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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 4 - Mayor. › Section 11-43-81 - Designated Chief Executive Officer; Powers of Appointment and Removal.

Section 11-43-81
Designated chief executive officer; powers of appointment and removal.
The mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall have general supervision and control of all other officers and the affairs of the city or town, except as otherwise provided in this title. He shall have the power to appoint all officers whose appointment is not otherwise provided for by law. He may remove any officer for good cause, except those elected by the people, and fill the vacancy caused thereby, permanently, if the appointment of such officer is made by the mayor, and temporarily, if such officer was elected by the council or appointed with its consent, in either of which last two cases he must report such removal and his reasons therefor to the council at its next regular meeting, when, if the council shall sustain the act of removal by the mayor by a majority vote of those elected to the council, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in this title.
(Code 1907, §1179; Code 1923, §1895; Code 1940, T. 37, §441.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 4 - Mayor. › Section 11-43-81.1 - Authority of Mayors of Class 1 Municipalities to Appoint Chief Administrative Assistants.

Section 11-43-81.1
Authority of mayors of Class 1 municipalities to appoint chief administrative assistants.
The mayor of any Class 1 municipality or of any municipality having a population of 250,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal decennial census of this state is hereby authorized to employ for and on behalf of said municipality an employee to be known as chief administrative assistant to the mayor whose salary shall be fixed and determined by the mayor, but shall not exceed $39,500.00 annually. The chief administrative assistant to the mayor employed hereunder must reside within the municipality during the term of his employment. He must have had at least five years experience in public or private business in an executive or managerial capacity; provided, however, a majority of the council shall have the authority to approve the appointment of a person having different qualifications upon the recommendation of the mayor. Said chief administrative assistant to the mayor shall not be subject to the provisions of any merit system, but should he be a member of such merit system at the time of his appointment, upon termination of such appointment, he shall have the right to return to the same or higher classification under such merit system with full credit for time spent as such chief administrative assistant as if he had continued in his merit system classification. Appointees under this section may become members of any pension system applicable to general city employees provided application for such membership be made to the board or other authority administering such pension system within 30 days of appointment. This section shall not limit the authority of said mayor to appoint other employees of said municipality under the applicable merit or civil service system, or otherwise, where authorized by any other law.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-484, p. 802.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 4 - Mayor. › Section 11-43-82 - Issuance of Proclamation Closing Shops and Forbidding Sale of Arms, Ammunition, etc., During Riots, Etc.

Section 11-43-82
Issuance of proclamation closing shops and forbidding sale of arms, ammunition, etc., during riots, etc.
Whenever any mob, riot, or tumult has occurred or there is reasonable cause to apprehend an occurrence thereof in any city, town, or village or in the vicinity thereof, the mayor shall have power to issue his proclamation ordering the closing of all shops or other places where the business of selling arms, ammunition, dynamite, or other explosives is carried on and forbidding the selling, lending, giving away, bartering, or otherwise disposing of any of such articles until such time as, in his judgment, such occupation may be carried on without danger to the public peace and safety.
(Code 1896, §2972; Code 1907, §1454; Code 1923, §2310; Code 1940, T. 37, §442.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 4 - Mayor. › Section 11-43-83 - Execution, etc., of Deeds, Contracts, Bonds, Etc.

Section 11-43-83
Execution, etc., of deeds, contracts, bonds, etc.
The mayor shall see that all contracts with the town or city are faithfully kept or performed. He shall execute all deeds and contracts and bonds required in judicial proceedings for and on behalf of the city or town and no sureties shall be required on such bond. He shall perform such other executive duties, in addition to those prescribed in this article, as may be required of him by the council.
(Code 1907, §1184; Code 1923, §1900; Code 1940, T. 37, §443.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 4 - Mayor. › Section 11-43-84 - Requiring of Reports by Municipal Officers; Statement to Council of Financial Condition of Municipality.

Section 11-43-84
Requiring of reports by municipal officers; statement to council of financial condition of municipality.
The mayor shall require reports to be made to him by any officer of the city or town at such times as he may direct or as may be prescribed by the council, and shall, at least once in every six months, make a statement to the council in writing of the financial condition of the town or city, showing particularly all temporary floating indebtedness and for what created and the steps he proposes to take for the protection of the credit of the city or town.
(Code 1907, §1180; Code 1923, §1896; Code 1940, T. 37, §444.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 4 - Mayor. › Section 11-43-86.1 - Increase to Compensation for Mayor of Class 1 Municipality.

Section 11-43-86.1
Increase to compensation for mayor of Class 1 municipality.
Effective beginning the next term of office of the mayor of any Class 1 municipality, the annual salary for the mayor of any Class 1 municipality shall be increased by forty thousand dollars ($40,000) payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the municipality.
(Act 2008-407, p. 801, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 5 - Clerk. › Section 11-43-100 - Attendance at and Preparation of Record of Council Meetings; Custody of Seal and Rules, Ordinances, etc., of Council.

Section 11-43-100
Attendance at and preparation of record of council meetings; custody of seal and rules, ordinances, etc., of council.
The clerk of all cities and towns shall attend the meetings of the council and keep a record of its proceedings. He shall have the custody of the rules, ordinances, and resolutions of the council and shall keep a record of them when adopted by the council. He shall also have the custody of the city or town seal. During the absence of the clerk, the council may appoint some person to perform his duties.
(Code 1907, §1199; Code 1923, §1915; Code 1940, T. 37, §421.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 5 - Clerk. › Section 11-43-101 - Auditing, Recordation, etc., of Claims, etc., Against Municipality and Issuance of Warrants Therefor.

Section 11-43-101
Auditing, recordation, etc., of claims, etc., against municipality and issuance of warrants therefor.
The clerk shall submit all claims, requisitions, and demands against the city or town to the council at its next regular meeting for its approval, unless already provided for by ordinance or resolution, and upon its being approved by the council and the passage of ordinances carrying it into effect when necessary, said clerk shall issue warrant on the city or town treasurer for the amount of such claim, requisition, or demand. Before issuing any warrant upon the treasurer, the clerk shall audit the claim, certify to its correctness, and keep a record thereof, which record shall also show to what department or departments it is chargeable.
(Code 1907, §1200; Code 1923, §1916; Code 1940, T. 37, §422.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 5 - Clerk. › Section 11-43-102 - Maintenance, etc., of Municipal Books and Accounts.

Section 11-43-102
Maintenance, etc., of municipal books and accounts.
The clerk shall keep a convenient set of books in which there shall be kept a separate account with each collecting officer of the city or town. He shall keep a separate account with each department for which a separate appropriation shall have been made, crediting the amount of the appropriation and charging warrants drawn against the same. He shall keep such other accounts as may be necessary to show the financial condition of the municipality and of each department thereof at all times. He shall not allow the amount appropriated for any item of expense to be drawn on for any other purpose. He shall not allow any warrant to be drawn unless sufficient funds actually be in the treasury to the credit of the fund upon which such warrant is drawn unless specifically authorized by an ordinance.
(Code 1907, §1201; Code 1923, §1917; Code 1940, T. 37, §423.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 5 - Clerk. › Section 11-43-103 - Issuance of Licenses; Devolution of Duties Upon Auditor.

Section 11-43-103
Issuance of licenses; devolution of duties upon auditor.
The clerk shall issue all licenses unless otherwise provided by ordinance, receiving the money therefor, and pay the same over instanter to the city treasurer. Any part of the duties of the clerk may devolve upon the auditor by ordinance.
(Code 1907, §1202; Code 1923, §1918; Code 1940, T. 37, §424.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 5 - Clerk. › Section 11-43-104 - Additional Duties; Bond.

Section 11-43-104
Additional duties; bond.
The clerk, in addition to these enumerated duties, shall perform any and all duties that may be required of him by ordinance or resolution. He shall give bond, with sureties, to be approved by the mayor, in such sum as the council may prescribe.
(Code 1907, §1203; Code 1923, §1919; Code 1940, T. 37, §425.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 6 - Treasurer. › Section 11-43-120 - Bond; Duties Generally; Payment of Warrants; Reports and Statements to Council.

Section 11-43-120
Bond; duties generally; payment of warrants; reports and statements to council.
The treasurer shall give bond in such sum as the council may prescribe for the faithful performance of his duties and the safe custody of the funds. He shall be the custodian of the funds of the municipality, keeping an accurate record of the funds of the several departments, and shall keep books showing accurately the financial condition of the city. He shall pay out money only upon warrants drawn by the officers authorized by the applicable provisions of this title to draw warrants upon the treasurer, and when paid shall keep safely the warrants so drawn. Such warrants, approved by the mayor or such other person as the council may designate, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be drawn by the clerk on the treasurer, the warrant showing to what department the same is to be charged.
In cities of 6,000 or more, such warrants shall be drawn by the clerk on the treasurer, the warrants showing to what department the same is to be charged, but the council may authorize the clerk to draw such warrants on the treasurer without the approval of the mayor; except, that in all instances the approval of the mayor shall have first been inscribed upon the voucher for the payment of which such warrant is drawn. No warrant shall be drawn except by authority of law or ordinance. No expenditure shall be allowed unless the same shall have been authorized by ordinance or by the mayor and is carefully itemized and shall have been examined, audited, and approved. The treasurer shall keep a record of all warrants presented for payment which are unpaid for want of funds and shall pay them when funds are available in the order of their presentation.
He shall make report once a month or oftener if required by the council of the financial condition of the account of each department authorized to draw on the treasurer and shall make a quarterly statement, under oath, of the financial condition of the city or town to the council.
(Code 1907, §1204; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §1920; Code 1940, T. 37, §446; Acts 1951, No. 993, p. 1668.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 6 - Treasurer. › Section 11-43-121 - Payment of Interest Upon Warrants Not Paid for Lack of Funds; Additional Duties.

Section 11-43-121
Payment of interest upon warrants not paid for lack of funds; additional duties.
If no interest is stipulated to be paid on warrants drawn upon the treasurer and not paid for want of funds, then the legal rate shall be allowed from the time of presentation, which time shall be endorsed by the treasurer on the warrant with his signature, but no interest shall be paid on such warrants after notice has been posted in the office of the treasurer or in the office of the mayor that such warrants will be paid on demand. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the council or by law.
(Code 1907, §1205; Code 1923, §1921; Code 1940, T. 37, §447; Acts 1953, No. 853, p. 1144.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 6 - Treasurer. › Section 11-43-122 - Public Depositories; Liability for Loss.

Section 11-43-122
Public depositories; liability for loss.
The council may direct, by ordinance or resolution, one or more qualified public depositories pursuant to Chapter 14A of Title 41 where the treasurer shall deposit public money and may require interest to be paid thereon and security to be given by the depository, but, as to deposits made under the authority of an ordinance of the council, neither the treasurer nor his bondsmen if the treasurer has exercised due care shall be further liable for any loss occasioned thereby.
(Code 1907, §1206; Code 1923, §1922; Code 1940, T. 37, §448; Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 6 - Treasurer. › Section 11-43-123 - Moneys Due Municipalities, etc., to Be Paid to Treasurer.

Section 11-43-123
Moneys due municipalities, etc., to be paid to treasurer.
The council shall provide by laws that all moneys due the municipality or any department thereof shall be paid directly to the treasurer and no moneys shall be collected by departments or officials therein as a part of the duties of the department, except as provided in this title.
(Code 1907, §1207; Code 1923, §1923; Code 1940, T. 37, §449.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 7 - Fire Department. › Section 11-43-140 - Authorized; Management and Control.

Section 11-43-140
Authorized; management and control.
Cities and towns may maintain and operate a volunteer or paid fire department and may do any and all things necessary to secure efficient service. The council may delegate to commissioners by ordinance the power to control and manage such fire department under such rules and regulations as the commissioners or the council may prescribe.
(Code 1907, §1265; Code 1923, §2013; Code 1940, T. 37, §450.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 7 - Fire Department. › Section 11-43-141 - Operation, etc., Beyond Corporate Limits and Police Jurisdiction - Emergencies; Liabilities, Exemptions, Etc.

