SB104 Alabama 2012 Session

Signed by Governor

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Linda Coleman-Madison

Session

Regular Session 2012

Title

Class 1 municipality (Birmingham), mayor-council form of government, time to take office, statements of candidacy, Act 452, 1955 Reg. Sess. am'd; Act 507, 1969 Reg. Sess. repealed

Description

This bill would relate to any Class municipality and would further provide for the Mayor-Council form of government

Relating to any Class 1 municipality; to amend Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.12, 4.02, and 4.05 of Act 452 of the 1955 Regular Session (Acts 1955, p. 1004), as amended, providing a Mayor-Council form of government for cities having a certain population; to provide that members of the city council shall take office on the fourth Tuesday in October of the year of their election; to provide for filing statements of candidacy in city elections; to provide further that the first meeting of each newly elected council shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in October of the year of its election; to provide the time of elections for filling vacancies in the office of mayor; and to repeal Act 507 of the 1969 Regular Session (Acts 1969, p. 964), which never became operative because the act was not approved by the U.S. Justice Department.

Subjects

Jefferson County

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
April 17, 2012		Delivered to Governor at 4:08 p.m. on April 17, 2012
April 17, 2012		Assigned Act No. 2012-223.
April 17, 2012		Signature Requested
April 17, 2012		Enrolled
April 17, 2012		Passed Second House
April 17, 2012		Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 755
April 17, 2012		Third Reading Passed
April 12, 2012		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
April 3, 2012		Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Jefferson County Legislation
April 3, 2012		Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 444
April 3, 2012		Third Reading Passed
March 22, 2012		Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
February 7, 2012		Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Local Legislation No. 2