HB136 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: David FaulknerRepresentative
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.
Summary: The bill expands council size and election options for municipalities using the council-manager form by allowing five- or seven-member councils with a mayor at large and council members elected either at large or from districts, replacing the fixed five-member setup.
What This Bill Does
It amends Section 11-43A-8 to let a city with the five‑member council form choose a five‑ or seven‑member council. The mayor would be elected at large and four or six council members would be elected either at large or from districts, as decided by a council resolution. For Class 6 cities, it preserves the option to keep the alternate form or switch to the five/seven-member form; if the alternate form is chosen, ballots are prepared and the council would be nine members (mayor at large plus eight from four dual‑member districts).

Who It Affects
Municipalities that currently use the five-member council-manager form; they gain the option to expand to seven members and choose whether council members are elected at large or from districts.
Class 6 municipalities; they may choose between the five/seven-member form or continue with the existing alternate nine-member form, with the alternate form including a mayor at large and eight members from four dual-member districts.

Key Provisions
Allows five-member councils to adopt a five- or seven-member structure with a mayor elected at large and four or six council members elected either at large or from single-member districts, as the municipality's resolution provides.
For Class 6 cities, preserves the option to adopt the above form or to continue with the alternate nine-member form; if the alternate form is chosen, ballots are prepared and the council is set to be nine members (mayor at large and eight from four dual-member districts).

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Municipalities