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Ala. Code § 11-43-20 (2026)

Authority and Procedure for Employment.

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All municipalities in the State of Alabama, whether now or hereafter operating under a municipal government consisting of a mayor and aldermen or of a commission, are hereby authorized at their discretion to employ a city manager with the authority, duties, and liabilities described in this article, whose term of office and compensation shall be as prescribed in this article.

The authority given under this article to employ a city manager and to invoke the provisions hereof shall be exercised by the passage of an ordinance or resolution by the governing body of the municipality so desiring to employ a city manager, which ordinance or resolution shall set a date not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the date of its passage upon which the city manager shall assume his office.

(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 197; Code 1940, T. 37, §418; Acts 1945, No. 354, p. 572.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2024 · leading case: John C. Brown v. State of Alabama ex rel. Deanna Ceasor, as informant (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CV-23-901937). (Ala. 2024).
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Edwards v. First Nat'l Bank, Brewton, 377 So. 2d 966 (Ala. 1979). “Code 1975, § 11-43-20. Under Alabama law, the council can decide who is authorized to sign the checks of the city.”
John C. Brown v. State of Alabama ex rel. Deanna Ceasor, as informant (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CV-23-901937). (Ala. 2024). · cites it 6× “The City Council of Tarrant City, Alabama may, pursuant to Ala. Code § 11-43-20 , enact an ordinance creating the position of City Manager for Tarrant City without changing its form of government.”
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