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Part 1 - Alcoholic Beverages.
Section 45-35A-50 - Sale of Alcoholic Beverages for On-Premises Consumption on Sundays. - (a) This section applies only in the City of Dothan....
Section 45-35A-50.01 - Regulation of Sales for Off-Premises Consumption. - (a) This section applies only in the City of Dothan....
Part 2 - Civil Service System.
Section 45-35A-51 - Short Title. - This part is hereby designated the Civil Service Act of...
Section 45-35A-51.01 - Definitions. - The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used in this...
Section 45-35A-51.02 - Unclassified Service. - (a) The following named officials, persons and agencies of the...
Section 45-35A-51.03 - Personnel Department Created. - There is hereby created and established in and for the...
Section 45-35A-51.04 - Purposes of Personnel Department. - The personnel department, to the extent hereinafter provided, shall govern,...
Section 45-35A-51.06 - Alternate Method of Selecting Board. - In the event the committee shall fail for any reason...
Section 45-35A-51.07 - Personnel Board. - (a) The personnel board shall consist of five members and...
Section 45-35A-51.08 - Personnel Director. - The personnel director shall be elected or appointed by the...
Section 45-35A-51.09 - Rules and Regulations. - (a) No rule or regulation shall be adopted by the...
Section 45-35A-51.10 - Classification of Positions. - The director shall, as soon as practicable after his or...
Section 45-35A-51.11 - Compensation Plan. - The director shall prepare and recommend to the board, after...
Section 45-35A-51.12 - Tests. - (a) General. The director shall prepare and conduct tests for...
Section 45-35A-51.13 - Filing Vacancies. - When any vacancy occurs in the classified service, the director,...
Section 45-35A-51.14 - Transfer. - The appointing authority, when desirable, may transfer a classified employee...
Section 45-35A-51.15 - Demotions. - An appointing authority, with the approval of the director, may...
Section 45-35A-51.16 - Provisional Appointments. - Whenever in the opinion of the director it is impossible...
Section 45-35A-51.17 - Working Test Period. - (a) Every person appointed to a position in the classified...
Section 45-35A-51.18 - Service Ratings. - (a) The director shall establish, in cooperation with the appointing...
Section 45-35A-51.19 - Layoffs. - An appointing authority may lay off employees in the classified...
Section 45-35A-51.20 - Discharges. - (a) The appointing authority may discharge an employee in the...
Section 45-35A-51.21 - Suspensions. - An appointing authority, from time to time, may suspend an...
Section 45-35A-51.22 - Political Activities Prohibited. - (a) No person shall be appointed or promoted to, or...
Section 45-35A-51.23 - Political Activities of Department Heads Prohibited. - (a) No employee named in subdivision (9) of subsection (a)...
Section 45-35A-51.24 - Investigations. - The board and the director shall make a study of...
Section 45-35A-51.25 - Corrupt Practices. - (a) No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark,...
Section 45-35A-51.26 - Certification of Payrolls. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any city official, employee,...
Section 45-35A-51.27 - Attendance of Witnesses; Fees; False Oaths. - Any person who shall be served with a subpoena, issued...
Section 45-35A-51.28 - Expenses for the Department. - The salaries and other compensation herein authorized to be paid...
Section 45-35A-51.29 - Use of Facilities. - The officials of the city are hereby required to furnish...
Section 45-35A-51.30 - Legal Service. - It shall be the duty of the city attorney to...
Section 45-35A-51.31 - Records of the Department. - The records of the department, except such records as the...
Section 45-35A-51.32 - Court Proceedings. - Orders of the personnel board may be enforced by mandamus,...
Part 3 - Dothan Downtown Development Authoirty.
Section 45-35A-52 - Legislative Intent. - The revitalization and redevelopment of the central business district of...
Section 45-35A-52.01 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases used in this part, and...
Section 45-35A-52.02 - Use of Phrases. - (a) The following provisions shall be applied wherever appropriate herein:...
Section 45-35A-52.03 - Filing of Application; Authorization of Incorporation by Governing Body of City. - (a) The authority may be organized pursuant to this part....
Section 45-35A-52.04 - Procedure to Incorporate; Contents and Execution of Certificate of Incorporation. - (a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing...
Section 45-35A-52.05 - Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation. - (a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority incorporated under...
Section 45-35A-52.06 - Board of Directors. - Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors....
Section 45-35A-52.07 - Officers of the Authority. - (a) The officers of the authority shall consist of a...
