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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 5 - City Manager. › Section 11-44E-98 - Contract Between City Manager and City.

Section 11-44E-98
Contract between city manager and city.
The tenure, compensation, and duties as provided by law of the city manager shall be enumerated in a contract between the city manager and the city. The contract shall not exceed two years in length with two, one-year renewal options. Commencing on October 1, 2009, the contract shall not exceed four years in length with two, one-year renewal options.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §5.09; Act 2009-355, p. 678, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 5 - City Manager. › Section 11-44E-99 - Vacancies in Office of City Manager.

Section 11-44E-99
Vacancies in office of city manager.
In the case of a vacancy in the office of city manager, the commission may appoint an acting city manager who shall possess the powers and duties of the city manager until such time as a new city manager is appointed by the commission. The acting city manager shall be compensated at no less than the level as the preceding city manager.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §5.10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 5 - City Manager. › Section 11-44E-100 - Temporary Absence or Disability of City Manager.

Section 11-44E-100
Temporary absence or disability of city manager.
During the temporary absence or disability of the city manager, the city manager shall designate the appropriate department head to serve in his (her) absence with the city commission's approval.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §5.11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 6 - Budget. › Section 11-44E-110 - Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Year.

Section 11-44E-110
Fiscal, budget, and accounting year.
The fiscal year of the city government shall begin on the first day of October and shall end on the last day of September of each calendar year. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this chapter, the term "budget year" shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §6.01.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 6 - Budget. › Section 11-44E-111 - Submission of Budgets.

Section 11-44E-111
Submission of budgets.
On a day to be fixed by the commission, but in no case later than the 1st day of September in each year the city manager shall submit to the commission:
(1) A separate current revenue and expense budget for the general operation of the city government to be known as "operations budget"; and
(2) A budget message.
On a day to be fixed by the commission, but in no case later than the 20th day of March each year the city manager shall submit to the commission:
(1) A supplemental budget, which shall encompass new programs or activities, capital expenditures, and new personnel additions; and
(2) A budget message.
When submitting budgets to the commission, the city manager shall submit his recommendation of new sources of revenue or manner of increasing existing sources of revenue, sufficient to balance the budgets, if such additional revenue is necessary to accomplish that purpose.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §6.02; Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-831, p. 293, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 6 - Budget. › Section 11-44E-112 - Five-Year Plan.

Section 11-44E-112
Five-year plan.
The city manager shall submit to the commission on an annual basis at least a five-year projection of revenue and expenses. In addition, the plan shall include a projection of personnel, program, and capital needs along with a ranking of such by priority. This document shall be known as the five-year plan and without binding the commission shall be used as a budgeting tool.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §6.03.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 7 - Commission Districts. › Section 11-44E-120 - Division of City Into Six Single-Member Districts.

Section 11-44E-120
Division of city into six single-member districts.
The territorial limits of the city shall remain the same as under its former organization, except that for the purpose of holding elections under applicable laws, the present governing body shall by duly enacted ordinance, divide such city into six single-member districts, each containing as nearly as practical equal population according to the last federal decennial census.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §7.01; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 7 - Commission Districts. › Section 11-44E-121 - Reapportionment.

Section 11-44E-121
Reapportionment.
Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal decennial census of population published following the last federal census of population preceding the adoption of this chapter, there shall be a reapportionment of the commission districts in the manner hereinafter provided:
(1) The mayor and commissioners shall within six months after the publication of each federal census of population for the city, following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this chapter, or if within six months after there shall have been any change in the corporate limits of the city, file with the commission a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the commission 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 practicable the same population.
(2) The report shall include a map and description of the districts recommended and shall be drafted as a proposed ordinance and considered by the commission as other ordinances are considered. Input shall be solicited from the community.
(3) The commission shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §7.02; Acts 1990, No. 90-287, p. 379, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-140 - Rights of Officers and Employees Preserved.

Section 11-44E-140
Rights of officers and employees preserved.
Nothing in this chapter contained, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the city or of any office, department, or agency existing at the time when this chapter shall take effect, or any provision of law in force at the time when the mayor/commission/city manager form of government shall be adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, 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 city or any office, department, or agency thereof.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.01.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-141 - Continuance of Present Officers; Exercise of Powers of Abolished Agency by Agency Designated by Commission.

