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AL Code § 11-47-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-17 - Provision of Public Scales, Inspection of Weights and Measures, Etc.

Section 11-47-17Provision of public scales, inspection of weights and measures, etc. The council or other governing body of any town or city may provide public scales and an inspection of weights and measures and may provide punishment for persons, firms and corporations using fraudulent weights and measures. (Acts 1939, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1940, T. 37, §470; Acts 1961, No. 820, p. 1206.)
AL Code § 11-47-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-18 - Provision for Lighting, Sprinkling, and Cleaning of Streets.

Section 11-47-18Provision for lighting, sprinkling, and cleaning of streets. The council or other governing body of any town or city may provide for lighting, sprinkling, and cleaning the streets by contract or otherwise. (Acts 1939, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1940, T. 37, §470; Acts 1961, No. 820, p. 1206.)
AL Code § 11-47-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-19 - Establishment, etc., of Public Grounds, Parks, etc., and Provision of Music and Other Exhibitions.

Section 11-47-19Establishment, etc., of public grounds, parks, etc., and provision of music and other exhibitions. The council or other governing body of any town or city may establish, lay out and improve public grounds, parks, and boulevards and regulate the same and may provide music and other exhibitions for the amusement of the inhabitants. (Acts 1939, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1940, T. 37, §470; Acts 1961, No. 820, p. 1206.)
AL Code § 11-47-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-20 - Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Generally.

Section 11-47-20Disposition of unneeded real estate - Generally. The governing body of any city or town in this state may, by ordinance to be entered on its minutes, direct the disposal of any real property not needed for public or municipal purposes and direct the mayor to make title thereto, and a conveyance made by the mayor in accordance with such ordinance invests the grantee with the title of the municipality. (Acts 1953, No. 843, p. 1135, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-21 - Disposition of Unneeded Real Estate - Leasing Thereof.

Section 11-47-21Disposition of unneeded real estate - Leasing thereof. The governing body of any city or town in this state may, by ordinance to be entered on its minutes, lease any of its real property not needed for public or municipal purposes, and a lease made by the mayor in accordance with such ordinance shall be binding for the term specified in the lease, not to exceed a period of 99 years; provided, that in counties having a population of not less than 225,000 and not more than 400,000 inhabitants according to the most recent federal decennial census, such limitation of the term to a period of 99 years shall not apply to any oil, gas, or mineral lease made in accordance with such ordinance. (Acts 1953, No. 843, p. 1135, §2; Acts 1957, No. 412, p. 574.)
AL Code § 11-47-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-22 - Exercise of Police Jurisdiction Over Hospitals, Poorhouses, Cemeteries, Etc.

Section 11-47-22Exercise of police jurisdiction over hospitals, poorhouses, cemeteries, etc. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to exercise police jurisdiction over all lands purchased or acquired by the city or town for the purpose of being used or occupied as a hospital, quarantine station, poorhouse, pesthouse, workhouse or house of correction, schoolhouse, sanitary or storm water sewers, rights-of-way, cemeteries and parks, and the laws and ordinances of the cities and towns shall apply to and extend over all the lands so used or occupied and the inhabitants thereof. (Code 1907, §1288; Code 1923, §2046; Code 1940, T. 37, §477.)
AL Code § 11-47-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-23 - Limitation Periods for Presentation of Claims Against Municipalities.

Section 11-47-23Limitation periods for presentation of claims against municipalities. All claims against the municipality (except bonds and interest coupons and claims for damages) shall be presented to the clerk for payment within two years from the accrual of said claim or shall be barred. Claims for damages growing out of torts shall be presented within six months from the accrual thereof or shall be barred. (Code 1907, §1191; Code 1923, §1907; Code 1940, T. 37, §476.)
AL Code § 11-47-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-24 - Government Agency Required to Provide Defense Counsel to Any Employee Sued for Damages Arising Out of Performance of Official Duties; Municipal Corporation Authorized to Obtain Liability Insurance.

Section 11-47-24Government agency required to provide defense counsel to any employee sued for damages arising out of performance of official duties; municipal corporation authorized to obtain liability insurance. (a) Whenever any employee of a municipal corporation of the State of Alabama shall be sued for damages arising out of the performance of his official duties, and while operating a motor vehicle or equipment engaged in the course of his employment, such government agency shall be authorized and required to provide defense counsel for such employees in such suit and to indemnify him from any judgment rendered against him in such suit. In no event shall a municipal corporation of the state be required to provide defense and indemnity for employees who may be sued for damages arising out of actions which were either intentional or willful or wanton. (b) All municipal corporations of the State of Alabama are hereby authorized to contract at governmental expense for policies of liability insurance to protect employees in the course of their employment. (Acts 1988, No. 88-657, p. 1055.)
AL Code § 11-47-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 11-47-26 - Payment of Municipal Employees by Direct Deposit of Wages.

