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Article 1 - Council-Manager Act of 1982.
Section 11-43A-1 - Applicability of Chapter to Classes of Municipalities; Short Title. - Any Class 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8...
Section 11-43A-1.1 - Organization of Council-Manager Form of Government; Election of Council Members. - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, after the judge...
Section 11-43A-2 - Petition to Probate Judge for Election as to Adoption of Council-Manager Form of Government; Examination of Petition and Certification to Mayor. - The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or...
Section 11-43A-3 - Submission of Question for Election; Proclamation of Mayor; Order of Judge of Probate. - The mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality...
Section 11-43A-3.1 - Election in Class 6 Municipalities - Time, Procedure, Etc. - Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, an election shall be...
Section 11-43A-3.2 - Election in Class 6 Municipalities - Provisions to Supersede Other Laws in 1983. - The provisions of section 11-43A-3.1, authorizing an election in certain...
Section 11-43A-3.3 - Election in Class 7 Municipality - Adoption of Council-Manager Form of Government. - (a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized...
Section 11-43A-4 - Subsequent Elections Not to Be Held Within Two Years of Preceding Election. - If the council-manager form of government is not adopted at...
Section 11-43A-5 - Form and Marking of Ballots. - At such election the question to be submitted shall be...
Section 11-43A-6 - Conduct of Election, Canvassing of Vote, and Declaration of Election Result; Adoption and Certification of Provisions of Chapter. - The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the...
Section 11-43A-7 - Time for Change in Form of Government. - The change in the form of government shall take place...
Section 11-43A-8 - Name of Governing Body; Composition of Council; Election of Council; Alternate Form for Class 6 Cities. - (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known...
Section 11-43A-9 - Election of Municipal Officers; Division of Municipality Into Districts; Qualifications and Eligibility of Candidates; Runoff Election; Term of Office; Exception for Class 6 Cities. - (a) In all cities to which this section applies, except...
Section 11-43A-10 - Continuation of Municipal Corporation. - Any municipal corporation which adopts the council-manager form of government...
Section 11-43A-11 - Municipal Government to Be Known as "Council-Manager Form of Government"; Vesting of Municipal Powers in Council. - The municipal government of any such city or town proceeding...
Section 11-43A-12 - Powers of Municipality. - The municipality shall have all the powers granted to municipal...
Section 11-43A-13 - Filing of Statement of Candidacy for Office of Mayor or Councilman; Qualifications. - Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election...
Section 11-43A-14 - Printing and Preparation of Ballots; Conduct of Election. - (a) At every such election all ballots to be used...
Section 11-43A-15 - Compensation of Mayor and Councilmen. - The mayor and each councilman shall receive as compensation for...
Section 11-43A-16 - Duties of Mayor; Assistant Mayor; Vacancy; Mayor Pro Tempore; Vacancies; Exceptions in Class 6 Cities and Class 7 Municipalities. - (a) The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the...
Section 11-43A-17 - Powers of Council. - All powers of the municipality including all powers vested in...
Section 11-43A-18 - Appointment of City Manager; Temporary Acting City Manager; Removal; Dealings With Administrative Service. - The council, by a majority vote of the whole qualified...
Section 11-43A-19 - Power of Council to Create, Change, and Abolish Offices, etc., and Assign Additional Functions or Duties Thereto. - The council, by ordinance, may create, change, and abolish offices,...
Section 11-43A-20 - Clerk of Municipality; When Subject to Civil Service or Merit System; Duties. - If the clerk of any municipality which adopts the council-manager...
Section 11-43A-21 - Times for Meetings of Council; Open to Public. - The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction...
Section 11-43A-22 - Investigation and Determination of Election and Qualifications of Council Members by Council; Judicial Review. - The council shall be the judge of the election and...
Section 11-43A-23 - Rules of Council. - The council shall determine its own rules and order of...
Section 11-43A-24 - Regular Public Meetings of Council; Adjourned, Called, Special, or Other Meetings; Quorum; When Vote of Majority of Quorum Sufficient; When Vote of Majority of Council Required; Procedure; Record of Proceedings; Journal; Unanimous... - The council shall hold regular public meetings as may be...
Section 11-43A-25 - Thirty-Day Delay in Effect of Ordinances Granting Franchises, etc.; Publication at Expense of Grantee. - No ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation of...
Section 11-43A-26 - Revision and Codification of Ordinances and Resolutions or Adoption of Code. - The council may provide for the revision and codification of...
Section 11-43A-27 - Monthly Statement and Summary; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts; Publication of Results. - The council shall each month make available in the office...
Section 11-43A-28 - Qualifications of City Manager; Duties; Designation or Appointment of Administrative Officer to Perform Duties of Manager During Temporary Absence or Disability. - The city manager shall be chosen by the council solely...
Section 11-43A-29 - Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Year; Submission and Adoption of Budget; Changes in Budget. - The fiscal year of the municipality shall begin on the...
Section 11-43A-30 - Municipal Treasurer; Establishment of Office and Assignment of Duties; Election; Assignment of Duties to City Clerk as Clerk-Treasurer. - The council may establish, by ordinance, the office of municipal...
Section 11-43A-31 - Payment and Deposit of Municipal Funds. - The council shall prescribe, by ordinance, the method of paying...
Section 11-43A-32 - Establishment of Council Districts; At-Large Posts; Exception for Class 6 Cities. - (a) Except as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1 and...
Section 11-43A-33 - Reapportionment of Council Districts; Filing of Recommended Plan With Council; Redistricting Ordinances; Effect on Incumbents and on Elections Held Within Six Months. - Whenever there shall be a change in population in any...
