HB84 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris Pringle Representative

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.

Description

Under existing law, candidates for city council and mayor in a Class 2 municipality must qualify by the fourth Tuesday in June.

This bill would require candidates for city council and mayor in a Class 2 municipality to qualify by the fourth Tuesday in May.

This bill would require the mayor of a Class municipality to publish notice of a regular municipal election by the fourth Tuesday in April.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Subjects

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