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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-108 - Right of City Manager, Directors of Departments, etc., to Attend Council Meetings and Take Part in Discussions; City Manager to Be Notified of All Council Meetings.

Section 11-43A-108
Right of city manager, directors of departments, etc., to attend council meetings and take part in discussions; city manager to be notified of all council meetings.
The city manager, the directors of all departments and such other officers of the municipality as may be designated by the council shall be entitled to attend meetings of the council, but they shall have no vote thereon. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussions of all matters coming before the council, and the directors and other officers shall be entitled to take part in all discussions of the council relating to their respective offices, departments, boards or agencies. The city manager shall be notified of all council meetings.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §39.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-109 - Right of Council, City Manager, and Designees to Investigate Municipal Affairs, Etc.

Section 11-43A-109
Right of council, city manager and designees to investigate municipal affairs, etc.
The council and the city manager, or any person or committee authorized by either of them, shall have the power to inquire into the conduct of any office, department, board, commission, agency or officer of the municipality. Either of them may make investigations of municipal affairs and may compel the production of books, papers and other evidence for that purpose.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §40.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-110 - Limits on Contracts Involving Money Payments; Requirements for Validity.

Section 11-43A-110
Limits on contracts involving money payments; requirements for validity.
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 ordinance and signed in the name of the municipality by the mayor and countersigned by the city manager.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §41.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-111 - Bond of City Manager and Other Officers and Employees.

Section 11-43A-111
Bond of city manager and other officers and employees.
The city manager, and other officers or employees whom the council may by ordinance require, shall give bond in such amount, for such matters and with such surety as may be approved by the council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the municipality.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §42.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-112 - Oath or Affirmation of Mayor, Councilmen, Officers, and Employees.

Section 11-43A-112
Oath or affirmation of mayor, councilmen, officers, and employees.
The mayor and every councilman, officer and employee of the municipality shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation, to be filed and kept in the office of the clerk:
"I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am eligible for the office of _______ and will execute the duties of same according to the best of my ability, and that I will support the constitutions and will obey the laws of the United States and of the State of Alabama; that I will, in all respects, observe the provisions of the ordinances of the City of _______ and will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of _______."
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §43.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-113 - Referendum to Determine Form of Government.

Section 11-43A-113
Referendum to determine form of government.
Between October 1, 1991, and March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section 11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot. The referendum shall be conducted, the expenses paid, the votes canvassed and the results declared in the same manner as provided by the applicable general municipal election laws, unless otherwise provided herein. The form of government for which the majority of votes are cast shall thereafter be adopted by the municipality as its form of government at the time and in the manner prescribed herein. Within five days of the declaration of the referendum results, the city clerk shall transmit to the Governor, to the Secretary of State and to the judge of probate of the county in which the municipality is located, a certificate setting forth such results.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §44.)
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 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-114 - Referendum Ballots.

Section 11-43A-114
Referendum ballots.
At such 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 as follows:
"Check one of the following:
(1) The City of _______ shall adopt and operate under the council-manager form of government pursuant to the 'Council-Manager Act of 1991.'
Yes ( ).
or
(2) The City of _______ shall adopt and operate under the mayor-council form of government pursuant to Section 11-43-1 et seq.
Yes ( )."
The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses his choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above propositions 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 voting machines so used.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §45.)
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 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-115 - Adoption of Form of Government by Majority of Votes.

Section 11-43A-115
Adoption of form of government by majority of votes.
If the majority of votes are in favor of the council-manager form of government, then the council-manager form of government under this article shall, without further action, be adopted (or continued, if then currently in effect) by the municipality on the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election. If the majority of votes are in favor of the mayor-council form of government, then the mayor-council form of government as prescribed in Section 11-43-1 et seq., shall, without further action, be adopted by the municipality on the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, and this article shall no longer apply. If the mayor-council form of government is so adopted, then municipalities having a council elected from seven single-member districts shall continue to have seven districts with the same boundaries. Under such circumstances, there shall be no need for such municipality to adopt a separate ordinance as contemplated by Section 11-43-63.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §46.)
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 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-116 - Effect of Article on Existing Laws.

Section 11-43A-116
Effect of article on existing laws.
All laws and parts of laws, general, local or special, relating to or affecting such municipality, its powers, functions, duties, corporate limits or property, which are in force when this article shall take effect are hereby continued in effect; but all laws and parts of laws relating to the powers, functions and duties under any prior form of government shall be superseded to the extent that the same apply to any municipality electing to come within the provisions of this article and are inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §47.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-1 - Authority to Adopt Mayor-Council Form of Government.

