Ala. Code § 36-27-49.2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-49.2
Section 36-27-49.2 Claiming and Purchasing Credit for Retirement System Service and Military Service; Option Must Be Exercised and Paid Before October 1, 1988
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever used in this section, all words and phrases defined in Section 36-27-1 shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in such section, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.

(b) Any active and contributing member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama or the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama, who is an active member of either system, and who has rendered service to any employer covered under such system, may hereby claim and purchase credit for any such service as an employee and may purchase credit for prior military service of any such employer.

(c) Any member eligible to claim and purchase credit for service under subsection (b) hereof, shall be awarded such credit under the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama or the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama provided he shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of his respective retirement system prior to said member’s date of retirement a sum equal to a percentage of his current annual earnable compensation for each year of service purchased; the applicable percentage of his current annual earnable compensation shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation, for each year of service purchased.

(d) The provisions granted under this section to reopen the retirement systems shall terminate October 1, 1988, and no one shall be eligible to utilize any of the options granted herein if not fully exercised and paid prior to October 1, 1988.
Ala. Code § 36-30-5 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 30 / Section 36-30-5
Section 36-30-5 Presentation of Claims for Compensation; Forms; Rules of Evidence and Procedure
Status: in_force

(a) All claims for compensation as provided in this article shall be presented to the awarding authority within two years from the date of the death of the first responder or the claims are forfeited. All claims shall be presented in the form prescribed by the awarding authority, and proof of the facts and circumstances of the first responder’s death and, if necessary, the claimant’s relationship to and dependence upon the first responder shall be made in the manner prescribed by the awarding authority.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any person who was previously ineligible to claim the compensation provided in this article, but is now eligible to claim the compensation provided in this article because of the enactment of Act 2008-480, and who is making a claim based upon the death of a peace officer or firefighter who died on or after January 1, 2006, but prior to the enactment of Act 2008-480, shall be able to present his or her claim for compensation to the awarding authority within one year of the date of enactment of Act 2008-480 regardless of whether the claim was presented within one year from the date of the death of the peace officer or firefighter.

(c) The awarding authority may prescribe forms and adopt rules of evidence and procedure as it deems necessary or proper, not inconsistent with this article, for the proper determination of all claims for compensation under this article.
Ala. Code § 36-18-8 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 18 / Section 36-18-8
Section 36-18-8 Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund - Fees Charged for Use of Department Personnel in Private Lawsuits; Proceeds and Earnings Credited to Fund
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning October 1, 1995, the Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences shall charge and collect three hundred dollars ($300) per hour for the use of department personnel in private lawsuits arising from death investigations and other criminal investigations the department conducts pursuant to Section 36-18-2.

(b) The fee shall be applied to time spent for any or all of the following:

(1) Preparation for trial.

(2) Testimony.

(3) Depositions.

(4) Travel.

(5) Consultations.

(6) Time spent in any additional actions imposed by private lawsuits arising from criminal investigations.

(c) Proceeds from the fees shall be forwarded by the department, no later than 30 days after collection, to the State Treasurer. All amounts received by the State Treasurer shall be credited to the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund and shall be administered by the Director of Forensic Sciences. The State Treasurer shall invest money in the fund as provided by law but all earnings from the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund, and shall not revert to the General Fund. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allocated according to law and only in the amounts authorized by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill or other appropriation bills.
Ala. Code § 36-27-55.2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-55.2
Section 36-27-55.2 Purchase of Credit for Prior Service with State Economic Opportunity Office
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Any member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama shall be eligible to receive up to 10 years of creditable service for service which was rendered between January 1, 1971, and December 31, 1983, as an employee of the State Economic Opportunity Office under the Alabama Development Office, provided that the member of the retirement system claiming the credit shall have attained not less than 10 years of contributing membership service credit, exclusive of military service credit, under the Employees’ Retirement System; and, provided further, that the member performs and complies with the conditions prescribed in subdivision (2).

(2) A member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama eligible to purchase service credit in the system under paragraph a. of this subdivision, may receive credit for the prior service rendered as provided in subdivision (1), provided that as conditions precedent to the receipt of the credit:

a. The member shall contribute, prior to the date of his or her retirement, to the Employees’ Retirement System, for each year of service credit, a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation or average final compensation, whichever is greater; the applicable percentage of the annual earnable compensation or average final compensation, whichever is greater, shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation.

b. The Alabama Development Office shall certify in writing to the Employees’ Retirement System that the member was an employee of the State Economic Opportunity Office during the period for which he or she is claiming service credit.

c. The member shall claim, purchase, and receive credit for the service described in paragraph b. in increments of not less than one year, unless the member’s total or balance of the service described in paragraph b. is less than one year, in which event, he or she shall claim and purchase credit for the entire period.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a member shall not receive credit for the service described in subsection (a) where at the time of retirement he or she has credit or is entitled to any benefits whatsoever for the same service under any other retirement or pension plan.
Ala. Code § 36-21-61 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-61
Section 36-21-61 Board of Commissioners of Alabama Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund - Creation; Composition; Qualifications, Appointment and Terms of Office of Members; Vacancies
Status: in_force

There is created a board to be known as the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund. The board shall consist of seven persons, one appointed by the Governor of the state for a period of six years, one elected by the members of the association to serve for a period of four years, one elected by the members of the order to serve for a period of four years, one elected by the members of the State Trooper Association, Inc., to serve for a period of four years, one designated by the Association of Chiefs of Police, one elected by the State Police Association to serve for a period of four years, and one elected by the Alabama Sheriff’s Association, to serve for a period of four years. The first person elected by the association shall serve for a period of two years. Thereafter, each member of the board elected by the association shall serve for a period of four years. Any member of the board shall be eligible to succeed himself or herself. The term of each person appointed or elected to the board shall begin on the date of appointment or election, and any person so appointed or elected whose successor shall not have been appointed or elected shall continue to serve until the appointment or election of a successor. Any member of the board elected by the association or the order who shall cease to be a member of the association or order, as the case may be, during his or her incumbency shall be replaced as a member of the board by a member of the association or order, as the case may be, who shall be appointed by its executive committee for the then unexpired term.
Ala. Code § 36-5-60 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 5 / Section 36-5-60
Section 36-5-60 When Surety May Apply for Discharge
Status: in_force

Any person who is surety upon the official bond of any state officer or employee may discharge himself of such suretyship whenever he is in danger of being made liable on such bond and has no adequate remedy against his principal in consequence of his inability to discharge such liability, upon his making an application in writing setting forth such facts.
Ala. Code § 36-27-98.1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-98.1
Section 36-27-98.1 Effect of Medicaid Benefits
Status: in_force

Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid Program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under the Medicaid Program and that person’s eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid Program.
Ala. Code § 36-5-62 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 5 / Section 36-5-62
Section 36-5-62 Officer to Whom Application Addressed to Require Principal to Appear and Give New Bond; Form and Service of Requisition
Status: in_force

The officer to whom such application is addressed must require the principal named in such application to appear before him on and at a certain day and place and give a new bond, which requisition must be in writing, signed by the officer making the same and must be personally served on such principal before the day named therein.
Ala. Code § 36-27-80 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-80
Section 36-27-80 Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees’ Retirement System
Status: in_force

There is hereby provided, commencing October 1, 1988, to each person except persons whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7 or 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1987, and to beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees except where the deceased member or deceased retiree retired from an employer participating in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7 or 36-27-7.1, provided the date of death for such deceased member or the effective date of retirement for such deceased retiree for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1987, and who is receiving a monthly allowance from the Employees’ Retirement System a cost-of-living increase as follows:

(1) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said retiree plus $3.50 per month for each year of retirement attained by said retiree for each retiree selecting the maximum retirement allowance or Option 1.

(2) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said retiree plus $3.50 per month for each year of retirement attained by said retiree reduced by the retiree’s option election factor for each retiree selecting Option 2, 3 or 4.

(3) One dollar per month for each year of service attained by said deceased member or deceased retiree plus $3.50 per month for each year since the date of death of such deceased member or in the case of a deceased retiree since his effective date of retirement reduced by the survivor’s option factor for each beneficiary receiving monthly benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System.
Ala. Code § 36-17-20 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 17 / Section 36-17-20
Section 36-17-20 State Treasury Operations Fund
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the State Treasury Operations Fund, which shall be used exclusively for the operations of the Office of the State Treasurer. This fund may receive general fund appropriations, amounts from the Unclaimed Property Reserve Fund, and any other receipts. All unobligated amounts remaining in this special fund at the end of any fiscal year of the State of Alabama shall remain in this special fund and be available for use for the operations of the office. No funds shall be expended for any purpose whatsoever unless the same have been allotted and budgeted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and only in amounts and for the purposes provided by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill or as otherwise provided by statute.

(b) Should the funds provided to the State Treasurer through the State Treasury Operations Fund be insufficient to properly operate the office, the State Treasurer shall request a sufficient appropriation from any state funds.
Ala. Code § 36-26-39 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-39
Section 36-26-39 Offenses as to Testing, Certification, Appointment, Etc., for Positions in Classified Service, Etc
Status: in_force

No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report with regard to any test, certification or appointment made under any provision of this chapter or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this chapter and the rules. No person shall, directly or indirectly, give, render, pay, offer, solicit or accept any money, service or other valuable consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion to or any advantage in a position in the classified service. No employee of the department, examiner or other person shall defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in his right to examination, eligibility, certification or appointment under this chapter or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment in the classified service.
Ala. Code § 36-29-2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 29 / Section 36-29-2
Section 36-29-2 State Employees’ Insurance Board; Procedures for Election of State Employee Members and Retired Members
Status: in_force

The State Employees’ Insurance Board shall consist of the members of the State Personnel Board, together with the Director of Finance, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, two members who are regular employees of the state and two retirees covered under the State Employees’ Health Insurance Plan who are receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama. The present ex officio officers named shall constitute the membership of the board hereby created, and their successors in office, by virtue of assuming such office, shall succeed to membership on the board. The two state employee members of the board shall be elected at the regular election for officers of the Alabama State Employees’ Association as follows:

At the expiration of the term of the existing state employee members of the board one state employee member of the board shall be elected for a two-year term and every four years thereafter, and the other state employee member of the board shall be elected for a four-year term, and every four years thereafter. Vacancies of the state employee members of the board shall be filled for the remainder of the term by special election of the Alabama State Employees’ Association. The Chairman of the State Personnel Board shall serve as the Chairman of the State Employees’ Insurance Board.

The retired members shall be elected in a statewide ballot conducted under the supervision and direction of the board under such rules and regulations as are necessary to insure that all eligible retirees are afforded the opportunity to vote.

The Board of Directors of the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association shall submit one nomination for each retired member position. The board shall determine the procedure for qualification of additional candidates which shall include but is not limited to the submission of a petition or petitions which shall include the signature of at least 50 eligible retirees. With the exception of the initial election, each position shall be for a term of four years. The initial terms shall be as follows:

(1) Retired member Place Number 1 for a period of two years beginning November 1, 1985.

(2) Retired member Place Number 2 for a period of four years beginning November 1, 1985.

Any vacancy in the office of either retired positions shall be filled for the remainder of that term by the board from a list of three eligible retired members submitted by the Board of Directors of the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association.
Ala. Code § 36-21-44 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-44
Section 36-21-44 Compensation and Reimbursement for Expenses of Members
Status: in_force

Members of the commission shall receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Reimbursement for expenses shall not exceed the per diem and mileage allowance for travel for state employees as allowed by law.
Ala. Code § 36-21-126 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-126
Section 36-21-126 Employment of Police Officers to Provide Protection to Tribal Property and Residents
Status: in_force

The council of the tribe may employ one or more suitable individuals to act as police officers to protect the reservation from intruders and trespassers, to prevent damage to the properties of the reservation, and to provide for the safety of residents and employees of the reservation. No state or local funds allocated for law enforcement purposes shall be used to provide financial support for the police officers hired by the tribe. The authority of any individual hired as a police officer shall immediately cease when the individual ceases to be an employee of the tribe.
Ala. Code § 36-29A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 29A / Section 36-29A-4
Section 36-29A-4 Workers’ Compensation Law Not Applicable
Status: in_force

Except as provided herein, the program implemented pursuant to this chapter is not governed by or subject to the provisions of Act 92-537, or its successor, otherwise known as the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Law or any similar law. Payments made to physicians licensed to practice medicine for services to injured employees shall be in accordance with the schedule of maximum fees as established under Section 25-5-313, or as otherwise permitted under Section 25-5-314. All undisputed medical reimbursements or payments shall be made within twenty five (25) working days of receipt of claims in the form specified in Section 25-5-3. There shall be added to any undisputed medical invoice which is not paid within twenty five (25) working days an amount equal to ten (10) percent of the unpaid balance. Any regulation, policy, or program directive for the conduct of utilization review, bill screenings, and medical necessity determinations related to services provided by physicians licensed to practice medicine shall comply with the regulations promulgated by the Workers’ Compensation Medical Services Board under the provisions of subdivision (1) of Section 25-5-312. Any rules, regulations, or guidelines promulgated by the Director of Finance with respect to the establishment and operation of the program contemplated by this chapter shall be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, and a final determination as to benefits payable under the said program shall be subject to review by the Circuit Court in Montgomery County in the manner prescribed by the Administrative Procedure Act.
Ala. Code § 36-26-29 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-29
Section 36-26-29 Limitation Period for Charges for Dismissal or Disciplinary Action
Status: in_force

No charges for dismissal or disciplinary action shall be preferred against any employee in the classified service of the state after the expiration of three years from the date such cause became known to the authority having the power to dismiss or discipline such employee.
Ala. Code § 36-26-35.2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-35.2
Section 36-26-35.2 Donation of Leave for Catastrophic Illness, Etc
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, a state employee employed in any branch of state government may donate his or her accrued and unused annual, sick, or compensatory leave to another state employee who has qualified for catastrophic sick leave. The donation shall be subject to the approval of the appointing authority of the employee making the donation and, if the donating employee is in a position with a lower pay grade than the position of the employee receiving the donation, the approval of the State Personnel Board. The appointing authority of the employee receiving the donation may limit the number of hours an employee may receive per catastrophic illness. No employee may receive more than 480 hours of donated leave throughout his or her career with the state without the approval of the State Personnel Board.
Ala. Code § 36-27-158 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-158
Section 36-27-158 Eligibility of Retirees; Notification of Increase
Status: in_force

(a) Any city-county-public agency employee eligible for retirement, who retires after July 1, 2000, and before October 1, 2000, shall be eligible to receive the aforementioned increase at the option of the appropriate local government or public agency. The local government or public agency may provide for the increase to become effective on October 1, 2000, or any October 1 thereafter, provided the local government or public agency has approved the increase for retirees and beneficiaries of record on the first of July 2000.

(b) The Employees’ Retirement System may notify the appropriate local government or agency regarding the names and costs of granting the increase to their employees who retire after July 1 and before October 1, 2000.
Ala. Code § 36-27-195 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-195
Section 36-27-195 Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer and Receiving Benefits Not Administered by System
Status: in_force

Commencing October 1, 2005, any pensioner or annuitant who retired prior to October 1, 2004, from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees’ Retirement System and is receiving a monthly benefit not administered by the Employees’ Retirement System shall receive an increase of four percent of their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month, provided the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund and pay the increase.
Ala. Code § 36-25-5.1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-25-5.1
Section 36-25-5.1 Limitation on Actions of Lobbyists, Subordinates of Lobbyists, and Principals
Status: in_force

(a) No lobbyist, subordinate of a lobbyist, or principal shall offer or provide a thing of value to a public employee or public official or to a family member of the public employee or family member of the public official; and no public employee or public official or family member of the public employee or family member of the public official shall solicit or receive a thing of value from a lobbyist, subordinate of a lobbyist, or principal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a lobbyist, or principal may offer or provide and a public official, public employee, or candidate may solicit or receive items of de minimis value.

(b) A lobbyist does not provide a thing of value, for purposes of this section, merely by arranging, facilitating, or coordinating with his or her principal that is providing and paying for those items.
Ala. Code § 36-21-10 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-10
Section 36-21-10 Minimum Starting Salary for County Law Enforcement Officers; Enforcement; Definition
Status: in_force

(a) All law enforcement officers employed by any county of this state who are employed as a full-time law enforcement officer shall make at least $1,300.00 per month starting salary.

