Ala. Code § 29-2-41 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-41
Section 29-2-41 (Amended by Act 2026-328) Expenses for Members; Contracts for Personal or Professional Services; Letter of Intent to Contract; Hearing; Organization and Meetings
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-328, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) Each member of the committee shall be entitled to regular legislative compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the committee, which shall be paid out of the funds appropriated to the use of the Legislature, on warrants drawn on the state Comptroller upon requisition signed by the committee’s chair. Members shall not receive additional compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall furnish assistance and any relevant information to the committee.

(b)(1) The committee shall have the responsibility of reviewing contracts for personal or professional services with private entities or individuals to be paid out of appropriated funds, federal or state, on a state warrant issued as recompense for those services.

(2) Each state department entering into a contract to be paid out of appropriated funds, federal or state, on a state warrant which is notified by the committee, shall submit to the committee any proposed contract for personal or professional services. Each contract shall be accompanied by an itemization of the total cost estimate of the contract.

(c) A department, in lieu of the proposed contract, may submit to the committee a letter of intent to contract. A letter of intent to contract shall indicate the contracting parties, the services to be performed, an itemization of the total cost estimate of the contract, and such other information as the department may deem pertinent to the committee review of the contract. If a department elects to submit a letter of intent to contract in lieu of a proposed contract, the department shall be required to submit to the committee for its information the contract described in the letter of intent upon the execution of the contract.

(d) The committee shall hold a hearing to review and comment where necessary on any contract or letter of intent to contract within a reasonable time not to exceed 45 days after a department has submitted the contract or letter of intent to contract to the committee. If the committee fails to hold a hearing to review a contract or letter of intent to contract within the 45-day time period, the contract shall be deemed to have been reviewed in compliance with this section. The committee may hold a contract considered at a meeting for up to 45 days following the meeting to review and comment on the contract.

(e) Any contract made by the state or any of its agencies or departments in violation of this section and without prior review by the committee of either the contract or the letter of intent to contract shall be void ab initio.

(f) The committee may issue subpoenas for any witnesses and require the production of any documents or contracts the committee deems necessary to examine in order to conduct its duties.

(g) The committee shall organize itself at the first meeting following a new quadrennium and elect from among its membership a chair and a vice-chair. Any committee member reelected to a new quadrennium shall continue to serve on the committee until such time the committee reorganizes itself.

(h) The committee shall hold regular meetings at least once each month, the regular meetings to be held during the first week of each month.
Ala. Code § 29-3-1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-3-1
Section 29-3-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the “Emergency Interim Succession Act.”
Ala. Code § 29-5-2 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-5-2
Section 29-5-2 Joint Fiscal Committee of Legislature
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-1-23 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-23
Section 29-1-23 Purchase of Legislative Chairs or Desks by Members of Legislature; Establishment of Price; Disposition of Generated Revenues; Disposition of Unsold Chairs or Desks
Status: in_force

(a) Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Historical Commission shall establish a rate or price for the production of each restored desk of the legislative chambers to be used in the renovated State Capitol building. The legislative chairs and/or desks used in the chambers shall be sold for a price to be established by the Historical Commission. The last member of the Legislature who sat in a chair in the chambers shall have first choice in purchasing that individual chair and/or desks. Present members of the Legislature shall be given an opportunity to purchase any remaining chairs and/or desks and then former members shall have a choice of any remaining chairs and/or desks after the present members have made their purchases. Any such desks or chairs which are unsold shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, who is authorized to sell existing legislative members’ desks or chairs at a price equal to the price established by the Historical Commission.

(b) The revenues generated by legislative desks and chairs sold by the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate shall be collected by them and deposited in the General Fund of the State Treasury for the payment of reproduction or replacement costs by the Historical Commission.

(c) The Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate may have any unsold legislative desks and chairs, under the provisions of this section, delivered to the Department of Archives and History for preservation or disposal.
Ala. Code § 29-2-4 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-4
Section 29-2-4 Reporting Requirements; Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

(a) On or before January 31 of each year, any county or city required to report local motor fuel excise tax rate information to the Department of Revenue pursuant to Act 1998-192 shall provide a similar report to the Department of Revenue regarding the total amount of local motor fuel excise tax revenues collected by the county or city for the immediately preceding fiscal year and the total amount of the revenues expended on road and bridge maintenance and improvement during that same fiscal year. The Department of Revenue shall collect the information and deliver a report to the Joint Transportation Committee on or before March 31 of each year.

(b) The powers and duties of the Joint Transportation Committee shall be as follows:

(1) It shall review and shall consider concurring with the long-range plan of the transportation department as such plan exists at the date of the meeting called for the purpose of reviewing the plan. The long-range plan referred to herein is the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) maintained by ALDOT for the purpose of complying with requirements of the Federal Highway Administration, which plan is amended multiple times each year for administrative as well as substantive reasons, and which plan shall be constantly available on the ALDOT website. A member of the committee may propose an amendment to the STIP, provided that the proposed amendment is delivered in writing to the transportation department by the close of business of the fourth Wednesday after the draft plan is presented to the committee. The proposed amendment shall be fiscally constrained within the funding category shown in the draft STIP. The transportation department shall prepare and deliver the amendment to each member of the committee no later than the fourth Wednesday of the month prior to the next quarterly meeting. Should the committee, by majority vote, accept the proposed amendment, the amendment shall be delivered by the chair of the committee to the Governor for consideration of changing the STIP as presented by the transportation department.

(2) The update of the transportation department’s annual fund allocation plan shall be presented to the Joint Transportation Committee at the third quarterly meeting of each year. The review and consideration of concurrence in the annual update of the plan shall be accomplished by the Joint Transportation Committee no later than the last quarterly meeting of each year. Failure of the Joint Transportation Committee to concur in the annual update shall not prevent the transportation department from proceeding with any project.

(3) The transportation department’s requested budget for the following fiscal year shall be presented to the Joint Transportation Committee at the last quarterly meeting of the year. It shall review the budget proposed by the transportation department on an annual basis, which review shall be completed not later than the first quarterly meeting of each year. The Joint Transportation Committee shall report on the budget requests of the transportation department to the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee and the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee and may make recommendations about the budget to the committees.

(4) An in-progress draft of the annual report outlined in Section 23-1-35 shall be presented to the Joint Transportation Committee at the first quarterly meeting of each year. All comments and input from members of the Joint Transportation Committee shall be delivered to the transportation department within 30 days of the first quarterly meeting to allow consideration by the transportation department prior to publishing.

(5) The transportation department shall prepare and submit for review by the Joint Transportation Committee a long-range plan for the transportation department utilizing objective prioritization criteria consistent with the factors described in subdivision (11) at the first quarterly meeting of the year. The plan shall include a narrative of the condition of the transportation department as well as forward looking challenges and opportunities. The intent of this requirement is to allow the Joint Transportation Committee to assist in avoiding future problems and challenges and to assist in the development of goals for the transportation department. This plan may be incorporated into the annual report as required by Section 23-1-35 or be prepared as a separate document.

(6) Upon request of the chair, or by a majority vote of the members of the Joint Transportation Committee, the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall issue a report to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, House of Representatives, and Senate within 60 days of the second quarterly meeting, comparing actual performance of the transportation department in terms of highway construction, maintenance, and costs of the same, to the original plan for the immediate preceding fiscal year as well as the five preceding fiscal years. It shall also make this report available to the public within 70 days of the second quarterly meeting.

(7) It shall recommend to the Governor necessary funding for future transportation department budgets to the extent necessary beyond funds already provided by law.

(8) It may retain the services of consultants, if necessary, and consult with other groups and individuals, including public interest groups, interested individuals, and appropriate state educational institutions.

(9) It may hold public hearings, shall make diligent inquiry and a full examination of the long-range future highway needs of the state, and shall file all reports of its findings and recommendations with both houses of the Legislature and with the Governor.

(10) It may call witnesses and do all things necessary or convenient in connection with and all things incidental to performance of the foregoing duties and powers.

(11) In performing its functions, the Joint Transportation Committee shall take into consideration, in reviewing plans for highway construction and maintenance, among other factors all of the following:

a. Commuter benefits in the total amount of direct savings to working men and women traveling to and from their jobs in the state.

b. Industrial and agricultural growth.

c. Transportation safety.

d. Ecological impacts of transportation projects.

e. Recreation and tourism.

f. Traffic density.

g. Implications on the routing of school buses.

h. Implications on the operation of public safety and first responder vehicles.

i. Priority to projects in a location with an independent local assessment.

j. Priority to projects that provide a county with its first four-lane access to an interstate.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-60 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-60
Section 29-5A-60 Supervision, Direction, and Control; Public Activities
Status: in_force

The Law Revision Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. The Law Revision Division shall continue to be known as the Alabama Law Institute for purposes of conducting its public activities.
Ala. Code § 29-2-6 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-6
Section 29-2-6 Duties of Transportation Department
Status: in_force

(a) The transportation department shall cooperate with the Joint Transportation Committee and shall prepare or cause to be prepared and furnished to the Joint Transportation Committee, by the third quarterly meeting of each year, the current STIP for proposed highway construction and any other reports, disclosures, information, or data requested by Joint Transportation Committee. The transportation department’s proposed annual budget for the next fiscal year shall be prepared and furnished to the Joint Transportation Committee by the last quarterly meeting of each year. The transportation department shall make available the books and records of the transportation department necessary for the Joint Transportation Committee to perform its functions and shall report to it quarterly on the performance of the transportation department for the preceding fiscal quarter of the state and its proposed projects and plans for the current fiscal year thereof. The transportation department shall maintain the STIP in accordance with requirements set forth by the Federal Highway Administration. Additionally, the transportation department shall include narrative language for each project in the STIP describing in detail the scope of the project and the reasons for its placement in the STIP. Whenever the plan is amended for any reason, the transportation department shall, within seven calendar days of such amendment: (1) Update the ALDOT website to disclose any changes made to the plan; and (2) notify, in writing, the Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee of the changes made together with appropriate explanation of the change(s). Upon written request from the Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee, the transportation department shall provide copies of the notice to all members of the Joint Transportation Committee.

(b) The transportation department shall cooperate with the Joint Transportation Committee to undertake a study on the use of Federal Highway Administration guidelines to include life cycle cost analysis and price adjustment clause.
Ala. Code § 29-4-61 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-61
Section 29-4-61 Designation of Persons to Serve on Certain Multi-Member Bodies in Place of Speaker of the House
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any act of the Legislature provides that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is designated a member of a multi-member body, the Speaker may designate a person to serve in his or her place as follows:

(1) If the body is composed exclusively of members of the Legislature or members of the Legislature and the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may designate a member of the House of Representatives to serve in place of the Speaker.

(2) If the body is not composed exclusively of members of the Legislature or members of the Legislature and the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives may designate any person to serve in place of the Speaker.

(b) Designees shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

(c) This section applies to multi-member bodies in existence or subsequently created.
Ala. Code § 29-6-3 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 29-6-3
Section 29-6-3 Participation in Meetings; Decisions of Council; Open Meetings; Orientation
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the Legislative Council, House Legislative Council, and Senate Legislative Council may participate in a meeting of the respective council by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all individuals participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time and members of the public may simultaneously listen to the meeting. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes.

(b) Any decision of the Legislative Council shall be by a majority vote of the council members from the Senate and a majority vote of the council members from the House of Representatives.

(c) All decisions of the Legislative Council, the House Legislative Council, or the Senate Legislative Council, except those involving hiring, discipline, or termination of employees, shall be reduced to writing and shall be published on the website of the Legislature.

(d) The Legislative Council, House Legislative Council, and Senate Legislative Council shall be subject to the Alabama Open Meetings Act, Chapter 25A, Title 36, except that a meeting may be called with the same notice requirements as a meeting of a committee of the House or Senate under the rules of the House of Representatives or Senate.

(e) The Legislative Council, House Legislative Council, and Senate Legislative Council may make use of the employees of the Legislative Department, including employees of the respective houses, as needed in carrying out their respective functions.

(f) The Legislative Council shall conduct an orientation program for its members upon its formation and at the start of each quadrennium thereafter. The orientation shall cover all of the duties and responsibilities of membership on the council. The Legislative Council shall also provide an orientation to any member who serves on the council due to election or appointment within 60 days of the individual joining the council. The orientation shall be conducted by the Secretary of the Legislative Council.
Ala. Code § 29-6-7.1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 29-6-7.1
Section 29-6-7.1 Legislative Findings as to Speech and Debate; Definitions; Privileged and Confidential Communication; Waiver of Privilege
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:

(1) Section 56 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 56 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, contains a speech or debate clause virtually identical to Section 6 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, the federal speech and debate clause.

(2) In the case of Gravel v. United States, 408 U.S. 606, the Supreme Court of the United States held the speech and debate clause in the Constitution of the United States makes the communications between members of the Congress and their staff privileged and confidential.

(3) The Supreme Court explained its reasoning as follows:

”[T]he day-to-day work of [legislative] aides is so critical to the Members’ performance that they must be treated as the latter’s alter ego; and that if they are not so recognized, the central role of the Speech and Debate Clause-to prevent intimidation of legislators by the Executive and accountability before a possibly hostile judiciary-will inevitably be diminished and frustrated.”

(4) The Legislature intends by this section to apply the holding of the Gravel case to the Legislature of Alabama.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) CLIENT. A member of the Legislature, the Lieutenant Governor, Governor, and any individual to whom the Director of Legislative Services determines the provision of services by the agency is in the best interests of the state.

(2) CLIENT’S AGENT. An individual authorized by a client to act as an agent of the client with legislative staff.

(3) COMMUNICATION. The sharing of information, opinions, advice, or knowledge with another. The term includes a communication in any form and in any draft, memoranda, or other work product related to or resulting from the communication.

(4) LEGISLATIVE STAFF. An officer, employee, or contractor of the Alabama Senate, Alabama House of Representatives, Office the President Pro Tempore, Office of the Speaker of the House, Legislative Services Agency, and Examiners of Public Accounts.

(c) A communication regarding legislation, potential legislation, the legislative process, or legislative activity between legislative staff and a client or a client’s agent is privileged and confidential.

(d) A legislative staff member may not disclose the content of a communication or the fact that a communication occurred unless the privilege under subsection (c) is waived expressly by the client to whom the communication was made or, with respect to a communication made to a client’s agent, the client on whose behalf the communication occurred.

(e) The introduction or public discussion of a bill by a client does not waive the privilege under subsection (c) with respect to any communication related to the bill.

(f) The advertising of a local bill by synopsis or in a form less than in its entirety is not, in and of itself, a waiver of the privilege under subsection (c).
Ala. Code § 29-3-9 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-3-9
Section 29-3-9 Governor May Change Place of Legislative Session
Status: in_force

Whenever, in the event of an attack or upon finding that an attack may be imminent, the Governor deems the place of session of the Legislature then prescribed to be unsafe, he may change it to any place within or without the state which he deems safer and convenient.
Ala. Code § 29-7-16 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-16
Section 29-7-16 Code Changes to Conform to Chapter 29 of Title 41
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-4-35 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-35
Section 29-4-35 Powers of Members of the Legislative Council
Status: in_force

(a) The House Legislative Council, after considering in a timely manner persons recommended by the Clerk of the House, shall hire the employees of the House. Once hired, all House employees are at will employees and shall be under the control and supervision of the Clerk of the House. The Clerk of the House has the authority to discipline and terminate employees.

(b) The House Legislative Council or the Clerk of the House, as appropriate, shall utilize the services of the Director of Human Resources, including providing lists of applicants for open positions and the written application for employment for each, providing assistance in determination of job classifications, salary schedules, benefits, and terms of employment, maintaining custody of records as requested, and providing consultation on employee discipline.

(c) The House Legislative Council may delegate such powers and duties as herein conferred upon it to the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Ala. Code § 29-2-52 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-52
Section 29-2-52 Duties; Employment of Consultants, Etc.; Expenses; Contracts; Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The committee shall make a continuous study of the reapportionment problems in Alabama seeking solutions thereto, and shall seek expertise, when deemed necessary, from among knowledgeable state officials and employees, academic personnel and others involved in demographic studies and other census matters.

(b) The committee shall make such reports of its investigations, findings and recommendations to the Legislature at any time, during any regular or special session of the Legislature, as it may deem necessary.

(c) The committee shall engage in such activities as it deems necessary for the preparation and formulation of a reapportionment plan for the next ensuing reapportionment and each reapportionment thereafter, and readjustment or alteration of Senate and House districts and of congressional districts of the state.