Section 11-43B-1
Authority to adopt mayor-council form of government.
Within three months of the approval of this chapter the governing body of a Class 4 municipality by a majority vote of the members of that governing body may adopt an ordinance adopting the mayor-council form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this chapter.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-2 - Election Date; When Mayor-Council Form of Government Deemed Adopted.

Section 11-43B-2
Election date; when mayor-council form of government deemed adopted.
An election for mayor and members of the city council shall be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1986, with a runoff, if necessary, on the third Tuesday next thereafter. Upon the qualification and assumption of office of the council and mayor on the first Monday in October, 1986, the municipality shall be deemed to have adopted the form of government as herein provided. The municipality shall thereafter be governed by the form of government provided under this chapter.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-3 - Terms of Office.

Section 11-43B-3
Terms of office.
The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve four-year terms with the first election being held as herein provided in section 11-43B-2 and every four years thereafter.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-4 - Conduct of Elections; Residency Requirements; Qualifying Fee; Statement of Campaign Expenses and Contributions.

Section 11-43B-4
Conduct of elections; residency requirements; qualifying fee; statement of campaign expenses and contributions.
The initial elections provided for herein, and all subsequent elections, shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, the results declared, and those elected assume the duties of their offices in the same manner as provided by the general law of the state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council forms of government, except as otherwise provided by state statute. The mayor shall be elected by the whole of the electors of the city and shall have been a resident of the city for at least 90 days prior to his or her election. Council members shall be elected by the electors of the district which they represent, and shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior to their election. Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or council member must, at the time of filing a statement of candidacy, pay to the city clerk the qualifying fee to be set by ordinance. If any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or council member is financially unable to pay the filing fee, then that person shall be exempted from the fee upon filing with the city clerk verified statements from three city electors that said candidate is indigent and not financially capable of paying the fee. Within 30 days after the election, every candidate shall file with the city clerk a sworn statement of all election campaign expenses and of each person, firm, or corporation which has contributed funds, itemized for all expenditures and contributions of $100.00 or more.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-5 - Salary and Expenses of Mayor and Council Members; Participation in Hospitalization, Medical Care, and Insurance Programs.

Section 11-43B-5
Salary and expenses of mayor and council members; participation in hospitalization, medical care, and insurance programs.
In addition to any salary set by ordinance, the mayor and council members shall receive their actual and necessary expenses as approved by a majority of the council incurred in the performance of their duties, but they shall not receive a fixed expense allowance. The mayor and council members shall be entitled to participate in the municipality's hospitalization, medical care, and insurance programs to the same extent as other employees.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-6 - Holding of Other Public Office During Term as Council Member; Holding of Compensated Appointive Office by Former Council Member or Mayor.

Section 11-43B-6
Holding of other public office during term as council member; holding of compensated appointive office by former council member or mayor.
Except where clearly authorized by law, no council member shall hold any other public office or be employed by the city during the term for which the member was elected to the council. No former council member or mayor shall hold any compensated appointive city office or employment until one year after the expiration of the term for which the person was elected or appointed.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-7 - Council Not to Direct Appointment or Removal of Any Person From Office; Appointment of Civil Service Employees; Limits on Supervision of Employees by Council.

Section 11-43B-7
Council not to direct appointment or removal of any person from office; appointment of civil service employees; limits on supervision of employees by council.
Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the mayor or any employee of the city to appoint or remove any person from office or position, or in any manner take part in the appointment or removal of employees in the service of the city; but the council may express its views and freely and fully discuss with the mayor anything pertaining to the work of any employee. Employees of the city subject to civil service appointment shall be appointed pursuant to the applicable law, rule, and regulation, and in the event that such law, rule, or regulation should allow a selection by the city from among qualified candidates, such selection shall be made by the mayor. Except for the purpose of investigation or inquiry, neither the council nor any of its members shall either publicly or privately supervise, order, or give directions to any employee of the city, but shall deal with the administrative service only through the mayor. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the election or appointment of any person who is not an employee of the city to any board or agency funded or supported in whole or in part by the city.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-8 - Government Known as Mayor-Council Form of Government; Powers Vested in Council; Agenda of Meetings; Exercise of Powers; Quorum.

