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AL Code § 36-14-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 14 - Secretary of State.|Section 36-14-19 - Electronic Recordation Process for Business Entity Filings.

Section 36-14-19Electronic recordation process for business entity filings. (a) The Secretary of State shall develop a program to facilitate the administration of an electronic process for the recordation of filing activities by business and nonprofit entities required under Title 10A. A county may participate in the program in accordance with this section. Under the program, the Secretary of State may contract with a vendor to provide electronic processing services which may include, but are not limited to, the online filing of forms, online recording, payment of fees through credit or debit cards, and any other service related to the administration of the electronic process, as determined by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may also develop a certification process to allow third parties to provide these electronic processing services. All recording fees, whether established by general law, general law of local application, or local law, shall be collected by the vendor and the fees, applicable to the county, including all data associated with the local recording fees, shall be remitted by the vendor to each participating county no less than twice per month. (b) A county may participate in the program by written agreement between the county commission, judge of probate, and the Secretary of State. Any agreement shall be a voluntary decision made exclusively by the county. The Secretary of State or the applicable county may terminate an agreement at any time upon 120 days' written notice. Upon written notice of termination, the Secretary of State shall instruct the electronic process vendor that it shall finalize and transmit all final recording fees collected, and all data related thereto, to the applicable county not more than 30 days after the date on which use of the electronic system ceases.  (c) The cooperation between the Secretary of State and a county shall be at no additional cost to the county or the state. (d) The cooperation between the Secretary of State and a county as provided for in this section shall satisfy any and all fee and filing requirements whether prescribed by general law, general law of local application, or local law applicable to the participating county, and, furthermore, fulfill any and all statutory requirements of a county commission, judge of probate, and the Secretary of State as it relates to filing activities of business entities. (e) A judge of probate may continue to provide filing services pursuant to current procedures and is in no way bound or obligated to participate in the electronic process for the recordation of filing activities as provided for by this section. (Act 2015-479, §1.)
AL Code § 36-14-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 14 - Secretary of State.|Section 36-14-20 - (Effective October 1, 2022) Rulemaking Authority.

Section 36-14-20(Effective October 1, 2022) Rulemaking authority. The Secretary of State shall adopt rules or establish internal office procedures to implement the Office of the Secretary of State's responsibilities under Section 41-4-177.10, which shall include reasonable efforts to identify small or disadvantaged businesses authorized by the Secretary of State to do business within the state and the reporting of that data and information to the Chief Procurement Officer by January 31 of each year. (Act 2021-223, §2.)
AL Code § 36-16-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-1 - Duties Generally.

Section 36-16-1Duties generally. The sole powers, functions and duties of the Auditor shall be as follows: (1) Those enumerated in the constitution; (2) The keeping of a seal with the devise, "The State of Alabama, Auditor's Office;" (3) If the Treasurer, in the event of his resignation or removal, fails to comply with the provisions of this code, or if he dies or absconds, the stating of his account in the presence of any person attending on the part of such late Treasurer and the delivering of the books, papers and moneys belonging to the Treasury to his successor, taking his receipt for the same, and recording and filing such receipts and statement and reporting the same to the next Legislature; (4) The postauditing of the accounts and records of the Department of Finance and the Treasurer; (5) The serving on the boards and commissions of which he is by law an ex officio member; and (6) The making of a full and complete report to the Governor at the close of each fiscal year showing the audited receipts and disbursements of the government for the last completed fiscal year, as required by the constitution and as shown by the records and documents in the office of the Department of Finance, which records shall be audited by him. The report shall also include the results of his audit of all taxes and revenues collected and paid into the Treasury and shall give the results of all other audits made by him. The report shall be printed and bound with, and as a part of, the annual financial report of the state prepared by the Department of Finance. The Auditor shall make reports oftener upon, and matters pertaining to, his office if required by the Governor or the Legislature. (Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144, §8; Acts 1939, No. 452, p. 608, §1; Code 1940, T. 55, §205.)
AL Code § 36-16-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-2 - Authority to Require Proof of Correctness of Claim.

Section 36-16-2Authority to require proof of correctness of claim. The Auditor 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; Code 1940, T. 55, §206.)
AL Code § 36-16-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-3 - Assistants and Clerical Help.

