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Code of Alabama
Title 11
Title 2
Chapter 43C
Ala. Code § 11-43C et seq.
Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 5 Municipalities
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11-43C-1
Applicability of Chapter.
11-43C-2
Special Election as to Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government.
11-43C-3
Form of Ballot; Marking of Ballot; Use of Voting Machines.
11-43C-4
Conduct of Election; Election Expenses.
11-43C-5
Provisions Applicable If Mayor-Council Form of Government Chosen.
11-43C-6
Election of Mayor and Council Members; Time of Taking Office; Election Expenses.
11-43C-7
Qualification of Council Candidates; Votes Cast by Each Voter; Majority Vote Requirements; Runoff Elections; Elections Held Quadrennially; When Elected Councilmen Take Office; Term of Office; Councilman May Succeed Himself.
11-43C-8
Mayor - Majority Vote Requirements; Runoff Election.
11-43C-9
Mayor - Elections Held Quadrennially; Oath; May Succeed Himself.
11-43C-10
City Continued as Municipal Corporation.
11-43C-11
Government Known as “Mayor-Council Form of Government”; Powers of City Vested in Council; Manner in Which Powers Exercised.
11-43C-12
Powers of City Generally.
11-43C-13
Council to Consist of Five District Council Members; Division of Municipality into Districts; Changing District Boundaries Where Population Varies by Over Five Percent.
11-43C-14
District Council Members - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee.
11-43C-15
District Council Members - No Primary Elections; Filing of Pauper’s Oath or Petition to Become Candidate.
11-43C-16
District Council Members - Oath of Office.
11-43C-17
District Council Members - Qualifications; Holding Other Offices; Effect of Conviction or Loss of Any Qualification.
11-43C-18
District Council Members - Compensation; Additional Stipend for President of Council.
11-43C-19
President of Council.
11-43C-20
Vice-President of Council.
11-43C-21
Powers of Council; Dealings with Officers and Employees in Administrative Service.
11-43C-22
Vacancies in Council.
11-43C-23
Creating, Changing, Abolishing, or Assigning Additional Functions to Offices, Departments, or Agencies.
11-43C-24
City Clerk Continued in Office; Applicability of Merit System; Appointment of Successor; Duties.
11-43C-25
First Meeting of Council; Council to Meet Regularly; Meetings Open to Public.
11-43C-26
Council to Judge Election and Qualifications of Members.
11-43C-27
Rules and Order of Business of Council; Journal of Proceedings.
11-43C-28
Meetings of Council; Quorum; Majority Vote Requirement; Procedure; Record of Proceedings; Procedure as to Ordinances or Resolutions of Permanent Operation; Publication; No Veto as to Council Actions Relating to an Investigation.
11-43C-29
Grant of Franchise, Lease, or Right to Use Streets, Etc., by Ordinance or Resolution.
11-43C-30
Revision and Codification of Ordinances, Bylaws, and Resolutions; Comprehensive Zone Map.
11-43C-31
Monthly Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts.
11-43C-32
Mayor - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee.
11-43C-33
Mayor - No Primary Election; Filing of Pauper’s Oath or Petition to Become Candidate.
11-43C-34
Mayor - Qualifications.
11-43C-35
Mayor - Compensation; Expense Allowance.
11-43C-36
Mayor - Vacancies; Acting Mayor; Special Election to Fill Vacancy; Term of Office.
11-43C-37
Mayor - Powers and Duties.
11-43C-38
Divisions of City Government; Executive Directors of Divisions; City Attorney; Outside Counsel.
11-43C-39
Distribution of Work Among Departmental Divisions.
11-43C-40
Mayor - Employment of Additional Personnel; Amount Available for Salaries; Not Subject to Merit System.
11-43C-41
Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Years.
11-43C-42
Mayor to Submit Budget to Council.
11-43C-43
Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for Each Department, Etc.; Compilation of Budget Information by Director of Finance; Review and Revision of Estimates.
11-43C-44
General Fund Budget.
11-43C-45
Recommended Expenditures Not to Exceed Estimated Receipts Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted; Recommendations Where Receipts Estimated to Exceed Expenditures; Public Utility Budgets.
11-43C-46
Contents of Budget Message.
11-43C-47
Printing and Distribution of Budget Message and General Fund, Public Utility, and Capital Budgets.
11-43C-48
Public Hearing on Budget.