(b) The provisions of this section may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by an action brought by any citizen seeking a writ of mandamus, mandatory injunction, or other proper remedy, and the court trying the cause may order the suspension or forfeiture of the salary, expenses, or other compensation of the members of the governing body failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section.

(c) Members of the governing body or sheriff of any county are hereby expressly prohibited from requiring law enforcement officers affected by this section to work any more hours than they were normally working in order to circumvent the provisions of this section.

(d) If for any reason any part of this section or its application to any person, body, or situation is held invalid, the remainder of this section and its application to any other person, body, or situation shall not be affected.

(e) The term “law enforcement officer” means any person whose duties involve police work and who are designated law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Minimum Standards Act.
Ala. Code § 36-17-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 17 / Section 36-17-1
Section 36-17-1 Bond
Status: in_force

Before entering on the duties of his office, the Treasurer shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $150,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties.
Ala. Code § 36-27-57 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-57
Section 36-27-57 Purchase of Credit for Prior Service with District Attorney
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever words and phrases defined in Section 36-27-1 are used in this section, they shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in that section unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.

(b) Any active and contributing member of the Employees’ Retirement System may elect to purchase credit for any service rendered to any district attorney within the State of Alabama prior to May 4, 1982, the effective date of Section 36-29-1, notwithstanding any document heretofore executed which was signed waiving the right to purchase the service.

(c) Any employee electing to purchase service credit pursuant to subsection (b) shall remit to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Retirement System of Alabama, within one year of October 1, 1996, for each year of service credit, a percentage of his or her current annual earnable compensation or average final compensation, whichever is greater; the applicable percentage of the annual earnable compensation, or average final compensation, whichever is greater, shall be the sum of the prevailing percentage rates of employer and member contributions, as required by the most recent actuarial valuation.
Ala. Code § 36-18-9 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 18 / Section 36-18-9
Section 36-18-9 Costs of Services Provided by Department
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any county in which the Department of Forensic Sciences performs the duties of the county coroner or county medical examiner pursuant to local law, the county commission shall pay to the department each year the cost of the services provided by the department, as determined by the department. Payments from the county shall be made by the tenth day of each month to the department and shall be deposited into the Alabama Forensic Services Trust Fund. In the event a county does not pay the amounts required by this section, the department shall not be required to perform the duties or responsibilities of the coroner or medical examiner for that county.
Ala. Code § 36-27-49.3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-49.3
Section 36-27-49.3 Purchase of Credit for Up to Four Years of Active Full-Time Military Service; Limitations
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever used in this section, all words and phrases defined in Section 36-27-1 and Section 16-25-1 and Title 12, Chapter 18, shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in such sections and chapter, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.

(b) Any active and contributing member of the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System or any appellate judge in the Judicial Retirement Fund who has met the minimum vesting requirements under said systems and who has honorable duty consisting of active full-time military service in the Armed Forces of the United States, exclusive of any summer or weekend service in a reserve or national guard component of any branch of the armed forces, and who has not received credit for such service toward retirement status in the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System or any appellate judge in the Judicial Retirement Fund or any other public pension fund including the U.S. Armed Forces, but excluding the federal Social Security program, may be granted by the Board of Control, membership service for up to four years of such service in the armed forces, provided the member received an honorable discharge on account of such service and provided further said member complies with the provisions set forth in subsection (d) of this section.

(c) For a period of six months only following April 21, 1992, any active and contributing member of the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama who has been such a member for six consecutive years or more and who has honorable duty consisting of active full-time military service in the Armed Forces of the United States, exclusive of any summer or weekend service in a reserve or National Guard component of any branch of the armed forces, and who has not received credit for such service toward retirement status in the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System or any other public pension fund including the U.S. Armed Forces, but excluding the federal Social Security program, may be granted by the Board of Control, membership service for up to four years of such service in the armed forces, provided the member received an honorable discharge on account of such service and provided further said member complies with the provisions set forth in subsection (d) of this section.

(d) Any member eligible to claim and purchase such credit for service under subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall be awarded creditable service under the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System or any appellate judge in the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama provided he or she, or his or her spouse pursuant to subsection (c) only, shall pay into said retirement system or fund, prior to said member’s date of retirement, a sum equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service credit, as determined by the system’s actuary.
Ala. Code § 36-21-55.5 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-55.5
Section 36-21-55.5 Collection of Data Relating to Use of Force Complaints Against Law Enforcement Agencies
Status: in_force

(a) Each state, county, and municipal law enforcement agency shall collect all of the following information with respect to each use of force complaint received by the agency:

(1) A description of the type of use of force alleged.

(2) A description of the race or ethnicity of any law enforcement officer alleged to have used excessive force and of any individual alleged to have been subjected to excessive force.

(b) The information shall be reported no less than annually to the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission according to procedures established by the commission. The commission shall de-identify the information and compile the information into a report for presentation to the Legislature not later than the first legislative day of each legislative session. At the commission’s discretion, the report may consist of aggregated information.
Ala. Code § 36-19-25 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 19 / Section 36-19-25
Section 36-19-25 Records of Fires to Be Kept by Fire Marshal
Status: in_force

The Fire Marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in this state and all the facts concerning same, including statistics as to the extent of such fires, the damage caused thereby, whether such losses were covered by insurance and, if so, in what amount. Such records shall be made daily from the reports made to him by his assistants under the provisions of this article. All such records shall be public, except any testimony taken in an investigation under the provisions of this chapter, which the Fire Marshal, in his discretion, may withhold from the public.
Ala. Code § 36-27-193 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-193
Section 36-27-193 Duties of Board and Employer
Status: in_force

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System shall determine annually the amount required to pay the cost of the increased allowance provided under Sections 36-27-190 and 36-27-192, and shall notify the chief fiscal officer of each employer of the per centum rates of earnable compensation of the members required to be paid to the retirement system. Each employer of members of the Employees’ Retirement System shall pay on account of the increases provided in Sections 36-27-190 and 36-27-192 in the same manner and from the same source of funds as provided in Sections 36-27-7 and 36-27-24, it being the intent of the Legislature that the cost of providing the increases in Sections 36-27-190 and 36-27-192 shall be determined from all funds in proportion to the salaries paid therefrom for active members.
Ala. Code § 36-27-190 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-190
Section 36-27-190 Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees’ Retirement System
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing October 1, 2005, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 2004, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees’ Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of four percent in their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month.

(b) Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees, except where the deceased member or deceased retiree retired from an employer participating in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, if the date of death for the deceased member, or the effective date of retirement for the deceased retiree for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System was prior to October 1, 2004, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of four percent in their gross monthly benefit, but not less than fifteen dollars ($15) per month.
Ala. Code § 36-1-4.5 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 1 / Section 36-1-4.5
Section 36-1-4.5 Payroll Deduction for the Foster Care Trust Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The payroll clerk or other responsible person in charge of the payroll system, may deduct from the salary or wages of any state officer or employee, an amount specified by the officer or employee for payment to the Foster Care Trust Fund established by Sections 38-10-50 and 38-10-51. The payroll deduction shall be made if the request for the deduction is made in writing, the deduction shall continue in effect unless a new written request is filed according to the requirement of this section, and the pay period during which the deduction is made, the frequency, and the amount of the deduction are compatible with the payroll system.

(b) Moneys deducted pursuant to this section shall be paid monthly to the Alabama Department of Human Resources to be deposited in a separate account specifically for donations for the Foster Care Trust Fund. The deduction may be made notwithstanding that the compensation actually paid to the officer or employee is reduced to an amount below the minimum prescribed by law. Payment to an officer or employee of compensation, less the deduction, shall constitute a full and complete discharge of claims and demands for services rendered by the employee during the period covered by the payment. The request for the deduction may be withdrawn at any time by filing a written notification of withdrawal with the payroll clerk or other responsible official in charge of the payroll system.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow deductions for any fund other than the Foster Care Trust Fund.
Ala. Code § 36-19-15 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 19 / Section 36-19-15
Section 36-19-15 Lien for Expenses of Repair, Etc., Paid by Fire Marshal
Status: in_force

The expense so paid by the Fire Marshal shall be a lien on the property, including the real estate on which the property is located. Such lien shall be superior and prior to all other liens on such property except the lien for taxes assessed and due the state, county and municipality wherein said property is located and vendor’s lien, and the Fire Marshal shall institute legal proceedings within 30 days after such payment to enforce said lien in any court of record, and the Fire Marshal may enjoin one or more parties occupying the same or different premises in the same action. In order to make the lien against said property valid and binding, the Fire Marshal, his deputies or assistants shall immediately upon serving the order provided in this article upon any party or parties file a copy of said order in the probate judge’s office of the county wherein said property is located and cause the same to be registered, and, for the registration of such order, the judge of probate of any county shall receive a fee of $.50 to be added to the cost and expense of executing said order, and such copy of such order shall be filed in the probate judge’s office of the county wherein said property is located before or at the time said order is served upon the owner or occupant of said premises, and such order, when so filed, shall be notice to all parties.
Ala. Code § 36-26A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26A / Section 36-26A-2
Section 36-26A-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings:

(1) PUBLIC BODY. All of the following:

a. A state officer, employee, agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, council, authority, or other body in the Executive Branch of state government.

b. An agency, board, commission, council, member, or employee of the Legislative Branch of state government.

c. A law enforcement agency, including the offices of the Attorney General and district attorneys, or any member or employee of a law enforcement agency.

d. The Judicial Branch of state government and any member or employee of that branch.

(2) STATE EMPLOYEE. A person defined as a classified employee under Section 36-26-2.

(3) SUPERVISOR. Any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, regard, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if, in connection with the foregoing, the exercise of the authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature but requires the use of independent judgment.
Ala. Code § 36-6-52 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-6-52
Section 36-6-52 Authority to Revise Schedule or Rates in Existing Pay Plans
Status: in_force

The Director of the State Personnel Department shall revise the schedule of rates set forth in the pay plan for state employees and shall certify the same to the state Comptroller, who shall issue warrants in accordance therewith. With respect to all court officials and employees within the Unified Judicial System who serve the trial and appellate courts of the state and the Administrative Office of Courts, the Administrative Director of Courts shall revise the schedule of rates set forth in the pay plan for these court officials and employees to reflect the increase provided in this division, and shall certify the same to the state Comptroller, who shall issue warrants in accordance therewith. With respect to the legislative employees, the Secretary of the Senate for employees of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives for employees of the House of Representatives, the Director of the Legislative Reference Service for employees of the Legislative Reference Service, and the Director of the Legislative Fiscal Office for employees of the Legislative Fiscal Office, shall revise the schedule of rates set forth in the pay plan for these legislative employees to reflect the increase provided in this division, and shall certify the same to the state Comptroller, who shall issue warrants in accordance therewith.
Ala. Code § 36-21-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-1
Section 36-21-1 (Amended by Act 2026-327) Payment of Fees and Costs of Defense of State Law Enforcement Officers in Certain Cases
Status: in_force

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

Any law enforcement officer of the State of Alabama who is sued or prosecuted for any act committed or done within the line and scope of his duties and authority will be reimbursed by the state for legal counsel fees paid, the fees of witnesses paid by him and costs of court he paid out in defending the civil action or prosecution; provided, that the total amount of such reimbursable expenses shall not exceed $2,000.00 and provided the committee established by this section approves such claim. The committee shall consist of two members of the House of Representatives named by the Speaker, two members of the Senate named by the President of the Senate and the Attorney General of Alabama. The members of the committee shall serve during their tenure in their respective offices without compensation. The acts of any three members shall constitute action by the committee. The committee shall elect a chairman from among its number and shall meet on the call of the chairman.

As used in this section the term “law enforcement officer” means any person employed in the classified civil service of the state whose duties involve police work.
Ala. Code § 36-5-41 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 5 / Section 36-5-41
Section 36-5-41 Additional Bonds of Director of Finance, Treasurer or Other State Officers - Procedure, Form, Etc
Status: in_force

The form, procedure, etc., for the additional bonds under Section 36-5-40 shall be as provided in Sections 11-2-23 through 11-2-29.
Ala. Code § 36-25-26 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-25-26
Section 36-25-26 False Reporting for Purpose of Influencing Legislation
Status: in_force

No person, for the purpose of influencing legislation, may do either of the following:

(1) Knowingly or willfully make any false statement or misrepresentation of the facts to a member of the Legislative or Executive Branch.

(2) Knowing a document to contain a false statement, cause a copy of the document to be received by a member of the Legislative or Executive Branch without notifying the member in writing of the truth.
Ala. Code § 36-6-170 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-6-170
Section 36-6-170 Persons Eligible
Status: in_force

Beginning with the first pay day on or after October 1, 2024, all state employees who are listed in the classified and unclassified service of the state as defined in Section 36-26-10, and all other state employees and hourly employees of the state, and all judicial personnel, officers, and employees, and all legislative personnel, officers, and employees, whether subject to the State Merit System or not, and all employees of the county health departments who are employed subject to the State Merit System and whose compensation is paid out of a budget provided and agreed upon by the state, county, or other contributing agency under the direction of the State Board of Health shall receive a salary increase of two percent.
Ala. Code § 36-21-12 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-12
Section 36-21-12 State Troopers May Retire Upon Completion of 25 Years Service
Status: in_force

Any person who is a state trooper, employed with the Department of Public Safety, may, regardless of age, exercise an option to retire upon completion of 25 years of service, to said department. Upon exercising this option, retirement benefits will be calculated using the present formula and methods for determining benefits to the retiree.
Ala. Code § 36-27-16.3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-16.3
Section 36-27-16.3 Effective Date of Benefits; Additional Costs of Benefits; Employers Agreeing to Come Under Provisions
Status: in_force

The benefits provided by Sections 16-25-14(a), 16-25-14(g), 36-27-16(a), 36-27-16(c) and 36-27B-3, as amended by amendment of May 5, 1988, shall become effective to the Teachers’ and Employees’ Retirement System the first day of the month next following certification by the systems’ actuary, which shall be adopted by the Board of Control of the Teachers’ and Employees’ Retirement System, that the system can absorb the additional costs of the benefits herein provided for the upcoming fiscal year without increasing the employer contribution as set forth in subdivision (3) and (5) of Section 16-25-21 and subsections (d) and (f) of Section 36-27-24, provided further in the case of an employer participating pursuant to Section 36-27-6, the provisions of said sections relating to the Employees’ Retirement System as amended by said amendment of May 5, 1988, with respect to the employees of such employer, shall become effective the first of the month next following adoption of a resolution by the employer agreeing to come under the provisions of said amendment and further agreeing to assume the cost of benefits provided therein with regards to its employees. It is further provided and expressly understood with respect to the foregoing conditions that any increase in the employer cost rate which is appropriated in a special cost of living increase for retired employees shall not be considered when determining the employer cost rate for purposes of this section.
Ala. Code § 36-27A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27A / Section 36-27A-5
Section 36-27A-5 Eligibility
Status: in_force

The PEIRAF shall be available to all public employees in the State of Alabama who are members of the Teachers’ Retirement System, the Employees’ Retirement System or the Judicial Retirement Fund. In addition, any employee of an employer eligible to participate in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to the provisions of Section 36-27-6, or any public official or employee of the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof, shall be eligible to participate under the provisions of this chapter. Participation in this fund shall be on a strictly voluntary basis under such rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the board of control and in accordance with the provisions contained in the Internal Revenue Code as it relates to individual retirement accounts for public employees. Any person who shall become ineligible for participation in the PEIRAF due to the termination of his employment with an eligible employer may leave his contributions on account with the PEIRAF; however, no further contributions may be accepted on his account unless such person shall become reemployed by an eligible employer.
Ala. Code § 36-27-41 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-41
Section 36-27-41 Employees for Whom System Reopened; Payment of Contributions
Status: in_force

(a) Any employee who was in service on October 1, 1974, whose membership in the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama was contingent upon his own election and who elected not to become a member, may apply for and be admitted to membership with all prior service credit, as otherwise provided for in Article 1 of this chapter, at any time prior to October 1, 1976; provided, that said employee pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama on or before October 1, 1976, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during his service as an employee from October 1, 1945, or the date of entry of his employing unit, to the date of his application for membership, plus compound interest of eight percent on such contributions.

(b) Any member in service on October 1, 1974, or any retired member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, who at one time worked as a nonmember may receive credit for prior service and for the years worked as a nonmember; provided, that said member or retired member pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, on or before October 1, 1976, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during the period of his employment from October 1, 1945, or the date of entry of his employing unit, to the date he became a member, plus compound interest of eight percent on such contribution.

