HB380 Alabama 2016 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Municipality, council-manager form of gov., council-manager act of 1982, composition of council, alternate forms, Sec. 11-43A-8 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a municipality may adopt the council-manager form of government pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 43A of Title 11, Code of Alabama 1975, the Council-Manager Act of 1982. In that case, the council is composed of five members</p><p class="bill_description"> The mayor and one council member are elected at large and three council members are elected from single-member districts. In addition, an alternate form for the composition of the council is provided for in Class 6 municipalities with a mayor and eight council members</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would authorize a municipality organized under the first form provided above to have a council composed of either five or seven members with a mayor elected at large and either four or six council members elected either at large or from single-member districts</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 11-43A-8 of the Code of Alabama 1975, the Council-Manager Act of 1982, to authorize alternate forms of organization and election of the members of the council. </p>

Subjects

Municipalities