11-43C-49
Revision of Budget After Hearing; Increase in Expenditures Over Mayor’s Recommendation; Expenditures Not to Exceed Receipts and Surplus Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted.
11-43C-50
Summary of Budget.
11-43C-51
Adoption of General Fund Budget and Any Necessary Revenue Measure; Failure to Adopt Budget.
11-43C-52
Disapproval by Mayor of Expenditure Line Item; Adherence by Council to Expenditure.
11-43C-53
Budget Effective Upon Final Adoption; Certification; Printing and Distribution.
11-43C-54
Budget Estimates for Public Utilities; Presentation of Budget to Council.
11-43C-55
Monthly or Quarterly Allotments for Each Department, Etc.; Revision of Allotments.
11-43C-56
Transfer of Unencumbered Balance from One Department, Etc., to Another or from One Classification of Expenditure to Another.
11-43C-57
Additional Appropriations.
11-43C-58
Emergency Appropriations.
11-43C-59
Lapse of Unexpended and Unencumbered Appropriation.
11-43C-60
Capital Improvement Program.
11-43C-61
Capital Budget; Lapse of Appropriations for Capital Improvement Projects; Reserve Fund for Permanent Public Improvements.
11-43C-62
Payments and Obligations Must Be in Accord with Appropriations; Certification by Director of Finance; Void Payments and Obligations; Penalty for Knowing Violations.
11-43C-63
Existing Budget Continued in Force.
11-43C-64
Division of Finance; Head of Division.
11-43C-65
Head of Division of Finance - Qualifications; Bond.
11-43C-66
Head of Division of Finance - Powers and Duties.
11-43C-67
Expenditures Not to Exceed Appropriation for That General Classification of Expenditures; Expenditures Financed by Bonds; Leases or Contracts for Period Exceeding Budget Year.
11-43C-68
Disposition of Fees Received by Officers and Employees.
11-43C-69
Division of Division of Finance to Be Responsible for Purchases; Powers and Duties of Division Head.
11-43C-70
Competitive Bidding on Contracts for Supplies, Materials, or Equipment.
11-43C-71
City Improvements Costing More Than $3,000.00 to Be Executed by Contract; Bidding on Contract; Alteration of Contract.
11-43C-72
Purchases and Contracts Shall Be Pursuant to Written Requisition; Certification of Balance Sufficient to Pay for Contract or Order.
11-43C-73
Revenue Notes.
11-43C-74
Emergency Notes.
11-43C-75
Notes Not Payable on Demand; Redemption Prior to Maturity; Private Sale.
11-43C-76
Existing Rights and Privileges of Officers and Employees; Existing Laws Not Inconsistent with Personnel, Etc., Provisions of Chapter.
11-43C-77
Personnel Holding Administrative Office Continued in Office; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Office, Etc., Abolished by This Chapter.
11-43C-78
Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, Etc., Where Powers and Duties Reassigned.
11-43C-79
Office, Etc., with Name or Powers and Duties the Same or Substantially Same as Existing Office Deemed a Continuation of Such Office.
11-43C-80
Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken.
11-43C-81
Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.
11-43C-82
Laws Relating to Pensions or Retirement and Relief Funds Continued in Force.
11-43C-83
Laws Relating to Authority for Fairgrounds, Etc., Continued in Force.
11-43C-84
Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect.
11-43C-85
Removal of Merit System Officers and Employees; Appeal of Decision.
11-43C-86
Participation in Meetings of Council by Mayor, Department Heads, Etc.
11-43C-87
Inquiry into Conduct of Office, Department, Agency, or Officer; Investigations as to Municipal Affairs; Subpoena Power.
11-43C-88
Interest of Official or Employee in Contracts with City or Public Utility Prohibited; Acceptance of Gifts, Etc.; Free Transportation of Officials, Policemen, and Firemen in Discharge of Duties.
11-43C-89
Oath Taken by City Officers.
11-43C-90
Reapportionment of Council Districts Because of Population Change.
11-43C-91
Procedure for Changing Form of Government; Change from Mayor-Council Form Prohibited for Four Years.
11-43C-92
Appointments to City Positions to Fairly Reflect Make-Up of Total Community; Participation in Contracts by Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals; Capital Improvements to Be Based on Need and Fairly and Equitably Made; Allocation to Agencies Serving Poor and Needy.