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AL Code § 45-37A-52.90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 4 - Mayor.|Section 45-37A-52.90 - Election; Term; Qualification.

Section 45-37A-52.90Election; term; qualification. The first mayor shall be elected at the same election at which the council members are elected under Section 45-37A-52.06 and shall hold office until the second Tuesday in November of that year ending in an odd number which would give him or her a term of office most closely approximating four years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The first mayor shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the second Monday following the date the election of all nine council members is completed or on the second Monday following the election of such mayor, whichever last occurs. The regular election for mayor shall be held on the second Tuesday in October of the year during which the term of the first mayor elected hereunder terminates and every four years thereafter. The mayor elected at any such regular election, on or before the fourth Tuesday of November of the year of such election, shall qualify by making oath that he or she is eligible for the office and shall execute the duties of same according to the best of his or her knowledge and ability. The oath may be administered by any person authorized to administer an oath under the laws of Alabama. At any election for mayor, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the office shall be elected thereto, provided such candidate receives a majority of all votes cast for such office. If at the first election a majority is not received by any candidate for the office of mayor, then a second election shall be held on the third Tuesday thereafter in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations provided in Section 45-37A-52.06 with respect to the election of the first mayor. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §4.01; Act 84-625, p. 1273, §4; Act 85-919, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 197, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 4 - Mayor.|Section 45-37A-52.91 - Statement of Candidacy.

Section 45-37A-52.91Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such city is situated, a statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied by an affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate or by a notary public that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she desires to be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 45 days before the day set for such election and shall be in substantially the following form: State of Alabama, ______ County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of ______, in the state and county, and reside at ______ in the City of ______, that I desire to become a candidate for the office of mayor in that city at the election of the office to be held on the ______ day of August, next and that I am duly qualified to hold the office if elected thereto, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot at the election. Signed ______; Subscribed and sworn to before me by ______, on this ______ day of ______, 2 _, and filed in this office for record on that day. ______, Judge of Probate. The statement shall be accompanied by a qualifying fee in an amount equal to three hundred dollars ($300) which qualifying fee shall be paid over by the judge of probate to the general fund of the city. At every such election all ballots to be used by voters shall be printed and prepared by the election commission or other body or official charged by law with the duty of conducting elections and at the expense of the city, and shall contain the names of all candidates directly underneath the words, for mayor. No names shall appear upon the ballot as a candidate for election except the names of such persons as have become candidates according to provisions as above set forth; no ballot shall be used at any such election except the official ballot prepared by the election commission or other body or official charged by law with the duty of conducting elections, except that the names of candidates may be suitably placed on voting machines if such machines are used to conduct such election. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §4.02; Acts 1965, No. 131, p. 197, §1; Acts 1969, No. 507, p. 964, §4; Act 2012-223, p. 408, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 4 - Mayor.|Section 45-37A-52.92 - Eligibility.

Section 45-37A-52.92Eligibility. The mayor shall be a qualified elector of the city, at least 25 years of age at the time of his or her election, and shall hold no other public office. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, § 4.03.).
AL Code § 45-37A-52.93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 4 - Mayor.|Section 45-37A-52.93 - Compensation.

Section 45-37A-52.93Compensation. (a) The mayor shall receive an annual salary payable in monthly installments at the end of each month, the installments to be paid at the same rate for any portion of the month during which the mayor shall hold the office at the rate hereinafter provided. The annual salary which the mayor shall receive shall be sixty-eight thousand dollars ($68,000) annually. (b) This section shall become effective August 13, 1987, but shall not be applicable to the compensation of the mayor of any city affected hereby until the commencement of the next term of office of such mayor next following August 13, 1987. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §4.04; Acts 1964, No. 78, p. 112, §1; Acts 1973, No. 503, p. 742, §1; Act 79-771, p. 1373, §1; Act 87-800, p. 1573, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 4 - Mayor.|Section 45-37A-52.94 - Vacancy.

Section 45-37A-52.94Vacancy. Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the president of the council shall assume the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date such vacancy occurs and shall serve as acting mayor until a new mayor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The acting mayor shall receive no compensation, expenses, or allowances as a member of the city council while acting as mayor, but shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the mayor whose vacated office he or she fills, and the compensation received for days of service as acting mayor shall not be counted in determining the maximum annual per diem compensation permitted council members. While the president of the council is serving as acting mayor he or she shall not sit with the council or vote on any matters before the council. The election commission of the city, if there be one, and if not then the council thereof, shall within 30 days of the occurrence of a vacancy in the office of the mayor call a special election to fill such vacancy, such election to be held on the second Tuesday of the month not less than 70 days and not more than 90 days from the occurrence of such vacancy. If a regular or special election is scheduled or required to be held within 120 days after the occurrence of such vacancy, then the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be filled at such regular or special election. Notice of such election shall be given at the expense of the city by one publication at least 18 days in advance of the same in one or more newspapers published in such city. Any person desiring to become a candidate at the election to fill the vacancy in the office of mayor may become a candidate by filing his or her statement in writing with the judge of probate and paying the qualifying fee as provided in Section 45-37A-52.91. The method, procedure, and requirements of qualifying, voting upon, and determining the successful candidate shall otherwise be the same as provided herein relative to the election of the mayor at regular elections. The successor to the mayor chosen at any such election shall qualify for office as soon as practical thereafter, and shall be clothed with and assume the duties, responsibilities, and powers of such office immediately upon such qualification, and shall hold office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor and until a successor is elected and qualified.  (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §4.05; Acts 1965, No. 133, p. 200, §1; Act 2012–223, p. 408, §6.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.96 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 4 - Mayor.|Section 45-37A-52.96 - Administrative Departments.

Section 45-37A-52.96Administrative departments. There shall be a department of finance, and such other departments as may be established by ordinance upon the recommendation of the mayor. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §4.07.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 4 - Mayor.|Section 45-37A-52.97 - Directors of Departments.

Section 45-37A-52.97Directors of departments. At the head of each department there shall be a director, who shall be an officer of the city and shall have supervision and control of the department subject to the mayor. Two or more departments may be headed by the same individual, the mayor may head one or more departments, and directors of departments may also serve as chiefs of divisions. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §4.08.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.98 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 4 - Mayor.|Section 45-37A-52.98 - Departmental Divisions.

Section 45-37A-52.98Departmental divisions. The work of each department may be distributed among such divisions thereof as may be established by ordinance upon the recommendation of the mayor. Pending the passage of an ordinance or ordinances distributing the work of departments under the supervision and control of the mayor among specific divisions thereof, the mayor may establish temporary divisions. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §4.09.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.120 - Fiscal Year.

Section 45-37A-52.120Fiscal year. (a) The fiscal year of the city government shall begin on the first day of July and shall end on the last day of June of each calendar year. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this part, the term budget year shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered. (b) Notwithstanding any provision in this section, the council may enact an ordinance declaring that the city adopts a fiscal year that begins on the first day of October and ends on the last day of September of the following calendar year. The ordinance shall become effective on the first day after the expiration of any fiscal year ending June 30 in which the ordinance is adopted. The ordinance shall provide that in order to change from a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year to an October 1 to September 30 fiscal year, the city, on a one-time basis, shall utilize a transitional financial reporting period that extends, at the council’s election, for a three-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on September 30 of that same calendar year, or for a 15-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on September 30 of the following calendar year. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.01; Acts 1973, No. 792, p. 1206, §1; Act 2013-376, p. 1378, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.121 - Submission of Budgets.

Section 45-37A-52.121Submission of budgets. (a) On a day to be fixed by the council, but in no case later than the 20th day of May in each year, the mayor shall submit to the council all of the following: (1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government, to be known as the general fund budget. (2) A budget for each public utility owned and operated by such city. (3) A capital budget. (4) A budget message. (b) When submitting the budgets to the council, the mayor shall submit his or her recommendation of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose. (c) If the council enacts the ordinance authorized by Section 45-37A-52.120, the mayor shall submit proposed budgets to the council no later than August 20 of any period in which the city’s fiscal year is October 1 to September 30, or the August 20 immediately preceding the expiration of the transitional financial reporting period selected by the council pursuant to Section 45-37A-52.120. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.02; Acts 1973, No. 792, p. 1206, §2; Act 2013-376, p. 1378, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.122 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.122 - Preparation of Budgets.

Section 45-37A-52.122Preparation of budgets. It shall be the duty of the head of each department, and each other office or agency supported in whole or in part by the city, to file with the director of finance, at such time as the mayor may prescribe, estimates of revenue and expenditure for that department, office, or agency for the ensuing fiscal year. Such estimates shall be submitted on the forms furnished by the director of finance and it shall be the duty of the head of each such department, office, or agency, to supply all the information which the director of finance may require to be submitted thereon. The director of finance shall assemble and compile these estimates and supply such additional information relating to the financial transactions of the city as may be required by the mayor in the preparation of the budgets. The mayor shall hold such hearings as he or she may deem advisable and with the assistance of the director of finance shall review the estimates and other data pertinent to the preparation of the budgets and make such revisions in such estimates as he or she may deem proper, subject to the laws of the State of Alabama and any municipal ordinance relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.03.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.123 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.123 - Scope of General Fund Budget.

Section 45-37A-52.123Scope of general fund budget. The general fund budget shall include only the net amounts estimated to be received from or to be appropriated to each public utility. The general fund budget shall be prepared in accordance with accepted principles of municipal accounting and budgetary procedure and techniques, and shall show: (1) Such portion of the general fund cash surplus as it is estimated shall exist, at the end of the current fiscal year, and is proposed to be used for meeting expenditures in the general fund budget for the ensuing year. (2) An estimate of the receipts from current ad valorem taxes on real estate and tangible personal property during the ensuing fiscal year, assuming that the percentage of the levy collected be no greater than the average percentage of the levy collected in the last three completed tax years. (3) An estimate of receipts from all other sources of revenue, provided that the estimated receipts from each such source shall not exceed the percentage of estimated revenue in the current fiscal year from the same source, over the amount of the revenue received from the same source, in the last completed fiscal year, unless a law or ordinance under which revenue from any source is derived, has been amended or a new source of revenue has been provided by law or ordinance, in the course of the current year, in which case the estimated receipts from that source may be fixed by the mayor. If additional revenue is to be derived from the state, the amount fixed by the mayor shall not exceed the amount which the proper state official shall certify in writing to be the reasonable expectation of receipts from such source. (4) A statement to be furnished by the director of finance of the debt service requirements for the ensuing year. (5) An estimate of the general fund cash deficit, if any, at the end of the current fiscal year and of any other obligations required by law to be budgeted for the ensuing fiscal year. (6) An estimate of expenditures and appropriations for all other purposes to be met from the general fund in the ensuing fiscal year. All the estimates shall be in detail showing receipts by sources and expenditures by operating units, character, and object, so arranged as to show receipts and expenditures as estimated for the current fiscal year and actual receipts and expenditures for the last preceding fiscal year, in comparison with estimated receipts and recommended expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.04.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.124 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.124 - A Balanced Budget.

Section 45-37A-52.124A balanced budget. In no event shall the expenditures recommended by the mayor in the general fund budget exceed the receipts estimated, taking into account the estimated cash surplus or deficit at the end of the current fiscal year, as provided in the preceding section, unless the mayor shall recommend an increase in or levy of new or increased, taxes or licenses within the power of the city to levy and collect in the ensuing fiscal year, the receipts from which, estimated on the basis of the average experience with the same or similar taxes during the three full tax years last past, shall make up the difference. If estimated receipts exceed estimated expenditures, the mayor may recommend revisions in the tax and license ordinances of the city in order to bring the general fund budget into balance. The same balanced budget restrictions shall apply in the adoption of any public utility budget. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.05.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.125 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.125 - The Budget Message.

Section 45-37A-52.125The budget message. The budget message shall contain the recommendations of the mayor concerning the fiscal policy of the city, a description of the important features of the budget plan, an explanation of all salient changes in each budget submitted, as to estimated receipts and recommended expenditures as compared with the current fiscal year and the last preceding fiscal year, and a summary of the proposed budget showing comparisons similar to those required by Section 45-37A-52.123. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.06.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.126 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.126 - Availability of Budgets for Inspection and Publication of the Budget Message.

Section 45-37A-52.126Availability of budgets for inspection and publication of the budget message. The mayor shall cause the budget message to be printed, mimeographed, or otherwise reproduced for general distribution at the time of its submission to the council, and sufficient copies of the proposed general fund, public utility, and capital budgets to be made, to supply copies to each member of the council and each daily newspaper of general circulation published in the city, and two copies to be deposited in the office of the city clerk where they shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.07.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.127 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.127 - Publication of Notice of Public Budget.

Section 45-37A-52.127Publication of notice of public budget. At the meeting of the council at which the budget and budget message are submitted, the council shall determine the place and time of the public hearing on the budget, and shall cause to be published a notice of the place and time, not less than seven days after the date of publication, at which the council shall hold a public hearing. Publication shall be made at least once in time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which such public hearing shall from time to time be adjourned, the council shall hold a public hearing on the budget as submitted, at which any citizen of the city shall be given an opportunity to be heard, for or against the estimates or any item thereof.   (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.08; Act 2013-376, p. 1378, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.128 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 5 - Budget.|Section 45-37A-52.128 - Action by the Council on the General Fund Budget.

Section 45-37A-52.128Action by the council on the general fund budget. After the conclusion of the public hearing, the council, by an affirmative vote of five members and only if approved in writing by the mayor, may insert new items of expenditures or may increase, decrease, or strike out items of expenditure in the general fund budget, except that no item of expenditure for debt service, or any other item required to be included by this part or other provision of law, shall be reduced or stricken out. The council shall not alter the estimates of receipts contained in the budget except to correct omissions or mathematical errors and it shall not cause the total of expenditures as recommended by the mayor to be increased without a public hearing on such increase, which shall be held not less than three days after notice thereof by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city. The council shall in no event adopt a general fund budget in which the total of expenditures exceeds the receipts and available surplus, estimated as provided in Section 45-37A-52.123, unless at the same time it adopts measures for providing additional revenue in the ensuing fiscal year, estimated as provided in Sections 45-37A-52.121 and 45-37A-52.124, sufficient to make up the difference. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §5.09; Act 2016-277, §1.)