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AL Code § 31-3-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 3 - Compensation for Death of National Guardsmen.|Section 31-3-1 - Definitions.

Section 31-3-1Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context shall clearly indicate a different meaning in the connection used: (1) AWARDING AUTHORITY. The State Board of Adjustment, created and existing pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 41 of this Code. (2) CHILD or CHILDREN. Such term includes posthumous children and all other children entitled by law to inherit as children of the deceased, also stepchildren who were members of the family of the deceased at the time of his death, and dependent upon him for support, also a grandchild of the deceased Alabama national guardsman, whose father is dead or is an invalid, and who was supported by and was a member of the family of such deceased grandparent at the time of his death. (3) DEPENDENT CHILD. An unmarried child under the age of 18 years, or one over that age who is physically or mentally incapacitated from earning. (4) ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARDSMEN. The officers and men commissioned or enlisted in the Alabama National Guard, army or air, as defined in Section 31-2-3. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the following described persons shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent: (1) A wife, unless it be shown that she was voluntarily living apart from her husband at the time of his death, or unless it be shown that the husband was not in any way contributing to her support and had not in any way contributed to her support for more than 12 months next preceding the occurrence of the injury causing his death. (2) Minor children under the age of 18 years and those over 18 if physically and mentally incapacitated from earning. (3) A wife, child, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister, brother, mother-in-law, and father-in-law who were wholly supported by the deceased Alabama national guardsman, at the time of his death and for a reasonable period of time prior thereto, shall be considered his dependents and payment of compensation may be made to them as authorized in this chapter. (c) Any member of the class named in subdivision (b)(3) of this section who regularly derived part of his support from the earnings of the deceased Alabama national guardsman, at the time of his death and for a reasonable time immediately prior thereto, shall be considered his partial dependent and payment of compensation may be made to such partial dependent as authorized in this chapter. (Acts 1967, No. 436, p. 1105, §1.)
AL Code § 31-3-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 3 - Compensation for Death of National Guardsmen.|Section 31-3-2 - Right of Dependents to Compensation; Amount of Compensation.

Section 31-3-2Right of dependents to compensation; amount of compensation. In the event an Alabama national guardsman is killed, either accidentally or deliberately, while on state active duty status as defined by Section 31-12-1, his or her dependents shall be entitled to compensation in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to be paid from the State Treasury, as provided in this chapter, unless the death was caused by the wilful misconduct of the guardsman or was due to his or her own intoxication or his or her wilful failure or refusal to use safety appliances provided by his or her commanding officer or other person in charge, or his or her wilful refusal or neglect to perform a statutory duty or any other wilful violation of a law, or his or her wilful breach of a reasonable rule or regulation governing the performance of his or her duties as such guardsman, of which rule or regulation he or she had knowledge. Any Alabama national guardsman whose death results proximately and within three years from an injury received while on state active duty status, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be deemed to have been killed while on state active duty status; provided, however, that the compensation provided for by this chapter shall be limited to state duty and shall not be extended to cover any federal duty status. (Acts 1967, No. 436, p. 1105, §2; Act 2021-84, §1.)
AL Code § 31-3-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 3 - Compensation for Death of National Guardsmen.|Section 31-3-4 - Payment of Compensation - Dependents Must Be Residents of United States.

Section 31-3-4Payment of compensation - Dependents must be residents of United States. Compensation pursuant to this chapter for the death of an Alabama national guardsman shall be paid only to his dependents who, at the time of such guardsman's death, were actually residents of the United States. (Acts 1967, No. 436, p. 1105, §4.)
AL Code § 31-3-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 3 - Compensation for Death of National Guardsmen.|Section 31-3-5 - Limitation on Time for Presentation of Claims; Rules of Evidence and Procedure for Determination of Claims Generally.

