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AL Code § 41-4-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-9 - Grants Received From the Federal Government.

Section 41-4-9Grants received from the federal government. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to authorize or require the allotment, handling or expenditure of any moneys received as grants from the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare or any other agency of the federal government, or the use or disposition of any properties purchased therewith, in a manner contrary to any condition or limitation attached to any such grant. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §74.)
AL Code § 41-4-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-8 - Powers and Duties of Department as to Educational and Eleemosynary Institutions.

Section 41-4-8Powers and duties of department as to educational and eleemosynary institutions. (a) With respect to all state educational or eleemosynary institutions which are governed by a board of trustees or other similar governing body, the Department of Finance shall have the following powers and duties only: (1) To make all budget allotments to such institutions. (2) To require the furnishing of all information concerning such institutions insofar as necessary in the preparation of the general revenue bill. (3) To maintain perpetual inventories of all furniture, fixtures, supplies, materials, equipment and other similar personal property on hand, or as may have been or as may be assigned to such institutions, and to make such periodic examinations of such property as may be necessary. (4) To examine and audit, as provided by law, the records and accounts of all such institutions. (5) To perform all functions and duties prescribed in Sections 41-4-36, 41-4-50 and 41-4-80 insofar as the provisions thereof are applicable to such institutions. (6) To perform, unless otherwise provided by law, all the functions provided in Division 1 of Article 5 of this chapter with respect to purchases, contracts and leases for the use of, or acquisition for, such institutions of any personal property, with the exception of mortgages, bonds, choses in action or any other forms of personal property purchased for investment, resale or exchange, or perishable goods, or medical or surgical equipment and supplies. (7) To maintain records as to prices and sources of supply of such personal property. (b) None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to any purchase of $50.00 or less, made by any such institutions. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §73.)
AL Code § 41-4-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-10 - Use of Funds in Sinking Fund - Purchase and Holding in Trust of State Bonds.

Section 41-4-10Use of funds in sinking fund - Purchase and holding in trust of state bonds. With the consent of the Governor, the funds in the sinking fund for retiring old bonded debt may be used from time to time by the Department of Finance for the purpose of purchasing and holding in trust in said fund bonds of the State of Alabama. It shall be the duty of the Department of Finance to see that the funds coming into any sinking fund are applied in satisfaction of the bonds against which said sinking fund was created. (Acts 1935, No. 311, p. 743; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §75.)
AL Code § 41-4-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-11 - Use of Funds in Sinking Fund - Sale of Bonds; Reinvestment of Funds; Cancellation of Paid Bonds.

Section 41-4-11Use of funds in sinking fund - Sale of bonds; reinvestment of funds; cancellation of paid bonds. With the consent of the Governor, said bonds so purchased and held in trust may be sold from time to time by the Department of Finance, if it is deemed for the best interest of the sinking fund that said transactions be had, and the proceeds held or reinvested from time to time, provided always said fund be kept intact and be used at the maturity of the said bonds for the retirement of the same. Bonds in said sinking fund on maturity dates shall be cancelled and destroyed as other bond obligations of the state are handled when paid at maturity. (Acts 1935, No. 311, p. 743; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §76.)
AL Code § 41-4-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-12 - Use of Funds in Sinking Fund - Purchase of State Bonds in Lieu of Use of Sinking Fund; Cancellation and Destruction of Bonds Purchased.

Section 41-4-12Use of funds in sinking fund - Purchase of state bonds in lieu of use of sinking fund; cancellation and destruction of bonds purchased. Instead of, or in lieu of, using sinking funds, as is provided for in this article, the Director of Finance, by and with the advice and consent of the Governor, may purchase, upon the best terms obtainable, state bonds or obligations for the payment of which the sinking fund was created, and when such bonds or obligations are so purchased they may be cancelled and retired by the Treasurer, with the advice and consent of the Governor, but no bond or obligation so purchased shall be cancelled or destroyed unless it was purchased by and with the sinking funds which were created for the ultimate payment of such bond or obligation so purchased and cancelled. Such bonds or obligations, when so cancelled and retired, shall be cancelled and destroyed by the Treasurer in the presence of the Governor and the Attorney General, and entry thereof shall be made on the books of the Treasurer as to the number, amount, character and denomination of the bonds or obligations so cancelled and destroyed, and the Treasurer, Governor and Attorney General shall certify to the correctness of the entries so made upon the books of the Treasurer. (Acts 1923, No. 436, p. 585; Code 1923, §846; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §77.)
AL Code § 41-4-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-13 - Use of Funds in Sinking Fund - Deposit of Funds in Savings Banks.

