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Subchapter 2 - Elections Generally
§ 14-43-201. Odd-year elections abolished - (a) Municipal elections in 1965 and all odd years in...
§ 14-43-202. Write-in votes not counted - In all general elections held in cities of the first...
Subchapter 3 - Election of City Officials
§ 14-43-301. Type of election - In cities of the first class, all officers to be...
§ 14-43-303. Officials in mayor-council cities of 50,000 or more - (a) (1) (A) In the general election in the year...
§ 14-43-304. Mayors in cities having mayor-council government - (a) (1) A mayor of a city of the first...
§ 14-43-305. Mayors in mayor-council cities of less than 50,000 - (a) The qualified voters of cities of the first class...
§ 14-43-307. Election of council members at large or by ward - (a) (1) Candidates for the office of council member in...
§ 14-43-308. Residence qualifications of council members in primaries - (a) (1) In all primaries held in any city of...
§ 14-43-309. Residence qualifications of council members in general elections - (a) (1) In all general elections for council members in...
§ 14-43-310. Council member ceasing to reside in ward - If any duly elected council member shall cease to reside...
§ 14-43-311. Redistricting of wards - (a) (1) (A) City councils in cities of the first...
§ 14-43-312. Council members in mayor-council cities of fewer than 50,000 - (a) (1) On the Tuesday following the first Monday in...
§ 14-43-313. City clerks and city attorneys generally - The city clerks and the city attorneys in cities of...
§ 14-43-314. City attorney in mayor-council cities of 50,000 or more - (a) (1) The city attorney in any city of this...
§ 14-43-315. City attorney in mayor-council cities of fewer than 50,000 - (a) The qualified voters of cities of the first class...
§ 14-43-316. City clerk, treasurer, or clerk-treasurer in mayor-council cities of fewer than 50,000 - (a) (1) The qualified voters of cities of the first...
§ 14-43-319. City attorney in mayor-council cities of fewer than 5,000 - (a) (1) If not established by ordinance that the office...
Subchapter 4 - Officers and Employees Generally
§ 14-43-401. Mayor generally - (a) (1) The mayor shall hold his or her office...
§ 14-43-405. Treasurer — Clerk-treasurer in mayor-council cities - (a) (1) Each city of the first class having the...
§ 14-43-406. City clerk's seal - (a) Each city council shall cause to be provided for...
§ 14-43-407. Deputy city attorneys - (a) Any city attorney of a city of the first...
§ 14-43-409. Compensation of officers generally - Any officer provided for in this subtitle, and by ordinance...
§ 14-43-410. Compensation of city attorneys - (a) Any city of the first class, city of the...
§ 14-43-411. Council member vacancy in mayor-council form of government - (a) (1) (A) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office...
§ 14-43-412. Vacancies in other elected offices - (a) In case any office of an elected officer, except...
Subchapter 5 - Powers and Duties Generally
§ 14-43-501. Organization of governing body — Definition - (a) (1) The members of a governing body elected for...
§ 14-43-502. Powers of council generally - (a) The city council shall possess all the legislative powers...
§ 14-43-504. Powers and duties of mayor generally - (a) The mayor of the city shall be its chief...
§ 14-43-506. Duties of city clerk - (a) The city clerk in cities of the first class...
§ 14-43-507. Duties of treasurers - Treasurers in cities of the first class shall be required...
§ 14-43-508. Duties of collectors - Collectors in cities of the first class shall be required...
§ 14-43-509. Officers without prescribed terms - In cities of the first class, all city officers whose...
Subchapter 6 - Powers over Municipal Affairs
§ 14-43-601. Municipal affairs delineated - (a) As used in this subchapter: (1) “Municipal affairs” means...
§ 14-43-602. Authority generally - (a) A municipality is authorized to perform any function and...
§ 14-43-603. Felonies - No municipality may declare any act a felony.
§ 14-43-604. Gambling - A municipality may not authorize gambling except as provided by...
§ 14-43-605. Alcoholic beverages - No municipality may authorize the sale or consumption of alcoholic...
§ 14-43-606. Taxation generally - (a) No municipality shall levy any sales, which includes gross...
§ 14-43-607. Income tax - (a) After approval of a majority of those voting on...
§ 14-43-608. Regulation of prices - (a) No municipality shall have the power to regulate prices...
§ 14-43-609. Public utilities and carriers - The provisions of this subchapter shall not repeal, limit, modify,...
§ 14-43-610. Reservation of state power - Nothing in this subchapter shall limit the power reserved to...
§ 14-43-611. Sale of city property to college or university - Any city of the first class may sell, under such...