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AL Code § 11-43A-35 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-35 - Continuation in Office of Persons Holding Administrative Office Until Contrary Provision Is Made; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices, Etc.

Section 11-43A-35Continuation in office of persons holding administrative office until contrary provision is made; transfer of powers and duties of abolished offices, etc. All persons holding administrative office at the time the council-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, 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. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §34.)
AL Code § 11-43A-36 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-36 - Continuation in Office of Persons in Civil Service or Merit System.

Section 11-43A-36Continuation 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 or merit system applicable to the municipality when the council-manager form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service of the municipality under the council-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. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §35.)
AL Code § 11-43A-37 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-37 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, etc., When Duties Reassigned.

Section 11-43A-37Transfer of records, property, and equipment of office, etc., when duties reassigned. All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, or agency by this article, 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 article 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 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §36.)
AL Code § 11-43A-38 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-38 - Continuation of Offices, Departments, etc., Until Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-43A-38Continuation 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 the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties, until otherwise provided. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, board, or agency, shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, apply to such office, department, board, or agency provided for by this article. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §37.)
AL Code § 11-43A-39 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-39 - Continuation of Contracts; Completion of Public Improvements.

Section 11-43A-39Continuation of contracts; completion of public improvements. All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such city of the council-manager 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 council-manager form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §38.)
AL Code § 11-43A-40 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-40 - Effect of Chapter on Pending Litigation.

Section 11-43A-40Effect of chapter on pending litigation. No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the council-manager form of government or by anything therein contained in this article. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §39.)
AL Code § 11-43A-41 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-41 - Effect of Chapter on Laws Relating to Pension, Retirement, and Relief Funds for Employees.

Section 11-43A-41Effect of chapter on laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for employees. All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the municipality, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any municipality at the time when such municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this article, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §40.)
AL Code § 11-43A-42 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-42 - Continuation of Laws Relating to Boards, Authorities, Agencies, etc., With Independent Status Until Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-43A-42Continuation of laws relating to boards, authorities, agencies, etc., with independent status until otherwise provided. All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, municipally owned public utility, and any municipally owned service enterprise, including inter alia, electric, gas, and water boards, agencies, etc., and any board, authority, agency, etc., given such independent status, as the same may apply and be in effect at the time when such municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this article, shall continue in full force and effect and without interruption or change as to the establishment or conduct of any such authority, board, or agency, until otherwise provided by law. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §41.)
AL Code § 11-43A-43 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-43 - When Chapter Becomes Applicable to Municipality.

Section 11-43A-43When chapter becomes applicable to municipality. For all purposes the provisions of this article shall become applicable to said municipality at the time when the first council of such municipality elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §42.)
AL Code § 11-43A-44 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-44 - Continuation of Ordinances and Resolutions Unless and Until Changed or Repealed.

Section 11-43A-44Continuation of ordinances and resolutions unless and until changed or repealed. All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of adoption by the municipality of the council-manager form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §43.)
AL Code § 11-43A-45 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-45 - Discrimination Prohibited.

Section 11-43A-45Discrimination 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 appointive municipal administrative office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions or affiliations. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §44.)
AL Code § 11-43A-46 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-46 - Right of City Manager, Heads of Departments, etc., to Attend Council Meetings and Take Part in Discussions; City Manager to Be Notified of Special or Adjourned Meetings.

Section 11-43A-46Right of city manager, heads of departments, etc., to attend council meetings and take part in discussions; city manager to be notified of special or adjourned meetings. The city manager, the heads 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 shall have no vote therein. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussion 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 any special or adjourned meetings. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §45.)
AL Code § 11-43A-47 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-47 - Right of Council, City Manager and Designees to Investigate Municipal Affairs, Etc.

Section 11-43A-47Right of council, city manager and designees to investigate municipal affairs, etc. The council, 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, or 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 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §46.)
AL Code § 11-43A-48 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-48 - Limit on Contracts Involving Money Payments; Requirements for Validity.

Section 11-43A-48Limit 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 manager. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §47.)
AL Code § 11-43A-49 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-49 - Bond of City Manager and Other Officers and Employees.

