Code of Alabama
Chapter 43 - Mayor and Council, Other Officers, Employees, Departments, Etc.
Article 3 - Council.

Section 11-43-40 - Composition of City Councils; Voting by President of Council. - (a) Except as provided in Section 11-43-2 as it relates...

Section 11-43-41 - Filling of Vacancies in Office of Aldermen. - Vacancies in the office of the aldermen in any city...

Section 11-43-42 - Exercise of Functions of Mayor During Absence or Disability of Mayor; Filling of Vacancies in Offices of Mayor, President, and President Pro Tempore of Council. - (a) In case of the absence of the mayor from...

Section 11-43-43 - Powers and Duties Generally. - All legislative powers and other powers granted to cities and...

Section 11-43-44 - Organizational Meeting. - The members of such council shall, on the first Monday...

Section 11-43-45 - Officers - Election or Appointment. - All elections of officers shall be made viva voce, and...

Section 11-43-46 - Officers - Terms of Service. - The council shall fix by ordinance the terms of service,...

Section 11-43-47 - Officers - Powers and Duties. - The council shall prescribe by an ordinance the powers to...

Section 11-43-48 - Proceedings - Quorum. - In all towns or cities, a majority of the whole...

Section 11-43-49 - Proceedings - Time and Place of Meetings Generally; Appointment of Temporary Chairman or Election of President Pro Tempore. - The council shall determine the time and place of holding...

Section 11-43-50 - Proceedings - Regular and Special Meetings; Cancelling and Rescheduling Meetings. - (a) There shall be at least two regular meetings of...

Section 11-43-51 - Proceedings - Compulsion of Attendance of Members. - The council may compel the attendance of absent members in...

Section 11-43-52 - Proceedings - Rules of Procedure; Journal. - The council shall determine the rules of its own proceedings...

Section 11-43-53 - Aldermen Not to Hold Other Municipal Offices or Have Interest, etc., in Municipal Contracts, etc.; Penalty. - (a) No member of any city or town council shall,...

Section 11-43-54 - Aldermen Not to Vote on Certain Matters; Removal. - No councilman shall be entitled to vote on any question...

Section 11-43-55 - Establishment, Organization, etc., of Police Force. - Except as otherwise provided in this title, the council shall...

Section 11-43-56 - Management and Control of Finances and Property of Municipality. - Except as otherwise provided in this title, the council shall...

Section 11-43-57 - Annual Appropriation of Funds for Expenditures of Departments and Interest on Indebtedness. - In all cities, the council shall appropriate the sums necessary...

Section 11-43-58 - Judging of Qualifications and Election of Mayor, President of Council, Etc. - The council shall judge of the qualifications and election of...

Section 11-43-59 - Adoption of Fire Limits, Building Laws and Ordinances, etc.; Condemnation of Buildings, etc.; Charges for Inspections. - The council may prescribe fire limits in any city or...

Section 11-43-60 - Regulation of Storage, Use, etc., of Explosives; Compulsion of Efficient Service by Public Utility Corporations. - (a) The council may regulate and control or prohibit the...

Section 11-43-61 - Regulation of Running, Switching, etc., of Cars, Trains, and Locomotives on Streets, Crossings, Highways, Etc. - The council may prescribe reasonable regulations for the running of...

Section 11-43-62 - Regulation of Use of Streets for Telephone, Telegraph, etc., Lines; Sale or Lease of Franchises and Disposition of Moneys Therefrom. - The council shall regulate the use of the streets for...

Section 11-43-63 - Division of Municipality Into Single-Member Districts. - Any city or town council of this state not currently...

Section 11-43-64 - Procedural Requirements for Increasing Number of Single-Member Districts in Class 3 Municipalities. - Notwithstanding other provision of law, including but not limited to...

Section 11-43-65 - Filling Vacancies on City Council in Class 6 Municipalities. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a vacancy on the...

Section 11-43-66 - Increases to Compensation for Members of City Council in Class 1 Municipalities. - Not less than six months prior to each general election...