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AL Code § 11-43-230 (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 11|Section 11-43-230 - Predisciplinary Hearing Prior to Suspension or Termination; Procedures; Postdisciplinary Hearing.

Section 11-43-230Predisciplinary hearing prior to suspension or termination; procedures; postdisciplinary hearing.  (a) Every municipality shall provide a predisciplinary hearing prior to the suspension or termination of its law enforcement officers, provided nothing herein shall preclude a municipality from placing a law enforcement officer on leave with pay until the person or body holding the hearing has made its decision in the matter. (b) Every municipality shall establish written due process procedures applicable to the predisciplinary hearing. At a minimum, this due process shall consist of written notice to the officer of the reasons for the termination or suspension. This notice shall be issued by the person or persons with authority to suspend or terminate the law enforcement officer. The notice shall inform the officer that he or she has 10 days to request, in writing, a hearing before the person or persons with authority to suspend or terminate. If the officer fails to request the hearing within 10 days from receiving the notice, the right to any hearing shall be deemed waived.  (c) The hearing shall be conducted by an impartial officer or body with authority to suspend or terminate the law enforcement officer. If the hearing is before the municipal governing body, the hearing may be conducted in an executive session, provided that any vote for or against suspension or termination shall occur in an open session.  (d) The officer has the right to appear at this hearing in person or by representative and to address charges against him or her. If the officer has a representative, the officer shall also be present at the hearing.  (e) A municipality may also hold a separate postdisciplinary hearing on the suspension or termination of the law enforcement officer. If the municipality holds a separate postdisciplinary hearing on the matter, the officer may present evidence in his or her behalf and question witnesses who testified against him or her.  (f) Nothing shall prohibit a municipality from allowing due process which exceeds the requirements in this section.  (g) The rules of evidence and the rules of discovery shall not apply to either of the hearings held pursuant to this article. (Act 2001-463, p. 617, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43-231 (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 11|Section 11-43-231 - "Law Enforcement Officer" Defined.

Section 11-43-231"Law enforcement officer" defined. As used in this article, the term "law enforcement officer" shall mean an official who is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission who has authority to make arrests and who is employed by any municipality in the state as a permanent and regular employee with law enforcement duties, including police chiefs and deputy police chiefs. The term does not include any person elected by popular vote, any person who is serving a probationary period of employment, or any person whose term of office has expired. (Act 2001-463, p. 617, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43-232 (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 11|Section 11-43-232 - Applicability to Certain Municipalities.

Section 11-43-232Applicability to certain municipalities. This article shall not apply to any municipality with an established due process procedure for law enforcement officers on July 14, 2001, so long as the municipality continues to have a due process procedure in full force and effect. (Act 2001-463, p. 617, §3.)
AL Code § 11-43-250 (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 12 - Class 8 Municipal Officers Designate Representative.|Section 11-43-250 - Elected Official of Class 8 Municipality Authorized to Appoint Designee to Serve on State or Local Agency, Board, Etc.

Section 11-43-250Elected official of Class 8 municipality authorized to appoint designee to serve on state or local agency, board, etc. (a) In Class 8 municipalities, an elected official of the municipality who is an ex officio member of a state or local agency, board, commission, or other entity pursuant to law, may designate a person to serve in his or her place, who shall assume all duties of the elected official relating to the entity, including all voting rights and who shall be counted as a member for the purpose of conducting business. Provided, that the elected official may not appoint a convicted felon to serve in his or her place unless that person has had his or her civil rights restored. A designee appointed by the mayor to serve in his or her place is not required to be a resident of the municipality where the mayor serves. (b) A designee under subsection (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the elected official and for the duration of the elected official's term of office and an elected official may withdraw a designee's appointment and appoint a new designee at any time. (c) This section applies to a general or local law enacted prior to, on, or after May 25, 2017. (Act 2017-362, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43A-1 (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-1 - Applicability of Chapter to Classes of Municipalities; Short Title.

Section 11-43A-1Applicability of chapter to classes of municipalities; short title. Any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality in the State of Alabama may adopt the council-manager form of government by proceeding in the manner hereafter in this article provided. This article shall be known as the "Council-Manager Act of 1982." (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43A-1.1 (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-1.1 - Organization of Council-Manager Form of Government; Election of Council Members.

