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AL Code § 11-44C-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-93 - Provisions Applicable Regardless of Form of Government Chosen.

Section 11-44C-93Provisions applicable regardless of form of government chosen. It is the legislative intent of this bill that the following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein choose: (1) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance to provide that all appointments made by the mayor, council or city commission to positions in city government, boards, commissions, agencies, authorities, or any other organization or entity of the city or to any positions to which said officials make appointments, shall fairly and equitably reflect the makeup of the total community with due consideration given to all demographic characteristics of the population. (2) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance to provide that all contracts or agreements entered into by the city or any entity thereof for any service of any kind, whether by bid or otherwise, including but not limited to, professional services and bond issues, shall make every reasonable effort to require that the contractor, firm, or company to which any contract is awarded, must have at least 15 percent participation by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or the city shall make every reasonable effort to insure that at least 15 percent of the total value of all such contracts and agreements described above shall be awarded to qualified contractors or professionals who are socially and economically disadvantaged. (3) Within 30 days of taking office, the officials of the form of government chosen shall adopt an ordinance to require that all capital improvements and repairs made in the city shall be made on the basis of need and shall, as nearly as practicable, be fairly and equitably made in all districts of the city whether they be council or commission districts. (4) The officials of the form of government chosen shall demonstrate their commitment to the poor and needy in this city by annually allocating in the city budget an amount of funds to be approved by the council or commission, to agencies, organizations, and programs serving the poor and needy in a manner and amount to be determined by the council or commission. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §93.)
AL Code § 11-44C-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-94 - Materials or Supplies Becoming Component Parts in Repair, etc., of Certain Aircraft.

Section 11-44C-94Materials or supplies becoming component parts in repair, etc., of certain aircraft. (a) In Class 2 municipalities, the gross proceeds from the sale or sales of materials or supplies to any person for the use in fulfilling a contract for the painting, repair, conversion, modification, or reconditioning of aircraft of 30,000 pounds gross weight or greater shall be exempt from municipal sales and use tax. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exemption provided in this section shall only apply to those materials and supplies which enter into and become a component part of those aircraft. (b) The exemption provided in this section shall be applicable to all sales occurring on and after October 1, 2003. (Act 2004-112, p. 180, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 11-44C-94.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-94.1 - Exemption Reiterated for Materials or Supplies Becoming Component Parts in Repair, etc., of Certain Aircraft.

Section 11-44C-94.1Exemption reiterated for materials or supplies becoming component parts in repair, etc., of certain aircraft. In Class 2 municipalities, the gross proceeds of the sale or sales of materials or supplies to any person for the use in fulfilling a contract for the painting, repair, conversion, modification, or reconditioning of aircraft of 30,000 pounds gross weight or greater shall be exempt from county sales and use tax; provided, however, that the exemption herein shall only apply to those materials and supplies which enter into and become a component part of such aircraft. (Act 2005-74, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44C-95 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-95 - Tax Exemption for the Centre for the Living Arts, Inc.

Section 11-44C-95Tax exemption for the Centre for the Living Arts, Inc. In Class 2 municipalities, The Centre for the Living Arts, Inc., shall be exempt from all municipal ad valorem and sales and use tax. (Act 2004-507, p. 984, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44C-96 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-96 - Tax Exemption for Bayfest, Inc.

Section 11-44C-96Tax exemption for BayFest, Inc. In Class 2 municipalities, BayFest, Incorporated, is exempt from the payment of all municipal sales and use taxes and gross receipts taxes. This exemption from all municipal sales and use taxes and gross receipts taxes shall be retroactive to October 1, 1999. (Act 2006-389, p. 990, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44C-97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-97 - Water and Sewer System Boards - Composition.

Section 11-44C-97Water and sewer system boards - Composition. In any Class 2 municipality, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the number of members on a water and sewer system board organized under state law whose members are appointed by the governing body of the Class 2 municipality shall be the same as the number of members on the governing body of the Class 2 municipality. (Act 2008-85, p. 111, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44C-98 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44C - Government of Class 2 Municipalities.|Section 11-44C-98 - Board of Adjustment.

Section 11-44C-98Board of adjustment.  (a) In any Class 2 municipality, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the number of members on a board of adjustment provided for in Section 11-52-80, whose members are appointed by the governing body of the Class 2 municipality shall be the same as the number of members of the governing body of the Class 2 municipality. (b) In exercising the powers in subsection (d) of Section 11-52-80, the board may reverse, affirm, or modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may enter the appropriate order, requirement, decision, or determination and, to that end, shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of five members of the board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of an administrative official or to decide in favor of the applicant on a matter upon which the board is required to pass under any ordinance or to effect any variation in the ordinance. (Act 2013-253, p. 660, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44D-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-1 - Ordinance Abandoning Commission Form of Government and Referendum Adopting Mayor-Council or Manager-Council Form.

Section 11-44D-1Ordinance abandoning commission form of government and referendum adopting mayor-council or manager-council form. Within three months of the adoption and approval of this chapter, the governing body of any Class 6 municipality with a commission form of government may by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopt an ordinance abandoning the commission form of government and calling for a referendum to be held at public expense within 60 days after such call for the purpose of determining whether such city shall adopt the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter, or in the alternative the manager-council form of government authorized by this chapter. The mayor or chief executive officer shall give notice of the time and purpose of such referendum election by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, or, if there is no such newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, by posting notice thereof in three public places within the municipality. All qualified electors of the city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and the questions shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section 11-44D-2. The proposal for which the majority of votes cast shall be "yes," or in favor of such proposition shall thereby be adopted for such city, and the mayor or other chief executive officer shall transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, and to the judge of probate of the county, a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted for such city. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44D-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-2 - Form of Referendum Ballot; Use of Voting Machines.

Section 11-44D-2Form of referendum ballot; use of voting machines. 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: Check only one of the following: (1) Shall the mayor-council form of government, as provided by Act _____, be adopted for the City of _____? YES _____; or (2) Shall the council-manager form of government, as provided by Act _____, be adopted for the City of _____? YES _____. The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses his choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may at the discretion of the 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 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §2.)
AL Code § 11-44D-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-3 - Conduct of Referendum; Election Results Determine Which Provisions of Chapter Applicable; Election Expenses.

Section 11-44D-3Conduct of referendum; election results determine which provisions of chapter applicable; election expenses. The referendum shall be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of this title, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. If the majority of votes shall be in favor of the mayor-council form of government, then only the applicable provisions of this chapter shall thereby be adopted for such city; if the majority of the votes shall be in favor of the council-manager form of government, then only the applicable provisions of this chapter shall thereby be adopted for such city. The expenses of any and all elections provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §3.)
AL Code § 11-44D-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-6 - Provisions Applicable to Both Mayor-Council and Manager-Council Forms of Government.

Section 11-44D-6Provisions applicable to both mayor-council and manager-council forms of government. The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1) Within 30 days after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder. (2) The governing body shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (3) Within 10 days after the receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election for the members of the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of government was adopted, to be held not more than 90 days after the publication of said notice. (4) On noon of the seventh day following the canvass of the election results, including the results of any runoff election, if needed, the newly elected officers shall assume office and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the commissioners shall end. (5) The officers elected hereunder shall serve until the first Monday in October, 1988. Officers elected thereafter shall hold office for four years, but shall serve until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. An election shall be held in 1988 on the month and day established by the general laws of the state pertaining to municipal elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held quadrennially thereafter under the same rules and regulations and in the same mode and manner as provided by the general laws of the state pertaining to municipal elections, except as otherwise provided by this chapter. (6) The municipality shall, after said election and the qualification and assumption of office of the council and mayor if the mayor-council form of government was adopted, be deemed to have adopted the form of government as herein provided and thereafter be governed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §6.)
AL Code § 11-44D-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-7 - Conduct of Election and Referendum.

Section 11-44D-7Conduct of election and referendum. The election and referendum provided for herein shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as provided by Chapter 46, Title 11, in respect to other municipal elections conducted in any such municipality. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §7.)
AL Code § 11-44D-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-8 - Reapportionment of Council Districts.

Section 11-44D-8Reapportionment of council districts. Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided: (1) The mayor shall within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well defined boundaries; b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is possible the same population, but not more than five per centum more or less than the average of the five districts. (2) The council shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. If the council fails to enact the redistricting ordinance within the said six months, the redistricting plan submitted by the mayor shall become effective without enactment by the council, as if it were a duly enacted ordinance. (3) Such redistricting ordinance shall not apply to any primary or regular or special election held within six months after its becoming effective. No incumbent member of the council shall be deprived of his unexpired term of office because of such redistricting. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §8.)
AL Code § 11-44D-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-9 - Powers of City Generally.

Section 11-44D-9Powers of city generally. The city shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution and laws of the state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry and execute all the powers granted. The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any 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 the interest may require; and except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state, or restricted by this chapter, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, privileges, and immunities of every kind and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this chapter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied hereby, 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 chapter to specifically enumerate. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §9.)
AL Code § 11-44D-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-10 - Existing Rights, Powers, and Properties Continued.

Section 11-44D-10Existing rights, powers, and properties continued. All rights, powers, and properties of every description which were vested in any city which adopts a form of government as provided by this chapter, shall vest in such city under the new form of government as herein provided for, unless in conflict with the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §10.)
AL Code § 11-44D-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-11 - Initial Territorial Limits.

Section 11-44D-11Initial territorial limits. The initial territorial limits of any municipality which adopts a form of government as provided by this chapter shall be the same as under its former organization. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §11.)
AL Code § 11-44D-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-12 - Effect of Chapter on Preexisting Rights and Privileges of Municipal Employees, Etc.

Section 11-44D-12Effect of chapter on preexisting rights and privileges of municipal employees, etc. Nothing contained in this chapter, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time when this chapter shall take effect, or any provision of law in force at the time when the new form of government shall be adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, in relation to the personnel, appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotions, removal, pension and retirement rights, civil rights, of any or other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency thereof. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §12.)
AL Code § 11-44D-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-13 - Administrative Officers Continued; Reassignment of Powers and Duties Formerly Exercised by Abolished Agency.

Section 11-44D-13Administrative officers continued; reassignment of powers and duties formerly exercised by abolished agency. All persons holding administrative office at the time the new form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency be abolished by this chapter, or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §13.)
AL Code § 11-44D-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44D - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 6 Municipalities.|Section 11-44D-14 - Civil Service Officers Continued.

Section 11-44D-14Civil service officers continued. Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of such municipality when the new form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service under the new form of government and with the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable civil service system. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §14.)