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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government. › Article 4 - Abandonment. › Section 11-44-154 - Proposition Submitted to Voters; Form and Marking of Ballots.

Section 11-44-154
Proposition submitted to voters; form and marking of ballots.
Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2398; Code 1940, T. 37, §124.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government. › Article 4 - Abandonment. › Section 11-44-155 - Conduct of Election, Canvassing of Vote and Declaration of Election Result; Adoption and Certification Thereof of Provisions as to Mayor-Council Form of Government.

Section 11-44-155
Conduct of election, canvassing of vote and declaration of election result; adoption and certification thereof of provisions as to mayor-council form of government.
Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2399; Code 1940, T. 37, §125.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government. › Article 4 - Abandonment. › Section 11-44-156 - Mayor and Aldermen - Election.

Section 11-44-156
Mayor and aldermen - Election.
Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2400; Code 1940, T. 37, §126.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government. › Article 4 - Abandonment. › Section 11-44-157 - Mayor and Aldermen - Powers and Duties.

Section 11-44-157
Mayor and aldermen - Powers and duties.
Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2402; Code 1940, T. 37, §128.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government. › Article 4 - Abandonment. › Section 11-44-158 - Continuation of Corporate Existence, etc., of Municipality; Continuation in Force of Laws, Bylaws, Ordinances, and Resolutions.

Section 11-44-158
Continuation of corporate existence, etc., of municipality; continuation in force of laws, bylaws, ordinances, and resolutions.
Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2403; Code 1940, T. 37, §129.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government. › Article 4 - Abandonment. › Section 11-44-159 - Continuation of Territorial Limits; Creation of Wards; Vesting of Rights, Powers, and Privileges.

Section 11-44-159
Continuation of territorial limits; creation of wards; vesting of rights, powers, and privileges.
Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2404; Code 1940, T. 37, §130.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government. › Article 4 - Abandonment. › Section 11-44-160 - Rights, Liabilities, Civil Actions, etc., Not Affected.

Section 11-44-160
Rights, liabilities, civil actions, etc., not affected.
Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2405; Code 1940, T. 37, §131.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government. › Article 4 - Abandonment. › Section 11-44-161 - Continuation in Office of Officials and Employees; Offices of Commissioners, President of Board of Commissioners, etc., Abolished.

Section 11-44-161
Continuation in office of officials and employees; offices of commissioners, president of board of commissioners, etc., abolished.
Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2406; Code 1940, T. 37, §132.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44 - Commission Form of Government. › Article 4 - Abandonment. › Section 11-44-162 - Management, etc., of Municipalities Abandoning Commission Form of Government; Powers, Duties, etc., of Mayor and Aldermen.

Section 11-44-162
Management, etc., of municipalities abandoning commission form of government; powers, duties, etc., of mayor and aldermen.
Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016.
(Acts 1915, No. 699, p. 770; Code 1923, §2407; Code 1940, T. 37, §133.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-1 - Referendum to Determine Continuation of Commission or Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government.

Section 11-44A-1
Referendum to determine continuation of commission or adoption of mayor-council form of government.
Within three months of the approval of this section, the governing body of any Class 7 municipality with a commission form of government organized pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 44, Title 11, by a majority vote of the members of that governing body, may call for a referendum to be held at public expense within 90 days after such call at which the following question shall be submitted to the voters of any such municipality:
"Shall the city of _______________ adopt a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single member districts?
YES _____
NO ______"
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, §1; Acts 1984, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-45, p. 68.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-2 - Establishment of Council Districts; Salaries; Election Notice; Powers and Duties of Mayor-Council.

Section 11-44A-2
Establishment of council districts; salaries; election notice; powers and duties of mayor-council.
If a majority of the voters voting in said election approve the proposition, then,
(1) Within 90 days thereafter the commission shall adopt an ordinance establishing the boundaries of the five council districts herein provided for and shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended,
(2) Within 60 days after the referendum the commissioners shall establish the salaries to be paid to the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election held hereunder,
(3) Within ten days after receipt of notification of compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice of an election for a mayor and all the members of the city council to be held not more than 90 days after the publication of said notice, and
(4) The municipality shall thereafter and as provided in this article be governed by a mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, which shall have the same powers and duties as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11 and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this article which may have been theretofore granted to such municipality.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-3 - Mayor-Council - Assumption of Office; Duties, etc., of Commission Terminated.

Section 11-44A-3
Mayor-council - Assumption of office; duties, etc., of commission terminated.
On noon of the seventh day following the canvass of the election results, the newly elected mayor and council members shall assume office and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the commissioners shall end.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-4 - Mayor-Council - Terms.

Section 11-44A-4
Mayor-council - Terms.
The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve until the first Monday in October, 1988.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-5 - Conduct of Election and Referendum.

Section 11-44A-5
Conduct of election and referendum.
The election and referendum provided for herein shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by Chapter 46, Title 11, in respect to other municipal elections conducted in any such municipality.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-6 - Reapportionment of Council Districts.

Section 11-44A-6
Reapportionment of council districts.
Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided:
(1) The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been any substantial change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications:
a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well-defined boundaries;
b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is possible the same population, but not more than five per centum more or less than the average.
(2) The council shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. If the council fails to enact the redistricting ordinance within the said six months, the redistricting plan submitted by the mayor shall become effective without enactment by the council, as if it were a duly enacted ordinance.
(3) Such redistricting ordinance shall not apply to any primary or regular or special election held within six months after its becoming effective. No incumbent member of the council shall be deprived of his unexpired term of office because of such redistricting.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-7 - Effect of Article on Pre-Existing Rights and Privileges of Municipal Employees, Etc.

Section 11-44A-7
Effect of article on pre-existing rights and privileges of municipal employees, etc.
Nothing contained in this article, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time when this article shall take effect, or any provision of law in force at the time when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, in relation to the personnel, appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotion, removal, pension and retirement rights, civil rights, or any other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency thereof.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-8 - Administrative Officers Continued; Reassignment of Duties and Powers Formerly Exercised by Abolished Agency, Etc.

Section 11-44A-8
Administrative officers continued; reassignment of duties and powers formerly exercised by abolished agency, etc.
All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. If any office, department, board, or agency of the municipality be abolished by this article or under its authority, the powers conferred and the duties imposed upon such office, department, board, or agency by the laws of the state shall be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-9 - Civil Service Officers Continued.

Section 11-44A-9
Civil service officers continued.
Any person holding such an office or position in the civil service of such municipality when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service under the mayor-council form of government and with the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable civil service system.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-10 - Interagency Transfer of Records, Equipment, Etc.

Section 11-44A-10
Interagency transfer of records, equipment, etc.
All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, or agency by this article, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any office, department, or agency, or part thereof, are by this article assigned to another office, department, or agency, all records, property, and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-11 - Municipal Contracts Continued; Completion of Public Works Required.

Section 11-44A-11
Municipal contracts continued; completion of public works required.
All contracts entered into by the municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such municipality of the mayor-council form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-12 - Judicial Proceedings Unaffected by Adoption of Mayor-Council Government.

Section 11-44A-12
Judicial proceedings unaffected by adoption of mayor-council government.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor-council form of government or by anything therein contained in this article.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-13 - Pension and Retirement Plans, etc., Continued.

Section 11-44A-13
Pension and retirement plans, etc., continued.
All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the municipality, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to the municipality at the time when it shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this article, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-14 - Continuation of Laws Relating to Certain Boards, Etc.

Section 11-44A-14
Continuation of laws relating to certain boards, etc.
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 the municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this article, 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 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-15 - Applicability of Article.

Section 11-44A-15
Applicability of article.
For all purposes the provisions of Sections 11-44A-6 through 11-44A-14 shall become applicable to the municipality at the time when the first council elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies, otherwise, this article shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the governor, or upon its otherwise becoming a law.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 1 - In General. › Section 11-44A-16 - Continuation of Ordinances and Resolutions.

Section 11-44A-16
Continuation of ordinances and resolutions.
All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-397, p. 922, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 2 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act. › Section 11-44A-30 - 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 11-44A-30
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.
Any Class 7 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. 88-556, p. 872, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 2 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act. › Section 11-44A-31 - Boundaries of Districts.

Section 11-44A-31
Boundaries 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. 88-556, p. 872, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44A - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 7 Municipalities. › Article 2 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act. › Section 11-44A-32 - Form of Government; Powers and Duties of Municipality.

Section 11-44A-32
Form 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 article which may have therefore been granted to such municipality.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-556, p. 872, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-1 - Ordinance Abandoning Commission Form of Government and Adopting Mayor-Council Form.

Section 11-44B-1
Ordinance abandoning commission form of government and adopting mayor-council form.
Within three months of January 29, 1985, the governing body of any Class 4 municipality with a commission form of government may by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopt an ordinance abandoning the commission form of government and adopting a mayor-council form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. Any municipality desiring to abandon the commission form of government and adopt the form of government provided for herein, shall adopt an ordinance in substantially the following form:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF _____ as follows:
Section 1. That, pursuant to Act No. 85-107 of the 1985 First Special Session of the Legislature, the commission form of government, pursuant to which this municipality has operated, be and the same is hereby abandoned according to the provisions of said Act No. 85-107.
Section 2. That the form of government as described by Act No. 85-107 of the 1985 First Special Session of the Legislature, providing for a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a seven-member council elected from single-member districts, is hereby adopted as the form of government for the city of _____, pursuant to all the terms and conditions contained in said act.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by law, and implemented pursuant to said Act No. 85-107.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-2 - Ordinances Establishing Boundaries of Seven-Council Districts and Salaries of Mayor and Council Members; Compliance With Voting Rights Act; Election of Mayor and Council; Powers and Duties of Municipality.

