HB84 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris PringleRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to Class 2 municipalities; to amend Sections 11-44C-7 and 11-44C-9, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the deadline to qualify as a candidate for city council and mayor prior to the election; to extend the qualifying deadline for each office; to change the publication date for notice of a regular Class 2 municipal election; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Summary

HB84 changes filing and notice deadlines for Class 2 municipal elections in Alabama, moving candidate qualification to May and requiring earlier election notices, with some technical edits.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, council candidates and the mayor in Class 2 municipalities must qualify by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday in May. The mayor must publish notice of a regular municipal election by the fourth Tuesday in April. The bill includes nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the code language to current style. The act becomes effective October 1, 2023.

Who It Affects

• Candidates for city council and mayor in Class 2 municipalities, who must file by the fourth Tuesday in May (by 5:00 p.m.).
• Mayors and municipal election officials responsible for published notices, who must publish notice by the fourth Tuesday in April.

Key Provisions

• Council candidates must qualify by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday in May under amended Section 11-44C-7.
• The mayor must qualify by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday in May under amended Section 11-44C-9.
• Notice of regular municipal elections must be published by the mayor on the fourth Tuesday in April preceding the election.
• The act includes nonsubstantive technical revisions to update language to current style and becomes effective October 1, 2023.

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Subjects

Class 2 municipalities, changed the date to qualify for municipal elections