Ala. Code § 11-43A-75

The mayor and council members, and all officers of the council, who are holding office on the date of the preclearance by the United States Department of Justice of the ordinance referenced in Section 11-43A-70 shall continue in office until the expiration of their current terms, but they shall be subject to and governed by the council-manager form of government under this article unless the effective date of such form of government is deferred under Section 11-43A-71(ii) hereinabove, in which event they shall be subject to and governed by the previously existing form of government until the expiration of said terms.