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AL Code § 41-9-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-61 - Creation; Composition; Officers; Attorney General to Attend Meetings of Board, etc.; Quarters, etc.; Quorum; Board May Take Views, Conduct Interviews, etc.; Board to Supervise, etc., Preparation, etc., of Records of Cases.

Section 41-9-61Creation; composition; officers; Attorney General to attend meetings of board, etc.; quarters, etc.; quorum; board may take views, conduct interviews, etc.; board to supervise, etc., preparation, etc., of records of cases. There shall be a Board of Adjustment to be composed of the Director of Finance, the State Treasurer, the Secretary of State and the State Auditor. The chairman of said board shall be selected by the board from its members. The Secretary of State shall also be the secretary of said board and shall perform all the duties, powers and functions required of the secretary by the board. The Attorney General shall attend the meetings of the board and represent the State of Alabama in all proceedings before the board. The Board of Adjustment shall be furnished with necessary quarters, stationery and postage in the same manner as the same are furnished to other state officers, agencies, commissions, boards, institutions or departments. Any three of said board members shall constitute a quorum to transact business and discharge the functions of said board; provided, however, that in case there is an equal division of opinion on any decision or claim that the board is authorized to hear, the chairman of the board shall determine the decision in such instance. The Board of Adjustment shall have the power, if, in its opinion the situation warrants it, to visit any scene of any injury or accident and make a view thereof and take said facts in consideration and personally interview such persons as may have knowledge or information as to the subject matter of the claim under consideration by said board and may take such views and information into consideration in reaching its conclusion and making awards on claims. The Board of Adjustment shall supervise and direct the secretary of the board as to making a record as provided in Section 41-9-71 and shall aid and direct said secretary in making up a report of all cases heard and determined by said board, stating the substance of the claim and the disposition made of the case, and shall cause said cases to be classified under said board's direction in accordance with the types and kinds of cases coming before said board. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Acts 1939, No. 449, p. 602; Code 1940, T. 55, §333; Acts 1943, No. 421, p. 386.)
AL Code § 41-9-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-63 - Claimant May Prosecute Claim in Person or by Counsel or Agent.

Section 41-9-63Claimant may prosecute claim in person or by counsel or agent. A claimant shall have the right to file and prosecute his claim before the board in person or by counsel or agent of his own choice, whether such agent be licensed to practice law or not. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Code 1940, T. 55, §344; Acts 1963, No. 307, p. 786, §2.)
AL Code § 41-9-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-64 - Claims for Death to Be Made by Personal Representative; Distribution of Proceeds of Claim.

Section 41-9-64Claims for death to be made by personal representative; distribution of proceeds of claim. Claims for death shall be made by the personal representative, who shall distribute the proceeds of the claim in the same manner as is provided by law with respect to damages awarded for death by wrongful act. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 173, p. 205; Code 1940, T. 55, §339.)
AL Code § 41-9-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-66 - Board May Prescribe Forms and Adopt Rules of Evidence and Procedure.

Section 41-9-66Board may prescribe forms and adopt rules of evidence and procedure. The Board of Adjustment may prescribe such forms and adopt such rules of evidence and procedure as it may deem necessary or proper, not inconsistent with the provisions of this division. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Code 1940, T. 55, §337.)
AL Code § 41-9-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-67 - Powers, etc., of Board as to Requirement of Production of Documents, etc., Generally; Employment of Clerical, etc., Help for Investigation of Claims, Etc.

Section 41-9-67Powers, etc., of board as to requirement of production of documents, etc., generally; employment of clerical, etc., help for investigation of claims, etc. (a) The Board of Adjustment shall have the power and it shall be its duty when any claim or claims for damages provided for in this division are presented to it to require any employee, agency, commission, board, institution or department of the State of Alabama to furnish any documents or information deemed necessary by the Board of Adjustment and to require the presence of any person or the production of any documents in the same manner as in circuit court trials with the same rights as the circuit courts to punish for contempt. (b) With the approval of the Governor and subject to the provisions of the Merit System, the Board of Adjustment may employ such necessary clerical or other help in ascertaining the facts incident to or growing out of claims presented to it and to make such investigations and to interview such witnesses as in the opinion of the Board of Adjustment are essential to ascertain the true facts upon which to base their findings and awards. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Code 1940, T. 55, §338.)
AL Code § 41-9-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-68 - Determination of Amount of Injury or Damage and Entry of Award for Payment of Damages Generally.

Section 41-9-68Determination of amount of injury or damage and entry of award for payment of damages generally. (a) When claims are properly prepared and presented to the Board of Adjustment and, after ascertaining the facts in the case, it is directed to determine the amount of the injury, death or disability or other injury or damage arising from contract or business and to fix the damages, using as its guide, when applicable, the ordinary rules of negligence and worker's compensation laid down by the courts and the moral obligation of the State of Alabama, and to award and find the person entitled to payment and the amount, if any, which should be paid and any other facts necessary for a proper adjustment of claims. The ordinary rules of negligence as to liability are to be followed in claims by parties not employees of the State of Alabama or any of its agencies, commissions, boards, institutions or departments. The rules of Chapter 5 of Title 25 as to liability are to be followed in claims for the injury or death of convicts, in claims for employment related injury or death of any employee of a city or county board of education, college or university, and in claims for injury or death of any employee of the State of Alabama arising out of employment with the state where the said employee is not covered by an employee injury compensation program. (b) Whenever the provisions of this division authorize ascertainment of the amount of damages and provide for payment of the judgment, finding or award of the Board of Adjustment, they shall be construed to include also claims arising from contract or business dealings as well as for personal injury, property damage, death and disability. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 173, p. 205; Code 1940, T. 55, §339; Acts 1994, No. 94-680, p. 1308, §6.)
AL Code § 41-9-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-69 - Determination of Agency, Commission, etc., of State Inflicting Injury or Damage and Entry of Award for Payment of Damages Out of Funds Appropriated Thereto.

Section 41-9-69Determination of agency, commission, etc., of state inflicting injury or damage and entry of award for payment of damages out of funds appropriated thereto. The Board of Adjustment in its findings of facts and its findings and awards as to the amount of payment may also find the agency, commission, board, institution or department of the State of Alabama which inflicted the injury or damage complained of, if it finds there is injury or damage done to persons or property, and may adjudge and find that said damage shall be paid out of the appropriation made to the agency, commission, board, institution or department of the State of Alabama whose employees, servants, agents or instrumentalities inflicted the damages and injuries complained of; provided, that the Board of Adjustment may order the payment of any claim out of any fund or funds appropriated for the purposes of this division. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Code 1940, T. 55, §340.)
AL Code § 41-9-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-70 - Limitation on Amount of Award for Personal Injury or Death.

Section 41-9-70Limitation on amount of award for personal injury or death. The Board of Adjustment shall not fix a greater amount to be paid on any claim for death or personal injuries than the limits fixed in Chapter 5 of Title 25 for injuries, loss of time, medical attendance or death; provided, that convicts shall be considered as receiving the minimum wages mentioned in Chapter 5 of Title 25. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Code 1940, T. 55, §336.)
AL Code § 41-9-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-71 - Secretary of Board to Prepare, etc., History of Cases, etc., and Deliver to Certain Agencies, etc., Certified Copy of Findings and Awards of Board; Comptroller to Draw Warrant in Favor of Persons, etc., Found Entitled to Damages, Etc.

Section 41-9-71Secretary of board to prepare, etc., history of cases, etc., and deliver to certain agencies, etc., certified copy of findings and awards of board; Comptroller to draw warrant in favor of persons, etc., found entitled to damages, etc. The secretary of the Board of Adjustment shall make a record of and file in the office of the Secretary of State a history of the case, together with the findings and awards of the Board of Adjustment, and shall deliver to the agencies, commissions, boards, institutions or departments against whom the award is made and by whom payment must be made a certified copy of its findings and awards. Upon receipt of such a copy of the findings and awards of the Board of Adjustment, the agencies, commissions, boards, institutions or departments will voucher and certify same to the Comptroller of the State of Alabama who is authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of the person or persons, association or corporation found by the Board of Adjustment to be entitled to the damages in the amount of the damages so certified, and he shall charge the same to the appropriation as directed in said findings or awards. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Code 1940, T. 55, §341; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-758, p. 130.)
AL Code § 41-9-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-72 - Payment by Treasurer of Warrants Drawn Pursuant to Findings and Awards of Board.