(d) The committee, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council, may employ consultants, technicians, attorneys, and any other experts needed to prepare maps and make professional appearances to support any plan of reapportionment adopted by the Legislature. Such expenses of the committee shall be paid out of any funds appropriated by the Legislature for the use of the committee.

(e) The committee may make and sign any agreements and to do and perform any acts that may be necessary, desirable, or proper to carry out the purposes and objectives of the provisions herein set forth.

(f) The committee may complete any contract executed and conduct any business undertaken or commenced by the Legislature pertaining to or connected with the reapportionment and readjustment or alteration of Senate and House and congressional districts prior to the enactment of this article, and the same shall be completed and conducted in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions and with the same effect as if completed and conducted by the Legislature.

(g) The committee may meet within and without the state, hold public hearings, and otherwise have all of the powers of a legislative committee under the legislative law.

(h) The committee may request and receive from any court, department, division, board or bureau, commission, or agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof such assistance and data as will enable it to properly carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
Ala. Code § 29-4-20 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-20
Section 29-4-20 Subordinate Officers - Secretary of the Senate; Assistant Secretary of the Senate
Status: in_force

(a) The subordinate officers of the Senate consist of the Secretary of the Senate and an Assistant Secretary of the Senate. The Secretary of the Senate shall be a full-time employee, elected as provided by law, and compensated as provided in this chapter.

(b) The Secretary of the Senate shall not participate in political activities such as are prohibited by the Merit System Act in Section 36-26-38.

(c) The Assistant Secretary of the Senate shall be elected by a majority vote of the Senate. The Assistant Secretary of the Senate shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature an amount fixed by the Senate Legislative Council.

(d) The Secretary of the Senate may appoint an administrative assistant. The administrative assistant to the Secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary and shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature an amount fixed by the Senate Legislative Council in accordance with that of comparable positions established under the State Merit System pay plan.

(e) The Secretary of the Senate may employ a chief clerk who shall be a full-time employee. The chief clerk shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of the Senate and shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature an amount fixed by the Senate Legislative Council in accordance with that of comparable positions established under the State Merit System pay plan.
Ala. Code § 29-2-153 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-153
Section 29-2-153 Compensation; Expenses
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation.

(b) Members of the committee are entitled to reimbursement for expenses while on official business of the committee or attending its meetings. Expenses shall be paid as follows:

(1) The expenses of members who are legislators may be paid out of any funds appropriated to the Legislature or out of any funds appropriated for joint interim committees of the Legislature, but in the amounts as if they were performing legislative duties.

(2) The expenses of the Director of Finance may be paid out of any funds available to the office of the Director of Finance.
Ala. Code § 29-1-22 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-22
Section 29-1-22 Appropriation for Legislative Costs; Legislature to Present Budget Annually; Contents
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-408, effective June 10, 2015.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-31 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-31
Section 29-5A-31 References to United States Armed Forces
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner shall change all collective references to the United States Armed Forces to include the United States Space Force in Title 31 and elsewhere as found in this code. Code changes shall be made at a time determined appropriate by the Code Commissioner.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-41 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-41
Section 29-5A-41 Cooperation and Assistance by State Departments, Agencies, Etc
Status: in_force

The various departments, agencies, institutions, and establishments of the executive branch of government and the regulatory agencies and commissions of the state shall furnish the Fiscal Division any available material which the division determines to be necessary in the performance of the duties and functions of the division. The division upon agreement with the head of any department, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission, may utilize its services, facilities, and personnel, with or without reimbursement; and the head of each department, agency, establishment, institution, or regulatory agency or commission may provide the services, facilities, and personnel to the division.
Ala. Code § 29-13-5 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-13-5
Section 29-13-5 Withdrawal of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), amounts in the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund may be withdrawn only to prevent proration in the General Fund. The Governor must certify to the state Comptroller and notify the Legislature that proration would occur in the General Fund before funds may be withdrawn to prevent proration. Following the certification and notification by the Governor, withdrawals may be made from the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund to prevent proration; however, the withdrawals shall be limited to the amount of the anticipated proration and funds allotted only to the extent necessary to avoid proration of appropriations from the General Fund. Any funds withdrawn from the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund in excess of the amount necessary to avoid proration shall be transferred back to the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund within 30 days after the end of the fiscal year in which withdrawals are made.

(b) Amounts in the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund may be withdrawn by and through an independent supplemental appropriation bill enacted with a recorded vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each legislative chamber to provide funding necessary for any of the following:

(1) To offset a reduction in estimated revenues to the General Fund for the current fiscal year.

(2) To fund state employee pay raises or bonuses.

(3) To provide funding for unanticipated obligations.

(c) No funds may be appropriated pursuant to subsection (b) until the balance of the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund at the end of the previous fiscal year equals or exceeds fifty million dollars ($50,000,000).

(d) Amounts appropriated from the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund pursuant to subsection (b) shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96 and Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12.
Ala. Code § 29-8-3 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-8-3
Section 29-8-3 Adoption of Membership Plan
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-40 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-40
Section 29-5A-40 Supervision, Direction, and Control
Status: in_force

The Fiscal Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services.
Ala. Code § 29-1-21 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-21
Section 29-1-21 Salaries of Legislative Officers and Employees
Status: in_force

Salaries or compensation of officers and employees of the Alabama Legislature and any other persons paid by or by authority of the legislative department of the State of Alabama whose salary is established by statute or whose salary is subject to minimum or maximum amounts established by statute shall be paid in accordance with statute as shown in the journal of salaries and compensation prepared pursuant to Section 36-6-9.
Ala. Code § 29-9-4 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-9-4
Section 29-9-4 Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund; Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund; Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury an Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund and an Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund. Any monetary interest that accrues in the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund shall be retained in the fund from year to year and shall be subject only to the provisions of this chapter. If total revenues deposited into the Education Trust Fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year exceed the fiscal year appropriation cap for the immediately preceding fiscal year, and total Education Trust Fund appropriations for the immediately preceding fiscal year are less than the fiscal year appropriation cap for the immediately preceding fiscal year, the excess revenues shall remain in the Education Trust Fund as nonrecurring revenue. On or before May 31 of each fiscal year through the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, if the total revenues deposited into the Education Trust Fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year exceed the fiscal year appropriation cap for the immediately preceding fiscal year, and Education Trust Fund appropriations for the immediately preceding fiscal year were equal to the fiscal year appropriation cap, the excess revenues shall be transferred to the Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account until the account has been repaid in full. If the account has been repaid in full, any excess revenues remaining shall be transferred to the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund and the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund created in this chapter. The transfers to the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund and the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund shall be made annually as follows:

(1) To the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund in an amount up to one percent of the previous year’s Education Trust Fund total appropriations until the fund reaches seven and one-half percent of the previous year’s appropriations from the Education Trust Fund.

(2) a. Any excess revenues remaining after those transferred in subdivision (1) shall be transferred to the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund each year. Any amount of the available balance in the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund may be available for appropriation only by and through an independent supplemental appropriation bill for the following nonrecurring expenses: repairs or deferred maintenance of facilities for public education purposes in the state, capital outlay, for classroom instructional support as provided in Section 16-13-231(b)(2)c. and Section 16-13-231.3, for insuring facilities, for transportation as provided in Section 16-13-233, for school security measures, and for the acquisition or purchase of education technology and equipment, or both. These funds, however, shall not be used as a pledge for the issuance or payment of debt service. No funds shall be appropriated in years when the balance of the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund at the end of the previous fiscal year is less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000). Amounts in the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96 and Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12, but shall not be limited by the fiscal year appropriation cap.

b. The annual appropriation of funds from the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund shall be divided between the public schools and institutions of higher education in the state in accordance with the percentage split, based on the fiscal year in which an appropriation is made, between these two sectors of education as certified by the Legislative Fiscal Officer at the end of the preceding fiscal year. Public schools shall be interpreted to include any public school in operation for the current fiscal year, the Alabama School of Math and Science, the Alabama School of Fine Arts, the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, the portion of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind providing appropriate elementary/secondary instruction, and may include the Department of Youth Services School District.

(b) There is created in the State Treasury the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund into which monies shall be deposited as provided in this chapter and as appropriated by the Legislature. Any monetary interest that accrues to the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund shall be retained in the fund from year to year and shall be subject only to this chapter.

(c) On or before May 31 of each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, if the total available revenues in the Education Trust Fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year exceed Education Trust Fund total appropriations for the immediately preceding fiscal year, and there is an unpaid balance owed to the Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account, the excess revenues shall be transferred to the Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account until the account has been repaid in full. If the account has been repaid in full, any excess revenues remaining shall be transferred to the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund, the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund, and the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund created in this chapter. The transfers to the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund, the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund, and the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund shall be made annually as follows:

(1) To the Education Trust Fund Budget Stabilization Fund in an amount up to one percent of the previous year’s Education Trust Fund total appropriations until the fund reaches 10 percent of the previous year’s appropriations from the Education Trust Fund.

(2)a. Fifty percent of the excess revenues remaining after those transferred in subdivision (1) shall be transferred to the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund each year, not to exceed one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) in any fiscal year. Any amount of the available balance in the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund may be available for appropriation only by and through an independent supplemental appropriation bill for the following nonrecurring expenses: repairs or deferred maintenance of facilities for public education purposes in the state, capital outlay, for classroom instructional support as provided in Section 16-13-231(b)(2)c. and Section 16-13-231.3, for insuring facilities, for transportation as provided in Section 16-13-233, for school security measures, and for the acquisition or purchase of education technology or equipment, or both. These funds, however, shall not be used as a pledge for the issuance or payment of debt service. No funds shall be appropriated in years when the balance of the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund at the end of the previous fiscal year is less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000). Amounts in the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96 and Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12, but shall not be limited by the fiscal year appropriation cap.

b. The annual appropriation of funds from the Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund shall be divided between the public schools and institutions of higher education in the state in accordance with the percentage split, based on the fiscal year in which an appropriation is made, between these two sectors of education as certified by the Legislative Fiscal Officer at the end of the preceding fiscal year. Public schools shall be interpreted to include any public school in operation for the current fiscal year, the Alabama School of Math and Science, the Alabama School of Fine Arts, the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, the portion of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind providing appropriate elementary/secondary instruction, and may include the Department of Youth Services School District.

(3)a. Twenty percent of the excess revenues remaining after those transferred in subdivision (1) shall be transferred to the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund. Amounts in the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund may be withdrawn by and through an independent supplemental appropriation bill to provide one-time funding for the following purposes only: (i) to offset a reduction in revenues to the Education Trust Fund that could negatively impact funding for budgeted obligations from the Education Trust Fund for the current fiscal year as certified by the Director of Finance and the Legislative Fiscal Officer; (ii) to provide funding for unanticipated obligations, and to sustain required programmatic increases for existing obligations paid from the Education Trust Fund in the event of a change in economic conditions; (iii) to provide funding to maintain prior year appropriation levels, if the computation of the fiscal year appropriation cap or secondary spending limit is less than Education Trust Fund base appropriations for the previous fiscal year, not to exceed the difference between the two figures; and (iv) for start-up or transitional support for initiatives that provide access to enhanced educational opportunities to all public K-12 or higher education students in the state, or both. Amounts in the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund shall not be appropriated for any of the following purposes: repairs or deferred maintenance for facilities, capital outlay, pay raises or bonuses for educational personnel or retirees, or to provide additional support for ongoing expenditures other than as specified in subdivision (2). Provided, however, funds may be appropriated to maintain Foundation Program state funding in extraordinary situations.

b. No funds may be appropriated until the balance of the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund at the end of the previous fiscal year equals or exceeds three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000). Once this threshold is attained, any amount of the available balance may be appropriated for the purposes specified in this subsection. Amounts in the Educational Opportunities Reserve Fund shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96 and Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12.

(4) Any remaining excess revenues after the transfers in subdivisions (1) through (3) shall remain in the Education Trust Fund as nonrecurring revenue.
Ala. Code § 29-2-123 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-123
Section 29-2-123 Joint Legislative Advisory Committee - Duties
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the committee to review applications and recommend for approval any community services grants made from any funds appropriated to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants by the Legislature for the purpose of awarding community services grants. The committee shall evaluate grant proposals based on the relevance of such proposals to the purposes for which such grants shall be made; the extent to which such grant proposal advances the program objectives of the grant-making agency; the ability of the grant recipient to fulfill the objectives of the grant proposal; and the extent to which the grant proposal can benefit the greatest number of citizens, without excluding any geographic regions of the state. All of the above information may be ascertained by appropriate measures, which shall include interviews, audits, public hearings, and recommendations by members of the Legislature. The committee shall act in an advisory role only. All grants recommended for approval or rejection by the committee shall be forwarded to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants which shall review each grant for compliance with the criteria listed herein and shall approve or disapprove each grant. The commission shall have absolute discretion to award or reject any grant. The commission shall report to the committee, within 14 days after any meeting, all actions taken. It shall also be the duty of the commission to ensure that, of any appropriations awarded by the commission, a minimum of the equivalent of 0.4 percent of such appropriations shall be distributed to each House district and 1.2 percent of such appropriations shall be distributed to each Senate district.
Ala. Code § 29-2-227 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-227
Section 29-2-227 Duties of Council
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 29-2-41.2 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-41.2
Section 29-2-41.2 Personal and Professional Service Agreements
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this article the term personal and professional services specifically includes independent contractor agreements as well as individual employment agreements.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, all contracts for employment of an attorney to provide legal services, including contracts involving an attorney providing legal services under an agreement with the Attorney General, shall be reviewed by the committee.

(2) Contracts for appointment of attorneys for the Department of Transportation for right of way condemnation cases are exempt from this article.

(3) The review by the committee of a contract for the appointment of an attorney includes the retention of essential expert witnesses or additional professional services paid for by the attorney, so long as the cost of these services does not exceed the amount of the approved contract.

(c) Contracts for professional services executed by the Attorney General in preparation for or during litigation with any individual, other than an attorney in the litigation, may be redacted until the conclusion of the litigation if necessary to protect from disclosure information that may lead to harassment of the individual. This subsection does not protect any information from being disclosed, as appropriate during the course of litigation.
Ala. Code § 29-1-44 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-44
Section 29-1-44 Recommendations to Be Sent to Legislature, Governor, Etc.; Compensation of Legislature to Remain the Same Unless Recommendations Adopted by Majority of Both Houses
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-62 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-62
Section 29-5A-62 Institute to Act in Advisory Capacity
Status: in_force

The Law Revision Division, in submitting reports to the Legislature through the President of the Alabama Law Institute Council, shall act solely in an advisory capacity.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-29 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-29
Section 29-5A-29 Code Changes to Conform to Chapter 28 of Title 41
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner shall conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to the units, departments, divisions, and other state entities included in Chapter 28, commencing with Section 41-28-1, of Title 41 to reflect the changes required by that chapter. Code changes shall be made at a time determined to be appropriate by the Code Commissioner.
Ala. Code § 29-8-1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 8 / Section 29-8-1
Section 29-8-1 Authority of State Bar to Establish Institute; Membership; Governing Council
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-2-202 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-202
Section 29-2-202 Calculation and Payment of Principal and Interest on Bonds Attributable to the Alabama State House
Status: in_force

The ABRFA shall annually calculate that portion of the amount necessary to pay the principal and interest on any bonds issued by the ABRFA that would have been paid from charges for space in the Alabama State House but for the enactment of this article and certify that amount to the state Comptroller. The amount so certified is appropriated from the General Fund to the ABRFA. The state Comptroller shall issue a warrant in that amount to the ABRFA. The payment of the amount shall be used exclusively to satisfy that portion of the payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued by the ABRFA that is attributable to the Alabama State House. The state Comptroller may disburse this amount in 12 equal monthly payments.
Ala. Code § 29-6-7 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 29-6-7
Section 29-6-7 Powers and Duties of Legislative Council
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the powers otherwise provided in this chapter, the Legislative Council shall:

(1) Approve budget requests; provide accounting services; make purchases; and provide mail distribution, property inventory, telephone service, electronic media services, recycling services, and building maintenance services for the Legislative Department and all agencies and entities therein.

