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Ala. Code § 11-44F-1 Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government Where Commission Form Violates Federal Voting Rights Act; Division into Single-Member Districts; Residence Requirements for Candidates and Electors
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Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less than three months…
Ala. Code § 11-44F-2 Boundaries of Districts
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The ordinance establishing the districts shall describe the territory composing each district and its boundary line shall be the centerline of streets or other well-defined boundaries. (Acts 1988, No. 88-555, p. 871, §1.)
Ala. Code § 11-44F-3 Form of Government; Powers and Duties of Municipality
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The municipality shall thereafter and as provided herein be governed by a mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts, and shall have the same powers and duties as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Title 11, as amended, a…
Ala. Code § 11-44F-20 Governing Body Authorized to Provide for Referendum to Determine Status of Mayor
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The governing body of a Class 8 municipality may, by resolution adopted within 60 days after the date on which the United States Justice Department determines not to interpose objection to this article, provide for a referendum of the registered voters of the city or town to dete…