§ 11-43C-1. Applicability of chapter.

§ 11-43C-2. Special election as to adoption of mayor-council form of government.

§ 11-43C-3. Form of ballot; marking of ballot; use of voting machines.

§ 11-43C-4. Conduct of election; election expenses.

§ 11-43C-5. Provisions applicable if mayor-council form of government chosen.

§ 11-43C-6. Election of mayor and council members; time of taking office; election expenses.

§ 11-43C-7. Qualification of council candidates; votes cast by each voter; majority vote requirements; runoff elections; elections held quadrennially; when elected councilmen take office; term of office; councilman may succeed himself.

§ 11-43C-8. Mayor - Majority vote requirements; runoff election.

§ 11-43C-9. Mayor - Elections held quadrennially; oath; may succeed himself.

§ 11-43C-10. City continued as municipal corporation.

§ 11-43C-11. Government known as "mayor-council form of government"; powers of city vested in council; manner in which powers exercised.

§ 11-43C-12. Powers of city generally.

§ 11-43C-13. Council to consist of five district council members; division of municipality into districts; changing district boundaries where population varies by over five percent.

§ 11-43C-14. District council members - Filing as candidate; qualifying fee.

§ 11-43C-15. District council members - No primary elections; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become candidate.

§ 11-43C-16. District council members - Oath of office.

§ 11-43C-17. District council members - Qualifications; holding other offices; effect of conviction or loss of any qualification.

§ 11-43C-18. District council members - Compensation; additional stipend for president of council.

§ 11-43C-19. President of council.

§ 11-43C-20. Vice-president of council.

§ 11-43C-21. Powers of council; dealings with officers and employees in administrative service.

§ 11-43C-22. Vacancies in council.

§ 11-43C-23. Creating, changing, abolishing, or assigning additional functions to offices, departments, or agencies.

§ 11-43C-24. City clerk continued in office; applicability of merit system; appointment of successor; duties.

§ 11-43C-25. First meeting of council; council to meet regularly; meetings open to public.

§ 11-43C-26. Council to judge election and qualifications of members.

§ 11-43C-27. Rules and order of business of council; journal of proceedings.

§ 11-43C-28. Meetings of council; quorum; majority vote requirement; procedure; record of proceedings; procedure as to ordinances or resolutions of permanent operation; publication; no veto as to council actions relating to an investigation.

§ 11-43C-29. Grant of franchise, lease, or right to use streets, etc., by ordinance or resolution.

§ 11-43C-30. Revision and codification of ordinances, bylaws, and resolutions; comprehensive zone map.

§ 11-43C-31. Monthly statement of receipts and expenses; annual examination of books and accounts.

§ 11-43C-32. Mayor - Filing as candidate; qualifying fee.

§ 11-43C-33. Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become candidate.

§ 11-43C-34. Mayor - Qualifications.

§ 11-43C-35. Mayor - Compensation; expense allowance.

§ 11-43C-36. Mayor - Vacancies; acting mayor; special election to fill vacancy; term of office.

§ 11-43C-37. Mayor - Powers and duties.

§ 11-43C-38. Divisions of city government; executive directors of divisions; city attorney; outside counsel.

§ 11-43C-39. Distribution of work among departmental divisions.

§ 11-43C-40. Mayor - Employment of additional personnel; amount available for salaries; not subject to merit system.

§ 11-43C-41. Fiscal, budget, and accounting years.

§ 11-43C-42. Mayor to submit budget to council.

§ 11-43C-43. Estimates of revenue and expenditures for each department, etc.; compilation of budget information by director of finance; review and revision of estimates.

§ 11-43C-44. General fund budget.

§ 11-43C-45. Recommended expenditures not to exceed estimated receipts unless additional revenue measures adopted; recommendations where receipts estimated to exceed expenditures; public utility budgets.

§ 11-43C-46. Contents of budget message.

§ 11-43C-47. Printing and distribution of budget message and general fund, public utility, and capital budgets.

§ 11-43C-48. Public hearing on budget.

§ 11-43C-49. Revision of budget after hearing; increase in expenditures over mayor's recommendation; expenditures not to exceed receipts and surplus unless additional revenue measures adopted.

§ 11-43C-50. Summary of budget.

§ 11-43C-51. Adoption of general fund budget and any necessary revenue measure; failure to adopt budget.

§ 11-43C-52. Disapproval by mayor of expenditure line item; adherence by council to expenditure.

§ 11-43C-53. Budget effective upon final adoption; certification; printing and distribution.

§ 11-43C-54. Budget estimates for public utilities; presentation of budget to council.

§ 11-43C-55. Monthly or quarterly allotments for each department, etc.; revision of allotments.

§ 11-43C-56. Transfer of unencumbered balance from one department, etc., to another or from one classification of expenditure to another.

§ 11-43C-57. Additional appropriations.

§ 11-43C-58. Emergency appropriations.

§ 11-43C-59. Lapse of unexpended and unencumbered appropriation.

§ 11-43C-60. Capital improvement program.

§ 11-43C-61. Capital budget; lapse of appropriations for capital improvement projects; reserve fund for permanent public improvements.

§ 11-43C-62. Payments and obligations must be in accord with appropriations; certification by director of finance; void payments and obligations; penalty for knowing violations.

§ 11-43C-63. Existing budget continued in force.

§ 11-43C-64. Division of finance; head of division.

§ 11-43C-65. Head of division of finance - Qualifications; bond.

§ 11-43C-66. Head of division of finance - Powers and duties.

§ 11-43C-67. Expenditures not to exceed appropriation for that general classification of expenditures; expenditures financed by bonds; leases or contracts for period exceeding budget year.

§ 11-43C-68. Disposition of fees received by officers and employees.

§ 11-43C-69. Division of division of finance to be responsible for purchases; powers and duties of division head.

§ 11-43C-70. Competitive bidding on contracts for supplies, materials, or equipment.

§ 11-43C-71. City improvements costing more than $3,000.00 to be executed by contract; bidding on contract; alteration of contract.

§ 11-43C-72. Purchases and contracts shall be pursuant to written requisition; certification of balance sufficient to pay for contract or order.

§ 11-43C-73. Revenue notes.

§ 11-43C-74. Emergency notes.

§ 11-43C-75. Notes not payable on demand; redemption prior to maturity; private sale.

§ 11-43C-76. Existing rights and privileges of officers and employees; existing laws not inconsistent with personnel, etc., provisions of chapter.

§ 11-43C-77. Personnel holding administrative office continued in office; transfer of powers and duties of office, etc., abolished by this chapter.

§ 11-43C-78. Transfer of records, property, and equipment of office, etc., where powers and duties reassigned.

§ 11-43C-79. Office, etc., with name or powers and duties the same or substantially same as existing office deemed a continuation of such office.

§ 11-43C-80. Existing contracts continued in force; public improvements for which legislative steps taken.

§ 11-43C-81. Pending legal actions and proceedings.

§ 11-43C-82. Laws relating to pensions or retirement and relief funds continued in force.

§ 11-43C-83. Laws relating to authority for fairgrounds, etc., continued in force.

§ 11-43C-84. Ordinances and resolutions continued in effect.

§ 11-43C-85. Removal of merit system officers and employees; appeal of decision.

§ 11-43C-86. Participation in meetings of council by mayor, department heads, etc.

§ 11-43C-87. Inquiry into conduct of office, department, agency, or officer; investigations as to municipal affairs; subpoena power.

§ 11-43C-88. Interest of official or employee in contracts with city or public utility prohibited; acceptance of gifts, etc.; free transportation of officials, policemen, and firemen in discharge of duties.

§ 11-43C-89. Oath taken by city officers.

§ 11-43C-90. Reapportionment of council districts because of population change.

§ 11-43C-91. Procedure for changing form of government; change from mayor-council form prohibited for four years.

§ 11-43C-92. Appointments to city positions to fairly reflect make-up of total community; participation in contracts by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; capital improvements to be based on need and fairly and equitably made; allocation to agencies serving poor and needy.