(2) Allocate space in any building designated as the Alabama State House, including to the Senate and the House of Representatives; and shall have the authority to contract with an appropriate party, including, but not limited to, the Retirement Systems of Alabama, to construct and maintain a building that, upon completion, would be designated as the Alabama State House. In carrying out its responsibilities under this subdivision, the Legislative Council may charge and collect rent from any entity allocated space in the Alabama State House at a rate set by the council. The council may establish a special fund in the State Treasury to receive funds from any source to maintain the Alabama State House property. Funds in the special fund are continuously appropriated for the exclusive use of the Legislative Council, shall be maintained separately, and shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated to the Legislative Council. Any unused funds collected by or appropriated to any entity for the maintenance of the Alabama State House property remaining at the close of the fiscal year in which they were collected or for which they were appropriated shall be transferred to the fund created pursuant to this subdivision.

(3) Maintain a website of legislative expenditures that includes, but is not limited to, the names, salaries, and expenses of the members, officers, and employees of the Legislative Department and any contracts entered into by the Legislative Council for the benefit of any entity or agency of the Legislative Department. This requirement may be met through publication of the required information on a site that discloses this information on a statewide basis for other state government entities.

(4) Maintain the computer operations of the Legislature, including management and control of the Legislative Data Center and employ a director of technology who shall oversee the operations of the Legislative Data Center and maintain all computer guidelines of the Legislative Department and all agencies and entities therein, except that production of legislative proceedings of the respective Houses shall be under the control of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively.

(5) After consulting with the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, provide security for the Alabama State House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and those portions of the State Capitol under the control of the Legislature, the House of Representatives, or the Senate; provided, however, that security for the Senate and House chambers, their entrances, and galleries shall be under the absolute supervision and control of the Secretary and Clerk, respectively. The Legislative Council shall also establish protocol for the cooperation between the persons providing security for the Legislature and such other law enforcement agencies as necessary.

(6) Reduce and contain the cost associated with the operation and maintenance of the Legislative Department to the fullest extent reasonably possible and practical. In accomplishing the reduction, the Legislative Council, to the fullest extent possible, shall look for methods to save public funds and contain costs.

(7) Annually review the performance of the Director of Legislative Services Agency.

(8) Employ a director of human resources who shall handle the human resources related functions for the Legislative Services Agency. The Director of Human Resources shall provide services at the direction of the Legislative Council, including providing lists of applicants for open positions and the written application for employment for each, providing assistance in the determination of salary schedules, benefits, and terms of employment, maintaining custody of records as requested, and providing consultation on employee discipline.

(b) In addition to the powers otherwise provided in this chapter, the Senate Legislative Council, upon the recommendation of the Director of Human Resources, shall establish the job classifications, salary schedules, and benefits for all employees of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be a position of chief of staff who shall serve at the pleasure of the President Pro Tempore, under terms and conditions set by the President Pro Tempore. Persons who serve at the pleasure of the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader serve under terms and conditions set by the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader, respectively. Persons employed under this subsection shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Office of the President Pro Tempore at a salary or other compensation approved by the President Pro Tempore.

(c) In addition to the powers otherwise provided in this chapter, the House Legislative Council, upon the recommendation of the Director of Human Resources, shall establish the job classifications, salary schedules, and benefits for all employees of the Speaker of the House. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be a position of chief of staff who shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker, under terms and conditions set by the Speaker. Persons who serve at the pleasure of the House Majority Leader and the House Minority Leader serve under terms and conditions set by the House Majority Leader and the House Minority Leader, respectively. Persons employed under this subsection shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Office of the Speaker at a salary or other compensation approved by the Speaker.

(d) The salary schedules, benefits, and terms of employment for all staff of the Legislative Department shall be as uniform as practical.

(e) Employees of the Legislative Services Agency, Speaker of the House, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be under the direction and control of the Director of the Legislative Services Agency, Speaker of the House, and President Pro Tempore of the Senate, respectively.

(f) The Director of the Legislative Services Agency shall annually review the performance of each employee subject to his or her supervision and report thereon to the Legislative Council.

(g) The Legislative Council, after considering in a timely manner individuals recommended for hire by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, shall hire joint employees of the Legislature. The Legislative Council shall use the services of the Director of Human Resources for all joint employees, including providing lists of applicants for open positions and the written application for employment for each, providing assistance in determination of job classifications, salary schedules, benefits, and terms of employment, maintaining custody of records as requested, and providing consultation on employee discipline.
Ala. Code § 29-9-6 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-9-6
Section 29-9-6 Temporary Transfers into Education Trust Fund
Status: in_force

During the first six months of a fiscal year, the Director of Finance may temporarily transfer available funds in the Budget Stabilization Fund into the Education Trust Fund as necessary to alleviate cash flow problems in the Education Trust Fund. Any funds temporarily transferred shall be repaid to the Budget Stabilization Fund from funds in the Education Trust Fund by September 30 of the fiscal year in which the transfer was made.
Ala. Code § 29-3-11 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-3-11
Section 29-3-11 Assumption of Powers and Duties of Legislator by Successor
Status: in_force

If, in the event of an attack, a legislator is unavailable, his emergency interim successor highest in order of succession who is not unavailable shall, except for the power and duty to appoint emergency interim successors, exercise the powers and assume the duties of such legislator. An emergency interim successor shall exercise these powers and assume these duties until the incumbent legislator, an emergency interim successor higher in order of succession, or a legislator appointed or elected and legally qualified can act. Each house of the Legislature shall, in accordance with its own rules, determine who is entitled under the provisions of this chapter to exercise the powers and assume the duties of its members. All constitutional and statutory provisions pertaining to ouster of a legislator shall be applicable to an emergency interim successor who is exercising the powers and assuming the duties of a legislator.
Ala. Code § 29-1-24 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-24
Section 29-1-24 Ozone Transport Oversight
Status: in_force

(a) This section may be referred to as the Ozone Transport Oversight Act of 1997.

(b) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds all of the following:

(1) The Federal Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., contains a comprehensive regulatory scheme for the control of emissions from mobile and stationary sources.

(2) Ozone and other air pollutants have declined substantially during the past 25 years throughout the United States due to implementation of the Clean Air Act, and additional air quality improvements will result as the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments are implemented.

(3) The Northeast Ozone Transport Commission (“OTC”), in an effort to remedy the serious ozone nonattainment conditions prevailing in urbanized areas of the Northeast, has proposed emission control requirements for stationary and mobile sources more stringent than those applicable to states outside of the Northeast Ozone Transport Region (“OTR”), including a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) concerning Low-Emitting Vehicle emission control requirements, and a Memorandum of Understanding concerning stationary source emission control requirements.

(4) The OTC’s initiatives, together with other local emission control actions, will help northeastern states to attain the national ambient air quality standard for ozone.

(5) In response to concerns raised by certain northeastern states about the interstate transport of ozone, the U.S. EPA has convened the Ozone Transport Assessment Group (“OTAG”), involving representatives from 25 states to the west and south of the Northeast OTR, including Alabama, to consider means to reduce the atmospheric transport of ozone.

(6) OTAG will develop recommendations in 1997 for emission control actions in states outside of the Northeast that may form the basis for U.S. EPA enforcement actions under the Clean Air Act, including the preparation and submission of state implementation plans calling for control actions in Alabama not specifically mandated by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

(7) Computer modeling studies prepared by OTAG indicate all of the following:

a. Ozone nonattainment is caused predominantly by local emission sources in densely populated urbanized areas.

b. Emissions originating in Alabama do not contribute significantly to ozone nonattainment in other states or regions.

c. Extreme emission controls imposed locally or in upwind areas would not permit some urban areas to demonstrate attainment of the current national ozone standard.

(8) Emission controls for stationary and mobile sources under consideration by OTAG for states outside the Northeast are more stringent and more costly than those mandated by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and could impair the competitiveness of businesses and industries in Alabama, with negligible environmental benefits, and with adverse effects on employment and income in Alabama.

(9) The emission control requirements under consideration by OTAG could impede economic development, to the detriment of the well-being of the citizens of Alabama and its economy.

(10) Legislative oversight of proposed actions of OTAG, and related actions of U.S. EPA directly or indirectly affecting the citizens and economy of Alabama, is in the public interest.

(c)(1) The Director of the Department of Environmental Management shall provide periodic reports to the Legislature on progress in the decision-making process of the Ozone Transport Assessment Group (“OTAG”) convened by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and shall submit any OTAG decisions or recommendations, together with an explanation thereof, as expeditiously as practicable to the Legislature for review and consideration.

(2) Within a reasonable time following receipt of the OTAG decisions or recommendations, the appropriate Senate and House Committees on Commerce, Transportation and Utilities of the Legislature shall convene public hearings to receive comments from agencies of government and other interested parties on the prospective economic and environmental impacts of the decisions or recommendations, including impacts on energy use, the environment, economic development, transportation fuel costs, and industrial competitiveness.

(d)(1) Upon the issuance of a request by the U.S. EPA for submission of a state implementation plan for Alabama related to ozone attainment, the Director of the Department of Environmental Management shall notify the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, the Chair of the Senate Commerce, Transportation and Utilities Committee, and the Chair of the House Commerce, Transportation and Utilities Committee of the request, and shall provide them with a copy of any state implementation plan prepared pursuant to the request, not less than 60 days prior to the submission of the state implementation plan to U.S. EPA.

(2) Within a reasonable time following receipt of the state implementation plan, the Senate and House Committees on Commerce, Transportation and Utilities of the Legislature shall convene public hearings to receive comments from agencies of government and other interested parties on the prospective economic and environmental impacts of the state implementation plan, including impacts on energy use, the environment, economic development, transportation fuel costs, and industrial competitiveness.

(3) After completing the hearings required by subdivision (2) of subsection (c) and subdivision (2) of this subsection, the Senate and House Commerce, Transportation, and Utilities Committees will make a recommendation to the Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review regarding the action it should take while performing its review of the revision to the plan.
Ala. Code § 29-2-3 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-3
Section 29-2-3 Meetings; Chair and Vice-Chair; Quorum; Replacement Members; Clerical Assistance
Status: in_force

(a) The Joint Transportation Committee shall meet the fourth Wednesday of January, April, July, and October at 1:30 p.m. at the Alabama State House. At the fourth quarterly meeting of the first year of each quadrennium, the Joint Transportation Committee shall elect from its membership a chair and vice-chair which shall rotate between members from the House and Senate. The chair shall be elected from the House members of the committee and the vice-chair from the Senate members of the committee to serve the second and third calendar years of each quadrennium. The vice-chair shall become chair and the chair shall become vice-chair for the fourth year of the quadrennium and the first year of the following quadrennium. If the position of chair becomes vacant, the vice-chair shall serve as chair until a replacement chair is elected. An election to fill a vacancy of chair or vice-chair shall occur at the next quarterly meeting.

(b) Special meetings of the Joint Transportation Committee may be called by the chair by giving members of the committee 14 days notice when the Legislature is out of session, and 24 hours notice if a meeting is called on a legislative day or legislative committee day. Special meetings may also be called by petition of a majority of the members of the committee which includes the date and time of the meeting and all members are given 24 hours notice.

(c) Decisions of the Joint Transportation Committee may be made by a majority of the members present and voting at any properly convened meeting as long as a quorum is in attendance. A quorum shall consist of any 13 members. If less than a quorum is present at any meeting, the recommendations presented by ALDOT shall be deemed approved.

(d) If any member is absent from two meetings of the four quarterly meetings during any calendar year, the member shall be deemed to have forfeited his or her position and a replacement shall be appointed by the respective appointing authority as outlined herein.

(e) Upon the request of the chair, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall provide clerical assistance as the committee requires.
Ala. Code § 29-1-26 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-26
Section 29-1-26 Legislative Double Dipping Prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Double Dipping Prohibition Act.

(b) Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, and except as provided in subsection (c), a member of the Legislature, during his or her term of office, may not be an employee of any other branch of state government, any department, agency, board, or commission of the state, or any public educational institution including, but not limited to, a local board of education, a two-year institution of higher education, or a four-year institution of higher education. For purposes of this section, employee means any of the following:

(1) An employee as defined in Section 36-27-1, or a teacher as defined in Section 16-25-1. An employee as defined in this subsection shall not include any person receiving pension benefits from the Retirement Systems of Alabama.

(2) A person who is personally providing services under a personal or professional services contract paid for by the department, agency, board, commission, or educational entity, including the Department of Postsecondary Education or a two-year institution of higher education, except that persons appointed by any court or any district attorney in this state to provide legal services on a temporary, case-by-case, or part time basis shall not be considered an employee for purposes of this section.

(3) A person who has a substantial financial interest by reason of ownership of, control of, or exercise of power over any interest greater than five percent of the value of any corporation, partnership, company, joint venture, or other business entity that is providing goods or services under any contract paid for by the branch, department, agency, board, commission, or educational institution, including the Department of Postsecondary Education or a two-year institution of higher education, except for contracts awarded pursuant to competitive bidding, on sealed bids, to the lowest responsible bidder, and except where the contract service of the business or the business entity with the state branch, department, agency, board, commission, or educational institution consists of acting as a qualified public depository for a public depositor under Chapter 14A of Title 41. The competitive bidding requirements of this subdivision do not apply during an emergency or disaster situation where the legislator is the single or sole source provider of necessary emergency equipment or services.

(c) The prohibition provided in subsection (b) does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Any administrative or teaching contract that does not extend beyond December 31, 2014.

(2) The continued employment of a legislator, until November 5, 2014, if the legislator is an employee or teacher as provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) on December 1, 2010.

(3) Any contract as provided in subdivision (2) or subdivision (3) of subsection (b) that is in force on December 1, 2010, if the contract expires before November 5, 2014.

(4) Membership in or employment by the Alabama National Guard, the civil defense force, or the state defense force including, but not limited to, the Naval Militia, the Alabama State Guard, organized in lieu of the National Guard, the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force known as the Civil Air Patrol, the National Disaster Medical System, or any other reserve component of the uniformed services of the State of Alabama or the United States.

(5) Any contract with providers of Medicaid services in the ordinary and normal course of their profession.

(6) Any person employed on a part-time basis as referred to in Section 36-25-1, provided the income from such part-time employment does not exceed five percent of the part-time employee’s income for each client and the total income from the part-time employment does not exceed 10 percent of the part-time employee’s total income.

(d) Subject to subsection (c), any employment or contract that violates subsection (b) is void.

(e) A legislator shall be personally liable to the State of Alabama for the amount of any employment compensation received in violation of subsection (b).

(f) The Attorney General shall enforce this section.

(g) It is the intent of this section to treat the employees of, and persons providing services under a personal or professional services contract paid for by, the Department of Postsecondary Education or any public two-year institution of higher education in the state in the same manner as other public education employees in the state are treated under this section.
Ala. Code § 29-1-2.5 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-2.5
Section 29-1-2.5 Contesting Redistricting or Reapportionment Plans
Status: in_force

(a) Any legal action which contests the validity of any redistricting or reapportionment plan, or any portion of any such plan, for the state Senate, state House of Representatives, United States Congress, State Board of Education, or any other statewide redistricting or reapportionment plan, or portion of any other statewide plan, enacted by the Legislature, shall be commenced in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County.

(b) Any legal action pending in any court other than the Circuit Court of Montgomery County on July 3, 2001, which contests the validity of any redistricting or reapportionment plan, or any portion of any such plan, for the state Senate, state House of Representatives, United States Congress, State Board of Education, or any other statewide redistricting or reapportionment plan, or portion of any other statewide plan, enacted by the Legislature, shall be transferred to or refiled in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County.
Ala. Code § 29-1-25 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-25
Section 29-1-25 Alternate Distribution and Publication of Materials Supplied to Legislature
Status: in_force

(a) Any state agency, state department, or public entity required to supply paper copies of annual reports and other documents and materials to members of the Legislature shall develop and implement an alternative method of distribution and publication.

(b) The alternative method shall include each of the following components:

(1) Notice provided to each member of the Legislature after August 1, 2001, and at the beginning of each subsequent legislative term that the state agency, state department, or public entity intends to display or post the report, document, or other material on the Internet. The notice shall include an explanation of how the information may be accessed and copied from the Internet.

(2) Display of the report, document, or material on the Internet for at least 90 days.

(3) A written offer to each member of the Legislature after August 1, 2001, and at the beginning of each subsequent legislative term of the opportunity to receive a paper copy of the material. If a member at the time the notice is received or any other time requests a paper copy of the material, the material shall be promptly provided.

(c) Each state agency, state department, or public entity may promulgate necessary rules and regulations to implement this section.
Ala. Code § 29-2-156 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-156
Section 29-2-156 Eligibility for Compensation
Status: in_force

In order to be eligible to receive compensation for wrongful incarceration a person must:

(1) Have been convicted by the state of one or more felony offenses, all of which the person was innocent, and have served time in prison as a result of the conviction or convictions; or

(2) Have been incarcerated pretrial on a state felony charge, for at least two years through no fault of his or her own, before having charges dismissed based on innocence.
Ala. Code § 29-5-8 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-5-8
Section 29-5-8 Assistance to Other Committees of House or Senate and Joint Committees of Legislature
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-25 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-25
Section 29-5A-25 References to Individuals with Disabilities
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature recognizes that language used in reference to individuals with disabilities shapes and reflects society’s attitudes towards people with disabilities. Many of the terms currently used diminish the humanity and natural condition of having a disability. Certain terms are demeaning and create an invisible barrier to inclusion as equal community members. The Legislature finds it necessary to clarify preferred language for new and revised laws by requiring the use of terminology that puts the person before the disability.

(b) The Legal Division is directed to avoid all references to: Disabled, developmentally disabled, mentally disabled, mentally ill, mentally retarded, handicapped, cripple, crippled, deaf-mute, deaf-dumb, dumb, and mute in any new statute or resolution and to change such references when appropriate in any existing statute or resolution as sections and provisions including these references are otherwise amended by law.

(c) The Legal Division is directed to replace terms referenced in subsection (b) in the Code of Alabama 1975, when such replacement is appropriate with the following revised terminology: Individuals with disabilities, individuals with developmental disabilities, and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.

(d)(1) No statute or resolution is invalid because the statute or resolution is not in compliance with this section.

(2) No statute or resolution is invalid because of a change in terminology implemented by the Legal Division under this section.

(e) Changes in terminology shall not be made by the Legal Division if such change may legally impair the statute or its implementation or interpretation.

(f)(1) All action of an administrative agency creating new rules or amending existing rules shall be formulated in accordance with this section.

(2) No agency rule is invalid because the rule is not in compliance with this section.
Ala. Code § 29-2-2 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-2
Section 29-2-2 Creation; Composition; Appointment. (Amended by Act 2026-327)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-327, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) There is created a continuing permanent joint transportation committee of the Legislature to be known as the Joint Transportation Committee. The committee shall consist of 13 members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate and 13 members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one senator and one house member to be a resident of each present United States congressional district in the state, one senator and one house member to be a resident of each Alabama Department of Transportation region, and one senator and one house member who shall be from the minority party to serve at large.

(b) The members that reside in the Alabama Department of Transportation regions of the Joint Transportation Committee shall be appointed by April 11, 2019; in subsequent years, members of the Joint Transportation Committee shall be appointed within five legislative days after the convening of the first regular session after the election of each Legislature. Members shall hold office during their terms as legislators and until their successors are appointed. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the respective presiding officer. Appointments shall be made in compliance with the residency requirements established by this article.

(c) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the committee membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.
Ala. Code § 29-2-102 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-102
Section 29-2-102 Oversight Committee - Assistance; Compensation; Expenses
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference Service, the Legislative Fiscal Office, the Examiners of Public Accounts and the council created pursuant to Section 29–2–105 shall provide any assistance as may be necessary at the committee’s request. Each member of the committee shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, his or her per diem, and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the committee which shall be paid out of any funds appropriated for the use of the Legislature, upon warrants drawn on the state Comptroller, upon requisitions signed by the committee’s chair; provided however, that members shall not receive additional legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session but they shall receive their travel expenses for all meetings attended. Annual expenses and compensation of the committee shall not exceed the amount of $10,000.
Ala. Code § 29-12-1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 12 / Section 29-12-1
Section 29-12-1 Limitation on Appropriations
Status: in_force

The Legislature shall not appropriate any funds from any of the several clearing or holding accounts into which the Department of Revenue deposits tax revenues on a timely basis and from which the state Comptroller makes disbursements, which are limited by statutes to the purpose of legal expenditure of such tax revenues. Such accounts are not the end destination of such tax revenues but a clearinghouse for immediate deposit of tax revenues into the State Treasury as a matter of convenience until the state Comptroller makes such disbursements, including the processing of tax refunds as may be necessary. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to limit the authority of the Legislature to amend current statutes to further provide for the distribution of tax revenues.
Ala. Code § 29-4-7 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-7
Section 29-4-7 Authorization to Expand Public Funds in Furthering the Mission of Particular Agencies in Certain Circumstances
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Director of the Legislative Services Agency, and the Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts may expend any available funds to purchase promotional items, items to recognize achievements or otherwise award staff, items to commemorate persons recognized by the Legislature, and to purchase meals for staff during training and while the Legislature is in legislative session with a certification that the staff were required or expected to work extended hours or through a regular meal time. Meals and other items provided pursuant to this section shall be limited to amounts that comply with United States Internal Revenue Service guidance on de minimis fringe benefits.
Ala. Code § 29-2-250 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-250
Section 29-2-250 Creation; Composition, and Meetings; Compensation; Duties; Report; Funding
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Alabama Commission to Reduce Poverty. The commission shall consist of the chair and vice chair of the House Education Appropriations Committee or their designees; the chair and vice chair of the House Government Appropriations Committee or their designees; the chair and vice chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee or their designees; the chair and vice chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee or their designees; three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker; three members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; one member appointed by the Alabama Poverty Project; one member appointed by Alabama Arise; one member appointed by Alabama Community Action Agencies; one member representing the faith community appointed by the Governor; one member appointed by the Low Income Housing Coalition; two individuals living in poverty appointed by the Governor; and one member appointed by VOICES. The membership of the commission shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The commission shall hold its organizational meeting within 30 days after May 21, 2009. The commission shall meet at the call of the chair or any majority of members thereof; provided, that the commission shall meet at least once each four months. The commission may meet, act, and conduct its business during the sessions of the Legislature or any recess thereof, and in the interim period between sessions.

(b) The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference Service, the Legislative Fiscal Office, and the Examiners of Public Accounts shall provide any assistance as may be necessary at the commission’s request. Each legislative member of the commission shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, his or her per diem, and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the commission which shall be paid out of any funds appropriated for the use of the Legislature, upon warrants drawn on the state Comptroller upon requisitions signed by the commission’s chair; provided, however, that members shall not receive additional legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session but they shall receive their travel expenses for all meetings attended. Nonlegislative members shall receive per diem and travel expenses in the same amount as state employees receive, which amounts shall be paid out of funds appropriated by the Legislature for such use.

(c) The commission shall study and evaluate the following policies and programs of the State of Alabama:

(1) State supported programs that serve those living in poverty.

(2) The economic impact of poverty.

(3) Current policies and services that affect those living in poverty.

(4) Recommendations and proposed legislation affecting individuals in poverty.

(d) The commission shall make an annual report to members of the Legislature no later than the seventh legislative day of each regular session detailing any and all recommendations.

(e) The amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall be the total amount that may be expended by the commission in any one year.
Ala. Code § 29-4-51 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-51
Section 29-4-51 K-12 Capital Grant Program
Status: in_force

(a) The following words and phrases, as used in this section, have the following meanings:

(1) ELIGIBLE K-12 ENTITY. Any public school in operation in the current fiscal year, the Alabama School of Math and Science, the Alabama School of Fine Arts, the Alabama School for Cyber Technology and Engineering, the portion of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind providing appropriate elementary/secondary instruction, and may include the Department of Youth Services School District.

(2) GRANT. The award by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of funds appropriated by the Legislature to an eligible K-12 entity.

(3) GRANT PROPOSAL. A written plan for the expenditure of funds by an eligible K-12 entity, which meets one or more of the purposes outlined in subsection (c), subject to the approval by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and expended under the direction of the head of the eligible K-12 entity.

(b) There is created the Alabama K-12 Capital Grant Program within the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to award grants to local school systems to assist with capital project, deferred maintenance, or technology needs of the school systems. The Legislature may appropriate funds into the K-12 Capital Grant Program Fund which is established within the State Treasury to facilitate the grant program. An amount determined necessary by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, but not to exceed one percent of the available fund monies, may be used for the administrative costs of implementing the grant program. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allocated in accordance with Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and only in the amounts provided by the Legislature in an appropriation bill. Any unencumbered and unexpended balance of this fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not lapse or revert, but shall be carried forward for the purposes of this section until expended, or until the Legislature does not appropriate funds for the program for two consecutive fiscal years. Any unobligated funds remaining in the K-12 Capital Grant Program Fund at the conclusion of the second consecutive fiscal year without an appropriation shall revert to the Education Trust Fund.

(c) K-12 Capital Grants shall be made to an eligible K-12 entity for only the following purposes:

(1) To assist with the total cost of capital projects that will enhance the educational environment of students, including the construction, reconstruction, or renovation of permanent buildings containing classrooms, offices, libraries, laboratories, teaching facilities, training facilities, cafeterias, alternative schools, physical education facilities, including athletic facilities, facilities for the performing arts and arts education, together with tangible personal property that becomes a part of such facilities.

(2) To provide funds to assist with the payment of existing debt or debt service related to capital projects.

(3) To assist with the total cost of necessary deferred maintenance for existing facilities.

(4) To assist with the total cost of projects that will improve school security and safety.

(5) For technology and equipment for schools or students that will provide access to expanded educational opportunities.

(d)(1) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall evaluate grant proposals based upon the following criteria:

a. The total amount of state funds available for grants, with the maximum grant amount from state funds not to exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) for any grant proposal.

b. The purposes for which the grant funds are intended.

c. The availability of local matching funds, so long as there is not a required match of more than 35 percent of the total cost of the project.

d. The extent to which the grant proposals benefit eligible K-12 entities in each geographic area of the state, understanding the number of students and school systems located within each geographic area vary throughout the state.

(2) All applications for grants shall be endorsed by a member of the Senate and House of Representatives from the affected delegation in order to be considered.

(3) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall utilize a sliding scale of matching requirements for grant proposals, taking into consideration the financial capacity of the eligible K-12 entity to provide matching funds. The office shall ensure that grant proposals from eligible K-12 entities with considerable populations of at-risk students receive priority consideration for review.

(4) Any eligible K-12 entity receiving grant funds pursuant to this section may amend their grant proposal once within 12 months of receipt of the grant to allow funds to be fully used by the K-12 entity for an eligible purpose. Any eligible K-12 entity that does not file an amended grant proposal within 12 months of receipt of the grant shall return any unobligated grant funds to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

(5) Any eligible K-12 entity receiving grant funds pursuant to this section shall file a report with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor within one year following the receipt of the funds. The report shall indicate that expenditures are in accordance with the associated grant proposal and other state laws. Upon a finding that grant expenditures are not in accordance with these conditions, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall suspend the release of further grant funds to the entity.

(6) The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall examine compliance of the recipient K-12 entities with the grant program.

(7) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor shall design and distribute a grant proposal instrument to the State Department of Education to make available to eligible K-12 entities. The office shall maintain electronic records of all grant proposals for all grants currently in effect and all completed grants and may adopt reasonable rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Ala. Code § 29-1-20 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-20
Section 29-1-20 Trade of Old Equipment Upon Purchase of New Equipment for House or Senate
Status: in_force

The Clerk of the House is hereby authorized to trade in any equipment purchased for the use of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature when purchasing new equipment for the use of the House. The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to trade in any equipment purchased for the use of the Senate when purchasing new equipment for the use of the Senate.
Ala. Code § 29-5-6 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-5-6
Section 29-5-6 Assistance by Legislative Reference Service and Department of Examiners of Public Accounts
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-2-154 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-154
Section 29-2-154 Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

From time to time the committee shall establish rules and regulations for the administration of its duties and responsibilities as well as those of the Division of Risk Management as relates to this article.
Ala. Code § 29-2-271 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-271
Section 29-2-271 Creation; Recommendations
Status: in_force

The Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Energy Policy is created for the purpose of recommending to the Governor and the Legislature courses of action to address the state’s long-term and short-term energy challenges. The recommendation shall include, without limitation, recommendations relating to oil and gas production and future oil and gas development that are found both onshore and offshore in Alabama, as well as renewable and alternative energy sources.
Ala. Code § 29-5-13 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-5-13
Section 29-5-13 Notification of Actions Concerning Budget Process or Revenue Source
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-45 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-45
Section 29-5A-45 Estimate of Amount of Money Involved Under Provisions of Certain Bills
Status: in_force

(a) Every general bill creating, eliminating, or affecting in any way a state or local program, service, function, or revenue source and which thereby requires the expenditure of county or municipal funds or thereby decreases or increases revenue collections by any county or municipality, before any vote is taken thereon in the Senate or House of Representatives, shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto an estimate made by the Fiscal Division of the amount of money involved therein, and the anticipated increase in county or municipal spending or the decrease in county or municipal revenue collections under the bill. In the event that insufficient data is available to formulate an estimate of the amount of money involved therein, the division shall note that fact on such endorsement or attachment which shall constitute compliance herewith.

(b) A fiscal note provided under this section shall be endorsed on the bill or attached thereto and may be printed on the calendar of bills on third reading immediately following the title of the bill.

(c) The Fiscal Division is authorized to secure information, data, estimates, and statistics directly from the employees and officials of the various departments, agencies, institutions, establishments, boards, and commissions of the county and municipal governments of the state which are necessary for the division to fulfill the duties and functions imposed by this section. The employees and officials of all departments, agencies, institutions, establishments, boards, and commissions shall furnish the division, any available material which the division determines to be necessary in the performance of the duties and functions required by this section.
Ala. Code § 29-2-106 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-106
Section 29-2-106 State Case Registry of Children in State Care
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth Services shall create a joint project team to develop a requirements analysis and conceptual design for maintaining a central repository of case information within 12 months of May 6, 1998, which shall be known as the State Case Registry of Children in State Care and shall contain records with respect to the following:

(1) The number of children in state care.

(2) The amount of funds expended by federal, state, and local governments for maintenance payments on behalf of children in state care.

(3) The amount of funds expended by federal, state, and local governments for payments on behalf of each child in state care and their natural parents or guardians.

(4) The types of services being offered to parents and their children in order to keep the family together.

(5) The number of children in foster care eligible for adoption, the number of such children adopted, and the number of foster children determined not to be adoptable and the reasons therefor.

(6) The number of children in state care placed in permanent or long-term state care or guardianship.

(7) The size of caseloads of probation officers and social workers, the effect the caseloads have on the services offered to parents or their children, and the effectiveness of such services.

(8) The movement of children in state care from placement to placement and the shifting or sharing of responsibility, or both, from agency to agency.

(9) The agency related qualifications, education, and in-service training of workers providing services to children.

(10) Any other matter relating to children in state care which the departments, in consultation with the council, deem appropriate to be included in the registry.

(b) Information in the registry shall be used to carry out the responsibilities of the council or any agency with jurisdiction over children in state care.

(c) All information and records obtained pursuant to this section shall be confidential and may not be disclosed in a way which may identify any individual, adult, or child.

(d) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 29-1-19 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-19
Section 29-1-19 Use of Space in Capitol; Control of Space When Legislature Convenes Outside Capitol
Status: in_force

(a) The House of Representatives shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space located on the second floor in the south wing of the Capitol. The Senate shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space located on the second floor in the north wing of the Capitol. All of this space shall be for the use of the Legislature and the committees, members, officers, and employees thereof. The Clerk of the House shall have and exercise custody, control, and care of the space so designated in this subsection for the use of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of the Senate shall have and exercise custody, control, and care of the space so designated for the use of the Senate.

(b) In addition, the Secretary of the Senate shall have and exercise full custody, control, and care of the Senate chamber and the rooms adjacent thereto on the south side thereof, and the Clerk of the House shall have and exercise full custody, control, and care of the hall of the House of Representatives and the rooms adjacent thereto on the north side thereof, and rooms 213 and 214, and, while the Legislature is in session, room 216 in the Capitol building. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall jointly have custody, control, and care of all rooms on the third floor of the Capitol for the use of the Legislature.

