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AL Code § 11-44D-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-15 - Interagency Transfer of Records, Equipment, Etc.

Section 11-44D-15Interagency transfer of records, equipment, etc. 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 chapter, 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 chapter 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 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §15.)
AL Code § 11-44D-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-16 - Contracts Continued; Completion of Public Improvements.

Section 11-44D-16Contracts continued; completion of public improvements. All contracts entered into by the municipality or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such municipality of the new 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 new form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §16.)
AL Code § 11-44D-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-17 - Pending Actions and Proceedings.

Section 11-44D-17Pending actions and proceedings. No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the new form of government, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, agency, or officer or employee thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the new form of government or by anything contained in this chapter. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §17.)
AL Code § 11-44D-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-18 - Pension and Retirement Plans, etc., Continued.

Section 11-44D-18Pension and retirement plans, etc., continued. All laws and parts of the 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 the municipality at the time when it shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §18.)
AL Code § 11-44D-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-19 - Continuation of Laws Relating to Certain Boards, Etc.

Section 11-44D-19Continuation of laws relating to certain boards, etc. All laws relating to the school board, library board, medical clinic board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, industrial development board, downtown development 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 the municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, 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 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §19.)
AL Code § 11-44D-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-20 - Continuation of Ordinances and Resolutions.

Section 11-44D-20Continuation of ordinances and resolutions. All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the new form of government shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §20.)
AL Code § 11-44D-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-21 - Continuation of Other Laws Relating to Cities in This Class.

Section 11-44D-21Continuation of other laws relating to cities in this class. All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting any city in this class, its powers, functions, duties, and property, in force when this chapter shall take effect are continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions, and duties of the commission or some other form of government, shall be superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §22.)
AL Code § 11-44G-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44G - Filling Vacant Mayor and Council Positions in Class 7 and 8 Municipalities|Section 11-44G-1 - Procedures in Event of Vacancy - City Council.

Section 11-44G-1Procedures in event of vacancy - City council. (a)(1) A vacancy in the office of city council member in any Class 7 or Class 8 municipality shall be filled by the city council at the next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting of the council. The person elected shall hold office for the unexpired term. In the event a vacancy is not filled within 60 days after it occurs in a Class 7 or Class 8 municipality, each existing city council member, including the mayor, may submit a name to the Governor for appointment. If the Governor fails to make an appointment from any submitted names within 90 days after the vacancy occurs, the judge of probate shall call a special election to fill the vacancy. (2) In the event the Governor is unable or unwilling to make the appointment within the time period provided, he or she shall immediately notify the judge of probate of the county. (3) Any election called pursuant to this section shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 46 of this title. (4) In the event more than one vacancy exists in the office of city council member or in the office of mayor, or both, all vacancies shall be filled in the same manner. (b) In any election held pursuant to this section, only qualified electors who are residents of the municipality shall be eligible to vote and shall present proof of identification to the pollworkers before casting a vote. The identification may be in the form of a valid Alabama driver's license or some other form of identification that confirms a permanent address in the city where the vote is to be cast. Other forms of identification may include, but are not limited to, a credit card, birth certificate, food stamp card, Social Security card, check cashing card, library card, passport, school record, work identification record, school identification, certified copy of a marriage license, any form of governmentally-issued identification, or Medicaid, Medicare, or welfare identification. (Acts 1997, 97-940, p. 510, §1.)
AL Code § 11-45-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-1 - Adoption and Enforcement Authorized.

Section 11-45-1Adoption and enforcement authorized. Municipal corporations may from time to time adopt ordinances and resolutions not inconsistent with the laws of the state to carry into effect or discharge the powers and duties conferred by the applicable provisions of this title and any other applicable provisions of law and to provide for the safety, preserve the health, promote the prosperity, and improve the morals, order, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of the municipality, and may enforce obedience to such ordinances. (Code 1907, §1251; Code 1923, §1992; Code 1940, T. 37, §455; Acts 1971, No. 2279, p. 3670, §1.)
AL Code § 11-45-1.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-1.1 - Subject Matter of Handguns Reserved to State Legislature; Power of Municipality to Adopt Certain Ordinances; Concurrent Jurisdiction of Municipal Courts With District Courts.

Section 11-45-1.1Subject matter of handguns reserved to State Legislature; power of municipality to adopt certain ordinances; concurrent jurisdiction of municipal courts with district courts. Repealed by Act 2013-283, §9, effective August 1, 2013. (Acts 1982, No. 82-442, p. 694, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-635, p. 1195, §1.)
AL Code § 11-45-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-2 - Style of Ordinances; Procedure for Adoption of Ordinances or Resolutions Generally; Manner of Awarding Contracts on Bids.

