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AL Code § 36-13-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-8 - Acceptance of Federal Grants and Advances; Requiring State Agencies to Meet Conditions Imposed Thereon.

Section 36-13-8Acceptance of federal grants and advances; requiring state agencies to meet conditions imposed thereon. The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in the name of and for the State of Alabama, grants and advances of funds and real or other personal property for any purpose of the state government not contrary to the Constitution of Alabama. The Governor is further authorized and empowered, insofar as is not specifically prohibited by the constitution and the then existing statutes, to meet and to require, by his executive order, any other agency or instrumentality of the state government to meet the terms and conditions imposed on such grants and advances in acts of the Congress of the United States, executive orders of the President of the United States or any rule, regulation or order of any other agency or instrumentality of the federal government, it being the intent of this section to permit the State of Alabama to participate fully in grants and advances made available to it by the federal government. The Governor may delegate such of his powers and authorities herein provided for, as he deems necessary, to any other agency or instrumentality of the state government. (Acts 1945, No. 49, p. 51, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 36-13-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-9 - Authority to Give State Agencies Powers and Duties Required to Implement Federal Laws, Regulations, Etc.

Section 36-13-9Authority to give state agencies powers and duties required to implement federal laws, regulations, etc. The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to give, by his executive order, to existing agencies and instrumentalities of the state government, such powers and duties which are not in conflict with the Constitution of Alabama and which are not specifically prohibited by the then existing statutes as may be required to implement in Alabama any law, order, rule, regulation, program or plan promulgated by the federal government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for the welfare of the people of the United States, or as may be required, in his judgment, for the welfare of the people of the United States, or as may be required, in his judgment, for the welfare of the people of Alabama. (Acts 1945, No. 60, p. 60, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-13-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-10 - Control of Property of State; Exceptions.

Section 36-13-10Control of property of state; exceptions. All property belonging to the state, not including money or evidence of debt, is, unless otherwise provided by law, under the control of the Governor. (Code 1852, §§557, 558; Code 1867, §§632, 633; Code 1876, §538; Code 1886, §§644, 645; Code 1896, §1955; Code 1907, §552; Code 1923, §755; Code 1940, T. 55, §181.)
AL Code § 36-13-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-11 - Retirement Allowance for Former Governors.

Section 36-13-11Retirement allowance for former governors. (a) All former governors of the State of Alabama upon reaching the age of 60 shall be entitled to a monthly retirement payment out of the General Fund in the State Treasury which shall equal 68 percent of the Governor's salary if said former governor had served for one full term or less; the amount paid shall equal 100 percent of the Governor's salary if he has served two full terms or more. (b) All former governors of the State of Alabama, regardless of age, who sustain permanent total physical or mental disability during their terms of office, by accident or otherwise, shall be entitled to their full salary for life upon leaving office. (c) Said payments shall be paid out of the General Fund in the State Treasury on a monthly basis each and every month once a former governor becomes eligible for such payments. A former governor eligible for compensation under subsection (b) of this section shall not receive payment under subsection (a) of this section. (d) Disability under subsection (b) of this section shall be determined as of the date the person so entitled leaves the Governor's office by resignation or otherwise. Proof shall be made by any interested party to the state Finance Director, who shall promptly certify the fact of disability to the state Comptroller. It shall be considered sufficient proof if three practicing physicians certify under oath that a former governor is so permanently totally disabled. (e) Any law or part of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the state Comptroller shall cause to be deducted from the salary paid to a Governor of the State of Alabama, being subject to this section, which provides for payment of retirement benefits to former governors, 10 percent of his earnable compensation; such deduction to be deposited by the Comptroller in the General Fund in the State Treasury. (Acts 1975, No. 343, p. 881, §§1-4; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 66, p. 292, §5.)
AL Code § 36-13-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-12 - Pension for Widows or Widowers of Governors.

Section 36-13-12Pension for widows or widowers of Governors. Any unremarried widow or widower who was the wife or husband of any person who has held the office of Governor of Alabama during such person's term of office as Governor shall be entitled to a pension of $1,200.00 per month, which shall be payable at the end of each month from any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, until he or she remarries or dies. (Acts 1969, No. 413, p. 812, § 1; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-839, p. 312, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-13-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-13 - Governor's Councillor.

Section 36-13-13Governor's Councillor. (a) There is hereby created the office of Governor's Councillor. Every person who shall have been elected to the office of Governor of Alabama for two terms or more and who shall have attained age 60 may be entitled to become a Governor's Councillor upon his application to the Governor and upon the Governor's certifying his employment as such councillor. A councillor shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. (b) It shall be the duty of a Governor's Councillor, upon the request of the Governor, to provide such aid, counsel, advice and assistance as the Governor may require or direct. All reports, advice, counsel or recommendations of a councillor shall be confidential and privileged and shall not be divulged or revealed by a councillor to anybody except the Governor. (c) A councillor shall be entitled to compensation payable from the State Treasury at the same times and in the same way that the Governor's salary is paid, which shall be in the amount of $18,000.00 per annum. (d) This section shall automatically expire and have no force and effect immediately upon the adoption of a constitutional amendment providing or authorizing retirement or pensions for former governors if any such constitutional amendment should be proposed in the future. (Acts 1977, No. 596, p. 797, §§ 1-4.)
AL Code § 36-13-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-14 - Provision of Personnel to Provide Protection and Security for Former Governors.

Section 36-13-14Provision of personnel to provide protection and security for former governors. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall provide and maintain two personnel to provide protection and security to the person of any former governor, who while in office, sustained permanent bodily injury from any violent criminal act of another. (b) Such personnel shall be provided beginning at the end of the term of office of any such Governor and shall continue for such time and duration as deemed necessary by such former governor. (Acts 1978, No. 589, p. 692, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 36-13-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-15 - Disbursement of Discretionary Funds.

Section 36-13-15Disbursement of discretionary funds. It is the intent of the Legislature that any discretionary funds appropriated to the Governor, or otherwise under the control of the Governor, not be disbursed by the Governor based upon race, gender, or national origin. (Act 2006-406, p. 1014, §4.)
AL Code § 36-13-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-16 - Disclosure of Expenses and Flight Logs; Audit.

Section 36-13-16Disclosure of expenses and flight logs; audit. (a) The Governor shall disclose and make available flight logs of the state aircraft. Except for flight logs of aircraft used for ongoing criminal investigations by the Department of Public Safety, the Governor shall maintain a record of the flight logs for public inspection and shall post records of the flight logs on the Internet at the official website of the Governor. The records posted on the website shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following information of each flight: (1) The date of departure. (2) The destination. (3) The purpose. (4) A manifest of all passengers. (5) The date of return. (b) The disclosures and posting under subsection (a) shall be made quarterly, on the first working day of the second quarter following the quarter that is the subject of the report. (c) The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall annually audit the usage of the state airplane and the quarterly disclosure required in subsection (b). (Act 2009-789, p. 2480, §1.)
AL Code § 36-13-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 1 - General Provisions|Section 36-13-17 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Regular Session, Effective August 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.

Section 36-13-17THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.  (a) If any act of the Legislature provides that the Governor is designated as a member of a multi-member body, the Governor may designate any individual to serve in his or her place. (b) The Governor's designee under subsection (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (c) This section applies to multi-member bodies in existence on August 1, 2021, and any subsequently created. (Act 2021-484, §2.)
AL Code § 36-13-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 2 - Governor's Contingency Fund.|Section 36-13-30 - Fund Created; Expenditures.

Section 36-13-30Fund created; expenditures. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the Governor's Contingency Fund. Said fund shall be expended under the direction of the Governor, at his discretion, and shall be accounted for by him to the Legislature at each session; provided, however, that the Governor shall file with the Legislative Council on a monthly basis a list of all expenditures made by him from said fund. (Acts 1989, No. 89-353, p. 699, §1.)
AL Code § 36-13-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 2 - Governor's Contingency Fund.|Section 36-13-31 - Authorization for Expenditures; Type of Expenditures; Limitations.