Section 11-43-141
Operation, etc., beyond corporate limits and police jurisdiction - Emergencies; liabilities, exemptions, etc.
Whenever the necessity arises during any emergency resulting from fire or other public disaster, the firemen of any city or town may, together with all necessary equipment, lawfully go or be sent beyond the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of such city or town to any point within the State of Alabama to assist in meeting such emergency.
In such event the acts performed for such purpose by such firemen and the expenditures made for such purpose by such city or town shall be deemed conclusively to be for a public and governmental purpose and all of the immunities from liability enjoyed by a city or town when acting through its firemen for a public or governmental purpose within its corporate limits and police jurisdiction shall be enjoyed by it to the same extent when such city or town is so acting under this section or under other lawful authority beyond its corporate limits and police jurisdiction.
The firemen of any city or town when acting under this section or under other lawful authority beyond the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of such city or town shall have all of the immunities from liability and exemptions from laws, ordinances, and regulations and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability, workmen's compensation, and other benefits enjoyed by them while performing their respective duties within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of such city or town.
(Acts 1955, No. 558, p. 1219, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 7 - Fire Department. › Section 11-43-142 - Operation, etc., Beyond Corporate Limits and Police Jurisdiction - Contracts With Municipalities, Counties, Manufacturing or Industrial Concerns, etc.; Liability for Injuries.

Section 11-43-142
Operation, etc., beyond corporate limits and police jurisdiction - Contracts with municipalities, counties, manufacturing or industrial concerns, etc.; liability for injuries.
The governing body of any city or town may, in its discretion, authorize or require the fire department thereof to render aid in cases of fire occurring beyond their corporate limits and police jurisdiction, and may prescribe the conditions on which such aid may be rendered and may enter into a contract or contracts with other cities or towns, with counties or county boards, manufacturing or industrial concerns, or residential or business areas for rendering aid in fire protection in such places on such terms as may be agreed upon by such governing body and the governing body of such city or town, county or county boards, or the management of such manufacturing or industrial concerns or the residents of such residential or business areas, and when the fire department of any city or town is operating under such permission or contract or contracts on any call beyond the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of the city or town, it shall be deemed to be operating in a governmental capacity and subject only to such liability for injuries as it would be if it were operating within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of such city or town.
(Acts 1955, No. 558, p. 1219, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 7 - Fire Department. › Section 11-43-143 - Municipal or State Firefighters or Firemen Not to Strike, Assert Right to Strike, etc.; Rights to Join Labor Organizations, Etc.

Section 11-43-143
Municipal or state firefighters or firemen not to strike, assert right to strike, etc.; rights to join labor organizations, etc.
(a) No person shall accept or hold any commission or employment as a firefighter or fireman in the service of the state or of any municipality in the state who participates in any strike or asserts the right to strike against the state or any municipality of the state, or be a member of an organization of employees that asserts the right to strike against the state or any municipality in the state knowing that such organization asserts such right.
(b) All firefighters serving the state or any municipality in the state either as paid firemen or as volunteer firefighters who comply with the provisions of this section are assured the right and freedom of association, self-organization, and the right to join or to continue as members of any employee or labor organization which complies with this section, and shall have the right to present proposals relative to salaries and other conditions of employment by representatives of their own choosing. No such person shall be discharged or discriminated against because of his exercise of such right, nor shall any person or group of persons, directly or indirectly, by intimidation or coercion compel or attempt to compel any firefighter or fireman to join or refrain from joining a labor organization.
(Acts 1967, No. 229, p. 598.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 8 - Removal or Impeachment of Municipal Officers. › Section 11-43-160 - Removal.

Section 11-43-160
Removal.
(a)(1) Any person appointed to office in any city or town may, for cause, after a hearing, be removed by the officer making the appointment.
(2) The council of the municipality may remove, by a two-thirds vote of all those elected to the council, any person in the several departments for incompetency, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office and for conduct detrimental to good order or discipline, including habitual neglect of duty.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in municipalities having a population of less than 12,000 inhabitants, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, the mayor may vote on the removal of any person appointed to office in the municipality pursuant to subsection (a) and the mayor shall be considered as a member of the council in determining whether there is a two-thirds vote of the council for the removal of the officer.
(Code 1907, §1172; Code 1923, §1888; Code 1940, T. 37, §451; Act 2009-402, p. 729, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 8 - Removal or Impeachment of Municipal Officers. › Section 11-43-161 - Grounds for Impeachment - Acceptance of Employment From Public Service Corporation; Financial Dealings With Municipality, Etc.

