Code of Alabama
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.

Article 1 - Adoption of the Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government; Election and Term of First Commission.

Section 11-44E-1 - Cities to Which Chapter Applies. - Any Class 5 municipality in the State of Alabama may...

Section 11-44E-2 - Authority to Adopt Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government; Ordinance for Election of Commissioners. - At any time upon passage of this chapter and said...

Section 11-44E-3 - Election of Commission and Mayor; Term of Office. - (a) The expense for all elections shall be paid by...

Section 11-44E-4 - Mayor and Commissioners to Be Known as Commission; Powers and Duties; Qualification and Taking of Office; Commencement of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government. - The commissioners provided for in this section, along with the...

Article 2 - Legal Status; Form of Government; Powers.

Section 11-44E-20 - Continuation as Municipal Corporation; Duties, Rights, Etc. - Any such city which adopts the mayor/commission/city manager form of...

Section 11-44E-21 - Government to Be Known as Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government; Powers of City Vested in Commission; Exercise of Powers. - The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this...

Section 11-44E-22 - Powers of City; Acquisition of Property; Enumeration of Powers in Chapter Not Exclusive. - The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal...

Article 3 - The Commission.

Section 11-44E-40 - Elections; Qualification and Term of Office; Oath. - (a) Any commissioner whose present term does not expire until...

Section 11-44E-41 - Statement of Candidacy. - Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election...

Section 11-44E-42 - Eligibility of Candidates; Vacancy When Commissioner Ceases to Possess Qualifications. - The candidates for office of commissioner shall be qualified electors...

Section 11-44E-43 - Compensation; Increase or Decrease in Compensation; Bond. - The compensation of all commissioners elected during the first election...

Section 11-44E-44 - Powers of Commission. - The commission shall be the legislative body of the city....

Section 11-44E-45 - Interference in Appointment or Removal of Officers and Employees; Dealings of Commission With Administrative Service. - Neither the commission nor any of its members shall direct...

Section 11-44E-46 - Vacancies in Commission. - (a) Whenever a vacancy in the office of commissioner shall...

Section 11-44E-47 - Continuation of City Clerk in Office Where Subject to Civil Service or Merit System; Appointment Where Not Subject to Such System; Duties of City Clerk. - If the city clerk of any city which adopts the...

Section 11-44E-48 - Meetings of Commission. - The first meeting of each newly elected commission shall be...

Section 11-44E-49 - Commission to Judge Election. - The commission shall be the judge of the election by...

Section 11-44E-50 - Rules of Procedure of Commission; Journal of Commission Proceedings. - The commission shall determine its own rules and order of...

Section 11-44E-51 - Meetings of Commission; Mayor to Preside; Quorum; Majority Vote Requirement; Enactment of Resolutions, Bylaws, and Ordinances; Record of Proceedings; Publication of Ordinances. - The commission shall hold regular public meetings at a regular...

Section 11-44E-52 - Grant of Franchise; Lease, or Right to Use Streets, etc.; Transfer of Waterworks, Sewer, Electric, or Gas Plant and System to Board or Public Corporation. - No resolution, bylaw, or ordinance granting to any person, firm,...

Section 11-44E-53 - Codification Authorized. - The commission may provide at any time it may deem...

Section 11-44E-54 - Examination of Books and Publication of Accounts. - At the end of each year, the commission shall cause...

Article 4 - Mayor.

Section 11-44E-70 - Election; Term; Qualification. - The mayor shall be elected at the same election at...

Section 11-44E-71 - Statement of Candidacy. - Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election...

Section 11-44E-72 - Eligibility of Candidates. - The candidates for office of mayor shall have been qualified...

Section 11-44E-73 - Compensation; Increase or Decrease of Compensation; Bond. - The compensation of the mayor elected during the first election...

Section 11-44E-74 - Vacancy in Office of Mayor; Acting Mayor; Special Election; Qualification, Duties, and Term of Successor. - Whenever a vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur...

Section 11-44E-75 - Powers and Duties of Mayor. - The mayor shall have the following powers and duties: (1)...

Section 11-44E-76 - Payment of All Funds. - The payment of all funds shall be by checks or...

Article 5 - City Manager.

Section 11-44E-90 - Creation of Office of City Manager. - The office of the city manager is hereby created under...

Section 11-44E-91 - Appointment of City Manager; Qualifications; Residence; Noneligibility of Elected Officials. - The city manager shall be appointed by a majority vote...

Section 11-44E-92 - Powers and Duties of City Manager. - The city manager shall be the administrative head of the...

Section 11-44E-93 - Noninterference by Mayor or Commission With Certain Duties of City Manager; Dealings With Administrative Service. - Neither the mayor, commission nor any of its members shall...

Section 11-44E-94 - Political, Other Improper Influences on City Manager and Personnel Under His (Her) Authority Prohibited; Ineligibility of Candidates for Public Office to Continue Employment. - Neither the city manager nor any person appointed by him...

Section 11-44E-95 - Bond of City Manager. - The city manager, before entering upon the discharge of his...

Section 11-44E-96 - Compensation of City Manager. - The city manager shall receive such compensation as, from time...

Section 11-44E-97 - Eligibility and Participation in City Retirement and Insurance Plans. - The city manager shall be eligible and may participate in...

Section 11-44E-98 - Contract Between City Manager and City. - The tenure, compensation, and duties as provided by law of...

Section 11-44E-99 - Vacancies in Office of City Manager. - In the case of a vacancy in the office of...

Section 11-44E-100 - Temporary Absence or Disability of City Manager. - During the temporary absence or disability of the city manager,...

Article 6 - Budget.

Section 11-44E-110 - Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Year. - The fiscal year of the city government shall begin on...

Section 11-44E-111 - Submission of Budgets. - On a day to be fixed by the commission, but...

Section 11-44E-112 - Five-Year Plan. - The city manager shall submit to the commission on an...

Article 7 - Commission Districts.

Section 11-44E-120 - Division of City Into Six Single-Member Districts. - The territorial limits of the city shall remain the same...

Section 11-44E-121 - Reapportionment. - Whenever there shall be a change in population in any...

Article 8 - Succession in Government.

Section 11-44E-140 - Rights of Officers and Employees Preserved. - Nothing in this chapter contained, except as specifically provided, shall...

Section 11-44E-141 - Continuance of Present Officers; Exercise of Powers of Abolished Agency by Agency Designated by Commission. - All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor/commission/city...

Section 11-44E-142 - Continuance of Officers and Employees Holding Positions in Classified Service. - Any person holding an office or position in the classified...

Section 11-44E-143 - Transfer of Agency Records and Property. - All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department,...

Section 11-44E-144 - Office, etc., With Name or Powers and Duties the Same or Substantially Same as Existing Office Deemed a Continuation of Such Office. - Any office, department, board, or agency provided for in this...

Section 11-44E-145 - Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken. - All contracts entered into by the preceding form of government,...

Section 11-44E-146 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings. - No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the...

Section 11-44E-147 - Laws Relating to Pensions or Retirement and Relief Funds Continued in Force. - All laws and parts of laws relating to pensions, retirement,...

Section 11-44E-148 - Laws Relating to Authority for Fairgrounds, etc., Continued in Force. - All laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of...

Section 11-44E-149 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect. - All ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at...

Article 9 - Code of Conduct and Penalties for Violations of This Chapter.

Section 11-44E-160 - Party Caucus or Primary for Nomination of Candidates for Mayor or Commissioner Prohibited. - It shall be unlawful to hold a party caucus or...

Section 11-44E-161 - Bribes; Transportation of Voters to Polls. - It shall be unlawful for any candidate for office or...

Section 11-44E-162 - Statement of Campaign Contributions. - Each candidate for city office provided for by this chapter...

Section 11-44E-163 - Financial Interest in Public Service Utility. - No mayor or commissioner or any other official of the...

Section 11-44E-164 - Election Bribes; False Statement as to Qualification to Vote; Voting or Offering to Vote by Person Who Is Not Qualified. - Any person offering to give a bribe, either in money...

Section 11-44E-165 - Employee Involvement in Elections. - Any employee of any such city shall not wear signs...

Section 11-44E-166 - Hiring of Persons to Solicit Votes at Polls on Election Day. - It shall be unlawful for any candidate for mayor or...

Section 11-44E-167 - Penalties for Violations of This Chapter; Disqualification of Candidate. - Any person willfully violating any provisions of this chapter relating...

Section 11-44E-168 - Recall of Elected Official. - The mayor or any commissioner shall be subject to recall....

Article 10 - General Provisions.

Section 11-44E-180 - Removal of Officers and Employees; Appeal. - Subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit...

Section 11-44E-181 - Appointment of Committees; Inquiries and Investigations by Commission, etc.; Subpoenas; Failure to Obey Subpoena. - Any committee of the commission or comprised of members of...

Section 11-44E-182 - Contracts Extending Beyond One Year. - No contract involving the payment of money out of the...

Section 11-44E-183 - Interest of Official or Employee in Contracts With City or Public Utility Prohibited; Acceptance of Gifts, etc.; Penalty. - No member of the commission, the mayor, officer, or employee...

Section 11-44E-184 - Bonds of Employees. - Such employees as required by Alabama law and those required...

Section 11-44E-185 - Oath of Office. - Every officer of the city shall before entering upon the...

Section 11-44E-186 - Continuation of Laws. - All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital...

Section 11-44E-187 - Inclusion of Annexed Territory Into Districts. - Upon the adoption of any ordinance providing for the addition...

Article 11 - Abandonment of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government.

Section 11-44E-200 - Authority to Change From Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government. - No city may change from the mayor/commission/city manager form of...

Section 11-44E-201 - Petition for Change of Form of Government; Election as to Proposed Change; Election of New Officers and Governing Body; Termination of Term of Office of Mayor and Commissioners. - Any proposal to change the form of government shall be...

Section 11-44E-202 - No Election on Change of Form of Government Within Two Years. - No election on the abandonment of the mayor/commission/city manager form...

Article 12 - General Statutory Provisions.

Section 11-44E-220 - Effect of Chapter on Existing Law. - All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special,...

Section 11-44E-221 - Short Title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

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Code of Alabama Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only. Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.

Code of Alabama
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 44E - Adoption of Mayor/commission/city Manager Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities.