Section 45-8A-23 Cities to which part applies. Any city in the State of Alabama, which has a population of more than 30,000 and not exceeding 33,000 according to the last federal census, or which may hereafter have such population according to any federal census that may be taken hereafter, may adopt the council-manager form of […]
Section 45-8A-23.001 Petition for election. The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last city general election held in such city, asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such city be submitted to the qualified […]
Section 45-8A-23.002 Call of election by mayor. The mayor or other chief executive officer of such city shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such city, under this part, at a special election to be […]
Section 45-8A-23.003 Second election not called within four years. If the council-manager form of government is not adopted at the special election so called, the question of adopting such form of government shall not be resubmitted to the voters of such city for adoption within four years thereafter, and then the question of adopting the […]
Section 45-8A-23.004 Question submitted; form of ballot. At such election the question to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on separate ballots and shall read as follows: “Shall the council-manager form of government, as provided by the City Manager Act of 1953, be adopted for the City of ………. ? “Yes ………. […]
Section 45-8A-23.005 Conduct, canvassing, and declaration of result of election. The election thereupon shall be conducted, the vote canvassed and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law in respect to other city elections. If the majority of the votes shall be “yes” or in favor of such question, the provisions of […]
Section 45-8A-23.006 Election of first council; term of office. Within five days of the date of his or her receipt of the certificate of adoption the judge of probate with whom the certificate was filed shall call an election to be held on the first Tuesday in September, 1954. The expenses of this election shall […]
Section 45-8A-23.007 Council. The councilmen provided for in this subpart shall be known collectively as the Council of the City of ………. (Name of said city to be inserted) and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The council first elected shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first […]