Section 11-43A-1.1Organization of council-manager form of government; election of council members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, after the judge of probate has certified to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality the sufficiency of a petition asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, any Class 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality having the mayor-council form of government, by resolution of the council, may provide for the council in a municipality proposing to adopt the council-manager form of government to be composed of either five or seven members as follows: One member shall be the mayor elected at large, who shall be a voting member of the council and either four or six members shall be council members elected either at large or from single-member districts, as the resolution shall provide. If a municipality has single-member districts for the election of council members when the council-manager form of government is adopted in the municipality, the municipality shall continue with either four or six council members elected from single-member districts and the mayor shall be elected at large. The question on the ballot shall indicate the composition of the mayor and council should the council-manager form of government be adopted. If the adoption of the council-manager form of government is approved as provided in Section 11-43A-6, the municipality shall be governed by this article, except to the extent of any direct conflict in this article concerning the number and election of members of the council as provided in this section.  (Act 2018-569, §1; Act 2019-360, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43A-2 (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-2 - Petition to Probate Judge for Election as to Adoption of Council-Manager Form of Government; Examination of Petition and Certification to Mayor.

Section 11-43A-2Petition to probate judge for election as to adoption of council-manager form of government; examination of petition and certification to mayor. The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general municipal election held in such municipality, asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality be submitted to the qualified voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the county in which such municipality is located, shall mandatorily require an election to be held as herein provided. Whenever such a petition purporting to be signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general municipal election held in such municipality shall be presented to such judge of probate, he shall examine such petition and determine whether or not the same is signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general municipal election held in such municipality, and if such petition is signed by the requisite number of voters to require such an election, he shall within 15 days from the receipt of such petition certify such fact to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality for which such election is so petitioned, and the certificate of the judge of probate as to the sufficiency of said petition shall be final. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43A-3 (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-3 - Submission of Question for Election; Proclamation of Mayor; Order of Judge of Probate.

Section 11-43A-3Submission of question for election; proclamation of mayor; order of judge of probate. The mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality under this article, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less than 40 days nor more than 90 days after the receipt of said certificate from said judge of probate, unless a general election is to be held within 120 days after receipt of such certificate in which event the special election herein provided for may be held at the same time as such general election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of the certificate, the judge of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 90 days after the receipt by said mayor, or other executive officer of the said certificate of the judge of probate, unless a general election is to be held within 120 days after receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall be held at the same time as such general election. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §3.)
AL Code § 11-43A-3.1 (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-3.1 - Election in Class 6 Municipalities - Time, Procedure, Etc.

Section 11-43A-3.1Election in Class 6 municipalities - Time, procedure, etc. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, an election shall be held in every Class 6 municipality wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, at the same time that the election for members of the Alabama legislature is held in 1983; and the question submitted at such election shall be: "shall the council-manager form of government, provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982, with the change in the form of government of such municipality to become operative on the first Monday in October 1986, be adopted for the municipality of _____?" The election shall be held and in all things governed as nearly as possible by the provisions regulating elections on the question the adoption of the council-manager form of government provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982, except that no petition of any of the qualified voters of the municipality need be filed and the mayor of any city in which such election is hereby required shall within 10 days after July 26, 1983, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager plan at a special election to be held at the same time as the election held in 1983 for members of the Alabama legislature. Should the election not be called by proclamation of the mayor within said 10-day period, the judge of probate shall call such election by order. (Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43A-3.2 (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-3.2 - Election in Class 6 Municipalities - Provisions to Supersede Other Laws in 1983.

Section 11-43A-3.2Election in Class 6 municipalities - Provisions to supersede other laws in 1983. The provisions of section 11-43A-3.1, authorizing an election in certain Class 6 municipalities in 1983 on the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982 and providing for the effective date of such change if the council-manager form of government is approved, shall supersede all other laws in conflict herewith only for the purpose of holding the election in 1983 and making the change in the form of government approved at such election; when such purposes have been effectuated it shall have no further force or effect. (Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §3.)
AL Code § 11-43A-3.3 (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-3.3 - Election in Class 7 Municipality - Adoption of Council-Manager Form of Government.

Section 11-43A-3.3Election in Class 7 municipality - Adoption of council-manager form of government. (a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized in this chapter, the governing body of a Class 7 municipality may elect by resolution to adopt a council-manager form of government comprised of a mayor and four council members elected at-large. No petition of qualified electors is required to initiate such an election by the governing body pursuant to this section. If the governing body elects to adopt a council-manager form of government pursuant to this section, an election on the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the municipality. The governing body shall hold the election before January 1, 2011. The question submitted at the election shall be: "Shall the municipality of ______ adopt a council-manager form of government consisting of a mayor and four council members elected in an at-large election to become operative on the first Monday in November 2012?"  (2) The governing body of the municipality shall call the election and the election shall be conducted pursuant to general municipal election laws. (b) The mayor of any Class 7 municipality in which an election pursuant to this section is required, by proclamation, within 10 days of the adoption of the resolution by the governing body, shall call an election on the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government pursuant to this section. The election shall be held before January 1, 2011. If the mayor fails, by proclamation, to call the election within the 10-day period, the majority of the council, by resolution, shall call the election. (c) A change in the form of government adopted pursuant to this section shall become effective on the first Monday in November 2012. (d) This section supersedes all other laws in conflict only for the purpose of holding the election in 2010 and making the change in the form of government approved at the election. When these purposes have been effectuated, this section shall have no further force or effect. (Act 2010-544, p. 951, §1.)
AL Code § 11-43A-4 (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-4 - Subsequent Elections Not to Be Held Within Two Years of Preceding Election.

Section 11-43A-4Subsequent elections not to be held within two years of preceding election. If the council-manager form of government is not adopted at the election so called the question of adopting such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such municipality for adoption within two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting said form of government may be resubmitted in the manner above provided. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §4.)
AL Code § 11-43A-5 (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-5 - Form and Marking of Ballots.

Section 11-43A-5Form and marking of ballots. At such election the question to be submitted shall be printed in plain, prominent type on separate ballots and shall read as follows: "Shall the council-manager form of government as provided by the Council-Manager Act of 1982 be adopted for the municipality of _____________ ? Yes ______ No ______" The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the word which expresses his choice. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §5.)
AL Code § 11-43A-6 (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-6 - Conduct of Election, Canvassing of Vote, and Declaration of Election Result; Adoption and Certification of Provisions of Chapter.

Section 11-43A-6Conduct of election, canvassing of vote, and declaration of election result; adoption and certification of provisions of chapter. The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law with respect to other municipal elections. If the majority of votes shall be "yes" or in favor of such question, the provisions of this article shall thereafter be adopted for such municipality and the mayor shall within five days of the election transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, and to the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located, each, a certificate of adoption stating that such question was adopted by such municipality. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §6.)
AL Code § 11-43A-7 (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-7 - Time for Change in Form of Government.

Section 11-43A-7Time for change in form of government. The change in the form of government shall take place on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal election for the election of members of the governing body held by the municipality during a general municipal election year as established by Section 11-46-21, except in Class 6 cities wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council as authorized in Section 11-43A-8; and in such cities the change in the form of government may take place on the first Monday in November in any even-numbered year, designated therefor by the municipal governing body unless the election approving such change was held in 1983, in which case the change shall take place on the first Monday in October 1986. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §7; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1; Act 2019-360, §2.)
AL Code § 11-43A-8 (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-8 - Name of Governing Body; Composition of Council; Election of Council; Alternate Form for Class 6 Cities.

Section 11-43A-8Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)" and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members. One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts. The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In Class 6 cities, the municipal governing body, by resolution, may elect to have the council composed and elected as provided in subsection (a) or to have the alternate form as provided in this subsection. If the municipal governing body, by resolution, elects to have the alternate form, it shall immediately notify the judge of probate, who shall have the ballots for the election, authorized in Section 11-43A-3, prepared to pose the question of the adoption of the alternate form of government authorized in this section. The council shall have nine members. One member shall be the mayor, who shall be a voting member, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations of the council. Eight members shall be council members elected by the voters, two from each of four dual-member districts. The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in October in an even-numbered year designated by the municipal governing body unless the election approving the change in the form of government was held in 1983, in which case the council shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in October 1986. (c) Subsequent to the seating of the initial council, the next council shall be elected at an election to be held in accordance with provisions of the general municipal election laws. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §8; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1; Act 2018-569, §2; Act 2019-360, §2.)