Title 11

All laws and parts of laws relating to pensions, retirement, and relief funds for policemen, firemen, and other employees of the city, contained in the general or local laws of the state, as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city s…

All laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of an authority for fairgrounds, parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and places for the amusement, entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of a city, and for the powers…

All ordinances and resolutions of the city in effect at the time of adoption by the city of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government herein set up shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the commission. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.10.)

It shall be unlawful to hold a party caucus or primary for the purpose of nominating any candidate for the office of mayor or commissioner and any candidate who solicits, receives, or accepts a party or caucus nomination for any office shall be ineligible for such office or any o…

It shall be unlawful for any candidate for office or any officer in the city, directly or indirectly, to give or promise any person or persons an office, position, benefit, or anything of value for the purpose of influencing or obtaining the political support, aid, or vote of any…

Each candidate for city office provided for by this chapter shall, not later than 30 days after the election, file with the city clerk his (her) sworn itemized statement in detail of each contribution received by him (her) or any person or committee acting in his (her) behalf, sp…

No mayor or commissioner or any other official of the city, nor any employee thereof, shall be financially interested in any corporation operating any public service utility within the city; provided, however, this shall not apply to any employment or interest existing at the tim…

Any person offering to give a bribe, either in money or other consideration, to any voter for the purpose of influencing his (her) vote at any election provided for in this chapter, or any voter entitled to vote at such election, receiving and accepting such bribe or other consid…

Any employee of any such city shall not wear signs or election material at his (her) place of employment or work. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §9.06.)

It shall be unlawful for any candidate for mayor or commissioner, or for any other person in his (her) behalf, to hire, or pay or agree to pay, any person to solicit votes at the polls on election day, and it shall also be unlawful for any person to accept such hire, or make cont…

Any person willfully violating any provisions of this chapter relating to the mayor/commission/city manager form of government for which penalties have not otherwise been prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more t…

The mayor or any commissioner shall be subject to recall. To institute a recall election, any registered voter may present a petition to the city clerk having the signatures of no less than 30 percent of the registered voters having voted in the last preceding election. Such peti…

Subject to the provisions of any civil service or merit system applicable to the city, and Section 11-44E-92, any officer or employee or a head of any office, department, or agency, may be removed by the city manager or other appointing officer at any time, and the decision of th…

Any committee of the commission or comprised of members of the commission shall be appointed by the mayor only. Any other committee comprised solely of noncommission members shall be appointed by the mayor and commissioners. The commission or any person or committee authorized by…

No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made or approved by resolution or ordinance. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.03.)

No member of the commission, the mayor, officer, or employee appointed shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract for work or material, or the profits thereof, in services to be furnished or performed for the city; and no such member of the commissio…

Such employees as required by Alabama law and those required by the commission, shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as may be approved by the commission. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the city. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.05.)

Every officer of the city shall before entering upon the duties of his (her) office, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation as required by law to be filed and kept in the office of the city clerk. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.06.)

All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, airport board, housing authority, plumbers or electricians board, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, municipally owned public utility and any municipally owned service enterprise, including…

Upon the adoption of any ordinance providing for the addition or deletion of territory into the city limits of the city, such ordinance shall provide for the inclusion of such territory into one of the districts of the city. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §10.08.)

No city may change from the mayor/commission/city manager form of government within two years after adoption thereof. At the end of such period, or at any time thereafter, the city may change its form of municipal government to any form of municipal government provided by the law…

Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk. The …

No election on the abandonment of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government shall be held within two years after any other election thereon. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §11.03.)

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

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mayor/Commission/City Manager Act of 1988.” (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §12.03.)

Within three months of January 29, 1985, the governing body of any Class 4 municipality with a commission form of government may by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopt an ordinance abandoning the commission form of government and adopting a mayor-council f…

(a) The initial territorial limits of any municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter shall be the same as under its former organization. (b) If following a federal census of population or an alteration of the corporate limits, any c…

(a) If the city clerk of any city which adopts the mayor-council form of government as herein provided holds office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk under the mayor-council form of government of such city and his success…

Nothing contained in this article, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers or employees of the municipality or of any office, department, board, or agency existing at the time when this article shall take effect, or any provisi…

All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provisions shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinu…

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

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

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

No action or proceedings, civil or criminal, pending at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council 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…

All laws and parts of 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 article, shall cont…

All laws relating to the school board, library board, hospital board, industrial development boards or authorities, housing authorities, medical clinic boards, plumbers or electricians boards or other technical boards, planning board, zoning board, park or recreation board, munic…

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 prov…

The city shall have all powers granted to municipal corporations and to cities by the Constitution and laws of this 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 lim…

All ordinances and resolutions of the municipality in effect at the time of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government herein established shall continue in effect unless and until changed or repealed by the council. Whenever, in any ordinance, resolution, or law in effe…

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

Any law to the contrary notwithstanding and in addition to any other lawful charges, fees, or rates which may be imposed and collected under various state laws and municipal ordinances for water and/or sewer service, any Class IV incorporated municipality in this state organized …

Any Class IV incorporated municipality in this state organized in accordance with Section 11-44B-1, et seq., shall have the following power and authority: (a) To annex all or any portion of any unincorporated territory or any unincorporated territories which are enclosed within t…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality that is organized pursuant to this article may from time to time reduce or delete various portions and areas from the territorial limits of its respective police jurisdiction or its planning jurisdiction or both as…

The newly elected mayor and council members elected as herein provided shall assume the duties of their respective offices at noon on the first Monday in October following their election, and the terms, powers, duties, responsibilities, and emoluments of office of the commissione…

The mayor and council members elected hereunder shall serve four-year terms with the first election being held as herein provided on the second Tuesday of July, 1985, and quadrennially thereafter on the month and the day established by the general law of the state pertaining to m…

(a) This section shall only apply in a Class 4 municipality organized pursuant to this chapter. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any Class 4 municipality organized pursuant to this chapter, the election for the mayor, members of the city council, and members of …