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AL Code § 36-18-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 2 - DNA Database System.|Section 36-18-34 - Powers of Director.

Section 36-18-34Powers of director. (a) For the purposes of performing any of the functions, duties, or responsibilities of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences or for the purposes of implementing any provision of this article or to defray the costs thereof, the director may receive, accept, expend, or utilize any and all money or property of whatever nature, kind or description which may now or hereafter be available for such purposes. (b) For the purposes of implementing any of the provisions of this article, or to defray the costs thereof, the director may award loans or grants of money, equipment or personnel to public or private non-profit corporations, associations, agencies of the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof, or to state, county, or municipal law enforcement or prosecutorial or judicial agencies upon such terms and conditions as the director may deem necessary. (c) The director may enter into agreements with the United States of America, the State of Alabama, any municipality, or any of the respective agencies, institutions, departments, authorities, agents or employees of the above in order to implement the provisions of this article or to defray the costs thereof. (d) The director may enter into contracts with private persons in order to implement any provision of this article or to defray the costs thereof, provided however, any such agreement or contract shall be approved by the Governor or the Attorney General of the State of Alabama. (e) The director may receive, accept, utilize, expend, and administer any grants, gifts, donations, reimbursements, or fees from any public, quasi-public, or private source. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-804, p. 109, §15.)
AL Code § 36-18-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 2 - DNA Database System.|Section 36-18-35 - Unlawful Influence; Conflict of Interest; Penalties.

Section 36-18-35Unlawful influence; conflict of interest; penalties. (a) Any person who confers, offers, or agrees to confer anything of value upon any director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences with the intent that such director's, agent's, or employee's vote, opinion, judgment, or exercise of discretion or other official action will thereby be influenced, shall be guilty of a Class B felony. (b) Any director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences who shall solicit, accept, or agree to accept anything of value upon any agreement or understanding that such director's, agent's, or employee's vote, opinion, judgment, or exercise of discretion or other action as such director, agent, or employee will thereby be influenced, shall be guilty of a Class B felony. (c) A director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences commits the crime of failing to disclose a conflict of interest if the director, agent, or employee exercises any discretionary function in connection with any contract, purchase, payment, or other pecuniary transaction pertaining to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences without advance public disclosure of a known potential conflicting interest in the transaction. (1) A "potential conflicting interest" exists, but is not limited to: A. When a director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is a director, president, general manager, or similar executive officer, agent or employee of any non-governmental entity participating in such transaction. B. When a director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences owns directly or indirectly a substantial portion of any non-governmental entity participating in that transaction. C. When a director, agent or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences endeavors to obtain directly or indirectly any pecuniary or other financial interest in, or as a result of, the pecuniary transaction. (2) Public disclosure shall mean a public announcement and written notification to the Attorney General of the State of Alabama. (3) Failing to disclose a conflict of interest shall be a Class C felony. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-804, p. 109, §16.)
AL Code § 36-18-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 2 - DNA Database System.|Section 36-18-37 - Immunity From Civil Liability.

Section 36-18-37Immunity from civil liability. (a) Neither the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences nor any person designated by the director for the purposes of taking, collecting, storing, analyzing or testing DNA samples shall incur any civil liability when such taking, collecting, storing, analyzing or testing is performed according to rules or regulations promulgated or adopted by the director, and (b) The alleged damage or injury was not caused by willful or wanton conduct by the director or the director's designated person. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-804, p. 109, §18.)
AL Code § 36-18-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 2 - DNA Database System.|Section 36-18-38 - Representation by Attorney General.

Section 36-18-38Representation by Attorney General. The Attorney General shall represent the director in all litigation to which the director is a party or in which the director has an interest and on all legal matters necessary for the orderly and reasonable implementation and administration of this article. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-804, p. 109, §19.)
AL Code § 36-18-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 2 - DNA Database System.|Section 36-18-39 - Construction.

Section 36-18-39Construction. This article shall be broadly construed and, if necessary, reconstrued to make its provisions constitutional. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-804, p. 109, §21.)
AL Code § 36-18-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 3 - Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund.|Section 36-18-50 - Legislative Findings.

Section 36-18-50Legislative findings. The Legislature finds, determines, and declares the following: (1) Driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance continues to be a major problem on the highways of our state and causes the death or injury of thousands of our citizens each year. (2) The Legislature should use whatever authority is available to it to discourage driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, including the levying of fines therefor at a level which will discourage such activity. (3) Administering and implementing a quality chemical testing program for alcohol and controlled substances is costly for the taxpayers and thus the convicted offender should bear a greater portion of the financial burden of the chemical testing program at the state and local level. (4) The chemical breath testing program conducted by this state has reduced the number of deaths and injuries, and the program continues to be the most effective and the most efficient scientific method to accurately determine if a driver has too much alcohol or a controlled substance in his or her system which would affect his or her ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. (5) The accuracy and reliability of the chemical testing procedures must be beyond reasonable doubt since a defendant may be convicted under Act 95-784 if the prosecuting attorney introduces a chemical test showing blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or more. (6) The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences has properly upgraded the rules and regulations for breath testing to further insure that all tests meet scientific standards for accuracy and reliability as defined by the Supreme Court of Alabama in the case of Mayo v. City of Madison, SC #1921892, 652 So. 2d 201 (Ala. 1994). (7) The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and the Alabama Department of Public Safety, without designated funding, have managed, supervised, and conducted all necessary training and in further partnership with city and county law enforcement officers, successfully implemented the breath testing program as required by legislative mandate and in accordance with all court rulings. (8) The needs of the breath testing program are and should be intimately affected with the public interests. (9) This article should be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes and to promote the policies contained therein which are declared to be the public policy of this state. (Acts 1995, No. 95-784, p. 1862, §1.)
AL Code § 36-18-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 3 - Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund.|Section 36-18-51 - Establishment of Fund; Management of Money.

Section 36-18-51Establishment of fund; management of money. (a) There is hereby established a special fund in the State Treasury, to be known as the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund. (b) The State Treasurer shall invest money in the fund as is 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. However, no funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to law and only in the amounts authorized by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill or other appropriation bills. (Acts 1995, No. 95-784, p. 1862, §3.)
AL Code § 36-18-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 3 - Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund.|Section 36-18-52 - Creation of Advisory Board.

Section 36-18-52Creation of advisory board. (a) There is created the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund Advisory Board to be appointed as follows: (1) The President of the Alabama Sheriffs' Association shall appoint one sheriff. (2) The Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police shall appoint one police chief from a city of less than 25,000 population and one police chief from a city of greater than 25,000 population according to the last federal census. (3) The Alabama Attorney General shall appoint one prosecutor. (4) The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court shall appoint one district or municipal judge and one circuit judge. (5) The Governor shall appoint one citizen at large. (6) The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one member of the Alabama Senate. (7) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member of the House of Representatives. (8) The Technical Director, Implied Consent Program, Department of Forensic Sciences, and the Commander, Implied Consent Unit, Department of Public Safety, shall serve on the advisory board by virtue of their departmental assignments. (b) The first appointees shall be appointed by October 8, 1995, and shall serve until their successors are appointed on the fifth day of the 1999 Regular Session of the Legislature. In the event of the death or resignation of any member of the advisory board, a successor shall be appointed by the person or entity that made the original appointment and the successor appointed to the vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. Subsequent appointments to the board shall be for four-year terms. The board shall elect from its membership a chair and vice chair at an organizational meeting held no later than 30 days after appointments to the board are finalized. Thereafter, the board shall meet at the call of the chair, vice chair, or upon the request of five or more members, with notice and procedure as prescribed by the rules of the board. The body may adopt administrative rules for transacting business that are consistent with this article. (c) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for transacting business or performing any duties. (Acts 1995, No. 95-784, p. 1862, §4.)
AL Code § 36-18-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 3 - Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund.|Section 36-18-53 - Advisory Board to Develop and Recommend List of Priorities and Criteria for Disbursement of Monies; Use of Funds.

Section 36-18-53Advisory board to develop and recommend list of priorities and criteria for disbursement of monies; use of funds. The Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Advisory Board shall develop, and if appropriate, periodically revise, a recommended list of priorities and criteria for disbursement of monies in the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund. The advisory board shall provide its recommendations for disbursement, on an annual basis, to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Speaker of the House, Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences, Director of the Department of Public Safety, the Executive Director of the Alabama Chiefs of Police Association, the Executive Director of the Alabama Sheriffs' Association, the Executive Director of the Office of Prosecution Services, the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and to the Executive Secretary of the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission. Money in the fund shall be used only to administer the fund, to purchase and maintain chemical testing equipment for city, county, or state law enforcement agencies in this state, to provide training to law enforcement personnel of this state in the use of that chemical testing equipment, to pay the costs of the Implied Consent Unit in the Department of Public Safety, to pay the costs of the Implied Consent Program in the Department of Forensic Sciences, and to support the activities of the board. (Acts 1995, No. 95-784, p. 1862, §5.)
AL Code § 36-18-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 3 - Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund.|Section 36-18-54 - Director to Administer Fund.

Section 36-18-54Director to administer fund. The Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences shall administer the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund in accordance with the recommended list of priorities and criteria for disbursement as published by the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Advisory Board. (Acts 1995, No. 95-784, p. 1862, §6.)
AL Code § 36-18-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 18 - Director of Forensic Sciences.|Article 3 - Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund.|Section 36-18-55 - Construction of Article.

Section 36-18-55Construction of article. Act 95-784 shall be broadly construed and, if necessary, reconstrued to make its provisions constitutional. (Acts 1995, No. 95-784, p. 1862, §9.)
AL Code § 36-19-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-19-1 - Police Powers of Fire Marshal, Deputies and Assistants.

Section 36-19-1Police powers of Fire Marshal, deputies and assistants. The Fire Marshal and his duly appointed deputies and assistants shall have full, general powers of peace officers in this state and may exercise such powers anywhere within the state. (Acts 1919, No. 701, p. 1013; Code 1923, §954; Code 1940, T. 55, §30; Acts 1975, No. 1158, p. 2281, §1.)
AL Code § 36-19-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-19-2 - Powers and Duties of Fire Marshal, Deputies and Assistants Generally.

Section 36-19-2Powers and duties of Fire Marshal, deputies and assistants generally. The Fire Marshal and his duly appointed deputies and assistants shall have the specific duty of enforcing the laws, regulations and ordinances of the state and the provisions of this article throughout the state in matters relating to: (1) Prevention of fires; (2) Storage, sale and use of combustibles and explosives; (3) Installation and maintenance of automatic and other fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing equipment; (4) Construction, maintenance and regulation of fire escapes; (5) The means and adequacy of exits in case of fire from factories, asylums, hospitals, churches, schools, halls, theaters, amphitheaters and all other places in which numbers of persons live, work or congregate from time to time for any purpose or purposes; (6) Suppression of arson, and the investigation of the cause, origin and circumstance of fires. The Fire Marshal, his deputies and assistants shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as set forth in other sections of this article and as may be conferred and imposed upon them from time to time by the laws of this state. (Acts 1919, No. 701, p. 1013, §2; Code 1923, §954; Code 1940, T. 55, §30; Acts 1975, No. 1158, p. 2281, §1.)
AL Code § 36-19-2.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-19-2.1 - Manufacture of Destructive Device or Bacteriological or Biological Weapon.

Section 36-19-2.1Manufacture of destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon. (a) No person may lawfully manufacture a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon without first obtaining a permit from the office of the State Fire Marshal. The office of the State Fire Marshal shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section including, but not limited to, rules for all of the following: (1) The form for making application for a permit. (2) The qualifications necessary for obtaining a permit. (3) Fees for making application, issuance, renewal, reinstatement of a lapsed permit, and other fees deemed necessary by the Fire Marshal relating to a permit. (b) The office shall have 30 days to investigate and review an application, and either issue or deny a permit. A denial shall state the reasons why the permit was not issued and what corrective action, if any, may be taken. (c) A permit shall expire one year following the date of its issuance or renewal and shall become invalid, unless renewed by payment of the applicable fee. (Act 2016-414, §3.)
AL Code § 36-19-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-19-3 - Persons Deemed Assistants to Fire Marshal; Duties, Obligations, etc., Thereof Generally.

Section 36-19-3Persons deemed assistants to Fire Marshal; duties, obligations, etc., thereof generally. The chief of the fire department, the chief of police or marshal of every incorporated city or town in which a fire department is established, the mayor of each incorporated town in which no fire department exists and the sheriffs of the several counties of the state shall be, by virtue of such offices so held by them, assistants to the Fire Marshal, subject to the duties and obligations imposed by this article and subject to the direction of the Fire Marshal in the execution of the provisions of this article. (Acts 1919, No. 701, p. 1013, § 4; Code 1923, §958; Code 1940, T. 55, §33.)
AL Code § 36-19-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-19-4 - Right of Fire Marshal, etc., to Enter Buildings, etc., for Purposes of Investigations or Inspections.

Section 36-19-4Right of Fire Marshal, etc., to enter buildings, etc., for purposes of investigations or inspections. The Fire Marshal, his deputies or any of his assistants may at all hours enter any building or premises within this state for the purpose of making an investigation or inspection which under the provisions of this article he or they may deem necessary to be made. (Acts 1919, No. 701, p. 1013, §5; Code 1923, §976; Code 1940, T. 55, §50.)
AL Code § 36-19-4.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-19-4.1 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective February 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 36-19-4.1THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  Nothing in Act 2021-476 shall eliminate or otherwise diminish the authority of the state Fire Marshal or his or her assistants, as defined by Section 36-19-3, or a local fire marshal to conduct property inspections. (Act 2021-476, §6.)
AL Code § 36-19-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-19-5 - Investigation and Reporting of Fires by Assistants Generally.

Section 36-19-5Investigation and reporting of fires by assistants generally. The assistants to the Fire Marshal provided for in Section 36-19-3 shall investigate the cause, origin and circumstance of every fire occurring in any municipality or place in this state by which property has been destroyed or damaged, to determine, so far as it is possible, whether the fire was the result of carelessness or design. Such investigation shall be begun immediately upon the occurrence of the fire by the assistant in whose territory such fire has occurred; and, if it appears to the officer making the investigation that such fire is of suspicious origin, the Fire Marshal shall be immediately notified of such fact. (Acts 1919, No. 701, p. 1013, §5; Code 1923, §959; Code 1940, T. 55, §34.)
AL Code § 36-19-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-19-6 - Reports of Fires to Fire Marshal by Assistants.

Section 36-19-6Reports of fires to Fire Marshal by assistants. Every fire occurring in the state shall be reported in writing to the Fire Marshal within 10 days after the occurrence of the same by the officer designated in Section 36-19-3 in whose jurisdiction such fire has occurred. Such report shall be in the form prescribed by the Fire Marshal and shall contain a statement of all facts relating to the cause and origin of such fire that can be ascertained, the extent of damages thereof, the amount of insurance on such property, if any, and such other information as may be required. (Acts 1919, No. 701, p. 1013, §5; Code 1923, §960; Code 1940, T. 55, §35.)
AL Code § 36-19-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 19 - Fire Marshal.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-19-7 - Appointment of Deputy Inspectors; Powers and Compensation Thereof Generally; Deputy Inspectors to Be Commissioned.

Section 36-19-7Appointment of deputy inspectors; powers and compensation thereof generally; deputy inspectors to be commissioned. The Fire Marshal may, in addition to the provisions of Section 36-19-3, appoint any person or persons who may be known to him as being competent and skilled in making such inspections of buildings and their contents as deputy inspectors in this department. Such deputy inspectors shall have all the powers of other deputies and assistants to enter any building or premises to make inspection of such buildings and their contents and to report such inspections in writing to the office of the Fire Marshal where they find faulty or hazardous conditions. Such deputy inspector shall be duly commissioned and shall serve without compensation. (Acts 1919, No. 701, p. 1013, §17; Code 1923, §983; Code 1940, T. 55, §56.)