Section 11-44-121 Adoption by ordinance; powers, designation, election, etc., of commissioners generally; continuation in office of members of governing body.
Section 11-44-121
Adoption by ordinance; powers, designation, election, etc., of commissioners generally; continuation in office of members of governing body.
Any city or town in the state which at the time of the adoption of the ordinance referred to in this section shall have a commission form of government and which desires to become organized under the provisions of this article may do so if all the members of the governing body of such city or town at the time acting as such shall vote in favor of the adoption of an ordinance stating that:
(1) It is in the best interest of the city or town, in the judgment of such governing body, to organize under the provisions of this article, and
(2) Such city or town elects to come under and be governed by the provisions of this article.
Such ordinances shall be published one time in a newspaper. The provisions of this article shall become operative as to such city or town 10 days after the publication of such ordinance.
The governing powers of the municipality shall be vested in the members of the governing body thereof whose duties, tenure of office, and mode of election shall be as provided in this article. The collective name of the commissioners shall be "board of commissioners of the city (or town) of ______"
The members of the governing body of the city or town serving at the time of the adoption of the ordinance provided for in this section shall continue in office until the first Monday of October next following the adoption and publication of such ordinance.
(Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 214, p. 288, §2.)