HB624 Alabama 2019 Session

This bill would require a candidate for mayor a place on the city council of a Class municipality organized under Chapter 43D of Title 11 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to be a resident of the district which he or she seeks to represent on the council for at least 365 consecutive days immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate and shall be a qualified elector.

This bill would require each council member and mayor of a Class 5 municipality organized under Chapter 43D of Title 11 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to reside in the district which the member represents during the entire term of office.

Relating to any Class 5 municipality organized under Chapter 43D of Title 11 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to amend Section 11-43D-2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to require a candidate for a place on the city council or mayor of a Class municipality organized under Chapter 43D of Title 11 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to be a resident of the district which he or she seeks to represent on the council for at least 365 consecutive days immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate and shall be a qualified elector; and would require each council member and mayor of a Class municipality organized under Chapter 43D of Title 11 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to reside in the district which the member represents during the entire term of office.