Section 36-16-3Assistants and clerical help. The Auditor may employ a chief clerk, whose employment shall be at the pleasure of the Auditor. Subject to the provisions of the Merit System, he may employ principal accountants, account clerks and senior stenographers. (Code 1867, §95; Code 1876, §88; Code 1886, §99; Code 1896, §1998; Code 1907, §602; Acts 1923, No. 600, p. 789, §4; Code 1923, §809; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 104, p. 99, §4 1/2; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 124, §1; Acts 1939, No. 452, p. 608, §3; Code 1940, T. 55, §207.)
AL Code § 36-16-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-4 - Bond.

Section 36-16-4Bond. Before entering upon his duties of office, the Auditor shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $25,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. (Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123, § 1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-16-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-5 - Fees for Services Rendered.

Section 36-16-5Fees for services rendered. The Auditor must charge $.50 for each impression of his official seal for private or personal use and, for other services, he must charge the same fees as the Secretary of State for similar services. All such fees shall be paid into the State Treasury. (Code 1852, §63; Code 1867, §93; Code 1876, §86; Code 1886, §97; Code 1896, §1996; Code 1907, §600; Acts 1923, No. 600, p. 789; Code 1923, §807; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 124, § 1; Acts 1939, No. 452, p. 608, § 1; Code 1940, T. 55, §208.)
AL Code § 36-16-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-6 - Official Acts of Chief Clerk Deemed Those of Auditor.

Section 36-16-6Official acts of chief clerk deemed those of Auditor. The official acts of the chief clerk shall be presumed to be by the authority of, and shall be taken as done by, the Auditor, who shall be responsible for the same. (Code 1867, §97; Code 1876, §90; Code 1886, §101; Code 1896, §2000; Code 1907, §604; Code 1923, §811; Code 1940, T. 55, §210.)
AL Code § 36-16-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-7 - Property Inventory Control Division - Created.

Section 36-16-7Property Inventory Control Division - Created. There is hereby created, in the office of the State Auditor, a Property Inventory Control Division. (Acts 1969, No. 610, p. 1117, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-16-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-9 - Property Inventory Control Division - Duty of Examiners of Public Accounts as to State Personal Property.

Section 36-16-9Property Inventory Control Division — Duty of Examiners of Public Accounts as to state personal property. The Examiners of Public Accounts, in making their examination or audit of the accounts and records of each state department or agency, shall compare the inventory of personal property of the department or agency kept by the Property Inventory Control Division with personal property in the custody of the department or agency, and shall include a statement of the result of the comparison in their report. The value of any personal property lost to the state due to the neglect or willful act of the person having the custody of the property shall be recoverable from such persons in an appropriate action instituted on behalf of the state by the Attorney General. (Acts 1949, No. 627, p. 967, §2.)
AL Code § 36-16-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-10 - Property Inventory Control Division - Authority of Chief; Neglect of Duty by Chief or Other Officer.

Section 36-16-10Property Inventory Control Division — Authority of chief; neglect of duty by chief or other officer. The Chief of the Property Inventory Control Division shall have the authority to carry out the provisions of Sections 36-16-8 through 36-16-11, and shall require that each department, office, bureau, board or agency of the state carry out fully the provisions of Sections 36-16-8 through 36-16-11 applicable to such department, office, bureau, board or agency. In the event the Chief of the Property Inventory Control Division neglects to perform the duties imposed upon him by Sections 36-16-8 through 36-16-11, the State Auditor shall report such neglect to the personnel board, which board shall administer such disciplinary action against the chief of the division, including the right to discharge him, as the board deems proper under the circumstances. In the event the head of any department or officer in charge of any office, bureau, board or agency of the state neglects to perform the duties imposed upon him by Sections 36-16-8 through 36-16-11, he shall be liable for the sum of $5.00 for each day such neglect continues and for the value of any and all personal property losses to the state as a result of such neglect. (Acts 1949, No. 627, p. 967, §3.)
AL Code § 36-16-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 16 - State Auditor.|Section 36-16-11 - Property Inventory Control Division - Property Exempt From Control.

Section 36-16-11Property Inventory Control Division - Property exempt from control. There is hereby expressly exempt from Sections 36-16-8 to 36-16-10, inclusive, all livestock, animals, farm and agricultural products and property owned or used by, or in connection with, or under control of, all public schools, universities, colleges, trade schools, Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, State Library Service, and all fire control or fire rescue equipment acquired by the Alabama Forestry Commission from sources other than state agencies and subsequently donated to volunteer fire departments pursuant to Section 9-3-19; provided, Sections 36-16-8 to 36-16-10, inclusive, shall not apply to the Alabama hospitals for the insane and the Partlow State School and Hospital. (Acts 1949, No. 627, p. 967, §4; Act 2000-212, p. 295, §1.)
AL Code § 36-17-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-1 - Bond.