Section 11-43-161
Grounds for impeachment - Acceptance of employment from public service corporation; financial dealings with municipality, etc.
No mayor or alderman of any municipality shall accept employment after his election and during his term of office from any public service company or corporation operating under any franchise granted by the municipality, and any person's accepting such employment after his election shall constitute grounds of impeachment therefor.
Any mayor or alderman or other member of the governing body of any municipality who shall have any private or personal financial dealings with, for, or on account of the municipality, except such as are imposed by his official position, or who shall render any service or do any work or supply any commodity for financial compensation, payable out of the funds of the municipality, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and the doing of such act shall constitute grounds for impeachment of such person.
(Code 1907, §1175; Code 1923, §1891; Code 1940, T. 37, §452.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 8 - Removal or Impeachment of Municipal Officers. › Section 11-43-162 - Grounds for Impeachment - Misapplication of Funds From Special Tax.

Section 11-43-162
Grounds for impeachment - Misapplication of funds from special tax.
Any member of the council who shall vote in favor of or any mayor who shall approve any resolution or ordinance to apply the funds or any part thereof derived from the special tax provided for in article 1 of chapter 81 of this title, to any other purpose than to the payment of such interest and principal of such bonds may be impeached in the manner provided in this article, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for not less than 30 days and for not more than six months and may be fined a sum of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00.
(Code 1907, §1176; Code 1923, §1892; Code 1940, T. 37, §453.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 8 - Removal or Impeachment of Municipal Officers. › Section 11-43-163 - Powers of Council or Committee as to Witnesses, etc.; Secretary of Committee.

Section 11-43-163
Powers of council or committee as to witnesses, etc.; secretary of committee.
The council or a committee thereof duly authorized by resolution may summon witnesses and compel their attendance and compel witnesses to testify and produce books and papers and may punish them by imprisonment, not exceeding 10 days, for failure to attend or refusal to testify or produce books or papers. The presiding officer of the council or of the committee may administer oaths to witnesses. During a session of the council or of a committee any person who is guilty of disorderly or contemptuous behavior in the presence of the council or the committee, may be punished by the council or committee by arrest and imprisonment not exceeding 24 hours. A committee may require any officer of the police force or any patrolman to act as secretary of such committee.
(Code 1907, §1177; Code 1923, §1893; Code 1940, T. 37, §454.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-180 - Purpose of Article.

Section 11-43-180
Purpose of article.
In recognition of the inefficiencies, inadequacies, and inconsistencies in law enforcement programs and practices of many municipalities of this state and in recognition of the need for fair and impartial enforcement of the laws for the protection of the person and property of the people of this state and for the promotion of the public health and welfare, this article is enacted to assure that every municipality in this state shall be provided an acceptable civil service merit system governing the appointment, removal, tenure, and official conduct of its law enforcement officers.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-181 - "Law Enforcement Officer" Defined.

Section 11-43-181
"Law enforcement officer" defined.
As used in this article, the term "law enforcement officer" shall mean and include a policeman, policewoman, and other official who has authority to make arrests and who is employed by any municipality in the state as a permanent and regular employee for and subject to law enforcement duties, but it does not include any person elected by popular vote.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-182 - Requirement as to Establishment of Merit Systems by Municipalities Generally.

Section 11-43-182
Requirement as to establishment of merit systems by municipalities generally.
Every municipality shall establish, separately or jointly, a civil service merit system governing the appointment, removal, tenure, and official conduct of municipal law enforcement officers.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-183 - Agreements for Furnishing by State Personnel Department of Services and Facilities for Administration of Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers of Municipalities - Authorized.

Section 11-43-183
Agreements for furnishing by State Personnel Department of services and facilities for administration of merit systems for law enforcement officers of municipalities - Authorized.
Any municipality failing to establish such a civil service merit system for said law enforcement officers within one year after August 23, 1976, shall, subject to approval of the State Personnel Board, enter into an agreement with the state Director of Personnel to furnish the services and facilities of the State Personnel Department to such municipality in the administration of its law enforcement officers on merit principals. Any such municipality of the state is hereby authorized to enter into such an agreement.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-184 - Agreements for Furnishing by State Personnel Department of Services and Facilities for Administration of Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers of Municipalities - Reimbursement of State for Cost of Services and Facilities Furnished; Disposition of Funds Received by State as Reimbursements.

Section 11-43-184
Agreements for furnishing by State Personnel Department of services and facilities for administration of merit systems for law enforcement officers of municipalities - Reimbursement of state for cost of services and facilities furnished; disposition of funds received by state as reimbursements.
Every such agreement with the state Director of Personnel to furnish the services and facilities of the State Personnel Department to such municipalities shall provide for the reimbursement to the state of the reasonable cost of the services and facilities furnished as determined by the state Director of Personnel.
Funds obtained as reimbursement for such services shall be deposited into the accounts of the State Personnel Department and may be expended to help defray the expenses of said department.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-185 - Agreements for Furnishing by State Personnel Department of Services and Facilities for Administration of Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers of Municipalities - Classification of Municipal Law Enforcement Officers and Applicability of State Merit System Rules and Regulations.

Section 11-43-185
Agreements for furnishing by State Personnel Department of services and facilities for administration of merit systems for law enforcement officers of municipalities - Classification of municipal law enforcement officers and applicability of state Merit System rules and regulations.
Each law enforcement officer in the civil service of any municipality at the time such municipality enters into such an agreement with the state Director of Personnel under the provisions of this article shall, upon the effective date of such agreement, be classified to the nearest classification of their present work assignment and shall thereafter be governed by the state Merit System rules and regulations, the same as any other law enforcement officer in the service of the state.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-186 - Determination of Salaries to Be Paid Classifications Within Merit Systems.

Section 11-43-186
Determination of salaries to be paid classifications within merit systems.
The salaries to be paid in each classification established by the merit system shall be determined by the governing body of the municipality.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-187 - Exemption of Chief of Police and Deputy Chief From Provisions of Merit Systems.

Section 11-43-187
Exemption of chief of police and deputy chief from provisions of merit systems.
The merit system may exempt from its provisions the chief of police and the deputy chief.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-188 - Provision in Merit Systems for Probationary Periods of Employment.

Section 11-43-188
Provision in merit systems for probationary periods of employment.
The merit system adopted may provide for a probationary period of employment of up to one year during which time said officer shall not obtain any rights under said system.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-189 - Appointment of Members of Personnel Board by Representatives and Senators in District.

Section 11-43-189
Appointment of members of personnel board by Representatives and Senators in district.
Each merit system created under this article shall have the option of having at least one member of its personnel board appointed by the Representatives and Senators in that district.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers. › Section 11-43-190 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 11-43-190
Applicability of provisions of article.
(a) This article shall not apply to any municipality with an established civil service or merit system already in existence on August 23, 1976, so long as the said civil service or merit system continues in full force and effect.
(b) This article shall not apply to any municipality having a population of less than 5,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census.
(Acts 1976, No. 372, p. 471, §§7, 8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 11 › Section 11-43-230 - Predisciplinary Hearing Prior to Suspension or Termination; Procedures; Postdisciplinary Hearing.

Section 11-43-230
Predisciplinary hearing prior to suspension or termination; procedures; postdisciplinary hearing.
(a) Every municipality shall provide a predisciplinary hearing prior to the suspension or termination of its law enforcement officers, provided nothing herein shall preclude a municipality from placing a law enforcement officer on leave with pay until the person or body holding the hearing has made its decision in the matter.
(b) Every municipality shall establish written due process procedures applicable to the predisciplinary hearing. At a minimum, this due process shall consist of written notice to the officer of the reasons for the termination or suspension. This notice shall be issued by the person or persons with authority to suspend or terminate the law enforcement officer. The notice shall inform the officer that he or she has 10 days to request, in writing, a hearing before the person or persons with authority to suspend or terminate. If the officer fails to request the hearing within 10 days from receiving the notice, the right to any hearing shall be deemed waived.
(c) The hearing shall be conducted by an impartial officer or body with authority to suspend or terminate the law enforcement officer. If the hearing is before the municipal governing body, the hearing may be conducted in an executive session, provided that any vote for or against suspension or termination shall occur in an open session.
(d) The officer has the right to appear at this hearing in person or by representative and to address charges against him or her. If the officer has a representative, the officer shall also be present at the hearing.
(e) A municipality may also hold a separate postdisciplinary hearing on the suspension or termination of the law enforcement officer. If the municipality holds a separate postdisciplinary hearing on the matter, the officer may present evidence in his or her behalf and question witnesses who testified against him or her.
(f) Nothing shall prohibit a municipality from allowing due process which exceeds the requirements in this section.
(g) The rules of evidence and the rules of discovery shall not apply to either of the hearings held pursuant to this article.
(Act 2001-463, p. 617, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 11 › Section 11-43-231 - "Law Enforcement Officer" Defined.

Section 11-43-231
"Law enforcement officer" defined.
As used in this article, the term "law enforcement officer" shall mean an official who is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission who has authority to make arrests and who is employed by any municipality in the state as a permanent and regular employee with law enforcement duties, including police chiefs and deputy police chiefs. The term does not include any person elected by popular vote, any person who is serving a probationary period of employment, or any person whose term of office has expired.
(Act 2001-463, p. 617, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 11 › Section 11-43-232 - Applicability to Certain Municipalities.

Section 11-43-232
Applicability to certain municipalities.
This article shall not apply to any municipality with an established due process procedure for law enforcement officers on July 14, 2001, so long as the municipality continues to have a due process procedure in full force and effect.
(Act 2001-463, p. 617, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc. › Article 12 - Class 8 Municipal Officers Designate Representative. › Section 11-43-250 - Elected Official of Class 8 Municipality Authorized to Appoint Designee to Serve on State or Local Agency, Board, Etc.

Section 11-43-250
Elected official of Class 8 municipality authorized to appoint designee to serve on state or local agency, board, etc.
(a) In Class 8 municipalities, an elected official of the municipality who is an ex officio member of a state or local agency, board, commission, or other entity pursuant to law, may designate a person to serve in his or her place, who shall assume all duties of the elected official relating to the entity, including all voting rights and who shall be counted as a member for the purpose of conducting business. Provided, that the elected official may not appoint a convicted felon to serve in his or her place unless that person has had his or her civil rights restored. A designee appointed by the mayor to serve in his or her place is not required to be a resident of the municipality where the mayor serves.
(b) A designee under subsection (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the elected official and for the duration of the elected official's term of office and an elected official may withdraw a designee's appointment and appoint a new designee at any time.
(c) This section applies to a general or local law enacted prior to, on, or after May 25, 2017.
(Act 2017-362, §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-1 - Applicability of Chapter to Classes of Municipalities; Short Title.

Section 11-43A-1
Applicability of chapter to classes of municipalities; short title.
Any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality in the State of Alabama may adopt the council-manager form of government by proceeding in the manner hereafter in this article provided. This article shall be known as the "Council-Manager Act of 1982."
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §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-1.1 - Organization of Council-Manager Form of Government; Election of Council Members.

Section 11-43A-1.1
Organization of council-manager form of government; election of council members.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, after the judge of probate has certified to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality the sufficiency of a petition asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, any Class 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality having the mayor-council form of government, by resolution of the council, may provide for the council in a municipality proposing to adopt the council-manager form of government to be composed of either five or seven members as follows: One member shall be the mayor elected at large, who shall be a voting member of the council and either four or six members shall be council members elected either at large or from single-member districts, as the resolution shall provide. If a municipality has single-member districts for the election of council members when the council-manager form of government is adopted in the municipality, the municipality shall continue with either four or six council members elected from single-member districts and the mayor shall be elected at large. The question on the ballot shall indicate the composition of the mayor and council should the council-manager form of government be adopted. If the adoption of the council-manager form of government is approved as provided in Section 11-43A-6, the municipality shall be governed by this article, except to the extent of any direct conflict in this article concerning the number and election of members of the council as provided in this section.
(Act 2018-569, §1; Act 2019-360, §1.)