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2023 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-30 - Revision and Codification of Ordinances, Bylaws, and Resolutions; Comprehensive Zone Map.

Section 11-44C-30
Revision and codification of ordinances, bylaws, and resolutions; comprehensive zone map.
The council may provide 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 of municipal legislation. The council shall have full power and authority to prescribe the manner in which said code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, shall be made public, whether by proclamation of any officer of said 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thereto, to be published in a newspaper or newspapers unless such codes, revisions, or amendments include theretofore unpublished substantial changes, in which case such changes along with at least so much of the context thereof as is necessary to convey the meaning of such changes shall be published in accordance with then existing state law. Nor shall it be necessary that such code or codes, revisions or amendments thereto, be spread at length upon the minutes, but they will be noted in 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 at length 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 residents 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 preceding sentence. These provisions are subject to the publication and recordation of ordinances as set out in section 11-45-8.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §30.)
2023 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-31 - Monthly Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts.

Section 11-44C-31
Monthly statement of receipts and expenses; annual examination of books and accounts.
The mayor shall each month print a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the city, and shall furnish printed copies thereof to the daily newspapers of the city, other members of the news media of the city, and to persons who apply for copies. At the end of each year, the mayor shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city to be made by a certified public accountant, or by the state examiners, and shall cause the result of the examination to be published in the same manner as provided above for publication of statements of monthly expenditures. The examination shall not be made more than five years in succession by the same accountant.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §31; Acts 1993, No. 93-301, p. 435, §1; Act 2001-421, p. 537, §1.)
2023 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-32 - Mayor - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee.

Section 11-44C-32
Mayor - Filing as candidate; qualifying fee.
Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy as required by the general municipal election laws. Said statement shall be accompanied by a qualifying fee in the amount of $500.00, which qualifying fee shall be paid into the general fund of the city.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §32.)
2023 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-33 - Mayor - No Primary Election; Filing of Pauper's Oath or Petition to Become Candidate.

Section 11-44C-33
Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become candidate.
No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk, or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline for filing said statements of candidacy.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §33.)
2023 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-34 - Mayor - Qualifications.

Section 11-44C-34
Mayor - Qualifications.
The mayor shall be a qualified elector, and shall have been a resident of the city at least 90 days prior to the election and shall reside within the city during his term of office and shall have attained the age of 25 years.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §34.)
2023 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-35 - Mayor - Compensation.

Section 11-44C-35
Mayor - Compensation.
The mayor elected hereunder shall receive an annual salary of $65,000.00. Thereafter, the mayor's salary shall be established as provided in section 11-44C-18, but in no event shall said salary be less than $65,000.00 per annum.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §35.)
2023 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-36 - Mayor - Vacancies; Acting Mayor; Special Election to Fill Vacancy; Term of Office.

Section 11-44C-36
Mayor - Vacancies; acting mayor; special election to fill vacancy; term of office.
Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the president of the council shall assume the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date such vacancy occurs and shall serve as acting mayor until a new mayor is elected and qualified as herein provided. The acting mayor shall receive no compensation, expenses, or allowances as a council member while acting as mayor, but he will receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the mayor whose vacated office he fills, and the compensation received for days of service as acting mayor shall not be counted in determining the maximum annual per diem compensation permitted council members. While the president of the council is serving as acting mayor he may attend council meetings but may not vote on any matters before the council. The council shall within 10 days of the occurrence of the vacancy in the office of the mayor call a special election to fill such vacancy, such election to be held in accordance with general municipal election laws. The successor to the mayor chosen at any such election shall qualify for office as soon as practicable thereafter, and shall assume the duties, responsibilities and powers of such office immediately upon such qualification, and shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor and until his successor is elected and qualified.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §36.)
2023 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-37 - Mayor - Powers and Duties.

Section 11-44C-37
Mayor - Powers and duties.
All executive powers of the city shall be vested in the mayor and the mayor shall be the head of the executive and administrative branches of the city government. He may attend council meetings but may not vote in its proceedings and he shall have the power and duties herein conferred. The mayor shall be responsible for the proper administration of all affairs of the city, and, except as otherwise provided herein, he shall have the power and shall be required to:
(1) Enforce all laws and ordinances,
(2) Appoint and remove, when necessary for the good of the service, all officers and employees of the city except those appointed by the council. Such appointment and removal of personnel are subject to any merit system provisions in effect at such time, except for those officers and employees who are exempted from the merit system by other sections of this chapter,
(3) Appoint the members of the Airport Authority and the Industrial Development Authority. The members of the Airport Authority and Industrial Development Authority shall be subject to confirmation by a vote of five members of the council, and the housing board. The members of the planning commission shall be appointed pursuant to Section 11-52-3,
(4) Exercise administrative supervision and control over all departments created by this chapter or by law or hereafter created by the council, except those otherwise given independent status under this chapter,
(5) Keep the council fully advised as to the financial conditions and needs of the city; prepare and submit the budget annually to the council and be responsible for its administration after its adoption; prepare and submit, as of the end of the fiscal year, a complete report on the financial and administrative activities of the city for such year,
(6) Recommend to the council such actions as he may deem desirable,
(7) Prepare and submit to the council such reports as may be required of him,
(8) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this chapter,
(9) Fix the salaries or compensation of all officers and employees of the city who are appointable by the mayor, subject, however, to the provisions of any merit law applicable to the city.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §37.)
2023 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-38 - Divisions of City Government; Executive Directors of Divisions; City Attorney; Outside Counsel.

Section 11-44C-38
Divisions of city government; executive directors of divisions; city attorney; outside counsel.
(a) There are hereby created three divisions of city government: public works, finance, and public safety. Each division may have an executive director appointed by the mayor with the approval of a vote of five members of the council, who shall be an officer of the city and shall be responsible for the supervision and control of such officer's jurisdiction. Said executive director shall not be subject to the city merit system and shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor; provided, however, each such officer shall be removed from office only upon recommendation of the mayor and approval of five council members. Upon the first vacancy, of any nature whatsoever, in the office of police chief or fire chief, the mayor may appoint the police chief and fire chief, respectively, from outside the said merit system, with the approval of five members of the council who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor; provided, however, such officers shall be removed from office only upon recommendation of the mayor with the approval of five council members.
(b) The mayor also is authorized to appoint a city attorney who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and shall be compensated in the manner and at a rate approved by the mayor. In addition to the city attorney, the mayor, from time to time in his sole discretion, is authorized to obtain additional legal counsel outside of the city merit system to advise and defend him in his capacity of mayor and in the pursuit of the operation of government.
(c) Upon approval by a majority of those present and voting, the council, from time to time when it deems necessary and reasonable, is authorized to obtain legal counsel outside the city merit system to advise and defend them in their respective capacities as council members and in the pursuit of the operation of government.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §38.)
2023 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-39 - Distribution of Work Among Departmental Divisions.

Section 11-44C-39
Distribution of work among departmental divisions.
The work of each department may be distributed among such divisions thereof as may be established by ordinance upon the recommendation of the mayor. Pending the passage of an ordinance or ordinances distributing the work of departments under the supervision and control of the mayor among specific divisions thereof, the mayor may establish temporary divisions.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §39.)
2023 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-40 - Mayor Authorized to Employ Additional Personnel; Amount Available for Salaries; Not Subject to Merit System.

Section 11-44C-40
Mayor authorized to employ additional personnel; amount available for salaries; not subject to merit system.
The mayor is hereby authorized to employ such additional personnel who shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and for such purposes an additional $100,000.00 per annum shall be made available for the salaries of such personnel from the city treasury. Said personnel shall not be subject to the provisions of the merit system. This section shall not limit the authority of said mayor to appoint other employees of said city under the provisions of the merit system or otherwise where authorized by any other law.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §40; Acts 1990, No. 90-657, p. 1274.)
2023 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-41 - Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Years.

Section 11-44C-41
Fiscal, budget, and accounting years.
The fiscal year of the city government shall end on the last day of September of each calendar year. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this chapter, the term "budget year" shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §41.)
2023 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-42 - Mayor to Submit Budget to Council.

Section 11-44C-42
Mayor to submit budget to council.
On a day to be fixed by the council but in no case later than the twentieth day of August in each year, the mayor shall submit to the council:
(1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government, to be known as the "general fund budget";
(2) A budget for each public utility owned and operated by such city;
(3) A capital budget; and
(4) A budget message.
When submitting the budgets to the council, the mayor shall submit his recommendation of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §42.)
2023 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-43 - Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for Each Department, etc.; Compilation of Budget Information by Director of Finance; Review and Revision of Estimates.

Section 11-44C-43
Estimates of revenue and expenditures for each department, etc.; compilation of budget information by director of finance; review and revision of estimates.
It shall be the duty of the head of each department, and each other office or agency supported in whole or in part by the city, to file with the director of finance, at such time as the mayor may prescribe, estimates of revenue and expenditures for that department, office or agency for the ensuing fiscal year. Such estimates shall be submitted on the forms furnished by the director of finance and it shall be the duty of the head of each department, office or agency, to supply all the information which the director of finance may require to be submitted. The director of finance shall assemble and compile these estimates and supply such additional information relating to the financial transactions of the city as may be required by the mayor in the preparation of the budgets. The mayor shall hold such hearings as he may deem advisable and with the assistance of the director of finance shall review the estimates and other data pertinent to the preparation of the budgets and make such revisions in such estimates as he may deem proper, subject to the laws of the state of Alabama and any municipal ordinance relating to obligatory expenditures for any purpose.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §43.)
2023 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-44 - General Fund Budget.

Section 11-44C-44
General fund budget.
The general fund budget shall include for each public utility within the city only the net amounts estimated to be received from or to be appropriated to each public utility. The general fund budget shall be prepared in accordance with accepted principles of municipal accounting and budgetary procedures and techniques, and shall show:
(1) Such portion of the general fund cash surplus as it is estimated will exist, at the end of the current fiscal year, and is proposed to be used for meeting expenditures in the general fund budget for the ensuing year;
(2) An estimate of the receipts from current ad valorem taxes on real estate and tangible personal property during the ensuing fiscal year, assuming that the percentage of the levy collected be no greater than the average percentage of the levy collected in the last three completed tax years;
(3) An estimate of receipts from all other sources of revenue, provided that the estimated receipts from each such source shall not exceed the percentage of estimated revenue in the current fiscal year from the same source over the amount of the revenue received from the same source in the last completed fiscal year, unless a law or ordinance under which revenue from any source is derived, has been amended or a new source of revenue has been provided by law or ordinance, in the course of the current year, in which case the estimated receipts from that source may be fixed by the mayor. If additional revenue is to be derived from the state, the amount fixed by the mayor shall not exceed the amount which the proper state official shall certify in writing to be the reasonable expectation of receipts from such source;
(4) A statement to be furnished by the director of finance of the debt service requirements for the ensuing year;
(5) An estimate of the general fund cash deficit, if any, at the end of the current fiscal year and of any other obligations required by law to be budgeted for the ensuing fiscal year;
(6) An estimate of expenditures and appropriations for all other purposes to be met from the general fund in the ensuing fiscal year. All the estimates shall be in detail showing receipts by sources and expenditures by operating units, character and object, so arranged as to show receipts and expenditures as estimated for the current fiscal year and actual receipts and expenditures for the last fiscal year, in comparison with estimated receipts and recommended expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §44.)
2023 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-45 - Recommended Expenditures Not to Exceed Estimated Receipts Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted; Recommendations Where Receipts Estimated to Exceed Expenditures; Public Utility Budgets.

Section 11-44C-45
Recommended expenditures not to exceed estimated receipts unless additional revenue measures adopted; recommendations where receipts estimated to exceed expenditures; public utility budgets.
In no event shall the expenditures recommended by the mayor in the general fund budget exceed the receipts estimated, taking into account the estimated cash surplus or deficit at the end of the current fiscal year, as provided in the preceding section hereof, unless the mayor shall recommend an increase in or levy of new or increased taxes or licenses within the power of the city to levy and collect in the ensuing fiscal year, the receipts from which, estimated on the basis of the average experience with the same or similar taxes during the three full tax years last past, will make up the difference. If estimated receipts exceed estimated expenditures, the mayor may recommend revisions in the tax and license ordinances of the city in order to bring the general fund budget into balance. The same balanced budget restrictions shall apply in the adoption of any public utility budget.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §45.)
2023 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-46 - Contents of Budget Message.

Section 11-44C-46
Contents of budget message.
The budget message shall contain the recommendations of the mayor concerning the fiscal policy of the city, a description of the important features of the budget plan, an explanation of all changes in each budget submitted, as to estimated receipts and recommended expenditures as compared with the current fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year, and a summary of the proposed budgets showing comparisons similar to those required herein.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §46.)
2023 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-47 - Printing and Distribution of Budget Message and General Fund, Public Utility and Capital Budgets.

Section 11-44C-47
Printing and distribution of budget message and general fund, public utility and capital budgets.
The mayor shall cause the budget message to be printed, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced for general distribution at the time of its submission to the council and sufficient copies of the proposed general fund, public utility and capital budgets to be made, to supply copies to each member of the council and each newspaper of general circulation published in the city and all other members of the news media in the city, and two copies to be deposited in the office of the city clerk where they shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §47.)
2023 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-48 - Public Hearing on Budget.

Section 11-44C-48
Public hearing on budget.
At the meeting of the council at which the budget and budget message are submitted, the council shall determine the place and time of the public hearing on the budget, and shall cause to be published a notice of the place and time, not less than seven days after the date of publication, and the council will hold a public hearing at which any citizen of the city shall be given an opportunity to be heard, for or against the estimates of any item.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §48.)
2023 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-49 - Revision of Budget After Hearing; Increase in Expenditures Over Mayor's Recommendation; Expenditures Not to Exceed Receipts and Surplus Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted.

Section 11-44C-49
Revision of budget after hearing; increase in expenditures over mayor's recommendation; expenditures not to exceed receipts and surplus unless additional revenue measures adopted.
After the conclusion of the public hearing the council may insert new items of expenditures or may increase, decrease, or strike out items of expenditure in the general fund budget, except that no item of expenditure for debt service, or any other item required to be included by this chapter or other provision of law, shall be reduced or stricken out. The council shall not alter the estimates of receipts contained in the budget except to correct omissions or mathematical errors, and it shall not cause the total of expenditures as recommended by the mayor to be increased without a public hearing on such increase, which shall be held not less than three days after notice thereof by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city. The council shall in no event adopt a general fund budget in which the total of expenditures exceeds the receipts and available surplus, estimated as herein provided by this chapter unless at the same time it adopts measures to provide for additional revenue in the ensuing fiscal year estimated to be sufficient to make up the difference.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §49.)
2023 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-50 - Summary of Budget.

Section 11-44C-50
Summary of budget.
At the head of the budget there shall appear a summary of the budget, which need not be itemized further than by principal sources of anticipated revenue, stating separately the amount to be provided by property tax, kinds of expenditures itemized according to departments, doing so in such manner as to present to the taxpayers a simple and clear summary of the detailed estimates of the budget.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §50.)
2023 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-51 - Adoption of General Fund Budget and Any Necessary Revenue Measure; Failure to Adopt Budget.

Section 11-44C-51
Adoption of general fund budget and any necessary revenue measure; failure to adopt budget.
Not later than the twentieth day of September of the current fiscal year, the council by a majority vote shall adopt the general fund budget, and such ordinance providing for additional revenue as may be necessary to put the budget in balance, including a two percent reserve. If for any reason the council fails to adopt the general fund budget on or before such day, the general fund budget of the current fiscal year shall be the general fund budget for the ensuing year, until such time as a newly revised budget shall be adopted by the council and, until such time, it shall have full force and effect to the same extent as if the same had been adopted by the council.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §51.)
2023 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-52 - Disapproval by Mayor of Expenditure Line Item; Adherence by Council to Expenditure.

Section 11-44C-52
Disapproval by mayor of expenditure line item; adherence by council to expenditure.
If the mayor shall disapprove of any expenditure line item contained in the budget transmitted to him by the council, he shall, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council, return the same to the clerk with his objections in writing, and the clerk shall make report thereof to the next regular meeting of the city council, and if five of the council members shall at the meeting adhere to said expenditure line item by yeas and nays and spread upon the minutes, then said expenditure line item shall become effective.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §52.)
2023 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-53 - Budget Effective Upon Final Adoption; Certification; Printing and Distribution.

