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HB380 Alabama 2016 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
HB380 Alabama 2016 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2016
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

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

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.

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.

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.

Subjects
Municipalities

Bill Actions

H

Indefinitely Postponed

H

County and Municipal Government first Amendment Offered

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature