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AL Code § 11-44E-180 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 10 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44E-180 - Removal of Officers and Employees; Appeal.

Section 11-44E-180Removal of officers and employees; appeal. Subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system applicable to the city, and Section 11-44E-92, any officer or employee or a head of any office, department, or agency, may be removed by the city manager or other appointing officer at any time, and the decision of the city manager, or other appointing officer shall be subject to appeals therefrom, if any are provided by applicable law. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.01; Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-831, p. 293, §7.)
AL Code § 11-44E-181 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 10 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44E-181 - Appointment of Committees; Inquiries and Investigations by Commission, etc.; Subpoenas; Failure to Obey Subpoena.

Section 11-44E-181Appointment of committees; inquiries and investigations by commission, etc.; subpoenas; failure to obey subpoena. Any committee of the commission or comprised of members of the commission shall be appointed by the mayor only. Any other committee comprised solely of noncommission members shall be appointed by the mayor and commissioners. The commission or any person or committee authorized by them, shall have power by resolution to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, agency, or officer of the city and to make investigations as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena any person to produce books, papers, and other evidence. Failure to obey such subpoena or to produce books, papers, or other evidence as ordered under the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $100.00, or by imprisonment not to exceed 10 days, or both. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.02.)
AL Code § 11-44E-182 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 10 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44E-182 - Contracts Extending Beyond One Year.

Section 11-44E-182Contracts extending beyond one year. No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made or approved by resolution or ordinance. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.03.)
AL Code § 11-44E-183 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 10 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44E-183 - Interest of Official or Employee in Contracts With City or Public Utility Prohibited; Acceptance of Gifts, etc.; Penalty.

Section 11-44E-183Interest of official or employee in contracts with city or public utility prohibited; acceptance of gifts, etc.; penalty. No member of the commission, the mayor, officer, or employee appointed shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, in services to be furnished or performed for the city; and no such member of the commission, the mayor, or employee shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, in any services to be furnished or performed for any person, firm, or corporation operating interurban railway, street railway, gas works, cable television systems, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange within the territorial limits of said city. No such member of the commission, the mayor, officer, or employee of such city shall be interested in or be an employee or an attorney of any corporation operating any public service utility within said city. No such member of the commission, officer, or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation operating within the territorial limits of said city any cable television system, railway, gas works, water works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange, or other business using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free pass, free ticket or free service, or accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any such person, firm, or corporation, any gift or other thing of value, or any service upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the guilty person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $300.00. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.04.)
AL Code § 11-44E-184 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 10 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44E-184 - Bonds of Employees.

Section 11-44E-184Bonds of employees. Such employees as required by Alabama law and those required by the commission, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the commission. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.05.)
AL Code § 11-44E-185 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 10 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44E-185 - Oath of Office.

Section 11-44E-185Oath of office. Every officer of the city shall before entering upon the duties of his (her) office, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation as required by law to be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.06.)
AL Code § 11-44E-186 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 10 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44E-186 - Continuation of Laws.

Section 11-44E-186Continuation of laws. All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, municipally owned public utility and any municipally owned service enterprise, including inter alia, electric, gas and water boards, agencies, etc., and any board, authority, agency, etc., given such independent status, as the same may apply and be in effect at the time when such municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect and without interruption or change as to the establishment or conduct of any such authority, board, or agency, until otherwise provided by law. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.07; Acts 1989, No. 89-525, p. 1074, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44E-187 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 10 - General Provisions.|Section 11-44E-187 - Inclusion of Annexed Territory Into Districts.

Section 11-44E-187Inclusion of annexed territory into districts. Upon the adoption of any ordinance providing for the addition or deletion of territory into the city limits of the city, such ordinance shall provide for the inclusion of such territory into one of the districts of the city. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.08.)
AL Code § 11-44E-200 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 11 - Abandonment of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government.|Section 11-44E-200 - Authority to Change From Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government.

Section 11-44E-200Authority to change from mayor/commission/city manager form of government. No city may change from the mayor/commission/city manager form of government within two years after adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the city may change its form of municipal government to any form of municipal government provided by the laws of Alabama. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §11.01.)
AL Code § 11-44E-201 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 11 - Abandonment of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government.|Section 11-44E-201 - Petition for Change of Form of Government; Election as to Proposed Change; Election of New Officers and Governing Body; Termination of Term of Office of Mayor and Commissioners.

Section 11-44E-201Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change; election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners. Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk. The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of government shall terminate. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §11.02.)
AL Code § 11-44E-202 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 11 - Abandonment of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government.|Section 11-44E-202 - No Election on Change of Form of Government Within Two Years.

Section 11-44E-202No election on change of form of government within two years. No election on the abandonment of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government shall be held within two years after any other election thereon. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §11.03.)
AL Code § 11-44E-220 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 12 - General Statutory Provisions.|Section 11-44E-220 - Effect of Chapter on Existing Law.

Section 11-44E-220Effect of chapter on existing law. All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting the city, its powers, functions, duties, and property, in force when this chapter shall take effect, are hereby continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions, and duties by the preceding other form of government shall be superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §12.01.)
AL Code § 11-44E-221 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Article 12 - General Statutory Provisions.|Section 11-44E-221 - Short Title.

Section 11-44E-221Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mayor/Commission/City Manager Act of 1988." (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §12.03.)
AL Code § 11-44F-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 1 - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-44F-1 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act; Division Into Single-Member Districts; Residence Requirements for Candidates and Electors.

Section 11-44F-1Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for candidates and electors. Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts. The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election, and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of said council. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for said district. (Acts 1988, No. 88-555, p. 871, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44F-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 1 - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-44F-2 - Boundaries of Districts.

Section 11-44F-2Boundaries of districts. The ordinance establishing the districts shall describe the territory composing each district and its boundary line shall be the centerline of streets or other well-defined boundaries. (Acts 1988, No. 88-555, p. 871, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44F-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 1 - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-44F-3 - Form of Government; Powers and Duties of Municipality.

Section 11-44F-3Form of government; powers and duties of municipality. The municipality shall thereafter and as provided herein be governed by a mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, and shall have the same powers and duties as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11, as amended, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may have therefore been granted to such municipality. (Acts 1988, No. 88-555, p. 871, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44F-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 2 - Status of Mayor.|Section 11-44F-20 - Governing Body Authorized to Provide for Referendum to Determine Status of Mayor.

Section 11-44F-20Governing body authorized to provide for referendum to determine status of mayor. The governing body of a Class 8 municipality may, by resolution adopted within 60 days after the date on which the United States Justice Department determines not to interpose objection to this article, provide for a referendum of the registered voters of the city or town to determine public opinion as to whether the candidate elected mayor at the 1996 municipal election, and thereafter, shall serve in a full-time capacity. Except as otherwise provided herein, any referendum conducted pursuant to this article shall comply with general municipal election laws for special elections. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §1.)
AL Code § 11-44F-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 2 - Status of Mayor.|Section 11-44F-21 - Procedures for Referendum.

Section 11-44F-21Procedures for referendum. At the referendum, 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 substantially as follows: Check one of the following: Do you favor the Office of Mayor of the City (Town) of _______ being a full-time position with the City (Town) of _______ for the person elected at the 1996 municipal election and thereafter? Yes ___ No ___. The voter shall mark the ballot with a cross mark (x) after the proposition which expresses his or her choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in the referendum, the proposition may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate propositions on the voting machines. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §2.)
AL Code § 11-44F-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 2 - Status of Mayor.|Section 11-44F-22 - Ordinance Once Majority of Voters Vote in Favor of Mayor Being Full-Time.

Section 11-44F-22Ordinance once majority of voters vote in favor of mayor being full-time. If a majority of voters vote in favor of the mayor of the Class 8 municipality being full-time, the governing body of the city may provide, by ordinance, that the mayor of the Class 8 municipality shall serve in a full-time capacity, until such time, if any, that the municipality subsequently holds a referendum on the issue as provided by Section 11-44F-25. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §3.)
AL Code § 11-44F-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 2 - Status of Mayor.|Section 11-44F-23 - Salary of Mayor.

Section 11-44F-23Salary of mayor. Upon certification of the results of the referendum by the election official, the governing body of the municipality shall, at least six months prior to the next regularly scheduled election, establish the salary of the mayor as provided by general law. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §4.)
AL Code § 11-44F-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 2 - Status of Mayor.|Section 11-44F-24 - Resolution That Officer Who Fills Vacancy Not Required to Serve Full-Time.

Section 11-44F-24Resolution that officer who fills vacancy not required to serve full-time. In the event the mayor is serving on a full-time basis and a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor, the city council may provide, by resolution, that the officer who fills the vacancy would not be required to serve on a full-time basis for the remainder of that term. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §5.)
AL Code § 11-44F-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 2 - Status of Mayor.|Section 11-44F-25 - Subsequent Referendum to Reconsider Status of Mayor as Part-Time Position.

Section 11-44F-25Subsequent referendum to reconsider status of mayor as part-time position. In the event that the governing body of any Class 8 municipality, which has adopted an ordinance pursuant to Section 11-44F-22, shall later determine that it would be in the best interests of the municipality that a subsequent referendum be held to reconsider the status of the mayor as a part-time position in such city (town), then the governing body may, by resolution, provide for a subsequent referendum upon the issue and, if so provided, the ballot shall be substantially as set forth in Section 11-44F-21, except that the question presented shall read substantially as follows: Check one of the following: Do you favor that the office of mayor of the City (Town) of _______ shall no longer be required to be a full-time position? Yes ___ No ___. If a majority of the voters voting cast their votes in favor of no longer requiring the position of mayor to be full time, then the governing body of the municipality may adopt an ordinance in effect repealing the previous ordinance requiring the mayor to serve in a full-time position, and the ordinance shall become effective when the next mayor takes office. The votes shall be canvassed and certified in the same manner as provided by Section 11-44F-23 and the governing body shall establish the salary of the mayor at least six months prior to the next regularly scheduled municipal election. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §6.)
AL Code § 11-44F-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Article 2 - Status of Mayor.|Section 11-44F-26 - Construction With Other Law.

Section 11-44F-26Construction with other law. All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting the Class 8 municipality, its powers, duties, functions, and property, in force when this article takes effect, are hereby continued in effect, and this article shall be supplemental to all laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions, and duties of the mayor of the Class 8 municipality. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §7.)