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AL Code § 29-1-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-16 - Papers and Documents of Legislature - How Filed and Arranged.

Section 29-1-16Papers and documents of Legislature - How filed and arranged. (a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives must, within 10 days after the adjournment of each session, assort all papers and documents of their respective houses relating to the unfinished business of the session and arrange them in files, as follows: (1) All petitions, with the accompanying documents, shall be arranged and filed in alphabetical order, tied up in convenient packages with a label on each showing the character of the documents and the session to which they relate. (2) All bills rejected on the third reading must be arranged, filed and labeled in like order; also bills which were not reported favorably from a standing committee; the labels in each case showing the disposition of the bills. (3) All communications from the Governor, Auditor, Director of the Department of Finance, Treasurer or other officer or person, which have been received during the session, and not entered at length on the journals, must be arranged, filed and labeled in separate packages, showing from what department, officer or person the same were received. (4) Special reports from standing and select committees must be arranged, filed and labeled in like manner. (b) Any other papers or documents, not included under any of the foregoing heads, must be arranged, filed and labeled as miscellaneous papers, the labels showing the session to which they belong and, as near as practicable, the character of the papers; and, in every instance, to which house of the Legislature they belong. (Code 1852, §40; Code 1867, §46; Code 1876, §40; Code 1886, §40; Code 1896, §2223; Code 1907, §911; Code 1923, §1518; Code 1940, T. 32, §9.)
AL Code § 29-1-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-17 - Papers and Documents of Legislature - Secretary of State to Receipt for Papers.

Section 29-1-17Papers and documents of Legislature - Secretary of State to receipt for papers. The records, papers and documents thus arranged, filed and labeled must be delivered to the Secretary of State, who, upon receipt of the same, must certify that such secretary and clerk have, respectively, complied with the requirements of Section 29-1-16. No warrant shall be drawn by the Comptroller, and no money paid by the Treasurer for such services, without the production of such certificate, which must be kept by the Treasurer as a voucher. (Code 1852, §41; Code 1867, §47; Code 1876, §41; Code 1886, §41; Code 1896, §2224; Code 1907, §912; Code 1923, §1519; Code 1940, T. 32, §10.)
AL Code § 29-1-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-18 - Maximum Number of Members on Standing Committees of House of Representatives.

Section 29-1-18Maximum number of members on standing committees of House of Representatives. No standing committee of the House of Representatives, except a committee on local legislation, shall be composed of more than 15 members. (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 213; Code 1940, T. 32, §6; Acts 1963, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 46, p. 162.)
AL Code § 29-1-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-19 - Use of Space in Capitol; Control of Space When Legislature Convenes Outside Capitol.

Section 29-1-19Use of space in Capitol; control of space when Legislature convenes outside Capitol. The House of Representatives shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories and other usable space located on the second floor in the south wing of the Capitol. The Senate shall have the use of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories and other usable space located on the second floor in the north wing of the Capitol. All of said space shall be for the use of the Legislature, the committees, members, officers and employees thereof. The Clerk of the House shall have and exercise custody, control and care of the space herein designated for the use of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of the Senate shall have and exercise custody, control and care of the space herein designated for the use of the Senate. In addition, the Secretary of the Senate shall have and exercise full custody, control and care of the Senate chamber and the rooms adjacent thereto on the south side thereof, and the Clerk of the House shall have and exercise full custody, control and care of the hall of the House of Representatives and the rooms adjacent thereto on the north side thereof, and rooms 213 and 214, and, while the Legislature is in session, room 216, in the Capitol building. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall jointly have custody, control and care of all rooms on the third floor of the Capitol for the use of the Legislature. In addition, whenever it is deemed necessary for the Legislature to convene at any place outside of the Capitol, the Clerk of the House shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories and other usable space on the floor of the building in which the House of Representatives meets or occupies; and the Secretary of the Senate shall have the use of and exercise full custody, control and care of all offices, rooms, corridors, lavatories and other usable space on the floor of the building in which the Senate meets or occupies. (Code 1907, §925; Code 1923, §1533; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 18, p. 9; Acts 1935, No. 261, p. 655; Code 1940, T. 32, §25; Acts 1947, No. 21, p. 7; Acts 1959, No. 541, p. 1317; Acts 1983, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 83-822, p. 38.)
AL Code § 29-1-19.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-19.1 - Legislature Authorized to Control Streets Adjacent to Capitol, in Cooperation With Chief of Services.