Section 11-44B-2
Ordinances establishing boundaries of seven-council districts and salaries of mayor and council members; compliance with Voting Rights Act; election of mayor and council; powers and duties of municipality.
If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any municipality to which this chapter applies, then:
(1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance,
a. Establishing the boundaries of the seven-council districts herein provided for, and
b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder;
(2) The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended;
(3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice that an election for mayor and all the members of the city council will be held at the next regular municipal election as required and provided for by the election laws of the state of Alabama, which shall be the same date at which the regular municipal elections for the commission board would otherwise be held, being the second Tuesday in July, 1985, and if necessary, run-off elections on the third Tuesday next thereafter as provided by law, and such elections shall be so held wherein a mayor shall be elected at large and a seven-member council shall be elected from single-member districts as provided by this chapter;
(4) The municipality shall, after said election and the qualification and assumption of office of the council and mayor as provided in this chapter, be deemed to have adopted the form of government as herein provided and thereafter be governed by a mayor elected at large and a seven-member council elected from single-member districts pursuant to this chapter, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be now or hereafter granted to such municipality.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-3 - Mayor and Council - Assumption of Office; Duties, etc., of Commissioners Terminated.

Section 11-44B-3
Mayor and council - Assumption of office; duties, etc., of commissioners terminated.
The newly elected mayor and council members elected as herein provided shall assume the duties of their respective offices at noon on the first Monday in October following their election, and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the commissioners shall end.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-4 - Mayor and Council - Terms; Election Date.

Section 11-44B-4
Mayor and council - Terms; election date.
The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve four-year terms with the first election being held as herein provided on the second Tuesday of July, 1985, and quadrennially thereafter on the month and the day established by the general law of the state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council forms of government.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-4.1 - Elections - Mayor, City Council, and City of Tuscaloosa Board of Education.

Section 11-44B-4.1
Elections - Mayor, city council, and City of Tuscaloosa Board of Education.
(a) This section shall only apply in a Class 4 municipality organized pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any Class 4 municipality organized pursuant to this chapter, the election for the mayor, members of the city council, and members of the city board of education of the Class 4 municipality shall be held on the first Tuesday in March and every four years thereafter.
(Act 2015-201, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-5 - Conduct of Elections; Qualifications of Mayor and Council; Qualifying Fee.

Section 11-44B-5
Conduct of elections; qualifications of mayor and council; qualifying fee.
The elections provided for herein, and all subsequent elections, shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as provided by the general law of the state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council forms of government, except as otherwise herein provided by this article.
The mayor shall be elected by the whole of the electors of the city, shall be a qualified elector of the city, and shall have been a resident of the city for at least 90 days prior to his election and shall reside within the limits of the city during his term of office. Council members shall be elected by the electors of the district which they represent, shall be qualified electors of the city, shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior to their election, and shall reside in said district during their term of office. Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or council member must, at the time of filing their statement of candidate, pay to the city clerk a qualifying fee in the amount of $200.00. If any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or council member is financially unable to pay said filing fee, then they shall file with the city clerk a verified statement of indigency supported by three verified statements of city electors to the effect that said candidate is not financially capable of paying the aforementioned filing fee.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-9 - Franchise, Lease, or Right to Use Streets, Public Highways, Thoroughfares, or Public Ways.

Section 11-44B-9
Franchise, lease, or right to use streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public ways.
No resolution or ordinance, granting to any person, firm or corporation any franchise, lease or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public ways of any city organized under the provisions of this chapter, either in, under, along, through, or over same shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after the final enactment of same by the council and publication of said resolution or ordinance in full once a week for three consecutive weeks, in some daily newspaper published in said city, which publication shall be made at the expense of the person, firm or corporation applying for said grant. No grant of any franchise or lease or right of user, or any other right, in, under, upon, along, through, or over the streets, public highways, thoroughfares or public ways of any such city, shall be made or given nor shall any such rights of any kind whatever be conferred upon any person, firm or corporation, except by resolution or ordinance duly passed by the council at some regular or adjourned regular meeting and published as above provided for in this section; nor shall any extension or enlargement of any such rights or powers previously granted be made or given except in the manner and subject to all the conditions herein provided for as to the original grant of same. It is expressly provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the grant of sidetrack or switching privileges to any railroad for the purpose of reaching and affording railway connections, and switch privileges to the owners or users of any industrial plant, store or warehouse.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-10 - Initial Territorial Limits; Reapportionment of Council Districts; Recommended Plan for Reapportionment; Redistricting Ordinance.

