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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-46 - Right of City Manager, Heads of Departments, etc., to Attend Council Meetings and Take Part in Discussions; City Manager to Be Notified of Special or Adjourned Meetings.

Section 11-43A-46
Right of city manager, heads of departments, etc., to attend council meetings and take part in discussions; city manager to be notified of special or adjourned meetings.
The city manager, the heads 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 shall have no vote therein. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussion 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 any special or adjourned meetings.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-47 - Right of Council, City Manager and Designees to Investigate Municipal Affairs, Etc.

Section 11-43A-47
Right of council, city manager and designees to investigate municipal affairs, etc.
The council, 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, or 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 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §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 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-48 - Limit on Contracts Involving Money Payments; Requirements for Validity.

Section 11-43A-48
Limit 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 manager.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §47.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-49 - Bond of City Manager and Other Officers and Employees.

Section 11-43A-49
Bond of city manager and other officers and employees.
The city manager and other such officers or employees as the council may by general ordinance require so to do, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the council. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the municipality.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §48.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-50 - Oath or Affirmation of Councilman, Officers, and Employees.

Section 11-43A-50
Oath or affirmation of councilman, officers, and employees.
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 city 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 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §49.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-51 - Change From Council-Manager Form of Government; When Election Thereon Authorized.

Section 11-43A-51
Change from council-manager form of government; when election thereon authorized.
No municipality may change from the council-manager form of government within three years after the adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the municipality may change its form of municipal government in the manner provided by law, provided that no election on the abandonment of the council-manager form of government shall be held within four years after any other election thereon.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §50.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982. › Section 11-43A-52 - Effect of Chapter on Existing Laws.

Section 11-43A-52
Effect of chapter on existing laws.
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 article shall take effect are hereby continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of powers, functions, and duties by the commission or mayor-council or some other form of government shall be superseded to the extent that the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §51.)
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-70 - Adoption of Ordinance Establishing Council-Manager Form of Government; Short Title.

Section 11-43A-70
Adoption of ordinance establishing council-manager form of government; short title.
Within three months of the approval of this article by the Governor, the governing body of any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipality in the State of Alabama operating under a council-manager or under a mayor-council-city manager form of government may, by a majority vote of the members of that governing body, adopt an ordinance establishing a council-manager form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. All provisions of this article set forth hereinbelow shall apply only to those Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 municipalities electing to establish a council-manager form of government as set forth herein. This article shall be known as the "Council-Manager Act of 1991".
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-71 - When Council-Manager Form of Government Becomes Effective.

Section 11-43A-71
When council-manager form of government becomes effective.
When such an ordinance is adopted within the time period specified in Section 11-43A-70, the council-manager form of government under this article shall become effective for such municipality either (i) immediately upon receipt of preclearance of such ordinance by the United States Department of Justice under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, or (ii) upon the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, whichever effective date is specified in the ordinance.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-72 - Form of Government to Be Known as "Council-Manager Form of Government"; Vesting of Municipal Powers in Council.

Section 11-43A-72
Form of government to be known as "council-manager form of government"; vesting of municipal powers in council.
The form of government of any municipality proceeding under this article shall be known as the "council-manager form of government." Pursuant to the provisions and limitations of this article, and subject to the limitations imposed by the Constitution and laws of Alabama, all powers of the municipality shall be vested in the council as herein provided. All powers of the municipality shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this article, or if the manner is not prescribed herein, then in such manner as may be otherwise prescribed by law or ordinance.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-73 - Continuation of Municipal Corporation.

Section 11-43A-73
Continuation of municipal corporation.
Any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government under this article shall continue its existence as a body corporate without change in the municipal corporation. The word "municipality" as herein used shall mean and refer to any municipal corporation which elects to come within the provisions of this article. The municipality shall continue as a municipal corporation within the corporate limits as then established, including all annexations, and as thereafter fixed in the manner prescribed by law, subject to all of the duties and obligations then pertaining to or incumbent upon it as a municipal corporation, and shall continue to enjoy the rights, immunities, powers and franchises then enjoyed by it, as well as those that may thereafter be granted to it.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-74 - Powers of Municipality.

Section 11-43A-74
Powers of municipality.
The municipality shall have all the powers granted to municipal corporations by the constitution and the laws of this state together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The municipality may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any municipal purpose, any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, in fee simple or gift, devise, lease or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as its interests may require; and, except as prohibited by the constitution and the laws of this state or restricted by this article, the municipality shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular powers by this article shall not be deemed to be exclusive, but in addition to the powers herein enumerated or hereby implied or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, and it is intended that the municipality shall have and may exercise all powers granted to municipalities under the constitution and the laws of this state.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-75 - Mayor and Council Members to Continue in Office Until Expiration of Terms.

Section 11-43A-75
Mayor and council members to continue in office until expiration of terms.
The mayor and council members, and all officers of the council, who are holding office on the date of the preclearance by the United States Department of Justice of the ordinance referenced in Section 11-43A-70 shall continue in office until the expiration of their current terms, but they shall be subject to and governed by the council-manager form of government under this article unless the effective date of such form of government is deferred under Section 11-43A-71(ii) hereinabove, in which event they shall be subject to and governed by the previously existing form of government until the expiration of said terms.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-76 - Composition of Council; Municipal Elections.

Section 11-43A-76
Composition of council; municipal elections.
The council shall consist of seven council members who shall be elected by single-member districts. There shall be one mayor, and he shall be elected at large. An election for mayor and members of the council shall be held at the next regularly scheduled municipal election after the adoption of this article, and the officials elected shall take office upon the expiration of the present officials' terms of office. Regular municipal elections shall be held quadrennially thereafter under the same rules and regulations and in the same manner as provided by law. The expense of such election shall be paid by the municipality and shall be governed by the applicable general municipal election laws.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §7.)
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-77 - Population of Districts; Designation and Boundaries Specifically Described; Municipalities Having Seven Council Districts Prior to Effective Date.

Section 11-43A-77
Population of districts; designation and boundaries specifically described; municipalities having seven council districts prior to effective date.
The seven council districts shall have, as nearly as is reasonable, the same population according to the last federal decennial census. The designation and boundaries of the districts shall be specifically described and set forth. With respect to municipalities already having seven council districts prior to the effective date of the council-manager form of government under this article, such municipalities shall continue after such effective date to have the same seven districts with the same boundaries, and any ordinance or ordinances creating such districts shall continue in full force and effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §8.)
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-78 - Election of Municipal Officers; Qualifications and Eligibility of Candidates; Runoff Election; Term of Office.

Section 11-43A-78
Election of municipal officers; qualifications and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office.
With respect to municipal elections, each candidate shall announce that he is to become a candidate for either mayor or for councilman of District 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. A candidate may not run for both mayor and councilman in the same election. A candidate for mayor shall have resided in the municipality for a period of at least ninety days immediately preceding the date of regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to reside therein so long as he remains mayor. A candidate for councilman shall have resided within the district from which he seeks election for a period of at least ninety days immediately preceding the date of the regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to reside therein so long as he remains a councilman. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate for mayor and one vote for a candidate for councilman from the district in which the voter resides. Any candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast for mayor or a majority of the total votes cast for councilman from any particular district shall be elected. In the event that no candidate receives a majority, then there shall be a runoff election for any such office to be held in a manner prescribed by the applicable general municipal election laws. The mayor and councilmen elected shall hold office for terms of four years each and shall serve until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. The mayor and councilmen may succeed themselves in office.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §9.)
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-79 - Compensation for Mayor and Councilmen.

Section 11-43A-79
Compensation for mayor and councilmen.
The mayor and councilmen shall receive as compensation for their services the respective sums established by the council by ordinance at least six months prior to the date of their election.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-80 - Procedure for Becoming Candidate.

Section 11-43A-80
Procedure for becoming candidate.
Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election for the office of mayor or councilman may become a candidate by filing a statement of candidacy as required and authorized by the applicable general municipal election laws. The candidate shall state the office to which he seeks election, and, in addition to the residency qualifications required by this article, shall have the qualifications prescribed by the applicable general municipal election laws.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-81 - Election Ballots.

Section 11-43A-81
Election ballots.
At every such election all ballots to be used by the voters shall be printed and prepared by the municipality and shall contain the names of all candidates seeking election to the office of mayor and to the office of councilman for each of the seven council districts. The ballot shall conform, as nearly as can be, to the ballot prescribed in the applicable general municipal election laws, and the election shall be conducted as nearly as can be as prescribed by such laws.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-82 - Duties, Powers, and Rights of Mayor.

