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  6. HB 279

HB 279

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Text
  • 4 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • David Faulkner
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

Relating to the council-manager form of government; to amend Section 11-43A-1.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as added by Act 2018-569 of the 2018 Regular Session, to further provide for the procedures for the change in the form of government of a municipality from the mayor-council form of government to the council-manager form of government; and to amend Sections 11-43A-7 and 11-43A-8 of the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2018-569 of the 2018 Regular Session, to further provide when the change takes place.

Subjects
Municipalities

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
March 21, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government

Bill Text

Download HB 279 PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB 279 - Introduced
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