Section 11-44C-53
Budget 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §53.)
2023 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-54 - Budget Estimates for Public Utilities; Presentation of Budget to Council.

Section 11-44C-54
Budget 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §54.)
2023 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-55 - Submission of Work Program Which Shows Requested Appropriations for Department, etc.; Revision.

Section 11-44C-55
Submission of work program which shows requested appropriations for department, etc.; revision.
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 appropriations for such department, office or agency for the entire fiscal year by monthly or quarterly periods as the mayor may direct. 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 the surplus, he or she shall reconsider appropriations 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 appropriations 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §55; Acts 1993, No. 93-301, p. 435, §1.)
2023 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-56 - Transfer of Unencumbered Balance From One Department, etc., to Another.

Section 11-44C-56
Transfer of unencumbered balance from one department, etc., 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 department, office, or agency.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §56; Acts 1993, No. 93-301, p. 435, §1.)
2023 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-57 - Additional Appropriations.

Section 11-44C-57
Additional appropriations.
Appropriations in addition to those contained in the original general fund budget ordinance, may be made by the council by not less than five affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor and only if the director of finance certifies in writing that there is available in the general fund an unappropriated sum sufficient to meet such appropriation.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §57.)
2023 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-58 - Emergency Appropriations.

Section 11-44C-58
Emergency 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 five affirmative votes, but only on the recommendation of the mayor.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §58.)
2023 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-59 - Lapse of Unexpended and Unencumbered Appropriation.

Section 11-44C-59
Lapse of unexpended and unencumbered appropriation.
Any portion of an appropriation remaining unexpended and unencumbered in the general fund at the close of the fiscal year shall lapse.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §59; Acts 1993, No. 93-301, p. 435, §1.)
2023 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-60 - Capital Improvement Program.

Section 11-44C-60
Capital 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 five 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §60.)
2023 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-61 - Capital Budget; Lapse of Appropriations for Capital Improvement Projects; Reserve Fund for Permanent Public Improvements.

Section 11-44C-61
Capital 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §61.)
2023 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-62 - Payments and Obligations Must Be in Accord With Appropriations; Certification by Director of Finance; Void Payments and Obligations; Penalty for Knowing Violations.

Section 11-44C-62
Payments 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 appropriation unless the director of finance shall first certify that there is a sufficient unexpended and unencumbered balance in such 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 the 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 or her 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §62; Acts 1993, No. 93-301, p. 435, §1.)
2023 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-63 - Existing Budget Continued in Force.

Section 11-44C-63
Existing 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §63.)
2023 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-64 - Department of Finance; Director.

Section 11-44C-64
Department of finance; director.
There shall be a department of finance, the head of which shall be the financial officer of the city. The director shall be appointed by the mayor and shall not be subject to the provisions of the merit system.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §64.)
2023 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-65 - Director of Finance - Qualifications; Bond.

Section 11-44C-65
Director of finance - Qualifications; bond.
The director 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §65.)
2023 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-67 - Expenditures Not to Exceed Appropriation for That General Classification of Expenditure; Expenditures Financed by Bonds; Leases or Contracts for Period Exceeding Budget Year.

Section 11-44C-67
Expenditures not to exceed appropriation for that general classification of expenditure; 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 expenditure 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §67.)
2023 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-68 - Disposition of Fees Received by Officers and Employees.

Section 11-44C-68
Disposition 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 department of finance.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §68.)
2023 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-69 - Division of Department of Finance to Be Responsible for Purchases; Powers and Duties of Division Head.

Section 11-44C-69
Division of department of finance to be responsible for purchases; powers and duties of division head.
There shall be established in the department 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;
(5) Perform such other duties as may be imposed by resolution or ordinance.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §69.)
2023 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-70 - Competitive Bidding on Contracts for Supplies, Materials, or Equipment.

Section 11-44C-70
Competitive 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §70.)
2023 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-71 - City Improvements Costing More Than $2,000.00 to Be Executed by Contract; Bidding on Contract; Alteration of Contract.

Section 11-44C-71
City improvements costing more than $2,000.00 to be executed by contract; bidding on contract; alteration of contract.
Any city improvement costing more than $2,000.00 shall be executed by contract except where such improvement is 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 $2,000.00 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 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §71.)