(c) In addition, whenever it is deemed necessary for the Legislature to convene at any place outside of the Capitol, the Clerk of the House shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control, and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space assigned to or occupied by the House of Representatives; the Secretary of the Senate shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control, and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space assigned to or occupied by the Senate; and the Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Director of the Legislative Services Agency shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control, and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories, and other usable space jointly used or occupied by joint legislative staff.
Ala. Code § 29-6-1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 29-6-1
Section 29-6-1 Creation; Composition
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a continuing legislative committee to be known as the Legislative Council of the State of Alabama. The council consists of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the House Majority Leader, the House Minority Leader, the Chairs of the Ways and Means General Fund and Ways and Means Education Committees, two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker, two members of the House of Representatives elected by the House of Representatives, and one member of the House of Representatives elected by members of the House of Representatives who are not members of the majority party, who shall constitute the House Legislative Council, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader, the Chairs of the Finance and Taxation General Fund and Finance and Taxation Education Committees, two Senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore, two members of the Senate elected by the Senate, and one member of the Senate elected by members of the Senate who are not members of the majority party, who shall constitute the Senate Legislative Council. The elected House and Senate members shall be elected at the organizational session of each quadrennium.

(b)(1) Members of the council may serve on the council as long as the member retains the office that qualified the member for service or during the term to which the member was appointed or elected and, if reelected to the same house without a break in service to that house, during the succeeding legislative term until a successor is appointed or elected as provided by law. No member may be elected to more than two consecutive four-year terms and no member may be appointed to more than two consecutive four-year terms. Any member serving ex officio may remain on the Legislative Council as long as the member holds the office qualifying the member for membership.

(2) If a vacancy occurs in its elected membership while the Legislature is not in session, the House Legislative Council or the Senate Legislative Council, as appropriate, may make temporary appointments to fill the vacancy until the vacancy is filled by an election of the appropriate members of the House or Senate, as the case may be.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-30 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-30
Section 29-5A-30 Code Changes to Conform to Chapter 5A of Title 41
Status: in_force

The Code Commissioner may conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to reflect the changes made by Act 2018-129. Code changes, including the renumbering of references to Chapter 5 of Title 41, to reflect the appropriate code sections in Chapter 5A of Title 41, shall be made at a time determined to be appropriate by the Code Commissioner.
Ala. Code § 29-2-165 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-165
Section 29-2-165 Appropriation of Funds
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, payment and receipt of any base or supplemental compensation as provided by subsections (a), (b), (c), or (d) of Section 29-2-159 is contingent upon the Legislature appropriating funds for that purpose. This article does not provide for an entitlement to compensation to persons determined to have been wrongfully incarcerated, does not require that the Legislature appropriate funds for payment of either base or supplemental compensation, and does not require or authorize the Comptroller to pay any such compensation until funds have been appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose.
Ala. Code § 29-1-18 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-18
Section 29-1-18 Maximum Number of Members on Standing Committees of House of Representatives
Status: in_force

No standing committee of the House of Representatives, except a committee on local legislation, shall be composed of more than 15 members.
Ala. Code § 29-2-21 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-21
Section 29-2-21 Employment of Consultants, Advisors, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 97-658, p. 1249, §4, effective October 1, 1997.
Ala. Code § 29-7-13 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-13
Section 29-7-13 References to Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-2
Section 29-5A-2 Agency Divisions
Status: in_force

The agency shall consist of three divisions as follows:

(1) The Legal Division, which shall be headed by the Deputy Director of Legislative Services, Legal. The deputy director, legal, shall be a licensed attorney appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director and shall receive the compensation determined by the director. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Legal Division succeeds to and is vested with all the powers of, and the duties previously performed by, the Legislative Reference Service. The Director of Legislative Services shall have all powers necessary to perform the functions of the Legal Division. The director may delegate all or a portion of the power to the deputy director, legal.

(2) The Fiscal Division, which shall be headed by a Deputy Director of Legislative Services, Fiscal. The deputy director, fiscal, shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director and shall receive the compensation determined by the director. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Fiscal Division succeeds to and is vested with all the powers of, and the duties previously performed by, the Legislative Fiscal Office. The Director of Legislative Services shall have all powers necessary to perform the functions of the Fiscal Division. The director may delegate all or a portion of the power to the deputy director, fiscal.

(3) The Law Revision Division, which shall be headed by the Deputy Director of Legislative Services, Law Revision. The deputy director, law revision, shall be a licensed attorney who, after consultation with the Alabama Law Institute Council, shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the director and shall receive the compensation determined by the director. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Law Revision Division succeeds to and is vested with all the powers of, and the duties previously performed by, the Alabama Law Institute. The Director of Legislative Services shall have all powers necessary to perform the functions of the Law Revision Division. The director may delegate all or a portion of the power to the deputy director, law revision.
Ala. Code § 29-7-14 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-14
Section 29-7-14 References to State Entities Under the State Law Enforcement Agency,
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-2-160 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-160
Section 29-2-160 Methods of Payment; Eligibility of Estate to Receive Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The committee in its discretion may direct that payment of compensation claims be in a lump sum or in such installments as it deems appropriate, but no part of such claim shall be directed by the committee to any person other than the person so pardoned or exonerated, nor shall the person so pardoned or exonerated pay any part of the sum received to any person for services rendered in connection with its collection. Notwithstanding the above, in the event that a person awarded compensation dies prior to receiving the full amount of his or her compensation, the person’s estate shall be eligible to receive any remaining compensation.

(b) Any right to apply for compensation under this article shall cease upon the death of the claimant.

(c) If a person has submitted an application for compensation to the Division of Risk Management, but dies prior to the application being certified for compensation, the estate of the person shall be eligible to receive said compensation.

(d) In awarding compensation under this section, the committee shall not offset the award by any expenses incurred by the state or any political subdivision of the state in connection with the arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment of the individual, including, but not limited to, expenses for food, clothing, shelter, and medical care.
Ala. Code § 29-13-1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-13-1
Section 29-13-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the General Fund Budget Reserve Act.
Ala. Code § 29-11-1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 11 / Section 29-11-1
Section 29-11-1 Transfer of Certain State Funds to Offset Costs of Services
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in order to provide for an increase in receipts into the State General Fund for the funding of the operations of state government, there is hereby established the authority to transfer from the following state departments state funds in those amounts as are annually specified in the State General Fund appropriations act beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter. Such transfers shall be for the purpose of providing funds to help offset the costs of state services provided to the several departments by state entities which are supported by appropriations from the State General Fund:

(1) Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

(2) Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(3) Department of Environmental Management.

(4) Department of Finance.

(5) Department of Insurance.

(6) Department of Labor.

(7) Manufactured Housing Commission.

(8) State Personnel Department.

(9) Public Service Commission.

(10) Department of Revenue.

(11) Securities Commission.

(12) Alabama Surface Mining Commission.

(13) Alabama Tourism Department.

(b) This section shall not apply to any state funds which are designated for a specific purpose by the state Constitution.
Ala. Code § 29-2-122 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-122
Section 29-2-122 Joint Legislative Oversight Committee - Assistance; Compensation of Members; Expenses
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference Service, the Legislative Fiscal Office, and the Examiners of Public Accounts shall provide any assistance as may be necessary at the committee’s request. Each member of the committee shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, his or her per diem and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the committee which shall be paid out of any funds appropriated for the use of the Legislature, upon warrants drawn on the state Comptroller upon requisitions signed by the committee’s chair; provided, however, that members shall not receive additional legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session but they shall receive their travel expenses for all meetings attended. The maximum amount expended for the expenses of members of the committee under the provisions of this article shall not exceed $10,000 annually.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-61 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-61
Section 29-5A-61 Purposes and Duties
Status: in_force

The general purposes of the Law Revision Division shall be to promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law of Alabama to secure the better administration of justice and to carry on scholarly legal research and scientific legal work. To that end it shall be the duty of the division to do all of the following:

(1) Consider needed improvements in both substantive and adjective law and to make recommendations concerning the same to the chairs and members of the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

(2) Examine and study the law of Alabama and Alabama jurisprudence and statutes with a view of discovering defects and inequities and of recommending needed reforms.

(3) Receive and consider suggestions from members of the Legislature and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law.

(4) Recommend such changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law and to bring the law of the state, both civil and criminal, into harmony with legal conditions and opinions.

(5) Render annual reports to the Legislature through the president of the council and, if it deems so advisable, accompany its reports with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.

(6) Recommend the repeal of obsolete statutes and suggest needed amendments, additions, and repeals.

(7) Organize and conduct meetings as needed within the state for scholarly discussions of current problems in Alabama law, bringing together representatives of the Legislature, practicing attorneys, members of the bench and bar, and representatives of the law teaching profession and periodically conduct training and continuing education programs for public officials, including providing educational material.

(8) Advise the Code Commissioner on the performance of the duties imposed on the Code Commissioner by Article 2.

(9) In cooperation with the Legislative Council, establish and facilitate a legislative intern program.
Ala. Code § 29-1-6 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-6
Section 29-1-6 Administration of Oath of Office to Members
Status: in_force

The oath of office may be administered to the members of the Legislature by any judge of the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit, district or probate court, the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may be sworn in by any member of their respective houses.
Ala. Code § 29-2-81 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-81
Section 29-2-81 Composition of Committee; Joint Chairs; Vice Chairs; Subcommittees; Compensation of Members of Subcommittees
Status: in_force

The committee shall be composed of the Lieutenant Governor, the members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education, the members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund, and such other members of the Senate to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The committee shall further be composed of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the members of the House Committee on Ways and Means Education, the members of the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund, and such other members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House. The Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Taxation and the Chairs of the House Ways and Means Committees shall be joint chairs. The chairs shall each appoint one vice chair and shall set the schedule and program for committee work. The chairs shall fix the days and hours of meetings and conduct hearings and examine witnesses who appear before the committee. Each chair may appoint subcommittees and invest them with such authority as deemed necessary to conduct the committee’s business and expedite its work. Members appointed to any subcommittee shall each be entitled to and shall receive compensation as is provided for below for members of the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets for each day the members attend a subcommittee meeting that is not also a meeting day of the committee. The subcommittee members shall not be paid for more than 30 additional calendar days in any single calendar year for work of the subcommittee.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-24 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-24
Section 29-5A-24 Preparation of Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama
Status: reserved

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-224, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023.

(a) The Code Commissioner, with the assistance of the Legal Division, shall prepare an official recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. This official recompilation may not make any substantive change to any existing operative constitutional provision.

(b) The official recompilation shall include all of the following:

(1) The removal of all expressly repealed sections or amendments, or portions thereof.

(2) The insertion of expressly identified amendatory language contained in a particular constitutional amendment into the identified location and the deletion of the language being amended and replaced and the retention of the original article and section number or amendment number.

(3) The relocation of various constitutional amendments applicable to the entire state in the appropriate article of the constitution based upon a logical sequence and the particular subject or topic.

(4) The grouping of various constitutional amendments applicable to the entire state in the same location in the document based upon a logical sequence and the particular subject or topic.

(5) The grouping of local constitutional amendments in the same location in the document based upon a particular subject or topic or by county.

(6) The elimination of constitutional provisions or amendments, including portions of such provisions or amendments, that have lapsed or have been invalidated, directly or indirectly, by decision of a court of last resort.

(7) The inclusion, after the text of a relocated provision, of the official constitutional amendment number assigned to that provision at the time of ratification.

(8) Other editorial changes necessary to accurately reflect the current status of the constitution in a logical manner.

(c) The Code Commissioner, upon completion, shall instruct the official Code Publisher to publish the official recompilation.

(d) The recompiled constitution published under this section shall be known as and cited as the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.

(e) In the event of a conflict between the official recompilation published under this section and the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any amendments to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or the amendments thereto, or both, shall prevail over the official recompilation.
Ala. Code § 29-3-8 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-3-8
Section 29-3-8 Duty of Successors to Keep Themselves Informed
Status: in_force

Each emergency interim successor shall keep himself generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current business of the Legislature, and each legislator shall assist his emergency interim successors to keep themselves so informed.
Ala. Code § 29-5-10 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-5-10
Section 29-5-10 Computer Capability; Evaluation of Budgetary Matters
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-4-6 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-6
Section 29-4-6 Rights of Retired Employees
Status: in_force

(a) It is lawful and permissible for any public employee who has retired under the Employees’ Retirement System or the Judicial Retirement Fund to be employed with the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Department of the Examiners of Public Accounts, the Legislative Fiscal Office, or the Legislative Reference Service if the person so employed is physically and mentally capable of performing the required work in the opinion of the employing authority, is not employed in a permanent full-time capacity, does not replace a full-time employee, and does not receive compensation and expenses, other than reimbursement of normally reimbursable employee expenses, in excess of the base allowed under federal Social Security for a person age 67, as set from year to year, for any legislative session in a calendar year.

(b) A retiree employed under this section shall continue to receive all retirement benefits which the retiree would normally receive if he or she were not so employed, subject to the limitations of this section.

(c) The responsibility for compliance with this section is placed upon the employing authority and each retiree employed under this section shall certify to the employer any information required for compliance with this section.

(d) Nothing in this section or any other provision of law shall prevent a person age 65 or over who has retired under the Employees’ Retirement System or the Judicial Retirement Fund from performing services for the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, the Legislative Fiscal Office, or the Legislative Reference Service as an independent contractor without regard to the limitations in subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 29-1-40 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-40
Section 29-1-40 Creation; Composition; Terms and Appointment of Members; Quorum Defined and Required to Conduct Business; Failure of Appointing Authority to Make Appointment; Certain Persons Ineligible to Serve
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.
Ala. Code § 29-4-36 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-36
Section 29-4-36 House Pages
Status: in_force

House pages shall be appointed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Ala. Code § 29-2-151 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-151
Section 29-2-151 Committee Created
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration. The Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration may hereinafter be referred to as the “committee.” The committee shall certify applicants who have met the eligibility criteria for payment pursuant to this article and may recommend to the Legislature an amount of additional compensation to be paid by the state as authorized by subsection (b) of Section 29-2-159.
Ala. Code § 29-4-40 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-40
Section 29-4-40 Staff Assistance
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall furnish to each joint committee for which staff assistance is not provided in the act creating the joint committee, the staff assistance reasonably necessary to enable the committee to perform its assigned function.

(b) Staff furnished pursuant to this section shall be compensated as other legislative staff at rates approved by the Legislative Council .

(c) For purposes of this section, staff assistance includes, but is not limited to, secretaries, consultants, and technical or professional persons.
Ala. Code § 29-2-120 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-120
Section 29-2-120 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds as follows: The Legislature has the constitutional duty to appropriate and safeguard taxpayers’ money; the Legislature has recognized the need for community services programs; and the Legislature has recognized the purposes for which Alabama community services grants may be made in Section 41-24-3, specifically as follows:

(1) To enhance the education of the citizenry through activities, expenditures for capital improvements or equipment, that promote literacy, learning, arts appreciation, public health and mental health.

(2) To promote activities that provide human and social services which reduce the hardships of old age, poor health or poverty.

(3) To promote the marketability, yield or quality of Alabama-produced agricultural commodities.

(4) To promote the preservation, restoration, development and propagation of Alabama’s natural resources, recreational facilities, environment, history, culture, transportation lanes, tourism, public safety, and historic landmarks and buildings.
Ala. Code § 29-7-6 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-6
Section 29-7-6 Powers and Duties; Requests for Assistance; State Agencies and Departments to Submit Reports
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-6-4 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 29-6-4
Section 29-6-4 Compensation and Expenses of Members
Status: in_force

(a) The House Legislative Council succeeds to and is vested with all the powers previously exercised by the House Members of the Legislative Council.

(b) The Senate Legislative Council succeeds to and is vested with all the powers previously exercised by the members of the Senate elected to the Legislative Council.

(c) A reference in any law to any entity all or a portion of the powers of which are succeeded to by the Legislative Council, the House Legislative Council, or the Senate Legislative Council, shall be deemed a reference to the Legislative Council, the House Legislative Council, or the Senate Legislative Council.

(d) All personnel, funds, papers, and property of any entity all or a portion of the powers of which are succeeded to by the Legislative Council, as determined by the Legislative Council, shall be transferred to the Legislative Council on October 1, 2015.
Ala. Code § 29-2-276 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-276
Section 29-2-276 Budget Limitations
Status: in_force

Annual expenses and compensation of the committee from state funds shall not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 29-2-222 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-222
Section 29-2-222 Legislative Youth Advisory Oversight Commission - Creation; Composition
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 29-2-272 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-272
Section 29-2-272 Composition; Meetings. (Amended by Act 2026-327)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-327, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) The committee shall be composed of the following members:

(1) The Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

(2) The Chair of the House Committee on Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure.

(3) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry.

(4) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Transportation and Energy.

(5) The Chair of the Permanent Oil and Gas Study Committee.

(6) Four members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, three of whom shall be appointees from the House of Representatives to the Energy Council and one of whom shall be a member of the minority party.

