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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-2 - Petition to Probate Judge for Election as to Adoption of Council-Manager Form of Government; Examination of Petition and Certification to Mayor.

Section 11-43A-2
Petition to probate judge for election as to adoption of council-manager form of government; examination of petition and certification to mayor.
The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general municipal election held in such municipality, asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality be submitted to the qualified voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the county in which such municipality is located, shall mandatorily require an election to be held as herein provided. Whenever such a petition purporting to be signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general municipal election held in such municipality shall be presented to such judge of probate, he shall examine such petition and determine whether or not the same is signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general municipal election held in such municipality, and if such petition is signed by the requisite number of voters to require such an election, he shall within 15 days from the receipt of such petition certify such fact to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality for which such election is so petitioned, and the certificate of the judge of probate as to the sufficiency of said petition shall be final.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-3 - Submission of Question for Election; Proclamation of Mayor; Order of Judge of Probate.

Section 11-43A-3
Submission of question for election; proclamation of mayor; order of judge of probate.
The mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality under this article, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less than 40 days nor more than 90 days after the receipt of said certificate from said judge of probate, unless a general election is to be held within 120 days after receipt of such certificate in which event the special election herein provided for may be held at the same time as such general election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of the certificate, the judge of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 90 days after the receipt by said mayor, or other executive officer of the said certificate of the judge of probate, unless a general election is to be held within 120 days after receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall be held at the same time as such general election.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-3.1 - Election in Class 6 Municipalities - Time, Procedure, Etc.

Section 11-43A-3.1
Election in Class 6 municipalities - Time, procedure, etc.
Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, an election shall be held in every Class 6 municipality wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, at the same time that the election for members of the Alabama legislature is held in 1983; and the question submitted at such election shall be: "shall the council-manager form of government, provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982, with the change in the form of government of such municipality to become operative on the first Monday in October 1986, be adopted for the municipality of _____?" The election shall be held and in all things governed as nearly as possible by the provisions regulating elections on the question the adoption of the council-manager form of government provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982, except that no petition of any of the qualified voters of the municipality need be filed and the mayor of any city in which such election is hereby required shall within 10 days after July 26, 1983, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager plan at a special election to be held at the same time as the election held in 1983 for members of the Alabama legislature. Should the election not be called by proclamation of the mayor within said 10-day period, the judge of probate shall call such election by order.
(Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-3.2 - Election in Class 6 Municipalities - Provisions to Supersede Other Laws in 1983.

Section 11-43A-3.2
Election in Class 6 municipalities - Provisions to supersede other laws in 1983.
The provisions of section 11-43A-3.1, authorizing an election in certain Class 6 municipalities in 1983 on the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982 and providing for the effective date of such change if the council-manager form of government is approved, shall supersede all other laws in conflict herewith only for the purpose of holding the election in 1983 and making the change in the form of government approved at such election; when such purposes have been effectuated it shall have no further force or effect.
(Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-3.3 - Election in Class 7 Municipality - Adoption of Council-Manager Form of Government.

Section 11-43A-3.3
Election in Class 7 municipality - Adoption of council-manager form of government.
(a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized in this chapter, the governing body of a Class 7 municipality may elect by resolution to adopt a council-manager form of government comprised of a mayor and four council members elected at-large. No petition of qualified electors is required to initiate such an election by the governing body pursuant to this section. If the governing body elects to adopt a council-manager form of government pursuant to this section, an election on the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the municipality. The governing body shall hold the election before January 1, 2011. The question submitted at the election shall be:
"Shall the municipality of ______ adopt a council-manager form of government consisting of a mayor and four council members elected in an at-large election to become operative on the first Monday in November 2012?"
(2) The governing body of the municipality shall call the election and the election shall be conducted pursuant to general municipal election laws.
(b) The mayor of any Class 7 municipality in which an election pursuant to this section is required, by proclamation, within 10 days of the adoption of the resolution by the governing body, shall call an election on the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government pursuant to this section. The election shall be held before January 1, 2011. If the mayor fails, by proclamation, to call the election within the 10-day period, the majority of the council, by resolution, shall call the election.
(c) A change in the form of government adopted pursuant to this section shall become effective on the first Monday in November 2012.
(d) This section supersedes all other laws in conflict only for the purpose of holding the election in 2010 and making the change in the form of government approved at the election. When these purposes have been effectuated, this section shall have no further force or effect.
(Act 2010-544, p. 951, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-4 - Subsequent Elections Not to Be Held Within Two Years of Preceding Election.

