Code of Alabama
Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.
Section 11-43B-18 - Limit on Duration of Contracts; Validity of Contracts.

No contract involving the payment of money out of the budget of more than one fiscal year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made and approved by the council and signed in the name of the municipality by the mayor.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.

Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.

Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.

Section 11-43B-1 - Authority to Adopt Mayor-Council Form of Government.

Section 11-43B-2 - Election Date; When Mayor-Council Form of Government Deemed Adopted.

Section 11-43B-3 - Terms of Office.

Section 11-43B-4 - Conduct of Elections; Residency Requirements; Qualifying Fee; Statement of Campaign Expenses and Contributions.

Section 11-43B-5 - Salary and Expenses of Mayor and Council Members; Participation in Hospitalization, Medical Care, and Insurance Programs.

Section 11-43B-6 - Holding of Other Public Office During Term as Council Member; Holding of Compensated Appointive Office by Former Council Member or Mayor.

Section 11-43B-7 - Council Not to Direct Appointment or Removal of Any Person From Office; Appointment of Civil Service Employees; Limits on Supervision of Employees by Council.

Section 11-43B-8 - Government Known as Mayor-Council Form of Government; Powers Vested in Council; Agenda of Meetings; Exercise of Powers; Quorum.

Section 11-43B-9 - Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Audit of Books and Accounts; Publication of Audit; Submission of Audit to Mayor.

Section 11-43B-10 - Budget, Appropriations, and Expenditures.

Section 11-43B-11 - President of Council; President Pro Tempore Appointed Upon Failure or Refusal to Act.

Section 11-43B-12 - Vacancies in Offices of Mayor, President of Council, and Councilman.

Section 11-43B-13 - Franchise or Lease of Right to Use Streets or Public Property.

Section 11-43B-14 - Initial Territorial Limits.

Section 11-43B-15 - Number of Council Members; Boundaries of Districts.

Section 11-43B-16 - Redistricting of Boundaries After Publication of Census or Change in Corporate Limits.

Section 11-43B-17 - Creation of Departments, etc., by Ordinance; Discontinuance of Functions Assigned by Law.

Section 11-43B-18 - Limit on Duration of Contracts; Validity of Contracts.

Section 11-43B-19 - Effect of Chapter on Preexisting Rights of Officers and Employees.

Section 11-43B-20 - Administrative Offices Continued; Exercise of Powers and Duties of Offices, etc., Abolished by Chapter.

Section 11-43B-21 - Transfer of Powers and Duties From Existing Offices to Similar Offices Provided for in This Chapter; Applicability of Laws Relating to Existing Offices.

Section 11-43B-22 - Continuance in Office of Persons Under Existing Civil Service System; Chapter Not to Supersede Existing Civil Service System.

Section 11-43B-23 - Interagency Transfer of Records, Equipment, Etc.

Section 11-43B-24 - Continuance of Contracts in Effect.

Section 11-43B-25 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.

Section 11-43B-26 - Pension, Retirement, and Relief Fund Laws Continued in Effect.

Section 11-43B-27 - Laws as to Independent Boards, Authorities, and Agencies Continued in Effect.

Section 11-43B-28 - Powers Generally.

Section 11-43B-28.1 - Increase in Membership of City Board of Education and Waterworks and Sewer Board.

Section 11-43B-29 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to City Commission, etc., Deemed to Refer to City Council.

Section 11-43B-30 - Purchase of Labor Services, Materials, etc., From Elected Officials or Employees.

Section 11-43B-31 - Laws Relating to City Continued in Effect; Inconsistent Laws as to Exercise of Powers and Duties of Other Form of Government; Chapter 44b of This Title Not Repealed.

Section 11-43B-32 - Violation of Chapter.