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AL Code § 41-4-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-35 - Promulgation and Effect of Rules and Regulations; Enforcement and Amendment of Rules and Regulations.

Section 41-4-35Promulgation and effect of rules and regulations; enforcement and amendment of rules and regulations. The Director of Finance shall, with the approval of the Governor, establish and promulgate rules and regulations with respect to the manner of performance of all functions and duties of the Department of Finance, the execution of the business of the department and its relations to and business with the other departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices and institutions of the state, the officers and employees thereof, the counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and local public bodies in the state, the officers and employees thereof, and the public, which rules and regulations shall be reasonably calculated to effect the expeditious and efficient performance of such functions and duties and shall not be in conflict with applicable statutes. When approved by the Governor, such rules and regulations shall have the effect of law and shall govern all departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices and institutions of the state and the officers and employees thereof, the counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and local public bodies in the state, the officers and employees thereof, and the public, in their respective relations to and business with the Department of Finance. Compliance with any such rules or regulations may be compelled by mandamus. Such rules and regulations may be amended from time to time, with the approval of the Governor. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Department of Finance shall have no power to adopt any rule which shall impose any mandatory duties upon counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and local public bodies, including county and city boards of education and district boards of education of independent school districts, other than such mandatory duties as may be imposed upon them by law. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §68.)
AL Code § 41-4-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-36 - Inspection and Production of Books, Records, Accounts, etc.; Examination of Witnesses.

Section 41-4-36Inspection and production of books, records, accounts, etc.; examination of witnesses. The Director of Finance and any authorized officer or employee of the Department of Finance shall, in the performance of his official duties, for the purpose of examination, have access to, and the right to copy from, any book, record, account, document, receipt or paper of any of the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices or institutions of the state or of any of the counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions or public bodies in the state or of the officers or employees thereof, in such manner as may be reasonable and at reasonable times. The Director of Finance or any officer or employee of the Department of Finance designated by the director, in the performance of his official duties, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of accounts, documents, receipts, papers and testimony, and all witnesses regularly summoned as herein provided shall be paid $.05 per mile each way for the distance traveled plus $3.00 per diem for each day consumed in the hearing and in the traveling to and from the place of hearing. In the event of the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or the judge thereof, upon the application of the Director of Finance or any officer of the Department of Finance designated by the director, to compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued for such court or a refusal to testify therein. A wilfully false material statement in any examination herein provided for shall constitute perjury and be punishable as such. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §69.)
AL Code § 41-4-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-37 - Creation of Additional Divisions in Department; Assignment of Functions and Duties of Divisions.

Section 41-4-37Creation of additional divisions in department; assignment of functions and duties of divisions. With the approval of the Governor, the Director of Finance may create and establish such additional divisions as may be determined to be necessary or convenient in the efficient and expeditious performance of the functions and duties of the Department of Finance and assign functions and duties for such divisions, and he may, with the approval of the Governor, reassign functions and duties as between existing divisions. Chiefs of such new divisions shall be appointed by the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Governor, subject to the provisions of the Merit System. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §70.)
AL Code § 41-4-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-38 - Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 - Administration; Appropriation From State General Fund.

Section 41-4-38Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 - Administration; appropriation from State General Fund. (a) The Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, Public Law 101-453, October 24, 1990, (CMIA), imposes requirements for the timely transfer of funds between a federal agency and a state, and for the exchange of interest where transfers are not made in a timely fashion. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make provision for such net interest payments required to be made to the federal government. All state agencies, boards, bureaus, departments and institutions shall cooperate fully with the requirements imposed by the Director of Finance in accumulating all the necessary data elements to fully comply with all the provisions of the CMIA. (b) There is hereby appropriated annually from the State General Fund a sufficient amount to pay the net interest costs due to the federal government in accordance with the provisions of CMIA for all state agencies, boards, bureaus, departments and institutions which maintain their funds in the State Treasury. All state agencies, boards, bureaus, departments and institutions which maintain their funds outside the State Treasury shall pay from their own funds the net interest costs due as a result of their exchange of funds with the federal government. (Acts 1995, No. 95-715, p. 1532, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 41-4-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 2 - Director of Finance.|Section 41-4-39 - 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 41-4-39THIS 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 Director of Finance is designated as a member of a multi-member body, the director may designate any individual to serve in his or her place. (b) The director's designee under subsection (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the director. (c) This section applies to multi-member bodies in existence on August 1, 2021, and any subsequently created. (Act 2021-484, §3.)
AL Code § 41-4-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-50 - Established; Functions and Duties.