Section 31-3-5Limitation on time for presentation of claims; rules of evidence and procedure for determination of claims generally. (a) All claims for compensation as provided in this chapter shall be presented to the awarding authority within one year from the date of the death of the Alabama national guardsman on whom the claimant was dependent; otherwise, they are forfeited. All such claims shall be presented in the form prescribed by the awarding authority. Proof of the facts and circumstances of the Alabama national guardsman's death and the claimant's relationship to and dependence upon such guardsman shall be made in the manner prescribed by the awarding authority. (b) The awarding authority is hereby authorized to prescribe such forms and adopt such rules of evidence and procedure as it deems necessary or proper, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, for the proper determination of all claims for compensation under this chapter. (Acts 1967, No. 436, p. 1105, §5.)
AL Code § 31-3-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 3 - Compensation for Death of National Guardsmen.|Section 31-3-6 - Hearing and Determination of Claims by Board of Adjustment.

Section 31-3-6Hearing and determination of claims by Board of Adjustment. The Board of Adjustment, when serving as the awarding authority under this chapter, shall hear and determine claims for compensation under this chapter in the same manner prescribed by law for the hearing and determination by such board of other claims against the state. If, when acting as the awarding authority, it determines that an applicant for compensation under this chapter is entitled thereto, it may adjudge and order that such compensation shall be paid out of the appropriations hereafter made to the Board of Adjustment for the purposes of this chapter, and, if the funds in such appropriation have been exhausted, then out of any fund or funds appropriated to the Board of Adjustment for the purposes of Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 41 of this Code. (Acts 1967, No. 436, p. 1105, §6.)
AL Code § 31-3-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 3 - Compensation for Death of National Guardsmen.|Section 31-3-7 - Construction of Chapter; Decision of Awarding Authority to Be Final.

Section 31-3-7Construction of chapter; decision of awarding authority to be final. This chapter shall not be construed to give any person a right of action against the State of Alabama in any court for the recovery of the compensation authorized by this chapter. The decision of the awarding authority shall be final, and shall not be subject to appeal to or review by any court. Neither shall this chapter be construed to take away any right of action in any court under any other law for the recovery of damages for the death of an Alabama national guardsman; nor, in the event of the death of a guardsman who was an employee of the State of Alabama at the time of the injury which proximately caused his death, shall this chapter be construed to take away the right or privilege of the surviving dependents of such guardsman to file a claim for damages with the State Board of Adjustment pursuant to any other law. (Acts 1967, No. 436, p. 1105, §7.)
AL Code § 31-4-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-1 - Composition; Chairman; Term of Office of Appointed Members.

Section 31-4-1Composition; chairman; term of office of appointed members. The Governor of Alabama, the Adjutant General of Alabama, the Attorney General of Alabama, the two highest ranking Army National Guard officers, and the highest ranking Air National Guard officer, together with three duly qualified electors of Alabama, to be appointed by the Governor, and to serve for a term of six years, shall constitute the Armory Commission of Alabama. The Governor shall be its chairman. The three members of the commission who were appointed by the Governor and who are serving on May 12, 1977, shall serve for a term of six years from the date of their appointment, and their successors shall be appointed for a term of six years. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §186; Acts 1977, No. 578, p. 767; Act 2001-640, p. 1315, §1.)
AL Code § 31-4-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-2 - Procedure for Incorporation.

Section 31-4-2Procedure for incorporation. The Armory Commission may, by filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama, become a public body and a body corporate when the members of the commission shall present to the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth the name, official designation, and official residence of each of the members of the commission, together with a copy of the appointment by the Governor evidencing their right to hold office; the date and place of induction into and the taking of the oath of office; their desire that the commission become a body corporate and politic under this chapter; the name which is proposed for the corporation; the location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and any other matters relating to the incorporation which the members may choose to insert not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the members, except the Governor, before an officer authorized by the laws of the State of Alabama to take and certify oaths, who shall certify upon the application that he or she personally knows the members and believes them to be the officers as asserted in the application and that each subscribed and swore thereto in the presence of the officer. Thereupon, the Secretary of State shall examine the application, and if he finds that the name proposed for the corporation is not identical with that of a person or of any other corporation of this state or so nearly similar as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, he shall receive and file it and shall record it in his office, and when the application has been made, filed, and recorded as provided in this section, the Armory Commission of Alabama shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the application and the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama shall make and issue to the members a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this chapter under the seal of the state and shall record the same with the application. The corporation shall have succession by its corporate name for as long as there exists in the State of Alabama a National Guard or militia of Alabama and thereafter until all its liabilities have been finally paid and discharged. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §187; Acts 1977, No. 578, p. 767.)
AL Code § 31-4-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-3 - Powers and Duties Generally; Compensation of Members; Meetings; Quorum; Delegation of Powers and Duties to Executive Committee.