Section 11-43B-8
Government known as mayor-council form of government; powers vested in council; agenda of meetings; exercise of powers; quorum.
The government of any such city operating under this chapter shall be known as the mayor-council form of government. Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this chapter and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution and laws of Alabama, all powers of the city shall be vested in the council. The council is the sole authority to set the agenda for any of its meetings. All powers of the city shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this chapter or, if the manner is not prescribed herein, in the manner prescribed by law or ordinance. A majority of the council members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business of the council.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-9 - Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Audit of Books and Accounts; Publication of Audit; Submission of Audit to Mayor.

Section 11-43B-9
Statement of receipts and expenses; audit of books and accounts; publication of audit; submission of audit to mayor.
The mayor shall, from time to time, prepare a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the city. At the end of each fiscal year the council shall cause the books and accounts of the city to be audited by a reputable, disinterested certified public accountant. The same accountant shall not conduct the audit for more than three consecutive fiscal years. A true summary of the annual audit report shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The audit report shall be submitted by the mayor to the council at its first meeting after the completion of such report.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-10 - Budget, Appropriations, and Expenditures.

Section 11-43B-10
Budget, appropriations, and expenditures.
The mayor shall annually prepare and submit a proposed budget to the council. After public hearing the council shall adopt an ordinance providing the municipal budget. Adoption of the budget shall constitute appropriation of the amounts specified therein from the funds indicated. If the council fails to adopt a budget for the ensuing fiscal year by the first day of the fiscal year, the amounts appropriated for the preceding year shall be deemed to be appropriated for the ensuing year on a month-to-month basis until such time as the council adopts a budget. Every general fund appropriation shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered, except that an appropriation for a capital expenditure shall not lapse until the purpose for which it was made is accomplished or abandoned or until three years pass without any disbursement from or encumbrance of the appropriation. Any appropriation may be decreased or increased by ordinance amending the budget. Part or all of an unencumbered balance may be transferred by the mayor within an appropriation. No expenditure may be made unless the finance director or other designee of the mayor first certifies that there is a sufficient unencumbered balance in the appropriate allotment or appropriation. If the mayor shall disapprove of the budget adopted by the council, within 10 days of the time of its passage by the council he shall return the same to the clerk with written objections and the clerk shall bring this to the next meeting of the council. A majority vote of the total membership of the council shall be necessary to override any veto of the budget by the mayor.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-11 - President of Council; President Pro Tempore Appointed Upon Failure or Refusal to Act.

Section 11-43B-11
President of council; president pro tempore appointed upon failure or refusal to act.
The council shall elect from its members a president of the council. In the event of a failure or refusal of the president of the council to act, the council may appoint one of its members to act as president pro tempore with like effect, and this appointment shall be entered in the minutes of the council.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-12 - Vacancies in Offices of Mayor, President of Council, and Councilman.

Section 11-43B-12
Vacancies in offices of mayor, president of council, and councilman.
In the event of a vacancy, from any cause, in the office of mayor, the council shall appoint a person to succeed to the office of mayor for the unexpired term. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the president of the council, the office shall be filled from the membership of the council. In the event of a vacancy, from any cause, in the office of councilman, the council shall appoint a person from the district in which such vacancy occurs to succeed to the office of councilman for the unexpired term.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-13 - Franchise or Lease of Right to Use Streets or Public Property.

Section 11-43B-13
Franchise or lease of right to use streets or public property.
No ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation of any franchise or lease of right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares or public property of the city shall take effect and be enforced until 30 days after final enactment of same by the council and publication of said ordinance as required by law. The publication shall be made at the expense of the person, firm, or corporation applying for said grant.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-14 - Initial Territorial Limits.

Section 11-43B-14
Initial territorial limits.
The initial territorial limits of any municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter shall be the same as under its former organization.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-15 - Number of Council Members; Boundaries of Districts.

Section 11-43B-15
Number of council members; boundaries of districts.
The council shall be composed of seven members. The boundaries of the districts shall be established by ordinance adopted at least six months prior to the next regular municipal election.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-16 - Redistricting of Boundaries After Publication of Census or Change in Corporate Limits.