Section 11-47-26Payment of municipal employees by direct deposit of wages.  (a) A municipality may adopt a policy to require new employees hired by the municipality after the adoption of the policy to participate in direct deposit of the employee's wages. (b) If a municipality elects to pay the wages of its employees by direct deposit, the municipality shall do all of the following: (1) Provide a municipal employee with an electronic fund transfer authorization form. (2) Deposit the wage of a municipal employee into a personal bank account at a financial institution selected by the employee on the electronic fund transfer authorization form. (3) Each time the municipality pays the wage of a municipal employee by direct deposit, provide the employee with a direct deposit statement that includes: a. The total amount of the wage. b. Any amount deducted from the wage. c. The amount of the wage directly deposited into the personal bank account selected by the employee. (c) A municipality may not require an employee to participate in direct deposit of the employee's wages if the employee would incur fees charged to the employee's account as a result of the direct deposit and a comparable financial institution that would not charge a fee for a direct deposit is not available to the employee in the municipality. (d) An employe may opt out of the direct deposit requirement by submitting a written request to his or her employer prior to the end of the first pay period, or once annually thereafter. (Act 2014-334, p. 1231, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 3 - Census.|Section 11-47-90 - Authorization for Conduct by Municipality; Appointment, Oath, and Duties of Enumerators.

Section 11-47-90Authorization for conduct by municipality; appointment, oath, and duties of enumerators. Municipal corporations may by ordinance require a census to be taken of the inhabitants residing within the corporate limits of such municipality. Such census shall be taken by enumerators, who shall be responsible citizens appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. Such enumerator or enumerators shall take such census block by block and shall state, as far as practical, the name, age, sex, and race of each person residing within such municipality. They shall, before entering upon their duties, take and subscribe the following oath: "I solemnly swear that I will honestly and conscientiously enumerate the inhabitants living within the town or city, or portion thereof allotted to me for enumeration." (Code 1907, §1060; Code 1923, §1751; Code 1940, T. 37, §481.)
AL Code § 11-47-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 3 - Census.|Section 11-47-91 - Arrangement and Return of Enumeration; Certification of Same to Secretary of State; Effect as to Conduct of School Census.

Section 11-47-91Arrangement and return of enumeration; certification of same to Secretary of State; effect as to conduct of school census. Such enumeration shall be alphabetically arranged and returned to the mayor, together with the original books of enumeration. The mayor shall thereupon certify to the Secretary of State the result of such census, giving the total number of each race residing within the corporate limits of the municipality, and the result so certified by the mayor under the seal of the municipality, attested by the clerk, shall be the official census of such city or town until the next federal census or until a new enumeration shall have been taken. When a municipal census shall have been taken in an odd year, it shall not be necessary to take a separate school census in such municipality during such year, but such school census shall be taken from the result of the enumeration made by the municipality and certified as required by law to the State Superintendent of Education. (Code 1907, §1061; Code 1923, §1752; Code 1940, T. 37, §482.)
AL Code § 11-47-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 3 - Census.|Section 11-47-92 - Authorization for Conduct by Federal Bureau of Census; Limitation.

Section 11-47-92Authorization for conduct by federal bureau of census; limitation. Any city or town may by ordinance provide for a census of all persons residing within the corporate limits of such city or town to be taken by the bureau of the census of the United States Department of Commerce, but no such census may be conducted more often than every five years. (Acts 1953, No. 845, p. 1136, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 3 - Census.|Section 11-47-93 - Use of Federally Conducted Census.

Section 11-47-93Use of federally conducted census. Any census taken under the provisions of Section 11-47-92 shall be used only as the basis for any law which provides for the levy or collection of license taxes where such levy or collection of license taxes is based on population and as the basis for any law which provides for the distribution of state-collected or county-collected licenses, excises, revenues, or funds where such distribution is administered or distributed on a population basis. Such census shall be used in administering any such laws as soon as such census is certified by the bureau of the census, of the United States Department of Commerce and proclaimed by the governing body of the city or town providing for the taking of the census; provided, that where a municipality is annexed or otherwise merged with another municipality it shall not be necessary to take a census as provided in this section but the population of the municipality to which such other municipality is annexed or merged shall be the combined total of the population of each such municipality according to the last federal census and such total population shall be the official census of such municipality. (Acts 1953, No. 845, p. 1136, §2.)
AL Code § 11-47-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 3 - Census.|Section 11-47-94 - Effect of Taking and Filing Report of Census.

Section 11-47-94Effect of taking and filing report of census. Where the census of any city or town in this state has been or may hereafter be taken as provided by this article and the report of the census thus taken has been or may hereafter be filed with the Secretary of State, the census, purporting to be a true and correct enumeration of the inhabitants residing in said cities and towns, is and shall be ratified, confirmed, and validated and the report of said census which has been or may hereafter be filed shall for all purposes govern and be taken as the true and correct census for all such cities and towns in the state when so taken. The form of government of such cities and towns shall be governed and controlled by such census when the same is so taken and a report thereof is filed in accordance with the provisions of this section. (Acts 1919, No. 357, p. 465; Code 1923, §1762; Code 1940, T. 37, §483; Acts 1953, No. 855, p. 1146.)
AL Code § 11-47-95 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 3 - Census.|Section 11-47-95 - Limitation Upon Taking of Census.

