Code of Alabama
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.

Section 11-44B-1 - Ordinance Abandoning Commission Form of Government and Adopting Mayor-Council Form. - Within three months of January 29, 1985, the governing body...

Section 11-44B-2 - Ordinances Establishing Boundaries of Seven-Council Districts and Salaries of Mayor and Council Members; Compliance With Voting Rights Act; Election of Mayor and Council; Powers and Duties of Municipality. - If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of...

Section 11-44B-3 - Mayor and Council - Assumption of Office; Duties, etc., of Commissioners Terminated. - The newly elected mayor and council members elected as herein...

Section 11-44B-4 - Mayor and Council - Terms; Election Date. - The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve four-year...

Section 11-44B-4.1 - Elections - Mayor, City Council, and City of Tuscaloosa Board of Education. - (a) This section shall only apply in a Class 4...

Section 11-44B-5 - Conduct of Elections; Qualifications of Mayor and Council; Qualifying Fee. - The elections provided for herein, and all subsequent elections, shall...

Section 11-44B-6 - Meetings; Quorum; Majority Vote Requirements; Procedure for Adoption of Ordinances and Resolutions; Approval or Veto of Mayor; Record of Proceedings; Power of Council as to City Employees; All Powers of City Vested in Council. - (a) The council shall hold regular public meetings at least...

Section 11-44B-7 - Powers and Duties of Mayor. - The mayor shall preside at all meetings of said council...

Section 11-44B-8 - Temporary and Permanent Vacancies in Office of Mayor; Vacancy on City Council. - (a) Temporary Vacancy in the Office of Mayor. The council...

Section 11-44B-9 - Franchise, Lease, or Right to Use Streets, Public Highways, Thoroughfares, or Public Ways. - No resolution or ordinance, granting to any person, firm or...

Section 11-44B-10 - Initial Territorial Limits; Reapportionment of Council Districts; Recommended Plan for Reapportionment; Redistricting Ordinance. - (a) The initial territorial limits of any municipality which adopts...

Section 11-44B-11 - City Clerk, Finance Director, Revenue Director, City Attorney, Assistant City Attorneys, and City Department Heads Continued in Office; Powers and Duties; Claims Against City; Financial Records; Warrants; Deposit of Public Money;... - (a) If the city clerk of any city which adopts...

Section 11-44B-12 - Existing Rights and Privileges of Officers and Employees; Existing Laws Not Inconsistent With Personnel, etc., Provisions of Article. - Nothing contained in this article, except as specifically provided, shall...

Section 11-44B-13 - Persons Holding Administrative Offices Continued in Office Until Other Provisions Made; Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices, etc.; Certain Offices, etc., Deemed Continued; References to Existing Offices, etc., in Laws, Contract... - All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council...

Section 11-44B-14 - Persons Holding Civil Service Positions Continued in Office; Existing Civil Service System Continued. - Any person holding such an office or position in the...

Section 11-44B-15 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, etc., Where Powers and Duties Reassigned. - All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department,...

Section 11-44B-16 - Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken. - All contracts entered into by the municipality, or for its...

Section 11-44B-17 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings. - No action or proceedings, civil or criminal, pending at the...

Section 11-44B-18 - Pension, Retirement, and Relief Fund Laws Continued in Force. - All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement,...

Section 11-44B-19 - Laws Relating to Municipal Boards, Agencies, and Service Enterprises Continued in Force. - All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital...

Section 11-44B-20 - Powers of City; Vesting of Existing Rights, Powers, and Properties. - The city shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations...

Section 11-44B-21 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to Certain Officers or Governing Body in Existing Ordinances, etc., Deemed References to Mayor or Council. - All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at...

Section 11-44B-22 - Laws Relating to or Affecting City Continued in Effect; Inconsistent or Conflicting Laws Relating to Exercise of Powers, Functions, and Duties of Commission or Other Form of Government. - All laws and parts of laws, general, local or special,...

Section 11-44B-23 - Authority to Collect Surcharge on New Water And/or Sewer Customers. - Any law to the contrary notwithstanding and in addition to...

Section 11-44B-24 - Municipalities' Authority to Annex Certain Unincorporated Territory. - Any Class IV incorporated municipality in this state organized in...

Section 11-44B-25 - Procedures to Reduce or Delete Areas From Police Jurisdiction. - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality...

Section 11-44B-40 - Applicability of Article. - This article shall apply only to Class 4 municipalities organized...

Section 11-44B-41 - Definitions. - As used in this article, unless the context indicates otherwise,...

Section 11-44B-42 - Scope of Article; Rules and Regulations; Job Classification Specifications; Employment Retention and Removal; Reduction of Base Pay. - (a) All covered employees of the city shall be subject...

Section 11-44B-43 - Filling of Vacancies; Eligibility Lists; Examinations; Selection of Applicants; Promotions of Firefighters and Police Officers. - (a) With the exception of promotions of firefighters and police...

Section 11-44B-44 - Probationary Period for Appointments. - All appointments to covered jobs, including promotions, demotions, and transfers,...

Section 11-44B-45 - Appointments and Promotions by Merit. - All persons shall be appointed or promoted to covered jobs...

Section 11-44B-46 - Establishment of Personnel Board; Composition; Terms; Meetings; Compensation; Records. - (a) Upon election by ordinance of a city to participate...

Section 11-44B-47 - Disciplinary Actions; Hearing. - (a) The mayor or department head shall have authority to...

Section 11-44B-48 - Conduct of Hearing; Appeal and Review. - (a) Within 90 calendar days after receipt of written charges...

Section 11-44B-49 - Use of Authority to Influence Official Action; Candidates for Municipal Office to Take Leave of Absence. - No individual shall use, or promise to use, directly or...

Section 11-44B-50 - Violations. - The violation by any covered employee of this article, or...

Section 11-44B-51 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations. - Within 12 months from March 15, 2006, the city council...