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Part 1 - Organizational Structure and Officers of Statutory Cities
§ 31-4-101. Corporate Authority Vested - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1023, § 1,...
§ 31-4-102. Mayor - Qualifications and Duties - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1024, § 1,...
§ 31-4-103. Mayor - Vacancy - Appointment - Mayor Pro Tem - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1024, § 1,...
§ 31-4-104. Wards - Every city shall be divided by the city council into...
§ 31-4-105. Election of Officers - Terms - The registered electors of each city shall elect, at the...
§ 31-4-106. Councilman - Residence - Vacancies - Each councilman shall have resided in the ward in which...
§ 31-4-107. Appointment of Officers - Terms - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1025, § 1,...
§ 31-4-108. Expulsion From City Council - Vacancies in Other Offices - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1026, § 1,...
§ 31-4-109. Compensation and Fees of Officers - The mayor shall receive such compensation for his services as...
§ 31-4-110. City Clerk - Duties - City Seal - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1027, § 1,...
§ 31-4-111. City Treasurer - Powers and Duties - The city treasurer has such powers and shall perform such...
§ 31-4-112. Marshal or Chief of Police - Duties - The marshal or chief of police shall execute and return,...
§ 31-4-113. Terms of Officers End Upon Adoption of Charter - If any city adopts a charter pursuant to the provisions...
Part 2 - Organizational Structure - Cities - City Manager Form
§ 31-4-201. Authority to Reorganize - Rights and Powers - Any city may reorganize into a city council-city manager form...
§ 31-4-202. Petition - Election - (1) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is...
§ 31-4-203. Majority Vote Carries - When Effective - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1028, § 1,...
§ 31-4-204. Prior Laws Applicable - Rights and Liabilities Continue - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1028, § 1,...
§ 31-4-205. Council Members - Vacancies - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1029, § 1,...
§ 31-4-206. Council Members - Nomination - Election - Compensation - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1029, § 1,...
§ 31-4-207. Mayor - Selection - (2) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2) is...
§ 31-4-207.5. Mayor - Powers and Duties - The mayor shall be the presiding officer of the city...
§ 31-4-208. City Attorney - Municipal Judge - The city council shall appoint a city attorney, who, upon...
§ 31-4-209. Rules - Business - Journal - The city council shall determine its own rules, procedure, and...
§ 31-4-210. City Manager - Qualifications - Removal - The city council shall appoint a city manager who shall...
§ 31-4-211. City Manager - Powers and Responsibility - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1030, § 1,...
§ 31-4-212. Council Not to Interfere - Except as otherwise provided in this part 2, neither the...
§ 31-4-213. Duties of City Manager - It is the duty of the city manager to act...
§ 31-4-214. City Manager Sits in Council - No Vote - The city manager is entitled to a seat in the...
§ 31-4-215. Administrative Plan - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1031, § 1,...
§ 31-4-216. Accounts of Utilities - Accounts shall be kept for each public utility owned or...
§ 31-4-217. Publicity of Records - Records of the city shall be open to inspection at...
§ 31-4-218. Pay of Officers and Employees - The salary or compensation of officers and employees shall be...
§ 31-4-219. Official Bonds - Waiver - The city manager, the city clerk, and such other officers...
Part 3 - Organizational Structure and Officers of Statutory Towns
§ 31-4-301. Mayor - Board of Trustees - Election - Compensation - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1033, § 1,...
§ 31-4-301.5. Change in Number of Trustees - Source: L. 89: Entire section added, p. 1290, § 9,...
§ 31-4-302. Mayor - Powers - The mayor or, in his absence, one of the trustees,...
§ 31-4-303. Trustees to Fill Vacancy - Mayor Pro Tem - Clerk Pro Tem - The board of trustees has the power, by appointment, to...
§ 31-4-304. Appointment of Officers - Compensation - The board of trustees shall appoint a clerk, treasurer, and...
§ 31-4-305. Clerk - Duties - The clerk shall attend all meetings of the board of...
§ 31-4-306. Marshal or Chief of Police - Powers and Duties - The marshal or chief of police has the same power...
§ 31-4-307. Removal of Officers - Causes - Notice - By a majority vote of all members of the board...
Part 4 - Requirements and Compensation of Officers
§ 31-4-401. Oath or Affirmation of Officers - Bonds - Waiver - Declaring Office Vacant - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1035, § 1,...
§ 31-4-402. New Bond - In the event that the official bond of any officer...
§ 31-4-403. Lawful Pay Only for Governing Bodies - No member of the governing body of any city or...
§ 31-4-404. Not to Be Appointed to Office - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1035, § 1,...
§ 31-4-405. Emoluments Not to Be Increased - The emoluments of any member of the governing body, including...
§ 31-4-406. Territorial Corporations - Compensation Fixed by Electors - In cities and towns of not more than five thousand...
§ 31-4-407. Penalty for Receiving Illegal Compensation - Any mayor or member of the governing body of any...
Part 5 - Officers' Recall
§ 31-4-501. Officers Subject to Recall - Every elected or appointed officer of any municipality of the...
§ 31-4-502. Procedure - Petition - Signatures - Petition to recall (name of person sought to be recalled)...
§ 31-4-503. Petition in Sections - Signing - Affidavit - Review - Tampering With Petition - (4.5) A recall election pursuant to this part 5 may...
§ 31-4-504. Resignation - Vacancy Filled - Election - Ballot - Nomination - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1037, § 1,...
§ 31-4-504.5. Incumbent Not Recalled - Reimbursement - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1175, § 1,...
§ 31-4-505. Recall After Six Months - Second Petition - Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1038, § 1,...
§ 31-4-507. Powers of Clerk and Deputy - Source: L. 2000: Entire section added, p. 795, § 14,...