No contract involving the payment of money out of the appropriation of more than one year shall be made for a period of more than five years, nor shall any such contract be valid unless made or approved by ordinance and signed in the name of the municipality by the mayor and countersigned by the city manager.
Ala. Code § 11-43A-110
Limits on Contracts Involving Money Payments; Requirements for Validity.
Known as the Council-Manager Act
The act spans §§ 11-43A-1 to 11-43A-99 (103 sections).
(Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §41.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.