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AL Code § 45-37A-50.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 1 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-37A-50.02 - Residency of Board Members.

Section 45-37A-50.02Residency of board members. A member shall reside in the district which the member represents during the entire term of office. If the boundaries of a city council district change, the corresponding board of education district shall automatically change accordingly for the next election of the city board of education. If redistricting places an incumbent board member outside of his or her district, the member shall nevertheless continue to serve the remainder of the term to which he or she was elected or appointed.  (Act 2001-224, p. 261, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37A-50.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 1 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-37A-50.03 - Qualifications.

Section 45-37A-50.03Qualifications. A candidate for each place on the board of education shall be at least 18 years of age, a resident of the board of education district which he or she seeks to represent on the board for at least 90 consecutive days immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate, shall be a qualified elector and shall not have a record of conviction for any crime involving moral turpitude, including any crime involving fraud or financial wrongdoing. The qualification fee for the initial election of the members of the board shall be one hundred dollars ($100) for each candidate. Thereafter, each candidate shall pay a qualifying fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) as prescribed by the Birmingham City Council. The qualifying fee shall be credited to the city general fund. (Act 2001-224, p. 261, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37A-50.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 1 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-37A-50.04 - Election Procedures.

Section 45-37A-50.04Election procedures. (a) The Birmingham City Council shall take necessary steps to ensure that this subpart complies with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (b) The election shall be called to coincide with the next mayoral election after final approval of this subpart by the United States Department of Justice. (c) The initial election and the initial runoff election, if necessary, and all subsequent elections held pursuant to this subpart shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as provided for the election of members of the city council, unless otherwise required in this subpart. (d) The initial elected members of the board of education shall assume office immediately upon the certification of the election results and shall serve initial terms of office which shall expire at the same prescribed time as the expiration of the corresponding terms of office of the then current city council members. Thereafter, all members of the board shall be elected at the same time, in the same manner, assume office on the fourth Tuesday in October after their election, and serve the same term of office as the members of the Birmingham City Council.  (Act 2001-224, p. 261, §5; Act 2002-22, p. 30, §1; Act 2012-229, p. 422, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-50.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 1 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-37A-50.05 - Assumption of Office; Powers, Duties, Rights.

Section 45-37A-50.05Assumption of office; powers, duties, rights. (a) Upon the assumption of office of the initially elected members of the board of education, the Birmingham City Board of Education as provided in this subpart shall be constituted and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the prior members of the board of education shall end. (b)(1) Upon assumption of office of the initial elected members of the board of education, these members shall have the powers, authority, duties, and responsibilities as are otherwise provided by law for members of city boards of education as set forth in Chapter 11, commencing with Section 16-11-1, of Title 16. (2) The election and terms of any officers of the board shall be governed by local board policy. (3) All property, records, supplies, and equipment of the prior board of education shall be vested in the board created by this subpart. (c) The establishment of the board of education as provided in this subpart shall not affect or impair any of the following: (1) Existing rights or privileges of employees of the board including, but not limited to, employment, personnel, salary, and retirement rights and privileges. (2) Existing contractual obligations of the board of education. (3) Existing civil and criminal actions. (Act 2001-224, p. 261, §5; Act 2003-322, p. 785, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-50.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 1 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-37A-50.06 - Vacancies.

Section 45-37A-50.06Vacancies. A vacancy on the board of education shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the remaining members of the board of education for the unexpired term. If the vacancy is not filled by the remaining members of the board of education within 30 days, the chair, or the vice chair in the absence of the chair, shall notify the Birmingham City Council which shall fill the vacancy by appointment by a majority of the members of the city council for the unexpired term. If the vacancy is not filled by the city council within 30 days after notification, the local superintendent of education shall notify the State Superintendent of Education who shall fill the vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term. A person filling a vacancy on the board of education shall reside in the district which the vacating member represented. The provisions of Section 45-37A-50.05 apply only when one year or less remains in the unexpired term. Otherwise a special election shall be called as provided by state law. (Act 2001-224, p. 261, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37A-50.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 1 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-37A-50.07 - Compensation.

Section 45-37A-50.07Compensation. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the compensation of the members of the Birmingham City Board of Education shall be as follows: (1) Beginning on May 9, 2001, and thereafter, each member of the Birmingham City Board of Education shall be entitled to receive compensation in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) per month. (2) Beginning on May 9, 2001, and thereafter, each member of the Birmingham City Board of Education shall be entitled to receive an expense allowance in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400) per month. (b) The compensation and expense allowance provided by this section shall be paid in the same manner and from the same source as compensation and expense allowances for members of the board of education are currently paid. (c) All compensation and expense allowance payments made to members of the Birmingham City Board of Education before May 9, 2001, are ratified, confirmed, and approved.  (Act 2001-224, p. 261, §8; Act 2001-422, p. 538, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-50.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 1 - Education.|Part 1 - Board of Education.|Section 45-37A-50.08 - Audit of Records.

Section 45-37A-50.08Audit of records. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall conduct an annual audit of the financial records of the city school system and of the board of education. The audit results shall be made a matter of public record. All monies of the school system shall be accounted for whether reserved for capital outlay or held for any other purpose. (Act 2001-224, p. 261, §9.)
AL Code § 45-37A-50.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 1 - Education.|Part 2 - Vocational Trade School Commission.|Section 45-37A-50.30 - Creation; Composition; Duties.

Section 45-37A-50.30Creation; composition; duties. (a) The Birmingham Vocational Trade School Commission is created to investigate the establishment of a vocational trade school for the City of Birmingham. (b) The commission shall be composed of the following individuals: (1) One member of the Alabama House of Representatives whose district lies entirely within the City of Birmingham. (2) One member of the Alabama Senate whose district is the largest in city population in the City of Birmingham. (3) The president, or his or her designee, of the City of Birmingham Board of Education. (4) The Superintendent of Education, or his or her designee, of the City of Birmingham school system. (5) The president, or his or her designee, of the City of Birmingham Parent Teacher Association. (6) The president, or his or her designee, of the Community Advisory Board of Birmingham. (7) The president, or his or her designee, of the Ministerial Alliance of Birmingham. (8) The Mayor of the City of Birmingham, or his or her designee. (9) The principal of an elementary school located in Birmingham appointed by the members of the City of Birmingham Board of Education. (10) The principal of a middle school located in Birmingham appointed by the members of the City of Birmingham Board of Education. (11) The principal of a high school located in Birmingham appointed by the members of the City of Birmingham Board of Education. (12) The Chair of the Birmingham City Council or their designee. (c) Members shall serve without compensation. (d) The commission shall study the feasibility of establishing a vocational trade school for the City of Birmingham. The commission shall report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Legislature not later than the 10th legislative day of the 2008 Regular Session. (Act 2007- 89, p. 1045, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 1 - Firemen's and Policemen's Pension and Relief System.|Section 45-37A-51 - Definitions.

Section 45-37A-51Definitions. The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used in this subpart, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them, unless the context plainly indicates that a different meaning is intended: (1) ACT 556. Act 556 of the Regular Session of the Legislature of 1959 (Acts 1959, p. 1376), as heretofore amended. (2) ACT 929. Act 929 of the Regular Session of the Legislature of 1951 (Acts 1951, p. 1579), as heretofore amended or hereafter amended, which established in and for every city of the State of Alabama having a population 250,000 or more inhabitants according to the last federal census a pension and relief or retirement and relief system for officers and employees of such city and their dependents. (3) CITY. Any city wherein there is established a pension and relief or retirement and relief system for municipal officers and employees provided for by Act 929. (4) FIREMAN. A member of the fire department of the city, whether man or woman, belonging to the general retirement and relief system, upon whose account the city makes no payment to the United States under the federal Social Security Act. (5) GENERAL RETIREMENT AND RELIEF SYSTEM. Any pension system established by Act 929. (6) PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. The deductions which Section 9 of Act 929 requires to be made from salaries of members of the general retirement and relief system and paid into the fund of that system. (7) POLICEMAN. A member of the police department of the city, whether man or woman, belonging to the general retirement and relief system, upon whose account the city makes no payment to the United States under the federal Social Security Act. (Acts 1959, No. 556, p. 1376, § 1; Acts 1971, No. 991, p. 1783, § 2; Acts 1971, No. 1576, p. 2692, § 1; Acts 1975, No. 388, p. 959, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 1 - Firemen's and Policemen's Pension and Relief System.|Section 45-37A-51.02 - Pension System Established; Payment of Employee Contributions.

Section 45-37A-51.02Pension system established; payment of employee contributions. (a) There is established in and for the city a pension system which shall be known as the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Supplemental Pension System. For the purpose of brevity the system will at times hereinafter be referred to as the supplemental pension system. (b) Any other provision of law notwithstanding, the City of Birmingham, as the employer, is authorized to enter into agreements with the members of the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Supplemental Pension System to adjust wages or salaries and to pay an employee’s required contributions to the fund. All agreements under this section shall conform to applicable federal income tax laws, rules, and regulations. (c) Any other provision of law notwithstanding, the City of Birmingham, as the employer, may adopt a program and plan amendments relating to the employee members of the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Supplemental Pension System meeting the requirements of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended, to allow employer payment of required participant contributions in lieu of salary or wages. (Acts 1959, No. 556, p. 1376, §3; Act 94-623, p. 1168, §1; Act 94-664, p. 1276, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 1 - Firemen's and Policemen's Pension and Relief System.|Section 45-37A-51.06 - Supplemental Ordinary Disability Allowance.

Section 45-37A-51.06Supplemental ordinary disability allowance. The words, terms, and phrases used in this section shall have the meaning ascribed to them by Act 929, unless it appears from the context that a different meaning is intended. Any police officer or firefighter who is granted an ordinary disability allowance under Act 929 shall receive under this subpart a supplemental ordinary disability allowance in the amount hereinafter specified so long as he or she receives the ordinary disability allowance under this subpart. The supplemental disability allowance payable to the firefighter or police officer under this subpart shall be in such amount that the sum of the ordinary disability allowance he or she receives under Act 929 and the supplemental disability allowance he or she receives under this subpart shall be equal to two percent of his or her final average salary for each year of creditable service; provided, however, that in any event the amount of the supplemental ordinary disability allowance such firefighter or police officer receives under this subpart shall be such that the sum of the ordinary disability allowance he or she receives under Act 929 and the supplemental ordinary disability allowance he or she receives under this subpart shall not be less than 25 percent of his or her final average salary or more than 50 percent of his or her final average salary.  (Acts 1959, No. 556, p. 1376, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 1 - Firemen's and Policemen's Pension and Relief System.|Section 45-37A-51.10 - Transfer of Assets and Powers.