(7) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Presiding Officer, both of whom shall be appointees from the Senate to the Energy Council and one of whom shall be a member of the minority party.

(8) Two members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, both of whom shall be appointees from the Senate to the Energy Council and one of whom shall be a member of the minority party.

(b) To the extent possible, members of the committee shall reflect the racial, ethnic, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(c) The committee shall meet at the call of the chair or a majority of the members thereof, provided that the committee shall meet at least once every six months.

(d) The committee may meet, act, and conduct its business at any place within this state during the sessions of the Legislature, or any recess thereof, and in the interim period between sessions.

(e) Members of the committee may participate in a meeting of the committee, or any advisory subcommittee of the committee, by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes. However, a majority of a quorum of the members of the committee or advisory subcommittee shall be physically present at the location noticed and called for the meeting in order to conduct any business or deliberation. Members of the committee and any advisory subcommittees of the committee may not utilize electronic communications except as in compliance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act. Except for emergency meetings, notice of committee meetings shall be provided in accordance with the Alabama Open Meetings Act and telephone or video conference or similar communications equipment shall also allow members of the public the opportunity to simultaneously listen to or observe such meetings.

(f) Terms of service on the committee shall coincide with the elected terms of the serving members.

(g) Commencing with the first meeting of the committee called after June 1, 2018, and each two years thereafter, the committee shall elect from among its members a chair and a vice chair.
Ala. Code § 29-2-190 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-190
Section 29-2-190 Continuation and Termination; Functions
Status: in_force

At the start of each quadrennium the Legislature shall provide by joint resolution for a Joint Legislative Committee on Civic Education. The Joint Legislative Committee on Civic Education, created pursuant to Act 2000-547, 2000 Regular Session, is hereby continued for the balance of the current quadrennium at which time it shall terminate. The purpose of the continuing joint committee shall be to provide annual oversight and recommendations with respect to the civic education initiatives provided in Article 2 of Chapter 44A of Title 16. The continuing joint committee shall annually provide a report on the state of civic education not later than the 10th legislative day of each regular session.
Ala. Code § 29-6-8 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 29-6-8
Section 29-6-8 Contract for Demolition of Current Alabama State House; Disposition of Certain Property and Materials
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislative Council may contract for the demolition of the building located at 11 South Union Street in Montgomery. The demolition shall occur upon the completion of construction and designation of a new Alabama State House.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the building may be demolished in a manner that provides for the removal and disposition of any property or materials that are part of or affixed to the building which may have some value, regardless of whether any of the property or materials are listed as state inventory. To effectuate this section, the Legislative Council, Legislative Services Agency, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and Secretary of the Senate shall provide to the State Auditor a list of property and materials to be removed from the inventory. Upon receipt of the list, the State Auditor shall remove the property and materials from the inventory.

(2) The property and materials described in subdivision (1) may be reused, recycled, upcycled, sold, or disposed of as determined by the Legislative Council in a manner that is fiscally responsible. Materials of de minimis value may be utilized as the Legislative Council, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and Secretary of the Senate deem appropriate to commemorate the historic value of the building and to pay tribute to the Legislature.

(c) The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall set the price of any desk, chair, or other item used in the old chambers and not being relocated to the new Alabama State House and may sell the items to members and employees of the Legislature in a manner determined by the clerk and secretary.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-20 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-20
Section 29-5A-20 Supervision, Direction, and Control
Status: in_force

The Legal Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services.
Ala. Code § 29-2-164 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-164
Section 29-2-164 Cooperation by State Agencies and Departments
Status: in_force

Agencies of state government shall cooperate with the committee and the staff of the Division of Risk Management as necessary for the committee and the division to carry out its responsibilities. Upon the request of the committee or the division, each agency and department of the state shall make its services, equipment, personnel, facilities, and information available to the greatest practicable extent to the committee in the execution of its functions without cost to the committee.
Ala. Code § 29-2-20 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-20
Section 29-2-20 Creation; Composition; Duties
Status: in_force

(a) A permanent legislative committee, to be known as the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee, which shall be composed of eight members, two of whom shall be ex officio members and six of whom shall be appointed members, three each to be appointed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, who shall both serve as the ex officio members, shall be formed to examine all aspects of the operations of the Department of Corrections. The chair of the committee shall be selected by and from among the membership.

(b) The committee shall examine Alabama’s present and long-term correctional needs . Upon request of the chair or by a majority vote of the members, the committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature .

(c) The committee shall study and address mental health issues for inmates reentering the community after a term of imprisonment in order to streamline the sharing of critical mental health information and in order to address barriers to accessing mental health treatment for inmates . Upon request of the chair or by a majority vote of the members, the committee shall report its findings to the Legislature and shall work in conjunction with all of the following in studying and addressing the issues:

(1) Department of Corrections.

(2) Board of Pardons and Paroles.

(3) Department of Mental Health.

(4) Administrative Office of Courts.

(5) Office of Prosecution Services.

(6) Office of the Attorney General.

(7) Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(8) Association of County Commissions of Alabama.

(9) Alabama Probate Judges Association.

(10) Alabama Sheriffs Association.

(11) Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

(12) Alabama Circuit Judges’ Association.

(13) Department of Public Health.

(14) Office of the Governor.

(15) Alabama District Attorneys Association.

(16) Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force.

(17) Alabama Department of Senior Services.

(18) Any other advocacy groups as determined by the committee.

(d) The committee shall study and address issues related to felony restitution collection in order to improve rates of collection for restitution obligations in felony cases and establish best practices relating to a defendant’s ability to pay obligations owed. Upon request of the chair or by a majority vote of the members, the committee shall report its findings to the Legislature and shall work in conjunction with all of the following in studying and addressing the issues:

(1) Department of Corrections.

(2) Board of Pardons and Paroles.

(3) Administrative Office of Courts.

(4) Office of Prosecution Services.

(5) Office of the Attorney General.

(6) Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(7) Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

(8) Alabama Circuit Judges’ Association.

(9) Association of County Commissions of Alabama.

(10) Alabama Sheriffs Association.

(11) Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission.

(12) The Alabama Circuit Clerk’s Association.

(13) Two crime victims’ rights advocates designated by the Attorney General.

(14) Two members from the Alabama District Attorneys Association, of which one shall be from a largely populated metropolitan judicial circuit and the other shall be from a small, rurally populated judicial circuit.

(15) Any other advocacy groups as determined by the committee.

(e) The committee shall study and address capacity issues within the Department of Corrections to include, but not be limited to, the issue of design capacity and operational or functional capacity, as well as the construction of new correctional facilities and the renovation of current correctional facilities as they relate to overcrowding and public safety. Upon request of the chair or by a majority vote of the members, the committee shall report its findings to the Legislature and shall work in conjunction with the following in studying and addressing the issues:

(1) Department of Corrections.

(2) Board of Pardons and Paroles.

(3) Department of Mental Health.

(4) Department of Public Health.

(5) Administrative Office of Courts.

(6) Office of Prosecution Services.

(7) Office of the Attorney General.

(8) Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(9) Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force.

(10) Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

(11) Alabama Circuit Judges’ Association.

(12) Association of County Commissions of Alabama.

(13) Two members from the Alabama Sheriffs Association, of which one shall be from a largely populated metropolitan judicial circuit and the other shall be from a small, rurally populated judicial circuit.

(14) Two members from the Alabama District Attorneys Association, of which one shall be from a largely populated metropolitan judicial circuit and the other shall be from a small, rurally populated judicial circuit.

(f) The committee shall study and address issues related to services provided by the Department of Corrections to constituents and the families of inmates. Upon request of the chair, or by a majority vote of the members, the committee may report its findings to the Legislature and may work in conjunction with all of the following in studying and addressing the issues:

(1) Department of Corrections.

(2) Board of Pardons and Paroles.

(3) Department of Mental Health.

(4) Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

(g) By September 1, 2024, the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, in consultation with the committee, shall employ an individual, who shall be an exempt employee under Section 36-26-10, to assist in the operations of the committee.

(h) The studies and collaborating partners provided for in this section shall reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban , rural, and economic diversity of the state.
Ala. Code § 29-2-62 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-62
Section 29-2-62 Meetings; Funds; Compensation; Chairman and Vice-Chairman; Ex Officio Members
Status: in_force

As far as practical all meetings of the committee shall be held in the State House building or in the State Capitol and be opened to the public. The committee may expend funds for the purpose of correspondence with prospective witnesses, in preparation of reports, and in general expenses incident to the work of the committee. Each member of the committee shall receive the regular legislative compensation, per diem, and travel expenses for each day he or she attends the meeting of the committee which shall be paid out of the funds appropriated to the use of the Legislature on warrants drawn on the state Comptroller upon requisition signed by the committee’s chair. Notwithstanding the foregoing, members shall not receive additional legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session. The sum of at least $7,000.00 shall be appropriated to the Legislature on an annual basis to fund the operation of the committee.

The Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House shall jointly designate one of the members of the committee as chair and one member to be vice-chair. The Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House shall be ex officio members of the committee and shall receive compensation at the rate paid to members for each day that they sit with the committee in its work on the subjects and problems listed in this article, or in handling any other matters agreed upon by the committee in line with the general purpose of the committee.
Ala. Code § 29-13-3 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-13-3
Section 29-13-3 General Fund Budget Reserve Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within the State Treasury the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund, to which monies shall be deposited as provided in this chapter and as appropriated by the Legislature. Monies that accrue to the fund shall not be subject to withdrawal except as provided in this chapter. Any monetary interest that accrues to the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund shall be retained in the fund from year to year and shall be subject only to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 29-6-5 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 29-6-5
Section 29-6-5 Secretary
Status: in_force

The Director of Legislative Services shall serve as Secretary of the Legislative Council without salary other than compensation as Director of Legislative Services.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-64 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-64
Section 29-5A-64 Governing Council; Alabama Law Institute Council
Status: in_force

(a) The Governing Council of the Alabama Law Institute Council is continued in existence as the Alabama Law Institute Council.

(b) The council shall be composed of ex officio, appointed, and elected members, as follows:

(1) One Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, selected by the Justices thereof.

(2) One circuit court judge, selected by the Association of Circuit Court Judges.

(3) The Attorney General of the State of Alabama, or his or her designee.

(4) The legal advisor to the Governor of Alabama, or his or her designee.

(5) The Chairs of the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.

(6) The President of the Alabama State Bar.

(7) The Secretary of the Alabama State Bar.

(8) The chair of the Junior Bar Section of the Alabama State Bar.

(9) The attorney members of the Legislative Council of Alabama.

(10) Not less than three nor more than six attorney members appointed by the Governor of Alabama.

(11) The Code Commissioner.

(12) The Speaker of the House, or his or her designee.

(13) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or his or her designee.

(14) Two members who shall be elected from the members of the faculty of the University of Alabama School of Law, two members elected from the members of the faculty of the Cumberland Law School of Samford University, two members elected from the members of the faculty of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University, and six practicing attorneys elected from each congressional district in the state.

(c) The ex officio members shall hold their positions during their respective terms of office. The terms of office of the elected members of the governing council shall be four years. Elected members of the governing council shall be eligible for reelection.

(d) Vacancies in the elected membership created by death, resignation, or other than by the expiration of the terms of office shall be filled by the council under such rules as it may adopt. Vacancies occurring through the expiration of terms of office shall be filled by election by the council under such rules as it may adopt.

(e) Members of the Governing Council of the Alabama Law Institute serving on September 30, 2017, shall continue as members of the Alabama Law Institute Council.

(f) The members of the Alabama Law Institute Council shall serve without any compensation for services as such. The division may pay honoraria to members of the State Bar who perform professional services for the division.

(g) The Alabama Law Institute Council shall advise the Director of Legislative Services on the work of the division and shall adopt a plan or plans to encourage and invite the cooperation of all members of the legal profession in the work of the division.

(h) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the council membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.
Ala. Code § 29-7-11 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-11
Section 29-7-11 Preparation of Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-5-5 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-5-5
Section 29-5-5 Director Authorized to Obtain Information from State Departments, Agencies, Etc.; Cooperation and Assistance by State Departments, Agencies, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-2-275 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-275
Section 29-2-275 Requested Assistance; Compensation
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and any advisory subcommittees shall provide any assistance as may be necessary at the committee’s request. Each legislative member of the committee and each legislative member of a subcommittee shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, his or her per diem, and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the committee or a subcommittee which shall be paid out of any funds appropriated for the use of the Legislature upon warrants drawn by the Comptroller, upon requisitions signed by the committee’s chair. Legislative members shall not receive additional legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session or if a member is being paid any other payments on the same dates for attendance on other state business.
Ala. Code § 29-4-33 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-33
Section 29-4-33 Clerk - Cannot Retain Fees; Disclosure of Personal Income
Status: in_force

(a) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall not retain any of the fees charged for the sale of copies of bills introduced in the Legislature. All such fees shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund and shall be used to cover the expenses of the Legislature.

(b) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall disclose his or her personal income in the same manner and under the same statutes as apply to all other members of the legislative branch of government.
Ala. Code § 29-2-220 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-220
Section 29-2-220 Short Title
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 29-2-41.5 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-41.5
Section 29-2-41.5 Participation in Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) If the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee or the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee or the Chair of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee or the House Ways and Means Education Committee elects not to participate in meetings of the committee, the Speaker of the House or the President of the Senate, as appropriate, may appoint a House or Senate member to serve in the place of the nonparticipating budget committee chair.

(b) Members of the committee may participate in a meeting of the committee by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes.
Ala. Code § 29-2-41.4 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-41.4
Section 29-2-41.4 Personal Property and Nonprofessional Services
Status: in_force

The amendments to Sections 41-4-110, 41-4-113, 41-16-20, 41-16-21.1, 41-16-24, and 41-16-27 made by Act 2009-763 shall not affect the review of any contract by the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee.
Ala. Code § 29-3-13 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-3-13
Section 29-3-13 Quorum and Vote Requirements
Status: in_force

In the event of an attack:

(1) Quorum requirements for the Legislature shall be suspended; and

(2) Where the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members for approval of a bill, resolution or other action would otherwise be required, the same proportion of those voting thereon shall be sufficient.
Ala. Code § 29-4-5 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-5
Section 29-4-5 Retirement
Status: in_force

(a) Any Alabama state trooper who retires, and who has not reached the age of 65, may be employed or reemployed as a guard, marshal, or doorkeeper for either house of the Legislature without regard to the laws of the State Merit System or to the State Employees’ Retirement System.

(b) The retirement benefits of such a retired employee which have accrued prior to employment as a guard, marshal, or doorkeeper for the Legislature shall not be suspended or decreased because of the subsequent employment in any such capacity with the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 29-7-10 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-10
Section 29-7-10 Notification of Actions Concerning Joint Legislative Operations
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-44 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-44
Section 29-5A-44 Assistance to Members or Committees of House or Senate, and to Joint Committees of Legislature
Status: in_force

At the request of any other committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, any joint committee of the Legislature, or any member of the House or Senate, the Fiscal Division shall provide to such committee, joint committee, or member any information compiled in carrying out subdivisions (1) and (2) of Section 29-5A-43 and, to the extent practicable, such additional information related to the foregoing as may be requested.
Ala. Code § 29-2-200 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-200
Section 29-2-200 Creation; Composition; Meetings; Compensation; Powers and Duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislative Council succeeds to the powers and duties of the Legislative Building Authority.

(b) The powers and duties of the Legislative Council shall include all of the following:

(1) Accepting title to State House property.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, providing for the management and supervision, administration, improvement, operation, and maintenance of such State House property.

(3) Taking any other action considered necessary by the Legislative Council to ensure sufficient space and facilities for the functions of the Legislative Department.
Ala. Code § 29-2-60 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-60
Section 29-2-60 Creation; Members; Terms; Vacancies
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a continuing permanent Municipal Government Committee of the Legislature. The committee shall be composed of eight members of the Legislature, four members from the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and four members from the Senate to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. Members shall be appointed within five legislative days after the convening of the first regular session after the election of each Legislature. Members shall hold office for the duration of the legislative term and until their successors are appointed. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Members may serve more than one term of office on the committee. Vacancies shall be filled by the original appointing authority. Initial members of the committee shall be appointed immediately after April 18, 1990 and shall serve a term equal in length to the remaining legislative term of office.
Ala. Code § 29-13-4 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-13-4
Section 29-13-4 Transfer of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning on October 1, 2020, and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, there is transferred into the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund established in Section 29-13-3, 20 percent of the ending balance in the General Fund from the previous fiscal year that was unanticipated and unappropriated by the Legislature as a beginning balance in the current fiscal year. The Legislature shall set forth the amount of the beginning balance anticipated and appropriated in the General Fund appropriation each year beginning in the General Fund appropriation act for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020. The Director of Finance shall transfer 20 percent of the unanticipated and unappropriated beginning balance by November 15 of each year.