Section 11-43A-4
Subsequent elections not to be held within two years of preceding election.
If the council-manager form of government is not adopted at the election so called the question of adopting such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such municipality for adoption within two years thereafter, and then the question of adopting said form of government may be resubmitted in the manner above provided.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-5 - Form and Marking of Ballots.

Section 11-43A-5
Form and marking of ballots.
At such election the question to be submitted shall be printed in plain, prominent type on separate ballots and shall read as follows:
"Shall the council-manager form of government as provided by the Council-Manager Act of 1982 be adopted for the municipality of _____________ ?
Yes ______ No ______"
The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the word which expresses his choice.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-6 - Conduct of Election, Canvassing of Vote, and Declaration of Election Result; Adoption and Certification of Provisions of Chapter.

Section 11-43A-6
Conduct of election, canvassing of vote, and declaration of election result; adoption and certification of provisions of chapter.
The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law with respect to other municipal elections. If the majority of votes shall be "yes" or in favor of such question, the provisions of this article shall thereafter be adopted for such municipality and the mayor shall within five days of the election transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State, and to the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located, each, a certificate of adoption stating that such question was adopted by such municipality.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-7 - Time for Change in Form of Government.

Section 11-43A-7
Time for change in form of government.
The change in the form of government shall take place on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal election for the election of members of the governing body held by the municipality during a general municipal election year as established by Section 11-46-21, except in Class 6 cities wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council as authorized in Section 11-43A-8; and in such cities the change in the form of government may take place on the first Monday in November in any even-numbered year, designated therefor by the municipal governing body unless the election approving such change was held in 1983, in which case the change shall take place on the first Monday in October 1986.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §7; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1; Act 2019-360, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-8 - Name of Governing Body; Composition of Council; Election of Council; Alternate Form for Class 6 Cities.

Section 11-43A-8
Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate form for Class 6 cities.
(a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)" and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members. One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts. The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal governing body during a general municipal election year.
(b) In Class 6 cities, the municipal governing body, by resolution, may elect to have the council composed and elected as provided in subsection (a) or to have the alternate form as provided in this subsection. If the municipal governing body, by resolution, elects to have the alternate form, it shall immediately notify the judge of probate, who shall have the ballots for the election, authorized in Section 11-43A-3, prepared to pose the question of the adoption of the alternate form of government authorized in this section. The council shall have nine members. One member shall be the mayor, who shall be a voting member, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations of the council. Eight members shall be council members elected by the voters, two from each of four dual-member districts. The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in October in an even-numbered year designated by the municipal governing body unless the election approving the change in the form of government was held in 1983, in which case the council shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in October 1986.
(c) Subsequent to the seating of the initial council, the next council shall be elected at an election to be held in accordance with provisions of the general municipal election laws.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §8; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1; Act 2018-569, §2; Act 2019-360, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-10 - Continuation of Municipal Corporation.

Section 11-43A-10
Continuation of municipal corporation.
Any municipal corporation which adopts the council-manager form of government shall continue its existence as a body corporate without change in the municipal corporation. The word "municipality" as herein used shall mean and refer to any municipal corporation which has adopted the council-manager form of government. The city shall continue as a municipal corporation, within the corporate limits as then established, and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation and shall continue to enjoy the rights, immunities, powers, and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well as those that may thereafter be granted to it.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-11 - Municipal Government to Be Known as "Council-Manager Form of Government"; Vesting of Municipal Powers in Council.