Section 45-37A-51.10Transfer of assets and powers. This section is added to this subpart to transfer all assets and powers of the City of Birmingham Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund created and provided by Act 389, 1935 Regular Session (Acts 1935, p. 847), as amended and restated by Act 307, 1943 Regular Session (Acts 1943, p. 264), as amended by Act 632, 1967 Regular Session, (Acts 1967, p. 1441) to the City of Birmingham Firemen's and Policemen's Supplemental Pension System and to repeal all laws, in conflict herewith. No pension benefits or obligations under the Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund provided by Act 389, 1935 Regular Session (Acts 1935, p. 847), as amended and restated by Act 307, 1943 Regular Session (Acts 1943, p. 264), as amended by Act 632, 1967 Regular Session (Acts 1967, p. 1441), [shall inure to any participants, beneficiaries or retirees of the Supplemental Pension System. Section 6 of Act 632, 1967 Regular Session (Acts 1967, p. 1441), as amended], which amended Act 307, 1943 Regular Session (Acts 1943, p. 264), and created a board of trustees of the firemen's pension and relief fund is hereby repealed and all powers of the board of trustees shall be transferred to the City of Birmingham Firemen's and Policemen's Supplemental Pension System Board of Managers. All obligations of all funding sources provided in Section 10C under Act 389, 1935 Regular Session, (Acts 1935, p. 847), as amended and restated by Act 307, 1943 Regular Session (Acts 1943, p. 264), as amended by Act 632, 1967 Regular Session (Acts 1967, p. 1441), shall continue. The funds paid by the funding source provided in Section 10C of the firemen's pension and relief fund shall become a part of the City of Birmingham Firemen's and Policemen's Supplemental Pension System to be used consistent with subdivision (1) and subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of Section 45-37A-51.03. All other funding sources provided by Act 389, 1935 Regular Session (Acts 1935, p. 847), as amended and restated, are hereby repealed. (Act 2013-438, p. 1749, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-51.13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 2 - Employees.|Part 1 - Firemen's and Policemen's Pension and Relief System.|Section 45-37A-51.13 - Severability.

Section 45-37A-51.13Severability. In the event that any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, idea, or other part, portion, or provision of this subpart is held unconstitutional, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this subpart; it being hereby declared to be the intention of the Legislature that should any part or portion whatsoever of this subpart be held unconstitutional the remainder shall be in full force and effect, and that the Legislature would have passed this subpart without such invalid portion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing it is hereby expressly declared and provided that if every provision of this subpart excepting the enacting clause and the provisions requiring contributions from the salaries of firemen and policemen and matching contributions from funds of the city to be paid into the fund created by this subpart should be held invalid or inoperative, then in that event the enacting clause and the provisions requiring contributions from the salaries of firemen and policemen and requiring matching contributions from the city shall remain in force and effect so as to establish a supplemental pension fund out of which there can hereafter be made provision for paying to the firemen and policemen out of the supplemental fund such additional benefits as it may hereafter be established can be paid from the supplemental fund on a sound actuarial basis. (Acts 1959, No. 556, p. 1376, §11.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 1 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 45-37A-52 - Applicability.

Section 45-37A-52Applicability. Any city in the State of Alabama, which has a population of more than 300,000, according to the last federal census, or which may hereafter have such population according to any federal census that may be taken hereafter, may adopt the mayor-council form of government by proceeding in the manner hereinafter in this part provided. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.01; Acts 1961, No. 1030, p. 1616, §2; Acts 1965, No. 131, p. 197, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 1 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 45-37A-52.01 - Petition for Election.

Section 45-37A-52.01Petition for election. The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or more of the qualified electors of such city, asking that the proposition of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government for such city be submitted to the qualified voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the county in which such city 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 qualified voters of such city shall be presented to such judge of probate, he or she shall examine such petition and determine whether or not the same is signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified voters of such city, and if such petition is signed by the requisite number of voters to require such an election, he or she shall within 15 days from the receipt of such petition certify such fact to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city for which such election is so petitioned, and the certificate of the judge of probate as to the sufficiency of the petition shall be final. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.02.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 1 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 45-37A-52.02 - Call of Election.

Section 45-37A-52.02Call of election. The mayor or other chief executive officer of such city shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government for such city, under this part, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt of the certificate from the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 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 or regular 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 60 days after the receipt by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the certificate of the judge of probate. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.03.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 1 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 45-37A-52.03 - Second Election Not to Be Called Within Two Years.

Section 45-37A-52.03Second election not to be called within two years. If the mayor-council form of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such city for adoption within two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the form of government may be resubmitted in the manner above provided. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.04.)