Section 11-47-95Limitation upon taking of census. A census may be taken by the cities and towns as provided by this article and a report of the same be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-47-94 as often as the city or town council of any such city or town may deem advisable, but in no event shall such census be taken more than once in each five years. (Acts 1919, No. 357, p. 465; Code 1923, §1763; Code 1940, T. 37, §484.)
AL Code § 11-47-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 4 - General Police Powers.|Section 11-47-110 - Animals Running at Large on Streets; Driving Livestock Through Streets.

Section 11-47-110Animals running at large on streets; driving livestock through streets. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to regulate and prevent the running at large on the streets of all equine or equidae, cows, hogs, dogs, or other animals and to pass all laws necessary for the impounding and sale of the animals and destruction of dogs and to regulate and prohibit the driving of livestock in droves through the streets of a city or town. (Code 1907, §1285; Code 1923, §2042; Code 1940, T. 37, §485; Act 2004-627, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-110.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 4 - General Police Powers.|Section 11-47-110.1 - Certified Animal Control Officer in Class 5 and Class 8 Municipalities.

Section 11-47-110.1Certified animal control officer in Class 5 and Class 8 municipalities. (a) As used in this section, a local animal control law means a municipal ordinance or local law governing the treatment, care, well-being, or safety of animals. (b) A Class 5 and Class 8 municipality, by ordinance, may:  (1) Establish civil penalties for violations of local animal control laws in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any violation. (2) Establish the position of certified animal control officer as well as the authorities and responsibilities of a certified animal control officer, which may include the authority to issue citations, as further provided in this section. (c) The chief of police of a Class 5 and Class 8 municipality or his or her designee shall be responsible for certifying and revoking the certification of animal control officers, which shall include establishing minimum standards for training and experience that an individual must meet to qualify for certification. (d) A certified animal control officer authorized by municipal ordinance to issue citations for violations of local animal control laws may do so by either certified mail or personal service.  (e) The municipal court of the respective Class 5 and Class 8 municipality shall have the authority to hear any appeal and impose and enforce civil penalties issued pursuant to this section. (Act 2017-320, §1.)
AL Code § 11-47-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 4 - General Police Powers.|Section 11-47-111 - Prohibition of Gaming and Gambling Houses, Etc.

Section 11-47-111Prohibition of gaming and gambling houses, etc. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to restrain and prohibit gaming and the keeping of gambling houses or tables and may by ordinance authorize the police to enter such house or part thereof, seize all gambling implements, and arrest all persons therein whenever any reputable person shall make affidavit that he has good cause to believe and does believe that any house is being kept for the purpose of carrying on gambling therein. (Code 1907, §1291; Code 1923, §2049; Code 1940, T. 37, §486.)
AL Code § 11-47-112 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 4 - General Police Powers.|Section 11-47-112 - Promotion of Temperance; Suppression of Intemperance and Traffic in Certain Beverages, Etc.

Section 11-47-112Promotion of temperance; suppression of intemperance and traffic in certain beverages, etc. All cities and towns of this state shall have the power to adopt ordinances not inconsistent with the laws of the state to promote temperance and to suppress intemperance and to suppress the traffic in such beverages as the laws of the state prohibit to be manufactured, sold, or otherwise disposed of, and to prevent evasion of such ordinances. Such cities and towns shall also have the power to provide for the destruction of liquors and beverages kept for sale in violation of law or for other illegal purposes and that may be declared to be contraband. (Acts 1909, No. 161, p. 174; Code 1923, §2054; Code 1940, T. 37, §487.)
AL Code § 11-47-113 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 4 - General Police Powers.|Section 11-47-113 - Prohibition of Houses of Prostitution.

Section 11-47-113Prohibition of houses of prostitution. The council or other governing body of any town or city of this state may prohibit houses of prostitution and punish the inmates thereof. (Code 1907, §1294; Code 1923, §2052; Code 1940, T. 37, §488.)
AL Code § 11-47-114 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 4 - General Police Powers.|Section 11-47-114 - Regulation of Running, etc., of Trains or Automobiles Within Corporate Limits.

Section 11-47-114Regulation of running, etc., of trains or automobiles within corporate limits. All towns or cities shall have the power to regulate the running of railroad trains or engines or automobiles within the corporate boundaries, and to prohibit the standing thereof on or across the streets or highways within the corporate boundaries. (Code 1876, §1801; Code 1886, §1519; Code 1896, §2970; Code 1907, §1452; Code 1923, §2308; Code 1940, T. 37, §489.)
AL Code § 11-47-115 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 47 - Powers, Duties and Liabilities Generally.|Article 4 - General Police Powers.|Section 11-47-115 - Regulation of Operation of Street Railroad Company Over Tracks of Another.

Section 11-47-115Regulation of operation of street railroad company over tracks of another. Any street railroad company operating its railroad by steam, electric, or other power shall have the right and may be required by the council or other governing body of any town or city of this state to operate its cars over the tracks of any other street railroad company in whole or in part in said city or town under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by ordinance, upon the payment by the company so using the tracks of another of just compensation for the use thereof, and the council or other governing body of said city or town shall pass such ordinances as may be necessary to carry this provision into effect. (Code 1907, §1267; Code 1923, §2015; Code 1940, T. 37, §490.)