Section 45-35A-52.09 - Bonds of Authority. - (a) Source of payment. All bonds issued by the authority...
Section 45-35A-52.10 - Proceeds From the Sale of Bonds. - All moneys derived from the sale of any bonds issued...
Section 45-35A-52.11 - Refunding Bonds. - (a) Any bonds issued by the authority may from time...
Section 45-35A-52.12 - Notice of Bond Resolution. - (a) Upon the adoption by the board of the authority...
Section 45-35A-52.13 - Exemption From Taxation. - The authority formed under this part, the property and income...
Section 45-35A-52.14 - Liability of City. - The city shall not in any event be liable for...
Section 45-35A-52.15 - Exemption From Usury and Interest Laws. - The authority shall be exempt from the laws of the...
Section 45-35A-52.16 - Exemption From Competitive Bid Laws. - (a) The authority and all contracts made by it shall...
Section 45-35A-52.17 - Freedom of Authority From State Supervision and Control. - (a) This part is intended to aid the state through...
Section 45-35A-52.18 - Earnings of the Authority. - The authority shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part...
Section 45-35A-52.19 - Dissolution of Corporation; Vesting of Title to Property in the City. - At any time when the authority has no bonds or...
Section 45-35A-52.20 - Existence of Authority to Prevent Subsequent Incorporation. - The existence of the authority incorporated under this part shall...
Section 45-35A-52.21 - Eminent Domain. - The authority is hereby granted the power of eminent domain...
Section 45-35A-52.22 - Loans, Sales, Grants, etc., of Money, Property, etc., to Authority by Counties, Municipalities, Etc. - For the purpose of effecting the revitalization and redevelopment of...
Section 45-35A-52.23 - Provisions Cumulative. - The provisions of this part are cumulative and shall not...
Part 4 - Education.
Section 45-35A-53 - Dothan City Board of Education. - (a) There is established a school board for the City...
Part 5 - Governing Body.
Section 45-35A-54.01 - Territorial Limits; Wards; Board of Commissioner's of the City of Dothan. - The territorial limits of the city shall remain the same...
Section 45-35A-54.02 - Election of Board Members; Terms of Office. - The mayor and the associate commissioner of Ward No. 2...
Section 45-35A-54.03 - Municipal Officers; Powers; Laws, Ordinances, and Resolutions. - The members of the board of commissioners provided for by...
Section 45-35A-54.04 - Duties of City Manager and Mayor. - If a city manager for such city is not employed...
Section 45-35A-54.05 - Mayor and Associate Commissioners - Salaries and Expense Allowances. - The mayor and associate commissioners shall continue to receive their...
Section 45-35A-54.06 - Mayor and Associate Commissioners - Additional Expense Allowance. - In addition to any and all salaries and other allowances...
Section 45-35A-54.07 - Vesting of Rights, Powers, and Property. - All rights, powers, and property of every description which were...
Section 45-35A-54.08 - Board of Commissioners - Employment; Merit System. - The City of Dothan shall be governed and managed by...
Section 45-35A-54.09 - Board of Commissioners - Meetings. - The board of commissioners provided for by this part shall...
Section 45-35A-54.10 - Board of Commissioners - Conduct of Meetings. - The president of the board, when present, shall preside at...
Section 45-35A-54.11 - Board of Commissioners - Assignment or Delegation of Powers and Duties. - The board may assign or delegate to one or more...
Section 45-35A-54.12 - Meetings of Board - Open to Public. - All meetings of the board at which any person not...
Section 45-35A-54.13 - Meetings of Board - Enactment of Resolutions, Bylaws, or Ordinances. - No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting any franchise, appropriating any...
Section 45-35A-54.14 - Meetings of Board - Voting. - Every motion, resolution, or ordinance introduced at any such meeting...
Section 45-35A-54.15 - Meetings of Board - Recordkeeping. - A record of the proceedings of every such meeting shall...
Section 45-35A-54.16 - Grants for Use, etc., of Public Streets, Property, Etc. - Notice; Effective Date. - No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting to any person, firm,...
Section 45-35A-54.17 - Grants for Use, etc., of Public Streets, Property, Etc. - Objections, Election. - Pending the passage of any such resolution, bylaw, or ordinance,...
Section 45-35A-54.18 - Grants for Use, etc., of Public Streets, Property, Etc. - Election Results. - If at such election the majority of the votes are...