(c) Any member in service on October 1, 1974, or retired member, who is precluded from restoring creditable service because his account was terminated due to five years’ absence or because he withdrew his funds and after again becoming a member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama failed to repay such withdrawn contributions plus interest within eight months after having completed five years of contributing membership service, may now receive credit for such terminated or withdrawn creditable service; provided, that he pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, on or before October 1, 1976, a sum equal to the total contributions which he has withdrawn plus compound interest of eight percent on such contributions from the date of withdrawal.

(d) Any member in service on October 1, 1974, or retired member, who is precluded from receiving credit for military service because he failed to purchase same within the period prescribed by Article 1 of this chapter, may now receive credit for such military service as is consistent with such article; provided, that he pays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama, on or before October 1, 1976, a sum equal to the contribution which he is required to make for the period of military service pursuant to such article, plus compound interest of eight percent on such contributions from the date of entry into military service.
Ala. Code § 36-27-47 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-47
Section 36-27-47 Appropriations
Status: in_force

There is hereby appropriated annually from the funds from which salaries are paid the amounts sufficient to carry out the provisions of this division.

In the case of those departments, supported wholly by transfers from other state funds, there is hereby appropriated from the supportive funds such additional amounts as may be necessary to pay the employer contribution of each department so supported, in the same proportion as the other state funds contribute to the support and maintenance of such department.
Ala. Code § 36-20-8 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 20 / Section 36-20-8
Section 36-20-8 Register to Be Delivered to Probate Judge Upon Death, Resignation, Etc., of Notary; Liability of Person Failing to Deliver Notary’s Register to Probate Judge on Demand Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
Ala. Code § 36-22-2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 22 / Section 36-22-2
Section 36-22-2 Office
Status: in_force

The sheriff must keep his office at the courthouse.
Ala. Code § 36-26-43 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-43
Section 36-26-43 Use of State, County, Etc., Buildings for Examinations and Investigations, Etc
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of all officers of the state and of the several counties and municipalities of the state to allow the reasonable use of public buildings and rooms and to heat and light the same for the holding of any examinations or investigations provided for by this article and in all proper ways to facilitate the work of the department.
Ala. Code § 36-26-25 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-25
Section 36-26-25 Demotions
Status: in_force

An appointing authority may, upon giving written notice and stating reasons to and with the approval of the director, demote a classified employee under his jurisdiction from a position in one class to a position in a lower class.
Ala. Code § 36-26-108 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-108
Section 36-26-108 Suspension of Employee
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 36-34-2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 34 / Section 36-34-2
Section 36-34-2 Local Units Authorized to Participate in Certain Health Insurance Plan
Status: in_force

As an alternative to the provisions of Section 36-34-1, the local units are authorized to participate in a health insurance plan developed by the State Employees’ Insurance Board or the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Association to provide health insurance coverage to retirees, designated beneficiaries, and surviving spouses of active members of the local units who are receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System. The costs of extending the health insurance to the retirees, designated beneficiaries, or surviving spouses under the aforementioned developed health insurance plan may be paid from any funds available to the local units which are otherwise unencumbered.
Ala. Code § 36-12-25 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-12-25
Section 36-12-25 Proceedings for Recovery of Papers, Property, Etc., by Successor to Office Generally - Examination of Papers, Property, Etc., Upon Seizure and Delivery Thereof to Complainant
Status: in_force

Upon books, papers or property being brought before such officer by virtue of such warrant, he shall inquire and examine whether the same appertained to the office vacated, in which case he shall cause such books, papers and property to be delivered to the plaintiff.
Ala. Code § 36-11-16 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 11 / Section 36-11-16
Section 36-11-16 Appeals to Supreme Court from Judgment of Circuit Court - Requirement of Security for Costs; Effect of Appeal as to Judgment of Conviction
Status: in_force

If the appeal is taken by the state in cases instituted in its name by the Attorney General or a district attorney, no security for costs shall be required. In all other cases, security for costs shall be required as in appeals to the Supreme Court in civil actions, and such appeal shall not suspend the judgment of conviction.
Ala. Code § 36-5-16 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 5 / Section 36-5-16
Section 36-5-16 Notification of District Attorney of Failure of Public Officer to File Bond
Status: in_force

If any public officer required by law to give bond fails to file the same in the proper office within the time prescribed, notice of such failure must be given by the officer in whose office such bond is required to be filed, by or during the first two days of the session of the circuit court held in the county in which the officer so failing resides next after such failure to the district attorney of the circuit to which such county belongs.
Ala. Code § 36-6-150 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-6-150
Section 36-6-150 Persons Eligible
Status: in_force

Beginning with the first pay day on or after October 1, 2022, all state employees who are listed in the classified and unclassified service of the state as defined in Section 36-26-10, and all other state employees and hourly employees of the state, and all judicial personnel, officers, and employees, and all legislative personnel, officers, and employees, whether subject to the State Merit System or not, and all employees of the county health departments who are employed subject to the State Merit System and whose compensation is paid out of a budget provided and agreed upon by the state, county, or other contributing agency under the direction of the State Board of Health shall receive a salary increase of four percent.
Ala. Code § 36-13-31 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 13 / Section 36-13-31
Section 36-13-31 Authorization for Expenditures; Type of Expenditures; Limitations
Status: in_force

The Governor is, at his discretion, authorized to make expenditures from the Governor’s Contingency Fund for expenses incident to the purposes of state government, or as the public service might require, and for which no appropriation or an insufficient appropriation was made. Included within the authorized expenditures by the Governor, but not limiting the general purposes set forth herein, are: the ordinary expenses of the executive department of government, including but not limited to the expenses of the Governor, the Governor’s office and staff; the expenses and any compensation of commissions and committees appointed by the Governor for public purposes; expenses for law enforcement and for the better enforcement of the laws of Alabama and subdivisions thereof; expenses for keeping the peace; for compensation and expenses of attorneys and experts employed by or on behalf of the Governor, the state, its departments or agencies; as otherwise authorized by statute or practice; and for grants and benefits for the betterment of the public welfare, health, education, peace and morals of the people of this state, which grants shall be limited to the State of Alabama, its departments and agencies, and local political subdivisions, their departments, agencies, boards of education and public schools. All persons employed by the Governor for whom no compensation shall be prescribed and for the compensation of whom no money has been appropriated, may be paid by the Governor, in his discretion, and he is authorized to pay them from the Governor’s Contingency Fund. Provided, however, that the Governor may not increase the amount of compensation of any public official whose compensation is designated by law, nor may expenditures be made from the Governor’s Contingency Fund to compensate employees subject to Merit System provisions. Provided further, that funding from the Governor’s Contingency Fund shall not create a continuing obligation on the part of the state.
Ala. Code § 36-27-13 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-13
Section 36-27-13 Granting of Credit for Years Served as Member of Legislature; Maximum Credit; Payment of Employee’s Contribution; Applicability of Provisions of Section
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who, as of September 20, 1971, is a regular employee of the State of Alabama and is covered or eligible to be covered under the state Employees’ Retirement System and who, prior to such regular employment, served as a member of the Legislature shall have credited to him one year of creditable service for each year served as such legislator not to exceed eight years; provided, that such person shall pay into the retirement system the employee’s part of the cost or contribution based on the salary and expenses paid to such person during the time of his legislative service, with such cost or contribution to be calculated at the percent or rate in effect on September 20, 1971.

(b) This section shall apply only to those persons who, at the time of their retirement, have 10 or more creditable years of service under the state retirement system, which 10 years shall be exclusive of the years earned as a legislator.

(c) The employee’s contribution for the years of legislative service shall be paid by such employee within 60 days after he shall have completed the 10 years of employment as set out in subsection (b) of this section.
Ala. Code § 36-20-70 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 20 / Section 36-20-70
Section 36-20-70 Appointment and Commissioning; Fees; Grounds for Denying Application; Duties and Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) A competent number of notaries public for the state at large shall be appointed and commissioned by the judges of probate of the several counties of the state and shall hold office for four years from the date of their commission. Notaries public shall perform all the acts and exercise all authority under the general laws of the State of Alabama. The jurisdiction of the notaries public shall not be limited to the counties of their residence and shall extend to any county of the state. The judges of probate shall collect a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each notary commission issued. The judges of probate shall also report to the Secretary of State the name, county of residence, date of issuance, and date of expiration of the commission of each notary public appointed and commissioned under this subsection.

(b) All existing notaries public functioning on September 1, 2023 , shall continue to function pursuant to their existing authority for the remainder of their existing commission.

(c) Each applicant for notary public commission shall pay a ten dollar ($10) application fee. A judge of probate may accept or deny any application for notary public commission, as developed by the Alabama Probate Judges Association and the Alabama Law Institute, and shall deny an application for notary public commission on any of the following grounds:

(1) The applicant is not a resident of this state.

(2) The applicant makes the application to a judge who is not the judge of probate of the county of the applicant’s residence.

(3) The applicant has been convicted of a felony or crime of moral turpitude.

(4) The applicant is currently a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding.

(5) The applicant is under a current order adjudicating him or her incapacitated.

(6) The applicant provides false information on the application.

(7) The applicant is unable or unwilling to successfully complete the training program required in subsection (e) within 30 days after submitting his or her application. This time frame may be extended by the judge of probate upon good cause shown.

(d) A notary public is not an insurer but is under a duty to act honestly, skillfully, and with reasonable diligence. A notary public shall not perform an acknowledgment in any transaction where he or she has a pecuniary interest.

(e) Before being commissioned, an applicant for a notary public commission shall successfully complete a training program prepared by the Alabama Probate Judges Association and the Alabama Law Institute that reinforces and updates the applicant’s knowledge of all matters relevant to the appointment, authority, duties, and legal and ethical responsibilities of a notary public. An attorney who is commissioned as a notary public under this article is not required to complete the training requirement. A notary public who is commissioned as of September 1, 2023, shall be required to complete the training requirement upon submitting an application for the renewal of his or her expired commission.
Ala. Code § 36-21-5 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-5
Section 36-21-5 Overtime - Statement of Election of Method of Compensation
Status: in_force

Any such law enforcement officer who works overtime during any calendar month shall on the last day of such month file in writing a statement as to his election to accept overtime pay or compensatory leave. In the event such law enforcement officer elects to receive overtime pay, such pay shall be included with his compensation for the next succeeding pay period. If he elects to receive compensatory leave, such leave may be taken at any time during the calendar year in which it is earned with the approval of his supervisor, except during times of emergency. The statement shall be certified by the law enforcement officer and approved by his supervisor specifying the length of time that said officer worked in excess of 40 hours in any one calendar week during the preceding month.
Ala. Code § 36-27-160 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-160
Section 36-27-160 Persons Receiving Medicaid Benefits
Status: in_force

Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the aforementioned increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under the Medicaid program and that person’s eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid program.
Ala. Code § 36-26-6 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-6
Section 36-26-6 State Personnel Board - Meetings; Powers and Duties Generally
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each month and may hold such additional meetings as may be required for the proper discharge of its duties.

(b) It shall be the duty of the board as a body:

(1) To adopt and amend, after public hearings, rules and regulations for the administration of this article as provided in Section 36-26-9;

(2) To adopt, modify or reject, after public hearings, such classification and compensation plans for the state service, together with rules for their administration, as may be recommended by the director after a thorough survey of the personnel and departmental organizations included in such plan or plans;

(3) To make investigations, either on petition of a citizen, taxpayer or interested party or of its own motion, concerning the enforcement and effect of this article and to require observance of its provisions and the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto;

(4) To conduct hearings and to render decisions, as provided in Section 36-26-27, on charges preferred against persons in the classified service;

(5) To make such investigations as may be requested by the Governor or the Legislature and to report thereon;

(6) To consider and act on such matters as may be referred to the board by the director;

(7) To represent the public interest in the improvement of personnel administration in the state service; and

(8) To advise and assist the director in fostering the interest of institutions of learning and of civic, professional and employee organizations in the improvement of personnel standards in the state service.
Ala. Code § 36-21-225 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-225
Section 36-21-225
Status: in_force

(a) The responsibilities of the commission include, but may not be limited to, the following:

(1) Receiving scholarship applications.

(2) Making determinations on scholarship eligibility.

(3) Waiving scholarship requirements as provided in this article.

(4) Entering into and administer contracts with participating institutions.

(5) Developing the necessary forms to administer the program.

(6) Publicizing the scholarship by written materials or electronic means and accept donations.

(b) The commission is authorized to charge a fee of no more than three percent of the monies deposited to the credit of the Alabama Law Enforcement Officers’ Family Scholarship Fund in a fiscal year for administering this article.

(c) The commission is authorized to adopt rules to implement, administer, and interpret the requirements of this article.
Ala. Code § 36-27-8.1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-8.1
Section 36-27-8.1 Optional Retirement for Previously Retired State Employees
Status: in_force

(a) Any state employee who has retired under the state retirement system and is reemployed, upon his next retirement, in the event he has or has not become a member of the state retirement system, may have his choice of option, prior to the receipt of his first retirement check, if he has completed at least one year of satisfactory service.

(b) The provisions of this section shall expire August 1, 1981, except that any rights that have vested under the provisions of this section during its effective period shall remain in full force and effect.
Ala. Code § 36-27C-3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27C / Section 36-27C-3
Section 36-27C-3 Fund; Creation; Board of Control
Status: in_force

The Public Employees’ Defined Contribution Savings Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by a board of control of seven individuals appointed by the Alabama State Employees’ Association.
Ala. Code § 36-33-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 33 / Section 36-33-1
Section 36-33-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section:

(1) EXECUTIVE SECURITY OFFICERS. Any persons designated by the Director of Public Safety to protect the Governor and his or her immediate family at the Governor’s Mansion, or a former governor who is physically disabled.

(2) GOVERNOR-ELECT and LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT and ATTORNEY GENERAL-ELECT. Such persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, respectively, as ascertained from the results of any primary or general election held to determine the successors of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General.

(3) OTHER OFFICERS NEXT IN THE ORDER OF SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR. The two persons next in order of succession to act as Governor after the Lieutenant Governor, in accordance with Article 5, Section 127, Constitution of Alabama of 1901, namely, the President Pro Tem of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, each until their successors are elected.

(4) PROTECTEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Such persons as are designated by the Governor or the Director of Public Safety to receive protection.
Ala. Code § 36-19-40 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 19 / Section 36-19-40
Section 36-19-40 “Insurer” Defined
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the word “insurer” shall have the same meaning ascribed to it as is in Section 27-13-20.
Ala. Code § 36-19-16 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 19 / Section 36-19-16
Section 36-19-16 Fire Marshal May Request District Attorney to Assist in Investigations, Etc.; Effect of Refusal to Assist Fire Marshal
Status: in_force

The Fire Marshal or deputy fire marshal, when in the opinion of either of them it is necessary, may request the district attorney to aid in any investigations or examinations that may be made under the provisions of this article. Any officer who refuses to aid the Fire Marshal or deputy fire marshal in carrying out the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of willful neglect of duty and dealt with accordingly.
Ala. Code § 36-25-9 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-25-9
Section 36-25-9 Service on Regulatory Boards and Commissions Regulating Business with Which Person Associated; Members Who Have Financial Interest in Matter Prohibited from Voting
Status: in_force

(a) Unless expressly provided otherwise by law, no person shall serve as a member or employee of a state, county, or municipal regulatory board or commission or other body that regulates any business with which he is associated. Nothing herein shall prohibit real estate brokers, agents, developers, appraisers, mortgage bankers, or other persons in the real estate field, or other state-licensed professionals, from serving on any planning boards or commissions, housing authorities, zoning board, board of adjustment, code enforcement board, industrial board, utilities board, state board, or commission.

(b) All county or municipal regulatory boards, authorities, or commissions currently comprised of any real estate brokers, agents, developers, appraisers, mortgage bankers, or other persons in the real estate industry may allow these individuals to continue to serve out their current term if appointed before December 31, 1991, except that at the conclusion of such term subsequent appointments shall reflect that membership of real estate brokers and agents shall not exceed more than one less of a majority of any county or municipal regulatory board or commission effective January 1, 1994.

(c) No member of any county or municipal agency, board, or commission shall vote or participate in any matter in which the member or family member of the member has any financial gain or interest.