Section 11-43A-11
Municipal government to be known as "council-manager form of government"; vesting of municipal powers in council.
The municipal government of any such city or town proceeding under this article shall be known as the "council-manager form of government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution of Alabama and its laws, all powers of the municipality shall be vested in the council elected as herein provided and hereinafter referred to as "the council." All powers of municipalities shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this article or if the manner be not prescribed then in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by ordinance.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-12 - Powers of Municipality.

Section 11-43A-12
Powers of municipality.
The municipality shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations by the Constitution and the laws of the state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The municipality may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any municipal purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require, and, except as prohibited by the Constitution and the laws of this state or restricted by this article, the municipality shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive but in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied thereby or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the municipality shall have and may exercise all powers granted to municipalities under the Constitution and the laws of this state.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-13 - Filing of Statement of Candidacy for Office of Mayor or Councilman; Qualifications.

Section 11-43A-13
Filing of statement of candidacy for office of mayor or councilman; qualifications.
Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election for the office of mayor or councilman may become such candidate by filing a statement of candidacy as required and authorized by the general municipal election laws. The candidate shall state the office to which he seeks election and shall have the qualifications prescribed by the general municipal election laws.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-14 - Printing and Preparation of Ballots; Conduct of Election.

Section 11-43A-14
Printing and preparation of ballots; conduct of election.
(a) At every such election all ballots to be used by the voters shall be printed and prepared by the municipality and shall contain the names of all candidates seeking election to the office of mayor or to a position as a member of the council.
(b) The ballot shall conform, as nearly as can be, to the ballot prescribed in the general municipal election laws and the election shall be conducted as nearly as can be as prescribed by such laws.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §14; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1; Act 2018-569, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-15 - Compensation of Mayor and Councilmen.

Section 11-43A-15
Compensation of mayor and councilmen.
The mayor and each councilman shall receive as compensation for their services the sum established by the municipal governing body at least six months prior to the date of the election.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-17 - Powers of Council.

Section 11-43A-17
Powers of council.
All powers of the municipality including all powers vested in it by this chapter and by the Constitution, the general and local laws of this state, and the determination of all matters of policy shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have the power (1) to appoint and remove the city manager and (2) to establish other administrative departments and distribute the work of such departments.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-19 - Power of Council to Create, Change, and Abolish Offices, etc., and Assign Additional Functions or Duties Thereto.

Section 11-43A-19
Power of council to create, change, and abolish offices, etc., and assign additional functions or duties thereto.
The council, by ordinance, may create, change, and abolish offices, departments, boards, or agencies other than the offices, departments, boards, or agencies established by this article. The council, by ordinance, may assign additional functions or duties to offices, departments, boards, or agencies established by this chapter but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, department, board or agency any function or duty assigned by this chapter to a particular office, department, board or agency.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-20 - Clerk of Municipality; When Subject to Civil Service or Merit System; Duties.

Section 11-43A-20
Clerk of municipality; when subject to civil service or merit system; duties.
If the clerk of any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government holds office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the clerk under the council-manager form of government of such municipality, and his successor shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service or merit system. If the clerk of the municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government does not hold office subject to any civil service or merit system, the council shall elect the clerk by a majority vote of those members elected to the council. The clerk shall give notice of the meetings of the council and shall keep the journal of its proceedings which shall be authenticated by his signature. He shall record in full in said journal all ordinances or resolutions and the minutes of all meetings of the council. He shall perform such other duties as shall be required by this chapter or by ordinance and such duties as are imposed by the general laws of Alabama upon clerks and as to which other provisions are not made in this chapter. He shall keep the journal open for public inspection at all reasonable times.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-21 - Times for Meetings of Council; Open to Public.

Section 11-43A-21
Times for meetings of council; open to public.
The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction into office shall be held at 10:00 in the morning on the first Monday in October next following its election, after which the council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less frequently than twice each month. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-22 - Investigation and Determination of Election and Qualifications of Council Members by Council; Judicial Review.