Section 11-43A-34 - Effect of Chapter on Existing Officers, Employees, Offices, Departments, Etc. - Nothing in this article contained, except as specifically provided, shall...
Section 11-43A-35 - Continuation in Office of Persons Holding Administrative Office Until Contrary Provision Is Made; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices, Etc. - All persons holding administrative office at the time the council-manager...
Section 11-43A-36 - Continuation in Office of Persons in Civil Service or Merit System. - Any person holding an office or position in the civil...
Section 11-43A-37 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, etc., When Duties Reassigned. - All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department,...
Section 11-43A-38 - Continuation of Offices, Departments, etc., Until Otherwise Provided. - Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this...
Section 11-43A-39 - Continuation of Contracts; Completion of Public Improvements. - All contracts entered into by the city, or for its...
Section 11-43A-40 - Effect of Chapter on Pending Litigation. - No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the...
Section 11-43A-41 - Effect of Chapter on Laws Relating to Pension, Retirement, and Relief Funds for Employees. - All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement,...
Section 11-43A-42 - Continuation of Laws Relating to Boards, Authorities, Agencies, etc., With Independent Status Until Otherwise Provided. - All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital...
Section 11-43A-43 - When Chapter Becomes Applicable to Municipality. - For all purposes the provisions of this article shall become...
Section 11-43A-44 - Continuation of Ordinances and Resolutions Unless and Until Changed or Repealed. - All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at...
Section 11-43A-45 - Discrimination Prohibited. - No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or...
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...
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...
Section 11-43A-48 - Limit on Contracts Involving Money Payments; Requirements for Validity. - No contract involving the payment of money out of the...
Section 11-43A-49 - Bond of City Manager and Other Officers and Employees. - The city manager and other such officers or employees as...
Section 11-43A-50 - Oath or Affirmation of Councilman, Officers, and Employees. - Every councilman, officer and employee of the municipality shall, before...
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...
Section 11-43A-52 - Effect of Chapter on Existing Laws. - All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special,...
Article 2 - Council-Manager Act of 1991.
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...
Section 11-43A-71 - When Council-Manager Form of Government Becomes Effective. - When such an ordinance is adopted within the time period...
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...
Section 11-43A-73 - Continuation of Municipal Corporation. - Any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government under...
Section 11-43A-74 - Powers of Municipality. - The municipality shall have all the powers granted to municipal...
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...
Section 11-43A-76 - Composition of Council; Municipal Elections. - The council shall consist of seven council members who shall...
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...
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...
Section 11-43A-79 - Compensation for Mayor and Councilmen. - The mayor and councilmen shall receive as compensation for their...
Section 11-43A-80 - Procedure for Becoming Candidate. - Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election...
Section 11-43A-81 - Election Ballots. - At every such election all ballots to be used by...
Section 11-43A-82 - Duties, Powers, and Rights of Mayor. - The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the council...
Section 11-43A-83 - Powers of Council; President and President Pro Tem. - The council shall be the governing body of the municipality...
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...
Section 11-43A-85 - Qualifications of City Manager; Duties and Powers; Designation or Appointment of Administrative Officer to Perform Duties of Manager During Temporary Absence or Disability. - (a) The city manager shall be chosen by the council...
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...
Section 11-43A-87 - Times for Meeting of Council; Open to Public. - The council shall meet regularly at such times as may...
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...
Section 11-43A-89 - Rules of Council. - The council shall determine its own rules and order of...
Section 11-43A-90 - Regular Public Meetings of Council; Adjourned, Called, Special, or Other Meetings; Quorum; When Vote of Majority of Quorum Sufficient; When Vote of Majority of Council Required; Procedure; Record of Proceedings; Journal; Unanimous... - The council shall hold regular public meetings as may be...
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...
Section 11-43A-92 - Codification and Revision of Ordinances and Resolutions. - The council may provide for the codification of its ordinances...
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...
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...
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...
Section 11-43A-96 - Payment and Deposit of Municipal Funds. - The council shall prescribe, by ordinance, the method of paying...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Section 11-43A-102 - Continuation of Offices, Departments, etc., Until Otherwise Provided. - Any office, department, board or agency provided for in this...
Section 11-43A-103 - Continuation of Contracts; Completion of Public Improvements. - All contracts and other obligations entered into by the municipality,...
Section 11-43A-104 - Effect of Article on Pending Litigation. - No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the...
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...
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...
Section 11-43A-107 - Discrimination Prohibited. - No person shall be appointed to or removed from, or...
Section 11-43A-108 - Right of City Manager, Directors of Departments, etc., to Attend Council Meetings and Take Part in Discussions; City Manager to Be Notified of All Council Meetings. - The city manager, the directors of all departments and such...
Section 11-43A-109 - Right of Council, City Manager, and Designees to Investigate Municipal Affairs, Etc. - The council and the city manager, or any person or...
Section 11-43A-110 - Limits on Contracts Involving Money Payments; Requirements for Validity. - No contract involving the payment of money out of the...
Section 11-43A-111 - Bond of City Manager and Other Officers and Employees. - The city manager, and other officers or employees whom the...
Section 11-43A-112 - Oath or Affirmation of Mayor, Councilmen, Officers, and Employees. - The mayor and every councilman, officer and employee of the...
Section 11-43A-113 - Referendum to Determine Form of Government. - Between October 1, 1991, and March 31, 1992, any municipality...
Section 11-43A-114 - Referendum Ballots. - At such referendum, the proposition to be submitted shall be...
Section 11-43A-115 - Adoption of Form of Government by Majority of Votes. - If the majority of votes are in favor of the...
Section 11-43A-116 - Effect of Article on Existing Laws. - All laws and parts of laws, general, local or special,...