Code of Alabama
Article 3 - Montgomery.
Part 4 - Mayor-Council Act of 1973.

Section 45-51A-33.05 - Conduct, Canvassing, and Declaration of Result of Election. - The election thereupon shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and...

Section 45-51A-33.06 - Election of First Council and First Mayor; Term of Office. - (a) Upon the adoption of such form of government, the...

Section 45-51A-33.07 - The Council. - The councilmen provided for in this section shall be known...

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

Section 45-51A-33.30 - Legal Status. - Any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government shall...

Section 45-51A-33.31 - Form of Government. - The municipal government of any such city proceeding under this...

Section 45-51A-33.32 - Powers of City. - The city shall have all the powers granted to municipal...

Division 3 - The Council.

Section 45-51A-33.50 - Number, Election, Term. - The council shall consist of nine members who shall be...

Section 45-51A-33.51 - Statement of Candidacy. - (a) Any person desiring to become a candidate at any...

Section 45-51A-33.52 - Qualification. - Every person who shall be elected or appointed to the...

Section 45-51A-33.53 - Eligibility. - Councilmen shall be qualified electors of the city, and shall...

Section 45-51A-33.54 - Compensation. - Commencing with the 1995 term, the council shall receive such...

Section 45-51A-33.55 - Presiding Officer. - The council shall elect an officer of the city who...

Section 45-51A-33.56 - Powers. - All powers of the city, including all powers vested in...

Section 45-51A-33.57 - Council Not to Interfere in Appointment or Removals. - The council shall approve or disapprove the appointment of every...

Section 45-51A-33.58 - Vacancies in Council. - (a) A vacancy in the city council other than those...

Section 45-51A-33.59 - Creation of New Departments or Offices; Change of Duties. - The council by ordinance may create, change, and abolish offices,...

Section 45-51A-33.60 - City Clerk. - If the city clerk of any city which adopts the...

Section 45-51A-33.61 - Induction of Council Into Office; Meetings of Council. - The first meeting of each newly elected council for induction...

Section 45-51A-33.62 - Council to Be Judge of Qualifications of Its Members. - The council shall be the judge of the election and...

Section 45-51A-33.63 - Rules of Procedure; Journal. - The council shall determine its own rules and order of...

Section 45-51A-33.64 - Meetings, Passage of Ordinances, Etc. - The council shall hold regular public meetings at least twice...

Section 45-51A-33.65 - Granting of Franchises. - No resolution or ordinance, granting to any person, firm, or...

Section 45-51A-33.66 - Codification Authorized. - The council may provide at any time it may deem...

Section 45-51A-33.67 - Examination of Books and Publication of Accounts. - The council shall each month print in pamphlet form a...

Division 4 - Mayor.

Section 45-51A-33.90 - Election; Term; Qualification. - The first mayor shall be elected at the same election...

Section 45-51A-33.91 - Statement of Candidacy. - (a) Any person desiring to become a candidate at any...

Section 45-51A-33.92 - Eligibility. - The mayor shall be a qualified elector of the city,...

Section 45-51A-33.93 - Compensation. - Commencing with the 1995 term, the mayor shall receive such...

Section 45-51A-33.94 - Vacancy. - (a) Whenever a vacancy in the office of the mayor...

Section 45-51A-33.95 - Powers and Duties. - The mayor shall be the head of the administrative branch...

Section 45-51A-33.96 - Administrative Departments. - There shall be a department of finance, and such other...

Section 45-51A-33.97 - Directors of Departments. - At the head of each department there shall be a...

Section 45-51A-33.98 - Departmental Divisions. - The work of each department may be distributed among such...

Division 5 - Budget.

Section 45-51A-33.120 - Fiscal Year. - The fiscal year of the city government shall begin on...

Section 45-51A-33.121 - Submission of Budgets. - (a) On a day to be fixed by the council,...

Section 45-51A-33.122 - Preparation of Budgets. - It shall be the duty of the head of each...

Section 45-51A-33.123 - Scope of General Fund Budget. - The general fund budget shall include only the net amounts...

Section 45-51A-33.124 - Balanced Budget Restrictions. - In no event shall the expenditures recommended by the mayor...

Section 45-51A-33.125 - Budget Message. - The budget message shall contain the recommendations of the mayor...

Section 45-51A-33.126 - Availability of Budgets for Inspection; Publication of Budget Message. - The mayor shall cause the budget message to be printed,...

Section 45-51A-33.127 - Publication of Notice of Public Hearing. - At the meeting of the council at which the budget...

Section 45-51A-33.128 - Action by the Council on the General Fund Budget. - After the conclusion of the public hearing the council may...

Section 45-51A-33.129 - Adoption of General Fund Budget. - Not later than the 20th day of September of the...

Section 45-51A-33.130 - Effective Date of Budget; Certification; Copies Made Available. - Upon final adoption, the budget shall be in effect for...

Section 45-51A-33.131 - Utility Budgets. - Separate budget estimates for any public utilities owned and operated...

Section 45-51A-33.132 - Work Plan and Allotments. - After the current expense budgets have been adopted and before...

Section 45-51A-33.133 - Additional Appropriations. - The mayor may at any time authorize, at the request...

Section 45-51A-33.134 - Additional Appropriations. - Appropriations in addition to those contained in the original general...

Section 45-51A-33.135 - Emergency Appropriations. - At any time in any budget year, the council, pursuant...

Section 45-51A-33.136 - Appropriations to Lapse. - Any portion of an appropriation remaining unexpended and unencumbered at...

Section 45-51A-33.137 - Capital Budget. - At the same time that he or she submits the...

Section 45-51A-33.138 - Certification of Funds; Penalties for Violation. - No payment shall be made and no obligation incurred by...

Section 45-51A-33.139 - Reserve for Permanent Public Improvements. - The council may by ordinance establish a reserve fund for...

Section 45-51A-33.140 - Budget Continuation. - Any officially adopted budget in existence at the time that...

Section 45-51A-33.141 - Budget Summary. - At the head of the budget there shall appear a...

Division 6 - Department of Finance.

Section 45-51A-33.160 - Director of Finance - Appointment. - There shall be a department of finance, the head of...

Section 45-51A-33.161 - Director of Finance - Qualifications. - The director of finance shall be a person skilled in...

Section 45-51A-33.162 - Director of Finance - Surety Bond. - The director of finance shall provide a bond with such...

Section 45-51A-33.163 - Director of Finance - Powers and Duties. - The director of finance shall have general management and control...

Section 45-51A-33.164 - When Contracts and Expenditures Prohibited. - No officer, department, or agency, during any budget year, shall...

Section 45-51A-33.165 - Fees Shall Be Paid to City Government. - All fees received by any officer or employee of the...

Section 45-51A-33.166 - Division of Purchases. - There shall be established in the department of finance a...

Section 45-51A-33.167 - Competitive Bidding. - Before the purchasing agent makes any purchase of or contract...

Section 45-51A-33.168 - Contracts for City Improvements. - Any city improvement costing more than two thousand dollars ($2,000)...

Section 45-51A-33.169 - Accounting Control of Purchases. - All purchases made and contracts executed by the purchasing agent...

Section 45-51A-33.170 - Borrowing in Anticipation of Revenues. - In any budget year, in anticipation of the collection or...

Section 45-51A-33.171 - Borrowing to Meet Emergency Appropriations. - In the absence of unappropriated available revenues to meet emergency...

Section 45-51A-33.172 - Notes Redeemable Prior to Maturity. - No notes shall be made payable on demand, but any...

Section 45-51A-33.173 - Sales of Notes; Report of Sale. - All notes issued pursuant to this part may be sold...

Division 7 - Council Districts.

Section 45-51A-33.190 - Number Established. - There shall be established nine council districts to be designated...

Section 45-51A-33.191 - Reapportionment. - Whenever there shall be a change in population in any...

Division 8 - Succession in Government.

Section 45-51A-33.210 - Rights of Officers and Employees Preserved. - Nothing in this part contained, except as specifically provided, shall...

Section 45-51A-33.211 - Continuance of Officers. - All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council...

Section 45-51A-33.212 - Status of Officers and Employees. - Any person holding an office or position in the classified...

Section 45-51A-33.213 - Transfer of Records and Property. - All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department,...

Section 45-51A-33.214 - Continuity of Offices, Departments, Agencies. - Any office, department, or agency provided for in this part...

Section 45-51A-33.215 - Continuance of Contracts and Public Improvements. - All contracts entered into by the city, or for its...

Section 45-51A-33.216 - Pending Actions and Proceedings. - No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the...

Section 45-51A-33.217 - Pension and Relief Funds. - All laws and parts of laws relating to pension, retirement,...

Section 45-51A-33.218 - Authority for Fairgrounds, Parks, Exhibits, Etc. - All laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of...

Section 45-51A-33.219 - When Provisions Take Effect. - For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the...

Section 45-51A-33.220 - Continuance of Ordinances and Resolutions. - All ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at...

Division 9 - General Provisions.

Section 45-51A-33.240 - Removal of Officers and Employees. - Subject to any civil service or merit system applicable to...

Section 45-51A-33.241 - Rights of Mayor and Other Officers in Council. - The mayor, the heads of all departments, and such other...

Section 45-51A-33.242 - Investigations by Council or Mayor. - The council, the mayor, or any person or committee authorized...

Section 45-51A-33.243 - Contracts Extending Beyond One Year. - No contract involving the payment of money out of the...

Section 45-51A-33.244 - Publicity of Records. - All records and accounts of every office, department, or agency...

Section 45-51A-33.245 - Officers and Employees Not to Be Privately Interested in City Contracts. - No member of the council, the mayor, officer, or employee...

Section 45-51A-33.246 - Official Bonds. - The director of finance, and such other officers or employees...

Section 45-51A-33.247 - Oath of Office. - Every officer of the city, before entering upon the duties...

Division 10 - Abandonment of Mayor-Council Form of Government.

Section 45-51A-33.270 - Abandonment of the Mayor-Council Plan. - No city may change from the mayor-council form of government...

Section 45-51A-33.271 - Petition for Change of Form of Government. - Such change, however, shall first be initiated by petition and...

Section 45-51A-33.272 - No Election on Change More Often Than Two Years. - No election on the abandonment of the mayor-council form of...

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Code of Alabama Article 3 - Montgomery. Part 4 - Mayor-Council Act of 1973.

Code of Alabama
Article 3 - Montgomery.
Part 4 - Mayor-Council Act of 1973.