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Mayor-Council Form of Government in Class 4 Municipalities

Ala. Code § 11-43B-1— Authority to Adopt Mayor-Council Form of Government.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-2— Election Date; When Mayor-Council Form of Government Deemed Adopted.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-3— Terms of Office.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-4— (Amended by Act 2026-586) Conduct of Elections; Residency Requirements; Qualifying Fee; Statement of Campaign Expenses and Contributions.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-5— Salary and Expenses of Mayor and Council Members; Participation in Hospitalization, Medical Care, and Insurance Programs.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-6— Holding of Other Public Office During Term as Council Member; Holding of Compensated Appointive Office by Former Council Member or Mayor.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-7— Council Not to Direct Appointment or Removal of Any Person from Office; Appointment of Civil Service Employees; Limits on Supervision of Employees by Council.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-8— Government Known as Mayor-Council Form of Government; Powers Vested in Council; Agenda of Meetings; Exercise of Powers; Quorum.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-9— (Amended by Act 2026-500) Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Audit of Books and Accounts; Publication of Audit; Submission of Audit to Mayor.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-10— Budget, Appropriations, and Expenditures.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-11— President of Council; President Pro Tempore Appointed Upon Failure or Refusal to Act.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-12— Vacancies in Offices of Mayor, President of Council, and Councilman.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-13— Franchise or Lease of Right to Use Streets or Public Property.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-14— Initial Territorial Limits.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-15— Number of Council Members; Boundaries of Districts.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-16— Redistricting of Boundaries After Publication of Census or Change in Corporate Limits.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-17— Creation of Departments, Etc., by Ordinance; Discontinuance of Functions Assigned by Law.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-18— Limit on Duration of Contracts; Validity of Contracts.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-19— Effect of Chapter on Preexisting Rights of Officers and Employees.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-20— Administrative Offices Continued; Exercise of Powers and Duties of Offices, Etc., Abolished by Chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-21— Transfer of Powers and Duties from Existing Offices to Similar Offices Provided for in This Chapter; Applicability of Laws Relating to Existing Offices.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-22— Continuance in Office of Persons Under Existing Civil Service System; Chapter Not to Supersede Existing Civil Service System.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-23— Interagency Transfer of Records, Equipment, Etc.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-24— Continuance of Contracts in Effect.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-25— Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-26— Pension, Retirement, and Relief Fund Laws Continued in Effect.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-27— Laws as to Independent Boards, Authorities, and Agencies Continued in Effect.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-28— Powers Generally.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-28.1— Increase in Membership of City Board of Education and Waterworks and Sewer Board.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-29— Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect; References to City Commission, Etc., Deemed to Refer to City Council.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-30— Purchase of Labor Services, Materials, Etc., from Elected Officials or Employees.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-31— Laws Relating to City Continued in Effect; Inconsistent Laws as to Exercise of Powers and Duties of Other Form of Government; Chapter 44B of This Title Not Repealed.
Ala. Code § 11-43B-32— Violation of Chapter.