Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB221 Compare Versions

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1	1		1 SB221
2		-	2 215461-3
	2	+	2 215461-2
3	3		3 By Senator Waggoner (N & P)
4	4		4 RFD: Jefferson County Legislation
5	5		5 First Read: 16-FEB-22
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8		-	1 SB221
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11		-	4 With Notice and Proof
12		-	5
13		-	6 ENROLLED, An Act,
14		-	7 Relating to any Class 6 municipality in which the
15		-	8 city government consists of a mayor and five members of the
16		-	9 city council elected for staggered terms; to further authorize
17		-	10 the revision of the election dates and terms of office of the
18		-	11 mayor and members of the city council.
19		-	12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
20		-	13 Section 1. This act shall apply to any Class 6
21		-	14 municipality in which the city government on the effective
22		-	15 date of this act consists of a mayor and five members of the
23		-	16 city council elected for staggered terms.
24		-	17 Section 2. In any Class 6 municipality to which this
25		-	18 act applies, the city council of the municipality may adopt an
26		-	19 ordinance revising the election dates and terms of the city
27		-	20 council and mayor as provided in this section. The ordinance,
28		-	21 if enacted, shall provide:
29		-	22 (1) That the members of the city council to be
30		-	23 elected at the general municipal election in 2022 shall be
31		-	24 elected for terms of five years commencing on the first Monday
32		-	25 in November 2022, and successors shall be elected for terms of
33		-	Page 1 SB221
34		-	1 four years at a general municipal election in 2027, for terms
35		-	2 commencing on the first Monday in November 2027, and every
36		-	3 four years thereafter.
37		-	4 (2) The terms of the mayor and the members of the
38		-	5 city council set to expire in 2024 shall be extended by one
39		-	6 year to expire in 2025, and successors to the offices of mayor
40		-	7 and city council shall be elected for terms of four years at a
41		-	8 general municipal election in 2025, for terms commencing on
42		-	9 the first Monday in November 2025, and every four years
43		-	10 thereafter.
44		-	11 Section 3. The provisions of this act are
45		-	12 supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any law not
46		-	13 in direct conflict with this act.
47		-	14 Section 4. This act shall become effective
48		-	15 immediately following its passage and approval by the
49		-	16 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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55		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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58		-	6 Speaker of the House of Representatives
59		-	SB2217
60		-	8 Senate 24-FEB-22
61		-	9 I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
62		-	10 the Senate.
63		-	11
64		-	12 Patrick Harris,
65		-	13 Secretary.
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68		-	16
69		-	17 House of Representatives
70		-	18 Passed: 10-MAR-22
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73		-	21 By: Senator Waggoner
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	14	+	8 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, the city council of a
	15	+	9 Class 6 municipality, by ordinance, may provide for
	16	+	10 the terms of members of the city council to be
	17	+	11 staggered. The elections are held in even-numbered
	18	+	12 years.
	19	+	13 This bill would provide that the city
	20	+	14 council of a Class 6 municipality in which the
	21	+	15 terms of members of the city council are staggered,
	22	+	16 by ordinance, may revise the terms and the election
	23	+	17 dates of the city council and mayor so that the
	24	+	18 general municipal elections would be held in
	25	+	19 odd-numbered years and the terms of the city
	26	+	20 council would continue to be staggered.
	27	+	21
	28	+	22 A BILL
	29	+	23 TO BE ENTITLED
	30	+	24 AN ACT
	31	+	25
	32	+	26 Relating to any Class 6 municipality in which the
	33	+	27 city government consists of a mayor and five members of the
	34	+	Page 1 1 city council elected for staggered terms; to further authorize
	35	+	2 the revision of the election dates and terms of office of the
	36	+	3 mayor and members of the city council.
	37	+	4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	38	+	5 Section 1. This act shall apply to any Class 6
	39	+	6 municipality in which the city government on the effective
	40	+	7 date of this act consists of a mayor and five members of the
	41	+	8 city council elected for staggered terms.
	42	+	9 Section 2. In any Class 6 municipality to which this
	43	+	10 act applies, the city council of the municipality may adopt an
	44	+	11 ordinance revising the election dates and terms of the city
	45	+	12 council and mayor as provided in this section. The ordinance,
	46	+	13 if enacted, shall provide:
	47	+	14 (1) That the members of the city council to be
	48	+	15 elected at the general municipal election in 2022 shall be
	49	+	16 elected for terms of five years commencing on the first Monday
	50	+	17 in November 2022, and successors shall be elected for terms of
	51	+	18 four years at a general municipal election in 2027, for terms
	52	+	19 commencing on the first Monday in November 2027, and every
	53	+	20 four years thereafter.
	54	+	21 (2) The terms of the mayor and the members of the
	55	+	22 city council set to expire in 2024 shall be extended by one
	56	+	23 year to expire in 2025, and successors to the offices of mayor
	57	+	24 and city council shall be elected for terms of four years at a
	58	+	25 general municipal election in 2025, for terms commencing on
	59	+	26 the first Monday in November 2025, and every four years
	60	+	27 thereafter.
	61	+	Page 2 1 Section 3. The provisions of this act are
	62	+	2 supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any law not
	63	+	3 in direct conflict with this act.
	64	+	4 Section 4. This act shall become effective
	65	+	5 immediately following its passage and approval by the
	66	+	6 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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