(d) All acts, actions, and votes taken by such local boards and commissions between January 1, 1991 and December 31, 1993 are affirmed and ratified.
Ala. Code § 36-27-141 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-141
Section 36-27-141 Amount of Increase - Persons Whose Employer Elects to Come Under Provisions
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing October 1, 1998, each person whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to July 1, 1998, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees’ Retirement System, may receive a cost-of-living increase determined by the formula used in Section 36-27-140, if the employer elects to come under this article. Retirees who chose Option 2, 3, or 4 shall receive the cost-of-living increase reduced by the same percentage as the reduction which occurred because of the option selected unless the beneficiary under the option selected is deceased on July 1, 1998, in which case the increase shall not be reduced. Any employer making the election to come under this article shall bear the cost of the cost-of-living increases paid to its employees pursuant to this section. Any employer participating under Section 36-27-6, may elect to come under this article at anytime and have the article become effective on October 1, 1998, or on October 1 of any subsequent fiscal year and the employer shall not be required to pay this cost-of-living increase retroactively unless the employer elects to fund the increase.

(b) If the employer elects to come under this article, beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees retired from an employer participating in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6, shall receive the same cost-of-living increase provided in Section 36-27-140, reduced by the retiree’s option factor but the reduction shall not make the increase less than thirty dollars ($30) per month.
Ala. Code § 36-6-122 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-6-122
Section 36-6-122 Revision to Schedule of Rates
Status: in_force

The Director of the State Personnel Department shall revise the schedule of rates set forth in the pay plan for state employees and shall send the same to the state Comptroller, who shall issue warrants in accordance therewith. With respect to all court officials and employees within the Unified Judicial System who serve the trial and appellate courts of the state and the Administrative Office of Courts, the Administrative Director of Courts shall revise the schedule of rates set forth in the pay plan for these court officials and employees to reflect the increase provided in this division, and shall certify the same to the state Comptroller, who shall issue warrants in accordance therewith. With respect to employees of the Legislature, the Secretary of the Senate for employees of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives for employees of the House and the Director of the Legislative Services Agency for employees of the Legislative Services Agency shall revise the schedule of rates set forth in the pay plan for their employees to reflect the increase provided in this division and shall certify the same to the state Comptroller, who shall issue warrants in accordance therewith.
Ala. Code § 36-5-42 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 5 / Section 36-5-42
Section 36-5-42 Bonds to Be Made by Surety or Guaranty Companies
Status: in_force

Official bonds required of all officers, agents and employees of the State of Alabama and its boards, agencies and commissions or any additional bond that may be required must be made by a surety company or surety companies or guaranty company or guaranty companies authorized by the laws of this state to make such bonds and qualified to do business in this state.
Ala. Code § 36-21-189 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-189
Section 36-21-189 Retirement Annuity
Status: in_force

(a) Any member, at any time after reaching the age of 62 and completion of at least 25 years’ qualified service, shall be entitled to an annuity benefit.

(b) The amount of the monthly benefit shall be determined by the board in an amount recommended by the actuary for the fund. The benefit shall begin upon approval by the board on the date of the member’s application for the benefits on forms provided by the board, but in no event shall the benefit begin prior to his or her termination of service as a firefighter. The benefits shall be paid for the life of the member, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(c) Any application made pursuant to this section shall contain evidence satisfactory to the board of the date of birth of the member. If any member receiving retirement benefits reenters employment as a firefighter, the payment of retirement benefits shall be terminated as long as he or she is so employed. Upon termination of his or her reemployment as a firefighter, the benefits shall resume if, during the period of reemployment, he or she has made all required monthly payments to the fund. Any employment as a firefighter after the initial retirement and during which the payments are made to the fund shall be included in the computation of membership service for the purpose of determining further rights and benefits under this section.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, an active and contributing member of the fund may purchase service credit in the fund for prior service rendered as a full-time firefighter within this state which would have qualified at the time for membership in the fund. The prior service credit may be claimed within two years of joining as a member of the fund by making a lump-sum payment in the amount of the full actuarially determined cost for each year of prior service credit purchased as determined by the actuary for the fund.
Ala. Code § 36-25-20 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-25-20
Section 36-25-20 Filing of Notice of Termination of Lobbying Activities; Effect of Notice as to Requirement for Filing of Reports
Status: in_force

(a) A person who ceases to engage in activities requiring registration pursuant to Section 36-25-18 shall file a written, verified statement with the commission acknowledging the termination of activities. The notice shall be effective immediately.

(b) A person who files a notice of termination pursuant to this section shall file the reports required pursuant to Sections 36-25-18 and 36-25-19 for any reporting period during which he or she was registered pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 36-4-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 4 / Section 36-4-4
Section 36-4-4 Filing of Oaths of Judges of Inferior Courts and Other Officers Whose General Duties Confined to Counties
Status: in_force

Judges of other inferior courts and all other officers whose general duties are confined to a single county must, unless otherwise provided, file such oath and certificate in the office of the judge of probate of their respective counties.
Ala. Code § 36-19-8 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 19 / Section 36-19-8
Section 36-19-8 Maintenance of Statement of Expenses of Department; Allowance and Payment of Vouchers for Expenses
Status: in_force

The Fire Marshal shall keep on file in his office an itemized statement of all expenses incurred by his department. All vouchers issued therefor shall be submitted to the Comptroller for payment, which said vouchers shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as are other claims against the state.
Ala. Code § 36-21-63 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-63
Section 36-21-63 Board of Commissioners of Alabama Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund - Quorum; Officers Generally; Executive Director; Agents and Employees; Bonding of Members and Employees Handling Funds of Board
Status: in_force

A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum sufficient for the transaction of any business, and no business shall be transacted by the board and no action taken unless a quorum is present. The members of the board shall elect a chairman of the board and select an executive director, who shall be the chief executive officer of the board. The chairman of the board shall be a member of the board, but the executive director need not be a member. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the board, which may employ other agents and employees as the board may deem necessary. Any employees of the board shall be subject to the Alabama Merit System Act. The executive director shall be compensated for services in an amount to be fixed by the board. The executive director shall have the powers and authority as shall be delegated by the board and shall perform the services as the board may direct. Any member of the board and any employee thereof who handles funds of the board shall be bonded by a surety company qualified to do business in the state in amounts sufficient to protect the board against any loss which may be incurred with respect to the funds handled.
Ala. Code § 36-32-10 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 32 / Section 36-32-10
Section 36-32-10 Fund - Municipalities and Counties Authorized to Make Appropriations and Grants
Status: in_force

The governing body of each incorporated city or town and the governing body of each county of the state is hereby authorized to appropriate any funds not otherwise appropriated to or for the benefit of the commission and its work. All such appropriations shall be paid into the fund.
Ala. Code § 36-2-6 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 2 / Section 36-2-6
Section 36-2-6 Officers Required to Obtain Commissions
Status: in_force

The judges of the several courts, the Attorney General, district attorneys, the Secretary of State, the Auditor, the Treasurer, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Public Service Commissioners, the Director of the Department of Revenue, the Director of the Department of Finance, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Director of Industrial Relations, the Director of the State Department of Human Resources, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the clerks of the circuit courts, the sheriffs, the tax assessors, the tax collectors, the county treasurers, the county commissioners, the constables and all other officers when specifically required by other provisions of law, before entering upon and exercising the duties of their respective offices, must obtain a commission.
Ala. Code § 36-7-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 7 / Section 36-7-1
Section 36-7-1 Reimbursement of County or Municipal Officers or Employees for Traveling Expenses - Itemized Statement of Expenses to Be Presented and Approved
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for an officer or employee of a county, town, or city in Alabama to be reimbursed from the treasury of a county or municipality for expenses incurred by him or her while traveling or remaining beyond the limits of counties and municipalities in the performance of his or her duties incidental to the management or control of the affairs of the county or municipality unless the officer or employee presents and has approved as provided for in this article an itemized statement of all expenses incurred. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted as applying to the use of credit cards issued in the name of the municipality by municipal officers and employees beyond the limits of the municipality for which they work. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted as applying to the use of credit cards issued in the name of the county by county officers and employees beyond the limits of the county for which they work.
Ala. Code § 36-6-31 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-6-31
Section 36-6-31 Inapplicability to Employees Covered by Labor Agreement or Contract or to Certain Judges
Status: in_force

The provisions of this division shall not apply to any Merit System employee or hourly employee whose service or rates of pay are covered by any labor agreement or contract, nor shall this division apply to state judges whose salaries are payable from the State Treasury if such judges’ salaries are increased under and by virtue of: (1) The recommendations contained in the Report of the Judicial Compensation Commission to the 1994 Regular Session of the Legislature becoming law; or (2) the enactment into law of legislation altering and amending said report; or (3) any other legislation enacted into law during the 1994 Regular Session or Special Sessions of the Legislature.
Ala. Code § 36-14-17.1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 14 / Section 36-14-17.1
Section 36-14-17.1 Online Documentation and Maintenance of Information Related to Temporary Task Forces
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, “temporary task force” means a task force, study commission, or similar multi-member entity created by executive order of the Governor or by law charged with a specific duty or duties and having a temporary duration.

(b)(1) Not later than November 1, 2022, the Secretary of State shall establish and maintain on the official website of the Secretary of State accurate, detailed, and up-to-date information regarding every temporary task force that includes, at a minimum, all of the following information:

a. The name of the temporary task force, a brief description of its mission and duties, and the date the task force expires.

b. The name of each appointee to the temporary task force.

c. A link to the legislative act or executive order creating the temporary task force.

d. Notice of all meetings of the temporary task force.

e. All final reports and other documents produced by the temporary task force.

(2) The website shall have a search feature that, at a minimum, allows searches by the name of the temporary task force and by the year the task force was created.

(c) The Secretary of State shall maintain the information described in subsection (b) for expired temporary task forces for archival purposes.

(d) Notification of the appointment of temporary task force members shall be provided electronically to the Secretary of State within five business days of appointment as follows:

(1) For an appointing authority who is a member of the Legislature, the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate, as appropriate, shall notify the Secretary of State of the appointment.

(2) For any other appointing authority, the appointing authority shall notify the Secretary of State of the appointment.

(e) The chair of each temporary task force shall be responsible for ensuring that any final report is transmitted to the Secretary of State no later than the day the temporary task force is dissolved.
Ala. Code § 36-21-71 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-71
Section 36-21-71 Disability Benefits
Status: in_force

Any member who becomes totally or permanently disabled as a result of a heart attack or any injury received in the line of duty as a peace officer not as a result of his misconduct and who makes proper application to the board on a form to be supplied by the board and submits evidence satisfactory to the board of such total or permanent disability and the circumstances giving rise to its occurrence shall be entitled to be paid benefits. The board shall have the right to require that any applicant for benefits under this section be examined by one or more physicians on behalf of the board and at its expense. Failure of any such applicant to subject himself to such examination shall be sufficient grounds for the board to deny payment of benefits under this section. Any benefit paid under this section shall be paid for a period of not longer than 24 calendar months as follows:

(1) Seventy-two dollars per calendar month if his qualified service is not more than 35 months;

(2) One hundred eight dollars per calendar month if his qualified service is at least 36 months and not more than 47 months;

(3) One hundred forty-four dollars per calendar month if his qualified service is at least 48 months and not more than 59 months; and

(4) One hundred eighty dollars per calendar month if his qualified service is 60 months or more.

Any member disabled as defined in this section for a period of more than 24 calendar months shall be eligible for retirement benefits under this article if he meets the requirements of Section 36-21-70.

The account of any member not meeting the requirements of Section 36-21-70, who does not return to work after having drawn disability benefits for 24 consecutive months shall be placed in an inactive status, not to exceed 36 months, with no further benefits or privileges. If said member returns to law enforcement as a full-time sworn peace officer with the powers of arrest within the 36 months, and pays the dues required, he will have restored all creditable service prior to date of disability. If said member does not return to law enforcement within the 36 months, his account will be closed with no further rights or benefits.

Any member whose account is so closed who later applies for membership in the fund shall lose credit for all of his qualified service up to the time his account is closed and, upon approval of his new application, will become a new member in the fund.
Ala. Code § 36-27-103 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-103
Section 36-27-103 Additional Payment and Credit
Status: in_force

Any part time legislative employee who qualifies and chooses to pay into the State of Alabama Employees’ Retirement System, beginning with the Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama in 1989, may choose to pay an additional 50 percent into the State of Alabama Employees’ Retirement System and receive an additional 50 percent credit in months of employment to his or her credit, towards retirement.
Ala. Code § 36-21-7 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-7
Section 36-21-7 Reimbursement by New Employer for Training Expenses
Status: in_force

(a) When a law enforcement officer, certified corrections officer, fire protection personnel, or firefighter of the state or any political subdivision of the state is employed by a different agency of the state or political subdivision of the state within 36 months after completing the training requirements mandated by Article 3, commencing with Section 36-21-40, or by Chapter 32, commencing with Section 36-32-1, all of the following expenses shall be reimbursed to the agency of the state or political subdivision of the state which paid for the training:

(1) The total expense of the training, including, but not limited to, salary paid during training when the trainee was not providing services to the state agency or political subdivision of the state in consideration for the salary , transportation costs paid to the trainee for travel to and from the training facility, room, board, tuition, overtime paid to other employees who fill in for the trainee during his or her absence, and any other related training expenses .

(2) The cost of any customized personal protective ensemble or custom fitted uniform item purchased by the agency of the state or political subdivision of the state for use by the trainee, either during or after training.

(b) The agency of the state or political subdivision of the state which paid for the training , within 12 months of the former trainee’s first day of employment with the new employer, shall submit an itemized sworn statement to the new employer of the former trainee and demand payment thereof, and may enforce collection of the obligation through civil remedies and procedures.

(c) The term “law enforcement officer” shall have the same meaning as in Section 36-21-40 and the term “fire protection personnel and firefighter” shall have the same meaning as in Section 36-32-1.
Ala. Code § 36-25-1.3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-25-1.3
Section 36-25-1.3 Economic Development Professionals
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, including, but not limited to, this chapter, an individual acting as an economic development professional is not a lobbyist, unless and until he or she seeks incentives through legislative action in the Legislature, that are above and beyond, or in addition to, the then current statutory or constitutional authorization.

(b) For purposes of this section, an economic development professional is an individual seeking to advance specific, good faith economic development or trade promotion projects or related objectives for a business, chamber of commerce or similar nonprofit economic development organization in the State of Alabama, a city, a county, a political subdivision of the state, or a governmental corporation or authority.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the term economic development professional does not include elected officials, legislators, nor any former legislator within two years of the end of the term for which he or she was elected.

(d) This section shall not apply to any person that is otherwise required to register as a lobbyist.
Ala. Code § 36-17-12 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 17 / Section 36-17-12
Section 36-17-12 Custodian of State Bonds, Etc., Redeemed; Registry of Paid Bonds
Status: in_force

The Treasurer is the custodian of all redeemed bonds and paid coupons of the state which must be cancelled. He must register them in a book kept for that purpose, in such manner as to show a full and complete identification by date, number, amount, rate of interest, time and place of payment and by whom issued, and such registry must be carefully preserved. All bonds of the state redeemed or paid must be cancelled and filed in the office of the Treasurer.
Ala. Code § 36-1-7 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 1 / Section 36-1-7
Section 36-1-7 Employee Suggestion Award Program
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2000-767, §2, 2000 Regular Session, effective August 1, 2000.
Ala. Code § 36-26-110 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-110
Section 36-26-110 Major Suspensions of Employees - Contests
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 36-27-137 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-137
Section 36-27-137 Election by Local Administrative Unit
Status: in_force

Any county board, department, or agency responsible for the local administration of a program for a state board, department, or agency affiliated with the Employees’ Retirement System on October 1, 1996, may provide the cost-of-living increase pursuant to this article to any retiree or beneficiary who retired prior to such entities participation in the Employees’ Retirement System if the local administrative unit elects to fund the increase.
Ala. Code § 36-9-3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-9-3
Section 36-9-3 Judgment of Insanity of Officeholder Vacates Office
Status: in_force

When the incumbent of any office is, upon a proceeding in lunacy, adjudged to be of unsound mind, such office is vacated, and the judge of probate must certify the vacancy to the appointing power; but, if such proceeding is thereafter revoked or annulled, the officer shall, upon his own request, be restored to office.
Ala. Code § 36-26A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26A / Section 36-26A-4
Section 36-26A-4 Limitations; Venue
Status: in_force

(a) A state employee shall bring a civil action within two years after the occurrence of the alleged violation of this chapter.

(b) A civil action may be brought in Montgomery County, or in the county in which the supervisor against whom the civil complaint is filed resides.
Ala. Code § 36-27B-5 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27B / Section 36-27B-5
Section 36-27B-5 Certification of Decrease in Rate of Employer Contributions; Chapter May Become Effective After Resolution; Funding Program
Status: in_force

Should the actuaries employed by the respective Boards of Control certify a decrease in the rate of employer contributions as set forth in subdivisions (3) and (5) of Section 16-25-21 and subsections (d) and (f) of Section 36-27-24, the Boards of Control may by joint resolution declare the provisions of this chapter to become effective on October 1 next following the adoption of said resolution. Amounts sufficient to fund the provisions of this chapter shall thereafter be made in the same manner as the regular appropriations to the Teachers’ and Employees’ Retirement Systems, and shall be deposited in the fund established in Section 36-27B-2.
Ala. Code § 36-21-70 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-70
Section 36-21-70 Retirement Annuity
Status: in_force

Any member shall, at any time after reaching the age of 52 and completion of at least 15 years’ qualified service or the completion of 25 years of qualified service, regardless of age, be entitled to an annuity benefit.

The amount of the monthly benefit shall be determined by the board of commissioners in an amount recommended by the actuary for the fund. The benefit shall begin upon approval by the board on the date of the member’s application for the benefits on forms provided by the board, but in no event shall the benefit begin prior to his or her termination of service as a peace officer. The benefits shall be paid for the life of the member, except as otherwise provided in this section.

There shall accompany any application made pursuant to this section evidence satisfactory to the board of the date of birth of the member. If any member receiving retirement benefits reenters employment as a peace officer, as defined in Section 36-21-60, then the payment of retirement benefits shall be terminated as long as he or she is so employed. Upon termination of his or her reemployment as a peace officer, the benefits will resume if during the period of reemployment he or she has made all required monthly payments to the fund. Any employment as a peace officer after the initial retirement and during which the payments are made to the fund shall be included in the computation of membership service for the purpose of determining further rights and benefits under this section.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary, an active and contributing member of the fund may purchase service credit in the fund for prior service rendered as a full-time peace officer within this state which would have qualified at the time for membership in the fund. The prior service credit may be claimed at any time prior to the date of termination of his or her active service as a full-time peace officer by making a lump-sum payment in the amount of the full actuarially determined cost for each year of prior service credit purchased as determined by the actuary for the fund.
Ala. Code § 36-22-19 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 22 / Section 36-22-19
Section 36-22-19 Payment of Certain Membership Dues for Sheriff
Status: in_force

The county commission of each of the several counties of the state may, in its discretion and upon application of the sheriff of the county, pay the sheriff’s membership dues in the Alabama Sheriffs Association each year and also the sheriff’s membership dues in the National Sheriffs Association each year.

The cost of any such membership dues, upon approval by the county commission, may be paid out of the general fund of the county commission.
Ala. Code § 36-35-8 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 35 / Section 36-35-8
Section 36-35-8 Election of Participation
Status: in_force

Any state department or other governmental entity may elect to participate in the Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative by providing written notice to the board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Alabama Medicaid Agency may participate only if the agency’s participation is approved by the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Ala. Code § 36-21-8.3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-8.3
Section 36-21-8.3 Receipt of Badge or Pistol Upon Retirement - Police Officers in Class 4 Municipalities
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall apply only to Class 4 municipalities.

(b) Any Class 4 municipality may establish, by resolution, a procedure which provides that any person employed as a sworn police officer of the police department of the municipality for a period of 10 years or more who leaves the department in good standing may receive from the municipality, without cost to him or her, a retired badge or his or her service pistol, or both.
Ala. Code § 36-25A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25A / Section 36-25A-6
Section 36-25A-6 Recording of Meeting
Status: in_force

A meeting of a governmental body, except while in executive session, may be openly recorded by any person in attendance by means of a tape recorder or any other means of sonic, photographic, or video reproduction provided the recording does not disrupt the conduct of the meeting. The governmental body may adopt reasonable rules for the implementation of this section.
Ala. Code § 36-25-27 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-25-27
Section 36-25-27 Penalties; Enforcement; Jurisdiction, Venue, Judicial Review; Limitations Period
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided, any person subject to this chapter who intentionally violates any provision of this chapter other than those for which a separate penalty is provided for in this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B felony.

(2) Any person subject to this chapter who violates any provision of this chapter other than those for which a separate penalty is provided for in this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(3) Any person subject to this chapter who knowingly violates any disclosure requirement of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(4) Any person who knowingly makes or transmits a false report or complaint pursuant to this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be liable for the actual legal expenses incurred by the respondent against whom the false report or complaint was filed.

(5) Any person who makes false statements to an employee of the commission or to the commission itself pursuant to this chapter without reason to believe the accuracy of the statements shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(6) Any person subject to this chapter who intentionally violates this chapter relating to secrecy shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class C felony.

(7) Any person subject to this chapter who intentionally fails to disclose information required by this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(b) If a respondent petitions the commission or the respondent otherwise agrees to an administrative resolution of the complaint filed against him or her, the commission may administratively resolve a complaint filed pursuant to this chapter for minor violations upon a unanimous vote and subsequent approval by the appropriate district attorney or the Attorney General. The commission may impose an administrative penalty not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) for any minor violation of this chapter. In addition to any administrative penalty, the commission shall order restitution in the amount of any economic loss to the state, county, municipality, or instrumentality of the state, county, or municipality, and when collected, the restitution shall be paid by the commission to the entity having the economic loss. The commission, through its attorney, shall institute proceedings to recover any penalties or restitution or other such funds so ordered pursuant to this section which are not paid by, or on behalf of, the public official or public employee or other person who has violated this chapter. Nothing in this section shall be deemed in any manner to prohibit the commission and the respondent from entering into a consent decree settling a complaint which has previously been designated by the commission for administrative resolution, so long as the consent decree is approved by the commission. If the commission, the respondent, and the Attorney General or district attorney having jurisdiction, all concur that a complaint is deemed to be handled administratively, the action shall preclude any criminal prosecution pursuant to this chapter at the state, county, or municipal level.

(c) The enforcement of this chapter shall be vested in the commission; provided, however, nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to limit or otherwise prohibit the Attorney General or the district attorney for the appropriate jurisdiction from enforcing any provision of this chapter as they deem appropriate. In the event the commission, by majority vote, finds that any provision of this chapter has been violated, the alleged violation and any investigation conducted by the commission shall be referred to the district attorney of the appropriate jurisdiction or the Attorney General. The commission shall provide any and all appropriate assistance to such district attorney or Attorney General. Upon the request of such district attorney or the Attorney General, the commission may institute, prosecute, or take such other appropriate legal action regarding such violations, proceeding therein with all rights, privileges, and powers conferred by law upon assistant attorneys general.

(d) Nothing in this chapter limits the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which otherwise constitutes a crime by statute or at common law.

(e) The penalties prescribed in this chapter do not in any manner limit the power of a legislative body to discipline its own members or to impeach public officials and do not limit the powers of agencies, departments, boards, or commissions to discipline their respective officials, members, or employees.

(f) If a person fails to pay any penalty, fine, or restitution imposed by the commission pursuant to this chapter, the commission may file an action to collect the penalty, fine, or restitution in the District Court or Circuit Court of Montgomery County. The person shall be responsible for paying all costs associated with the collection of the penalty, fine, or restitution.

(g) Each district or circuit court of this state shall have jurisdiction in all cases and actions relating to the enforcement of this chapter, and the venue of any action pursuant to this chapter shall be in the county in which the alleged violation occurred, or in those cases where the alleged violation occurred outside the State of Alabama or for failure to properly or timely file any form required by the commission, in Montgomery County. In the case of judicial review of any administrative decision of the commission, the commission’s order, rule, or decision shall be taken as prima facie just and reasonable and the court shall not substitute its judgment for that of the commission as to the weight of the evidence on questions of fact except where otherwise authorized by law.

(h) Any felony prosecution brought pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within four years after the commission of the offense.

(i) Any misdemeanor prosecution brought pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced within two years after the commission of the offense.

(j) Nothing in this chapter is intended to nor is to be construed as repealing in any way the provisions of any of the criminal laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 36-20-30 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 20 / Section 36-20-30
Section 36-20-30 Appointment and Commissioning; Term of Office; Powers, Duties and Territorial Jurisdiction; Fee of Probate Judge for Issuance of Notary Commissions; Report to Secretary of State by Probate Judge as to Notaries Appointed and Commissioned
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
Ala. Code § 36-21-185 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-185
Section 36-21-185 Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund
Status: in_force

(a) A special fund is established for the purpose of providing retirement allowances and other benefits for members of the fund. The fund shall be known as the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund. All amounts received by the board shall be paid into the fund.

(b) The board shall deliver all moneys not currently needed for the functioning of the board to the ERS for investment and reinvestment as determined by ERS administrative policies and practices. The ERS shall charge a reasonable fee for providing investment services to the board. The board shall comply with all administrative policies and requests of the ERS regarding investment services provided by the ERS. The board shall have such control of the fund as is consistent with this article and with the laws of the state.

(c) All moneys of the board not currently invested by the ERS shall be held in a special trust account or accounts in any bank or banks in the state and may be withdrawn therefrom by voucher, check, or electronic debit by the executive director pursuant to authorization given by the board. The board may expend moneys in the fund in accordance with this article.
Ala. Code § 36-35-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 35 / Section 36-35-1
Section 36-35-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be called the Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative.
Ala. Code § 36-27-120 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-120
Section 36-27-120 Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Persons Whose Employer Participated in Employees’ Retirement System
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing October 1, 1994, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 1994, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees’ Retirement System, shall receive a cost-of-living increase of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month and the increase shall be more if determined by computing the sum of the following three factors:

(1) Two and one-half (2.5) percent of the individual’s current gross monthly benefit, including all previous increases.

(2) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each year of creditable service in covered employment prior to retirement.

(3) One dollar ($1) for each year since the effective date of retirement or the date of death in the case where the employee dies prior to retirement.

Retirees who chose Options 2, 3, or 4 shall receive the cost-of-living increase reduced by the same percentage as the reduction which occurred because of the option selected unless the designated beneficiary under the option is deceased on October 1, 1994, in which case the increase shall not be reduced.

(b) Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees, except where the deceased member or deceased retiree retired from an employer participating in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7 and 36-27-7.1, if the date of death for the deceased member, or the effective date of retirement for the deceased retiree for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System was prior to October 1, 1994, shall receive the cost-of-living increase in the amount attained by the retiree reduced by the retiree’s option election factor but the reduction shall not make the increase less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month.
Ala. Code § 36-27-12.1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-12.1
Section 36-27-12.1 Transfer of Service Credits, Etc., from Judicial Retirement Fund
Status: in_force

(a) Any member of the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System, who, not more than one year prior to becoming a member of the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System, was a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund, may elect to transfer to the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System, his or her creditable service and accumulated contributions, including the contributions of the employer, in the Judicial Retirement Fund, as provided in this section.

(b) Any member desiring to transfer the creditable service and contributions shall, after becoming a member of the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System, notify the Board of Control of the system, of his or her election to transfer the creditable service and, shall authorize transfer of the amount of his or her accumulated contributions to his or her credit in the Judicial Retirement Fund to his or her account in the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System.

(c) The Board of Control transferring the creditable service and contributions shall thereupon certify to the Boards of Control of the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System and the Judicial Retirement Fund, the amount of contributions and service creditable to the member at the time of separation from the transferring retirement system. The member shall be credited in the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System with the creditable service and accumulated contributions so certified.
Ala. Code § 36-35-3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 35 / Section 36-35-3
Section 36-35-3 Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board
Status: in_force

(a) The Alabama Prescription Cost Initiative Board is created.

(b) The board shall consist of the following voting members: The executive director or chief staff person of the State Employees Insurance Board (SEIB) and the Public Education Employees Health Insurance Plan (PEEHIP), the Chair of the Board of Directors of SEIB, the Chair of the Board of Directors of PEEHIP, and the State Health Officer. The Director of the Medicaid Agency may serve in a nonvoting capacity.

(c) The board shall promulgate policies to implement this chapter and may hire an executive director and necessary staff to implement and administer this chapter with or without regard to the state Merit System.

(d) The board through its executive director may enter into agreements with a prescription drug buying group or manufacturer to negotiate price discounts or rebates on behalf of the board or any participating department or governmental entity.

(e) The board through its executive director may enter into agreements with, or affiliate with, a prescription drug buying group for centralized purchase and distribution of prescription drugs to retail pharmacies. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the contrary, nothing herein shall require, nor be construed to require, any retail pharmacy to purchase prescription drugs from a central warehouse or central facility.

(f) The board shall make recommendations to public employee insurance programs, departments, and governmental entities for prescription formulary design.

(g) In conformity with the official policy of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its regulations, the reimportation of prescription drugs is expressly prohibited pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 36-8-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 8 / Section 36-8-4
Section 36-8-4 Tenure of Temporary Acting Official
Status: in_force

The tenure of any temporary acting official appointed under this chapter shall be during the absence of the regularly elected or appointed official while in service and until the expiration of 30 days from the date that notice in writing is given to the appointing power by the regularly elected or appointed official of his or her intention to return and resume the duties of his or her office, at which time the powers, privileges, and duties of the temporary acting official shall automatically end. Upon receipt of notice from the regular official of his or her intent to return, the appointing authority shall notify the temporary official that his or her service will automatically terminate on the date of the return to office of the regular official.
Ala. Code § 36-5-12 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 5 / Section 36-5-12
Section 36-5-12 Federal, Municipal, State, Etc., Officers Required to Give Official Bonds Not Deemed Sufficient Sureties on Bonds Taken Under Article
Status: in_force

No officer of the United States required to give an official bond; no municipal officer required to give an official bond and no officer, state or county, required to give an official bond must be deemed a sufficient surety on any bond taken under this article.
Ala. Code § 36-12-60 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-12-60
Section 36-12-60 Purpose of Article
Status: in_force

The object and purpose of this article is to place all candidates for any state office upon an equality by the prevention of the use of any state-owned property in the promotion or advancement of the candidacy of any individual to the nomination or election to any public office of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 36-21-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-4
Section 36-21-4 Overtime - Compensation Generally
Status: in_force

Each state law enforcement officer in the service of the state who is assigned to duty for more than 40 hours during the calendar week shall be paid time and one half for such excess hours worked or he shall be given time and one-half compensatory leave as herein provided, except as hereinafter limited. Such officers shall normally work a 40-hour work week.

Hours worked in excess of 40 hours in any calendar week shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half times his regular rate of pay up to a maximum of eight hours per week; however, compensatory time at the rate of one and one-half times regular time may be paid for overtime worked. The decision of whether to accept overtime pay or compensatory time shall be at the sole option of the officer. For the time worked, when required by employee’s department, through September 30, 1977, hours worked in excess of 48 up to 54 hours, the officer shall be given straight compensatory time off. Time worked in excess of 54 hours per week shall be compensated at a rate of one and one-half times the regular pay or one and one-half times compensatory time at the discretion of the department. For the period October 1, 1977, and thereafter, all hours over 48 shall be one and one-half compensatory time or pay at the discretion of the department.
Ala. Code § 36-9-2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-9-2
Section 36-9-2 Conviction of Officeholder of Felony Vacates Office; When Restored to Office
Status: in_force

When any person holding any office or place under the authority of this state is convicted by any court of the United States, of this state or of any other state of a felony, his office or place shall be vacated from the time of the conviction. If the judgment is reversed, new trial granted or judgment notwithstanding the verdict is rendered, he shall be restored to office; but, if pardoned, he shall not be restored to office.
Ala. Code § 36-21-21 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-21
Section 36-21-21 Duty of Municipal Authorities When Called Upon to Furnish Police Officers by Governor; Powers, Duties, Privileges, Etc., of Municipal Police Officers When Called Out by Governor
Status: in_force

The municipal authorities of any municipality, when called upon to furnish such policemen and police officers, shall comply with the demands of the Governor in that behalf and shall send them under the instructions of the Governor to the locality where needed as specified in Section 36-21-20. All police officers and patrolmen, when called upon by the Governor or directed by the municipal authorities, shall obey the orders and directions of the Governor and of the municipal authorities and shall proceed to the place where their services are needed and required. Such police officers and patrolmen and any other persons the Governor may employ and authorize to act as peace officers in the particular emergency shall be deemed and treated as legal officers of the state and county where acting, shall be entitled to all the protections and privileges of legal officers and shall possess all the authority to make arrests and to do other things in the preservation of the peace and enforcing the laws as sheriffs may do under the existing laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 36-27-124 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-124
Section 36-27-124 Notification of Employers Who Have Withdrawn from Participation
Status: in_force

The Board of Control of the Employees’ Retirement System may notify any employer who participated in the Employees’ Retirement System and has withdrawn from participation on March 18, 1994 that the cost-of-living increases provided by this article and Article 3A of this chapter, are available to their retirees and beneficiaries provided the employer elects to fund the increase.
Ala. Code § 36-32-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 32 / Section 36-32-1
Section 36-32-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary:

(1) ALABAMA FIRE COLLEGE. The independent public institution of postsecondary education established by this chapter and operated under the general control and supervision of the Alabama Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission for the purposes of educating, training, and certifying firefighters and trainees in fire prevention and suppression, emergency medical services, and related fields. All assets owned by the Alabama Fire College and the Alabama Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission, upon passage of Act 2012-207, shall remain the property of the state and shall be titled in the name of the Alabama Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission.

