Ala. Code § 45-35A-54.40

Any person wilfully violating any provision of this part relating to the commission form of government shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), and may, at the discretion of the court trying the case, be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not to exceed six months, and such offenses shall be grounds for removal from municipal office.