Section 11-43A-49Bond of city manager and other officers and employees. The city manager and other such officers or employees as the council may by general ordinance require so to do, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the municipality. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §48.)
AL Code § 11-43A-50 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-50 - Oath or Affirmation of Councilman, Officers, and Employees.

Section 11-43A-50Oath or affirmation of councilman, officers, and employees. 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 city 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 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §49.)
AL Code § 11-43A-51 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-51 - Change From Council-Manager Form of Government; When Election Thereon Authorized.

Section 11-43A-51Change from council-manager form of government; when election thereon authorized. No municipality may change from the council-manager form of government within three years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the municipality may change its form of municipal government in the manner provided by law, provided that no election on the abandonment of the council-manager form of government shall be held within four years after any other election thereon. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §50.)
AL Code § 11-43A-52 (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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.|Section 11-43A-52 - Effect of Chapter on Existing Laws.

Section 11-43A-52Effect of chapter on existing laws. All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting the city, its powers, functions, duties, and property, in force when this article shall take effect are hereby continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions, and duties by the commission or mayor-council or some other form of government shall be superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this article. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §51.)
AL Code § 11-43A-70 (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-70 - Adoption of Ordinance Establishing Council-Manager Form of Government; Short Title.

Section 11-43A-70Adoption of ordinance establishing council-manager form of government; short title. Within three months of the approval of this article by the Governor, the governing body of any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality in the State of Alabama operating under a council-manager or under a mayor-council-city manager form of government may, by a majority vote of the members of that governing body, adopt an ordinance establishing a council-manager form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. All provisions of this article set forth hereinbelow shall apply only to those Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipalities electing to establish a council-manager form of government as set forth herein. This article shall be known as the "Council-Manager Act of 1991". (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43A-71 (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-71 - When Council-Manager Form of Government Becomes Effective.

Section 11-43A-71When council-manager form of government becomes effective. When such an ordinance is adopted within the time period specified in Section 11-43A-70, the council-manager form of government under this article shall become effective for such municipality either (i) immediately upon receipt of preclearance of such ordinance by the United States Department of Justice under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, or (ii) upon the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, whichever effective date is specified in the ordinance. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43A-72 (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-72 - Form of Government to Be Known as "Council-Manager Form of Government"; Vesting of Municipal Powers in Council.

Section 11-43A-72Form of government to be known as "council-manager form of government"; vesting of municipal powers in council. The form of government of any municipality proceeding under this article shall be known as the "council-manager form of government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this article, and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution and laws of Alabama, all powers of the municipality shall be vested in the council as herein provided. All powers of the municipality shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this article, or if the manner is not prescribed herein, then in such manner as may be otherwise prescribed by law or ordinance. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §3.)
AL Code § 11-43A-73 (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-73 - Continuation of Municipal Corporation.

Section 11-43A-73Continuation of municipal corporation. Any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government under this article shall continue its existence as a body corporate without change in the municipal corporation. The word "municipality" as herein used shall mean and refer to any municipal corporation which elects to come within the provisions of this article. The municipality shall continue as a municipal corporation within the corporate limits as then established, including all annexations, and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all of the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation, and shall continue to enjoy the rights, immunities, powers and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well as those that may thereafter be granted to it. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43A-74 (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-74 - Powers of Municipality.

Section 11-43A-74Powers of municipality. The municipality shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations by the constitution and the laws of this state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The municipality may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any municipal purpose, any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, in fee simple or 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 and the laws of this state or restricted by this article, the municipality 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 article shall not be deemed to be exclusive, but in addition to the powers herein enumerated or hereby implied or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, and it is intended that the municipality shall have and may exercise all powers granted to municipalities under the constitution and the laws of this state. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §5.)
AL Code § 11-43A-75 (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-75 - Mayor and Council Members to Continue in Office Until Expiration of Terms.

Section 11-43A-75Mayor and council members to continue in office until expiration of terms. The mayor and council members, and all officers of the council, who are holding office on the date of the preclearance by the United States Department of Justice of the ordinance referenced in Section 11-43A-70 shall continue in office until the expiration of their current terms, but they shall be subject to and governed by the council-manager form of government under this article unless the effective date of such form of government is deferred under Section 11-43A-71(ii) hereinabove, in which event they shall be subject to and governed by the previously existing form of government until the expiration of said terms. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §6.)