Section 11-45-2Style of ordinances; procedure for adoption of ordinances or resolutions generally; manner of awarding contracts on bids. (a) The style of an ordinance of a city or town shall be, "Be it ordained by the city (or town) council of _______ as follows:" inserting the name of the city or town as the case may be. (b) No ordinance or resolution intended to be of permanent operation shall be adopted by the council at the same meeting at which it is introduced, unless unanimous consent of those present is given for the immediate consideration of such ordinance or resolution, such consent to be shown by a vote taken by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting shall be entered upon the minutes, and no ordinance or resolution intended to be of permanent operation shall become a law unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to said council in cities of over 12,000 inhabitants shall vote in its favor. In all towns and in cities of less than 12,000 population an affirmative vote of a majority of the whole number of members of the council to which the corporation is entitled, including the mayor, shall be required to enact any ordinance or resolution intended to be of permanent operation. (c) The council shall award no contract on bids except by resolution. (Code 1907, §1252; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §1993; Code 1940, T. 37, §456; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §5; Acts 1991, No. 91-590, p. 1092, §1.)
AL Code § 11-45-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-3 - Transmittal of Ordinances or Resolutions to Mayor for Consideration; Approval by Mayor and Publication by Clerk; Recall of Ordinances or Resolutions From Mayor.

Section 11-45-3Transmittal of ordinances or resolutions to mayor for consideration; approval by mayor and publication by clerk; recall of ordinances or resolutions from mayor. In cities having a population of 12,000 or more, all resolutions or ordinances intended to be of permanent operation, after having been passed by the council, shall be transmitted by the clerk, within 48 hours after their passage, to the mayor or acting mayor for his consideration, who, if he shall approve thereof, shall sign and return the same to the clerk, who shall publish them, and such ordinances and resolutions shall thereupon have the force of law; provided, that the council may provide that they shall be effective from approval. An ordinance or resolution may be recalled from the mayor at any time before it has become a law or has been acted on by him by a resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to the council in regular or special session. (Code 1907, §1185; Code 1923, §1901; Code 1940, T. 37, §457; Acts 1961, No. 666, p. 910, §6.)
AL Code § 11-45-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-4 - Veto of Ordinances and Resolutions, and Passage Over Veto Generally.

Section 11-45-4Veto of ordinances and resolutions, and passage over veto generally. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if the mayor shall disapprove of any ordinance or resolution transmitted to him or her as provided in Section 11-45-3, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council, he or she shall return the same to the clerk with his or her objections in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city council. If two thirds of the members elected to the council shall adhere to the ordinance or resolution notwithstanding the objections, the vote being taken by yeas and nays and spread upon the minutes, then the ordinance or resolution, after publication thereof, shall have the force of law, unless by its terms it was to take effect on its approval, in which event it shall take effect upon its passage over the veto. The failure of the mayor to return to the clerk an ordinance or resolution with his or her veto within 10 days after its passage by the council shall operate and have the same effect as an approval of the same, and the clerk shall publish the same as is provided in subsection (b) of Section 11-45-8 for the publication of laws and ordinances of the city. (b) The mayor of a city or town who operates pursuant to Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census, may not exercise veto power pursuant to this section and his or her signature as the mayor may not affect the validity of an ordinance or resolution passed by the council while the mayor is a voting member of the council. (Code 1907, §1186; Code 1923, §1902; Code 1940, T. 37, §458; Act 2018-281, §1.)
AL Code § 11-45-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-5 - Veto, Passage Over Veto, etc., of Ordinances and Resolutions Fixing Salaries of Officers and Employees.

Section 11-45-5Veto, passage over veto, etc., of ordinances and resolutions fixing salaries of officers and employees. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every ordinance and resolution fixing the salaries of employees and officers of the city shall be submitted to the mayor as other ordinances and resolutions are to be submitted and may be approved in part and vetoed as to specific items, to be mentioned by the mayor in his or her veto message, in which case there shall first be submitted to the council at its next regular meeting the question: "Shall the ordinance pass, the veto of the mayor notwithstanding?" and, in the event that two-thirds of the members elected to the council do not vote for the passage of the ordinance, the veto notwithstanding, there shall then be submitted the question: "Shall the ordinance stand as approved by the mayor?" and if a majority of those elected to the council vote in the affirmative, the law as amended and approved by the mayor shall have the force and effect of law as in other cases; otherwise, the salary ordinance shall be defeated. (b) The mayor of a city or town who operates pursuant to Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census, may not exercise veto power pursuant to this section and his or her signature as the mayor may not affect the validity of an ordinance or resolution passed by the council while the mayor is a voting member of the council. (Code 1907, §1187; Code 1923, §1903; Code 1940, T. 37, §459; Act 2018-281, §1.)
AL Code § 11-45-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-6 - Amendment of Ordinances.