(2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission established by this chapter.

(3) COMMITTEE. The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of the Alabama Firefighters’ Personnel Standards and Education Commission established by this chapter.

(4) FIRE-FIGHTING AGENCY. Any agency charged with the responsibility of detecting, combating, and preventing damage to property and lives by fires, but excluding the Alabama State Forestry Commission.

(5) FIRE PROTECTION PERSONNEL and FIREFIGHTER. Any person permanently employed in fire administration, fire prevention, fire suppression, fire education, arson investigation, and emergency medical services, but excluding employees of the Alabama State Forestry Commission.

(6) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER. Any person who is not permanently employed as fire protection personnel or firefighter but who otherwise engages in fire administration, fire prevention, fire suppression, fire education, arson investigation, and emergency medical services.

(7) TRAINEE. A firefighter who has not been certified by the commission as having met the minimum basic training as set forth by Section 36-32-7 and by the rules and regulations adopted by the commission.

(8) SCHOOL. Any school located within the State of Alabama whether privately or publicly owned which offers a course in fire protection training or related subjects and which has been approved by the commission.

(9) STATE. The State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 36-22-63 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 22 / Section 36-22-63
Section 36-22-63 Purchase of Prior Service Credit; Rate; Minimum Creditable Service
Status: in_force

(a) Any sheriff, serving on July 19, 1979, of any county of this state who elects to participate in the supernumerary sheriff’s program shall receive service for supernumerary status for any time served as sheriff after July 19, 1979. Any sheriff, in order to receive service credit for prior service as a sheriff or law enforcement officer, shall pay into the county general fund an amount equal to the total contribution he or she would have made as a sheriff based on six percent of the current salary as sheriff for a period not to exceed five years or the time of prior service as sheriff whichever is lesser. Any prior service credit shall be purchased by September 30, 1995. No sheriff shall be eligible to go on supernumerary status with less than five years of creditable service including prior service credit purchased as provided above.

(b) The term “prior service as a sheriff or law enforcement officer” as used in subsection (a) shall include prior service as a mayor with arrest powers whose duties included serving as head of a city police department.

(c) The provisions of this section as amended by Acts 95-678 shall not take effect in any county until the county commission of that county unanimously adopts a resolution of approval relating to these provisions.
Ala. Code § 36-14-9 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 14 / Section 36-14-9
Section 36-14-9 Disposal of Certain Books, Acts, Codes, Etc. - Duty Upon Leaving Office; Liability on Bond
Status: in_force

At the end of his term of office or his resignation, the Secretary of State must file, in the office of the Governor, a full statement of the books sold and remaining on hand, to be turned over to his successor, and is liable on his bond for failure to comply with the requirements of this section and Sections 36-14-4 through 36-14-8.
Ala. Code § 36-17-8 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 17 / Section 36-17-8
Section 36-17-8 Procedure for Drawing Money for Payment of Interest
Status: in_force

(a) Not less than 15 nor more than 30 days before the due date of principal and interest on each of the respective issues of bonded indebtedness, the Treasurer must certify to the Comptroller the amount of money needed to pay the principal and interest falling due on that date, and for any expenses necessarily incurred by the fiscal agent in the discharge of its duties. The Comptroller shall draw his warrant on the treasury in favor of the Treasurer for such amount to be paid out of any fund appropriated for the payment of principal and interest and expenses.

(b) Not more than 15 business days before the actual due date of principal and interest, the Treasurer shall remit to the fiscal agent, by wire transfer or draft, the total amount of principal, interest, and expenses of the fiscal agent, due on said bond.

(c) For the purpose of paying principal and interest on any issues of funded indebtedness, the Treasurer with the written consent of the Governor, may designate at least two banks, one or more within the State of Alabama and one or more within the continental United States.

(d) In the event that any issues of bonded indebtedness existing, prior to the date of enactment of this section, provide by the terms of the issue an alternate means of paying principal and interest, including but not limited to the establishment of a sinking fund or advance payment, then such payment shall be made in accordance with the terms of such bond indenture.
Ala. Code § 36-14-8 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 14 / Section 36-14-8
Section 36-14-8 Disposal of Certain Books, Acts, Codes, Etc. - Accounts of Sales and Money Paid Over
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State must keep in his office a book in which shall be entered an account of books sold and money paid over.
Ala. Code § 36-21-41 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-41
Section 36-21-41 Created; Composition; Qualifications, Designation, and Terms of Office of Members; Adoption of Bylaws
Status: in_force

The Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission is hereby created. The commission shall consist of seven members, each of whom must be a qualified elector of the state who is over the age of 19 years. The state fraternal order of police shall designate one member of the commission to serve for a term of four years; the Alabama Peace Officers’ Association shall designate one member to serve for a term of four years; the Law Enforcement Planning Association shall designate one member to serve for a term of four years; and the Governor shall designate four members of the commission. The members appointed by the Governor shall each serve for terms of four years; provided, that the members first appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of one, two, three and four years, respectively, as the Governor shall designate. The members may adopt bylaws to govern the organization of the commission, its meetings and activities; provided, that the bylaws shall not conflict with this article.
Ala. Code § 36-36-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 36 / Section 36-36-4
Section 36-36-4 Trust Instrument; Trustees
Status: in_force

The trusts created pursuant to this chapter shall be evidenced by a written trust instrument, the terms and conditions of which shall be determined by the board creating such trust and the Governor on behalf of the state as long as such terms and conditions do not conflict with this chapter. The Trustees of the Alabama Retired State Employees’ Health Care Trust shall be the members of the State Employees’ Insurance Board serving from time to time, and the Trustees of the Alabama Retired Education Employees’ Health Care Trust shall be the members of the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Board serving from time to time. Each trust shall be managed and controlled by its respective trustees separately from and independent of the management and control of the other trust. The trustees shall serve without compensation for their service as trustees, but may be reimbursed from the respective trust for all reasonable and necessary expenses that they incur in connection with their services as trustees.
Ala. Code § 36-27-53 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-53
Section 36-27-53 Election by Certain Active Members Who Had Employment with Legislature Prior to 1979
Status: in_force

Any active and contributing member of the Employees’ Retirement System who has vested retirement benefits may hereby claim and purchase credit in the Employees’ Retirement System for up to four years’ time for employment by the Alabama Legislature prior to 1979, provided, that such member shall pay into the Employees’ Retirement System the total amount he would have contributed had he been allowed to contribute at the position and salary level, together with interest not to exceed eight percent compounded annually from the date of service to the date of payment, and provided that he shall make such payment within one year from May 19, 1989.
Ala. Code § 36-18-36 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 18 / Section 36-18-36
Section 36-18-36 Director to Have Powers of Corporation; Powers of Department
Status: in_force

For the purposes of implementing the provisions of this article or to defray the costs thereof, the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall have all the powers and privileges of a corporation and all of his or her business shall be transacted in the name of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. In addition to any other powers and duties specified elsewhere in this article, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall have power to:

(a) Regulate its own procedures except as otherwise provided in this article.

(b) Define any term not defined in this section.

(c) Prescribe forms necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.

(d) Take judicial notice of general, technical and scientific facts within the director’s specialized knowledge.

(e) Collect all moneys provided by this article to be collected by the director.

(f) Provide for and maintain all necessary administrative facilities, personnel, equipment, supplies, materials and other items which the director deems necessary for the proper dispatch of his or her duties, responsibilities, or functions pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(g) Provide for payment of all administrative salaries, fees and expenses.

(h) Cause moneys to be invested and investments sold or exchanged and the proceeds and income collected.

(i) Adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable to expedite the administration of the affairs of the Department of Forensic Sciences not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.

(j) Provide descriptive literature respecting the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and its duties.

(k) Employ such specified or technical personnel as shall be necessary or desirable to enable the director to carry on his or her functions in a proper and sound manner.

(l) Receive by gift, grant, devise or bequest any moneys or properties of any nature or description.

(m) Accept and administer loans, grants and donations from the federal government, its agencies, and all other sources, public and private.

(n) Collect, develop and maintain statistical information, records and reports as the director may determine relevant or necessary to carry out the powers, duties, or functions of the director pursuant to the provisions of this article. All agencies and institutions of this state, the political subdivisions thereof as well as agencies or institutions of municipalities shall, upon written request by the director furnish to the director such statistical information or data as the director shall deem necessary to fulfill his or her duties and responsibilities under the provisions of this article.

(o) Carry out any powers expressly granted elsewhere in this article to the director; and

(p) All other powers necessary for the proper administration of the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 36-26-65 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-65
Section 36-26-65 Certain Employees of the Disability Determination Division of the State Department of Education
Status: in_force

On the first day of June 1980, every employee of the Disability Determination Division of the State Department of Education who:

(1) Was initially employed at a time when the state Merit System employment registers from which the Disability Determination Division could select employees had been exhausted, and could not be replenished because the State Personnel Board was under order of a federal court not to give examinations to establish new registers,

(2) Has been employed continuously by said Disability Determination Division for a period of four or more years, and

(3) Has rendered satisfactory service in the position currently held, shall be covered under the state Merit System, without examination, and shall immediately become an employee in the classified service of the state in a position comparable to the position held by such person on May 28, 1980. Thereafter all the benefits of the state Merit System shall be extended to such employees.
Ala. Code § 36-6-12 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Section 36-6-12
Section 36-6-12 Credit for Service in Determination of Longevity Payments
Status: in_force

Any current state employee who was previously employed in any local legislative delegation office may use that service as state employment in computing longevity payments received pursuant to Section 36-6-11. The name of the employee shall be certified by each department head to the State Personnel Department, annually, in time for the payroll for the first pay period in December.
Ala. Code § 36-18-2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 18 / Section 36-18-2
Section 36-18-2 Duties Generally; Maintenance, Inspection, and Copying of Reports of Investigations of Director of Forensic Sciences; Police Authority of Director of Forensic Sciences and Assistants
Status: in_force

The duties of the director shall be to make such investigations, including any necessary autopsy, to be performed by physicians licensed to practice medicine in Alabama and recognized and trained in forensic medicine and pathology; provided, however, that the director may waive this requirement temporarily whenever a medical examiner vacancy exists which he is seeking to fill. Said investigations of unlawful, suspicious or unnatural deaths and crimes as are ordered by the Governor, the Attorney General, any circuit judge, or any district attorney in the State of Alabama, and the director and his staff shall cooperate with the coroners, sheriffs and other police officers in Alabama in their investigations of crimes and deaths from unlawful, suspicious or unnatural causes. The director shall within his discretion visit the scene of any crime in the state for the purpose of securing evidence for the state. The director shall furnish a certified copy of his report of any investigation that the department conducts to the person or persons who ordered the investigation conducted. The director shall keep the original reports of all investigations that he conducts in his office; provided, that the director shall be authorized to photograph or microphotograph any record, document or photograph two years old or older currently maintained or acquired, received or produced in the future as a result of his duties as prescribed by law. Such photographs, microfilms or prints made therefrom, when duly authenticated, shall have the same force and effect at law as the original record or of a record made by any other legally authorized means and may be offered in like manner and shall be received in evidence in any court where such original record or record made by other legally authorized means could have been so introduced and received. In like manner, reproductions made from such records by photographic or like process, when otherwise in compliance with applicable statutes, rules and regulations, shall be received and treated in any court of this state as fully as would a transcription or reproduction of such records made by any other means or process. All original records, documents, and photographs two years old or older currently maintained and acquired in the future may be destroyed at the discretion of the director, provided photographed or microphotographed reproductions of the destroyed material are maintained. The director shall furnish a certified copy in the form of reproductions from the photographed or microphotographed reports of any investigation that he conducts to the person or persons who ordered the investigation conducted. The director shall keep photographed or microphotographed reproductions of original reports of all investigations that he conducts in his office. Reproductions of such materials shall be public records and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times. Any person desiring reproductions of original reports shall be furnished same upon payment of the fee now prescribed by law.

It shall be the further duty of the director to cooperate with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the State Veterinarian in their investigations of deaths of domestic animals in cases of suspected criminal poisoning of such animals. The director shall perform such other duties as are prescribed by the Governor or the Attorney General of Alabama.

The director and his designated assistants shall exercise the same police authority as any deputy sheriff or state trooper in the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 36-25-4.1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-25-4.1
Section 36-25-4.1 State Ethics Commission - Public Access to Complaint, Investigation, and Disposition
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, regulation, or rule, no complaints shall be made available to the public or available on the Internet until the disposition of the matter. In no event may a complaint be made public or available on the Internet if the complaint is dismissed or found not to have probable cause. In the matters where the complaint is dismissed or found not to have probable cause, only the disposition of the matter may be made available to the public or available on the Internet. Nothing in this section shall be deemed a direct grant of authority for the commission to publicize or make available on the Internet any complaint or investigation if not permitted by any other law, regulation, or rule.
Ala. Code § 36-17-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 17 / Section 36-17-4
Section 36-17-4 Chief Clerk and Other Assistants
Status: in_force

(a) The Treasurer may employ a chief clerk and such other assistants as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the office, subject to the Merit System.

(b) Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the chief clerk, the assistant clerk, the pension clerk and the stenographer in the office of the Treasurer shall each execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in amounts to be fixed by the Treasurer, for the faithful performance of the duties of their offices.
Ala. Code § 36-1-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 1 / Section 36-1-1
Section 36-1-1 Appointment of Commissioners in Other States or Territories to Take and Certify Depositions, Receive Acknowledgment and Take Proof of Conveyances of Property, Etc., Within State
Status: in_force

The Governor may appoint commissioners in other states and territories of the United States to take and certify depositions, to receive the acknowledgment and take the proof of conveyances of property within this state and the proof of wills, executed by persons without the state, devising or bequeathing property within this state. Commissioners appointed under this section shall hold office for four years.
Ala. Code § 36-27-15.1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-15.1
Section 36-27-15.1 Granting of Credit for Service with National Youth Administration; Payment of Employee’s Contribution
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who served two or more years with the National Youth Administration, hereinafter referred to as N.Y.A., during the time period from December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946, and who is otherwise eligible for participation within the state retirement system, shall be entitled to have the time actually served with the N.Y.A. credited as state service for retirement purposes, upon the contribution of certain amounts, as provided in subsection (b) of this section, into the State Retirement System Fund.

(b) Any person described in subsection (a) of this section entitled to have said N.Y.A. service credited as state service within the state retirement system shall contribute an amount equal to the full actuarially determined cost for each year of service credit, as determined by the system’s actuary.
Ala. Code § 36-27C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27C / Section 36-27C-2
Section 36-27C-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

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

(1) BOARD. The Board of Control of the Public Employees Defined Contribution Savings Fund.

(2) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER. An employer or other entity who compensates a participant for the public service.

(3) FUND. The Public Employees’ Defined Contribution Savings Fund.

(4) PARTICIPANT. A person who elects to participate in the fund who makes voluntary employee contributions into a 457 deferred compensation or a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan, who is not a public school employee and who meets any of the following requirements:

a. Is a member of the Teachers’ Retirement System.

b. Is a member of the Employees’ Retirement System.

c. Is a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund.

d. Is an employee of an employer eligible to participate in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6 which elects to participate.

e. Is a public official or public employee of the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof. As used in this chapter, “public official” does not include a person holding an elected state or local office.
Ala. Code § 36-26-102 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-102
Section 36-26-102 Nonprobationary Status; Causes for Termination
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-270, p. 494, §14, effective July 1, 2011.
Ala. Code § 36-13-50 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 13 / Section 36-13-50
Section 36-13-50 Established. (Amended by Act 2026-209)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-209, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

There is established in state government the agency that shall be known as the Alabama Office of Minority Affairs, to advise the Governor on issues affecting minorities, including women, focusing on the improvement of the overall quality of life of minorities, specifically in the areas of education, health, economics, political participation and empowerment, housing, employment, civil rights, criminal justice, and race relations and to draft policy recommendations for addressing those issues.
Ala. Code § 36-21-140 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-140
Section 36-21-140 Committee Created; Membership; Operation; Compensation
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 § 36-1A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 1A / Section 36-1A-4
Section 36-1A-4 Campaign Manager Selected by Bid Process; Steering Committee; Local Agency Review Committee
Status: in_force

(a) The Governor of the State of Alabama shall be the ultimate authority for implementation of the ASECCC, including promulgation of administrative regulations and procedures not covered in this chapter.

(b) The campaign manager shall be selected by the LARC through a bid process and shall be responsible for managing and administering the local ASECCC, and for furnishing staff support to each LARC.

(c) The State Employee Campaign Steering Committee shall be responsible to the Governor and shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

(1) Be responsible for policy, oversight, and implementation of procedures pursuant to this chapter and notifying participating agencies of its rules and procedures pursuant to the administrative code.

(2) Arrange for publication of information about the annual federation and agency application process.

(3) On appeals from applicant federations and agencies, review and rule on decisions made by the LARC in accordance with the administrative code.

(4) Notify in writing each of the appeal federations and agencies of its acceptance or rejection and provide the reason for any rejection, and provide for a hearing process.

(d) The local agency review committee (LARC) shall be chaired by the director of one of the three largest state agencies in each geographic area, with at least two other state employees, selected by the chair, the number to be determined by the chair. Selection of the chair shall be approved by the State Employee Campaign Steering Committee. The LARC shall be responsible for the following:

(1) Selecting through a bid process the local campaign manager.

(2) Determining the boundaries of the local campaign community.

(3) Reviewing applications from federations and agencies electing to participate in the ASECCC and certify that the federation, each affiliated agency, and unaffiliated agencies meet the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 36-1A-5.

(4) Notifying in writing each of the applying local organizations of its acceptance or rejection and of its right to appeal.

(5) Assisting state coordinators in the actual solicitation of state employees in their respective communities.
Ala. Code § 36-9-10 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-9-10
Section 36-9-10 Notice of Death of Judge of Probate
Status: in_force

On the death of any judge of probate, the clerk of the circuit court of the county for which he was elected must give notice thereof to the Governor.
Ala. Code § 36-15-62.1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 15 / Section 36-15-62.1
Section 36-15-62.1 Providing False Statements Relating to Any Matter Under Investigation; Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who knowingly commits any of the following in any matter under investigation by the Attorney General, or a prosecutor or investigator of his or her office, upon conviction shall be guilty of a Class C felony:

(1) Falsifying, concealing, or covering up a material fact by any trick, scheme, or device.

(2) Making a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation.

(3) Making or using a false writing or document, knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent entry.

(4) Destroying, concealing, or secreting any document or other physical evidence.

(b) Conviction, arrest, or prosecution of the matter originally under investigation is not a prerequisite to conviction under this section.
Ala. Code § 36-34-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 34 / Section 36-34-1
Section 36-34-1 Local Units Authorized to Extend Health Insurance Coverage to Retirees
Status: in_force

The local unit participants in the Employees’ Retirement System under Section 36-27-6 are authorized to extend to the retirees, designated beneficiaries, and surviving spouses of active employees of the local units who are receiving benefits from the retirement system health insurance coverage in the insurance plan which covers those employees of the local units. The costs of extending the health insurance plan to the retirees, designated beneficiaries, and surviving spouses may be paid from any funds available to the local units boards which are otherwise unencumbered.
Ala. Code § 36-27-4.1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-4.1
Section 36-27-4.1 Membership - Purchase of Service Credit by Member Prohibited from Participating Because of Age
Status: in_force

Any member of the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama who was prohibited from participating in the Employees’ Retirement System because such member was age 61 or older at the time of his employment may purchase credit for any such service including service rendered subsequent to October 1, 1988, for which the member would have been eligible for coverage except for his age, provided that such member shall pay to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees’ Retirement System within one year after October 1, 1989, a sum equal to the total contributions which he would have made as a member during the period of such employment plus eight percent interest on such total contributions compounded annually from the date of such service.
Ala. Code § 36-11-5 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 11 / Section 36-11-5
Section 36-11-5 Manner of Institution of Impeachment Proceedings Generally; Proceedings in Name of State
Status: in_force

Proceedings under Sections 174 and 175 of Article 7 of the constitution shall be instituted in the name of the State of Alabama in the nature of an information by the Attorney General or a district attorney or upon the information of such other persons as are by this chapter allowed to institute the same. All such proceedings shall be conducted and all process shall issue in the name of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 36-20-51 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 20 / Section 36-20-51
Section 36-20-51 Civil Law Notaries
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of State shall have the power to appoint civil law notaries and administer this article.

(b) A civil law notary is authorized to issue brevets, minutes, and notarial deeds and thereby may authenticate or certify any document, transaction, event, condition, or occurrence. A civil law notary may also administer oaths and make certificates thereof when necessary for execution of any writing or document to be attested, protested, or published under the seal of a notary public. A civil law notary may also take acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments of writing for record.

(c) The authentic acts, and oaths and acknowledgments of a civil law notary shall be chronologically recorded in the civil law notary’s protocol in a manner prescribed by the Secretary of State.

(d) The civil law notary may, without prejudice to his or her duty to ensure professional confidentiality, issue certified copies of authentic acts to individuals who, in his or her opinion, have a legitimate interest in the contents of an authentic act. Certified copies of authentic acts shall have the same legal force and effect as the original.

(e) A civil law notary is obligated to do the following:

(1) Draw up authentic acts in accordance with their knowledge and comprehension and such documents shall clearly reflect the wishes of the contracting parties duly adopted to legal requirements necessary for the documents to have full legal force and effect.

(2) Represent the transaction itself in the creation of the authentic act. For this purpose, the civil law notary acts as an intermediary where there are multiple parties to a transaction.

(3) Use his or her best efforts to advise all parties to the transaction equally, accurately, fully, and impartially regarding the nature and legal consequences of the transaction.

(4) Refrain from representing any party in any matter arising from or related to the civil law notary’s authentic act.
Ala. Code § 36-19-12 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 19 / Section 36-19-12
Section 36-19-12 Appeal from Order to Circuit Court
Status: in_force

The owner or occupant of such building or premises may, within five days, appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the property is located, which shall within 10 days review such order and file a decision thereon; and, unless by the authority of said court the order is revoked or modified, it shall remain in full force and be complied with within the time fixed in said order or decision of the circuit court.
Ala. Code § 36-21-62 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-62
Section 36-21-62 Board of Commissioners of Alabama Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund - Compensation of Members
Status: in_force

All board members shall be paid $30.00 per day and mileage for attendance of board meetings. Mileage and per diem shall be the same as allowed state employees when the board member is traveling on fund business.
Ala. Code § 36-21-221 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-221
Section 36-21-221
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) ACADEMIC PERIOD. A semester or quarter.

(2) APPROVED POSTSECONDARY PROGRAM. Any for-credit or noncredit workforce or career training program or course of study at the undergraduate level directed toward a vocational certification, an associate degree, or a bachelor’s degree offered by a participating institution. The term includes an academic major.

(3) COMMISSION. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education, including the commission’s Office of Student Assistance.

(4) ELIGIBLE DEPENDENT. An individual who, on the date of applying for the scholarship provided under this article, is:

a. Not eligible for the police officers’ survivors educational assistance provided under Article 5; and

b. Either of the following:

1. A natural or adopted child of a qualifying law enforcement officer, who is under 24 years of age and who has resided in the state for at least the five preceding years.

2. The current or surviving spouse of a qualifying law enforcement officer who has resided in the state for at least the five preceding years.

(5) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. Any law enforcement department or agency that serves the state, a municipality, a county, or a postsecondary educational institution.

(6) PARTICIPATING INSTITUTION. An accredited public postsecondary vocational school, technical school, community or junior college, college, or university that enters into a contract with the commission to accept reimbursement for a scholarship awarded to an eligible dependent.

(7) QUALIFYING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. The term includes any law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 13A-11-38:

a. Who, on or after January 1, 2026, is employed full-time for at least 15 years by a law enforcement agency in the state; or

b. Who, having been employed full-time for at least 15 years by a law enforcement agency in the state, has been separated for no more than 10 years from full-time employment as a law enforcement officer due to resignation, retirement, or death, unless the individual was terminated from final employment as a law enforcement officer pursuant to a disciplinary action.

(8) TUITION AND MANDATORY FEES. Costs charged for tuition and mandatory fees which are assessed for all students at the participating institution. The term does not include differential tuition or department-specific or course-specific fees, or books, equipment, or supplies.
Ala. Code § 36-12-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 12 / Section 36-12-4
Section 36-12-4 Public Officers and Servants to Deliver Current Papers, Books, Etc., to Successors in Office
Status: in_force

All public officers and servants of this state shall turn over to their successors in office, together with a list thereof, all current books, papers and documents pertaining to the business, affairs or transactions of their office, taking a receipt therefor, which said receipt shall also contain a list of all such books, papers and documents.
Ala. Code § 36-27C-8 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27C / Section 36-27C-8
Section 36-27C-8 Administrative Cost
Status: in_force

The administrative cost for the operation of the fund shall be provided through investment earnings or contributions to the fund. No additional state funds may be used to administer this chapter.
Ala. Code § 36-37-6 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 37 / Section 36-37-6
Section 36-37-6 Confidentiality of Personal Information
Status: in_force

Personal information shall be confidential and shall not be considered a public record for purposes of Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 36.
Ala. Code § 36-21-121 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-121
Section 36-21-121 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the employment of police officers by a reservation in order to protect reservation boundaries from intruders and trespassers, to prevent damage to the properties and grounds of the reservation, and to provide for the safety of residents and employees of the reservation. The police officers shall be vested with powers similar to the powers vested in university police.
Ala. Code § 36-11-4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 11 / Section 36-11-4
Section 36-11-4 Duty of Attorney General and District Attorneys to Institute and Prosecute Impeachment Proceedings
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to institute proceedings under this chapter and prosecute the same against any officer included in Section 174, Article 7, of the constitution, when the Supreme Court shall so order or when the Governor shall, in writing, direct the same or when it appears from the report of any grand jury that any such officer ought to be removed from office, for any cause mentioned in this chapter.

It shall be the duty of the district attorney to institute proceedings under this chapter and prosecute the same against any officer included in Section 175, Article 7, of the constitution when the circuit court of the county shall so order or when the Governor, in writing, shall direct the same or whenever it appears from the report of the grand jury that any such officer ought to be removed from office for any cause mentioned in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 36-15-16 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 15 / Section 36-15-16
Section 36-15-16 Payment of Necessary Expenses
Status: in_force

The Attorney General may incur such expenses as may be necessary in the investigation of violations of the criminal law, in the prosecution of crime and in the conduct, investigation, and prosecution of any civil action in which the state is interested or state funds are involved and such other incidental expenses of the office as may be necessary. All expenses incurred under the authority of this section shall be approved by the Attorney General and the Governor and shall be paid by warrant as other state expenses are paid.
Ala. Code § 36-27-200 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-200
Section 36-27-200 Amount of Increase - Persons Other Than Those Whose Employer Participated in Employees’ Retirement System
Status: in_force

(a) Commencing October 1, 2006, each person, except those whose employer participated in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, whose effective date of retirement for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System is prior to October 1, 2005, and who is receiving or is entitled to receive a monthly allowance from the Employees’ Retirement System, shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in his or her gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in their gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month.

(b) Beneficiaries of deceased members or deceased retirees, except where the deceased member or deceased retiree retired from an employer participating in the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Sections 36-27-6, 36-27-7, and 36-27-7.1, if the date of death for the deceased member, or the effective date of retirement for the deceased retiree for purposes of receiving benefits from the Employees’ Retirement System was prior to October 1, 2005, shall receive the cost-of-living increase of two percent in their gross monthly benefit which the Legislature committed to in Section 14 of Act 2005-316, plus an additional five percent increase in their gross monthly benefit. The increase shall not be less than twenty-five dollars ($25) per month.
Ala. Code § 36-20-5 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 20 / Section 36-20-5
Section 36-20-5 Powers
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2011-295, p. 544, §2, effective January 1, 2012.
Ala. Code § 36-23-3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 23 / Section 36-23-3
Section 36-23-3 Notice of Vacancy. (Amended by Act 2026-423)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-423, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

When a vacancy in any election precinct is occasioned by the death or removal from such precinct of the constable thereof, the judge of probate must notify the Governor.
Ala. Code § 36-9-14 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-9-14
Section 36-9-14 Notice of Removal of Officer from County, Etc., for Which Elected or Appointed
Status: in_force

Notice of removal of any officer, other than constables, from the state or from the district, circuit or county for which he was elected or appointed must be given by and to the same officers as notice of his death is required to be given by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 36-9-11 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 9 / Section 36-9-11
Section 36-9-11 Resignation of Governor
Status: in_force

If the Governor resigns during the session of the Legislature, he must transmit his resignation to the Lieutenant Governor; otherwise, the Governor must transmit his resignation to the Secretary of State, who must notify the Lieutenant Governor.
Ala. Code § 36-27B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27B / Section 36-27B-1
Section 36-27B-1 Creation and Effective Date of Program
Status: in_force

There shall be created the Preretirement Death Benefit Program effective October 1, 1985, which shall be effective as of that date to all employees covered under the Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama and the Employees’ Retirement System of Alabama. Beginning November 8, 2016, the Preretirement Death Benefit Program shall be effective to all members of the Judges’ and Clerks’ Plan and the District Attorneys’ Plan provided for in Section 12-18-151 and Section 12-17-227.1. In the event the conditions prescribed in Section 36-27B-5 shall occur prior to October 1, 1985, the death benefit plan established herein shall become effective upon certification and adoption by a joint resolution of the Teachers’ and Employees’ Retirement Systems’ Boards of Control.
Ala. Code § 36-17-14 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 17 / Section 36-17-14
Section 36-17-14 Issuance of Duplicates of Lost or Destroyed Registered State Bonds
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall be made to appear to the Governor, auditor and Treasurer, by clear and satisfactory evidence, that any duly registered bond of the State of Alabama, bearing interest, has been lost or destroyed so that the same is not held by any person as his property, they shall issue a duplicate of such registered bond, in like amount, bearing like interest and executed and marked in like manner as the bond so proved to have been lost or destroyed. But the owner of such lost or destroyed bond shall first execute a penal bond in double the amount of such lost or destroyed bond and the interest which would thereafter accrue thereon, with two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Governor, payable to the State of Alabama, with condition to indemnify and save harmless the state from any claim because of such lost or destroyed bond. Such penal bond shall be filed and kept in the office of the Treasurer, and a copy thereof, duly certified by the Treasurer, is admissible in evidence in any court.
Ala. Code § 36-27C-7 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27C / Section 36-27C-7
Section 36-27C-7 Contributions
Status: in_force

(a)(1) By September 1 of each year, the board, based on the funds appropriated by the Legislature for employer contributions to defined contribution savings plans for the ensuing fiscal year and the number of participants, shall determine the maximum amount of employer match contribution available for each participant. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to require the Legislature to appropriate an employer match or any other monies to the Employee Savings Plan.

(2) The employer match contribution as established in subdivision (1) shall be available to each participant in the plan and funded into the 401 plan established by the board for the participant.

(3) The board shall make a similar determination for employees of any other agency electing to participate in a defined contribution savings plan under this chapter whose employees are not included within an appropriation for employer contributions by the Legislature.

(4) Such agencies referred to in subdivision (3) may participate in the plan, subject to regulations of the board.

(b) Each participant shall contribute elective deferrals deducted from the participant’s compensation to a 457 deferred compensation plan or a 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan as the participant’s contribution to a plan under this chapter.

(c) The allocation of the employer contribution shall be made by a dollar-for-dollar match for the first dollars contributed by the employee, based upon the total number of participants divided by the remaining employer contribution. Each participant shall receive an equal matching amount to be determined by the board based upon an allocation of the remaining employer contribution divided by the number of plan participants. Such employer contribution shall not exceed the maximum employer match available for each participant as determined annually by the board. Appropriated funds not expended within a fiscal year shall roll over and carry forward for distribution by the board in subsequent years.

(d) The participant’s contribution, if any, and any employer’s match contribution shall be transmitted to the appropriate entity under subsection (c) of Section 36-27C-4. The employer shall transmit such contributions during each pay cycle as established by the employer.

