Code of Alabama
Chapter 43B - Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.
Section 11-43B-28 - Powers Generally.

(a) The municipality shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution, code and laws of this state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry out and execute all the powers granted, as well as any other powers and duties which may heretofore or hereafter be granted to such municipality and which are not inconsistent with this chapter.
(b) The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage and control such property as the interest may require.
(c) Except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state or restricted by this chapter, the city shall and may exercise all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever.
(d) The enumeration of particular powers by this chapter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied hereby, or appropriate to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the city shall have and may exercise all powers which, under the Constitution of this state, it would be competent for this chapter to specifically enumerate.
(e) The city may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with any one or more states or civil divisions or agencies thereof, or of the United States or any agency thereof.
(f) All rights, powers and properties of every description which were vested in any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter shall vest in such city under this mayor-council form of government, unless in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.

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.