Section 11-43A-22
Investigation and determination of election and qualifications of council members by council; judicial review.
The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and for the purpose of investigating such election and qualifications shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and to require the production of records, but the decision of the council in any such case shall be subject to review by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-23 - Rules of Council.

Section 11-43A-23
Rules of council.
The council shall determine its own rules and order of business and such rules shall be established by ordinance.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-25 - Thirty-Day Delay in Effect of Ordinances Granting Franchises, etc.; Publication at Expense of Grantee.

Section 11-43A-25
Thirty-day delay in effect of ordinances granting franchises, etc.; publication at expense of grantee.
No ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation of any franchise, lease of right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of the city shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after final enactment of same by the council and publication of said ordinance as provided by law which publication shall be made at the expense of the person, firm or corporation applying for said grant.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-26 - Revision and Codification of Ordinances and Resolutions or Adoption of Code.

Section 11-43A-26
Revision and codification of ordinances and resolutions or adoption of code.
The council may provide for the revision and codification of its ordinances and permanent resolutions or for the adoption of a code or codes.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-27 - Monthly Statement and Summary; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts; Publication of Results.

Section 11-43A-27
Monthly statement and summary; annual examination of books and accounts; publication of results.
The council shall each month make available in the office of the city manager a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the municipality and a summary of its proceedings during the preceding month and at the end of each year the council shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the municipality to be made by a qualified public accountant and shall cause the results of such examination to be published in pamphlet form, copies of which shall be placed in the office of the city manager, the office of municipal clerk, and in the public library to be open for inspection by all persons.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §26; Acts 1988, No. 88-568, p. 888.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-29 - Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Year; Submission and Adoption of Budget; Changes in Budget.

Section 11-43A-29
Fiscal, budget, and accounting year; submission and adoption of budget; changes in budget.
The fiscal year of the municipality shall begin on the first day of each October in each year and shall end on the last day of each September. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this article the term "budget year" shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered.
The city manager, at least 45 days prior to the beginning of each budget year, shall submit to the council a budget proposal, with explanations. The council shall adopt a budget, by ordinance, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget so adopted shall be a public record and shall be available for inspection by the general public. Any changes in the budget, during the course of the budget year, shall be done by ordinance.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-30 - Municipal Treasurer; Establishment of Office and Assignment of Duties; Election; Assignment of Duties to City Clerk as Clerk-Treasurer.

Section 11-43A-30
Municipal treasurer; establishment of office and assignment of duties; election; assignment of duties to city clerk as clerk-treasurer.
The council may establish, by ordinance, the office of municipal treasurer and assign to such office the duties and responsibilities it deems necessary. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the municipality and shall keep an accurate record of the funds of the several departments and shall keep books showing accurately the financial condition of the municipality. The election of a person as treasurer shall require a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council.
The duties of the treasurer may, by ordinance, be assigned to the city clerk and if such duties are assigned, he shall be known as the clerk-treasurer of the municipality.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-31 - Payment and Deposit of Municipal Funds.

Section 11-43A-31
Payment and deposit of municipal funds.
The council shall prescribe, by ordinance, the method of paying out funds of the municipality. Checks and warrants shall be signed by at least two officers of the municipality and the council shall designate the said two officers by ordinance. All funds of the municipality shall be deposited in such depositories as may be designated by resolution of the council.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-32 - Establishment of Council Districts; At-Large Posts; Exception for Class 6 Cities.

Section 11-43A-32
Establishment of council districts; at-large posts; exception for Class 6 cities.
(a) Except as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1 and subject to subsection (b), there shall be established three council districts to be designated respectively as district post 1, district post 2, and district post 3, and in such Class 6 cities, there shall be established four council districts with eight district posts to be designated district 1 post 1, district 1 post 2, district 2 post 1, district 2 post 2, district 3 post 1, district 3 post 2, district 4 post 1, and district 4 post 2. Such districts shall have, as nearly as is reasonable, the same population. The designation and boundaries of the initial council districts shall be specifically described and set forth. In all cities to which this section applies, except the above-described Class 6 cities, the two at-large posts on the council shall be designated as mayor and councilman-at-large; and in such Class 6 cities the one at-large post on the council shall be designated as mayor.
(b) This section shall not apply to a Class 6 municipality with a nine-member council authorized pursuant to Section 11-43A-8 or a Class 7 municipality with a five-member council elected at-large authorized pursuant to Section 11-43A-3.3.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §31; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1; Act 2010-544, p. 951, §2; Act 2018-569, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-33 - Reapportionment of Council Districts; Filing of Recommended Plan With Council; Redistricting Ordinances; Effect on Incumbents and on Elections Held Within Six Months.

