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AL Code § 29-2-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 6 - Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budget.|Section 29-2-80 - Creation; Duties and Responsibilities; Clerical and Expert Assistance; Cooperation Required of Agencies, Boards, Bureaus, Etc.

Section 29-2-80Creation; duties and responsibilities; clerical and expert assistance; cooperation required of agencies, boards, bureaus, etc. There is hereby created a Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets. The committee shall meet during the interim periods between the regular sessions of the Legislature. It shall be the duty of the committee to make a careful investigation and study of the financial condition of the state, hold budget hearings, inquire into ways and means of financing state government and its programs, and report its findings and recommendations as herein provided. The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Director of the Legislative Fiscal Office shall provide the committee with such clerical and expert assistance from among their respective staffs as may be necessary. All departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices and institutions of the state shall and are hereby directed to cooperate fully with the committee and its staff and shall furnish any and all information that may be requested by the committee or its staff. (Acts 1991, No. 91-652, p. 1229, §1.)
AL Code § 29-2-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 6 - Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budget.|Section 29-2-81 - Composition of Committee; Co-Chairs; Vice Co-Chairs; Sub-Committees; Compensation of Members of Sub-Committees.

Section 29-2-81Composition of committee; co-chairs; vice co-chairs; sub-committees; compensation of members of sub-committees. The committee shall be composed of the Lieutenant Governor, the members of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation and such other members of the Senate as appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The committee shall further be composed of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the members of the House Committee on Ways and Means and such other members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; provided, however, that the total committee membership from the House of Representatives shall not exceed 36 members. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee shall be co-chairmen. The said co-chairmen shall each appoint one vice co-chairman and shall set the schedule and program for committee work. The said co-chairmen shall fix the days and hours of meetings and conduct hearings and examine witnesses who appear before the committee. Each co-chairman may appoint sub-committees and invest them with such authority as may be deemed necessary to conduct the committee's business and expedite its work. Members appointed to any sub-committee shall each be entitled to, and shall receive compensation as is provided for below for members of the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budgets for each day said members attend a sub-committee meeting that is not also a meeting day of the committee. Said sub-committee members shall not be paid for more than 30 additional calendar days in any single calendar year for work of said sub-committee. (Acts 1991, No. 91-652, p. 1229, §2.)
AL Code § 29-2-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 6 - Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budget.|Section 29-2-82 - Compensation, Expenses, etc., of Committee Members.

Section 29-2-82Compensation, expenses, etc., of committee members. The committee members shall be entitled to, and shall receive, the same daily legislative compensation, expense allowances, per diem and other compensation which they receive while in legislative session for each weekday, Monday through Friday, during any week in which the committee actually meets. It is provided however, that members must be present each scheduled meeting day during such week in order to receive the full five days compensation. Otherwise, committee members will receive compensation only for those days in which committee meetings are attended. Said committee shall not be paid for more than 30 calendar days in any single interim period. The compensation of committee employees shall be paid as provided in Sections 29-1-9 and 29-1-10. (Acts 1991, No. 91-652, p. 1229, §3.)
AL Code § 29-2-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 6 - Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budget.|Section 29-2-83 - Report of Findings and Recommendations to Legislature.

Section 29-2-83Report of findings and recommendations to Legislature. The committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than the seventh legislative day of each regular session. (Acts 1991, No. 91-652, p. 1229, §4.)
AL Code § 29-2-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 7 - Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care.|Section 29-2-100 - Definitions.

Section 29-2-100Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHILDREN IN STATE CARE. A child who is described by any of the following circumstances: a. The child's foster care placement is primarily the financial responsibility of the state. b. The child is under the legal or physical custody of a state agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth Services. c. The Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Youth Services, or any other agency is providing out of home services to the child. d. Children not included under this definition are children whose care is furnished by a child care center, group day care home, or family day care home. (2) COMMITTEE. The Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care. (3) COUNCIL. Interdepartmental Coordination Council on Children in State Care. (Act 98-612, p. 1347, §1.)
AL Code § 29-2-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 7 - Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care.|Section 29-2-101 - Oversight Committee - Created; Members; Meetings.

Section 29-2-101Oversight Committee - Created; members; meetings. There is created a Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care. The committee shall consist of three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House and three members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The committee shall hold its organizational meeting within 30 days after August 1, 1998. The committee shall meet at the call of the chair or any majority of the members thereof; provided, that the committee shall meet at least once each four months. The committee shall have a continuing existence and may meet, act, and conduct its business at any place within this state during the sessions of the Legislature or any recess thereof, and in the interim period between sessions. (Act 98–612, §2.)
AL Code § 29-2-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 7 - Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care.|Section 29-2-102 - Oversight Committee - Assistance; Compensation; Expenses.

Section 29-2-102Oversight Committee - Assistance; compensation; expenses. The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference Service, the Legislative Fiscal Office, the Examiners of Public Accounts and the council created pursuant to Section 29–2–105 shall provide any assistance as may be necessary at the committee's request. Each member of the committee shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, his or her per diem, and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the committee which shall be paid out of any funds appropriated for the use of the Legislature, upon warrants drawn on the state Comptroller, upon requisitions signed by the committee's chair; provided however, that members shall not receive additional legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session but they shall receive their travel expenses for all meetings attended. Annual expenses and compensation of the committee shall not exceed the amount of $10,000. (Act 98-612, p. 1347, §3.)
AL Code § 29-2-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 7 - Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care.|Section 29-2-103 - Oversight Committee - Duties.