Section 41-4-13Use of funds in sinking fund - Deposit of funds in savings banks. If any state sinking funds or any part thereof cannot be invested profitably in any of the other modes provided for in this article, the Director of Finance, by and with the advice and consent of the Governor, may direct the Treasurer to deposit any sinking fund or part thereof in a reputable and solvent savings bank on the best terms obtainable. (Acts 1923, No. 436, p. 585; Code 1923, §847; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §78.)
AL Code § 41-4-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-14 - Use of Funds in Sinking Fund - Books to Be Kept Showing Full Entries as to Sinking Fund.

Section 41-4-14Use of funds in sinking fund - Books to be kept showing full entries as to sinking fund. The Director of Finance shall keep a separate book in which separate and full entries shall be made as to all deposits of sinking funds, which entries shall show with what bank deposited, or from whom bonds or other obligations are purchased and the terms of the deposit or the purchase. In the event any sinking fund is used for the purchase of any interest-bearing bonds or other obligations of the state, the book entries shall show the amount of the funds so used and from whom the bonds or obligations were purchased. In the event any sinking fund or part thereof is used for the purchase of any bond or obligation under Section 41-4-12, for which the particular sinking fund so used was intended and created, which is authorized to be cancelled and retired when so purchased, the book entries shall show the particular fund so used, the amount thereof and the time, character and denomination of the bond, coupon or other obligation so purchased, which is authorized to be cancelled, destroyed and retired, together with the necessary and proper entry as is hereinbefore provided, showing when such bonds, coupons or obligations were cancelled, destroyed or retired. (Acts 1923, No. 436, p. 585; Code 1923, §848; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §79.)
AL Code § 41-4-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-15 - Use of Funds in Sinking Fund - Sinking Fund Not to Be Diverted From Its Object.

Section 41-4-15Use of funds in sinking fund - Sinking fund not to be diverted from its object. This article is not intended and shall not be executed, enforced or construed so as to allow any diversion or conversion of any particular sinking funds, or part thereof, from the object and purpose for which such particular fund or part thereof was created, but they shall be executed and enforced so as to enhance and increase the value of all sinking funds and to apply each particular fund and the increased value or interest accruing therefrom to the prompt and faithful payment of the particular indebtedness or obligation for which the fund was created, and no sinking funds or any part thereof shall be devoted to any other use or purpose than that for which it was created and provided. (Acts 1923, No. 436, p. 585; Code 1923, §849; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §80.)
AL Code § 41-4-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-16 - Consent of Department Prerequisite to Issuance of Securities by State Commissions, Authorities, etc.; Exceptions.

Section 41-4-16Consent of department prerequisite to issuance of securities by state commissions, authorities, etc.; exceptions. No bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of any commission or authority created to construct or reconstruct highway bridges, approaches and appurtenances thereto, any state rural electrification authority, any electric membership corporation, any power district, or any improvement authority shall be issued or sold until the consent to the issuance and sale thereof shall have been given by the Department of Finance, to be evidenced by the written approval of the Director of Finance. Such consent shall be granted only after a public hearing and after a petition requesting such consent has been duly filed by the corporation, authority, district, commission, or other body seeking such consent with the department more than five days before the public hearing. The petition shall specify the plan or program of the body seeking the consent and the uses to which it is proposed to put the proceeds of the issue and the other matters as are necessary to fully advise the department of the nature of the proposed project, and the petition shall include such other information as may be required by the rules of the department. The Department of Finance shall grant consent only after it finds that the issue or sale serves some public need and is in the public interest. It shall be unlawful for the body seeking such consent or anyone to use the proceeds of any such issue or sale contrary to the plan and purposes presented to the department in obtaining its consent thereto. This section shall not apply to any bonds or other evidence of indebtedness issued by any municipality, or any agencies, bureaus, or commissions thereof, nor any municipal, county, or regional housing authority. (Acts 1935, No. 65, p. 151; Code 1940, T. 55, §155; Acts 1951, No. 191, p. 454; Act 2019-105, §1.)
AL Code § 41-4-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-17 - Rent Charged for Use of State Buildings in Capitol Complex; Fund for Operation, Maintenance, Etc.