Section 11-43B-16
Redistricting of boundaries after publication of census or change in corporate limits.
After the publication of a federal census of population or a substantial change in the corporate limits, if any council district contains a population which is 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by the number of council districts, then the council shall redistrict the boundaries in the following manner:
(1) Within six months after the publication of such a census or after such a change in the corporate limits, the mayor shall file with the council a report recommending a plan for redistricting of the boundaries in accordance with the following standards:
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 possible the same population, but shall not vary by more than five percent from the average.
(2) The council shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. If the council fails to enact a redistricting ordinance within that period, the redistricting plan submitted by the mayor shall automatically become effective, without any action by the council, as if it were a duly adopted ordinance.
(3) No redistricting ordinance shall apply to any election held within six months after it becomes effective. No new district boundary shall become effective until the next regular municipal election. No term of an incumbent member of the council shall be shortened because of any redistricting.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-17 - Creation of Departments, etc., by Ordinance; Discontinuance of Functions Assigned by Law.

Section 11-43B-17
Creation of departments, etc., by ordinance; discontinuance of functions assigned by law.
By ordinance, the council may establish city departments, boards, offices, or agencies and may prescribe the functions thereof, except that no function assigned by law to a particular department, board, office, or agency may be discontinued unless this chapter specifically so provides.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-18 - Limit on Duration of Contracts; Validity of Contracts.

Section 11-43B-18
Limit on duration of contracts; validity of contracts.
No contract involving the payment of money out of the budget of more than one fiscal year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made and approved by the council and signed in the name of the municipality by the mayor.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-19 - Effect of Chapter on Preexisting Rights of Officers and Employees.

Section 11-43B-19
Effect of chapter on preexisting rights of officers and employees.
Nothing contained in this chapter, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time when this chapter shall take effect in the municipality, or any provision of law enforced at the time when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted and not inconsistent with the provisions of this 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 municipality or any office, department, board, or agency thereof.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-20 - Administrative Offices Continued; Exercise of Powers and Duties of Offices, etc., Abolished by Chapter.

Section 11-43B-20
Administrative offices continued; exercise of powers and duties of offices, etc., abolished by chapter.
All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provisions shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency be abolished by this chapter, or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-21 - Transfer of Powers and Duties From Existing Offices to Similar Offices Provided for in This Chapter; Applicability of Laws Relating to Existing Offices.

Section 11-43B-21
Transfer of powers and duties from existing offices to similar offices provided for in this chapter; applicability of laws relating to existing offices.
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, board, or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties, until otherwise provided. Any provision in any law, rule, regulation, contract, grant, or other document relating to such a formerly existing office, department, board, or agency, shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, apply to such office, department, board, or agency provided for by this chapter.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-22 - Continuance in Office of Persons Under Existing Civil Service System; Chapter Not to Supersede Existing Civil Service System.

Section 11-43B-22
Continuance in office of persons under existing civil service system; chapter not to supersede existing civil service system.
Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of the municipality under any civil service or merit system applicable to the municipality when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service of the municipality under the mayor-council form of government and with the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions under such applicable civil service system. Where there is an existing civil service act, then that act shall remain in full force and effect and this chapter shall not supersede, modify, or repeal said civil service act.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-23 - Interagency Transfer of Records, Equipment, Etc.

Section 11-43B-23
Interagency transfer of records, equipment, etc.
All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, or agency by this 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 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-24 - Continuance of Contracts in Effect.

Section 11-43B-24
Continuance of contracts in effect.
All contracts entered into by the city, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such city of the mayor-council form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-25 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.

Section 11-43B-25
Pending legal actions and proceedings.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, or agency or officer or employee thereof shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the mayor-council form of government or by anything contained in this chapter.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-26 - Pension, Retirement, and Relief Fund Laws Continued in Effect.

Section 11-43B-26
Pension, retirement, and relief fund laws continued in effect.
All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the municipality, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to the municipality at the time when it shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to any rights which have been acquired thereunder.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-27 - Laws as to Independent Boards, Authorities, and Agencies Continued in Effect.

Section 11-43B-27
Laws as to independent boards, authorities, and agencies continued in effect.
All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, industrial development boards or authorities, housing authorities, medical clinic boards, plumbers or electricians boards or other technical boards, planning commission, board of adjustment, any municipally owned service enterprise, and any board, authority, agency, etc., given such independent status, as the same may apply and be in effect at the time when the municipality shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this 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 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-28 - Powers Generally.

