Ask a question on the site
Questions
Lawyers
Blogs
Legislation
Contacts
Become a lawyer
Login Registration
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-43-1 - Qualifications and Residence of Mayors, Councilmen, and Officers. - Every mayor, councilman, and officer elected by the whole electorate...
Section 11-43-2 - Election of Mayors and Aldermen; Exercise of Legislative Functions; Salary of Aldermen. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), in all cities...
Section 11-43-3 - Election, etc., of Treasurer, Clerk, etc., in Cities Having More Than 6,000 Inhabitants; Consolidation or Abolishment of Offices. - (a) In cities having a population of more than 6,000,...
Section 11-43-4 - Election of Clerk, etc., in Towns and in Cities Having Less Than 6,000 Inhabitants; Filling of Vacancies in Council Generally. - In cities having a population of less than 6,000 and...
Section 11-43-5 - Provision for Tax Assessor, Tax Collector, Chief of Police, etc.; Designation of Persons to Administer Oaths, Issue Warrants, and Approve Appearance Bonds. - The council may provide for a tax assessor, tax collector,...
Section 11-43-5.1 - Abolition or Creation of Civil Service System, etc., in Municipality Having Less Than 5,000 Inhabitants; Section in Pari Materia With Section 36-27-6. - (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the governing body...
Section 11-43-6 - Provision for Compensation of and Disposition of Fees Collected by Municipal Officers Generally. - It may be provided by ordinance that any city or...
Section 11-43-7 - Establishment of Salaries and Fees of Municipal Employees; Disposition of Fees of Clerk. - All employees of any city or town whose compensation is...
Section 11-43-7.1 - Expense Allowances of Members of Council or Other Governing Body of Class 1 Municipalities and Municipalities Having Population of 250,000 or More. - (a) The council or other governing body of Class 1...
Section 11-43-7.2 - Additional Expense Allowances for Members of Council or Governing Body of Class 1 Municipalities. - (a) In addition to the authority granted by Section 11-43-7.1,...
Section 11-43-7.3 - Salary of Members of City Council of Class 1 Municipalities. - (a) This section shall relate to only any Class 1...
Section 11-43-8 - Establishment of Salaries of Municipal Officers. - The salaries of all officers of cities or towns except...
Section 11-43-9 - Fees, Salary, Compensation, etc., of Officers Not to Be Increased or Diminished During Term of Office. - The fees, salary, compensation, or emoluments of any officer whose...
Section 11-43-10 - Municipal Officers to Pay Over Public Moneys Received; Daily Balances Required. - Officers of any municipality collecting or receiving moneys of the...
Section 11-43-11 - Employment of Municipal Officers by Corporations Holding Franchises as to Use of Streets. - No officer of any municipality shall, during his term of...
Section 11-43-12 - Aldermen, Employees, etc., Not to Be Interested, etc., in Municipal Contracts, etc.; Penalty. - (a) No alderman or officer or employee of the municipality...
Section 11-43-12.1 - Purchase of Services or Personal Property by Class 7 or 8 Municipalities From Elected Officials, Employees, or Members of Municipal Boards. - (a) Notwithstanding any statute or law to the contrary, any...
Section 11-43-13 - Bonds of Certain Municipal Officers or Employees. - All officers or employees handling money or exercising authority over...
Section 11-43-14 - Dealing, etc., in Warrants, Claims, etc., of Municipality by Officers or Employees. - It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of...
Section 11-43-15 - False Enumeration of Municipal Census. - Any enumerator of census for a municipality who willfully causes...
Section 11-43-16 - Employment of County Deputy Sheriffs as Policemen. - Incorporated municipalities are authorized and permitted to employ as policemen,...
Section 11-43-17 - Ratification of Certain Salaries of Mayors and Councilmen. - The salary of any mayor or councilman prescribed prior to...
Section 11-43-18 - Vacancies of Over 60 Days in Governing Bodies of Class 5 Municipalities. - (a) Unless otherwise provided by local law, vacancies in the...