Section 41-4-50Established; functions and duties. There shall be in the Department of Finance the division of control and accounts. The functions and duties of the division of control and accounts shall be as follows: (1) To keep all books, records and accounts relating to the finances of the state government (including the budget accounts) which are authorized or required to be kept by the Department of Finance, in accordance with recognized standards of public accounting and in such a manner as at all times to reveal the true financial status of the state government and of each special fund and account in the State Treasury. (2) To control and make records of all payments into and out of the State Treasury and each special fund and account therein. (3) To audit currently all receipts and receivables. (4) To preaudit and determine the correctness and legality of every claim and account submitted for the issuance of a warrant and to determine that funds have been appropriated and allotted and are then available in the State Treasury for the payment of such claim or account before any warrant on the State Treasury shall be issued; except, that the preaudit of claims for unemployment compensation or public assistance or child welfare or income tax refunds shall be performed by the department or departments having charge of the other functions and duties relating to unemployment compensation, or public assistance, or child welfare, or income tax refunds subject to the general supervision of the division of control and accounts. (5)a. To draw every warrant authorized to be drawn upon the State Treasury and any fund therein, whether a special or earmarked fund or not. b. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any or all warrants issued by the division of control and accounts may be transferred or deposited electronically or by other acceptable methods to any financial institution capable of handling direct deposits by electronic transfer or other acceptable methods if written approval is given by the original payee of said warrant. The state Comptroller shall maintain files on all written approvals given by original payees and separate records on all transfers of funds authorized in this subsection and shall furnish sufficient documentation for the purpose of auditing and reconciling such electronic financial transactions. (6) To secure such information and data, to prepare or make such studies and reports and to perform such other functions and duties of the Department of Finance as may from time to time be assigned by the Director of Finance. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §81; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-789, p. 180.)
AL Code § 41-4-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-51 - Comptroller - Head of Division; Appointment.

Section 41-4-51Comptroller - Head of division; appointment. The division of control and accounts shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall be appointed by the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Governor. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §81.)
AL Code § 41-4-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-52 - Comptroller - Restrictions on Receipt of Revenue.

Section 41-4-52Comptroller - Restrictions on receipt of revenue. The Comptroller has no authority in any civil action or proceeding commenced or directed by him, or in any other case, unless such authority is expressly given, to receive any of the state revenue. (Code 1852, §368; Code 1867, §420; Code 1876, §97; Code 1886, §108; Code 1896, §2007; Code 1907, §611; Code 1923, §818; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §82.)
AL Code § 41-4-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-53 - Comptroller - Restrictions on Drawing Warrants in Favor of Defaulters.

Section 41-4-53Comptroller - Restrictions on drawing warrants in favor of defaulters. The Comptroller must not give any public defaulter any warrant for moneys due him from the state, except the balance which is due after the application of the amount due from the state to the extinguishment of the debt, interest and damages, if any are given by law, due from such defaulter. (Code 1852, §367; Code 1867, §419; Code 1876, §96; Code 1886, §107; Code 1896, §2006; Code 1907, §610; Code 1923, §817; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §83.)
AL Code § 41-4-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-54 - Accounts Against State to Be Itemized.

Section 41-4-54Accounts against state to be itemized. All accounts against the state must be accurately and fully itemized. (Code 1852, §369; Code 1867, §421; Code 1876, §98; Code 1886, §109; Code 1896, §2008; Code 1907, §612; Code 1923, §819; Code 1940, T. 55, §84; Acts 1969, No. 272, p. 603.)
AL Code § 41-4-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-55 - Method of Indicating Governor's Approval of Vouchers or Accounts Where Required.

Section 41-4-55Method of indicating Governor's approval of vouchers or accounts where required. On all vouchers or accounts for payment of state funds by warrant of the state Comptroller which, by general or special law, require the approval of the Governor, such approval may be indicated thereon by method of certification by the director or executive officer duly designated for the department requesting payment that the Governor's approval has been obtained. Certification executed pursuant to this section shall constitute prima facie evidence of the Governor's approval for such payment. (Acts 1969, No. 224, p. 544.)
AL Code § 41-4-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-56 - Evidence Required for Payment From Contingent Funds.

Section 41-4-56Evidence required for payment from contingent funds. No money shall be paid out of any contingent fund, except upon account stated, setting forth the items upon which payment is claimed, signed by the proper person, with such authentication as the Governor may require of the correctness of the same. (Code 1867, §416; Code 1876, §94; Code 1886, §105; Code 1896, §2004; Code 1907, §608; Code 1923, §815; Code 1940, T. 55, §85.)
AL Code § 41-4-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-57 - Statement of Expenses of State Officers and Employees to Be Filed With Comptroller Before Warrant Issued.

Section 41-4-57Statement of expenses of state officers and employees to be filed with Comptroller before warrant issued. All officers and employees who travel at the expense of the state or any of its departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, or commissions shall file with the Comptroller an itemized statement of all expenses incurred, including those for transportation, in connection with such travel at the expense of the state, agency, institution, board, bureau, or commission before any warrant shall issue for such expenses. (Acts 1919, No. 151, p. 145; Code 1923, §820; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §86; Acts 1943, No. 160, p. 153; Act 2012-529, p. 1572, §1.)
AL Code § 41-4-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-58 - Issuance of Duplicate Warrants When Originals Lost.

Section 41-4-58Issuance of duplicate warrants when originals lost. The Comptroller must issue duplicate warrants upon the Treasury whenever he is satisfied that the original warrant has been destroyed or lost. The party holding the duplicate shall have the same right as if he held the original, and the treasurer is authorized to pay the same. (Code 1876, §100; Code 1886, §111; Code 1896, §2010; Code 1907, §613; Code 1923, §821; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §87.)
AL Code § 41-4-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-59 - When Warrant Deemed Duly Executed.

Section 41-4-59When warrant deemed duly executed. Every warrant authorized to be drawn upon the State Treasury by the state Comptroller shall be deemed to have been duly executed if it is signed by the Comptroller himself or if it bears a facsimile of the Comptroller's signature placed thereon by the Comptroller or a duly authorized employee of the division of control and accounts in the Department of Finance, with the intent to execute such warrant. (Acts 1956, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 120, p. 176.)
AL Code § 41-4-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-60 - When Warrants Void and Claims Based Thereon Barred.

Section 41-4-60When warrants void and claims based thereon barred. (a) Any warrant heretofore or hereafter drawn by the state Comptroller on any fund in the State Treasury which is outstanding and unpaid one year from the date of issue shall be void and payment of the warrant shall be stopped by the State Treasurer.  (b) Upon the expiration of the period of time provided herein for the voiding of warrants, the State Treasurer shall transfer the amount of the voided warrants to the State Unclaimed Property Fund. (c) Duplicate warrants issued to replace warrants which have been lost, mutilated, or destroyed shall be deemed to be original warrants for the purposes of this section. (Acts 1969, No. 226, p. 545; Acts 1995, No. 95-377, p. 771, §1; Act 99-381, p. 607, §1.)
AL Code § 41-4-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-61 - Comptroller May Require Proof of Correctness of Claim.

Section 41-4-61Comptroller may require proof of correctness of claim. The Comptroller has authority to require information on oath, to be administered by him, from any person, touching any claim or account he is required to audit. (Code 1852, §366; Code 1867, §418; Code 1876, §93; Code 1886, §104; Code 1896, §2003; Code 1907, §607; Code 1923, §814; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §88.)
AL Code § 41-4-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-62 - Refund of Money Paid for Invalid or Unissued Bonds, Etc. - Authorized; Interest.

Section 41-4-62Refund of money paid for invalid or unissued bonds, etc. - Authorized; interest. In cases where any person, firm or corporation has purchased or may hereafter purchase from the state, or of its officers acting under authority or under color of authority purporting to be conferred by an act or resolution of the Legislature of this state, bonds or securities issued or proposed to be issued in consideration of funds or money which such person, firm or corporation has actually paid or caused to be paid into the Treasury of the state, and where for any reason such bonds or securities have not been paid or cannot be issued and delivered or, if issued and delivered, have been declared invalid by the Supreme Court, such person, firm or corporation may have the funds or money so paid into the Treasury of the state refunded, together with interest thereon at the rate of interest said bonds or securities proposed to bear from the date of the payment of said funds or money into the Treasury, on complying with the provisions and requirements of Section 41-4-63. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 10, p. 8; Code 1923, §824; Code 1940, T. 55, §90.)
AL Code § 41-4-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-63 - Refund of Money Paid for Invalid or Unissued Bonds, Etc. - Application to Comptroller; Proceedings.

Section 41-4-63Refund of money paid for invalid or unissued bonds, etc. - Application to comptroller; proceedings. Any person, firm or corporation entitled to the benefit of Section 41-4-62 and desiring to obtain relief hereunder may file an application with the Comptroller of the state, stating the facts upon which relief is sought, verified by his affidavit or that of a duly authorized agent or representative having knowledge of the facts, and when such an application is filed, the Comptroller shall ascertain from the records of the Treasurer of Alabama and other records whether the facts are correctly set forth in the application, and if it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the Comptroller that the state has actually received the funds or money of the applicant under the circumstances named in Section 41-4-62, upon the approval of the Governor and the Treasurer, the Comptroller shall draw a warrant on the treasurer for the payment to such person, firm or corporation of the amount of such funds or money, together with interest thereon at the rate said bonds or securities proposed to bear from the time said funds or money was paid into the treasury. (Acts 1921, Ex. Sess., No. 10, p. 8; Code 1923, §825; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §91.)
AL Code § 41-4-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.|Article 3 - Division of Control and Accounts.|Section 41-4-64 - Comptroller May Close Out Certain Inactive Funds and Transfer Balance to General Fund.

Section 41-4-64Comptroller may close out certain inactive funds and transfer balance to General Fund. The state Comptroller is authorized to transfer to the State General Fund all sums carried in special funds on the books and daily balance sheets of the Comptroller but which have become inactive because all claims against them have been paid or when requests for payments from such funds have not been made or for any other reasons and a reasonable time for making such claims has been allowed. When the Comptroller transfers the balance in any special fund into the General Fund, he shall close out such special fund. (Acts 1969, No. 166, p. 451.)