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AL Code § 29-5A-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 2 - Legal Division|Section 29-5A-29 - Code Changes to Conform to Chapter 28 of Title 41.

Section 29-5A-29Code changes to conform to Chapter 28 of Title 41. The Code Commissioner shall conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to the units, departments, divisions, and other state entities included in Chapter 28, commencing with Section 41-28-1, of Title 41 to reflect the changes required by that chapter. Code changes shall be made at a time determined to be appropriate by the Code Commissioner. (Act 2017-282, §5.)
AL Code § 29-5A-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 2 - Legal Division|Section 29-5A-30 - Code Changes to Conform to Chapter 5a of Title 41.

Section 29-5A-30Code changes to conform to Chapter 5A of Title 41. The Code Commissioner may conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to reflect the changes made by Act 2018-129. Code changes, including the renumbering of references to Chapter 5 of Title 41, to reflect the appropriate code sections in Chapter 5A of Title 41, shall be made at a time determined to be appropriate by the Code Commissioner. (Act 2018-129, §2(c).)
AL Code § 29-5A-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 3 - Fiscal Division|Section 29-5A-40 - Supervision, Direction, and Control.

Section 29-5A-40Supervision, direction, and control. The Fiscal Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 3 - Fiscal Division|Section 29-5A-41 - Cooperation and Assistance by State Departments, Agencies, Etc.

Section 29-5A-41Cooperation and assistance by state departments, agencies, etc. The various departments, agencies, institutions, and establishments of the executive branch of government and the regulatory agencies and commissions of the state shall furnish the Fiscal Division any available material which the division determines to be necessary in the performance of the duties and functions of the division. The division upon agreement with the head of any department, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission, may utilize its services, facilities, and personnel, with or without reimbursement; and the head of each department, agency, establishment, institution, or regulatory agency or commission may provide the services, facilities, and personnel to the division. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 3 - Fiscal Division|Section 29-5A-42 - Assistance by Examiners of Public Accounts.

Section 29-5A-42Assistance by Examiners of Public Accounts. In carrying out the duties and functions of the Fiscal Division and for the purposes of coordinating the operations of the division with those of other legislative agencies with a view to utilizing most effectively the information, services, and capabilities of all such agencies in carrying out the various responsibilities assigned to each, the division, may obtain information, data, estimates, and statistics developed by the Examiners of Public Accounts and, upon agreement, utilize the services, facilities, and personnel of the Examiners of Public Accounts, with or without reimbursement. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 3 - Fiscal Division|Section 29-5A-43 - Duties and Functions of Fiscal Divsion.

Section 29-5A-43Duties and functions of Fiscal Divsion. It shall be the duty and function of the Fiscal Division to provide to the Committees on Ways and Means of the House and to the Committees on Finance and Taxation of the Senate information that will assist the committees in the discharge of all matters within their jurisdictions, including: (1) Information with respect to the budget, appropriation bills, and other bills authorizing or providing budget authority or tax expenditures. (2) Information with respect to revenues, receipts, estimated future revenues and receipts, and changing revenue conditions. (3) Such related information as the committees may request. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 3 - Fiscal Division|Section 29-5A-44 - Assistance to Members or Committees of House or Senate, and to Joint Committees of Legislature.

Section 29-5A-44Assistance to members or committees of House or Senate, and to joint committees of Legislature. At the request of any other committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, any joint committee of the Legislature, or any member of the House or Senate, the Fiscal Division shall provide to such committee, joint committee, or member any information compiled in carrying out subdivisions (1) and (2) of Section 29-5A-43 and, to the extent practicable, such additional information related to the foregoing as may be requested. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 3 - Fiscal Division|Section 29-5A-45 - Estimate of Amount of Money Involved Under Provisions of Certain Bills.

Section 29-5A-45Estimate of amount of money involved under provisions of certain bills. (a) Every general bill creating, eliminating, or affecting in any way a state or local program, service, function, or revenue source and which thereby requires the expenditure of county or municipal funds or thereby decreases or increases revenue collections by any county or municipality, before any vote is taken thereon in the Senate or House of Representatives, shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto an estimate made by the Fiscal Division of the amount of money involved therein, and the anticipated increase in county or municipal spending or the decrease in county or municipal revenue collections under the bill. In the event that insufficient data is available to formulate an estimate of the amount of money involved therein, the division shall note that fact on such endorsement or attachment which shall constitute compliance herewith. (b) A fiscal note provided under this section shall be endorsed on the bill or attached thereto and may be printed on the calendar of bills on third reading immediately following the title of the bill. (c) The Fiscal Division is authorized to secure information, data, estimates, and statistics directly from the employees and officials of the various departments, agencies, institutions, establishments, boards, and commissions of the county and municipal governments of the state which are necessary for the division to fulfill the duties and functions imposed by this section. The employees and officials of all departments, agencies, institutions, establishments, boards, and commissions shall furnish the division, any available material which the division determines to be necessary in the performance of the duties and functions required by this section. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 3 - Fiscal Division|Section 29-5A-46 - Tax Expenditure Report.

Section 29-5A-46Tax expenditure report. (a) The Fiscal Division shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature which lists all state tax expenditures and the estimated cost associated with each of the tax expenditures. For purposes of this section, tax expenditures means those state revenue losses attributable to the provisions of the constitution, state tax statutes, or rules promulgated pursuant to the statutes, which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction, or which provide a special credit or preferential tax rate. The report shall be organized according to the funds into which the tax expenditures would be dedicated but for the exemptions and rate differentials. The report shall be submitted at the same time that the Governor is required to submit his or her budget proposal to the Legislature. (b) The annual tax expenditure report shall include the following: (1) Each tax exemption and its constitutional and/or statutory citation. (2) An estimate of the revenue loss to the state caused by each of the tax expenditures for the most recently completed fiscal year. (c) The Fiscal Division is authorized to request and receive from the Department of Revenue or any other state or local agency or official any information necessary to complete the report required by this section. Such information shall be subject to the confidentiality and disclosure provisions of Section 40-2A-10; however, these provisions shall not prevent the aggregation and disclosure of any information necessary to transparently complete the report required by this section. In the event that lack of information prevents the Fiscal Division from making a reasonable estimate for any tax expenditure, the division shall list the expenditure with a notation that an estimate cannot be determined. (d) The House Ways and Means Education Committee and the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation - Education shall conduct joint hearings on the tax expenditure report every even-numbered year to be concluded by the tenth legislative day of the regular session of the Legislature. From time to time, the committees may report to the Legislature findings or recommendations developed as a result of the hearings. (e) This section does not apply to any incentives or other matters which are included in the report required by Section 40-18-379. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 4 - Law Revision Division|Section 29-5A-60 - Supervision, Direction, and Control; Public Activities.

Section 29-5A-60Supervision, direction, and control; public activities. The Law Revision Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. The Law Revision Division shall continue to be known as the Alabama Law Institute for purposes of conducting its public activities. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 4 - Law Revision Division|Section 29-5A-61 - Purposes and Duties.

Section 29-5A-61Purposes and duties. The general purposes of the Law Revision Division shall be to promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law of Alabama to secure the better administration of justice and to carry on scholarly legal research and scientific legal work. To that end it shall be the duty of the division to do all of the following: (1) Consider needed improvements in both substantive and adjective law and to make recommendations concerning the same to the chairs and members of the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee. (2) Examine and study the law of Alabama and Alabama jurisprudence and statutes with a view of discovering defects and inequities and of recommending needed reforms. (3) Receive and consider suggestions from members of the Legislature and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law. (4) Recommend such changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law and to bring the law of the state, both civil and criminal, into harmony with legal conditions and opinions. (5) Render annual reports to the Legislature through the president of the council and, if it deems so advisable, accompany its reports with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations. (6) Recommend the repeal of obsolete statutes and suggest needed amendments, additions, and repeals. (7) Organize and conduct meetings as needed within the state for scholarly discussions of current problems in Alabama law, bringing together representatives of the Legislature, practicing attorneys, members of the bench and bar, and representatives of the law teaching profession and periodically conduct training and continuing education programs for public officials, including providing educational material. (8) Advise the Code Commissioner on the performance of the duties imposed on the Code Commissioner by Article 2. (9) In cooperation with the Legislative Council, establish and facilitate a legislative intern program. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 4 - Law Revision Division|Section 29-5A-62 - Institute to Act in Advisory Capacity.

Section 29-5A-62Institute to act in advisory capacity. The Law Revision Division, in submitting reports to the Legislature through the President of the Alabama Law Institute Council, shall act solely in an advisory capacity. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 29-5A-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency|Article 4 - Law Revision Division|Section 29-5A-63 - Special Fund for Receipt of Grants or Contributions; Public Report.

Section 29-5A-63Special fund for receipt of grants or contributions; public report. (a) The Director of Legislative Services may establish a special fund in the State Treasury to receive direct grants or contributions or fees from municipal, county, state, federal, or charitable sources, or any other sources, to conduct studies, educate public officials, and carry on the duties of the division. The funds in the special fund are continuously appropriated for the exclusive use of the division, shall be maintained separately, and shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated to the division. (b) This fund may be used to pay the actual expenses of conducting the education functions of the Law Revision Division including the provision of food and non-alcoholic beverages usual and customary for like events and the actual and necessary expenses for participants and faculty of programs sponsored by the division as approved by the Director of Legislative Services. (c) The Director of Legislative Services shall provide a public report of all funds received pursuant to this section. The public report shall be made on the website of the Legislative Services Agency, provided that this requirement may be met by providing a link to a site that discloses this information on a statewide basis for other state governmental entities. (Act 2017-214, §1.)
AL Code § 30-2-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-2 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony After Judgment of Divorce From Bed and Board or of Separate Maintenance in Effect for More Than Two Years.

Section 30-2-2Divorce from bonds of matrimony after judgment of divorce from bed and board or of separate maintenance in effect for more than two years. The circuit court shall have the power to divorce persons from the bonds of matrimony in favor of either party where there has been a final judgment of divorce from bed and board or of separate maintenance, when such judgment has been in force and effect for more than two years. The fact that the party against whom such action is brought may also have some grounds for divorce shall not constitute any defense to any proceeding under this section. (Acts 1957, No. 390, p. 532; Acts 1967, No. 300, p. 839.)
AL Code § 30-2-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-3 - Divorce to Be Refused Where Collusion Between Parties, Condonation, Etc.

Section 30-2-3Divorce to be refused where collusion between parties, condonation, etc. No judgment can be entered on the confession of the parties, or either of them, or if it appear that adultery was committed by either, with the consent of the other, for the purpose of obtaining a divorce, or where both parties have committed adultery, or where there has been a condonation of adultery by the admission of the offending party to conjugal embraces after knowledge of the commission of the crime, or when the husband knew of or connived at the adultery of the wife. (Code 1852, §1966; Code 1867, §2356; Code 1876, §2690; Code 1886, §2327; Code 1896, §1491; Code 1907, §3799; Code 1923, §7413; Code 1940, T. 34, §26.)
AL Code § 30-2-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-4 - Where Complaint to Be Filed.

Section 30-2-4Where complaint to be filed. Complaints for divorce may be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the defendant resides, or in the circuit court of the county in which the parties resided when the separation occurred, or if the defendant is a nonresident, then in the circuit court of the county in which the other party to the marriage resides. (Code 1852, §1968; Code 1867, §2358; Code 1876, §2692; Code 1886, §2329; Code 1896, §1493; Code 1907, §3801; Code 1923, §7415; Code 1940, T. 34, §28.)
AL Code § 30-2-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-5 - Residency Requirement for Plaintiff When Defendant Nonresident.

Section 30-2-5Residency requirement for plaintiff when defendant nonresident. When the defendant is a nonresident, the other party to the marriage must have been a bona fide resident of this state for six months next before the filing of the complaint, which must be alleged in the complaint and proved. (Code 1852, §1969; Code 1867, §2359; Code 1876, §2693; Code 1886, §2330; Code 1896, §1494; Code 1907, §3802; Code 1923, §7416; Code 1940, T. 34, §29; Acts 1945, No. 457, p. 691; Acts 1971, No. 2280, p. 3687.)
AL Code § 30-2-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-6 - When Husband or Wife May Sue or Defend in Own Name.

Section 30-2-6When husband or wife may sue or defend in own name. A husband or wife under the age of 19 years may file a complaint for any purpose under this chapter in his or her own name without the intervention of a next friend, guardian, or guardian ad litem, and if over the age of 18 years, he or she may defend any action brought under this chapter in his or her own name without the intervention of a next friend, guardian, or guardian ad litem. (Code 1896, §1490; Code 1907, §3798; Acts 1911, No. 42, p. 24; Code 1923, §7412; Code 1940, T. 34, §25; Acts 1953, No. 890, p. 1198.)
AL Code § 30-2-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-7 - Answer of Defendant Not Required to Be Sworn; Effect of Answer.

Section 30-2-7Answer of defendant not required to be sworn; effect of answer. The defendant is not required to verify the answer by oath, and, whether sworn to or not, it is not evidence in the case, and can have no other effect than to put in issue the allegations of the complaint. (Code 1852, §1965; Code 1867, §2355; Code 1876, §2689; Code 1886, §2326; Code 1896, §1489; Code 1907, §3797; Code 1923, §7411; Code 1940, T. 34, §24.)
AL Code § 30-2-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-8 - Proceedings Generally; Right of Remarriage.

Section 30-2-8Proceedings generally; right of remarriage. The proceeding must, in all respects, be conducted as other civil actions, except as herein otherwise directed. The cause for which the divorce is sought must be alleged in the complaint, to which the other party must be made a defendant. If service by publication shall be made, when necessary, in the manner provided in the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. In making his judgment, the judge shall, as the evidence and the nature of the case may warrant, direct whether the party against whom the judgment of divorce is made be permitted to marry again, and where in judgments no order is made disallowing the party the right to marry again, the party shall be deemed to have the right to remarry, subject to the restrictions set out in Section 30-2-10. In cases where the right is affirmatively disallowed to the divorced party to remarry, it shall be competent for the judge, upon motion and proper proof, to allow the moving party to marry again, as justice may seem to require. (Code 1852, §1964; Code 1867, §2354; Code 1876, §2688; Code 1886, §2325; Code 1896, §1488; Code 1907, §3796; Code 1923, §7410; Code 1940, T. 34, §23; Acts 1943, No. 566, p. 569.)
AL Code § 30-2-8.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-8.1 - Waiting Period Prior to Issuance of Final Judgment of Divorce; Temporary Orders Prior to Expiration of Waiting Period.

Section 30-2-8.1Waiting period prior to issuance of final judgment of divorce; temporary orders prior to expiration of waiting period. (a) A court shall not enter a final judgment of divorce until after the expiration of 30 days from the date of the filing of the summons and complaint. (b) This section shall not restrict the power of the court to enter any temporary orders necessary prior to the expiration of the waiting period. The temporary orders may include, but shall not be limited to, temporary orders on custody, spousal or child support, visitation, exclusive occupancy of the marital residence, or restraining the parties. (Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 96-51, p. 70, §1.)
AL Code § 30-2-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-9 - Validation of Marriage of Divorced Persons Where Remarriage Not Specifically Prohibited by Divorce Judgment.

Section 30-2-9Validation of marriage of divorced persons where remarriage not specifically prohibited by divorce judgment. The marriages of all persons married subsequent to a divorce judgment granted in this state which did not prohibit the person from remarrying are hereby declared to be valid, notwithstanding that the judgment of divorce did not specifically confer on such person the right to remarry. This section shall not be deemed to abridge in any way the force and effect of Section 30-2-10. (Acts 1947, No. 359, p. 244.)
AL Code § 30-2-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 2 - Divorce and Alimony.|Article 1 - Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony.|Section 30-2-10 - Sixty-Day Restriction on Remarriage of Parties After Grant of Divorce or Pending Appeal of Divorce.

Section 30-2-10Sixty-day restriction on remarriage of parties after grant of divorce or pending appeal of divorce. When a judgment has been entered granting a divorce in this state, the court shall order that neither party shall again marry, except to each other, until 60 days after the judgment is entered, and that if an appeal is taken within 60 days, neither party shall again marry, except to each other, during the pendency of the appeal. (Code 1907, §3811; Code 1923, §7425; Code 1940, T. 34, §38.)