Section 41-4-17Rent charged for use of state buildings in Capitol complex; fund for operation, maintenance, etc. (a) The Department of Finance shall charge reasonable rent for the use and occupancy of any building owned by the state located in the Capitol complex and maintained by the Department of Finance or any other building maintained by the Department of Finance now or in the future. The Director of Finance shall establish such rent at rates which shall not be more than an amount sufficient to pay the reasonable costs of operation, maintenance, repair, renovation and any other necessary expenses. (b) All rents collected, and income earned from such rents, under the provisions of this section shall be deposited into a revolving fund in the State Treasury designated as the Capitol Complex Maintenance and Repair Fund, and the Director of Finance is authorized to make deposits and expenditures from time to time from such fund for said purposes. (Acts 1979, No. 79-456, p. 745; Acts 1991, No. 91-573, p. 1056, § 1.)
AL Code § 41-4-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-4-18 - Inventory of Facilities and Lands Owned, Leased, Rented, etc., by Certain State Entities.

Section 41-4-18Inventory of facilities and lands owned, leased, rented, etc., by certain state entities.  (a)(1) The State Department of Finance shall develop and maintain an automated inventory of all facilities and lands owned, leased, rented, or otherwise occupied or maintained by any agency of the state or by the judicial branch. The facilities inventory shall include the location, occupying agency, and ownership. (2) For the purposes of this section, the term facility means buildings, structures, and building systems, and does not include facilities of the State Department of Transportation or the Alabama State Port Authority. (3) The State Department of Transportation shall develop and maintain an inventory of their own facilities, which inventories should be available to the public online. (4) The Alabama Commission on Higher Education and the State Department of Postsecondary Education, respectively, shall develop and maintain a facilities inventory, in the manner prescribed by the State Department of Finance, of all state university and community college facilities and shall make the data available in a format acceptable to the State Department of Finance. (5) The lands inventory shall include the location and ownership. (6) The State Department of Finance shall utilize any available information from existing inventories of facilities and lands to develop and maintain the inventory as required by this section, including any information about state lands managed by the State Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (7) This section shall not require the Retirement Systems of Alabama to disclose any lease of a facility between the Retirement Systems of Alabama as a lessor and any person or entity as a lessee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any agency of the state or judicial branch shall disclose any lease of a facility between that entity as a lessee and the Retirement Systems of Alabama as a lessor. (b) The State Department of Finance shall update the automated inventory, and cause to be updated the other inventories required by subsection (a), at least one time every 3 years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the inventories shall be updated to reflect acquisitions of new facilities and lands and significant changes in existing facilities and lands as they occur. The State Department of Finance shall provide each agency and the judicial branch with the most recent inventory applicable to that agency or branch. Each agency and branch, in the manner prescribed by the State Department of Finance, shall report significant changes in the inventory as they occur. (c) The automated inventory required by this section shall be maintained on the website of the State Department of Finance for access by the public. (Act 2014-414, p. 1518, §1.)
AL Code § 41-4-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-30 - Head of Department; Chief Financial Officer of State; Advisor to Governor and Legislature; Appointment; Term of Office; Filling of Vacancies; Oath of Office; Full-Time Position; Conflicts of Interest.

Section 41-4-30Head of department; chief financial officer of state; advisor to Governor and Legislature; appointment; term of office; filling of vacancies; oath of office; full-time position; conflicts of interest. The Department of Finance shall be headed by, and shall be under the direction, supervision and control of, an officer who shall be known and designated as the Director of Finance. The Director of Finance shall be the chief financial officer of the state and the advisor of the Governor and of the Legislature in financial matters, and he shall at all times be charged with protecting the financial interests of the state. He shall be responsible to the Governor for the administration of the Department of Finance. The Director of Finance shall be appointed and hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. Vacancies for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of Finance shall take the constitutional oath of office. The Director of Finance shall devote full time to his office and shall not hold another office under the government of the United States, or under any other state, or of this state or any political subdivision thereof, during his incumbency in such office, and he shall not hold any position of trust or profit or engage in any occupation or business, the conduct of which shall interfere or be inconsistent with the performance of his duties as Director of Finance. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §64; Acts 1951, Ex. Sess., No. 8, p. 174.)
AL Code § 41-4-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-31 - Bond.

