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AL Code § 45-37A-52.04 (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-52.04 - Proposition Submitted; Form of Ballot.

Section 45-37A-52.04Proposition submitted; form of ballot. At such election the proposition to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used for any other office or question, and shall read as follows: "Shall the mayor-council form of government, as provided by the Mayor-Council Act of 1955, be adopted for the City of ________? "Yes ___. "No ___." The voter shall mark his or her ballot with a cross mark before or after the word which expresses his or her choice. No other proposition shall be submitted to the voters of such city upon this ballot. If voting machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in such city, be submitted as a separate proposition on voting machines so used. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.05.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.05 (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-52.05 - Conduct, Canvassing, and Declaration of Result of Election.

Section 45-37A-52.05Conduct, canvassing, and declaration of result of election. The election thereupon shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law in respect to other city elections in such city. If the majority of the votes shall be "yes" or in favor of such proposition, this part shall thereby be adopted for such city, and the election commission or other canvassing board or official shall transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, to the judge of probate of the county, and to the chief executive officer of the city, a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted by such city. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.06.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.07 (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-52.07 - The Council.

Section 45-37A-52.07The council. The council members provided for in this article shall be known collectively as the Council of the City of _______ (Name of city to be inserted) and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The council members first elected 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, and thereupon such city shall at that time and thereby be and become organized under the mayor-council form of government provided under this part, and shall thereafter be governed by this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §1.08.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 2 - Legal Status.|Section 45-37A-52.30 - Legal Status.

Section 45-37A-52.30Legal status. Any such city which adopts the mayor-council form of government shall continue its existence as a body corporate under the name of City of _________ (inserting the name of such city). The word city as hereinafter used shall mean and refer to any city which has adopted the mayor-council form of government. The city shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits as then established, and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation and shall continue to enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers, and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well as those that may thereafter or hereinafter be granted to it. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §2.01.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 2 - Legal Status.|Section 45-37A-52.31 - Form of Government.

Section 45-37A-52.31Form of government. The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this part shall be known as the mayor-council form of government. Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this part and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as the council, which shall enact ordinances, adopt budgets, and determine policies. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this part, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §2.02.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 2 - Legal Status.|Section 45-37A-52.32 - Powers of City.

Section 45-37A-52.32Powers of city. The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the constitution and laws of this state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any city purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interests may require; and, except as prohibited by the constitution of this state or restricted by this part, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this part shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the city shall have and may exercise all powers which, under the constitution of this state, it would be competent for this part specifically to enumerate. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §2.01.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.50 - Number, Election, Term.

Section 45-37A-52.50Number, election, term. The council shall have nine members elected from single member districts pursuant to Section 2 of Ordinance 89-46, adopted pursuant to Section 11-43-63. The district council members elected pursuant to Section 2 of Ordinance 89-46, adopted pursuant to Section 11-43-63, shall take office on the fourth Tuesday in October of the year of election. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.01; Acts 1969, No. 507, p. 964, §1; Act 84-625, p. 1273, §1; Act 85-919, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 197, §1; Act 2012-223, p. 408, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52-51 - Statement of Candidacy.

Section 45-37A-52-51Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of council member 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 and 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 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 office as a member of the city council, district number ______, in the City at the election for that 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 the amount of fifty dollars ($50), which 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 members of the council. No name 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. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office of council member and candidates shall be nominated only as hereinabove provided. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.02; Acts 1965, No. 131, p. 197, §1; Acts 1969, No. 507, p. 964, §2; Act 2012-223, p. 408, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.52 - Qualification.

Section 45-37A-52.52Qualification. Every person who shall be elected or appointed to the office of member of the council, on or before the fourth Tuesday of November of the year of his or her election or before the Tuesday next following the date of his or her appointment, 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. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.03; Act 84-625, p. 1273, §2; Act 85-919, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 197, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.53 - Eligibility.

Section 45-37A-52.53Eligibility. Council members shall be qualified electors of the city, at least 21 years of age at the time of their election, and shall hold no other public office except that of notary public or member of the national guard or naval or military reserve. If a council member shall cease to possess any of these qualifications or shall be convicted of crime involving moral turpitude, his or her office shall immediately become vacant. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.04; Acts 1975, No. 85, p. 315, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.54 - Compensation.

Section 45-37A-52.54Compensation. The council shall receive such salary which shall be effective on such date as the council may by resolution or ordinance prescribe; provided, however, no council member other than the president of the council, shall receive a salary in excess of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum. The council may provide by ordinance or resolution for the office of the president of the council compensation in addition to the compensation such president shall be entitled to receive as a council member, which additional compensation shall to receive as a council member, which additional compensation shall not exceed the additional amount of twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400) per annum, making the total maximum compensation which a member of the council may receive while serving as president thereof seventeen thousand four hundred dollars ($17,400) per annum. Such salary shall be 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 each such council member shall hold office at the rate provided. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.05; Acts 1967, No. 637, p. 1448; §1; Acts 1973, No. 495, p. 726, §2; Acts 81-1159, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 438, §1; Act 87-797, p. 1570, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.55 - Officers.