Section 31-4-3Powers and duties generally; compensation of members; meetings; quorum; delegation of powers and duties to executive committee. The commission may in its corporate name sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire real and personal property by gift, purchase, lease, hire, or condemnation, and may do all things and exercise all rights and powers reasonably necessary to carry out and perform the duties intended or required by this chapter. The members shall serve without compensation and shall be paid the expenses allowed by law while attending meetings of the commission or while traveling under orders for the performance of duty in connection with the business of the commission, the expense to be payable out of any funds available to the commission, or if the Governor so directs, out of the active military service appropriation. The commission shall hold regular or special meetings at Montgomery or other designated places at the discretion and on call of the Governor, after reasonable notice. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the consideration of business. The commission may delegate to an executive committee, consisting of not less than three of its members, such of its duties and authority as it may deem proper and advisable, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §188.)
AL Code § 31-4-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-4 - Bond for Care, etc., of Arms, Equipment, etc., of United States Reserve Units of State Colleges, Etc.

Section 31-4-4Bond for care, etc., of arms, equipment, etc., of United States reserve units of state colleges, etc. In addition to the powers now conferred by law, the Armory Commission of Alabama is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver a bond, with or without surety, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be required by the United States, for the care and safekeeping of such transportation, animals, arms, ammunition, supplies, tentage, equipment, and materials as may be necessary or desirable for the operation, conduct, and training of any reserve units of any of the Armed Forces of the United States authorized by law at any time to be conducted in conjunction with any public educational school, college, or university in the State of Alabama. (Acts 1949, No. 324, p. 471.)
AL Code § 31-4-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-5 - Financing or Refinancing of Armories, Etc.

Section 31-4-5Financing or refinancing of armories, etc. The Armory Commission of Alabama is hereby authorized, in addition to all other powers and authority granted herein, to finance or refinance any armory buildings or structures now in existence, to finance or refinance improvements to or additions to such armories already in existence and to finance the construction and maintenance of new or additional armories. The Armory Commission of Alabama is hereby vested with the full authority and power to finance or refinance armories already in existence, to finance the construction of improvements or additions to such armories already in existence and to finance the construction of such new or additional armories by or through any plan or plans of finance or refinance acceptable to or adopted by the Armory Commission. The Armory Commission is authorized to provide for such financing or refinancing by the sale of bonds, by the matching of funds donated or loaned by any agency of the federal government or by any other plan of finance or refinance acceptable to and adopted by the commission, it being intended by this section to vest in the Armory Commission of Alabama, full, complete, and exclusive authority, not inconsistent with the Constitution of Alabama, to select and put into effect any feasible plan of finance or refinance the commission may adopt. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §189.)
AL Code § 31-4-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-6 - Use of Military Appropriations for Payment of Expenses or Obligations of Commission.

Section 31-4-6Use of military appropriations for payment of expenses or obligations of commission. The Governor of Alabama is hereby authorized to use, in his discretion, any part of any appropriation or contingent appropriation heretofore or hereafter made for any military purpose or for the benefit of the state militia or any part thereof, irrespective of the original purpose thereof, for the purpose of paying any part or all of any expenses or obligations incurred by the Armory Commission of Alabama after August 23, 1935, in carrying out its duties under this chapter. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Acts 1939, No. 508, p. 772; Code 1940, T. 35, §190.)
AL Code § 31-4-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-7 - Provision, etc., of Armories, etc., for Housing, Instruction, etc., of National Guard, Naval Militia, Etc.

Section 31-4-7Provision, etc., of armories, etc., for housing, instruction, etc., of National Guard, Naval Militia, etc. The Armory Commission of Alabama shall provide adequate armories, buildings, equipment, furniture, target ranges, and other necessary facilities for the proper housing, instruction, training, and administration of all units and headquarters of the National Guard and Naval Militia of Alabama. It shall provide for the State Military Department like facilities needed for the proper protection, care, maintenance, repair, issue, and upkeep of public property of the State of Alabama and of the United States issued to or for the use of the National Guard or Naval Militia of Alabama, and for the proper and efficient administration of the Alabama National Guard or Naval Militia, and shall provide for the maintenance, upkeep, repair, and improvement of such facilities. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Acts 1939, No. 508, p. 772; Code 1940, T. 35, §191.)
AL Code § 31-4-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-9 - Cooperation of Counties and Municipalities for Acquisition of Buildings, etc., Suitable for Use as Public Buildings and Armories.

Section 31-4-9Cooperation of counties and municipalities for acquisition of buildings, etc., suitable for use as public buildings and armories. The governing body of any county and the governing body of any city or incorporated town wherein a unit or units of the Alabama National Guard or Alabama Naval Militia have been, or may hereafter be established, may, either severally or acting jointly with each other or with the Armory Commission, construct, or acquire by purchase, contract, lease, gift, donation, or condemnation, grounds or buildings which shall be suitable for public assemblages, conventions, exhibitions, and entertainments; provided, that such buildings, or the plans and specifications therefor, are first approved by the Armory Commission as suitable for use as armories by the Alabama National Guard or Alabama Naval Militia unit or units upon terms not inconsistent with this chapter. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §193.)
AL Code § 31-4-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-8 - Acquisition, Construction, etc., of Armories, Grounds, Etc.

Section 31-4-8Acquisition, construction, etc., of armories, grounds, etc. The Armory Commission may, either alone or in cooperation with the United States or political subdivisions of the state, such as counties, cities, or incorporated towns, and private corporations, voluntary unincorporated associations or individuals, construct or acquire by purchase, contract, lease, gift, donation, or condemnation, armories, buildings, or grounds, suitable for drill instruction and administration and the safekeeping of public property and make additions and improvements in or to such armories and facilities, and, either alone or with the like cooperation of others, provide heat, light, water, telephone service, and other costs of operation and maintenance, including insurance. The amounts to be appropriated out of any armory funds for the construction or acquisition of armories, and for the maintenance or rental of armories, shall, within the limits set forth in this section, be wholly within the discretion of the Armory Commission. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §192.)
AL Code § 31-4-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-10 - Exercise of Power of Condemnation.

Section 31-4-10Exercise of power of condemnation. The power of condemnation granted in this chapter to the Armory Commission of Alabama, and to counties, cities, and incorporated towns, shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in the Code of Alabama. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §196.)
AL Code § 31-4-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-11 - Conveyance by Counties or Municipalities of Public Lands to Commission for Use as Armory Sites.

Section 31-4-11Conveyance by counties or municipalities of public lands to commission for use as armory sites. Any municipality or county owning lands on which no permanent building has been actually constructed, whether such lands constitute part of a park or site for some public structure, is authorized to convey the same to the Armory Commission of Alabama for use as a site for an armory for the Alabama National Guard or Naval Militia; provided, that such conveyance will not prevent the reasonable use of any such structure for the purpose for which it was constructed. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §194.)
AL Code § 31-4-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-12 - Property Used for Armory and Training Purposes Exempt From Taxation, Etc.

Section 31-4-12Property used for armory and training purposes exempt from taxation, etc. All property actually used for armory and military training purposes, as defined in this chapter, shall be exempt from all taxation, import, or assessment. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §195.)