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HB286 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021
HB286 Alabama 2019 Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2019
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

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.

Subjects
Municipalities

Bill Actions

H

Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019.

H

Assigned Act No. 2019-360.

H

Clerk of the House Certification

S

Signature Requested

H

Enrolled

H

Passed Second House

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1204

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 401

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

April 25, 2019 House Passed
Yes 96
No 1
Abstained 3
Absent 4

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature