Within three months of January 29, 1985, the governing body of any Class 4 municipality with a commission form of government may by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopt an ordinance abandoning the commission form of government and adopting a mayor-council form of government pursuant to the terms and conditions of this article. Any municipality desiring to abandon the commission form of government and adopt the form of government provided for herein, shall adopt an ordinance in substantially the following form:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF _____ as follows:
Section 1. That, pursuant to Act No. 85-107 of the 1985 First Special Session of the Legislature, the commission form of government, pursuant to which this municipality has operated, be and the same is hereby abandoned according to the provisions of said Act No. 85-107.
Section 2. That the form of government as described by Act No. 85-107 of the 1985 First Special Session of the Legislature, providing for a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a seven-member council elected from single-member districts, is hereby adopted as the form of government for the city of _____, pursuant to all the terms and conditions contained in said act.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by law, and implemented pursuant to said Act No. 85-107.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.
Section 11-44B-4 - Mayor and Council - Terms; Election Date.
Section 11-44B-4.1 - Elections - Mayor, City Council, and City of Tuscaloosa Board of Education.
Section 11-44B-5 - Conduct of Elections; Qualifications of Mayor and Council; Qualifying Fee.
Section 11-44B-7 - Powers and Duties of Mayor.
Section 11-44B-8 - Temporary and Permanent Vacancies in Office of Mayor; Vacancy on City Council.
Section 11-44B-17 - Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.
Section 11-44B-18 - Pension, Retirement, and Relief Fund Laws Continued in Force.
Section 11-44B-20 - Powers of City; Vesting of Existing Rights, Powers, and Properties.
Section 11-44B-23 - Authority to Collect Surcharge on New Water And/or Sewer Customers.
Section 11-44B-24 - Municipalities' Authority to Annex Certain Unincorporated Territory.
Section 11-44B-25 - Procedures to Reduce or Delete Areas From Police Jurisdiction.
Section 11-44B-40 - Applicability of Article.
Section 11-44B-41 - Definitions.
Section 11-44B-44 - Probationary Period for Appointments.
Section 11-44B-45 - Appointments and Promotions by Merit.
Section 11-44B-47 - Disciplinary Actions; Hearing.
Section 11-44B-48 - Conduct of Hearing; Appeal and Review.