Code of Alabama
Chapter 44B - Abandonment of Commission Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities.
Section 11-44B-2 - Ordinances Establishing Boundaries of Seven-Council Districts and Salaries of Mayor and Council Members; Compliance With Voting Rights Act; Election of Mayor and Council; Powers and Duties of Municipality.

If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any municipality to which this chapter applies, then:
(1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance,
a. Establishing the boundaries of the seven-council districts herein provided for, and
b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder;
(2) The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended;
(3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall give notice that an election for mayor and all the members of the city council will be held at the next regular municipal election as required and provided for by the election laws of the state of Alabama, which shall be the same date at which the regular municipal elections for the commission board would otherwise be held, being the second Tuesday in July, 1985, and if necessary, run-off elections on the third Tuesday next thereafter as provided by law, and such elections shall be so held wherein a mayor shall be elected at large and a seven-member council shall be elected from single-member districts as provided by this chapter;
(4) The municipality shall, after said election and the qualification and assumption of office of the council and mayor as provided in this chapter, be deemed to have adopted the form of government as herein provided and thereafter be governed by a mayor elected at large and a seven-member council elected from single-member districts pursuant to this chapter, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be now or hereafter granted to such municipality.

Structure Code of Alabama

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-1 - Ordinance Abandoning Commission Form of Government and Adopting Mayor-Council Form.

Section 11-44B-2 - Ordinances Establishing Boundaries of Seven-Council Districts and Salaries of Mayor and Council Members; Compliance With Voting Rights Act; Election of Mayor and Council; Powers and Duties of Municipality.

Section 11-44B-3 - Mayor and Council - Assumption of Office; Duties, etc., of Commissioners Terminated.

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-6 - Meetings; Quorum; Majority Vote Requirements; Procedure for Adoption of Ordinances and Resolutions; Approval or Veto of Mayor; Record of Proceedings; Power of Council as to City Employees; All Powers of City Vested in Council.

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-9 - Franchise, Lease, or Right to Use Streets, Public Highways, Thoroughfares, or Public Ways.

Section 11-44B-10 - Initial Territorial Limits; Reapportionment of Council Districts; Recommended Plan for Reapportionment; Redistricting Ordinance.

Section 11-44B-11 - City Clerk, Finance Director, Revenue Director, City Attorney, Assistant City Attorneys, and City Department Heads Continued in Office; Powers and Duties; Claims Against City; Financial Records; Warrants; Deposit of Public Money;...

Section 11-44B-12 - Existing Rights and Privileges of Officers and Employees; Existing Laws Not Inconsistent With Personnel, etc., Provisions of Article.

Section 11-44B-13 - Persons Holding Administrative Offices Continued in Office Until Other Provisions Made; Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices, etc.; Certain Offices, etc., Deemed Continued; References to Existing Offices, etc., in Laws, Contract...

Section 11-44B-14 - Persons Holding Civil Service Positions Continued in Office; Existing Civil Service System Continued.

Section 11-44B-15 - Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, etc., Where Powers and Duties Reassigned.

Section 11-44B-16 - Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken.

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-19 - Laws Relating to Municipal Boards, Agencies, and Service Enterprises Continued in Force.

Section 11-44B-20 - Powers of City; Vesting of Existing Rights, Powers, and Properties.

Section 11-44B-21 - Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to Certain Officers or Governing Body in Existing Ordinances, etc., Deemed References to Mayor or Council.

Section 11-44B-22 - Laws Relating to or Affecting City Continued in Effect; Inconsistent or Conflicting Laws Relating to Exercise of Powers, Functions, and Duties of Commission or Other Form of Government.

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-42 - Scope of Article; Rules and Regulations; Job Classification Specifications; Employment Retention and Removal; Reduction of Base Pay.

Section 11-44B-43 - Filling of Vacancies; Eligibility Lists; Examinations; Selection of Applicants; Promotions of Firefighters and Police Officers.

Section 11-44B-44 - Probationary Period for Appointments.

Section 11-44B-45 - Appointments and Promotions by Merit.

Section 11-44B-46 - Establishment of Personnel Board; Composition; Terms; Meetings; Compensation; Records.

Section 11-44B-47 - Disciplinary Actions; Hearing.

Section 11-44B-48 - Conduct of Hearing; Appeal and Review.

Section 11-44B-49 - Use of Authority to Influence Official Action; Candidates for Municipal Office to Take Leave of Absence.

Section 11-44B-50 - Violations.

Section 11-44B-51 - Adoption of Rules and Regulations.