Section 29-2-103Oversight committee - Duties. It shall be the duty of the committee to study and review the criteria for placing and keeping children in state care, to review the criteria for selection of child care providers by state agencies, to review the minimum base pay and distribution of funds for providers, to identify an accountability process for providers, to review the quality of care provided to children by state agencies, to identify an accountability process for state agencies involved in children's services, to review the availability of special services to meet the individual needs of children in state care, to gather input from service providers, state agencies, and children receiving state services concerning their experiences, concerns, and recommendations, and to coordinate the activities of the council. (Act 98-612, p. 1347, §4.)
AL Code § 29-2-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 7 - Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care.|Section 29-2-104 - Report to Legislature.

Section 29-2-104Report to Legislature. The committee shall report any findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than the seventh legislative day of each regular session. (Act 98-612, p. 1347, §5.)
AL Code § 29-2-106 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 7 - Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care.|Section 29-2-106 - State Case Registry of Children in State Care.

Section 29-2-106State Case Registry of Children in State Care. (a) The Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth Services shall create a joint project team to develop a requirements analysis and conceptual design for maintaining a central repository of case information within 12 months of May 6, 1998, which shall be known as the State Case Registry of Children in State Care and shall contain records with respect to the following: (1) The number of children in state care.  (2) The amount of funds expended by federal, state, and local governments for maintenance payments on behalf of children in state care. (3) The amount of funds expended by federal, state, and local governments for payments on behalf of each child in state care and their natural parents or guardians. (4) The types of services being offered to parents and their children in order to keep the family together.  (5) The number of children in foster care eligible for adoption, the number of such children adopted, and the number of foster children determined not to be adoptable and the reasons therefor. (6) The number of children in state care placed in permanent or long-term state care or guardianship. (7) The size of caseloads of probation officers and social workers, the effect the caseloads have on the services offered to parents or their children, and the effectiveness of such services.  (8) The movement of children in state care from placement to placement and the shifting or sharing of responsibility, or both, from agency to agency. (9) The agency related qualifications, education, and in-service training of workers providing services to children.  (10) Any other matter relating to children in state care which the departments, in consultation with the council, deem appropriate to be included in the registry. (b) Information in the registry shall be used to carry out the responsibilities of the council or any agency with jurisdiction over children in state care.  (c) All information and records obtained pursuant to this section shall be confidential and may not be disclosed in a way which may identify any individual, adult, or child. (d) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 98-612, p. 1347, §7.)
AL Code § 29-2-107 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 7 - Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care.|Section 29-2-107 - Disclosure of Information; Violation.

Section 29-2-107Disclosure of information; violation. (a) All records, reports, permanency plans, reviews, and reports of children in state care or any material prepared in connection with the planning, placement, or care of a child in the care or custody of a state agency shall not be a public record and shall be disclosed only for the purposes directly related to the administration of this article or as otherwise determined by the agency having jurisdiction of the child in state care to be reasonably necessary or reasonably required and as directly related to the provisions of any services needed by the child. (b) A violation of this section is a Class C felony. (Act 98-612, p. 1347, §8.)
AL Code § 29-2-120 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 8 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Community Services Grants.|Section 29-2-120 - Legislative Findings.

Section 29-2-120Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds as follows: The Legislature has the constitutional duty to appropriate and safeguard taxpayers' money; the Legislature has recognized the need for community services programs; and the Legislature has recognized the purposes for which Alabama community services grants may be made in Section 41-24-3, specifically as follows: (1) To enhance the education of the citizenry through activities, expenditures for capital improvements or equipment, that promote literacy, learning, arts appreciation, public health and mental health. (2) To promote activities that provide human and social services which reduce the hardships of old age, poor health or poverty. (3) To promote the marketability, yield or quality of Alabama-produced agricultural commodities.  (4) To promote the preservation, restoration, development and propagation of Alabama's natural resources, recreational facilities, environment, history, culture, transportation lanes, tourism, public safety, and historic landmarks and buildings. (Act 98-677, p. 1490, §1.)
AL Code § 29-2-121 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 8 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Community Services Grants.|Section 29-2-121 - Joint Legislative Advisory Committee - Created; Composition; Operation.

Section 29-2-121Joint Legislative Advisory Committee - Created; composition; operation. There is hereby created a permanent Joint Legislative Advisory Committee on Community Services Grants, hereinafter referred to as the committee. The committee shall consist of the Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee; the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation-Education Committee; the Chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Expansion and Trade; three members of the House Ways and Means Committee appointed by the Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee; one member of the Senate Finance and Taxation-Education Committee appointed by the Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation-Education Committee; and one member of the Senate Committee on Economic Expansion and Trade appointed by the Chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Expansion and Trade. The committee shall hold its organizational meeting within 30 days after the adjournment of any session of the Legislature in which an appropriation has been made to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants for community services grants. The committee shall meet at the call of the chair or any majority of members thereof; provided, that the committee shall meet at least once each four months in years which grant appropriations have been made to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants. The committee may meet, act, and conduct its business during the sessions of the Legislature or any recess thereof, and in the interim period between sessions. (Act 98-677, p. 1490, §2; Act 2006-511, p. 1183, §2.)
AL Code § 29-2-122 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 8 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Community Services Grants.|Section 29-2-122 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee - Assistance; Compensation of Members; Expenses.

Section 29-2-122Joint Legislative Oversight committee - Assistance; compensation of members; expenses. The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference Service, the Legislative Fiscal Office, and the Examiners of Public Accounts shall provide any assistance as may be necessary at the committee's request. Each member of the committee shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, his or her per diem and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the committee which shall be paid out of any funds appropriated for the use of the Legislature, upon warrants drawn on the state Comptroller upon requisitions signed by the committee's chair; provided, however, that members shall not receive additional legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session but they shall receive their travel expenses for all meetings attended. The maximum amount expended for the expenses of members of the committee under the provisions of this article shall not exceed $10,000 annually. (Act 98-677, p. 1490, §3.)
AL Code § 29-2-123 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 8 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Community Services Grants.|Section 29-2-123 - Joint Legislative Advisory Committee - Duties.

Section 29-2-123Joint Legislative Advisory Committee - Duties. It shall be the duty of the committee to review applications and recommend for approval any community services grants made from any funds appropriated to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants by the Legislature for the purpose of awarding community services grants. The committee shall evaluate grant proposals based on the relevance of such proposals to the purposes for which such grants shall be made; the extent to which such grant proposal advances the program objectives of the grant-making agency; the ability of the grant recipient to fulfill the objectives of the grant proposal; and the extent to which the grant proposal can benefit the greatest number of citizens, without excluding any geographic regions of the state. All of the above information may be ascertained by appropriate measures, which shall include interviews, audits, public hearings, and recommendations by members of the Legislature. The committee shall act in an advisory role only. All grants recommended for approval or rejection by the committee shall be forwarded to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants which shall review each grant for compliance with the criteria listed herein and shall approve or disapprove each grant. The commission shall have absolute discretion to award or reject any grant. The commission shall report to the committee, within 14 days after any meeting, all actions taken. It shall also be the duty of the commission to ensure that, of any appropriations awarded by the commission, a minimum of the equivalent of 0.4 percent of such appropriations shall be distributed to each House district and 1.2 percent of such appropriations shall be distributed to each Senate district. (Act 98-677, p. 1490, §4; Act 2006-511, p. 1183, §2.)
AL Code § 29-2-124 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 8 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Community Services Grants.|Section 29-2-124 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee - Annual Report.

Section 29-2-124Joint Legislative Oversight Committee - Annual report. The committee shall make an annual report to members of the Legislature no later than the seventh legislative day of regular sessions detailing any and all community services grants awarded. (Act 98-677, p. 1490, §5.)
AL Code § 29-2-150 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 9|Section 29-2-150 - Legislative Intent.

Section 29-2-150Legislative intent. The Legislature intends that this article shall serve as the method of compensating certain innocent persons who have been wrongfully incarcerated by the State of Alabama. (Act 2001-659, p. 1359, §1.)
AL Code § 29-2-151 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 9|Section 29-2-151 - Committee Created.

Section 29-2-151Committee created. There is hereby created the Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration. The Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration may hereinafter be referred to as the "committee." The committee shall certify applicants who have met the eligibility criteria for payment pursuant to this article and may recommend to the Legislature an amount of additional compensation to be paid by the state as authorized by subsection (b) of Section 29-2-159. (Act 2001-659, p. 1359, §2.)
AL Code § 29-2-152 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 29 - Legislature.|Chapter 2 - Permanent Legislative Committees.|Article 9|Section 29-2-152 - Composition; Meetings; Duties of Division of Risk Management.

Section 29-2-152Composition; meetings; duties of Division of Risk Management. (a) The committee shall consist of the following nine voting members: (1) The Chair of the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee. (2) The Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee. (3) The Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. (4) The Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (5) The Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee. (6) The Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives or his or her designee. (7) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate or his or her designee. (8) The Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee. (9) The Director of Finance. (b) Each year the committee shall elect a chair and vice chair from its membership. (c) Any four members of the committee shall be required to be in attendance for the purpose of transacting the business of the committee and a vote of four members in favor of a motion shall be necessary for any decision regarding certification of compensation pursuant to this article or a recommendation for additional compensation pursuant to Section 29-2-159. The term for service on this committee shall be the same as the quadrennium of the Legislature. (d) The committee shall meet as often as necessary but at least quarterly if an applicant's eligibility for compensation has been verified by the Division of Risk Management of the Department of Finance. (e) The Division of Risk Management shall make a record of and file in such office a history of each case, together with the findings of the division and any certification of awards by the committee. The division shall also provide necessary administrative and legal support to the committee. (Act 2001-659, p. 1359, §3.)