Section 11-43B-28
Powers generally.
(a) The municipality shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution, code and laws of this state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry out and execute all the powers granted, as well as any other powers and duties which may heretofore or hereafter be granted to such municipality and which are not inconsistent with this chapter.
(b) The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as the interest may require.
(c) Except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state or restricted by this chapter, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever.
(d) The enumeration of particular powers by this chapter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied hereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the city shall have and may exercise all powers which, under the Constitution of this state, it would be competent for this chapter to specifically enumerate.
(e) The city may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with any one or more states or civil divisions or agencies thereof, or of the United States or any agency thereof.
(f) All rights, powers and properties of every description which were vested in any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter shall vest in such city under this mayor-council form of government, unless in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-28.1 - Increase in Membership of City Board of Education and Waterworks and Sewer Board.

Section 11-43B-28.1
Increase in membership of city board of education and waterworks and sewer board.
In any Class 4 municipality which has adopted a mayor-council form of government pursuant to Chapter 43B (commencing with Section 11-43B-1) of Title 11, the membership of the city board of education and the waterworks and sewer board may be increased to seven members. The additional members shall be appointed in the same manner as the present members are appointed and shall serve the same term as set by law. The initial appointments for the additional positions shall serve for full terms.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-133, p. 172, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-29 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to City Commission, etc., Deemed to Refer to City Council.

Section 11-43B-29
Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect; references to city commission, etc., deemed to refer to city council.
All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference is made to a member of the governing body (by whatever name), the same shall be construed to refer to the mayor. Whenever in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effect at the time of the adoption of this mayor-council form of government, reference is made to the city commission, board of commissioners, the governing body, or like term, the same shall be construed to refer to the city council.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-30 - Purchase of Labor Services, Materials, etc., From Elected Officials or Employees.

Section 11-43B-30
Purchase of labor services, materials, etc., from elected officials or employees.
Notwithstanding any statute or law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality which adopts this form of mayor-council government may legally purchase or lease from any of the elected officials or employees of such municipality any labor, services, work, materials, equipment, or supplies under the competitive bidding procedures established by Section 41-16-50 et seq., and such elected official or employee may legally sell same to the municipality under those procedures. The elected official or employee, if he or she proposes to bid, shall not participate in the decision-making process determining the need for or the purchase of such personal service or personal property, or in the determination of the successful bidder. The council shall affirmatively find that the elected official or employee, from whom the purchase is to be made, is the lowest responsible bidder as required by said procedure. It shall be the duty and responsibility of the city clerk to file a copy of any contract awarded to any elected official or employee with the State Ethics Commission. All awards shall be as a result of original bid takings. It is the intention of the Legislature by the adoption of this section to specifically remove any statutory or legal prohibitions against a Class 4 municipality, which has adopted the mayor-council form of government under this chapter, dealing with its elected officials and employees in the purchase of personal services or personal property. In the event an elected official or employee offers to sell or submit a bid to the municipality for the sale of personal property or a contract for furnishing personal services, the official or employee shall make full disclosure of his or her ownership or extent of ownership in the business organization with which he or she is associated. In the event the business organization is a partnership, the names and addresses and percentage of ownership of the partners shall be disclosed. In the event the business organization is a corporation, the names and addresses and percentage of ownership of all stockholders shall be disclosed. The disclosure required hereunder shall be made under oath in the original bid submission to the municipality and in any contract or agreement entered into with the municipality.
The procedures in the preceding paragraph shall be permitted only for the purchase of items for which competitive bidding is required by state law. Otherwise, no elected official or city employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or materials, or the profits thereof, or services to be furnished or performed for the city.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-31 - Laws Relating to City Continued in Effect; Inconsistent Laws as to Exercise of Powers and Duties of Other Form of Government; Chapter 44b of This Title Not Repealed.

Section 11-43B-31
Laws relating to city continued in effect; inconsistent laws as to exercise of powers and duties of other form of government; Chapter 44B of this title not repealed.
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 the powers, functions, and duties of the commission or some other form of government, shall be superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, and all laws or parts of laws which conflict with this chapter are hereby repealed. This chapter does not repeal Chapter 44B of this title, which provides a different form of mayor-council government for a Class 4 municipality.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §31.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities. › Section 11-43B-32 - Violation of Chapter.

Section 11-43B-32
Violation of chapter.
Any person who willfully and intentionally violates a provision of this chapter shall upon conviction be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by the laws of the state of Alabama.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §32.)