Title 11

All persons holding administrative office at the time the new form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provision shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of suc…

Any person holding an office or position in the civil service of such municipality when the new form of government shall be adopted shall continue to hold such office in the civil service under the new form of government and with the same status, rights, and privileges and subjec…

All records, property, and equipment whatsoever of any office, department, or agency or part thereof, all the powers and duties of which are assigned to any other office, department, or agency by this chapter, shall be transferred and delivered to the office, department, or agenc…

All contracts entered into by the municipality or for its benefit, prior to the adoption by such municipality of the new form of government, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken under laws existing at the time of…

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the new form of government, brought by or against the municipality or any office, department, board, agency, or officer or employee thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of the new f…

All laws and parts of the laws relating to pension, retirement, and relief funds for any employees of the municipality, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to the municipality at the time when it shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall …

All laws relating to the school board, library board, medical clinic board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, industrial development board, downtown development authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, muni…

At such election the proposition to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used for any other office or question and shall read as follows: Check only one of the following: (1) Shall the mayor-council form of government…

All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the new form of government shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §20.)

All laws and parts of laws, general, local, or special, relating to or affecting any city in this class, its powers, functions, duties, and property, in force when this chapter shall take effect are continued in effect; but all such laws relating to the exercise of powers, functi…

The referendum shall be held and conducted in accordance with the provisions of this title, except as herein otherwise specifically provided. If the majority of votes shall be in favor of the mayor-council form of government, then only the applicable provisions of this chapter sh…

If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor e…

If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum herein choose a council-manager form of government the following provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and as provided in this chapter be governed by a council-manager…

The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1) Within 30 days after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establ…

The election and referendum provided for herein shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as provided by Chapter 46, Title 11, in respect to other municipal elections conducted in any such municipality. (Acts 1986, No. 86-195, p. 240, §7.…

Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal census of population, or by virtue of a substantial change in the corporate limits, there shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner herein…

The city shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution and laws of the state, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry and execute all the powers granted. The city may acquire property within or without its corporate limi…