sufficient written notice to indicate that a quorum will not be present at a meeting, the presiding officer may cancel the meeting and give notice that the meeting is canceled. If a meeting canceled pursuant to this subsection is a regular meeting, the presiding officer may reschedule the meeting provided proper notice is given pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 36-25A-3. (Code 1907, §1198; Code 1923, §1914; Code 1940, T. 37, §430; Acts 1983, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 83-828, p. 49, §1; Act 2013-308, p. 1040, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-51 - Proceedings - Compulsion of Attendance of Members.

Section 11-43-51Proceedings - Compulsion of attendance of members. The council may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as it may prescribe. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-52 - Proceedings - Rules of Procedure; Journal.

Section 11-43-52Proceedings - Rules of procedure; journal. The council shall determine the rules of its own proceedings and keep a journal thereof, which shall be open to the inspection and examination of all citizens and shall have the force and effect of a record, and a copy thereof, certified by the clerk, shall be prima facie evidence in any court or elsewhere. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-53 - Aldermen Not to Hold Other Municipal Offices or Have Interest, etc., in Municipal Contracts, etc.; Penalty.

Section 11-43-53Aldermen not to hold other municipal offices or have interest, etc., in municipal contracts, etc.; penalty. (a) No member of any city or town council shall, during the time for which he has been elected, be appointed to any municipal office which shall be created or the emoluments of which shall be increased during the term for which he shall have been elected; nor shall he be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work or material, or the profits thereof or services to be performed for the corporation, except as provided in this title. (b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (Code 1907, §1193; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §§1909, 5084; Code 1940, T. 37, §§431, 432.)
AL Code § 11-43-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-54 - Aldermen Not to Vote on Certain Matters; Removal.

Section 11-43-54Aldermen not to vote on certain matters; removal. No councilman shall be entitled to vote on any question in which he, his employer, or employee has a special financial interest at the time of voting or was so interested at the time of his election. For violating this section or Section 11-43-53, a councilman may be removed. (Code 1907, §1197; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §1913; Code 1940, T. 37, §433.)
AL Code § 11-43-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-55 - Establishment, Organization, etc., of Police Force.

Section 11-43-55Establishment, organization, etc., of police force. Except as otherwise provided in this title, the council shall have power to establish a police force and to organize the same under the general supervision of the chief of police, and to provide one or more station houses and to require all things necessary for the maintenance of an efficient police department. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-56 - Management and Control of Finances and Property of Municipality.

Section 11-43-56Management and control of finances and property of municipality. Except as otherwise provided in this title, the council shall have the management and control of the finances and all of the property, real and personal, belonging to the city or town. (Code 1907, §1192; Code 1923, §1908; Code 1940, T. 37, §429; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-57 - Annual Appropriation of Funds for Expenditures of Departments and Interest on Indebtedness.

Section 11-43-57Annual appropriation of funds for expenditures of departments and interest on indebtedness. In all cities, the council shall appropriate the sums necessary for the expenditures of the several city departments and for the interest on its bonded and other indebtedness, not exceeding in the aggregate within 10 percent of its estimated receipts, and such city council shall not appropriate in the aggregate an amount in excess of its annual legally authorized revenue. But nothing in this section shall prevent such cities from anticipating their revenues for the year for which such appropriation was made, or from contracting for temporary loans as provided in the applicable provisions of this title, or from bonding or refunding their outstanding indebtedness or from appropriating anticipated revenue at any time for the current expenses of the city and interest on the bonded and other indebtedness of the city. (Code 1907, §1196; Acts 1915, No. 469, p. 489; Code 1923, §1912; Code 1940, T. 37, §434.)
AL Code § 11-43-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-58 - Judging of Qualifications and Election of Mayor, President of Council, Etc.

Section 11-43-58Judging of qualifications and election of mayor, president of council, etc. The council shall judge of the qualifications and election of the mayor, the president of the council and of each alderman, and such other officers as may be elected by the people, and the resolutions and ordinances that may be adopted by the council under this section shall not be subject to the approval or disapproval of the mayor. (Code 1907, §1065; Acts 1909, No. 56, p. 100; Code 1923, §1756; Code 1940, T. 37, §435.)
AL Code § 11-43-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-59 - Adoption of Fire Limits, Building Laws and Ordinances, etc.; Condemnation of Buildings, etc.; Charges for Inspections.

Section 11-43-59Adoption of fire limits, building laws and ordinances, etc.; condemnation of buildings, etc.; charges for inspections. The council may prescribe fire limits in any city or town, and buildings of wood or other inflammable material shall not be erected therein. The council may do all things necessary to prevent conflagration and give security to the inhabitants of the city or town from fires. The council may adopt building laws and may employ building inspectors to see that the laws are not violated and that the plans and specifications for buildings are not in conflict with the ordinances of the city or town and may exact fees to be paid by the owners of the property inspected. The council may secure the safety of persons from fire in hotels and halls and in such other buildings as may be designated by the council, to have and maintain ample means of exit in case of fire, and may refuse to license and may prevent the use of such buildings for such purposes until such ordinances have been complied with. The council may adopt ordinances requiring buildings to be equipped with fire escapes when in the opinion of the council they are necessary. The council may condemn buildings, parts of buildings, or structures dangerous to the public and prohibit the use thereof and abate the same as a nuisance. The council may make reasonable charges for the service of plumbing and electric wiring inspection, inspection of foods and feedstuffs, meats and vegetables, and weights and measures. (Code 1907, §1264; Code 1923, §2012; Code 1940, T. 37, §436.)
AL Code § 11-43-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-60 - Regulation of Storage, Use, etc., of Explosives; Compulsion of Efficient Service by Public Utility Corporations.

Section 11-43-60Regulation of storage, use, etc., of explosives; compulsion of efficient service by public utility corporations. (a) The council may regulate and control or prohibit the erection of powder magazines within the police jurisdiction of the city or town, and prevent explosives and dangerous substances from being stored within the city or town and regulate the manner in which explosives may be hauled or kept within the police jurisdiction. (b) The council may compel public utility corporations using a franchise obtained from the municipality to render efficient service to the inhabitants thereof. (Code 1907, §1271; Code 1923, §2019; Code 1940, T. 37, §437.)
AL Code § 11-43-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.|Article 3 - Council.|Section 11-43-61 - Regulation of Running, Switching, etc., of Cars, Trains, and Locomotives on Streets, Crossings, Highways, Etc.

Section 11-43-61Regulation of running, switching, etc., of cars, trains, and locomotives on streets, crossings, highways, etc. The council may prescribe reasonable regulations for the running of cars, trains, and locomotives on, over, upon, or across the streets, avenues, alleys, or public places of the city or town. The council may prescribe appliances on grade crossings for the safety of the public and regulate and control the switching of cars on crossings or highways of the municipality. (Code 1907, §1272; Code 1923, §2020; Code 1940, T. 37, §438.)