Section 45-37A-52.55Officers. At the first meeting, which shall be held immediately following May 5, 2016, and then subsequently at the first meeting held after the election of the council after May 5, 2016, and every two years thereafter, the council shall elect an officer of the city who shall have the title of president of the council and shall preside at meetings of the council and a president pro tem, who shall act as president of the council during the absence or disability of the president. The terms of office of the president and the president pro tem shall be two years and until successors are elected and qualified. If a vacancy shall occur in the office of president of the council, the council shall elect a successor for the completion of the unexpired term. Both the president of the council and the president pro tem shall be elected from among the council members. Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.06; Acts 1967, No. 637, p. 1448, §2; Act 2016-277, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.57 - Council Not to Interfere in Appointments or Removals.

Section 45-37A-52.57Council not to interfere in appointments or removals. Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his or her removal from, office or position by the mayor or by any of his or her subordinates, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in the administrative service of the city. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the mayor and neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the mayor, either publicly or privately. Any council member violating this section, or voting for a resolution or ordinance in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall cease to be a council member. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.08.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.58 - Vacancies.

Section 45-37A-52.58Vacancies. Vacancies in the council shall be filled by the council at the next regular meeting or any subsequent meeting of the council, the person so elected to hold until the next biennial election for council members at which time, if the term of such council member shall not have expired, a member shall be elected for the remainder of the unexpired term. The council member to be elected for such unexpired term shall be the candidate who receives the highest number of votes next below the fifth council member elected in the manner provided in Section 45-37A-52.50.  (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.09; Acts 1969, No. 507, p. 964, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.59 - Creation of New Departments or Offices; Change of Duties.

Section 45-37A-52.59Creation of new departments or offices; change of duties. Upon the written approval of the mayor, the council by ordinance may create, change, and abolish offices, departments, or agencies, other than the offices, departments, and agencies established by this part. Upon the written approval of the mayor, the council by ordinance may assign additional functions or duties to offices, departments, or agencies established by this part, but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, department, or agency any function or duty assigned by this part to a particular office, department, or agency. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.10; Act 2016-277, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.60 - City Clerk.

Section 45-37A-52.60City clerk. If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government holds office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk under the mayor-council form of government of such city, and his or her successor shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service or merit system. If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government does not hold office subject to any civil service or merit system, the council shall elect the city clerk. The city clerk shall give notice of special or called meetings of the council, shall keep the journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his or her signature and record in full in a book kept for the purpose all ordinances and resolutions, and shall perform such other duties as shall be required by this part or by ordinance, and such duties as are imposed by general law of Alabama upon city clerks and as to which other provisions are not made in this part. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.11.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.61 - Meetings of Council.

Section 45-37A-52.61Meetings of council. The first meeting of each newly elected council shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in October of the year of its election, after which the council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less frequently than once a week. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.12; Act 84-625, p. 1273, §3; Act 85-919, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 197, §3; Act 2012-223, p. 408, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.62 - Council to Be Judge of Qualifications of Its Members.

Section 45-37A-52.62Council to be judge of qualifications of its members. The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and for such purpose shall have power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of records, but the decision of the council in any such case shall be subject to review by the courts. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.13.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.63 - Rules of Procedure; Journal.

Section 45-37A-52.63Rules of procedure; journal. The council shall determine its own rules and order of business. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings and the journal shall be open to public inspection. (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.14.)
AL Code § 45-37A-52.66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37A - Jefferson County Municipalities.|Article 5 - Birmingham.|Part 3 - Government.|Part 3 - The Council.|Section 45-37A-52.66 - Codification Authorized.

Section 45-37A-52.66Codification authorized. The council may provide at any time it may deem proper, for the revision and codification of its ordinances, bylaws, and permanent resolutions, or for the adoption of a code or codes by ordinance. Such code or codes and the revisions or amendments thereof may relate to the whole system of city bylaws, ordinances, and permanent resolutions, or may relate to that portion of such ordinances, bylaws, and permanent resolutions which relate to, affect, or purport to govern any particular subject or subjects or subdivisions of municipal legislation. The council shall have full power and authority to prescribe the manner in which the code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto, shall be made public, whether by proclamation of any officer or officers of the city by posting or by publication, one or all, but it shall not be necessary unless so prescribed by the council for such code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto, to be published in a newspaper or newspapers. Nor shall it be necessary that such code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto, be spread at length upon the minutes. The council may prescribe that such code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto may be certified by and filed with the city clerk, or other corresponding officer, in lieu of spreading the same on the minutes; and the council may prescribe the manner in which copies of such code or codes, revisions, or amendments thereto, may be officially certified for use by the inhabitants or by the courts. The council may adopt and provide for the maintenance in a designated office of the city of a comprehensive zone map of the city open for inspection by the public at all reasonable times, and may make such zone map a part of any ordinance by reference thereto in such ordinance and without publication of such zone map in any newspaper. Such zone map need not be in one piece but may for convenience be in sections. A zone map of territory newly added to the city shall be treated as a comprehensive zone map of the city for purposes of application of the provisions of the next preceding sentence.  (Acts 1955, No. 452, p. 1004, §3.17.)