{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-11-44f-1","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 11-44F-1","heading":"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.","body":"Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts. The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election, and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of said council. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for said district.","path":["Title 11 Counties and Municipal Corporations.","Title 2 Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.","Chapter 44F Class 8 Municipalities with Mayor-Council Form of Government.","Article 1 Abandonment of Commission Form of Government."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=11-44F-1","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"6c8290547730a6b28a1843c0887aa6f73fc28282866e2a6b329af27f50eab3b1","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-11-44e-221","next":"us-al/ala.-code-11-44f-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}