Section 11-43A-82
Duties, powers, and rights of mayor.
The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council and shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government for all ceremonial purposes. The mayor shall have the power to veto all ordinances and resolutions of a general and permanent nature, but shall otherwise have no vote on the council. An affirmative vote of five out of seven council members shall be required to override the veto of the mayor. The mayor shall have the right to bring any matter relating to the municipality to the council for discussion and debate, and the mayor shall have the right to enter into discussion and debate of all matters brought before the council and shall be notified of all meetings of the council.
The mayor shall have the power to appoint members of boards, authorities and commissions only to the extent that such power is otherwise provided mayors in general by law. However, the mayor shall also have the power to appoint himself or, alternatively, one member to any ad hoc committee created or established by the council other than a standing committee consisting only of members of the council.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-83 - Powers of Council; President and President Pro Tem.

Section 11-43A-83
Powers of council; president and president pro tem.
The council shall be the governing body of the municipality and shall exercise all legislative functions of the municipality. All powers of the municipality, including all powers vested by this article, by the constitution and by the general and local laws of this state, and the determination of all matters of policy, shall be vested in the council. Without limitation of the foregoing, the council shall have the power to appoint and remove the city manager, to establish other administrative departments of the municipality and to promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of such departments. The council shall have the power to override any veto of the mayor relating to ordinances and resolutions of a general and permanent nature by an affirmative vote of five of the seven members.
The council shall have the power to appoint members of boards, authorities and commissions to the extent otherwise provided municipal governing bodies in general by law. The council shall also have general powers of appointment for the municipality to the extent that such powers do not conflict with any existing general or local laws of this state or this article. Subject to the mayor's power of appointment set forth in Section 11-43A-82, the council shall appoint the members of all standing and ad hoc committees created or established by the council.
At the first regular council meeting following each municipal election, the council shall elect, by majority vote of the council, its president and president pro tem. In the event of the mayor's absence from any meeting of the council, the president shall preside over the meeting. In the event of the mayor's and the president's absence from any meeting of the council, the president pro tem shall preside over the meeting. The president and president pro tem shall be full voting members of the council.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §14.)
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-84 - Appointment of City Manager; Temporary Acting City Manager; Term of City Manager; Removal; Actions by Council or Its Members Prohibited or Restricted.

Section 11-43A-84
Appointment of city manager; temporary acting city manager; term of city manager; removal; actions by council or its members prohibited or restricted.
(a) The council, by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council, shall appoint a city manager who shall be an officer of the city and shall have the powers to perform the duties provided in this article. No councilman shall receive such appointment during the term for which he shall have been elected nor within one year after expiration of his term. Any civil service act which may be applicable to the municipality shall not apply to the appointment or removal of the city manager.
(b) A temporary acting city manager may be designated by the council to serve for not more than four months in the following events, but only in these events: (1) When the first council takes office after adoption of this article; or (2) following the removal of any permanent city manager.
(c) Such temporary acting city manager shall perform the duties and assume the obligations of the office of city manager and may be removed by the council at any time. If the council shall permit the temporary acting manager to serve for longer than four months, he shall become the permanent city manager.
(d) The council shall appoint the city manager for an indefinite term, and the council may remove him at any time by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council.
(e) Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment of any person to or his removal from office by the city manager, nor shall they take part in any manner in the appointment or removal of officers and employees in administrative service to the city. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the mayor and the members of the council shall deal with the administrative services and employees only through the city manager, and neither the mayor nor any member of the council shall give orders to any subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. Any mayor or member of the council violating the provisions of this section, or voting for a resolution or ordinance in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Upon conviction of a second violation of this section, the person so convicted shall forfeit his office.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-86 - Clerk of Municipality; When Subject to Civil Service or Merit System; Duties.

Section 11-43A-86
Clerk of municipality; when subject to civil service or merit system; duties.
If the clerk of any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government under this article holds office subject to any civil service law or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the clerk under the council-manager form of government hereunder, and his successor shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service law or merit system. If the clerk of any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government under this article does not hold office subject to any civil service law or merit system, the council shall elect the clerk by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council. The clerk shall give notice of the meetings of the council and shall keep the journal of its proceedings, which shall be authenticated by his signature. He shall record in full in said journal all ordinances, resolutions and minutes of all meetings of the council. He shall perform such other duties as shall be required by this article, by legal ordinance or by the general laws of Alabama upon clerks and as to which other provisions are not made in this article. The clerk shall keep the journal open for public inspection at all reasonable times.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-87 - Times for Meeting of Council; Open to Public.

Section 11-43A-87
Times for meeting of council; open to public.
The council shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules, but not less frequently than twice each month. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public to the extent required by law.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §18.)
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-88 - Council to Be Judge of Election and Members' Qualifications; Investigation; Judicial Review.

Section 11-43A-88
Council to be judge of election and members' qualifications; investigation; judicial review.
The council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and, for the purpose of investigating such election and qualifications, shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and to require the production of records, but the decision of the council in any such case shall be subject to review by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-89 - Rules of Council.

Section 11-43A-89
Rules of council.
The council shall determine its own rules and order of business, and such rules shall be established by ordinance.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-91 - Thirty-Day Delay in Effect of Ordinances Granting Franchises, etc.; Publication at Expense of Grantee.

Section 11-43A-91
Thirty-day delay in effect of ordinances granting franchises, etc.; publication at expense of grantee.
No ordinance granting to any person, firm or corporation any franchise, lease or right to use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares or public property of the municipality shall take effect or be enforced until 30 days after final enactment of same by the council and publication of said ordinance as provided by law, which publication shall be made at the expense of the person, firm or corporation applying for said grant.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-92 - Codification and Revision of Ordinances and Resolutions.

Section 11-43A-92
Codification and revision of ordinances and resolutions.
The council may provide for the codification of its ordinances and permanent resolutions and any revisions thereof.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-93 - Monthly Statement and Summary; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts; Publication of Results.

Section 11-43A-93
Monthly statement and summary; annual examination of books and accounts; publication of results.
The city manager shall each month make available to the council a detailed statement of all receipts and expenses of the municipality, and the council shall make available to the city manager a summary of its proceedings during the preceding month and at the end of each year. At the end of each fiscal year, the council shall cause a full and complete examination of all books and accounts of the municipality to be made by a qualified public accountant and shall cause the results of such examination to be published in pamphlet form, copies of which shall be placed in the office of the city manager, the office of clerk and in the public library to be open for inspection by all persons.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-94 - Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Year; Submission and Adoption of Budget; Changes in Budget.

Section 11-43A-94
Fiscal, budget and accounting year; submission and adoption of budget; changes in budget.
(a) The fiscal year of the municipality shall begin on the first day of each October in each year and shall end on the last day of September. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this article, the term "budget year" shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered.
(b) The city manager, at least 45 days prior to the beginning of each budget year, shall submit to the council a budget proposal with explanations. The council shall adopt a budget, by ordinance, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget so adopted shall be a public record and shall be available for inspection by the general public. Any changes in the budget during the course of the budget year shall be made by ordinance.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-95 - Municipal Treasurer; Establishment of Office and Assignment of Duties; Election; Assignment of Duties for City Clerk as Clerk-Treasurer.

Section 11-43A-95
Municipal treasurer; establishment of office and assignment of duties; election; assignment of duties for city clerk as clerk-treasurer.
(a) The council may establish, by ordinance, the office of municipal treasurer and shall assign to such office the duties and responsibilities which it deems necessary. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the municipality, shall keep an accurate record of the funds of the several departments and shall keep books accurately reflecting the financial condition of the municipality. The appointment of a person as treasurer shall require a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council.
(b) The duties of the treasurer may, by ordinance, be assigned to the city clerk and if such duties are assigned, such officer shall be known as the clerk-treasurer of the municipality.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §26.)
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-96 - Payment and Deposit of Municipal Funds.

Section 11-43A-96
Payment and deposit of municipal funds.
The council shall prescribe, by ordinance, the method of paying out funds of the municipality. Checks and warrants shall be signed by at least two officers of the municipality who shall be designated by the council by ordinance. All funds of the municipality shall be deposited in such depositories as may be designated by resolution of the council.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §27.)
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-97 - Reapportionment of Council Districts; Filing of Recommended Plan With Council; Redistricting Ordinances; Effect on Incumbent.

Section 11-43A-97
Reapportionment of council districts; filing of recommended plan with council; redistricting ordinances; effect on incumbent.
Whenever there shall be a change in the population of any of the council districts according to the federal decennial census of population published following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this article, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided:
(1) The manager shall within six months after the publication of each federal decennial census of population for the municipality, following the last federal decennial census of population preceding the adoption of this article, or within six months after any substantial change in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended plan for reapportionment of the council district boundaries to comply with the following specifications:
a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be the center lines of streets or other well-defined boundaries; and
b. Each district shall contain as nearly as is possible the same population;
(2) The council shall enact a redistricting ordinance within six months after receiving such report. If the council fails to enact the redistricting ordinance within the said six months, the redistricting plan submitted by the manager shall become effective without enactment by the council, as if it were a duly enacted ordinance;
(3) Such redistricting ordinance shall not apply nor be effective until the next regularly scheduled municipal election thereafter as provided by state law. No incumbent councilman shall be deprived of his unexpired term of office because of such redistricting.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-98 - Effect of Article on Rights and Privileges of Officers, Employees, Departments, Boards, Etc.