Section 41-4-31Bond. Before entering the duties of his office, the Director of Finance shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Governor, but not less than $150,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. (Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190.)
AL Code § 41-4-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-32 - Exercise of Functions and Duties of Department of Finance.

Section 41-4-32Exercise of functions and duties of Department of Finance. All functions and duties of the Department of Finance shall be exercised by the Director of Finance, acting by and through such administrative divisions or such officers as he may designate. He shall have all power and authority necessary or convenient to carry out the functions and duties of the Department of Finance. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §65.)
AL Code § 41-4-33.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-33.1 - State-Owned Surplus Property Transferred to Volunteer Fire Departments; Determination by Forestry Commission; Approval by Department; Penalty for Unauthorized Use; Final Disposition of Property.

Section 41-4-33.1State-owned surplus property transferred to volunteer fire departments; determination by Forestry Commission; approval by department; penalty for unauthorized use; final disposition of property. (a) All surplus property owned by the state to be disposed of by sale at auction by the Finance Department shall first be screened by the Forestry Commission to determine if such property may be of use by volunteer fire departments for specific use in fire suppression activities. If the Forestry Commission finds such property to be useful for such purposes, then, with the approval of the state Finance Director, such property shall be transferred to the Forestry Commission. All such property shall be loaned to the volunteer fire departments. (b) Any property transferred to a volunteer fire department under the provisions of this section shall be used exclusively for fire protection purposes. The use of any such property other than on the business of the volunteer fire department is expressly prohibited. Any violation of the provision of this section shall be a Class A misdemeanor punishable as provided under Title 13A. (c) Final disposition of all properties loaned by the Forestry Commission as a result of this section shall rest with the Finance Department of the state. (Acts 1980, No. 80-364, p. 483.)
AL Code § 41-4-33.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-33.2 - Applicability of Section; Use of Public Funds, etc., by Ambulance Services, etc., Authorized; Penalty for Unauthorized Use; Final Disposition of Property.

Section 41-4-33.2Applicability of section; use of public funds, etc., by ambulance services, etc., authorized; penalty for unauthorized use; final disposition of property. (a) This section shall apply to voluntary nonprofit ambulance services and voluntary nonprofit rescue squads which are operated as a public service for the benefit of the citizens of this state. It is declared that said ambulance services and rescue squads are quasi-public entities that are entitled to receive and use public funds or property appropriated, donated or loaned to them by the state or any county or municipal governing body. (b) All surplus property owned by the state to be disposed of by sale at auction by the Finance Department shall first be screened by the state Board of Health Ambulance Advisory Board created in Section 22-18-5, and the Alabama Association of Rescue Squads, Inc., to determine if such property may be of use by volunteer ambulance services or volunteer rescue squads respectively. If said entities find such property to be useful to voluntary ambulance services or rescue squads, then the state Finance Director shall loan said property to the voluntary services. The state Finance Director is authorized to promulgate necessary rules to implement this section. (c) Any property transferred to a volunteer ambulance service or rescue squad under the provisions of this section shall be used exclusively for ambulance and rescue purposes. The use of any such property other than on the business of the volunteer ambulance service or rescue squad is expressly prohibited. Any violation of the provision of this section shall be a Class A misdemeanor punishable as provided under Title 13A. Final disposition of all properties loaned as a result of this section shall rest with the Finance Department of the state. (Acts 1984, No. 84-619, p. 1257.)
AL Code § 41-4-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-34 - Duty as to Offices and Rooms in Capitol and Other Locations in Montgomery.

Section 41-4-34Duty as to offices and rooms in Capitol and other locations in Montgomery. The Director of Finance must assign rooms in the Capitol to the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, the Department of Revenue and such other officers as may be designated by law, or which, in the discretion of the Governor, should have such offices, and, in the absence of any legislative provision, designate the purposes to which other rooms are to be applied. The director may supply offices or quarters for state officers or departments of the state outside of the State Capitol, within the City of Montgomery, when, in the discretion of the Governor, the public interest and welfare will be subserved or promoted thereby. (Code 1852, §50; Code 1867, §58; Code 1876, §56; Code 1886, §57; Code 1896, §1956; Code 1907, §553; Code 1923, §756; Code 1940, T. 55, §67.)