Section 36-17-1Bond. Before entering on the duties of his office, the Treasurer shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $150,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. (Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123, § 1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-17-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-2 - Jurisdiction of Action Upon Treasurer's Bond.

Section 36-17-2Jurisdiction of action upon Treasurer's bond. In all actions upon the bond of the Treasurer or against the sureties or insurers of such bond, the courts of the State of Alabama shall have exclusive jurisdiction, and this shall be deemed a condition of such bond. (Code 1907, §619; Code 1923, §829; Code 1940, T. 55, §227.)
AL Code § 36-17-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-4 - Chief Clerk and Other Assistants.

Section 36-17-4Chief clerk and other assistants. (a) The Treasurer may employ a chief clerk and such other assistants as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the office, subject to the Merit System. (b) Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the chief clerk, the assistant clerk, the pension clerk and the stenographer in the office of the Treasurer shall each execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in amounts to be fixed by the Treasurer, for the faithful performance of the duties of their offices. (Code 1907, §625; Acts 1923, No. 600, p. 789, §6; Code 1923, §835; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 124, §1; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 201, p. 238, §1; Code 1940, T. 55, §216; Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190, §1.)
AL Code § 36-17-4.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-4.1 - Additional Employee.

Section 36-17-4.1Additional employee. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to hire, without regard to the state Merit System law, one additional employee who shall serve at the pleasure of the State Treasurer. The Treasurer shall set the salary of the said additional employee, provided that such salary shall not exceed the maximum amount payable to assistant department heads of the Executive Branch of government. For purposes of pay and employment benefits, rights and privileges, the said additional employee shall be treated as if he or she is an employee of the state. (Acts 1987, No. 87-803, p. 1577, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-17-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-5 - Officers and Employees Subject to Merit System.

Section 36-17-5Officers and employees subject to Merit System. All officers and employees in the office of the Treasurer shall be subject to the provisions of the Merit System. (Acts 1939, No. 450, p. 603, § 1; Code 1940, T. 55, §211.)
AL Code § 36-17-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-6 - Settlement of Accounts and Delivery of Books, etc., on Removal or Resignation.

Section 36-17-6Settlement of accounts and delivery of books, etc., on removal or resignation. If the Treasurer resigns or is removed, he must immediately after such resignation or removal deliver the books, papers and money belonging to the treasury to his successor, taking a receipt therefor, and must, within 10 days after resignation or removal, state his account, and the Department of Finance must record and file in his office a statement of such settlement and receipt and report the same to the next session of the Legislature. (Code 1852, §67; Code 1867, §101; Code 1876, §102; Code 1886, §115; Code 1896, §2014; Code 1907, §620; Code 1923, §830; Code 1940, T. 55, §212.)
AL Code § 36-17-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-8 - Procedure for Drawing Money for Payment of Interest.

Section 36-17-8Procedure for drawing money for payment of interest. (a) Not less than 15 nor more than 30 days before the due date of principal and interest on each of the respective issues of bonded indebtedness, the Treasurer must certify to the Comptroller the amount of money needed to pay the principal and interest falling due on that date, and for any expenses necessarily incurred by the fiscal agent in the discharge of its duties. The Comptroller shall draw his warrant on the treasury in favor of the Treasurer for such amount to be paid out of any fund appropriated for the payment of principal and interest and expenses. (b) Not more than 15 business days before the actual due date of principal and interest, the Treasurer shall remit to the fiscal agent, by wire transfer or draft, the total amount of principal, interest, and expenses of the fiscal agent, due on said bond. (c) For the purpose of paying principal and interest on any issues of funded indebtedness, the Treasurer with the written consent of the Governor, may designate at least two banks, one or more within the State of Alabama and one or more within the continental United States. (d) In the event that any issues of bonded indebtedness existing, prior to the date of enactment of this section, provide by the terms of the issue an alternate means of paying principal and interest, including but not limited to the establishment of a sinking fund or advance payment, then such payment shall be made in accordance with the terms of such bond indenture. (Code 1886, §122; Code 1896, §2020; Code 1907, §627; Code 1923, §837; Code 1940, T. 55, §218; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 83-78, p. 83, §1; Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-165, p. 334, §1.)
AL Code § 36-17-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-10 - Payment of Interest.

Section 36-17-10Payment of interest. It is the duty of the fiscal agent to pay the interest on the bonded indebtedness of the state, upon presentation of the proper coupons and checks and, upon payment, to immediately cancel such coupons and checks and to forward the same to the Treasurer, by express or otherwise, as he directed. (Code 1886, §124; Code 1896, §2022; Code 1907, §629; Code 1923, §839; Code 1940, T. 55, §220; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 83-78, p. 83, §1.)
AL Code § 36-17-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-11 - When Treasurer Not Liable for Loss in Providing for Payment of Interest.

Section 36-17-11When Treasurer not liable for loss in providing for payment of interest. The Treasurer shall not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by the state in carrying out the provisions of Section 36-17-8, which does not result from any fault or negligence on his part. (Code 1886, §125; Code 1896, §2023; Code 1907, §630; Code 1923, §840; Code 1940, T. 55, §221.)
AL Code § 36-17-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-12 - Custodian of State Bonds, etc., Redeemed; Registry of Paid Bonds.

Section 36-17-12Custodian of state bonds, etc., redeemed; registry of paid bonds. The Treasurer is the custodian of all redeemed bonds and paid coupons of the state which must be cancelled. He must register them in a book kept for that purpose, in such manner as to show a full and complete identification by date, number, amount, rate of interest, time and place of payment and by whom issued, and such registry must be carefully preserved. All bonds of the state redeemed or paid must be cancelled and filed in the office of the Treasurer. (Code 1867, §106; Code 1876, §106; Code 1886, §119; Code 1896, §2024; Code 1907, §631; Code 1923, §841; Code 1940, T. 55, §222.)
AL Code § 36-17-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-13 - Recordation of Paid and Cancelled Coupons; Destruction of Cancelled Bonds and Coupons.

Section 36-17-13Recordation of paid and cancelled coupons; destruction of cancelled bonds and coupons. The Treasurer must enter, in suitable books kept for that purpose, a record of all paid and cancelled coupons of the several classes of coupon bonds issued by the state and all coupon bonds which the state may hereafter issue, such record to be made as soon as practicable after such payment and cancellation. The Examiner of Public Accounts, from time to time, shall examine the cancelled bonds and coupons and shall compare such bonds and coupons with the record made thereof, as required by this section, and with the interest and redemption ledger kept by the Treasurer. Immediately after such examination, the Treasurer and the Examiner of Public Accounts shall then destroy such bonds and coupons, and the state examiner shall certify to the fact of the destruction of such bonds and coupons on the aforesaid record required to be kept by this section. (Code 1896, §2025; Code 1907, §632; Acts 1909, No. 84, p. 275; Code 1923, §842; Code 1940, T. 55, §223; Acts 1969, No. 223, p. 543, §1.)
AL Code § 36-17-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-14 - Issuance of Duplicates of Lost or Destroyed Registered State Bonds.

Section 36-17-14Issuance of duplicates of lost or destroyed registered state bonds. Whenever it shall be made to appear to the Governor, auditor and Treasurer, by clear and satisfactory evidence, that any duly registered bond of the State of Alabama, bearing interest, has been lost or destroyed so that the same is not held by any person as his property, they shall issue a duplicate of such registered bond, in like amount, bearing like interest and executed and marked in like manner as the bond so proved to have been lost or destroyed. But the owner of such lost or destroyed bond shall first execute a penal bond in double the amount of such lost or destroyed bond and the interest which would thereafter accrue thereon, with two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Governor, payable to the State of Alabama, with condition to indemnify and save harmless the state from any claim because of such lost or destroyed bond. Such penal bond shall be filed and kept in the office of the Treasurer, and a copy thereof, duly certified by the Treasurer, is admissible in evidence in any court. (Code 1896, §2026; Code 1907, §633; Code 1923, §843; Code 1940, T. 55, §224.)
AL Code § 36-17-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-16 - Destruction of Cancelled State Warrants and Journals Relating Thereto.

Section 36-17-16Destruction of cancelled state warrants and journals relating thereto. The State Treasurer may, in his discretion, destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any cancelled state warrants at any time after the expiration of one year after the close of the fiscal year in which the warrants were issued; provided, such warrants have been photographed or microphotographed as authorized by law. He shall likewise have the power and authority to destroy, or cause to be destroyed, the journals pertaining to or covering such warrants. The State Treasurer shall not be required to obtain the permission, approval or consent of any state officer, agency or commission to destroy such records, the provisions of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding. (Acts 1969, No. 222, p. 542, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1242, p. 2091, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-473, p. 1095, §1.)