Section 11-43A-98
Effect of article on rights and privileges of officers, employees, departments, boards, etc.
Nothing in this article, except as may otherwise be specifically provided herein, shall affect or impair the rights and privileges of the officers and employees of the municipality, or any department, board or agency thereof, as those rights and privileges relate to, among other things, matters of personnel, appointment, rank, grade, tenure of office, promotion, removal, pension rights, retirement rights and civil rights.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-99 - Continuation in Office of Persons Holding Administrative Office Until Different Provision Made; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices.

Section 11-43A-99
Continuation in office of persons holding administrative office until different provision made; transfer of powers and duties of abolished offices.
All persons holding any administrative office on the date that the council-manager form of government under this article is made effective shall continue in office and in the performance of their respective duties until different provision shall be made for the performance of such duties or until the discontinuance of such office. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office, department, board or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board or agency be abolished by this article or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein or by law.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-100 - Continuation in Office of Persons in Civil Service or Merit System.

Section 11-43A-100
Continuation in office of persons in civil service or merit system.
Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of the municipality under any civil service law or merit system applicable to the municipality when the council-manager form of government under this article shall be made effective shall continue to hold such office in the civil service of the municipality under such form of government and with the same status, rights and privileges and subject to the same conditions under the applicable civil service law or merit system.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §31.)
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-101 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment When Duties and Powers of Office, Department, etc., Reassigned.

Section 11-43A-101
Transfer of records, property and equipment when duties and powers of office, department, etc., reassigned.
If the powers and duties of any office, department, board or agency of the municipality are by this article assigned to another office, department, board or agency, then all records, property and equipment relating exclusively thereto shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, board or agency to which such powers and duties are so assigned.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §32.)
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-102 - Continuation of Offices, Departments, etc., Until Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-43A-102
Continuation of offices, departments, etc., until otherwise provided.
Any office, department, board or agency provided for in this article with a name or with powers and duties which are the same or substantially the same as those of any office, department, board or agency heretofore existing shall continue to exercise its powers and duties, unless and until otherwise provided. Any provision of law, rule, regulation, contract, grant or other right relating to any such formerly existing office, department, board or agency shall, so far as not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, apply to any office, department, board or agency provided for herein.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-103 - Continuation of Contracts; Completion of Public Improvements.

Section 11-43A-103
Continuation of contracts; completion of public improvements.
All contracts and other obligations entered into by the municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by the municipality of the council-manager form of government under this article shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time the council-manager form of government under this article is made effective shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-104 - Effect of Article on Pending Litigation.

Section 11-43A-104
Effect of article on pending litigation.
No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government under this article, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board or agency thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the council-manager form of government under this article or by anything herein contained in this article.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §35.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-105 - Continuation of Laws Relating to Boards, Authorities, Agencies, etc., With Independent Status Until Otherwise Provided.

Section 11-43A-105
Continuation of laws relating to boards, authorities, agencies, etc., with independent status until otherwise provided.
All laws relating to any school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board or commission, zoning board, board of adjustment, park or recreation board, industrial development board, medical clinic board, utilities board, or any municipally-owned service enterprise, including, without limitation, electric, gas, sewer, and water boards or agencies, and to any board, authority, or agency having independent status, which may apply at the time the council-manager form of government under this article is made effective, 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, unless and until otherwise provided by law.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §36.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-106 - Continuation of Ordinances and Resolutions Unless and Until Changed or Repealed.

Section 11-43A-106
Continuation of ordinances and resolutions unless and until changed or repealed.
All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the council-manager form of government under this article shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations. › Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. › Chapter 43A - Council-Manager Form of Government. › Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991. › Section 11-43A-107 - Discrimination Prohibited.

Section 11-43A-107
Discrimination prohibited.
No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to, any municipal position or appointed municipal administrative office because of race, sex, political or religious opinions or affiliations.
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §38.)