Chapter 7 - GENERAL STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION, POWERS, DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL MUNICIPALITIES
- Section 5-7-10 - Scope of chapter
- Section 5-7-12 - School resource officers; procedures for certain arrests; jurisdiction; employment rights
- Section 5-7-20 - Form and effect of corporate name of municipality
- Section 5-7-30 - Powers conferred upon municipalities; surtax for parking spaces
- Section 5-7-32 - Municipal code enforcement officers; appointment; powers and duties
- Section 5-7-35 - Mailing, to division superintendent or local agent of railroad, copies of certain municipal ordinances
- Section 5-7-36 - Assessments for additional police, fire, and garbage services on residential property in improvement districts
- Section 5-7-40 - Ownership and disposition of property by municipalities
- Section 5-7-50 - Municipalities' acquisition of land, easement or right-of-way by condemnation
- Section 5-7-60 - Municipality authorized to perform any of its functions or to furnish any of its services; charges and financing
- Section 5-7-80 - Ordinances relating to upkeep of property within municipality
- Section 5-7-90 - Trial of persons charged with violations of ordinances of municipality or laws of State
- Section 5-7-100 - Investigations of departments of municipal government by governing body; compelling attendance of witnesses; subpoenas; contempt
- Section 5-7-110 - Municipal police officers; contracting to provide police protection beyond corporate limits of municipality
- Section 5-7-120 - Municipalities authorized to send law enforcement officers to other political subdivisions of State upon request in emergency situations
- Section 5-7-130 - Conflict of interests of municipal officer or employee
- Section 5-7-140 - Extension of police jurisdiction and authority of municipalities bordering on high tide line or high water mark of navigable body of water
- Section 5-7-145 - Lifeguard and safety services provided by coastal municipalities
- Section 5-7-150 - Coastal municipalities' criminal jurisdiction over piers and other structures and waters of the ocean
- Section 5-7-155 - Police jurisdiction over certain streets and highways along which municipal boundaries run
- Section 5-7-160 - Powers of municipality vested in council; quorum
- Section 5-7-170 - Salaries and expenses of mayor and councilmen determined by council through ordinance
- Section 5-7-180 - Mayor or councilman prohibited from holding other political office during term elected
- Section 5-7-190 - Mayor pro tempore elected from council membership
- Section 5-7-200 - Grounds for forfeiture of office of mayor or councilman; filling vacancies in office
- Section 5-7-210 - Council as judge of election and qualifications of its members and of grounds for forfeiture of their office
- Section 5-7-220 - Appointment and duties of municipal clerk
- Section 5-7-230 - Appointment or election of municipal attorney and judge of municipal court
- Section 5-7-240 - Municipal audits
- Section 5-7-250 - Council meetings; rules and procedures for meetings; freedom of information; emergency ordinances
- Section 5-7-260 - Acts of municipal council which are required to be done by ordinance
- Section 5-7-270 - Form and procedures for introducing and passing ordinances
- Section 5-7-280 - Adoption of standard codes or technical regulations in ordinances
- Section 5-7-290 - Municipal ordinances to be codified; public inspection
- Section 5-7-300 - Collection of delinquent ad valorem property taxes by municipalities
- Section 5-7-310 - Provisions of Section 4-9-55 apply to general laws which affect municipalities