Section 29-1-19.1Legislature authorized to control streets adjacent to Capitol, in cooperation with chief of services. The Legislature of the State of Alabama is hereby authorized to control the usage of a certain portion of those streets adjacent to the State Capitol complex in the City of Montgomery and the grounds of the State Capitol building, viz: That portion of King Street and Pelham Street, lying between Union and Ripley Streets, (over which the city has relinquished control), and the parking lot located across Union Street to the rear of the Capitol building between the administrative building and highway building and bounded by the Streets of Union, Ripley, Pelham and King; and the parking facilities connected to and adjacent to the former Highway Department Building and now designated "the Alabama State House"; and all of that lot bounded by Washington, Jackson, Ripley and Pelham Streets owned by the State of Alabama; and the driveway and parking spaces on the grounds surrounding the Capitol itself; all the aforesaid being exclusive of any right-of-way or rights-of-way or parking facilities now controlled by the City of Montgomery. The Legislature shall be authorized to exercise control over the usage of the said areas through the joint parking committee created by Act No. 8, Organizational Session 1975, or its successor, or by subsequent legislative action; and the chief of services of the division of services shall work in cooperation with the Legislature regarding any action taken by the Legislature as hereby authorized. (Acts 1979, No. 79-470, p. 860; Acts 1985, No. 85-525, p. 634.)
AL Code § 29-1-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-20 - Trade of Old Equipment Upon Purchase of New Equipment for House or Senate.

Section 29-1-20Trade of old equipment upon purchase of new equipment for House or Senate. The Clerk of the House is hereby authorized to trade in any equipment purchased for the use of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Legislature when purchasing new equipment for the use of the House. The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to trade in any equipment purchased for the use of the Senate when purchasing new equipment for the use of the Senate. (Acts 1975, No. 142, §1.)
AL Code § 29-1-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-21 - Salaries of Legislative Officers and Employees.

Section 29-1-21Salaries of legislative officers and employees. Salaries or compensation of officers and employees of the Alabama Legislature and any other persons paid by or by authority of the legislative department of the State of Alabama whose salary is established by statute or whose salary is subject to minimum or maximum amounts established by statute shall be paid in accordance with statute as shown in the journal of salaries and compensation prepared pursuant to Section 36-6-9. (Acts 1977, No. 77-20, p. 28, §1.)
AL Code § 29-1-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-22 - Appropriation for Legislative Costs; Legislature to Present Budget Annually; Contents.

Section 29-1-22Appropriation for legislative costs; Legislature to present budget annually; contents. Repealed by Act 2015-408, effective June 10, 2015. (Acts 1984, No. 84-130, p. 158; Acts 1986, No. 86-401, p. 591.)
AL Code § 29-1-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-23 - Purchase of Legislative Chairs or Desks by Members of Legislature; Establishment of Price; Disposition of Generated Revenues; Disposition of Unsold Chairs or Desks.

Section 29-1-23Purchase of legislative chairs or desks by members of Legislature; establishment of price; disposition of generated revenues; disposition of unsold chairs or desks. (a) Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Historical Commission shall establish a rate or price for the production of each restored desk of the legislative chambers to be used in the renovated State Capitol building. The legislative chairs and/or desks used in the chambers shall be sold for a price to be established by the Historical Commission. The last member of the Legislature who sat in a chair in the chambers shall have first choice in purchasing that individual chair and/or desks. Present members of the Legislature shall be given an opportunity to purchase any remaining chairs and/or desks and then former members shall have a choice of any remaining chairs and/or desks after the present members have made their purchases. Any such desks or chairs which are unsold shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, who is authorized to sell existing legislative members' desks or chairs at a price equal to the price established by the Historical Commission. (b) The revenues generated by legislative desks and chairs sold by the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate shall be collected by them and deposited in the General Fund of the State Treasury for the payment of reproduction or replacement costs by the Historical Commission. (c) The Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate may have any unsold legislative desks and chairs, under the provisions of this section, delivered to the Department of Archives and History for preservation or disposal. (Acts 1987, No. 87-749, p. 1472.)
AL Code § 29-1-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 1 - Members, Terms, Records, Etc.|Section 29-1-25 - Alternate Distribution and Publication of Materials Supplied to Legislature.