(b) The transfer authorized pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made each year when the balance in the General Fund Budget Reserve Fund at the end of a fiscal year is less than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000).
Ala. Code § 29-4-30 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-30
Section 29-4-30 Subordinate Officers - Clerk of the House of Representatives and Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives
Status: in_force

(a) The subordinate officers of the House of Representatives consist of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and an Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives. The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be a full-time employee, elected as provided by law, and compensated as provided in this chapter.

The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall not participate in political activities such as are prohibited by the Merit System Act in Section 36-26-38.

(b) The Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be appointed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives with the approval of the Speaker of the House. The Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature an amount fixed by the House Legislative Council.

(c) The Clerk of the House of Representatives may appoint an administrative assistant. The administrative assistant to the Clerk shall serve at the pleasure of the Clerk and shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature an amount fixed by the House Legislative Council in accordance with that of comparable positions established under the State Merit System pay plan.

(d) The Clerk of the House of Representatives may employ a chief clerk who shall be a full-time employee. The chief clerk shall serve at the pleasure of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and shall be paid from funds appropriated to the Legislature an amount fixed by the House Legislative Council in accordance with that of comparable positions established under the State Merit System pay plan.
Ala. Code § 29-4-22 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-22
Section 29-4-22 Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Senate shall be elected at the beginning of the quadrennium, and receive an annual salary of such amount as provided by the Senate Legislative Council.

(b) The Senate Legislative Council shall conduct an annual in person evaluation of the performance of the Secretary of the Senate and the Assistant Secretary of the Senate.
Ala. Code § 29-7-15 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-15
Section 29-7-15 References to Administrative Law Division of the Department of Revenue
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-1-2.4 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-2.4
Section 29-1-2.4 Effective Date
Status: reserved

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2001 SECOND SPECIAL SESSION BY ACT 2001-727 AND ACT 2001-729, EFFECTIVE JULY 3, 2001.
Ala. Code § 29-3-2 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-3-2
Section 29-3-2 Declaration of Policy
Status: in_force

The Legislature declares:

(1) That recent technological developments make possible an enemy attack of unprecedented destructiveness, which may result in the death or inability to act of a large proportion of the membership of the Legislature;

(2) That to conform in time of attack to existing legal requirements pertaining to the Legislature would be impracticable, would admit of undue delay and would jeopardize continuity of operation of a legally constituted Legislature; and

(3) That it is therefore necessary to adopt special provisions as set out in this chapter for the effective operation of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 29-1-10 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-10
Section 29-1-10 Appropriation for Organization Sessions and Legislative Interim Committees
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislature the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the expenses of the Legislature in its organizational session and for the expense of such legislative interim committees as may be created by the Legislature.

(b) There shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislature funds sufficient for the additional expenses incurred and payable to the members of the Legislature and for the operations of the Legislature during any special session called by the Governor, as certified by the Legislative Council.
Ala. Code § 29-2-61 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-61
Section 29-2-61 Duties; Subjects for Consideration; Recommendations
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty and function of the committee to analyze the status of municipal government in Alabama and to make recommendations for legislation and constitutional revision which it considers necessary or desirable to enable the municipal governments of this state to more adequately meet and furnish the services and requirements of their citizens.

(b) In reviewing the status and the laws of municipal governments in Alabama, the committee shall consider and make studies of, but shall not limit its consideration, to the following items:

(1) An assessment and study of the impact of reduced federal funds and the problems to municipalities created thereby; the study to suggest methods whereby municipalities may continue furnishing services notwithstanding the reduction of federal assistance; the study also to include a review of the block grant delivery system of federal assistance.

(2) A study and assessment of the problems faced by municipalities because of the mounting problems connected with sanitary sewage (waste water) disposal and a suggested avenue of meeting the tremendous expenses connected with such disposal; and a suggested funding mechanism to cover the cost of disposal.

(3) A study of hazardous waste disposal and suggested solutions of the problems created by hazardous wastes.

(4) A study of the infrastructure needs of Alabama towns and cities with particular emphasis on the study of road and street systems and their maintenance and repair.

(5) A review with recommendations as to how municipalities can best improve the delivery of services of all types to their citizens.

(c) The committee shall submit its recommendations by the fifth legislative day of each regular session of the Legislature. The committee may make additional recommendations and submit studies and reports to the Legislature at any time.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-3
Section 29-5A-3 Employees; Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The Director of Legislative Services, without regard to the State Merit System Law, may hire staff members and clerical help to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The compensation due to the officers and employees employed under this section shall be certified by the director to the Comptroller, who shall issue his or her warrant therefor.
Ala. Code § 29-1-8 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-8
Section 29-1-8 Compensation and Mileage of Officers and Members
Status: in_force

(a) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each receive $12.00, and each member of the Legislature shall receive $10.00, for each day during the period in which the Legislature is in session, but not exceeding in any event the number of calendar days for which the Legislature is authorized to be in session, and no additional sum shall be paid or received for per diem or expenses.

(b) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and each member of the Legislature shall be paid $.10 per mile in going from his residence to, and in returning to his residence from, the seat of government, to be computed by the nearest usual route traveled, and according to the distances herein specified:

(1) Autauga, 14 miles.

(2) Baldwin, 155 miles.

(3) Barbour, 101 miles.

(4) Bibb, 72 miles.

(5) Blount, 132 miles.

(6) Bullock, 41 miles.

(7) Butler, 44 miles.

(8) Calhoun, 150 miles.

(9) Chambers, 83 miles.

(10) Cherokee, 173 miles.

(11) Chilton, 40 miles.

(12) Choctaw, 159 miles.

(13) Clarke, 134 miles.

(14) Clay, 142 miles.

(15) Cleburne, 153 miles.

(16) Coffee, 140 miles.

(17) Colbert, 228 miles.

(18) Conecuh, 82 miles.

(19) Coosa, 126 miles.

(20) Covington, 92 miles.

(21) Crenshaw, 52 miles.

(22) Cullman, 150 miles.

(23) Dale, 92 miles.

(24) Dallas, 50 miles.

(25) DeKalb, 186 miles.

(26) Elmore, 18 miles.

(27) Escambia, 105 miles.

(28) Etowah, 160 miles.

(29) Fayette, 177 miles.

(30) Franklin, 213 miles.

(31) Geneva, 136 miles.

(32) Greene, 142 miles.

(33) Hale, 102 miles.

(34) Henry, 144 miles.

(35) Houston, 119 miles.

(36) Jackson, 250 miles.

(37) Jefferson, 96 miles.

(38) Lauderdale, 233 miles.

(39) Lamar, 208 miles.

(40) Lawrence, 211 miles.

(41) Lee, 66 miles.

(42) Limestone, 214 miles.

(43) Lowndes, 24 miles.

(44) Macon, 45 miles.

(45) Madison, 207 miles.

(46) Marengo, 100 miles.

(47) Marion, 200 miles.

(48) Marshall, 186 miles.

(49) Mobile, 185 miles.

(50) Monroe, 161 miles.

(51) Morgan, 183 miles.

(52) Perry, 80 miles.

(53) Pickens, 148 miles.

(54) Pike, 52 miles.

(55) Randolph, 119 miles.

(56) Russell, 75 miles.

(57) Shelby, 74 miles.

(58) St. Clair, 140 miles.

(59) Sumter, 135 miles.

(60) Talladega, 110 miles.

(61) Tuscaloosa, 107 miles.

(62) Tallapoosa, 97 miles.

(63) Walker, 137 miles.

(64) Washington, 210 miles.

(65) Wilcox, 115 miles.

(66) Winston, 185 miles.

(c) No more than one such travel allowance shall be paid for each session of the Legislature. The 10-day or organization session is hereby declared to be a session for which such travel allowance is due.
Ala. Code § 29-1-5 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-5
Section 29-1-5 Length of Special Sessions
Status: in_force

No special session of the Legislature shall continue for longer than 12 legislative days and 30 calendar days.
Ala. Code § 29-2-82 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-82
Section 29-2-82 Compensation, Expenses, Etc., of Committee Members
Status: in_force

The committee members shall be entitled to, and shall receive, the same daily legislative compensation, expense allowances, per diem and other compensation which they receive while in legislative session for each weekday, Monday through Friday, during any week in which the committee actually meets. It is provided however, that members must be present each scheduled meeting day during such week in order to receive the full five days compensation. Otherwise, committee members will receive compensation only for those days in which committee meetings are attended. Said committee shall not be paid for more than 30 calendar days in any single interim period. The compensation of committee employees shall be paid as provided in Sections 29-1-9 and 29-1-10.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-21 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-21
Section 29-5A-21 Duties; Requests for Assistance; Reports of State Agencies and Departments
Status: in_force

(a) The Legal Division shall have all of the following duties:

(1) To respond to questions concerning the organization and administration of state government or the operation of constitutional or statutory law.

(2) To render assistance in the drafting of bills and amendments to bills.

(3) To make studies and reports on problems of state and local government in Alabama, either upon request or on its own initiative.

(4) To conduct a continuous analysis of the scope, effect, and methods of federal, state, and local government operations in Alabama and make those recommendations to the Legislative Council as appropriate.

(5) To prepare, under the direction of the Code Commissioner, a compilation or code of the statutes of Alabama.

(6) To determine, subject to the approval of the Code Commissioner, the content of the code and any supplements thereto and to prepare an annual codification bill to adopt changes to the code enacted at prior sessions of the Legislature.

(b) Requests for assistance under subdivisions (1) and (3) of subsection (a) shall be prepared only for a member of the Legislature or the Lieutenant Governor, or a person authorized by a member of the Legislature or by the Lieutenant Governor. Requests for assistance under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) shall be prepared only for a member of the Legislature, the Lieutenant Governor, or the Governor, or a person authorized by a member of the Legislature, by the Lieutenant Governor, or by the Governor. The Legal Division may respond to other requests for assistance, including, but not limited to, requests from other state governments, as the Director of Legislative Services determines to be in the best interests of the state.

(c) In order that the purposes of this article shall be best served, each department and agency of the State of Alabama government shall furnish to the Legal Division copies of all monthly, quarterly, annual, biennial, quadrennial, and other regular reports which it is required by law to prepare for other agents or officials of the state government and copies of all printed publications that it issues. Each department or agency of the State of Alabama government shall comply with requests for supplementary reports made by the Legal Division and approved by the Legislative Council. Each department and agency of the State of Alabama government shall make its internal records available to the Legal Division upon request.
Ala. Code § 29-1-8.1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-8.1
Section 29-1-8.1 Treatment of Legislators’ Travel Expenses for State Income Tax Purposes
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 98-502, p. 1083, effective December 31, 1998.
Ala. Code § 29-9-3 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 9 / Section 29-9-3
Section 29-9-3 Fiscal Year Appropriation Cap
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, beginning with appropriations made for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, appropriations from the Education Trust Fund shall not exceed the fiscal year appropriation cap, or the secondary spending limit, whichever is less.

(b) The fiscal year appropriation cap for the Education Trust Fund shall be equal to the sum of all of the following:

(1) The total of recurring revenues deposited into the Education Trust Fund in the last completed fiscal year preceding the date on which the fiscal year appropriation cap is calculated.

(2) An amount equal to the amount in subdivision (1) multiplied by the average annual percent of change in the recurring revenues deposited into the Education Trust Fund for the 15 most recently completed fiscal years preceding the date on which the fiscal year appropriation cap is calculated, excluding the highest and lowest years from the calculation.

(3) If new recurring revenue measures are enacted that will be deposited into the Education Trust Fund, or if existing revenue sources are amended to increase the amount of money deposited into the Education Trust Fund, for the first time during the year for which the fiscal year appropriation cap is being calculated, then 95 percent of the amount projected in the enacted fiscal note accompanying the legislative act creating the new recurring revenue shall be added or subtracted as a part of the fiscal year appropriation cap. If a recurring revenue source to the Education Trust Fund is removed or reduced during the year for which the fiscal year appropriation cap is being calculated, the negative impact, based on the enacted fiscal note, of the removal or reduction of the recurring revenue shall be included in the calculation of the fiscal year appropriation cap.

(4) Nonrecurring revenue shall be added or subtracted as a part of the fiscal year appropriation cap for the fiscal year in which the nonrecurring revenue is deposited into the Education Trust Fund.

(c) The Director of Finance and the Legislative Fiscal Officer shall certify their computation of the fiscal year appropriation cap and secondary spending limit at the same time as the certification required by Section 260.02 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

(d) Section 260.02 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, requires an estimate of available revenue for the Education Trust Fund which is to be certified by the Finance Director and the Legislative Fiscal Officer prior to the third legislative day of each regular session. If, however, the average of the estimated available revenue is less than the fiscal year appropriation cap calculated in subsection (b) or the secondary spending limit, the Legislature shall appropriate no more than the lesser amount of the average of the estimated available revenue or the fiscal year appropriation cap or secondary spending limit as required to be determined by this section.
Ala. Code § 29-7-8 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-8
Section 29-7-8 Compilation of Code of Alabama by Code Commissioner; Altering Sense, Etc. Prohibited; Specified Editorial Work; Adoption by Statute of Supplement and Replacement Volumes as Part of Entire Code; No Change in Existing Law
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-6-2 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 6 / Section 29-6-2
Section 29-6-2 Officers; Meetings; Compensation; Committees
Status: in_force

(a) At its first meeting during each quadrennium and at such other times as necessary, the Legislative Council shall elect a chair and vice chair from among the membership of the council. The position of chair shall alternate between a member of the Senate and a member of the House of Representatives every two years. To the extent possible, membership of the council shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(b) Within 10 days after the membership of the Legislative Council is determined:

(1) The Legislative Council shall convene at a place and time designated by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in written notice given to each member to select a chair and vice chair from the membership. The Legislative Council shall meet thereafter at the request of the chair or as its members shall determine, in both cases upon written notice to each member of the council. If the chair declines to call a meeting or is unable to call a meeting, the Speaker of the House, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or a majority of the council may call a meeting of the council.

(2) The House Legislative Council shall convene at a time and place designated by the Speaker of the House in written notice given to each member of the House Legislative Council to select a chair and vice chair of the House Legislative Council. The House Legislative Council shall meet thereafter at the request of the chair or as its members shall determine, in both cases upon written notice to each member of the House Legislative Council. If the chair declines to call a meeting or is unable to call a meeting, the Speaker of the House may call a meeting of the House Legislative Council.

(3) The Senate Legislative Council shall convene at a time and place designated by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in written notice given to each member of the Senate Legislative Council to select a chair and vice chair of the Senate Legislative Council. The Senate Legislative Council shall meet thereafter at the request of the chair or as its members shall determine, in both cases upon written notice to each member of the Senate Legislative Council. If the chair declines to call a meeting or is unable to call a meeting, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate may call a meeting of the Senate Legislative Council.

(c) Members of the Legislative Council, House Legislative Council, and Senate Legislative Council shall receive expenses for attendance of each meeting of the respective council as provided for in Section 49 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall adopt such expense reimbursement regulations as are necessary to implement Section 49 for operation of the councils.

(d) The Legislative Council, the House Legislative Council, and the Senate Legislative Council may provide for the appointment of committees to facilitate their work.
Ala. Code § 29-5-7 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5 / Section 29-5-7
Section 29-5-7 Duties and Functions Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-1-3 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-3
Section 29-1-3 Annual Sessions; Place of Meeting
Status: in_force

The Legislature shall meet annually at the Capitol, in the Senate chamber and in the hall of the House of Representatives, unless at any time it should, from any cause, become impossible or dangerous for the Legislature to meet or remain at the Capitol or for the Senate to meet or remain in the Senate chamber, or for the Representatives to meet or remain in the hall of the House of Representatives, then the Governor may convene the Legislature, or remove it after it has convened, to some other place for the sitting of the respective houses, or either of them, as necessity may require.
Ala. Code § 29-4-31 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-31
Section 29-4-31 Oaths
Status: in_force

The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall administer the oaths required to the subordinate officers of the House of Representatives.
Ala. Code § 29-2-51 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-51
Section 29-2-51 Creation; Members; Chairman; Expanded Membership in Certain Quadrenniums
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created a permanent legislative committee to be known as the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment, hereinafter referred to as the “committee.”

(b) Except during the quadrennium in which the United States census is released and the Legislature is actually involved with the reapportionment process, the committee shall be composed of six members appointed during the organizational session of each quadrennium to serve each quadrennium as follows: Three members of the Senate to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and three members of the House to be appointed by the Speaker of the House.

The committee members shall select from among its numbers a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives to serve as co-chairpersons for the quadrennium to preside over meetings of the committee. Whenever the Legislature is not in regular or special session, each member of the committee shall be entitled to his usual legislative pay, travel expenses and per diem for each day he spends in attending any such meeting or conducting business of the committee within or without the state.

(c) In those quadrenniums in which the United States official decennial census is released and while the Legislature is actually involved in the reapportionment process, the committee shall be composed of 22 members as follows: One member of the House of Representatives from each congressional district, four members of the House of Representatives at-large to be appointed by the Speaker of the House and one member of the Senate from each congressional district, four members of the Senate at-large, to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. Upon the completion of the reapportionment process, the committee composition shall revert to the six member committee provided in subsection (b) hereof.
Ala. Code § 29-2-273 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-273
Section 29-2-273 Goals and Objectives; Funding
Status: in_force

(a) The committee shall make a continuous study of the energy supply for the state and make recommendations for legislation and initiatives that will create the necessary institutional and regulatory changes to accomplish the overall goals and objectives of the state in a manner that benefits the economy and protects the environment.

(b) The continuing study conducted by the committee, and recommendations submitted to the Governor and the Legislature, shall be designed to achieve the following goals and objectives, provided that those goals and objectives may be met while still providing reliable and affordable energy to Alabama residents:

(1) The expansion of diverse sources of fuels to be used to meet Alabama’s current and future energy needs through each of the following methods:

a. Encouraging a diverse fuel mix among electric supply generation that promotes reliability and minimizes negative impacts that would result from electric power shortages.

b. Promoting the production and use of renewable energy, bioenergy, and clean alternative energy, including coal gasification and liquification, advanced coal-based generation, and nuclear power.

c. Promoting the production and use of bioenergy from agriculturally and forest based products.

d. Broadening the diversity and decreasing the negative environmental impact of fuels that meet Alabama’s transportation needs.

e. Expanding electric generation infrastructure utilizing clean distributed energy resources, including, but not limited to, natural gas, propane, fuel cells, micro-turbines, and combined heat and power to the extent that these technologies provide cost effective and reliable energy sources.

(2) The development of conservation programs through each of the following methods:

a. Identifying and promoting proven fuel and oil conservation technologies that improve fuel efficiencies in private fleets and state fleets.

b. Identifying and promoting business and residential energy use reduction opportunities.

c. Increasing the usage of energy efficient products and clean energy sources through the state procurement process.

(3) Incorporating energy efficiency and conservation into the design and operation of state buildings.

(4) Encouraging producers of clean energy technologies and producers of energy efficient products to locate their business operations in Alabama, through each of the following methods:

a. Expanding the market for renewable and alternative energy technologies in Alabama.

b. Increasing the number of producers and developers of clean energy technologies located in Alabama.

c. Adopting incentives for new and existing facilities in Alabama that produce energy from alternative and renewable resources.

(c) Any report submitted to the Governor or the Legislature by the committee shall include the following for each goal and objective:

(1) An identification of actions already in process.

(2) A prioritized list of recommended non-legislative action items.

(3) Recommended legislative proposals.

(4) An identification of areas on which further evaluation or research is recommended.

(d) The committee may submit its recommendations to the Legislature at any time that the Legislature is in regular session.

(e) The committee is authorized to receive federal grants, gifts, appropriations, and other public funds related to energy policies and initiatives.
Ala. Code § 29-7-1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-1
Section 29-7-1 Created
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2017-214, §6, effective October 1, 2017.
Ala. Code § 29-4-32 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-32
Section 29-4-32 Compensation
Status: in_force

(a) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be elected at the beginning of the quadrennium, and shall receive an annual salary of such amount as provided by the House Legislative Council.

(b) The House Legislative Council shall conduct an annual in person evaluation of the performance of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Ala. Code § 29-3-6 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 3 / Section 29-3-6
Section 29-3-6 When Designations, Removals and Changes of Successors Effective; Recordation Thereof in Public Journal
Status: in_force

Each designation of an emergency interim successor shall become effective when the legislator making the designation files with the Secretary of State the successor’s name, address and rank in order of succession. The removal of an emergency interim successor or change in order of succession shall become effective when the legislator so acting files this information with the Secretary of State. All such data shall be open to public inspection. The Secretary of State shall inform the Governor, the Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and all emergency interim successors of all such designations, removals and changes in order of succession. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall enter all information regarding emergency interim successors for the Senate or the House in its public journal at the beginning of each legislative session and shall enter all changes in membership or order of succession as soon as possible after their occurrence. Each interim successor shall be appointed for at least one year.
Ala. Code § 29-4-41 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-41
Section 29-4-41 Additional Employees
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-408 effective June 10, 2015.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-46 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-46
Section 29-5A-46 Tax Expenditure Report
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning in 2024, the Fiscal Division shall prepare and submit a report every other year to the Legislature which lists all state tax expenditures and the estimated cost associated with each of the tax expenditures. For purposes of this section, tax expenditures means those state revenue losses attributable to the provisions of the constitution, state tax statutes, or rules adopted pursuant to the statutes, which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction, or which provide a special credit or preferential tax rate. The report shall be organized according to the funds into which the tax expenditures would be dedicated but for the exemptions and rate differentials. The report shall be submitted at the same time that the Governor is required to submit his or her budget proposal to the Legislature.

(b) The biennial tax expenditure report shall include the following:

(1) Each tax exemption and its constitutional or statutory citation or both.

(2) An estimate of the revenue loss to the state caused by each of the tax expenditures for the most recently completed fiscal year.

(c) The Fiscal Division may request and receive from the Department of Revenue or any other state or local agency or official any information necessary to complete the report required by this section. The information shall be subject to the confidentiality and disclosure provisions of Section 40-2A-10; however, these provisions shall not prevent the aggregation and disclosure of any information necessary to transparently complete the report required by this section. In the event that lack of information prevents the Fiscal Division from making a reasonable estimate for any tax expenditure, the division shall list the expenditure with a notation that an estimate cannot be determined.

(d) The House Ways and Means Education Committee and the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation - Education shall conduct joint hearings on the tax expenditure report periodically at the call of the chairs. From time to time, the committees may report to the Legislature findings or recommendations developed as a result of the hearings.

(e) This section does not apply to any incentives or other matters that are included in the report required by Section 40-18-379.
Ala. Code § 29-2-104 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-104
Section 29-2-104 Report to Legislature
Status: in_force

The committee shall report any findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than the seventh legislative day of each regular session.
Ala. Code § 29-5A-23 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 5A / Section 29-5A-23
Section 29-5A-23 Applicable Dates in Preprinted Forms
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever any provision of this code contains a preprinted form that contains language which indicates the year of application or execution as “19__,” the language shall be deemed to mean either a year beginning with the numbers 19 or 2 as the case may be.

(b) The Legal Division, when and as deemed appropriate, shall implement editorial changes to such language to conform the preprinted form to the applicable date.
Ala. Code § 29-1-41 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-41
Section 29-1-41 Compensation; Expenses
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.
Ala. Code § 29-2-101 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-101
Section 29-2-101 Oversight Committee - Created; Members; Meetings
Status: in_force

There is created a Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care. The committee shall consist of three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House and three members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The committee shall hold its organizational meeting within 30 days after August 1, 1998. The committee shall meet at the call of the chair or any majority of the members thereof; provided, that the committee shall meet at least once each four months. The committee shall have a continuing existence and may meet, act, and conduct its business at any place within this state during the sessions of the Legislature or any recess thereof, and in the interim period between sessions.
Ala. Code § 29-2-41.6 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-41.6
Section 29-2-41.6 Review of Certain Proposed Agreements and Obligations
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to its other duties under this article, the Contract Review Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee shall review proposed agreements and obligations as follows:

(1) Each state agency or department that receives a direct appropriation from the State General Fund proposing to enter into any agreement obligating the agency or department to expend more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of the annual appropriation from the State General Fund to the agency or department in a future fiscal year or years shall submit the agreement or obligation to the committee for review no later than 10 days after the agreement is signed or otherwise authorized by the agency or department. An agreement or obligation subject to review as provided in Section 29-2-41, is exempt from review under this section.

(2) The committee shall review the proposed agreement or obligation within 30 days of its submission under subdivision (1) and may hold public hearings on the proposal.

(3) If the committee does not give notice to the state agency or department of its approval or disapproval of the proposed agreement or obligation within 30 days of its submission, the proposal is deemed to be approved by the committee for purposes of this section.

(4) If at least two House members and two Senate members of the committee disapprove of a proposed obligation or agreement within 30 days of its submission under subdivision (1), the obligation or agreement shall not become effective until 45 days after the obligation or agreement is submitted.

(b) As part of the committee’s review conducted pursuant to this section, all state agencies, departments, boards, commissions, authorities, or other state entities shall cooperate fully with the committee and shall produce any documents or other information requested by the committee.

(c) The Department of Transportation is not subject to the review process in this section.
Ala. Code § 29-1-42 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-42
Section 29-1-42 Record-Keeping, Clerical Assistance, Etc
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.
Ala. Code § 29-4-23 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-23
Section 29-4-23 Secretary of the Senate - Cannot Retain Fees; Disclosure of Personal Income
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Senate shall not retain any of the fees charged for the sale of copies of bills introduced in the Legislature. All such fees shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund and shall be used to cover the expenses of the Legislature.

(b) The Secretary of the Senate shall disclose his or her personal income in the same manner and under the same statutes as apply to all other members of the legislative branch of government.
Ala. Code § 29-2-201 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-201
Section 29-2-201 Conveyance of State House Property
Status: in_force

(a)(1) For purposes of this article, State House property means the real property bordered by Union Street, McDowell Lee Lane, Ripley Street, and Washington Avenue and the building, parking deck, and improvements located thereon, the lot bounded by Washington Avenue, Jackson Street, Ripley Street, and Pelham Street owned by the State of Alabama, and the parking lot located across Union Street to the rear of the Capitol building between the administrative building and highway building and bounded by Union, Ripley, and King Streets and McDowell Lee Lane, and any improvements thereon.

(2) The Alabama Building Renovation Finance Authority, hereafter referred to as ABRFA, created pursuant to Article 14 of Chapter 10 of Title 41, shall execute and deliver on June 14, 2007, an appropriate deed or deeds and accompanying documents conveying State House property in fee simple absolute to the Legislative Building Authority.

(3) Upon delivery of the deed and documents, the Legislative Building Authority shall be invested with all rights and title to the State House property.

(4) The consideration for the conveyance shall be the amounts appropriated in Section 29-2-202. This consideration is conclusively determined to be valuable, adequate, and fair.

(b) The right of reverter created in Section 41-10-470, in relation to the land upon which the Alabama State House is situated is abolished on the date of the conveyance.

(c) Any statutory lien created under Section 41-10-472, in relation to the land upon which the Alabama State House is situated is abolished on the date of the conveyance.

(d) The Legislative Building Authority shall be vested with absolute title and control of the State House property.

(e) Commencing October 1, 2015, absolute title and control of the State House property shall transfer to the Legislative Council by operation of law.

(f) By November 1, 2023, the Department of Finance shall execute and deliver an appropriate deed or deeds and accompanying documents conveying the lot bounded by Washington, Jackson, Ripley, and Pelham Streets and the parking lot located across Union Street to the rear of the Capitol building between the administrative building and highway building and bounded by Union, Ripley, and King Streets and McDowell Lee Lane, in fee simple absolute to the Legislative Council.
Ala. Code § 29-1-43 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-43
Section 29-1-43 Duties of Commission; Study of Compensation; Report of Findings and Recommendations; Authority to Travel and Conduct Public Hearings
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.
Ala. Code § 29-2-1 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-1
Section 29-2-1 Legislative Findings and Intent
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: improving the efficiency, cost effectiveness and performance of all branches of government can only be achieved with proper oversight, accountability, and transparency in government decision making and processes for service delivery; a long-range program of highway development and maintenance in Alabama (herein “the state”) is vital to the safety of the traveling public as well as the industrial and agricultural growth of the state; the highway system in the state must be adequate to meet expanding needs; highway construction, maintenance, and administration to support such a system should include long-range planning, soundness in scope of the highway program, efficient performance, and fiscal responsibility in both policy and planning; the use of a long-range highway program will further the judicious expenditure of highway funds, will promote the public safety and convenience, will enhance public confidence in the responsible expenditure of public funds, and will result in tangible benefits to the public by providing a sound program to facilitate vehicular traffic and safety; such a long-range program will establish continuity in highway construction, modification, and maintenance programs, thereby enabling the Alabama Department of Transportation (herein “ALDOT” or “the transportation department”) to operate at maximum efficiency with greater returns in highway benefits for the amount of public funds expended; citizens should be aware of how highway funds will be expended as far in advance of the actual expenditures as possible; because changing routes affect people’s travel times and patterns as well as property values, all plans for such changes should be transparent and made known well in advance of their implementation; achieving an appropriate balance in highway decision making is an important goal; the development of highway plans and budgets for their implementation is a primary responsibility of the transportation department working under the direction of the Governor; effective highway state plans are well organized with defined processes for identifying all potential sources of innovation, including, but not limited to, broad stakeholder engagement and partnerships, shared performance metrics and evidenced-based practices, adoption of the most cost effective technology in materials and components of road and bridge construction, and cost effective and efficient organizational structures and operations; appropriate legislative oversight procedures are necessary to fulfill the goals set forth above; a Joint Transportation Committee of the Legislature will develop expertise pertaining to highway matters within both legislative bodies and will contribute actively to the Legislature’s deliberations with respect to highway funding and plans; expertise pertaining to such highway matters may be developed by evaluating best practices utilized in other states to maintain efficient and effective transportation projects and operations; a Joint Transportation Committee will insure that ALDOT operations and road or bridge construction projects are analyzed for efficiency and effectiveness; and the creation of such Joint Transportation Committee is appropriate and desirable.
Ala. Code § 29-1-16 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 1 / Section 29-1-16
Section 29-1-16 Papers and Documents of Legislature - How Filed and Arranged
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives must, within 10 days after the adjournment of each session, assort all papers and documents of their respective houses relating to the unfinished business of the session and arrange them in files, as follows:

(1) All petitions, with the accompanying documents, shall be arranged and filed in alphabetical order, tied up in convenient packages with a label on each showing the character of the documents and the session to which they relate.

(2) All bills rejected on the third reading must be arranged, filed and labeled in like order; also bills which were not reported favorably from a standing committee; the labels in each case showing the disposition of the bills.

(3) All communications from the Governor, Auditor, Director of the Department of Finance, Treasurer or other officer or person, which have been received during the session, and not entered at length on the journals, must be arranged, filed and labeled in separate packages, showing from what department, officer or person the same were received.

(4) Special reports from standing and select committees must be arranged, filed and labeled in like manner.

(b) Any other papers or documents, not included under any of the foregoing heads, must be arranged, filed and labeled as miscellaneous papers, the labels showing the session to which they belong and, as near as practicable, the character of the papers; and, in every instance, to which house of the Legislature they belong.
Ala. Code § 29-13-2 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 13 / Section 29-13-2
Section 29-13-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) Ending Balance. The balance in the General Fund at the conclusion of a fiscal year, excluding General Fund appropriations unexpended and reverted. The term shall not include any balances remaining in any fund other than the General Fund.

(2) Beginning Balance. The balance in the General Fund the first day of a fiscal year, excluding any General Fund reversions. The term shall not include the beginning balance in any fund other than the General Fund.
Ala. Code § 29-7-5 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 7 / Section 29-7-5
Section 29-7-5 Compensation of Legislative Reference Analysts
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-408 effective June 10, 2015.
Ala. Code § 29-2-225 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 2 / Section 29-2-225
Section 29-2-225 Eligibility Criteria
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 29-4-42 — Alabama Code / Title 29 / Chapter 4 / Section 29-4-42
Section 29-4-42 Majority Vote Required
Status: in_force

Actions under this article requiring the approval of the Senate Legislative Council and the House Legislative Council may be taken only if approved by a majority vote of both respective councils.