1 SB221
2 215461-2
3 By Senator Waggoner (N & P)
4 RFD: Jefferson County Legislation
5 First Read: 16-FEB-22
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8 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the city council of a
9 Class 6 municipality, by ordinance, may provide for
10 the terms of members of the city council to be
11 staggered. The elections are held in even-numbered
12 years.
13 This bill would provide that the city
14 council of a Class 6 municipality in which the
15 terms of members of the city council are staggered,
16 by ordinance, may revise the terms and the election
17 dates of the city council and mayor so that the
18 general municipal elections would be held in
19 odd-numbered years and the terms of the city
20 council would continue to be staggered.
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22 A BILL
23 TO BE ENTITLED
24 AN ACT
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26 Relating to any Class 6 municipality in which the
27 city government consists of a mayor and five members of the
Page 1 1 city council elected for staggered terms; to further authorize
2 the revision of the election dates and terms of office of the
3 mayor and members of the city council.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
5 Section 1. This act shall apply to any Class 6
6 municipality in which the city government on the effective
7 date of this act consists of a mayor and five members of the
8 city council elected for staggered terms.
9 Section 2. In any Class 6 municipality to which this
10 act applies, the city council of the municipality may adopt an
11 ordinance revising the election dates and terms of the city
12 council and mayor as provided in this section. The ordinance,
13 if enacted, shall provide:
14 (1) That the members of the city council to be
15 elected at the general municipal election in 2022 shall be
16 elected for terms of five years commencing on the first Monday
17 in November 2022, and successors shall be elected for terms of
18 four years at a general municipal election in 2027, for terms
19 commencing on the first Monday in November 2027, and every
20 four years thereafter.
21 (2) The terms of the mayor and the members of the
22 city council set to expire in 2024 shall be extended by one
23 year to expire in 2025, and successors to the offices of mayor
24 and city council shall be elected for terms of four years at a
25 general municipal election in 2025, for terms commencing on
26 the first Monday in November 2025, and every four years
27 thereafter.
Page 2 1 Section 3. The provisions of this act are
2 supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any law not
3 in direct conflict with this act.
4 Section 4. This act shall become effective
5 immediately following its passage and approval by the
6 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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