Section 11-43-19 - Retirement Pensions for Certain Elected Public Officials of Class 2 Municipalities. - In any Class 2 municipality in this state, any elected...
Article 2 - Manager.
Section 11-43-20 - Authority and Procedure for Employment. - All municipalities in the State of Alabama, whether now or...
Section 11-43-21 - Qualifications; Compensation; Powers and Duties; Bond; Term of Office and Removal. - (a) A city manager employed under the provisions of this...
Section 11-43-22 - Provisions of Article Cumulative; Affirmative Action Necessary to Exercise Powers, etc., Conferred by Article. - This article shall be supplementary to other statutes relating to...
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...
Article 4 - Mayor.
Section 11-43-80 - Powers and Duties Generally; Office; Salary; Employment, Salary, etc., as Superintendent of Municipal Light, Water, Sewage, etc., Systems. - (a) The mayor shall have the powers and perform the...
Section 11-43-81 - Designated Chief Executive Officer; Powers of Appointment and Removal. - The mayor shall be the chief executive officer, and shall...
Section 11-43-81.1 - Authority of Mayors of Class 1 Municipalities to Appoint Chief Administrative Assistants. - The mayor of any Class 1 municipality or of any...
Section 11-43-82 - Issuance of Proclamation Closing Shops and Forbidding Sale of Arms, Ammunition, etc., During Riots, Etc. - Whenever any mob, riot, or tumult has occurred or there...
Section 11-43-83 - Execution, etc., of Deeds, Contracts, Bonds, Etc. - The mayor shall see that all contracts with the town...
Section 11-43-84 - Requiring of Reports by Municipal Officers; Statement to Council of Financial Condition of Municipality. - The mayor shall require reports to be made to him...
Section 11-43-85 - Appointment, etc., of Accountant, etc., to Conduct Examination and Prepare Report as to Municipal Books and Accounts. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-345 IN THE 2022...
Section 11-43-86 - Compensation of Mayor, etc., of Class 1 Municipality; Mayor Authorized to Attend Certain Meetings, etc.; Applicability of Section. - (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of any...
Section 11-43-86.1 - Increase to Compensation for Mayor of Class 1 Municipality. - Effective beginning the next term of office of the mayor...
Section 11-43-87 - Filling of Vacancies for Mayor, President of Council, etc., in Class 3 Municipalities. - (a) Unless otherwise provided by local law, in the event...
Article 5 - Clerk.
Section 11-43-100 - Attendance at and Preparation of Record of Council Meetings; Custody of Seal and Rules, Ordinances, etc., of Council. - The clerk of all cities and towns shall attend the...
Section 11-43-101 - Auditing, Recordation, etc., of Claims, etc., Against Municipality and Issuance of Warrants Therefor. - The clerk shall submit all claims, requisitions, and demands against...
Section 11-43-102 - Maintenance, etc., of Municipal Books and Accounts. - The clerk shall keep a convenient set of books in...
Section 11-43-103 - Issuance of Licenses; Devolution of Duties Upon Auditor. - The clerk shall issue all licenses unless otherwise provided by...
Section 11-43-104 - Additional Duties; Bond. - The clerk, in addition to these enumerated duties, shall perform...
Article 6 - Treasurer.
Section 11-43-120 - Bond; Duties Generally; Payment of Warrants; Reports and Statements to Council. - The treasurer shall give bond in such sum as the...
Section 11-43-121 - Payment of Interest Upon Warrants Not Paid for Lack of Funds; Additional Duties. - If no interest is stipulated to be paid on warrants...
Section 11-43-122 - Public Depositories; Liability for Loss. - The council may direct, by ordinance or resolution, one or...
Section 11-43-123 - Moneys Due Municipalities, etc., to Be Paid to Treasurer. - The council shall provide by laws that all moneys due...
Article 7 - Fire Department.
Section 11-43-140 - Authorized; Management and Control. - Cities and towns may maintain and operate a volunteer or...
Section 11-43-141 - Operation, etc., Beyond Corporate Limits and Police Jurisdiction - Emergencies; Liabilities, Exemptions, Etc. - Whenever the necessity arises during any emergency resulting from fire...
