HB470 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Canfield

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Paul DeMarcoJack Williams

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Class 7 municipalities, council manager form of government, alternate procedure for adoption to be operative in November 2012, referendum prior to January 1, 2011, Sec. 11-43A-3.3 added; Secs. 11-43A-16, 11-43A-18, 11-43A-32 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, municipalities in Classes 2 through 8 may opt to adopt a council-manager form of government that provides for a five-member council with the mayor and one council member elected at large and the remaining three council members elected from districts. This change must be initiated by petition of qualified electors and requires a referendum. At various times, existing law has provided alternate methods of limited duration for adopting a council-manager form of government in Class 6 municipalities.

This bill would provide an alternate method by which a Class 7 municipality could convert to a council-manager form of government. This bill would authorize the governing body of a Class municipality, by resolution and without the requirement of a petition, to call an election on the adoption of a council-manager form of government with a five-member council consisting of a mayor and four council members elected at large.

This bill would provide a specific time period in which a municipality could call an election on the adoption of a council-manager form of government using this method. This bill would provide that in municipalities adopting the alternate form of government the change would become effective the first Monday in November 2012.

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Subjects

Municipalities