Section 41-9-72Payment by Treasurer of warrants drawn pursuant to findings and awards of board. The Treasurer of the State of Alabama is authorized and directed to pay the warrants of the Comptroller, drawn pursuant to the findings and awards of the Board of Adjustment out of any money in the Treasury of the State of Alabama as directed by such findings and awards. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Code 1940, T. 55, §342.)
AL Code § 41-9-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-73 - Appropriations for Payment of Awards, Etc.

Section 41-9-73Appropriations for payment of awards, etc. There is hereby appropriated annually out of the General Fund of the State of Alabama, the State Insurance Fund, the fund of the Department of Corrections, the Education Trust Fund, the Special Mental Health Fund or any other fund of the state, to be determined by the Board of Adjustment, an amount, not exceeding $1,000,000.00 for each fiscal year, as may be necessary to pay the claims ordered paid by the Board of Adjustment and its expenses. There is also hereby appropriated, for each fiscal year, an additional amount, not exceeding $175,000.00, from funds of the State Department of Transportation to pay the claims chargeable against the State Department of Transportation which are ordered paid by the Board of Adjustment and its expenses. There is also appropriated, in addition to the foregoing appropriations, from the State General Fund to the State Board of Adjustment, the sum of $400,000.00 for each fiscal year for the purpose of paying death benefits covered under the provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 30 of Title 36 of this Code. (Acts 1935, No. 546, p. 1164; Code 1940, T. 55, §343; Acts 1951, No. 943, p. 1609; Acts 1963, No. 307, p. 786, §1; Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 218, p. 286; Acts 1977, No. 675, p. 1166; Acts 1982, No. 82-576, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-870, p. 1745.)
AL Code § 41-9-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 41-9-74 - Board to Pay Judgments Against Board of Corrections Officials; Limitations, Exceptions, Etc.

Section 41-9-74Board to pay judgments against Board of Corrections officials; limitations, exceptions, etc. (a) As part of the consideration of the employment or appointment of the Commissioner of the Board of Corrections, deputy commissioners of the Board of Corrections, members of the Board of Corrections and other officers, employees and agents of the Board of Corrections, whether part-time or full-time, the Board of Adjustment shall pay all final judgments awarded in courts of competent jurisdiction against the aforesaid commissioner, deputy commissioners, members of the Board of Corrections, officers, employees and agents, for acts arising out of and performed in connection with their official duties in behalf of the State of Alabama, except to the extent that such coverage may be provided by an insurance carrier. (b) Payment shall be limited to a maximum of $100,000.00 for all claims arising out of the same act. (c) No part of this section shall be admissible evidence in any court of law wherein any of the officers or persons indemnified herein are parties. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to waive the sovereign immunity of the state with respect to a claim covered under this section or to authorize the payment by the state of any judgment or settlement against the aforesaid commissioner, deputy commissioners, members of the Board of Corrections, officers, employees and agents, to the extent that the same exceeds the sum of $100,000.00. (d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the commissioner, any deputy commissioner, any member of the Board of Corrections and any other officer, employee and agent of the Board of Corrections who is found guilty of gross negligence or intentional or knowingly unlawful behavior. (Acts 1979, No. 79-670, p. 1179.)
AL Code § 41-9-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 2 - Escrow Accounts for Benefit of Crime Victims.|Section 41-9-80 - Entity Contracting With Convicted Felon to Pay Money to Board; Felony Upon Failure to Pay; Escrow Account for Crime Victim Who Recovers Judgment Against Felon.

Section 41-9-80Entity contracting with convicted felon to pay money to board; felony upon failure to pay; escrow account for crime victim who recovers judgment against felon. Repealed by Act 2019-538, § 1, effective June 10, 2019.  (Acts 1979, No. 79-600, p. 1063, §1.)
AL Code § 41-9-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 2 - Escrow Accounts for Benefit of Crime Victims.|Section 41-9-81 - List of Criminals to Probate Judge; Board to Notify Victims of Escrow Money.

