Ala. Code § 45-37A-52.126: Availability of Budgets for Inspection and Publication of the Budget Message.

The mayor shall cause the budget message to be printed, mimeographed, or otherwise reproduced for general distribution at the time of its submission to the council, and sufficient copies of the proposed general fund, public utility, and capital budgets to be made, to supply copies to each member of the council and each daily newspaper of general circulation published in the city, and two copies to be deposited in the office of the city clerk where they shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours.