Chapter

Government of Class 2 Municipalities

Ala. Code § 11-44C-1— Applicability of Chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-2— Special Election as to Adoption of Commission or Mayor-Council Form of Government.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-3— Form of Ballot; Marking of Ballot; Use of Voting Machines.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-4— Conduct of Election; Portions of Chapter Applicable Upon Choosing Form of Government; Election Expenses.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-5— Provisions Applicable to Mayor-Council Form of Government.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-6— Election of Council and Mayor-at-Large; Time of Taking Office; Election Expenses.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-7— Qualification of Council Candidates; Votes Cast by Each Voter; Majority Vote Requirements; Run-Off Elections; Elections Held Quadrennially; When Elected Councilmen Take Office; Term of Office; Councilman May Succeed Himself.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-8— Mayor - Majority Vote Requirements; Run-Off Election.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-9— Mayor - Elections Held Quadrennially; Oath; May Succeed Himself.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-10— City Continued as Municipal Corporation.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-11— Government Known as “Mayor-Council Form of Government”; Powers of City Vested in Council; Manner in Which Powers Exercised.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-12— Powers of City Generally.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-13— Council to Consist of Seven District Council Members; Composition of Districts.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-14— District Council Members - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-15— District Council Members - No Primary Elections; Filing of Pauper’s Oath or Petition to Become Candidate.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-16— District Council Members - Oath of Office.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-17— District Council Members - Qualifications; Holding Other Offices; Effect of Conviction or Loss of Any Qualification.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-18— District Council Members - Compensation; Additional Stipend for President of Council.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-19— President of Council.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-20— Vice-President of Council.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-21— Powers of Council; Dealings with Officers and Employees in Administrative Service.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-22— Vacancies in Council.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-23— Creating, Changing, Abolishing, or Assigning Additional Functions to Offices, Departments, or Agencies.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-24— City Clerk Continued in Office; Applicability of Merit System; Appointment of Successor; Duties.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-25— First Meeting of Council; Council to Meet Regularly; Meetings Open to Public.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-25.1— Number of Required Council Meetings Per Year.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-26— Council to Judge Election and Qualifications of Members.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-27— Rules and Order of Business of Council; Journal of Proceedings.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-28— Meetings of Council; Quorum; Majority Vote Requirement; Procedure; Record of Proceedings; Procedure as to Ordinances or Resolutions of Permanent Operation; Publication; No Veto as to Council Actions Relating to an Investigation.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-29— Grant of Franchise, Lease, or Right to Use Streets, Etc., by Ordinance or Resolution.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-30— Revision and Codification of Ordinances, Bylaws, and Resolutions; Comprehensive Zone Map.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-31— Monthly Statement of Receipts and Expenses; Annual Examination of Books and Accounts.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-32— Mayor - Filing as Candidate; Qualifying Fee.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-33— Mayor - No Primary Election; Filing of Pauper’s Oath or Petition to Become Candidate.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-34— Mayor - Qualifications.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-35— Mayor - Compensation.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-36— Mayor - Vacancies; Acting Mayor; Special Election to Fill Vacancy; Term of Office.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-37— Mayor - Powers and Duties.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-38— Divisions of City Government; Executive Directors of Divisions; City Attorney; Outside Counsel.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-39— Distribution of Work Among Departmental Divisions.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-40— Mayor Authorized to Employ Additional Personnel; Amount Available for Salaries; Not Subject to Merit System.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-41— Fiscal, Budget, and Accounting Years.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-42— Mayor to Submit Budget to Council.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-43— Estimates of Revenue and Expenditures for Each Department, Etc.; Compilation of Budget Information by Director of Finance; Review and Revision of Estimates.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-44— General Fund Budget.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-45— Recommended Expenditures Not to Exceed Estimated Receipts Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted; Recommendations Where Receipts Estimated to Exceed Expenditures; Public Utility Budgets.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-46— Contents of Budget Message.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-47— Printing and Distribution of Budget Message and General Fund, Public Utility and Capital Budgets.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-48— Public Hearing on Budget.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-49— Revision of Budget After Hearing; Increase in Expenditures Over Mayor’s Recommendation; Expenditures Not to Exceed Receipts and Surplus Unless Additional Revenue Measures Adopted.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-50— Summary of Budget.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-51— Adoption of General Fund Budget and Any Necessary Revenue Measure; Failure to Adopt Budget.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-52— Disapproval by Mayor of Expenditure Line Item; Adherence by Council to Expenditure.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-53— Budget Effective Upon Final Adoption; Certification; Printing and Distribution.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-54— Budget Estimates for Public Utilities; Presentation of Budget to Council.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-55— Submission of Work Program Which Shows Requested Appropriations for Department, Etc.; Revision.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-56— Transfer of Unencumbered Balance from One Department, Etc., to Another.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-57— Additional Appropriations.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-58— Emergency Appropriations.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-59— Lapse of Unexpended and Unencumbered Appropriation.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-60— Capital Improvement Program.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-61— Capital Budget; Lapse of Appropriations for Capital Improvement Projects; Reserve Fund for Permanent Public Improvements.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-62— Payments and Obligations Must Be in Accord with Appropriations; Certification by Director of Finance; Void Payments and Obligations; Penalty for Knowing Violations.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-63— Existing Budget Continued in Force.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-64— Department of Finance; Director.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-65— Director of Finance - Qualifications; Bond.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-66— Director of Finance - Powers and Duties.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-67— Expenditures Not to Exceed Appropriation for That General Classification of Expenditure; Expenditures Financed by Bonds; Leases or Contracts for Period Exceeding Budget Year.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-68— Disposition of Fees Received by Officers and Employees.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-69— Division of Department of Finance to Be Responsible for Purchases; Powers and Duties of Division Head.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-70— Competitive Bidding on Contracts for Supplies, Materials, or Equipment.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-71— City Improvements Costing More Than $2,000.00 to Be Executed by Contract; Bidding on Contract; Alteration of Contract.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-72— Purchases and Contracts Shall Be Pursuant to Written Requisition; Certification of Balance Sufficient to Pay for Contract or Order.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-73— Revenue Notes.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-74— Emergency Notes.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-75— Notes Not Payable on Demand; Redemption Prior to Maturity; Private Sale.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-76— Existing Rights and Privileges of Officers and Employees; Existing Laws Not Inconsistent with Personnel, Etc., Provisions of Chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-77— Personnel Holding Administrative Office Continued in Office; Transfer of Powers and Duties of Office, Etc., Abolished by This Chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-78— Transfer of Records, Property, and Equipment of Office, Etc., Where Powers and Duties Reassigned.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-79— Office, Etc., with Name or Powers and Duties the Same or Substantially Same as Existing Office Deemed a Continuation of Such Office.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-80— Existing Contracts Continued in Force; Public Improvements for Which Legislative Steps Taken.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-81— Pending Legal Actions and Proceedings.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-82— Laws Relating to Pensions or Retirement and Relief Funds Continued in Force.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-83— Laws Relating to Authority for Fairgrounds, Etc., Continued in Force.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-84— Ordinances and Resolutions Continued in Effect.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-85— Removal of Merit System Officers and Employees; Appeal of Decision.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-86— Participation in Meetings of Council by Mayor, Department Heads, Etc.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-87— Inquiry into Conduct of Office, Department, Agency, or Officer; Investigations as to Municipal Affairs; Subpoena Power.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-88— Interest of Official or Employee in Contracts with City or Public Utility Prohibited; Acceptance of Gifts, Etc.; Free Transportation of Officials, Policemen, and Firemen in Discharge of Duties.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-89— Oath Taken by City Officers.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-90— Reapportionment of Council Districts Because of Population Change.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-91— Procedure for Changing Form of Government; Change from Mayor-Council Form Prohibited for Two Years.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-92— Commission Form of Government.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-93— Provisions Applicable Regardless of Form of Government Chosen.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-94— Materials or Supplies Becoming Component Parts in Repair, Etc., of Certain Aircraft.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-94.1— Exemption Reiterated for Materials or Supplies Becoming Component Parts in Repair, Etc., of Certain Aircraft.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-95— Tax Exemption for the Centre for the Living Arts, Inc.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-96— Tax Exemption for Bayfest, Inc.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-97— Water and Sewer System Boards - Composition.
Ala. Code § 11-44C-98— Board of Adjustment.