Section 11-43-142 - Operation, etc., Beyond Corporate Limits and Police Jurisdiction - Contracts With Municipalities, Counties, Manufacturing or Industrial Concerns, etc.; Liability for Injuries. - The governing body of any city or town may, in...
Section 11-43-143 - Municipal or State Firefighters or Firemen Not to Strike, Assert Right to Strike, etc.; Rights to Join Labor Organizations, Etc. - (a) No person shall accept or hold any commission or...
Section 11-43-144 - Compensation for Death or Disability of Firefighters From Occupational Diseases. - (a) As used in this section the following words and...
Article 8 - Removal or Impeachment of Municipal Officers.
Section 11-43-160 - Removal. - (a)(1) Any person appointed to office in any city or...
Section 11-43-161 - Grounds for Impeachment - Acceptance of Employment From Public Service Corporation; Financial Dealings With Municipality, Etc. - No mayor or alderman of any municipality shall accept employment...
Section 11-43-162 - Grounds for Impeachment - Misapplication of Funds From Special Tax. - Any member of the council who shall vote in favor...
Section 11-43-163 - Powers of Council or Committee as to Witnesses, etc.; Secretary of Committee. - The council or a committee thereof duly authorized by resolution...
Article 9 - Civil Service Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers.
Section 11-43-180 - Purpose of Article. - In recognition of the inefficiencies, inadequacies, and inconsistencies in law...
Section 11-43-181 - "Law Enforcement Officer" Defined. - As used in this article, the term "law enforcement officer"...
Section 11-43-182 - Requirement as to Establishment of Merit Systems by Municipalities Generally. - Every municipality shall establish, separately or jointly, a civil service...
Section 11-43-183 - Agreements for Furnishing by State Personnel Department of Services and Facilities for Administration of Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers of Municipalities - Authorized. - Any municipality failing to establish such a civil service merit...
Section 11-43-184 - Agreements for Furnishing by State Personnel Department of Services and Facilities for Administration of Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers of Municipalities - Reimbursement of State for Cost of Services and Facilities Fur... - Every such agreement with the state Director of Personnel to...
Section 11-43-185 - Agreements for Furnishing by State Personnel Department of Services and Facilities for Administration of Merit Systems for Law Enforcement Officers of Municipalities - Classification of Municipal Law Enforcement Officers and Appli... - Each law enforcement officer in the civil service of any...
Section 11-43-186 - Determination of Salaries to Be Paid Classifications Within Merit Systems. - The salaries to be paid in each classification established by...
Section 11-43-187 - Exemption of Chief of Police and Deputy Chief From Provisions of Merit Systems. - The merit system may exempt from its provisions the chief...
Section 11-43-188 - Provision in Merit Systems for Probationary Periods of Employment. - The merit system adopted may provide for a probationary period...
Section 11-43-189 - Appointment of Members of Personnel Board by Representatives and Senators in District. - Each merit system created under this article shall have the...
Section 11-43-190 - Applicability of Provisions of Article. - (a) This article shall not apply to any municipality with...
Article 10 - Reserve Law Enforcement Officers.
Section 11-43-210 - Reserve Law Enforcement Officers; Appointment by City or Town; Qualifications; Powers. - (a) The appointing authority of any city or town in...
Article 11
Section 11-43-230 - Predisciplinary Hearing Prior to Suspension or Termination; Procedures; Postdisciplinary Hearing. - (a) Every municipality shall provide a predisciplinary hearing prior to...
Section 11-43-231 - "Law Enforcement Officer" Defined. - As used in this article, the term "law enforcement officer"...
Section 11-43-232 - Applicability to Certain Municipalities. - This article shall not apply to any municipality with an...
Article 12 - Class 8 Municipal Officers Designate Representative.
Section 11-43-250 - Elected Official of Class 8 Municipality Authorized to Appoint Designee to Serve on State or Local Agency, Board, Etc. - (a) In Class 8 municipalities, an elected official of the...