HB136 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2017

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: David Faulkner Representative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
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