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AL Code § 31-4-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-13 - Approval, Inspection and Supervision of Armory Construction by State Building Commission.

Section 31-4-13Approval, inspection and supervision of armory construction by State Building Commission. Whenever any new armory construction is to be made by the Armory Commission of Alabama out of any state moneys without federal aid, the Armory Commission of Alabama shall submit the plans and specifications for such new construction to the technical and engineering staff of the Building Commission of 1945 for technical and engineering approval, and all bids asked for and contracts let shall be under the supervision of the technical and engineering staff in consultation with the Armory Commission, and the technical and engineering staff of the Building Commission of 1945 shall inspect, supervise, and approve the construction of such armories. Whenever any new armories are to be built by the Armory Commission of Alabama involving the expenditure of state funds and the expenditure of federal funds, on the basis of matching of state and federal funds, the plans and specifications for such new armory construction shall be subject to the technical and engineering approval of the technical and engineering staff of the Building Commission of 1945 on behalf of the state and such agencies of the federal government as may be designated by the proper federal authority, and the technical and engineering staff of the Building Commission of 1945 shall inspect, supervise, and approve the construction of such buildings on behalf of the state. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Armory Commission of Alabama shall retain and exercise exclusively all of the rights, powers, authority, functions, and duties imposed and entrusted to it by this chapter. (Acts 1949, No. 561, p. 880.)
AL Code § 31-4-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-14 - Use and Disposition of Armories Generally.

Section 31-4-14Use and disposition of armories generally. Whenever in the opinion of the Armory Commission it is practicable to do so, each armory of the National Guard or Naval Militia shall contain a room suitable for meetings of associations composed of veterans of the Spanish-American War, the World Wars, the Korean War and the Viet Nam War, and shall be available for such meetings under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commanding officer of the National Guard unit or units using such armory. The Armory Commission of Alabama may permit the use of any armory for assembly and other purposes of various patriotic and civic organizations such as the Sons of Confederate and Federal Veterans, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Daughters of the Confederacy, the Chamber of Commerce, etc., as may be deemed advisable, where the use does not interfere with the use of the armory by the National Guard unit or units occupying same. When the unit or units of the National Guard or Naval Militia occupying an armory ceases to exist for any reason, the Armory Commission shall make a decision whether it is in the best interest of the state to keep the armory or whether the same shall be sold and the proceeds deposited back in the Armory Fund, or if same should be rented and the proceeds placed in the Armory Fund. Any sales made must be public ones and have the time, place, and terms of proposed sale advertised for one month prior to sale in at least six daily newspapers of the state, of which at least three must be outside the county in which the armories are located, and each must be in different cities. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §197.)
AL Code § 31-4-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-15 - Management and Care of Armories; Armory Boards or Officers of Control.

Section 31-4-15Management and care of armories; armory boards or officers of control. The Armory Commission shall also constitute a board for the general management and care of armories and drill and training areas, when established, and shall have the power to adopt and prescribe rules and regulations for the management and government thereof, and to formulate such rules for the guidance of the organizations occupying them as may be necessary and desirable. The rules shall not conflict with the provisions of this chapter. For each armory erected or provided, the Governor shall appoint, with the advice of the Armory Commission, a board of control to consist of one or more officers of organizations quartered therein. Such board or officer of control may rent the armory for temporary purposes subject to regulations to be prescribed by the Armory Commission, and the money derived from such rental shall be paid to the Armory Commission. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §198; Act 2014-298, p. 1079, §1.)
AL Code § 31-4-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-16 - Sale or Lease of Armories.

Section 31-4-16Sale or lease of armories. When the State Armory Commission shall receive information from the Governor of the disbandment of an organization of the National Guard or Naval Militia of Alabama occupying or using an armory provided under the direction of the Armory Commission, it shall be the duty of the commission to determine whether such armory shall be sold or not. If it is determined that such armory shall be sold, the same shall be sold to the highest bidder after publication of advertisement for bids, and the proceeds of such sale shall be divided between the state, county, and city as their interest may appear; provided that in case an armory becomes vacant by reason mentioned in this section, the Armory Commission for the state may lease such armory for a period not to exceed one year, or, when duly authorized by the Governor, may lease the same for a period of years, the proceeds therefrom in either case to be turned into the Armory Fund. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §199.)
AL Code § 31-4-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-17 - City and County Donations, etc., for Aid of Local National Guard or Naval Militia Organizations.

