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- Ala. Code § 11-44-162 · Management, Etc., of Municipalities Abandoning Commission Form of Government; Powers, Duties, Etc., of Mayor and Aldermen.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-1 · Referendum to Determine Continuation of Commission or Adoption of Mayor-Council Form of Government.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-2 · Establishment of Council Districts; Salaries; Election Notice; Powers and Duties of Mayor-Council.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-3 · Mayor-Council - Assumption of Office; Duties, Etc., of Commission Terminated.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-4 · Mayor-Council - Terms.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-5 · Conduct of Election and Referendum.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-6 · Reapportionment of Council Districts.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-7 · Effect of Article on Pre-existing Rights and Privileges of Municipal Employees, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-8 · Administrative Officers Continued; Reassignment of Duties and Powers Formerly Exercised by Abolished Agency, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-9 · Civil Service Officers Continued.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-10 · Interagency Transfer of Records, Equipment, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-11 · Municipal Contracts Continued; Completion of Public Works Required.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-12 · Judicial Proceedings Unaffected by Adoption of Mayor-Council Government.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-13 · Pension and Retirement Plans, Etc., Continued.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-14 · Continuation of Laws Relating to Certain Boards, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-15 · Applicability of Article.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-16 · Continuation of Ordinances and Resolutions.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-30 · 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.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-31 · Boundaries of Districts.
- Ala. Code § 11-44A-32 · Form of Government; Powers and Duties of Municipality.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-1 · Ordinance Abandoning Commission Form of Government and Adopting Mayor-Council Form.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-2 · Ordinances Establishing Boundaries of Seven-Council Districts and Salaries of Mayor and Council Members; Compliance with Voting Rights Act; Election of Mayor and Council; Powers and Duties of Municipality.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-3 · Mayor and Council - Assumption of Office; Duties, Etc., of Commissioners Terminated.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-4 · Mayor and Council - Terms; Election Date.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-4.1 · Elections - Mayor, City Council, and City of Tuscaloosa Board of Education.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-5 · Conduct of Elections; Qualifications of Mayor and Council; Qualifying Fee.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-6 · Meetings; Quorum; Majority Vote Requirements; Procedure for Adoption of Ordinances and Resolutions; Approval or Veto of Mayor; Record of Proceedings; Power of Council as to City Employees; All Powers of City Vested in Council.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-7 · Powers and Duties of Mayor.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-8 · Temporary and Permanent Vacancies in Office of Mayor; Vacancy on City Council.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-9 · Franchise, Lease, or Right to Use Streets, Public Highways, Thoroughfares, or Public Ways.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-10 · Initial Territorial Limits; Reapportionment of Council Districts; Recommended Plan for Reapportionment; Redistricting Ordinance.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-11 · City Clerk, Finance Director, Revenue Director, City Attorney, Assistant City Attorneys, and City Department Heads Continued in Office; Powers and Duties; Claims Against City; Financial Records; Warrants; Deposit of Public Money; Payment of Moneys Due Municipality; Office Space, Supplies, and Other Support.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-12 · Existing Rights and Privileges of Officers and Employees; Existing Laws Not Inconsistent with Personnel, Etc., Provisions of Article.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-13 · Persons Holding Administrative Offices Continued in Office until Other Provisions Made; Powers and Duties of Abolished Offices, Etc.; Certain Offices, Etc., Deemed Continued; References to Existing Offices, Etc., in Laws, Contracts, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-14 · Persons Holding Civil Service Positions Continued in Office; Existing Civil Service System Continued.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-15 · Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, Etc., Where Powers and Duties Reassigned.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-16 · Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-17 · Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-18 · Pension, Retirement, and Relief Fund Laws Continued in Force.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-19 · Laws Relating to Municipal Boards, Agencies, and Service Enterprises Continued in Force.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-20 · Powers of City; Vesting of Existing Rights, Powers, and Properties.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-21 · Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to Certain Officers or Governing Body in Existing Ordinances, Etc., Deemed References to Mayor or Council.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-22 · Laws Relating to or Affecting City Continued in Effect; Inconsistent or Conflicting Laws Relating to Exercise of Powers, Functions, and Duties of Commission or Other Form of Government.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-23 · Authority to Collect Surcharge on New Water And/Or Sewer Customers.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-24 · Municipalities’ Authority to Annex Certain Unincorporated Territory.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-25 · Procedures to Reduce or Delete Areas from Police Jurisdiction.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-40 · Applicability of Article.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-41 · Definitions.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-42 · Scope of Article; Rules and Regulations; Job Classification Specifications; Employment Retention and Removal; Reduction of Base Pay.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-43 · Filling of Vacancies; Eligibility Lists; Examinations; Selection of Applicants; Promotions of Firefighters and Police Officers.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-44 · Probationary Period for Appointments.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-45 · Appointments and Promotions by Merit.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-46 · Establishment of Personnel Board; Composition; Terms; Meetings; Compensation; Records.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-47 · Disciplinary Actions; Hearing.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-48 · Conduct of Hearing; Appeal and Review.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-49 · Use of Authority to Influence Official Action; Candidates for Municipal Office to Take Leave of Absence.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-50 · Violations.
- Ala. Code § 11-44B-51 · Adoption of Rules and Regulations.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-1 · Applicability of Chapter.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-2 · Special Election as to Adoption of Commission or Mayor-Council Form of Government.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-3 · Form of Ballot; Marking of Ballot; Use of Voting Machines.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-4 · Conduct of Election; Portions of Chapter Applicable Upon Choosing Form of Government; Election Expenses.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-5 · Provisions Applicable to Mayor-Council Form of Government.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-6 · Election of Council and Mayor-at-Large; Time of Taking Office; Election Expenses.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-7 · Qualification of Council Candidates; Votes Cast by Each Voter; Majority Vote Requirements; Run-Off Elections; Elections Held Quadrennially; When Elected Councilmen Take Office; Term of Office; Councilman May Succeed Himself.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-8 · Mayor - Majority Vote Requirements; Run-Off Election.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-9 · Mayor - Elections Held Quadrennially; Oath; May Succeed Himself.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-10 · City Continued as Municipal Corporation.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-11 · Government Known as “Mayor-Council Form of Government”; Powers of City Vested in Council; Manner in Which Powers Exercised.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-12 · Powers of City Generally.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-13 · Council to Consist of Seven District Council Members; Composition of Districts.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-14 · District Council Members - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-15 · District Council Members - No Primary Elections; Filing of Pauper’s Oath or Petition to Become Candidate.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-16 · District Council Members - Oath of Office.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-17 · District Council Members - Qualifications; Holding Other Offices; Effect of Conviction or Loss of Any Qualification.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-18 · District Council Members - Compensation; Additional Stipend for President of Council.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-19 · President of Council.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-20 · Vice-President of Council.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-21 · Powers of Council; Dealings with Officers and Employees in Administrative Service.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-22 · Vacancies in Council.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-23 · Creating, Changing, Abolishing, or Assigning Additional Functions to Offices, Departments, or Agencies.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-24 · City Clerk Continued in Office; Applicability of Merit System; Appointment of Successor; Duties.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-25 · First Meeting of Council; Council to Meet Regularly; Meetings Open to Public.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-25.1 · Number of Required Council Meetings Per Year.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-26 · Council to Judge Election and Qualifications of Members.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-27 · Rules and Order of Business of Council; Journal of Proceedings.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-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.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-29 · Grant of Franchise, Lease, or Right to Use Streets, Etc., by Ordinance or Resolution.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-30 · Revision and Codification of Ordinances, Bylaws, and Resolutions; Comprehensive Zone Map.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-31 · Monthly Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-32 · Mayor - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-33 · Mayor - No Primary Election; Filing of Pauper’s Oath or Petition to Become Candidate.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-34 · Mayor - Qualifications.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-35 · Mayor - Compensation.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-36 · Mayor - Vacancies; Acting Mayor; Special Election to Fill Vacancy; Term of Office.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-37 · Mayor - Powers and Duties.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-38 · Divisions of City Government; Executive Directors of Divisions; City Attorney; Outside Counsel.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-39 · Distribution of Work Among Departmental Divisions.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-40 · Mayor Authorized to Employ Additional Personnel; Amount Available for Salaries; Not Subject to Merit System.
- Ala. Code § 11-44C-41 · Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Years.