Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any board of education, county commission, or municipal governing body whose currently serving members have been elected by a method of election and a specific number of seats prescribed by a federal court shall retain that manner of election and composition until such time as the method of election or number of seats is changed in accordance with general or local law. This section shall not apply in any county where a federal court has overturned the previous order concerning the manner of election and the number of members of a county commission and shall not apply in any county where there is currently pending litigation, or appeals relating thereto, challenging previous court orders or consent orders concerning the manner of elections or the number of members or districts of a county commission.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 3 - Provisions Applicable to Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Chapter 80 - General Provisions.
Section 11-80-4 - Appropriations for Municipal Bands, Etc.
Section 11-80-4.1 - Appropriations and Contributions to Community Action Agencies.
Section 11-80-13 - Cemetery Rehabilitation Authorities.
Section 11-80-14 - Deaf or Blind Child Area Signs.
Section 11-80-15 - Regulation of Fertilizer.
Section 11-80-17 - Alarm Systems; Regulation of Installation and Use of Battery-Charged Fences.