Section 31-4-17City and county donations, etc., for aid of local National Guard or Naval Militia organizations. Every city and county in the State of Alabama now having, or that may hereafter have, an active National Guard or Naval Militia organization or organizations within its boundaries is hereby authorized and empowered to render such financial assistance as it may deem wise and patriotic to such National Guard or Naval Militia organization, either by donating land or buildings, or donating the use of such land or buildings or by contributing money to their equipment and maintenance. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §200.)
AL Code § 31-4-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-18 - Reversion of Donations.

Section 31-4-18Reversion of donations. In the event that any real property is donated to a National Guard or Naval Militia organization or organizations, which organization or organizations shall fail or refuse to use same, or shall, after accepting same, be disbanded, the title to the real property thus donated shall revert to the person, county, city, or municipality donating the same, as their interest may appear. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §202.)
AL Code § 31-4-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 4 - Armory Commission.|Section 31-4-19 - Disbursement of Regular Military Appropriations for Maintenance of Armories, Etc.

Section 31-4-19Disbursement of regular military appropriations for maintenance of armories, etc. In order that there shall be provided maintenance funds for amories and other buildings erected and areas provided for drill and training and other military purposes under the provisions of this chapter, the Adjutant General of this state is authorized to pay out of the "Regular Military Appropriations" sums equivalent to, or not more than, the whole sums now or hereafter appropriated by the state for the upkeep and maintenance of National Guard or Naval Militia organizations under the heading of "Maintenance for Headquarters and Organizations" authorized under Chapter 2 of this title, in the discretion of the Governor upon the advice of the Armory Commission of Alabama. (Acts 1935, No. 276, p. 672; Code 1940, T. 35, §201.)
AL Code § 31-5-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.|Section 31-5-1 - Definitions.

Section 31-5-1Definitions. As used under this chapter these terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs. (2) THE STATE BOARD. The State Board of Veterans' Affairs. (3) STATE COMMISSIONER. The State Service Commissioner. (4) VETERAN. Except as otherwise used in this chapter, such term shall mean any person, male or female, who served on active duty, whether commissioned, enlisted, inducted, appointed or mustered into the military or naval service of the United States during any war in which the United States has been engaged, and who shall have been discharged or released from such services under conditions other than dishonorable. (Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §1.)
AL Code § 31-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.|Section 31-5-2 - Established; Bureaus and Divisions; Operation Under State Board of Veterans' Affairs; Composition.

Section 31-5-2Established; bureaus and divisions; operation under State Board of Veterans' Affairs; composition. There shall be a State Department of Veterans' Affairs with subordinate bureaus and divisions, which shall operate under a State Board of Veterans' Affairs, and consist of a State Service Commissioner and such other officers and employees authorized to be appointed under this chapter, and meeting the qualifications prescribed by the state board. (Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §2.)
AL Code § 31-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.|Section 31-5-4 - Assistance to Veterans in Presenting Claims, Establishing Rights, Etc.

Section 31-5-4Assistance to veterans in presenting claims, establishing rights, etc. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs shall assist every veteran of the United States in presenting and pursuing any claim the veteran may have against the United States arising out of his or her military service and in establishing the veteran's right to any privilege, preference, care, or compensation provided for by the laws of the United States or of the State of Alabama, when the veteran requests assistance. Whenever the veteran applying to a representative of the State Department of Veterans' Affairs shall have executed a power of attorney to any veterans' organization or the American Red Cross, which has entered into an agreement with the State Department of Veterans' Affairs, the representative shall accept any claim or information pertaining to any claim, right, preference, privilege, compensation, or application for care from the veteran and advise him or her as to the proper preparation of the same and then arrange, upon request of the veteran, for the further handling, presenting, and prosecuting of the claim. Should any veteran making application to the State Department of Veterans' Affairs not have given a power of attorney to any organization to represent the veteran in handling his or her affairs, the department shall advise the veteran of the organizations recognized by the Veterans' Administration to represent him or her and allow the veteran to make his or her choice of the organization he or she desires to represent him or her. (Acts 1947, No. 302, p. 154, §1; Act 2021-239, §1.)
AL Code § 31-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.|Section 31-5-5 - Contracts With Veterans' Organizations for Assistance to Veterans in Processing Claims, Etc.

Section 31-5-5Contracts with veterans' organizations for assistance to veterans in processing claims, etc. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs, by the State Service Commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Veterans' Affairs, may contract with any organization of veterans which has regularly, for a period of five years next preceding the date of such contract, maintained an established committee or agency rendering similar services to veterans as the services referred to in Section 31-5-4 to perform such service for veterans and to process any claims or matters of veterans who apply to the State Department of Veterans' Affairs for assistance when the veterans have executed a power of attorney to the veterans' organization. The department, through the contract, shall compensate the veterans' organizations on the basis of service rendered, which compensation shall be paid from sums appropriated to the State Department of Veterans' Affairs. No such contract shall be made unless the State Board of Veterans' Affairs determines that, owing to the confidential relationships involved and the necessity of operating through agencies which the veterans involved will feel to be sympathetic towards their problems, the services cannot satisfactorily be rendered otherwise than through the agency of such veterans' organization and that the best interests of the veterans involved will be served if such contract is made. (Acts 1947, No. 302, p. 154, §2.)
AL Code § 31-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.|Section 31-5-6 - State Service Commissioner - Qualifications; Appointment; Term of Office and Removal; Powers and Duties.

Section 31-5-6State Service Commissioner - Qualifications; appointment; term of office and removal; powers and duties. (a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Veterans' Affairs to appoint a State Service Commissioner who shall serve for a term of four years subject to removal by the state board for cause. The commissioner shall be appointed on the basis of education, ability, and experience in handling veterans' affairs, and without regard to political affiliations. The commissioner shall be a resident of the State of Alabama and shall be a veteran who served on active duty for a period of 60 days or more in the military or naval forces of the United States in any war in which the United States shall have been engaged, and shall have been honorably discharged therefrom, and all subsequent appointees to the office shall be selected in like manner and possess like qualifications. (b) All administrative and executive duties and responsibilities of the department shall be performed by the State Service Commissioner, subject to the authority of the state board. The State Service Commissioner shall be the executive and administrative officer of the State Department of Veterans' Affairs, and shall have the power to issue administrative orders and directives to all officials and employees in the department. (c) The State Department of Veterans' Affairs, acting through the State Service Commissioner, shall be the designated agency of the State of Alabama to represent the state and its veterans before the United States Veterans' Administration, or any other agency dealing with the interest of the veteran. (d) The State Service Commissioner, with the approval of the state board, shall be empowered to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states under which veterans who are residents of other states may be rendered services in the State of Alabama. (e) The State Service Commissioner, with the approval of the state board, shall appoint all district service commissioners and county service commissioners as provided in this chapter. (f) The State Service Commissioner shall appoint all clerical and stenographic personnel in the state department, and in all county offices as is authorized or may hereafter be authorized under the State Merit System and approved by the State Personnel Board. (g) The State Service Commissioner, with the approval of the state board, may engage in activities designed to educate, recognize, and promote the mission of the board to veterans, the public, potential applicants, and other public agencies and, in doing so, may incur marketing expenditures for educational, informational, and promotional items to be used to further its purposes as determined by the board. (Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §4; Act 2021-239, §1.)
AL Code § 31-5-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.|Section 31-5-8 - Assistant State Service Commissioners.

Section 31-5-8Assistant state service commissioners. The State Service Commissioner shall, with the approval of the State Board of Veterans' Affairs, appoint one first assistant state service commissioner, who shall be an attorney, and such other number of additional assistant state service commissioners as the state board deems necessary, who shall serve as employees in the department, subject to the rules and regulations of the state board. They shall be appointed on the basis of education, ability, and experience in handling veterans' affairs, and without regard to political affiliations. Such appointees shall be residents of the State of Alabama, and shall be veterans who served on active duty for a period of 60 days or more in the military or naval forces of the United States in any war in which the United States shall have been engaged, and shall have been honorably discharged therefrom, and all subsequent appointees to such office shall be selected in like manner and shall be possessed of like qualifications. (Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §5.)
AL Code § 31-5-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.|Section 31-5-10 - County Service Commissioners and District Service Commissioners - Duties.

Section 31-5-10County service commissioners and district service commissioners - Duties. (a) The county service commissioner and district service commissioner shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by policies, rules, and regulations and instructions promulgated by the State Board of Veterans' Affairs and shall be administratively responsible to the State Service Commissioner. (b) It shall be the duty of the county service commissioner and district service commissioner to: (1) Cooperate with and assist the volunteer county veterans' service committees in his district or county in the development of a veterans' assistance program for his district or county. (2) Furnish information and data to the office of the State Service Commissioner relative to the various aspects of the problems of veterans and dependents of veterans in his jurisdiction. (3) Provide in his office an information and referral service to veterans seeking aid and assistance in connection with matters pertaining to employment and reemployment, educational and vocational training, health, medical, rehabilitation, and housing services and facilities, emergency financial assistance, and other matters of similar or relative and appropriate natures. (4) Cooperate with all national, state, and local governmental and private agencies offering services or any benefits to veterans, their families, and dependents. (5) Aid all residents of the district or county who served in the military or naval forces or other armed services during any war in which the United States has been engaged, and members of the armed services during peacetime who have been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable from the services, their relatives, beneficiaries, and dependents to receive from the United States any and all compensation, hospitalization, insurance, and other aid or benefits to which they may be entitled under existing laws of the United States, or such as may hereafter be enacted, and he shall perform such other duties in connection therewith as may be assigned by the state board. (6) To seek out and advise the veterans of the district or county of their rights and benefits under state and federal laws, and to encourage their taking advantage of the educational opportunity, trade, and vocational training, and to counsel and advise widows, orphans, and beneficiaries to the end that veterans and citizens of the county shall secure the maximum return from the available benefits. (c) Each county service commissioner shall devote his entire time to such duties. (Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §10.)
AL Code § 31-5-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.|Section 31-5-11 - Oath of Office and Bond of Officers.

Section 31-5-11Oath of office and bond of officers. The State Service Commissioner, the assistant service commissioner and each of the district service commissioners and county service commissioners shall, before entering into the duties of his office, subscribe and execute an oath of office. The State Service Commissioner and the assistant state service commissioner shall each execute and furnish a bond in the penal sum of $10,000, with sufficient surety to be approved by the State Board of Veterans' Affairs, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their official duties. Each district service commissioner and county service commissioner shall execute and furnish a bond in the penal sum of $5,000 with sufficient surety to be approved by the State Service Commissioner, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their official duties. The premium of all such bonds for officials in the department shall be paid by the State of Alabama. (Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §13.)
AL Code § 31-5-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 5 - Department of Veterans' Affairs.|Section 31-5-12 - Seal of Office of State Service Commissioner; Appointment and Powers of Service Commissioners as Notaries Public.

Section 31-5-12Seal of Office of State Service Commissioner; appointment and powers of service commissioners as notaries public. The State Service Commissioner shall have a seal of office and he, the assistant state service commissioner and each district service commissioner and county service commissioner shall be appointed notaries public and authorized to administer oaths to any person or persons who may desire to swear to the correctness of any statement or statements made in connection with any application for compensation, hospitalization, insurance, or any other service, aid or benefit to which such person or persons, or any other person or persons on whose behalf the affidavits are made, may be entitled under existing laws of the United States, or such as may hereafter be enacted. Such officers shall likewise be authorized and empowered to certify to the correctness of any document or documents which may be submitted in connection with any such application or applications. (Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §12.)