HB 279

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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