SB314 Alabama 2013 Session

Under existing law, in municipalities having a population of 12,000 or more, vacancies in the office of mayor are filled automatically by the president of the council. There is currently no provision of law that allows the president of the council to decline the office of mayor and remain on the council.

This bill would authorize, in the event of a vacancy in the office of mayor, the president of the council to decline the office of mayor and remain on the council and would provide for the council to fill the vacancy from its own membership or by any other qualified elector in the municipality.

Relating to municipalities; to add Section 11-43-42.1 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize, in the event of a vacancy in the office of mayor, the president of the council to decline the office of mayor and remain on the council; and to provide for the council to fill the vacancy in the office of mayor when the president of the council declines automatic succession.