Section 11-44E-141
Continuance of present officers; exercise of powers of abolished agency by agency designated by commission.
All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor/commission/city 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 or agency of the city by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department or agency be abolished by this chapter or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, or agency designated by the commission unless otherwise provided herein.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.02.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-142 - Continuance of Officers and Employees Holding Positions in Classified Service.

Section 11-44E-142
Continuance of officers and employees holding positions in classified service.
Any person holding an office or position in the classified service of the city under any civil service or merit system applicable to the city when the mayor/commission/city manager form of government is adopted shall continue as such officer or employee in the classified service of the city under the mayor/commission/city 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 as if the mayor/commission/city manager form of government had not been adopted.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.03.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-143 - Transfer of Agency Records and Property.

Section 11-44E-143
Transfer of agency records and property.
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 of this chapter, 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 chapter 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 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.04.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-144 - Office, etc., With Name or Powers and Duties the Same or Substantially Same as Existing Office Deemed a Continuation of Such Office.

Section 11-44E-144
Office, etc., with name or powers and duties the same or substantially same as existing office deemed a continuation of such office.
Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this chapter with a name or with powers and duties the same or substantially the same as those of an office, department, or agency heretofore existing shall be deemed to be a continuation of such office, department, or agency and, until otherwise provided, shall exercise its powers and duties in continuation of their exercise by the office, department, board, or agency by which the same were heretofore exercised and, until otherwise provided, shall have power to continue any business, proceeding, or other matter within the scope of its regular powers and duties commenced by an office, department, or agency by which such powers and duties were heretofore exercised. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, or agency, shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, apply to such office, department, or agency provided for by this chapter.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.05.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-145 - Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken.

Section 11-44E-145
Existing contracts continued in force; public improvements for which legislative steps taken.
All contracts entered into by the preceding form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.06.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-146 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.

Section 11-44E-146
Pending legal actions and proceedings.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government, brought by or against the city or any office, department, or agency or officer thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government or by anything herein contained in this chapter; but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers, and duties of any office, department, or agency, or officer party thereto may by or under this chapter be assigned or transferred to another office, department, or agency or officer, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department, or agency to which such functions, powers, and duties have been assigned or transferred under this chapter.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.07; Acts 1989, No. 89-525.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-147 - Laws Relating to Pensions or Retirement and Relief Funds Continued in Force.

Section 11-44E-147
Laws relating to pensions or retirement and relief funds continued in force.
All laws and parts of laws relating to pensions, retirement, and relief funds for policemen, firemen, and other employees of the city, contained in the general or local laws of the state, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder, after adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by such city.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.08.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-148 - Laws Relating to Authority for Fairgrounds, etc., Continued in Force.

Section 11-44E-148
Laws relating to authority for fairgrounds, etc., continued in force.
All laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of an authority for fairgrounds, parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and places for the amusement, entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of a city, and for the powers, authority, mode of financing, and conduct of the same, contained in the general or local laws of the state, as amended, or as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to the establishment or conduct of any authority created thereunder, after adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by such city.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.09.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 8 - Succession in Government. › Section 11-44E-149 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect.

Section 11-44E-149
Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect.
All ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the commission.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter. › Section 11-44E-160 - Party Caucus or Primary for Nomination of Candidates for Mayor or Commissioner Prohibited.

Section 11-44E-160
Party caucus or primary for nomination of candidates for mayor or commissioner prohibited.
It shall be unlawful to hold a party caucus or primary for the purpose of nominating any candidate for the office of mayor or commissioner and any candidate who solicits, receives, or accepts a party or caucus nomination for any office shall be ineligible for such office or any other municipal office for a period of four years thereafter.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.01; Acts 1989 No. 89-525, p. 1074, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter. › Section 11-44E-161 - Bribes; Transportation of Voters to Polls.

Section 11-44E-161
Bribes; transportation of voters to polls.
It shall be unlawful for any candidate for office or any officer in the city, directly or indirectly, to give or promise any person or persons an office, position, benefit, or anything of value for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid, or vote of any person or persons, or for any candidate to provide or use any trucks, automobiles or other vehicles for the purpose of transporting voters to the polls on election day.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.02.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter. › Section 11-44E-162 - Statement of Campaign Contributions.

Section 11-44E-162
Statement of campaign contributions.
Each candidate for city office provided for by this chapter shall, not later than 30 days after the election, file with the city clerk his (her) sworn itemized statement in detail of each contribution received by him (her) or any person or committee acting in his (her) behalf, specifying the amount of same, the full name and address of the contributor, and each campaign-related expenditure in excess of $50.00, specifying the name and address of the person or company to whom the expenditure was made. The statement shall also list the total amount of contributions received and the total amount of campaign expenditures made by the candidate or any person or committee acting in his (her) behalf. The statement shall be published one time, at the expense of the city, in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.03.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter. › Section 11-44E-163 - Financial Interest in Public Service Utility.

Section 11-44E-163
Financial interest in public service utility.
No mayor or commissioner or any other official of the city, nor any employee thereof, shall be financially interested in any corporation operating any public service utility within the city; provided, however, this shall not apply to any employment or interest existing at the time of the selection or election of such mayor or commissioner or other official.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.04.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter. › Section 11-44E-164 - Election Bribes; False Statement as to Qualification to Vote; Voting or Offering to Vote by Person Who Is Not Qualified.

Section 11-44E-164
Election bribes; false statement as to qualification to vote; voting or offering to vote by person who is not qualified.
Any person offering to give a bribe, either in money or other consideration, to any voter for the purpose of influencing his (her) vote at any election provided for in this chapter, or any voter entitled to vote at such election, receiving and accepting such bribe or other consideration, or any person making false answer to any of the provisions of this chapter relative to his (her) qualifications to vote at an election, or any person willfully voting or offering to vote at such election, who has not complied with the residency requirements provided for by general law, or who is not voting age, or is not a citizen of the United States, or knowing himself (herself) not to be a qualified voter of the precinct, where he (she) offers to vote, or any person knowingly procuring, aiding or abetting any violation hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.05.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter. › Section 11-44E-165 - Employee Involvement in Elections.

Section 11-44E-165
Employee involvement in elections.
Any employee of any such city shall not wear signs or election material at his (her) place of employment or work.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.06.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter. › Section 11-44E-166 - Hiring of Persons to Solicit Votes at Polls on Election Day.

Section 11-44E-166
Hiring of persons to solicit votes at polls on election day.
It shall be unlawful for any candidate for mayor or commissioner, or for any other person in his (her) behalf, to hire, or pay or agree to pay, any person to solicit votes at the polls on election day, and it shall also be unlawful for any person to accept such hire, or make contract for pay, to solicit votes for any candidate for mayor or commissioner.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.07.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter. › Section 11-44E-167 - Penalties for Violations of This Chapter; Disqualification of Candidate.

Section 11-44E-167
Penalties for violations of this chapter; disqualification of candidate.
Any person willfully violating any provisions of this chapter relating to the mayor/commission/city manager form of government for which penalties have not otherwise been prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 or may be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not to exceed six months, or both. Furthermore, any candidate for the office of commissioner or mayor, shall be disqualified from holding municipal office for a period of four years from such conviction.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.08.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter. › Section 11-44E-168 - Recall of Elected Official.

Section 11-44E-168
Recall of elected official.
The mayor or any commissioner shall be subject to recall. To institute a recall election, any registered voter may present a petition to the city clerk having the signatures of no less than 30 percent of the registered voters having voted in the last preceding election. Such petition shall contain the following statement:
To the city clerk. We the following registered voters of _____ (name of municipality) do respectfully request that you instigate an election to be held for the purpose of recalling _____ (name of person) who holds the office of _____ (name of office)
Signatures of those signing the petition along with residential addresses shall follow.
Upon receipt of such petition, the city clerk shall make arrangements under Alabama law to hold such election within 30 days of receipt by the city clerk of such petition.
Provided that a majority of registered voters vote for the recall, then the city clerk shall thereupon declare that office vacant and the office holder shall no longer be an elected official.
The office holder's successor shall be named as prescribed elsewhere in this chapter.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.09.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 10 - General Provisions. › Section 11-44E-180 - Removal of Officers and Employees; Appeal.

Section 11-44E-180
Removal of officers and employees; appeal.
Subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system applicable to the city, and Section 11-44E-92, any officer or employee or a head of any office, department, or agency, may be removed by the city manager or other appointing officer at any time, and the decision of the city manager, or other appointing officer shall be subject to appeals therefrom, if any are provided by applicable law.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.01; Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-831, p. 293, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 10 - General Provisions. › Section 11-44E-181 - Appointment of Committees; Inquiries and Investigations by Commission, etc.; Subpoenas; Failure to Obey Subpoena.

Section 11-44E-181
Appointment of committees; inquiries and investigations by commission, etc.; subpoenas; failure to obey subpoena.
Any committee of the commission or comprised of members of the commission shall be appointed by the mayor only. Any other committee comprised solely of noncommission members shall be appointed by the mayor and commissioners. The commission or any person or committee authorized by them, shall have power by resolution to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, agency, or officer of the city and to make investigations as to municipal affairs, and for that purpose may subpoena any person to produce books, papers, and other evidence. Failure to obey such subpoena or to produce books, papers, or other evidence as ordered under the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $100.00, or by imprisonment not to exceed 10 days, or both.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.02.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 10 - General Provisions. › Section 11-44E-182 - Contracts Extending Beyond One Year.

Section 11-44E-182
Contracts extending beyond one year.
No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made or approved by resolution or ordinance.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.03.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 10 - General Provisions. › Section 11-44E-183 - Interest of Official or Employee in Contracts With City or Public Utility Prohibited; Acceptance of Gifts, etc.; Penalty.

Section 11-44E-183
Interest of official or employee in contracts with city or public utility prohibited; acceptance of gifts, etc.; penalty.
No member of the commission, the mayor, officer, or employee appointed shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, in services to be furnished or performed for the city; and no such member of the commission, the mayor, or employee shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, in any services to be furnished or performed for any person, firm, or corporation operating interurban railway, street railway, gas works, cable television systems, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange within the territorial limits of said city. No such member of the commission, the mayor, officer, or employee of such city shall be interested in or be an employee or an attorney of any corporation operating any public service utility within said city. No such member of the commission, officer, or employee shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation operating within the territorial limits of said city any cable television system, railway, gas works, water works, electric light or power plant, heating plant, telegraph line, or telephone exchange, or other business using or operating under a public franchise, any frank, free pass, free ticket or free service, or accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any such person, firm, or corporation, any gift or other thing of value, or any service upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the guilty person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $300.00.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.04.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 10 - General Provisions. › Section 11-44E-184 - Bonds of Employees.

Section 11-44E-184
Bonds of employees.
Such employees as required by Alabama law and those required by the commission, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the commission. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.05.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 10 - General Provisions. › Section 11-44E-185 - Oath of Office.

Section 11-44E-185
Oath of office.
Every officer of the city shall before entering upon the duties of his (her) office, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation as required by law to be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.06.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 10 - General Provisions. › Section 11-44E-186 - Continuation of Laws.

Section 11-44E-186
Continuation of laws.
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 chapter, 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 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.07; Acts 1989, No. 89-525, p. 1074, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 10 - General Provisions. › Section 11-44E-187 - Inclusion of Annexed Territory Into Districts.

Section 11-44E-187
Inclusion of annexed territory into districts.
Upon the adoption of any ordinance providing for the addition or deletion of territory into the city limits of the city, such ordinance shall provide for the inclusion of such territory into one of the districts of the city.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.08.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 11 - Abandonment of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government. › Section 11-44E-200 - Authority to Change From Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government.

Section 11-44E-200
Authority to change from mayor/commission/city manager form of government.
No city may change from the mayor/commission/city manager form of government within two years after adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the city may change its form of municipal government to any form of municipal government provided by the laws of Alabama.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §11.01.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 11 - Abandonment of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government. › Section 11-44E-201 - Petition for Change of Form of Government; Election as to Proposed Change; Election of New Officers and Governing Body; Termination of Term of Office of Mayor and Commissioners.

Section 11-44E-201
Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change; election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners.
Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk. The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of government shall terminate.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §11.02.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 11 - Abandonment of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government. › Section 11-44E-202 - No Election on Change of Form of Government Within Two Years.

Section 11-44E-202
No election on change of form of government within two years.
No election on the abandonment of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government shall be held within two years after any other election thereon.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §11.03.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 12 - General Statutory Provisions. › Section 11-44E-220 - Effect of Chapter on Existing Law.

Section 11-44E-220
Effect of chapter on existing law.
All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting the city, its powers, functions, duties, and property, in force when this chapter shall take effect, are hereby continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions, and duties by the preceding other form of government shall be superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §12.01.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities. › Article 12 - General Statutory Provisions. › Section 11-44E-221 - Short Title.

Section 11-44E-221
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mayor/Commission/City Manager Act of 1988."
(Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §12.03.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government. › Article 1 - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government. › Section 11-44F-1 - Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act; Division Into Single-Member Districts; Residence Requirements for Candidates and Electors.

Section 11-44F-1
Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for candidates and electors.
Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts. The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election, and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of said council. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for said district.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-555, p. 871, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government. › Article 1 - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government. › Section 11-44F-2 - Boundaries of Districts.

Section 11-44F-2
Boundaries of districts.
The ordinance establishing the districts shall describe the territory composing each district and its boundary line shall be the centerline of streets or other well-defined boundaries.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-555, p. 871, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government. › Article 1 - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government. › Section 11-44F-3 - Form of Government; Powers and Duties of Municipality.

Section 11-44F-3
Form of government; powers and duties of municipality.
The municipality shall thereafter and as provided herein be governed by a mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, and shall have the same powers and duties as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11, as amended, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may have therefore been granted to such municipality.
(Acts 1988, No. 88-555, p. 871, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government. › Article 2 - Status of Mayor. › Section 11-44F-20 - Governing Body Authorized to Provide for Referendum to Determine Status of Mayor.

Section 11-44F-20
Governing body authorized to provide for referendum to determine status of mayor.
The governing body of a Class 8 municipality may, by resolution adopted within 60 days after the date on which the United States Justice Department determines not to interpose objection to this article, provide for a referendum of the registered voters of the city or town to determine public opinion as to whether the candidate elected mayor at the 1996 municipal election, and thereafter, shall serve in a full-time capacity. Except as otherwise provided herein, any referendum conducted pursuant to this article shall comply with general municipal election laws for special elections.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government. › Article 2 - Status of Mayor. › Section 11-44F-21 - Procedures for Referendum.

Section 11-44F-21
Procedures for referendum.
At the referendum, the proposition to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used for any other office or question and shall read substantially as follows:
Check one of the following:
Do you favor the Office of Mayor of the City (Town) of _______ being a full-time position with the City (Town) of _______ for the person elected at the 1996 municipal election and thereafter?
Yes ___ No ___.
The voter shall mark the ballot with a cross mark (x) after the proposition which expresses his or her choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in the referendum, the proposition may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate propositions on the voting machines.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government. › Article 2 - Status of Mayor. › Section 11-44F-22 - Ordinance Once Majority of Voters Vote in Favor of Mayor Being Full-Time.

Section 11-44F-22
Ordinance once majority of voters vote in favor of mayor being full-time.
If a majority of voters vote in favor of the mayor of the Class 8 municipality being full-time, the governing body of the city may provide, by ordinance, that the mayor of the Class 8 municipality shall serve in a full-time capacity, until such time, if any, that the municipality subsequently holds a referendum on the issue as provided by Section 11-44F-25.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 44F - Class 8 Municipalities With Mayor-Council Form of Government. › Article 2 - Status of Mayor. › Section 11-44F-23 - Salary of Mayor.

Section 11-44F-23
Salary of mayor.
Upon certification of the results of the referendum by the election official, the governing body of the municipality shall, at least six months prior to the next regularly scheduled election, establish the salary of the mayor as provided by general law.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §4.)