Section 11-43A-33
Reapportionment of council districts; filing of recommended plan with council; redistricting ordinances; effect on incumbents and on elections held within six months.
Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of population published following the last federal census of population preceding the adoption of this article, 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 manager shall within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the municipality, following the last federal census of population preceding the adoption of this article, 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;
(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 manager 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 councilman or member of the board or commission shall be deprived of his unexpired term of office because of such redistricting.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §32; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-34 - Effect of Chapter on Existing Officers, Employees, Offices, Departments, Etc.

Section 11-43A-34
Effect of chapter on existing officers, employees, offices, departments, etc.
Nothing in this article contained, 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 council-manager 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 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-35 - Continuation in Office of Persons Holding Administrative Office Until Contrary Provision Is Made; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices, Etc.

Section 11-43A-35
Continuation in office of persons holding administrative office until contrary provision is made; transfer of powers and duties of abolished offices, etc.
All persons holding administrative office at the time the council-manager form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency, 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.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-36 - Continuation in Office of Persons in Civil Service or Merit System.

Section 11-43A-36
Continuation in office of persons in civil service or merit system.
Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of the municipality under any civil service or merit system applicable to the municipality when the council-manager form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service of the municipality under the council-manager form of government and with the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable civil service or merit system.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §35.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-37 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, etc., When Duties Reassigned.

Section 11-43A-37
Transfer of records, property, and equipment of office, etc., when duties reassigned.
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 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §36.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-38 - Continuation of Offices, Departments, etc., Until Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-43A-38
Continuation of offices, departments, etc., until otherwise provided.
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 an office, department, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties, until otherwise provided. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly 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 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-39 - Continuation of Contracts; Completion of Public Improvements.

Section 11-43A-39
Continuation of contracts; completion of public improvements.
All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such city of the council-manager 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 council-manager form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §38.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-40 - Effect of Chapter on Pending Litigation.

Section 11-43A-40
Effect of chapter on pending litigation.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager 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 council-manager form of government or by anything therein contained in this article.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §39.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-41 - Effect of Chapter on Laws Relating to Pension, Retirement, and Relief Funds for Employees.

Section 11-43A-41
Effect of chapter on laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for employees.
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 any municipality at the time when such 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 any rights which have been acquired thereunder.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §40.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-42 - Continuation of Laws Relating to Boards, Authorities, Agencies, etc., With Independent Status Until Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-43A-42
Continuation of laws relating to boards, authorities, agencies, etc., with independent status until otherwise provided.
All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, municipally owned public utility, and any municipally owned service enterprise, including inter alia, electric, gas, and water boards, agencies, etc., and any board, authority, agency, etc., given such independent status, as the same may apply and be in effect at the time when such municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this 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 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §41.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-43 - When Chapter Becomes Applicable to Municipality.

Section 11-43A-43
When chapter becomes applicable to municipality.
For all purposes the provisions of this article shall become applicable to said municipality at the time when the first council of such municipality elected under the provisions hereof takes office and qualifies.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §42.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-44 - Continuation of Ordinances and Resolutions Unless and Until Changed or Repealed.

Section 11-43A-44
Continuation of ordinances and resolutions unless and until changed or repealed.
All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of adoption by the municipality of the council-manager form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §43.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-45 - Discrimination Prohibited.

Section 11-43A-45
Discrimination prohibited.
No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to any municipal position or appointive municipal administrative office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions or affiliations.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §44.)