Section 36-13-31Authorization for expenditures; type of expenditures; limitations. The Governor is, at his discretion, authorized to make expenditures from the Governor's Contingency Fund for expenses incident to the purposes of state government, or as the public service might require, and for which no appropriation or an insufficient appropriation was made. Included within the authorized expenditures by the Governor, but not limiting the general purposes set forth herein, are: the ordinary expenses of the executive department of government, including but not limited to the expenses of the Governor, the Governor's office and staff; the expenses and any compensation of commissions and committees appointed by the Governor for public purposes; expenses for law enforcement and for the better enforcement of the laws of Alabama and subdivisions thereof; expenses for keeping the peace; for compensation and expenses of attorneys and experts employed by or on behalf of the Governor, the state, its departments or agencies; as otherwise authorized by statute or practice; and for grants and benefits for the betterment of the public welfare, health, education, peace and morals of the people of this state, which grants shall be limited to the State of Alabama, its departments and agencies, and local political subdivisions, their departments, agencies, boards of education and public schools. All persons employed by the Governor for whom no compensation shall be prescribed and for the compensation of whom no money has been appropriated, may be paid by the Governor, in his discretion, and he is authorized to pay them from the Governor's Contingency Fund. Provided, however, that the Governor may not increase the amount of compensation of any public official whose compensation is designated by law, nor may expenditures be made from the Governor's Contingency Fund to compensate employees subject to Merit System provisions. Provided further, that funding from the Governor's Contingency Fund shall not create a continuing obligation on the part of the state. (Acts 1989, No. 89-353, p. 699, §2.)
AL Code § 36-13-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 2 - Governor's Contingency Fund.|Section 36-13-32 - Method of Withdrawal.

Section 36-13-32Method of withdrawal. The money appropriated to said Governor's Contingency Fund shall be subject to withdrawal and expenditure upon voucher authorized, approved and certified by the Governor, upon which the Comptroller shall issue his warrant. (Acts 1989, No. 89-353, p. 699, §3.)
AL Code § 36-13-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 2 - Governor's Contingency Fund.|Section 36-13-33 - Expenditures Limited to Appropriations.

Section 36-13-33Expenditures limited to appropriations. The expenditures from said Governor's Contingency Fund shall be limited to the amount appropriated thereto by the Legislature. (Acts 1989, No. 89-353, p. 699, §4.)
AL Code § 36-13-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 2 - Governor's Contingency Fund.|Section 36-13-34 - Disclosure of Expenses; Audit.

Section 36-13-34Disclosure of expenses; audit. (a) The Governor shall disclose all expenses from the Governor's Contingency Fund to the citizens of Alabama. The Governor shall maintain a record of the expenditures from the Governor's Contingency Fund for public inspection and shall post the records of the expenditures on the Internet at the official website of the Governor. (b) The disclosures and posting under subsection (a) shall be made quarterly, on the first working day of the second quarter following the quarter that is the subject of the report. (c) The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall annually audit the quarterly disclosure required in subsection (b). (Act 2009-789, p. 2472, §1.)
AL Code § 36-13-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 3 - Governor's Office of Minority Affairs.|Section 36-13-50 - Established.

Section 36-13-50Established.  There is established the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, to advise the Governor on issues affecting minorities, including women, focusing on the improvement of the overall quality of life of minorities, specifically in the areas of education, health, economics, political participation and empowerment, housing, employment, civil rights, criminal justice, and race relations. (Act 2016-378, §1.)
AL Code § 36-13-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 3 - Governor's Office of Minority Affairs.|Section 36-13-51 - Director - Appointment.

Section 36-13-51Director - Appointment.  The office shall be managed by a Director of the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The position of director shall be a Governor's cabinet position. (Act 2016-378, §2.)
AL Code § 36-13-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 3 - Governor's Office of Minority Affairs.|Section 36-13-52 - Director - Duties.

Section 36-13-52Director - Duties.  (a) The director shall act as a liaison between minority communities and the Governor, with duties to do all of the following: (1) Conduct community outreach throughout the state to assess and address issues facing women and minorities. (2) Ensure that all women and minorities are better represented and receive equal access in areas such as business development, education, health care, housing, government services, and criminal justice matters. (3) Encourage public debate on issues affecting Alabama minority populations, including open access to public services and fair and equitable implementation of public policy. (4) Assess efforts by state agencies to assist women and minorities, promoting self-sufficiency through education and training. (5) Collaborate with business and industry representatives, the Alabama Workforce Council, higher education stakeholders, and the Alabama Small Business Commission to facilitate identification of minority and women-owned businesses and to provide recommendations on how to better foster economic development opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses, with the goal of increasing the number of minority and women-owned businesses. (6) Advise the Governor concerning the coordination and administration of state programs serving minority populations. (7) Monitor existing legislation and programs designed to meet the needs of minorities. (8) Research and analyze all areas affecting the quality of life of minorities. (b) The director shall perform other duties affecting women and minorities, as assigned by the Governor. (Act 2016-378, §3.)
AL Code § 36-13-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 13 - Governor.|Article 3 - Governor's Office of Minority Affairs.|Section 36-13-53 - Advisory Board on Minority Affairs.

Section 36-13-53Advisory Board on Minority Affairs.  The Advisory Board on Minority Affairs is created to act as a resource for the director in an advisory capacity. The board shall be comprised of representatives from various racial and ethnic communities, female representation, state government officials, and experts in education and work force. The board shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (Act 2016-378, §4.)
AL Code § 36-15-1.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-1.1 - Retention of Powers.

Section 36-15-1.1Retention of powers. The Attorney General shall have and retain all of the powers, duties, and authority heretofore granted or authorized by the constitution, statutory law, or the common law. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed so as to in any way restrict, limit or abridge the powers, duties, or authority of the Attorney General as heretofore authorized by the constitution, statutory law, or the common law. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-736, p. 5, §9.)
AL Code § 36-15-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-3 - Salary.

Section 36-15-3Salary. (a)(1) Subject to subsection (b), the salary of the Attorney General of Alabama shall be an amount equal to the salary of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The salary shall be payable in installments as the salaries of other state officers are paid and shall be the full compensation to which the Attorney General is entitled from the state for the performance of his or her official duties. (2) Commencing upon the next term of office of the Attorney General after October 1, 2021, he or she shall receive a salary in an amount equal to the salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama. (b) The Attorney General's salary may only increase after the completion of the term for which he or she was appointed or elected, and after completion of any subsequent term elected. (Acts 1969, No. 411, p. 811, §1; Act 2021-441, §3.)
AL Code § 36-15-4.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-4.1 - Grants, Other Sources of Funds.

Section 36-15-4.1Grants, other sources of funds. (a) For the purpose of performing any functions, duties or responsibilities of the office of the Attorney General or for the purpose of implementing any provision of this act the Attorney General may receive, accept, expend or utilize any and all money or property of whatever nature, kind or description which may now or hereafter be available to the Attorney General for such purposes. (b) The Attorney General may receive, accept, utilize, expend and administer any grants, gifts, donations, reimbursements or fees from any public, quasi-public or private source. (c) The Attorney General may enter into agreements and contracts with the United States of America, the State of Alabama, or any of the respective agencies, institutions, departments, authorities, agents or employees of the above in order to implement the provisions of this act or to defray and recover the costs of representing any of the above; provided, any such agreements or contracts with any agencies, institutions, departments, authorities, agents or employees of the State of Alabama whose department head or chief executive officer is appointed by the Governor, must be approved by the Governor. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-736, §7.)
AL Code § 36-15-5.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-5.2 - Chief Deputy Attorney General.

Section 36-15-5.2Chief Deputy Attorney General. (a) The office of Chief Deputy Attorney General is hereby created and shall be established. The Chief Deputy Attorney General shall be appointed by the Attorney General, shall serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General and shall be a commissioned officer of the State of Alabama. The chief deputy shall possess the qualifications required by law for election as Attorney General. (b) The Chief Deputy Attorney General shall have all the power and authority heretofore or hereafter conferred by law on the Attorney General, which he or she may exercise in the absence of the Attorney General. The chief deputy shall also perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Attorney General may direct. (c) The Chief Deputy Attorney General shall be entitled to receive compensation, salaries, expenses or benefits in the same manner as provided for deputy attorneys general. The compensation, salary, expenses and benefits of the chief deputy shall be paid from the State Treasury in the same manner that the salary or expenses of employees in the classified service are paid. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-736, p. 5, §4.)