HB279 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

David Faulkner Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Municipalities, council-manager form of government, procedures and timing further provided for, petition and election required, ballot, Secs. 11-43A-1.1, 11-43A-7, 11-43A-8 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, Act 2018-569 provides an alternative form for the organization of the council-manager form of government.

This bill would clarify that a petition and election would be required to change the form of government of a municipality from mayor-council to council-manager and would provide for the ballot to state whether the council would be composed of five members or seven members.

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Subjects

Municipalities