HB719 Alabama 2010 Session

Relating to counties with a Class 1 municipality; to establish an elected county council, an elected chief executive, and an appointed county manager; to establish the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the county council, chief executive, and county manager; to establish the compensation for county council members and the chief executive; to exempt the county manager from any merit system; to establish qualifications for county council members, the chief executive, and the county manager; to establish limits on county council and chief executive office expenses; to establish requirements for a comprehensive fiscal plan; to establish sunset review provisions for the departments of county governments; to establish authority for appointing members of the governing boards; to establish agenda initiative and voter referendum provisions; and to further provide requirements for the administrative code of counties with a Class 1 municipality.