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Code of Alabama
Title 11
Title 2
Chapter 43B
Ala. Code § 11-43B et seq.
Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities
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11-43B-1
Authority to Adopt Mayor-Council Form of Government.
11-43B-2
Election Date; When Mayor-Council Form of Government Deemed Adopted.
11-43B-3
Terms of Office.
11-43B-4
(Amended by Act 2026-586) Conduct of Elections; Residency Requirements; Qualifying Fee; Statement of Campaign Expenses and Contributions.
11-43B-5
Salary and Expenses of Mayor and Council Members; Participation in Hospitalization, Medical Care, and Insurance Programs.
11-43B-6
Holding of Other Public Office During Term as Council Member; Holding of Compensated Appointive Office by Former Council Member or Mayor.
11-43B-7
Council Not to Direct Appointment or Removal of Any Person from Office; Appointment of Civil Service Employees; Limits on Supervision of Employees by Council.
11-43B-8
Government Known as Mayor-Council Form of Government; Powers Vested in Council; Agenda of Meetings; Exercise of Powers; Quorum.
11-43B-9
(Amended by Act 2026-500) Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Audit of Books and Accounts; Publication of Audit; Submission of Audit to Mayor.
11-43B-10
Budget, Appropriations, and Expenditures.
11-43B-11
President of Council; President Pro Tempore Appointed Upon Failure or Refusal to Act.
11-43B-12
Vacancies in Offices of Mayor, President of Council, and Councilman.
11-43B-13
Franchise or Lease of Right to Use Streets or Public Property.
11-43B-14
Initial Territorial Limits.
11-43B-15
Number of Council Members; Boundaries of Districts.
11-43B-16
Redistricting of Boundaries After Publication of Census or Change in Corporate Limits.
11-43B-17
Creation of Departments, Etc., by Ordinance; Discontinuance of Functions Assigned by Law.
11-43B-18
Limit on Duration of Contracts; Validity of Contracts.
11-43B-19
Effect of Chapter on Preexisting Rights of Officers and Employees.
11-43B-20
Administrative Offices Continued; Exercise of Powers and Duties of Offices, Etc., Abolished by Chapter.
11-43B-21
Transfer of Powers and Duties from Existing Offices to Similar Offices Provided for in This Chapter; Applicability of Laws Relating to Existing Offices.
11-43B-22
Continuance in Office of Persons Under Existing Civil Service System; Chapter Not to Supersede Existing Civil Service System.
11-43B-23
Interagency Transfer of Records, Equipment, Etc.
11-43B-24
Continuance of Contracts in Effect.
11-43B-25
Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.
11-43B-26
Pension, Retirement, and Relief Fund Laws Continued in Effect.
11-43B-27
Laws as to Independent Boards, Authorities, and Agencies Continued in Effect.
11-43B-28
Powers Generally.
11-43B-28.1
Increase in Membership of City Board of Education and Waterworks and Sewer Board.
11-43B-29
Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to City Commission, Etc., Deemed to Refer to City Council.
11-43B-30
Purchase of Labor Services, Materials, Etc., from Elected Officials or Employees.
11-43B-31
Laws Relating to City Continued in Effect; Inconsistent Laws as to Exercise of Powers and Duties of Other Form of Government; Chapter 44B of This Title Not Repealed.
11-43B-32
Violation of Chapter.