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AL Code § 30-6-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 6 - Domestic Violence Facilities.|Section 30-6-11 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 30-6-11Disposition of funds. There is created the Domestic Violence Trust Fund within the State Treasury for the specific purpose of funding certified domestic violence centers. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Beginning on January 1, 2016, and thereafter, in addition to any and all other fees collected for any marriage license or other documentation of marriage, the marriage license issuing agent or marriage recording agent shall collect sixty dollars ($60). The funds, as well as those fines imposed pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 30-5-8, shall be designated only for the purposes of this chapter, and forwarded monthly to the department for deposit in the Domestic Violence Trust Fund. Ten percent of unspent and unencumbered funds shall be retained in the fund. The remaining portion of the funds shall revert to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal year. (Acts 1981, No. 81-813, p. 1452, §11; Acts 1987, No. 87-596, p. 1035, §2; Act 99-589, p. 1344, §1; Act 2015-493, §2.)
AL Code § 30-6-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 6 - Domestic Violence Facilities.|Section 30-6-12 - Immunity From Civil Liability.

Section 30-6-12Immunity from civil liability. Any person, firm, corporation or official acting pursuant to this chapter, or participating in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom, shall, in so doing, be immune from any civil liability that otherwise might be incurred or imposed. (Acts 1981, No. 81-813, p. 1452, §12.)
AL Code § 30-6-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 6 - Domestic Violence Facilities.|Section 30-6-13 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 30-6-13Construction of chapter. "The provisions of this chapter are supplemental and shall be construed in pari materia with other laws relating to domestic relations, domestic violence, and law enforcement; and provided, that those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. (Acts 1981, No. 81-813, p. 1452, §14; Act 2015-493, §2.)
AL Code § 30-7-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 7 - Domestic Violence Shelter Standards.|Section 30-7-1 - Adoption of Standards by Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated.

Section 30-7-1Adoption of standards by Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated. The Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated, shall assist the Director of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs to establish standards for domestic violence centers for membership in the coalition. Standards shall include minimum standards for the safe and effective provision of services to victims of domestic violence and their children. (Acts 1997, No. 97-411, p. 676, §1; Act 2015-493, §2.)
AL Code § 30-7-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 7 - Domestic Violence Shelter Standards.|Section 30-7-2 - Minimum Standards for Domestic Violence Shelters.

Section 30-7-2Minimum standards for domestic violence shelters. (a) The following minimum standards for domestic violence centers shall be used by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs to determine membership in the coalition or other qualified entity and eligibility for receiving funds administered by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Any domestic violence center seeking membership shall meet the following qualifications: (1) Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation created for the purpose of operating a domestic violence center; provided, however, it may be affiliated with a larger private organization, but must be a distinct entity with its own corporate structure and budget. All funding and budget issues pertaining to the operation of the domestic violence program shall be reported independently from other activities to the coalition or other qualified entity. (2) Have as its primary mission the provision of services to victims of domestic violence, as defined in Section 30-5-2. (3) Provide emergency shelter, counseling services, case management and advocacy, referral, and 24-hour hotline telephone services for domestic violence victims. (4) Operate its principal place of business or service activity in the state. (5) Agree to, accept, adopt, and implement the prevailing domestic violence center standards adopted by the department. (6) Be governed by a board of directors which reflects the community it serves. (7) Affirm in writing its commitment to the specific and primary purpose of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence or other qualified entity as stated in membership affiliate agreements. (b) In the event the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence ceases operations or is otherwise ineligible to receive federal funds for domestic violence programs in this state, the director may designate another qualified entity to fulfill its duties. (Acts 1997, No. 97-411, p. 676, §2; Act 2015-493, §2.)
AL Code § 30-7-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 7 - Domestic Violence Shelter Standards.|Section 30-7-3 - State Funding.

Section 30-7-3State funding. Any domestic violence center within the state that meets the standards established by this chapter and is certified by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs as a full member in the coalition or other qualified entity shall be eligible to receive funds that are appropriated from the Domestic Violence Trust Fund or any other state funds to the coalition or other qualified entity. (Acts 1997, No. 97-411, p. 676, §3; Act 2015-493, §2.)
AL Code § 30-7-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 7 - Domestic Violence Shelter Standards.|Section 30-7-4 - Coalition Certification; Funding.

Section 30-7-4Coalition certification; funding. (a) Any domestic violence center within the state that desires to become certified by the director may request certification. Upon approval and certification by the Director of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, a domestic violence center may receive funding appropriated by the Legislature specifically to the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (b)(1) The department may pay the administrative costs necessary to fulfill the requirements of this chapter from the Domestic Violence Trust Fund; provided, however, the department may not expend on an annual basis more than eight percent of the total available funds from the Domestic Violence Trust Fund, or the actual cost of administration, whichever is less. (2) State funds received by the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence from appropriations by the Legislature may be used for administrative expenses. Administrative expenses paid from state funds shall not exceed eight percent or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), whichever is less, of the total appropriation received on an annual basis. (Acts 1997, No. 97-411, p. 676, §4; Act 2015-493, §2.)
AL Code § 30-7-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 7 - Domestic Violence Shelter Standards.|Section 30-7-5 - Allocating Coalition Funds.

Section 30-7-5Allocating coalition funds. The Department of Economic and Community Affairs shall be responsible for allocating state appropriated funds to existing and new domestic violence centers that have been certified pursuant to this chapter. (Acts 1997, No. 97-411, p. 676, §5; Act 2015-493, §2.)
AL Code § 30-7-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 7 - Domestic Violence Shelter Standards.|Section 30-7-6 - Perpetrator Counseling Programs.

Section 30-7-6Perpetrator counseling programs. (a) The director, in consultation with the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Incorporated or other qualified entity, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 30-7-2, the Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers, and the Alabama Department of Mental Health, shall establish the content of batterers' intervention programs in order to direct services to those persons who are adjudged to have committed an act of domestic violence, as defined in Section 30-5-2, those against whom an injunction for protection against domestic violence is entered, those referred by the court, and those who volunteer to attend such programs. (b) The facilitators, supervisors, and trainees of the program shall be certified to provide these programs through initial certification by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, and the programs and personnel shall be annually recertified by the department to ensure that they meet specified standards. (c) The programs shall be funded through reasonable fees collected from the batterers who attend the programs, except the programs may be funded, in whole or in part, from any local, state, or federal program that provides funding for batterers' intervention programs. Fees may be waived if a participant has an income level at or below 125 percent of the United States poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (d) The court making referrals may not refer victims or their family or household members to batterers' intervention programs. The court shall only order an adjudicated perpetrator of domestic violence to batterers' intervention programs. (Acts 1997, No. 97-411, p. 676, §6; Act 2015-493, §2.)
AL Code § 30-8-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 8 - Family Resource Centers.|Section 30-8-2 - Eligibility for Funding - Certified Network Member; Adoption of Rules.

Section 30-8-2Eligibility for funding - Certified network member; adoption of rules. Any family resource center within the state that meets the standards established in Section 30-8-1 and is certified by the Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers as a member of the network may receive a portion of the funds appropriated from the state to the network. The network shall adopt rules governing the allocation and distribution of federal and state funds to the family resource centers. A notice of the substance of any proposed rule shall be published in the Alabama Administrative Monthly not less than 35 days prior to consideration of the rules at any meeting of the network. (Act 2000-776, p. 1794, §2; Act 2010-752, p. 1904, §1.)
AL Code § 30-8-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 8 - Family Resource Centers.|Section 30-8-3 - Eligibility for Funding - New Centers; Failure to Meet Standards.

Section 30-8-3Eligibility for funding - New centers; failure to meet standards. Any new family resource center within the state that desires to become certified by the network may request and receive initial funding if approved by the network board of directors. Any center that fails to meet the standards established in Section 30-8-1 for a period of one year or longer shall not be eligible to receive state funding pursuant to this chapter. (Act 2000-776, p. 1794, §3.)
AL Code § 30-8-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 8 - Family Resource Centers.|Section 30-8-4 - Allocation of Funds; Audit.

Section 30-8-4Allocation of funds; audit. The network board of directors may allocate state appropriated funds to any existing or new family resource center which meets the standards established in Section 30-8-1. The Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit any entity receiving state funds through this entity. (Act 2000-776, p. 1794, §4.)
AL Code § 30-9-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 30 - Marital and Domestic Relations.|Chapter 9 - Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams.|Section 30-9-1 - Definitions.

Section 30-9-1Definitions. As used in this chapter the term domestic violence fatality review team means an organization that includes, but is not limited to, representatives from the following agencies or organizations: (1) Law enforcement agencies. (2) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, the Attorney General, and the President of the Alabama District Attorney's Association, for state level teams or the district attorney of each judicial circuit for local or regional teams. (3) The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. (4) Certified domestic violence centers. (5) Child protection service providers. (6) The Administrative Office of Courts. (7) The municipal and circuit clerks of the court. (8) Victim service programs. (9) Providers of civil legal assistance to victims. (10) Child death review teams. (11) Members of the business community. (12) County probation or corrections agencies. (13) Any other persons who have knowledge regarding domestic violence fatalities, nonlethal incidents of domestic violence, or suicide, including research, policy, law, and other matters connected with fatal incidents. (14) The humane societies or shelters. (15) Certified perpetrator intervention programs. (16) The Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (17) The coroner or county medical examiner. (18) The Department of Human Resources. (19) The Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention or its designee. (20) Other representatives as determined by the review team. (Act 2009-656, p. 2017, §1; Act 2015-493, §2.)
AL Code § 31-1-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 31-1-2 - Minor Veterans Empowered to Contract Liability for Repayment of Certain Loans.

Section 31-1-2Minor veterans empowered to contract liability for repayment of certain loans. Any veteran, eligible for a loan pursuant to the "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944" or any amendments thereto, or under any similar federal or state acts, who may be a minor, is hereby empowered with his or her spouse, if any, who may be a minor, to contract liability in this state for repayment of a loan or loans pursuant to the acts. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, such veteran or his or her spouse shall not void any such contracts because of his or her age, nor shall such veteran or his or her spouse hereafter interpose the defense in any action arising out of any loan pursuant to such acts that he or she were minors at the time of executing such contracts. (Acts 1945, No. 116, p. 109.)
AL Code § 31-1-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 31-1-3 - Revolving Fund for Payment of Operating and Maintaining Quarters; Funding; Annual Budget; Using Profits to Upgrade Facilities; Deposit of Funds.

Section 31-1-3Revolving fund for payment of operating and maintaining quarters; funding; annual budget; using profits to upgrade facilities; deposit of funds. (a) There is hereby created in the State Military Department a revolving fund for the payment of operating and maintaining quarters at Alabama National Guard training sites for senior officers and enlisted personnel. (b) There is hereby appropriated and allocated to the State Military Department for the revolving fund a one-time sum of $25,000.00 from the State General Fund for payment of salaries, janitorial supplies, equipment, furnishings, and other essential expenses to operate, maintain, and enhance billeting facilities for troops utilizing the training site facilities. (c) The $25,000.00 herein appropriated and allocated shall be designated as the Military Department Billeting Revolving Fund and shall be used only for the purpose of providing services, supplies, equipment and furnishings necessary to operate, maintain, and enhance the senior officer and enlisted quarters at such training sites, and that the revolving fund shall, upon proper billing, be reimbursed by payments made thereto for use of the facilities by military members in accordance with applicable federal regulations and procedures promulgated and prescribed by the Adjutant General. (d) The revolving fund hereby created shall remain in operation from year to year and shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose of providing a method of payment for expenses associated with the operation, maintenance and enhancement of billeting facilities at Alabama National Guard training sites. Funds over and above those required for operating and maintaining the facilities may be used to procure equipment and furnishings to enhance the appearance and upgrade the facility. The Military Department Billeting Revolving Fund shall file with the state Executive Budget Office an annual billeting revolving fund budget; however, profits above necessary operating and maintenance costs may be invested in equipment and furnishings after the tenth month of the fiscal year without regard to the budget projections. Procurement of equipment and furnishings shall be in accordance with state procedures and shall be picked up on state personal property records. (e) The revolving fund hereby created by the one-time appropriation provided herein, and the receipts from charges for use of training site facilities shall be placed on deposit with the State Treasury and earmarked separately as the Military Department Billeting Revolving Fund. The funds provided herein and receipts for use of facilities shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of any fiscal year but shall be encumbered and carried over from year to year. (Acts 1985, No. 85-638, p. 970.)
AL Code § 31-1-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 31-1-4 - County Commissions Required to Allow Certain Veterans' Organizations to Use County Buildings for Meetings.

Section 31-1-4County commissions required to allow certain veterans' organizations to use county buildings for meetings. (a) The county commission of each county of the state shall allow use of an appropriate meeting room in the county courthouse or other county building by any local veterans' organization to conduct regular and special business meetings. (b) The term "veterans of the United States" as used in subsection (a) includes 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 and who has been discharged or released from that service under conditions other than dishonorable. (c) The term "local veterans' organization" as used in subsection (a) shall mean any local chapter of a veterans' organization officially recognized by the State Board of Veterans' Affairs and which is statutorily authorized to make nominations to the board or a local chapter of a veterans' organization which has a national charter authorized by an Act of Congress and shall include but not be limited to local chapters of the Alabama Department of the American Legion, the United Spanish American War Veterans, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of WWII of the USA Incorporated, AMVETS, ALAVETS, and American Ex-Prisoners of War, Incorporated. (d) The county commission may make reasonable rules to implement the provisions of this section which shall include but not be limited to the security of court rooms and other county facilities, length and hours of proposed meetings, the number of meetings requested in any period of time, and conflicts involving simultaneous requests of two or more local veterans organizations. The county commission shall not be required to provide meeting space for any organization that fails to abide by the reasonable rules promulgated by the county commission any provision of this section to the contrary notwithstanding. No meetings authorized under this section shall involve fund raising activities. (Acts 1993, No. 93-637, p. 1093, §1.)
AL Code § 31-1-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 31-1-5 - Historical Museum Site in Baldwin County.

Section 31-1-5Historical museum site in Baldwin County. (a)(1) The Legislature finds that the State Military Department has numerous items of U.S. military history including, but not limited to, equipment, uniforms, and weapons, which the department has in storage and which could be housed and made available for public display in a historical museum dedicated to the United States Armed Forces and United States Military history. (2) The Legislature further finds that the Baldwin County Commission has expressed an interest in planning, developing, and supporting a historical museum in Baldwin County dedicated to the United States Armed Forces and United States Military history. (b) The purpose of this section is to designate Baldwin County as the site of a future historical museum dedicated to the United States Armed Forces and military history in order for the Baldwin County Commission to take further actions for the planning, development, location, fund raising, and support of a museum. (c) Baldwin County is designated as the site for a historical museum dedicated to the United States Armed Forces and United States Military history, and the Baldwin County Commission may take any actions it deems necessary, including, but not limited to, the planning, development, location, fund raising, and support of the museum. (d) The State Military Department may take actions to support a museum as provided in this section, but this section shall not be interpreted as appropriating any state funds for the purpose of this section. (Act 2012-521, p. 1546, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 31-1-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 31-1-7 - Access to and Use of Facilities Owned by the Alabama National Guard Extended to Certain Veterans and Caregivers.

Section 31-1-7Access to and use of facilities owned by the Alabama National Guard extended to certain veterans and caregivers. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. The same meaning as provided in 38 U.S.C. § 1720G(d), or its successor, if any. (2) FAMILY CAREGIVER. The same meaning as provided in 38 U.S.C. § 1720G(d), or its successor, if any. (3) FORMER PRISONER OF WAR. The same meaning as provided in 38 U.S.C. § 101, or its successor, if any. (4) MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT. The same meaning as provided in 10 U.S.C § 1074H(c), or its successor, if any. (5) SERVICE-CONNECTED. The same meaning as provided in 38 U.S.C. § 101, or its successor, if any. (6) VETERAN. The same meaning as provided in 38 U.S.C. § 101, or its successor, if any. (b) In addition to all other benefits, the following persons shall be permitted to use the facilities owned by the Alabama National Guard on the same basis as a member of the United States Armed Forces who is entitled to retired or retainer pay: (1) A veteran who is a Medal of Honor recipient. (2) A veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart. (3) A veteran who is a former prisoner of war. (4) A veteran with a service-connected disability. (5) A caregiver or a family caregiver of a veteran. (c) The Adjutant General of the Alabama National Guard is authorized to adopt rules necessary to implement this section. (d) Nothing in this section is deemed to limit the authority of the Alabama National Guard to control access to locations or facilities in order to maintain security and good order. (Act 2021-427, §1.)