Section 11-45-6Amendment of ordinances. No ordinance shall be amended after its passage by providing that designated words be stricken out or that designated words be inserted or that designated words be stricken out and other words inserted in lieu thereof, unless the ordinance or section or subdivision thereof amended shall be set forth in full as amended. (Code 1907, §1253; Code 1923, §1994; Code 1940, T. 37, §460.)
AL Code § 11-45-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-7 - Codification of Ordinances; Adoption of Code by Ordinance.

Section 11-45-7Codification of ordinances; adoption of code by ordinance. The council may provide at any time it may deem proper for the revision and codification of its ordinances or for the adoption of a code by ordinance. (Code 1907, §1254; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §1995; Code 1940, T. 37, §461.)
AL Code § 11-45-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-9 - Penalties Which May Be Imposed for Violations of Ordinances.

Section 11-45-9Penalties which may be imposed for violations of ordinances. (a) Municipal ordinances may provide penalties of fines, imprisonment, hard labor, or one or more of such penalties for violation of ordinances. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no fine shall exceed five hundred dollars ($500), and no sentence of imprisonment or hard labor shall exceed six months. (c) In the enforcement of the penalties prescribed in Section 32-5A-191, the fine shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) and the sentence of imprisonment or hard labor shall not exceed one year. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum fine for every person either convicted for violating any of the following misdemeanor offenses adopted as a municipal ordinance violation or adjudicated as a youthful offender shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000): (1) Criminal mischief in the second degree, Section 13A-7-22. (2) Criminal mischief in the third degree, Section 13A-7-23. (3) Theft of property in the third degree, Section 13A-8-5. (4) Theft of lost property in the third degree, Section 13A-8-9. (5) Theft of services in the third degree, Section 13A-8-10.3. (6) Receiving stolen property in the third degree, Section 13A-8-19. (7) Tampering with availability of gas, electricity, or water, Section 13A-8-23. (8) Possession of traffic sign; notification; destruction, defacement, etc., of traffic sign or traffic control device; defacement of public building or property, Section 13A-8-71 and Section 13A-8-72. (9) Offenses against intellectual property, Section 13A-8-102. (10) Theft by fraudulent leasing or rental, Section 13A-8-140 through Section 13A-8-144. (11) Charitable fraud in the third degree, Section 13A-9-75. (12) Illegal possession of food stamps in the third degree, Section 13A-9-91. (e) The penalty imposed upon a corporation shall consist of the fine only, plus costs of court. (f) In the enforcement of a Class A misdemeanor, including a domestic violence offense, the fine may not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) and the sentence of imprisonment may not exceed one year. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §8-104; Acts 1983, No. 83-620, p. 959, §1; Act 2011-680, p. 2004, §1; Act 2015-493, §5.)
AL Code § 11-45-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-10 - Procedure for Adoption or Repeal of Canine Leash Ordinance in Class 5 Municipalities.

Section 11-45-10Procedure for adoption or repeal of canine leash ordinance in Class 5 municipalities. (a) The provisions of this section shall apply to all Class 5 municipalities of this state, as such class is designated by act of the legislature. (b) The municipal governing bodies are hereby authorized by resolution to call for referendum elections, which shall be held only upon the dates of regularly scheduled municipal elections, to either call for the adoption of a canine leash ordinance, or to call for the repeal of any existing canine leash ordinance. (c) The question to be presented at any such election shall be substantially as follows: "Do you favor the adoption (repeal) of a canine leash ordinance by the municipal governing body? Yes ___. No ___." If a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality vote "Yes," the appropriate action shall be taken by the municipal governing body within 90 days following any such election. If a majority vote "No," no action shall be taken. (Acts 1983, No. 83-423, p. 603.)
AL Code § 11-45-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 45 - Ordinances and Resolutions.|Section 11-45-11 - Judicial Notice of Ordinances of Class 1 Municipalities.

Section 11-45-11Judicial notice of ordinances of Class 1 municipalities. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-501 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 25, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. All courts of the state of Alabama shall take judicial notice of all municipal ordinances of each Class 1 or Class 2 municipality. (Acts 1987, No. 87-645, p. 1150; Acts 1987, No. 87-780, p. 1532; Act 2021-501, §1.)