Section 45-35A-54.19 - Grants for Use, etc., of Public Streets, Property, Etc. - Conferring of Rights; Extension or Enlargement of Rights. - No grant of any franchise or lease or right of...
Section 45-35A-54.20 - Transfer of Waterworks, Sewer, or Electric Plants and Systems - Authorized. - Any waterworks plant and system, a sewer plant and system,...
Section 45-35A-54.21 - Transfer of Waterworks, Sewer, or Electric Plants and Systems - Election. - Except as herein provided for, and at the time of...
Section 45-35A-54.22 - Election of Mayor or Associate Commissioner - Statement of Candidacy; Eligibility. - Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election...
Section 45-35A-54.23 - Election of Mayor or Associate Commissioner - Ballots. - No name shall appear upon the ballot as a candidate...
Section 45-35A-54.24 - Election of Mayor or Associate Commissioner - Ineligibility. - In case any person, after having been elected and duly...
Section 45-35A-54.25 - Oath of Office; Bond. - Every person elected to the office of commissioner, on or...
Section 45-35A-54.26 - Vacancies in Office. - Whenever any vacancy occurs in the office of any commissioner,...
Section 45-35A-54.27 - Selection of Employees. - The employees of the city shall be selected by the...
Section 45-35A-54.28 - Prohibited Political Activities. - It shall be unlawful for any candidate for office, or...
Section 45-35A-54.30 - Interest in Public Contracts or Services. - No officer or employee elected or appointed in the city...
Section 45-35A-54.31 - Interest in Public Service Utilities. - No commissioner or any other official of the city, nor...
Section 45-35A-54.32 - Receipt of Gifts, Transportation, or Thing of Value. - (a) No officer or employees of the city shall accept...
Section 45-35A-54.33 - Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Summary of Proceedings. - The board of commissioners, each quarter, shall print in pamphlet...
Section 45-35A-54.34 - Examination of Books and Accounts. - At the end of each year the board of commissioners...
Section 45-35A-54.35 - Bribery; Voter Fraud. - Any person offering to give a bribe, either in money...
Section 45-35A-54.36 - City Employees Prohibited From Soliciting Electoral Support or Influencing Vote. - Any employee of the city who solicits support for any...
Section 45-35A-54.37 - Candidates Prohibited From Paying, etc., to Solicit Votes. - It shall be unlawful for any candidate for mayor or...
Section 45-35A-54.38 - Vacancies Preventing Quorum on Board. - Should a vacancy exist simultaneously from any cause hereinabove provided...
Section 45-35A-54.39 - Judge of Probate to File Records. - The Judge of Probate of Houston County shall record in...
Section 45-35A-54.40 - Violations. - Any person wilfully violating any provision of this part relating...
Part 6 - Pension and Retirement System.
Section 45-35A-55 - Participation in Employees' Retirement System; Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 103, 1953 Regular Session (Acts...
Part 7 - Pretrial Diversion Program.
Section 45-35A-56 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall...
Section 45-35A-56.01 - Established; Discretionary Powers; Supervision and Control. - (a) The City of Dothan, Alabama, may establish a pretrial...
Section 45-35A-56.02 - Application for Admittance. - An offender may apply to the city for admittance into...
Section 45-35A-56.03 - Ineligibility for Program. - Admittance into the pretrial diversion program is in the sole...
Section 45-35A-56.04 - Standards for Admission. - (a) The city attorney may consider an offender for the...
Section 45-35A-56.05 - Admission Into Program. - (a) Upon application by an offender for admission into the...
Section 45-35A-56.06 - Written Agreement; Other Terms and Conditions. - (a) Following the decision of the city attorney to admit...
Section 45-35A-56.07 - Fees. - (a) An offender may be assessed a nonrefundable application fee...
Section 45-35A-56.08 - Collection and Disposition of Funds. - Application fees required by this part shall be collected by...
Section 45-35A-56.09 - Program Requirements; Jurisdiction; Termination From Program; Liabiity for Costs and Fees. - (a) Upon acceptance of an offender into the pretrial diversion...
Section 45-35A-56.10 - Violations; Waiver. - (a) After any violation of any program terms or conditions...
Section 45-35A-56.11 - Liability of City Attorney, Agency, or Service Provider. - In no event shall the city attorney or any other...
Part 8 - Taxation.
Section 45-35A-57 - Ad Valorem Taxation on Property. - (a)(1) Pursuant to Section 216 of the Constitution of Alabama...