Code of Alabama
Article 5 - Birmingham.
Part 3 - Government.

Section 45-37A-52.05 - Conduct, Canvassing, and Declaration of Result of Election. - The election thereupon shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and...

Section 45-37A-52.06 - Election of First Council and First Mayor; Terms of Office. - Immediately upon the adoption of such form of government, the...

Section 45-37A-52.07 - The Council. - The council members provided for in this article shall be...

Part 2 - Legal Status.

Section 45-37A-52.30 - Legal Status. - Any such city which adopts the mayor-council form of government...

Section 45-37A-52.31 - Form of Government. - The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this...

Section 45-37A-52.32 - Powers of City. - The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal...

Part 3 - The Council.

Section 45-37A-52.50 - Number, Election, Term. - The council shall have nine members elected from single member...

Section 45-37A-52-51 - Statement of Candidacy. - Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election...

Section 45-37A-52.52 - Qualification. - Every person who shall be elected or appointed to the...

Section 45-37A-52.53 - Eligibility. - Council members shall be qualified electors of the city, at...

Section 45-37A-52.54 - Compensation. - The council shall receive such salary which shall be effective...

Section 45-37A-52.55 - Officers. - At the first meeting, which shall be held immediately following...

Section 45-37A-52.56 - Powers. - Except those powers specifically granted by this part to the...

Section 45-37A-52.57 - Council Not to Interfere in Appointments or Removals. - Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct...

Section 45-37A-52.58 - Vacancies. - Vacancies in the council shall be filled by the council...

Section 45-37A-52.59 - Creation of New Departments or Offices; Change of Duties. - Upon the written approval of the mayor, the council by...

Section 45-37A-52.60 - City Clerk. - If the city clerk of any city which adopts the...

Section 45-37A-52.61 - Meetings of Council. - The first meeting of each newly elected council shall be...

Section 45-37A-52.62 - Council to Be Judge of Qualifications of Its Members. - The council shall be the judge of the election and...

Section 45-37A-52.63 - Rules of Procedure; Journal. - The council shall determine its own rules and order of...

Section 45-37A-52.64 - Meetings; Passage of Ordinances, Etc. - The council shall hold regular public meetings on Tuesday of...

Section 45-37A-52.65 - Granting of Franchises. - No resolution or ordinance, granting to any person, firm, or...

Section 45-37A-52.66 - Codification Authorized. - The council may provide at any time it may deem...

Part 4 - Mayor.

Section 45-37A-52.90 - Election; Term; Qualification. - The first mayor shall be elected at the same election...

Section 45-37A-52.91 - Statement of Candidacy. - Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election...

Section 45-37A-52.92 - Eligibility. - The mayor shall be a qualified elector of the city,...

Section 45-37A-52.93 - Compensation. - (a) The mayor shall receive an annual salary payable in...

Section 45-37A-52.94 - Vacancy. - Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur...

Section 45-37A-52.95 - Powers and Duties. - The mayor shall be the head of the administrative branch...

Section 45-37A-52.96 - Administrative Departments. - There shall be a department of finance, and such other...

Section 45-37A-52.97 - Directors of Departments. - At the head of each department there shall be a...

Section 45-37A-52.98 - Departmental Divisions. - The work of each department may be distributed among such...

Part 5 - Budget.

Section 45-37A-52.120 - Fiscal Year. - (a) The fiscal year of the city government shall begin...

Section 45-37A-52.121 - Submission of Budgets. - (a) On a day to be fixed by the council,...

Section 45-37A-52.122 - Preparation of Budgets. - It shall be the duty of the head of each...

Section 45-37A-52.123 - Scope of General Fund Budget. - The general fund budget shall include only the net amounts...

Section 45-37A-52.124 - A Balanced Budget. - In no event shall the expenditures recommended by the mayor...

Section 45-37A-52.125 - The Budget Message. - The budget message shall contain the recommendations of the mayor...

Section 45-37A-52.126 - Availability of Budgets for Inspection and Publication of the Budget Message. - The mayor shall cause the budget message to be printed,...

Section 45-37A-52.127 - Publication of Notice of Public Budget. - At the meeting of the council at which the budget...

Section 45-37A-52.128 - Action by the Council on the General Fund Budget. - After the conclusion of the public hearing, the council, by...

Section 45-37A-52.129 - Adoption of General Fund Budget. - (a) Not later than the 20th day of June of...

Section 45-37A-52.130 - Effective Date of Budget; Certification; Copies Made Available. - Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for...

Section 45-37A-52.131 - Utility Budgets. - Separate budget estimates for any public utilities owned and operated...

Section 45-37A-52.132 - Work Plan and Allotment. - After the current expense budgets have been adopted and before...

Section 45-37A-52.134 - Additional Appropriations. - Appropriations in addition to those contained in the original general...

Section 45-37A-52.135 - Emergency Appropriations. - At any time in any budget year, the council may,...

Section 45-37A-52.136 - Lapsing of Appropriations. - Any portion of an appropriation remaining unexpended and unencumbered at...

Section 45-37A-52.137 - Capital Budget. - At the same time that he or she submits the...

Section 45-37A-52.138 - Certification of Funds; Penalties for Violation. - No payment shall be made and no obligation incurred by...

Section 45-37A-52.139 - Reserve for Permanent Public Improvements. - The council may by ordinance establish a reserve fund for...

Section 45-37A-52.140 - Budget Continuation. - Any officially adopted budget in existence at the time that...

Section 45-37A-52.141 - Budget Summary. - At the head of the budget there shall appear a...

Part 6 - Department of Finance.

Section 45-37A-52.160 - Director of Finance - Appointment. - There shall be a department of finance, the head of...

Section 45-37A-52.161 - Director of Finance - Qualifications. - The director of finance shall be a person skilled in...

Section 45-37A-52.162 - Director of Finance - Surety Bond. - The director of finance shall provide a bond with such...

Section 45-37A-52.163 - Director of Finance - Powers and Duties. - The director of finance shall have general management and control...

Section 45-37A-52.164 - When Contracts and Expenditures Prohibited. - No officer, department, or agency, during any budget year, shall...

Section 45-37A-52.165 - Fees to Be Paid to City Government. - All fees received by any officer or employee of the...

Section 45-37A-52.166 - Division of Purchases. - There shall be established in the department of finance a...

Section 45-37A-52.167 - Competitive Bidding. - Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract...

Section 45-37A-52.168 - Contracts for City Improvements. - Any city improvement costing more than two thousand dollars ($2,000)...

Section 45-37A-52.169 - Accounting Control of Purchases. - All purchases made and contracts executed by the purchasing agent...

Section 45-37A-52.170 - Borrowing in Anticipation of Revenues. - In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection or...

Section 45-37A-53.172 - Notes Redeemable Prior to Maturity. - No notes shall be made payable on demand, but any...

Section 45-37A-52.173 - Sale of Notes; Report of Sale. - All notes issued pursuant to this part may be sold...

Part 7 - Succession in Government.

Section 45-37A-52.190 - Rights of Officers and Employees Preserved. - Nothing in this part, except as specifically provided, shall affect...

Section 45-37A-52.191 - Continuance of Officers. - All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council...

Section 45-37A-52.192 - Status of Officers and Employees Holding Positions When the Mayor-Council Form of Government Is Adopted. - Any person holding an office or position in the classified...

Section 45-37A-52.193 - Transfer of Records and Property. - All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department,...

Section 45-37A-52.194 - Continuity of Offices, Departments, or Agencies. - Any office, department, or agency provided for in this part...

Section 45-37A-52.195 - Continuance of Contracts and Public Improvements. - All contracts entered into by the city, or for its...

Section 45-37A-52.196 - Pending Actions and Proceedings. - No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the...

Section 45-37A-52.197 - Pension and Relief Funds. - All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement,...

Section 45-37A-52.198 - Park, Play Ground, and Fairground Authority. - Except as expressly provided by this part, all laws and...

Section 45-37A-52.199 - When Part Takes Effect. - For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the...

Section 45-37A-52.200 - Continuance of Ordinances and Resolutions. - To the extent consistent with the terms of this part,...

Part 8 - General Provisions.

Section 45-37A-52.221 - Right of Mayor and Other Officers in Council. - The mayor, the heads of all departments, and such other...

Section 45-37A-52.222 - Investigations by Council or Mayor. - The council, the mayor, or any person or committee authorized...

Section 45-37A-52.223 - Contracts Extending Beyond One Year. - No contract involving the payment of money out of the...

Section 45-37A-52.224 - Publicity of Records. - All records and accounts of every office, department, or agency...

Section 45-37A-52.225 - Officers and Employees Not to Be Privately Interested in City Contracts. - No member of the council, officer, or employee elected or...

Section 45-37A-52.226 - Official Bonds. - The director of finance, and such other officers or employees...

Section 45-37A-52.227 - Oath of Office. - Every officer of the city, before entering upon the duties...

Part 9 - Abandonment of Mayor-Council Form of Government.

Section 45-37A-52.250 - Abandonment of the Mayor-Council Plan. - No city may change from the mayor-council form of government...

Section 45-37A-52.251 - Petition for Change of Form of Government. - Such change, however, shall first be initiated by petition and...

Section 45-37A-52.252 - No Election on Change More Often Than Two Years. - No election on the abandonment of the mayor-council form of...

Part 10 - General Statutory Provisions.

Section 45-37A-52.270 - Effect of This Part in Existing Law. - Except as otherwise provided by this part, all laws and...

Section 45-37A-52.271 - Separability Clause. - If any section or part of section of this part...

Section 45-37A-52.272 - Short Title. - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

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Code of Alabama Article 5 - Birmingham. Part 3 - Government.

Code of Alabama
Article 5 - Birmingham.
Part 3 - Government.