Section 41-9-81List of criminals to probate judge; board to notify victims of escrow money. Repealed by Act 2019-538, § 1, effective June 10, 2019.  (Acts 1979, No. 79-600, p. 1063, §2.)
AL Code § 41-9-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 2 - Escrow Accounts for Benefit of Crime Victims.|Section 41-9-82 - Escrow Money to Revert to State After Five Years.

Section 41-9-82Escrow money to revert to state after five years. Repealed by Act 2019-538, § 1, effective June 10, 2019.  (Acts 1979, No. 79-600, p. 1063, §3.)
AL Code § 41-9-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 2 - Escrow Accounts for Benefit of Crime Victims.|Section 41-9-83 - Limitation Begins Running When Escrow Account Established.

Section 41-9-83Limitation begins running when escrow account established. Repealed by Act 2019-538, § 1, effective June 10, 2019.  (Acts 1979, No. 79-600, p. 1063, §4.)
AL Code § 41-9-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 2 - Escrow Accounts for Benefit of Crime Victims.|Section 41-9-84 - Action to Defeat Division Purpose Null and Void.

Section 41-9-84Action to defeat division purpose null and void. Repealed by Act 2019-538, § 1, effective June 10, 2019.  (Acts 1979, No. 79-600, p. 1063, §5.)
AL Code § 41-9-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 2A|Section 41-9-85 - Short Title.

Section 41-9-85Short title. This division shall be known and may be cited as Lisa's Law. (Act 2019-538, §2.)
AL Code § 41-9-85.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 41 - State Government.|Chapter 9 - Boards and Commissions.|Article 4 - Board of Adjustment.|Division 2A|Section 41-9-85.1 - Definitions.

Section 41-9-85.1Definitions. As used in this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CONVICTED INDIVIDUAL. An individual convicted of a specified crime or a representative of the individual. (2) EARNED INCOME. Income derived from an individual's own labor or active participation in a business. The term does not include income from dividends or investments. (3) FUNDS OF A CONVICTED INDIVIDUAL. Funds and property received from any source by a convicted individual. The term includes funds that a superintendent, sheriff, municipal official, or other correctional official receives on behalf of a convicted individual and deposits into the individual's inmate or prisoner account to the credit of the individual. The term does not include funds from child support payments and earned income, except any income defined as profits from a crime. (4) PERSON. An individual, corporation, estate, partnership, association, or other legal entity, or representative of such. The term does not include the state, a political subdivision of the state, or an individual who is a superintendent, sheriff, municipal official, or other correctional official required to give notice by this division. (5) PROFITS FROM A CRIME. Any of the following: a. Property or income of a convicted individual that the individual obtained or generated from the commission of the crime of which the individual was convicted. b. Property or income that a convicted individual obtained or generated from the sale, conversion, or exchange of proceeds of a specified crime of which the individual was convicted. c. Property or income generated as a result of having committed a specified crime of which a convicted individual was convicted, including through the use of unique knowledge obtained during the commission of, or in preparation for, the commission of a specified crime, as well as any property or income obtained or generated from the sale, conversion, or exchange of the property. (6) REPRESENTATIVE. A person who represents or stands in the place of another person, including, but not limited to, an agent, assignee, attorney, guardian, committee, conservator, partner, receiver, administrator, executor or heir of another person, third-party beneficiary, or parent of a minor. (7) SECURITIES COMMISSION. The Alabama Securities Commission. (8) SPECIFIED CRIME. A felony offense involving moral turpitude, as described in Section 17-3-30.1, where the victim was a resident of this state at the time of the offense or the act or acts constituting the offense occurred in whole or in part of this state. (9) VICTIM OF A CRIME. Any of the following: a. A victim of a specified crime. b. If the victim of a specified crime is deceased:  1. The surviving spouse of the victim.  2. If there is no surviving spouse, the next surviving person or surviving group of people in the order of intestate succession as listed in Section 43-8-42. (Act 2019-538, §2.)