By ordinance, the council may establish city departments, boards, offices, or agencies and may prescribe the functions thereof, except that no function assigned by law to a particular department, board, office, or agency may be discontinued unless this chapter specifically so provides.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-17
Creation of Departments, Etc., by Ordinance; Discontinuance of Functions Assigned by Law.
(Acts 1985, 2nd Ex
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