Section 29-1-25Alternate distribution and publication of materials supplied to Legislature. (a) Any state agency, state department, or public entity required to supply paper copies of annual reports and other documents and materials to members of the Legislature shall develop and implement an alternative method of distribution and publication. (b) The alternative method shall include each of the following components: (1) Notice provided to each member of the Legislature after August 1, 2001, and at the beginning of each subsequent legislative term that the state agency, state department, or public entity intends to display or post the report, document, or other material on the Internet. The notice shall include an explanation of how the information may be accessed and copied from the Internet. (2) Display of the report, document, or material on the Internet for at least 90 days. (3) A written offer to each member of the Legislature after August 1, 2001, and at the beginning of each subsequent legislative term of the opportunity to receive a paper copy of the material. If a member at the time the notice is received or any other time requests a paper copy of the material, the material shall be promptly provided. (c) Each state agency, state department, or public entity may promulgate necessary rules and regulations to implement this section. (Act 2001-480, p. 646, §1.)
AL Code § 29-1-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Legislative Compensation Commission.|Section 29-1-40 - Creation; Composition; Terms and Appointment of Members; Quorum Defined and Required to Conduct Business; Failure of Appointing Authority to Make Appointment; Certain Persons Ineligible to Serve.

Section 29-1-40Creation; composition; terms and appointment of members; quorum defined and required to conduct business; failure of appointing authority to make appointment; certain persons ineligible to serve. Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999.  (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §1.)
AL Code § 29-1-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Legislative Compensation Commission.|Section 29-1-41 - Compensation; Expenses.

Section 29-1-41Compensation; expenses. Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999. (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §2.)
AL Code § 29-1-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Legislative Compensation Commission.|Section 29-1-42 - Record-Keeping, Clerical Assistance, Etc.

Section 29-1-42Record-keeping, clerical assistance, etc. Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999. (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §3.)
AL Code § 29-1-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Legislative Compensation Commission.|Section 29-1-43 - Duties of Commission; Study of Compensation; Report of Findings and Recommendations; Authority to Travel and Conduct Public Hearings.

Section 29-1-43Duties of commission; study of compensation; report of findings and recommendations; authority to travel and conduct public hearings. Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999. (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §4.)
AL Code § 29-1-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Article 2 - Legislative Compensation Commission.|Section 29-1-44 - Recommendations to Be Sent to Legislature, Governor, etc.; Compensation of Legislature to Remain the Same Unless Recommendations Adopted by Majority of Both Houses.

Section 29-1-44Recommendations to be sent to Legislature, Governor, etc.; compensation of Legislature to remain the same unless recommendations adopted by majority of both houses. Repealed by Act 99-347, p. 499, § 1, 1999 Regular Session, effective June 4, 1999. (Acts 1991, No. 91-669, p. 1304, §5.)
AL Code § 29-2-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 1 - Permanent Joint Transportation Committee.|Section 29-2-2 - Creation; Composition; Appointment.

Section 29-2-2Creation; composition; appointment. (a) There is created a continuing permanent joint transportation committee of the Legislature to be known as the Joint Transportation Committee. The committee shall consist of 13 members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate and 13 members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one senator and one house member to be a resident of each present United States congressional district in the state, one senator and one house member to be a resident of each Alabama Department of Transportation region, and one senator and one house member who shall be from the minority party to serve at large. (b) The members that reside in the Alabama Department of Transportation regions of the Joint Transportation Committee shall be appointed by April 11, 2019; in subsequent years, members of the Joint Transportation Committee shall be appointed within five legislative days after the convening of the first regular session after the election of each Legislature. Members shall hold office during their terms as legislators and until their successors are appointed. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the respective presiding officer. Appointments shall be made in compliance with the residency requirements established by this article. (c) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the committee membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state. (Acts 1975, No. 1218, p. 2540, §2; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-785, p. 76, §1; Act 2019-490, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
AL Code § 29-2-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 1 - Permanent Joint Transportation Committee.|Section 29-2-3 - Meetings; Chair and Vice-Chair; Quorum; Replacement Members; Clerical Assistance.

Section 29-2-3Meetings; chair and vice-chair; quorum; replacement members; clerical assistance. The Joint Transportation Committee shall meet the fourth Wednesday of January, April, July, and October at 1:30 p.m. at the Alabama State House. At the second quarterly meeting of each year, the Joint Transportation Committee shall elect from its membership a chair and vice-chair which shall rotate between members from the House and Senate. Special meetings of the Joint Transportation Committee may be called by the chair by giving members of the committee 14 days notice when the Legislature is out of session, and 24 hours notice if a meeting is called on a legislative day or legislative committee day. Special meetings may also be called by petition of a majority of the members of the committee that includes the date and time of the meeting and all members are given 24 hours notice. Decisions of the Joint Transportation Committee may be made by a majority of the members present and voting at any properly convened meeting as long as a quorum is in attendance. A quorum shall consist of any 13 members. If less than a quorum is present at any meeting the recommendations presented by ALDOT shall be deemed approved. Beginning in calendar year 2020, should any member be absent from two meetings of the four quarterly meetings during any calendar year, the member shall be deemed to have forfeited his or her position and a replacement shall be appointed by the respective appointing authority as outlined herein. Upon the request of the chair, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall provide clerical assistance as the committee requires. (Acts 1975, No. 1218, p. 2540, §2; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-785, p. 76, §1; Act 2019-1, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
AL Code § 29-2-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 1 - Permanent Joint Transportation Committee.|Section 29-2-5 - Compensation of Committee Members.

Section 29-2-5Compensation of committee members. Each member of the Joint Transportation Committee shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation and his or her per diem and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting thereof when the Legislature is not in session or when the Legislature is in recess without pay. These sums shall be paid out of any funds appropriated to use of the Legislature on warrants drawn by the state Comptroller upon requisition by the chair of the Joint Transportation Committee. (Acts 1975, No. 1218, p. 2540, §5; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-785, p. 76, §1.)
AL Code § 29-2-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 1 - Permanent Joint Transportation Committee.|Section 29-2-6 - Duties of Transportation Department.

Section 29-2-6Duties of transportation department. (a) The transportation department shall cooperate with the Joint Transportation Committee and shall prepare or cause to be prepared and furnished to the Joint Transportation Committee, by the third quarterly meeting of each year, the current STIP for proposed highway construction and any other reports, disclosures, information, or data requested by Joint Transportation Committee. The transportation department's proposed annual budget for the next fiscal year shall be prepared and furnished to the Joint Transportation Committee by the last quarterly meeting of each year. The transportation department shall make available the books and records of the transportation department necessary for the Joint Transportation Committee to perform its functions and shall report to it quarterly on the performance of the transportation department for the preceding fiscal quarter of the state and its proposed projects and plans for the current fiscal year thereof. The transportation department shall maintain the STIP in accordance with requirements set forth by the Federal Highway Administration. Additionally, the transportation department shall include narrative language for each project in the STIP describing in detail the scope of the project and the reasons for its placement in the STIP. Whenever the plan is amended for any reason, the transportation department shall, within seven calendar days of such amendment: (1) Update the ALDOT website to disclose any changes made to the plan; and (2) notify, in writing, the Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee of the changes made together with appropriate explanation of the change(s). Upon written request from the Chair of the Joint Transportation Committee, the transportation department shall provide copies of the notice to all members of the Joint Transportation Committee. (b) The transportation department shall cooperate with the Joint Transportation Committee to undertake a study on the use of Federal Highway Administration guidelines to include life cycle cost analysis and price adjustment clause. (Acts 1975, No. 1218, p. 2540, §4; Acts 1989, No. 89-524, p. 1071, §1; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-785, p. 76, §1; Act 2019-1, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
AL Code § 29-2-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 1 - Permanent Joint Transportation Committee.|Section 29-2-7 - Repealed Effective October 1, 1997.

Section 29-2-7Repealed effective October 1, 1997. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 97–658, p. 1249, §4, effective October 1, 1997. (Acts 1975, No. 1218, p. 2540, §6; Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-785, p. 76, §1.)