(e) In addition to all other appropriations heretofore or hereafter made, there is appropriated from the Public Employees’ Defined Contribution Savings Fund to the Board of Control of the Public Employees’ Defined Contribution Savings Fund the sum of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. The appropriation made in this subsection shall be expended by the board for an employer match in accordance with this section.
Ala. Code § 36-27-135 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-135
Section 36-27-135 Pensioners Who Retired Prior to Membership of Employer in System
Status: in_force

Commencing October 1, 1996, any pensioner who retired from a city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state before the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state became a member of the Employees’ Retirement System, and who is receiving a monthly benefit prior to October 1, 1996 administered by the Employees’ Retirement System, may receive an increase in benefits in the amount of thirty dollars ($30) per month if the monthly benefit is five hundred dollars ($500) or less; forty-five dollars ($45) per month if the monthly benefit is more than five hundred dollars ($500) but less than one thousand dollars ($1,000); sixty dollars ($60) per month if the monthly benefit is more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but less than two thousand dollars ($2,000); seventy-five dollars ($75) per month if the monthly benefit is two thousand dollars ($2,000) or more if the city, town, county, or public or quasi-public organization of the state elects to fund the increase, provided the pensioner retired prior to October 1, 1996.
Ala. Code § 36-27E-2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27E / Section 36-27E-2
Section 36-27E-2 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that it is advisable for the state to create an irrevocable trust whereby the state may begin funding periodic bonus checks for Alabama retired state employees. Therefore, the State Employees’ Retirement System Board of Control shall create an irrevocable trust named the State Employee Retirees’ Trust Fund in accordance with this chapter.
Ala. Code § 36-27-198 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-198
Section 36-27-198 Persons Receiving Medicaid Benefits
Status: in_force

Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid Program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided to retirees and beneficiaries by this article shall not be entitled to receive the aforementioned increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under the Medicaid Program and that person’s eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided to retirees and beneficiaries by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid Program.
Ala. Code § 36-27-21.8 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-21.8
Section 36-27-21.8 Cost-of-Living Increases to Retirees of Quasi-Public or Private Hospital Which Was Previously Public Hospital
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of any quasi-public or private hospital which was previously a public hospital is hereby authorized to give cost-of-living increases to any retiree of the Employees’ Retirement System who was employed by any such hospital when it was a public hospital and who was a member of the Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to Section 36-27-6 during such employment. Such cost-of-living increases may be given whether present employees of the quasi-public or private hospital are participating members of the Employees’ Retirement System or not.

(b) The cost-of-living increases authorized by subsection (a) of this section may be granted from any foundation or trust funds which were established for health and related purposes from the residual earnings of hospital activities during the time the hospital was a public facility.
Ala. Code § 36-21-8.2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-8.2
Section 36-21-8.2 Badge and Pistol as Part of Retirement Benefits for Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Officers
Status: in_force

Any individual employed by the Alabama Department of Public Safety as a law enforcement officer for a period of ten years or more who left the department in good standing prior to December 31, 1970, with a rank of sergeant or higher, shall, upon reaching the age of 56 years, be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded to other retired state law enforcement officers and shall receive from the department, without cost to him, a retired badge, a retired commission card, and a pistol.
Ala. Code § 36-21-13 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-13
Section 36-21-13 Compensation for Injury to Police Officer Utilized by State Department or Agency; Injury Review Boards
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, a “state police officer” is a full-time law enforcement officer of any state agency, department, board, commission, or institution, including full-time correctional officers of the Department of Corrections, who is certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission and who has no limited authority within the state except as otherwise provided by law.

(b) When a state police officer being utilized by a state department or agency is injured while on duty for the department or agency and his or her injury or injuries were not the result of his or her willful conduct, and the injury resulted when the state police officer was in conflict, pursuit, or observation of a person or persons suspected or under suspicion of breaking the law, or has broken the law, or is in the process of breaking the law, or when the state police officer is defending persons or property in the line of duty, the state department or agency utilizing the services of the officer at the time of the injury shall compensate the officer throughout the entire period of recovery, as determined by the doctor or doctors treating the injury or injuries, at the normal rate of compensation in effect for the state police officer at the time of injury.

(c) The chief executive officer of any state department or agency which utilizes the services of a full-time state police officer shall provide for an injury review board in his or her agency or department. The board shall be composed of two employees of the department or agency who hold positions similar in rank to the injured party and one employee who holds a supervisory position ranked above the position of the injured party. The injury review board shall conduct an investigation to determine if the injured employee was injured due to his or her willful conduct and shall report its findings of fact about the circumstances of the injury within 15 days of the occurrence of the injury to the chief executive officer of the state department or agency. Based upon the findings of the board, the chief executive officer shall determine if willful conduct on the part of the injured party caused or contributed to the injury. If the chief executive officer determines that the injured party was not injured due to the party’s willful conduct, an order shall be entered placing the injured party on leave for injury sustained in the line of duty until a competent physician determines that the injured party is mentally and physically able to return to work. The order shall entitle the injured party to receive his or her regular salary from the date of the injury to the end of the leave period. The salary shall be paid from funds appropriated for personnel costs to the agency or department which utilized the injured party.

(d) The compensation requirements of this section shall not apply to the State Board of Medical Examiners.
Ala. Code § 36-21-22 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-22
Section 36-21-22 Compensation of Municipal Police When Called into Service of State by Governor
Status: in_force

Such police, patrolmen and officers drawn into the service of the state at the call of the Governor shall be paid their reasonable expenses incurred in and about the service when approved by the Governor and as compensation such sums as they were at the time receiving from the municipality they were serving at the time of their call for service by the Governor.
Ala. Code § 36-30-3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 30 / Section 36-30-3
Section 36-30-3 Payment of Compensation - Generally
Status: in_force

The compensation payable to surviving beneficiaries or dependents of first responders who are killed under the circumstances prescribed in Section 36-30-2 shall be paid to the beneficiaries designated by those first responders. If no beneficiaries have been designated, or if none remain, the compensation shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto without administration or to a guardian or such other person as the awarding authority may direct for the use of the persons entitled thereto, as follows:

(1) If the deceased first responder leaves a dependent spouse and no other dependents or partial dependents, the total amount of the compensation provided for in Section 36-30-2 shall be paid to the surviving spouse.

(2) If the deceased first responder leaves a dependent spouse and a dependent child or dependent children and no other dependents or partial dependents, then the total amount of the compensation provided for in Section 36-30-2 shall be paid to the surviving spouse for the benefit of herself or himself and the child or children, or, in its discretion, the awarding authority may determine what portion of the compensation shall be applied for the benefit of the child or children and may order the same paid to a guardian and then order only the remainder of the compensation paid to the surviving spouse.

(3) If the deceased first responder leaves a dependent child or children and no dependent spouse or other dependents or partial dependents, then the child or children shall be entitled to the total amount of the compensation authorized in Section 36-30-2, and the compensation shall be paid to a duly appointed guardian of the child or children or, in the discretion of the awarding authority, the sum may be paid to the judge of probate of the county of residence of the child or children. Any judge of probate who receives any monies due any child or children under this article shall handle and administer all such funds in the manner prescribed in Sections 26-7-2 through 26-7-5.

(4) If the deceased first responder leaves no dependent spouse or dependent child or children but leaves other dependents or partial dependents, then the dependents and partial dependents jointly shall be entitled to the total amount of the compensation provided in Section 36-30-2, and subject to the limitations prescribed hereinbelow, the compensation shall be paid to them in the amounts and manner ordered by the awarding authority.

(5) If a deceased first responder leaves a dependent spouse and other dependents or partial dependents but no dependent child or children, then the surviving spouse and the other dependents and partial dependents jointly shall be entitled to the total compensation provided in Section 36-30-2; and, subject to the limitations prescribed hereinbelow, the compensation shall be paid to the dependents in the proportions and in the manner ordered by the awarding authority; provided, however, that at least 50 percent of the compensation must be awarded to the dependent surviving spouse.

(6) If a deceased first responder leaves a dependent spouse and a dependent child or children and other dependents and partial dependents, then the awarding authority shall determine what portion of the compensation shall be paid to the spouse and child or children and, in its discretion, may order all of the compensation be paid to the spouse and child or children, but must provide that at least 70 percent of the compensation is paid to them.

(7) If a deceased first responder leaves a dependent child or children and other dependents and partial dependents but no dependent spouse, then the awarding authority shall determine what portion of the compensation the child or children are entitled to receive and, in its discretion, may order all of the compensation awarded to the child or children, but must award at least 60 percent of the compensation to the child or children.

(8) If a deceased first responder leaves no dependent spouse or child or children but leaves other dependents and partial dependents, the awarding authority shall determine what portion of the compensation each dependent and each partial dependent shall be entitled to receive, but the awarding authority may not award to a partial dependent a greater percent of the compensation than the percent of the deceased first responder’s average monthly income which was regularly contributed toward the partial dependent’s support for a reasonable time immediately prior to the death of the first responder. In its discretion, the awarding authority may award all of the compensation provided for in Section 36-30-2 to the total dependents of the deceased first responder to the exclusion of partial dependents.
Ala. Code § 36-31-1 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 31 / Section 36-31-1
Section 36-31-1 Designation and Prescription of Powers and Duties of Trustees
Status: in_force

Each governing body in the State of Alabama including the council, commission or similar governing body of each municipal corporation, the board of directors of each incorporated municipal board, the county commission of each county, the board of education of each city, the board of education of each county, the board of directors of each county or municipal hospital, each gas district, any other county or municipal public corporation, agency or authority and the board of trustees, board of managers, board of control or similar governing body of each state agency or institution of education, learning, training or correction or for the delinquent, insane, sick, deaf, dumb, blind, needy, juvenile or aged, now existing or established after September 16, 1963, may designate a bank (whether a national bank or banking association or a banking or trust company operating under the jurisdiction of the Superintendent of Banks of the State of Alabama) having its principal office in the State of Alabama, having capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $1,000,000.00 and having trust powers as trustee to administer funds of any pension and retirement fund established by the governing body and may prescribe such powers and duties in the trustee, including investing, reinvesting and holding the funds and carrying out other duties of administration of the fund as the governing body may deem expedient.
Ala. Code § 36-1-6.2 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 1 / Section 36-1-6.2
Section 36-1-6.2 Insurance Coverage for State Instrumentalities and Agencies; Prior Contracts and Policies Ratified
Status: in_force

(a) Any instrumentality or agency of the State of Alabama, whose principal activity consists of distributing goods or services by contract with the United States, or any federal governmental corporation, and which are not covered by the provisions of Chapter 29 of this title, shall be subject to all the provisions of this section. Such instrumentality or agency is hereby empowered to purchase and pay for group health, accident or hospitalization insurance coverage for its officers and employees. Such instrumentality or agency is hereby further authorized to contract with the State Employees’ Insurance Board for group health, accident or hospitalization insurance coverage, and under such terms, conditions, and costs as the State Employees’ Insurance Board and the instrumentality or agency shall mutually determine. The cost or premium for such group health, accident or hospitalization insurance shall not be deemed to be compensation to the covered party.

(b) All contracts and policies of group life, health, accident and hospitalization insurance which have been issued prior to July 1, 1991, to any instrumentality or agency defined in subsection (a) for the benefit of its officers and employees are hereby ratified, confirmed, approved and validated. All acts done and all premiums paid by said instrumentality or agency of any such contract or policy are hereby ratified, confirmed, approved and validated.
Ala. Code § 36-21-120 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-21-120
Section 36-21-120 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) POLICE OFFICER. A law enforcement officer appointed by a tribe pursuant to Section 36-21-122 who meets all of the requirements of the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission for certified law enforcement officers.

(2) RESERVATION. The Mowa Choctaw Indian Reservation or Poarch Creek Indian Reservation, including any and all tribal properties or property owned in trust for the tribe by the United States government.

(3) TRIBE. The tribe of Indians known as the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians organized as a nonprofit corporation and recognized as a tribal government and law enforcement agency by the State of Alabama and the tribe of Indians recognized as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians by the federal government and by the State of Alabama as a tribal government and as a law enforcement agency.
Ala. Code § 36-25-19 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25 / Section 36-25-19
Section 36-25-19 Registered Lobbyists and Other Persons Required to File Quarterly Reports
Status: in_force

(a) Every person registered as a lobbyist pursuant to Section 36-25-18 and every principal employing any lobbyist shall file with the commission a report provided by the commission pertaining to the activities set out in that section. The report shall be filed with the commission no later than January 31, April 30, July 31, and October 31 for each preceding calendar quarter, and contain, but not be limited to, the following information:

(1) The cost of those items excluded from the definition of a thing of value which are described in Section 36-25-1(34)b. and which are expended within a 24-hour period on a public official, public employee, and members of his or her respective household in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) with the name or names of the recipient or recipients and the date of the expenditure.

(2) The nature and date of any financial transaction between the public official, candidate, or member of the household of such public official or candidate and the lobbyist or principal of a value in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) in the prior quarter, excluding those financial transactions which are required to be reported by candidates under the Fair Campaign Practices Act as provided in Chapter 22A (commencing with Section 17-22A-1) of Title 17.

(3) A detailed statement showing the exact amount of any loan given or promised to a public official, candidate, public official or candidate.

(4) A detailed statement showing any direct business association or partnership with any public official, candidate, or members of the household of such public official or candidate; provided, however, that campaign expenditures shall not be deemed a business association or partnership.

(b) Any person not otherwise deemed a lobbyist pursuant to this chapter who negotiates or attempts to negotiate a contract, sells or attempts to sell goods or services, engages or attempts to engage in a financial transaction with a public official or public employee in their official capacity and who within a calendar day expends in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) on such public employee, public official, and his or her respective household shall file a detailed quarterly report of the expenditure with the commission.

(c) Any other provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, no organization whose officer or employee serves as a public official under this chapter shall be required to report expenditures or reimbursement paid to such officer or employee in the performance of the duties with the organization.
Ala. Code § 36-18-3 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 18 / Section 36-18-3
Section 36-18-3 Offices and Laboratories
Status: in_force

The director shall maintain an office and a laboratory for the scientific investigation of deaths and crime at Auburn, Alabama, and shall be furnished adequate quarters by the state for the conduct of his office and laboratories. The director, with the approval of the Attorney General and the Governor, shall maintain such other offices and laboratories in this state as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this arcticle.
Ala. Code § 36-26-36.4 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 26 / Section 36-26-36.4
Section 36-26-36.4 Paid Leave for State Employees Subpoenaed, Etc., to Attend Certain Criminal Homicide Trials
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other leave for state employees provided by law, when a state employee is subpoenaed to be present, or when any state employee who is a parent of a deceased law enforcement officer is requested by the district attorney or Attorney General to be present, for the trial of a defendant charged with a criminal homicide related to the death of the law enforcement officer in the line of duty, the state employee shall be granted paid leave for any time the employee is required to attend the trial.

(b) The State Personnel Department may adopt rules for the implementation and administration of this section.
Ala. Code § 36-27-46 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-46
Section 36-27-46 Employer Cost Continuing Liability
Status: in_force

Anything in this division to the contrary notwithstanding, the employer cost for the granting of any service credit granted under the provisions of this division shall become the continuing liability of the employer for whom such service was rendered.
Ala. Code § 36-27-40 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 27 / Section 36-27-40
Section 36-27-40 Definitions
Status: in_force

All words and phrases defined in Section 36-27-1 shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in such section whenever used in this division, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.
Ala. Code § 36-25A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 25A / Section 36-25A-11
Section 36-25A-11 Repealer and Construction
Status: reserved

Section 13A-14-2, is repealed. All specific references in the Code of Alabama 1975 to Section 13A-14-2 shall be considered a reference to this chapter and where expressly excluded or included from application of Section 13A-14-2, the exclusion or inclusion from application shall remain as it applies to these new sections. The Code Commissioner, when appropriate, shall implement these changes in the Code of Alabama 1975. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal or amend any portion of the Code of Alabama 1975, in effect on October 1, 2005, except as expressly provided herein.
Ala. Code § 36-18-33 — Alabama Code / Title 36 / Chapter 18 / Section 36-18-33
Section 36-18-33 Municipal Share of Docket Fees Not Increased
Status: in_force

The increase in fees provided in this article shall in no instance operate to increase the municipal share of the docket fees collected in municipal ordinance cases in the district and circuit courts or any cost imposed by local act, any provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding.