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AL Code § 11-43C-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-53 - Budget Effective Upon Final Adoption; Certification; Printing and Distribution.

Section 11-43C-53Budget effective upon final adoption; certification; printing and distribution. Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for the budget year. A copy of the budget, as finally adopted, shall be certified by the mayor and the city clerk and filed in the office of the director of finance. The budget so certified shall be printed, mimeographed, or otherwise reproduced and sufficient copies thereof shall be made available for the use of all offices, departments, and agencies and for the use of the citizens of the city who request a copy. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §53.)
AL Code § 11-43C-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-54 - Budget Estimates for Public Utilities; Presentation of Budget to Council.

Section 11-43C-54Budget estimates for public utilities; presentation of budget to council. Separate budget estimates for any public utility owned and operated by the city shall be submitted to the director of finance at the same time as the budget estimates of other departments and in the form prescribed by the director of finance. The mayor shall present to the council the budget for the utility operation, itemizing the receipts and expenditures in manner and form as is generally provided for in the general fund budget. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §54.)
AL Code § 11-43C-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-55 - Monthly or Quarterly Allotments for Each Department, etc.; Revision of Allotments.

Section 11-43C-55Monthly or quarterly allotments for each department, etc.; revision of allotments. After the current expense budgets have been adopted and before the beginning of the fiscal year, the head of each department, office, and agency shall submit to the mayor in such form as the mayor shall prescribe a work program which shall show the requested allotments of the appropriations for such department, office, or agency for the entire fiscal year at least monthly or as the mayor may direct. Before the beginning of the fiscal year the mayor shall approve, with such amendments as he shall determine, the allotments for each such department, office, or agency, and shall file the same with the head of the division of finance who shall not authorize any expenditure to be made from any appropriation except on the basis of approved allotments. Such allotments shall be in conformity with the salaries established by ordinance, the provisions of any merit system applicable to such city, and the laws of the State of Alabama relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose. The aggregate of such allotments shall not exceed the total appropriation available to each such department, office, or agency for the fiscal year. An approved allotment may be revised during the fiscal year in the same manner as the original allotment was made. If at any time during the fiscal year the mayor shall ascertain that the revenue cash receipts of the general fund or any public utility for the year plus any cash surplus available from the preceding year will be less than the total appropriations to be met from such receipts and said surplus, he shall reconsider allotments of the departments, offices, and agencies, and, subject to the laws of the State of Alabama and any municipal ordinances of the city relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose, revise the allotments so as to forestall the incurring of a deficit; provided, however, that there shall be no reduction in salaries except by order of the council, or as authorized by law. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §55.)
AL Code § 11-43C-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-56 - Transfer of Unencumbered Balance From One Department, etc., to Another or From One Classification of Expenditure to Another.

Section 11-43C-56Transfer of unencumbered balance from one department, etc., to another or from one classification of expenditure to another. At the request of the mayor, the council may by resolution transfer any unencumbered balance or portion thereof in any general fund appropriation from one department, office or agency to another or from one classification of expenditures to another in the same department, office or agency. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §56.)
AL Code § 11-43C-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-57 - Additional Appropriations.

Section 11-43C-57Additional appropriations. Appropriations in addition to those contained in the original general fund budget ordinance may be made by the council by not less than four affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor and only if the head of the division of finance certifies in writing that there is available in the general fund an unappropriated sum sufficient to meet such appropriations. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §57.)
AL Code § 11-43C-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-58 - Emergency Appropriations.

Section 11-43C-58Emergency appropriations. At any time in any budget year, the council may make emergency appropriations to meet a pressing need for public expenditures, for other than a regular or recurring requirement, to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. Such appropriation may be made by the council by not less than four affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §58.)
AL Code § 11-43C-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-59 - Lapse of Unexpended and Unencumbered Appropriation.

Section 11-43C-59Lapse of unexpended and unencumbered appropriation. Any portion of an appropriation remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of the fiscal year shall lapse. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §59.)
AL Code § 11-43C-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-60 - Capital Improvement Program.

Section 11-43C-60Capital improvement program. At the same time that he submits the general fund budget, the mayor shall submit to the council a capital improvement program covering all recommended capital improvement projects for the ensuing fiscal year and for the four fiscal years thereafter, with his recommendation as to the means of financing the improvements proposed for the ensuing fiscal year. The council shall have the power to accept with or without amendments or reject the proposed program and proposed means of financing for the ensuing fiscal year and may from time to time during the fiscal year amend by ordinance adopted by at least four affirmative votes, the program previously adopted by it, or the means of financing the whole or any part thereof, or both, provided that the amendment shall have been recommended by the mayor and further provided such additional funds are available in the general fund or in any other fund of the city. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §60.)
AL Code § 11-43C-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-61 - Capital Budget; Lapse of Appropriations for Capital Improvement Projects; Reserve Fund for Permanent Public Improvements.

Section 11-43C-61Capital budget; lapse of appropriations for capital improvement projects; reserve fund for permanent public improvements. The council shall adopt a capital budget prior to the beginning of the fiscal year in which the budget is to take effect. No appropriations for a capital improvement project contained in the capital budget shall lapse until the purpose for which the appropriation was made shall have been accomplished or abandoned, provided that any project shall be deemed to have been abandoned if three fiscal years lapse without any expenditure therefor. Any such lapsed appropriation shall be applied to the payment of any indebtedness incurred in financing the project or if there is no such indebtedness, shall be available for other appropriation. The council may by ordinance establish a reserve fund for permanent public improvements and may appropriate thereto any portion of the general fund cash surplus not otherwise appropriated. Appropriations from said fund shall be made only to finance improvements included in the capital budget. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §61.)
AL Code § 11-43C-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-62 - Payments and Obligations Must Be in Accord With Appropriations; Certification by Director of Finance; Void Payments and Obligations; Penalty for Knowing Violations.

Section 11-43C-62Payments and obligations must be in accord with appropriations; certification by director of finance; void payments and obligations; penalty for knowing violations. No payment shall be made and no obligation incurred by or on behalf of the city except in accordance with an appropriation duly made, and no payment shall be made from or obligation incurred against any allotment or appropriation unless the director of finance shall first certify that there is a sufficient unexpended and unencumbered balance in such allotment or appropriation to meet the same; provided that nothing herein shall be taken to prevent the advance authorization of expenditures for small purchases as provided for by this chapter. Every expenditure or obligation authorized or incurred in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be void. Every payment made in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed illegal, and every official who shall knowingly authorize or make such payment or knowingly take part therein and every person who shall knowingly receive said payment or any part thereof shall be jointly and severally liable to the city for the full amount so paid or received. If any officer, member of any board, or employee of the city shall knowingly incur any obligation or shall knowingly authorize or make any expenditure in violation of the provisions of this chapter or knowingly take part therein, such action shall be cause for his removal. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the making of contracts of lease or for services providing for the payment of funds at a time beyond the fiscal year in which such contracts are made, provided the nature of such transactions will reasonably require the making of such contracts. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §62.)
AL Code § 11-43C-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-63 - Existing Budget Continued in Force.

Section 11-43C-63Existing budget continued in force. Any officially adopted budget in existence at the time that the council is first organized shall continue in force and effect during the balance of the city's then fiscal year, or until such time as the mayor may submit to the council and the council adopts an amended, altered, or revised budget for the balance of said fiscal year. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §63.)
AL Code § 11-43C-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-64 - Division of Finance; Head of Division.

Section 11-43C-64Division of finance; head of division. There shall be a division of finance, the head of which shall be the financial officer of the city. The head of the division shall be appointed by the mayor and shall not be subject to the provisions of the merit system. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §64.)
AL Code § 11-43C-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-65 - Head of Division of Finance - Qualifications; Bond.

Section 11-43C-65Head of division of finance - Qualifications; bond. The head of the division of finance shall be a person skilled in municipal accounting, taxation, and financial control. He shall provide a bond with such surety and in such amount as the council may require by resolution or ordinance. The premium on said bond shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §65.)
AL Code § 11-43C-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-67 - Expenditures Not to Exceed Appropriation for That General Classification of Expenditures; Expenditures Financed by Bonds; Leases or Contracts for Period Exceeding Budget Year.

Section 11-43C-67Expenditures not to exceed appropriation for that general classification of expenditures; expenditures financed by bonds; leases or contracts for period exceeding budget year. No officer, department, or agency shall, during any budget year, expend or contract to expend any money or incur any liability, for any purpose in excess of the amounts appropriated for that general classification of expenditures pursuant to this chapter. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this chapter shall be null and void. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent the making of contracts or the spending of money for capital improvements to be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds, nor the making of leases or contracts for services for a period exceeding the budget year in which such lease or contract is made, when such contract is permitted by law. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §67.)
AL Code § 11-43C-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-68 - Disposition of Fees Received by Officers and Employees.

Section 11-43C-68Disposition of fees received by officers and employees. All fees received by any officer or employee of the city shall belong to the city government and shall be paid daily to the division of finance. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §68.)
AL Code § 11-43C-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-69 - Division of Division of Finance to Be Responsible for Purchases; Powers and Duties of Division Head.

Section 11-43C-69Division of division of finance to be responsible for purchases; powers and duties of division head. There shall be established in the division of finance a division responsible for purchases, the head of which shall be the city purchasing agent. Such division head, pursuant to rules and regulations established by resolution or ordinance, shall contract for, purchase, store, and distribute all supplies, materials, and equipment required by any office, department, or agency. The city purchasing agent shall also have power and shall be required to: (1) Establish and enforce specifications with respect to supplies, materials, and equipment required by the city government; (2) Inspect or supervise the inspection of all deliveries of supplies, materials, and equipment and determine their quality, quantity, and conformance with specifications; (3) Have charge of such general storerooms and warehouses as the council may provide by resolution or ordinance; (4) Transfer to or between offices, departments, or agencies or sell surplus, obsolete, or unused supplies, material, and equipment; and (5) Perform such other duties as may be imposed by resolution or ordinance. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §69.)
AL Code § 11-43C-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-70 - Competitive Bidding on Contracts for Supplies, Materials, or Equipment.

Section 11-43C-70Competitive bidding on contracts for supplies, materials, or equipment. Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract for supplies, materials or equipment he shall give ample opportunity for competitive bidding, under such rules and regulations as the council may prescribe by resolution or ordinance; provided, however, the council shall not exempt individual contracts, purchases, or sales from the requirement of competitive bidding. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §70.)
AL Code § 11-43C-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-71 - City Improvements Costing More Than $3,000.00 to Be Executed by Contract; Bidding on Contract; Alteration of Contract.

Section 11-43C-71City improvements costing more than $3,000.00 to be executed by contract; bidding on contract; alteration of contract. Any city improvement costing more than $3,000.00 shall be executed by contract except where such improvement is budgeted and authorized by the council to be executed directly by a city department in conformity with detailed plans, specifications, and estimates. All such contracts for more than $3,000.00 shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after such public notice and competition as may be prescribed by resolution or ordinance; provided, however, the mayor shall have the power to reject all bids and advertise again. Alteration in any contract may be made when authorized by the council upon the written recommendation of the mayor. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or nullify provisions of state law requiring or governing competitive bidding. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §71.)
AL Code § 11-43C-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-72 - Purchases and Contracts Shall Be Pursuant to Written Requisition; Certification of Balance Sufficient to Pay for Contract or Order.

Section 11-43C-72Purchases and contracts shall be pursuant to written requisition; certification of balance sufficient to pay for contract or order. All purchases made and contracts executed by the purchasing agent shall be pursuant to a written requisition from the head of the office, department or agency whose appropriation will be charged, and no contract or order shall be issued to any vendor unless and until the director of finance certifies that there is a sufficient unencumbered appropriation balance to pay for the supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual service for which the contract or order is to be issued. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §72.)
AL Code § 11-43C-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-73 - Revenue Notes.

Section 11-43C-73Revenue notes. In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection of revenues, the council may by resolution authorize the borrowing of money by the issuance of negotiable notes of the city, each of which shall be designated "revenue note for the year _____ (stating the budget year)." Such notes may be renewed from time to time, but all such notes, together with the renewals, shall mature and be paid not later than the end of the fiscal year after the budget year in which the original notes have been issued. Such borrowing shall be subject to any limitation provided by law. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §73.)
AL Code § 11-43C-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-74 - Emergency Notes.

Section 11-43C-74Emergency notes. In the absence of available revenues to meet emergency appropriations under the provisions of this chapter, the council may by resolution authorize the issuance of notes, each of which shall be designated "emergency note" and may be renewed from time to time, but all such notes and renewals shall be paid not later than the last day of the fiscal year next succeeding the budget year in which the emergency appropriation was made. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §74.)
AL Code § 11-43C-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 43C - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.|Section 11-43C-75 - Notes Not Payable on Demand; Redemption Prior to Maturity; Private Sale.

Section 11-43C-75Notes not payable on demand; redemption prior to maturity; private sale. No notes shall be made payable on demand, but any note may be made subject to redemption prior to maturity upon notice and at such time as may be stated in the note. All notes may be sold at not less than par and accrue interest at private sale without previous advertisement. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §75.)