Section 11-44B-10
Initial territorial limits; reapportionment of council districts; recommended plan for reapportionment; redistricting ordinance.
(a) The initial territorial limits of any municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter shall be the same as under its former organization.
(b) If following a federal census of population or an alteration of the corporate limits, any council district shall contain a population of 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by seven, then there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided.
(1) The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of such federal census of population for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been such substantial change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications:
a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be the centerlines of streets or other well-defined boundaries;
b. Each district shall contain as nearly as possible the same population, but not more than five percent more or less than the average.
(2) The council shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. If the council fails to enact the redistricting ordinance within the said six months, the redistricting plan submitted by the mayor shall become effective without enactment as if it were a duly enacted ordinance.
(3) Such redistricting ordinance shall not apply to any election held within six months after it becomes effective. No incumbent member of the council shall be deprived of his unexpired term of office because of such redistricting.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-12 - Existing Rights and Privileges of Officers and Employees; Existing Laws Not Inconsistent With Personnel, etc., Provisions of Article.

Section 11-44B-12
Existing rights and privileges of officers and employees; existing laws not inconsistent with personnel, etc., provisions of article.
Nothing contained in this article, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time when this article shall take effect, or any provision of law enforced at the time when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions of this article in relation to the personnel, appointment, ranks, grades, tenure of office, promotions, removal, pension and retirement rights, civil rights, civil service, of any or other rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency thereof.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-13 - Persons Holding Administrative Offices Continued in Office Until Other Provisions Made; Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices, etc.; Certain Offices, etc., Deemed Continued; References to Existing Offices, etc., in Laws, Contracts, Etc.

Section 11-44B-13
Persons holding administrative offices continued in office until other provisions made; powers and duties of abolished offices, etc.; certain offices, etc., deemed continued; references to existing offices, etc., in laws, contracts, etc.
All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provisions shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office subject to any existing civil service law. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency be abolished by this article, or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein.
Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this article with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of the office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing and the persons holding those offices, shall be deemed a continuation of such office, department, board, or agency and, until otherwise provided, shall exercise his powers and duties in continuation of their exercise by the office, department, board, or agency by which the same were heretofore exercised, and until otherwise provided, shall have power to continue any business proceeding or other matter within the scope of his regular powers and duties commenced by any office, department, board, or agency by which such powers and duties were heretofore exercised. Any provisions in any law, rule, regulation, contract, or other document relating to such an existing office, department, board, or agency shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, apply to such office, department, board, or agency provided for by this article.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-14 - Persons Holding Civil Service Positions Continued in Office; Existing Civil Service System Continued.

Section 11-44B-14
Persons holding civil service positions continued in office; existing civil service system continued.
Any person holding such an office or position in the civil service of such municipality when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service under the mayor-council form of government and with the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable civil service system. Where there is an existing civil service system, then that system shall remain in full force and effect and this articleshall not supersede, modify, or repeal said civil service system.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-15 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, etc., Where Powers and Duties Reassigned.

Section 11-44B-15
Transfer of records, property, and equipment of office, etc., where powers and duties reassigned.
All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, board, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, board, or agency by this article, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, board, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned. If part of the powers and duties of any office, department, board, or agency or part thereof, are by this article assigned to another office, department, board, or agency, all records, property, and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, board, or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-16 - Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken.

Section 11-44B-16
Existing contracts continued in force; public improvements for which legislative steps taken.
All contracts entered into by the municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such municipality of the mayor-council form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-17 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.

Section 11-44B-17
Pending legal actions and proceedings.
No action or proceedings, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, agency, or officer or employee thereof shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor-council form of government or by anything contained in this article.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-18 - Pension, Retirement, and Relief Fund Laws Continued in Force.

Section 11-44B-18
Pension, retirement, and relief fund laws continued in force.
All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the municipality, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to the municipality at the time when it shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this article, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-44B-19 - Laws Relating to Municipal Boards, Agencies, and Service Enterprises Continued in Force.

Section 11-44B-19
Laws relating to municipal boards, agencies, and service enterprises continued in force.
All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, industrial development boards or authorities, housing authorities, medical clinic boards, plumbers or electricians boards or other technical boards, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, municipally owned public utility, other boards and agencies 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 the municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this article, shall continue in full force and effect and without interruption or change as to the establishment of conduct of any such authority, board, or agency until otherwise provided by law.
(Acts 1985, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85-107, p. 141, §19.)