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AL Code § 14-6A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities.|Section 14-6A-4 - Facility to Serve as County Jail; Sheriff's Authority; Employees; Duty of Superintendent.

Section 14-6A-4Facility to serve as county jail; sheriff's authority; employees; duty of superintendent. (a) After a regional jail facility is operational, the facility shall serve as the county jail for each county participating in the regional jail authority and shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11-14-10 and Section 14-6-1. The sheriff of each county shall retain his or her authority regarding the custody and transportation of prisoners from his or her county and may cause the removal of any prisoner from the regional jail facility for any purpose authorized by law. The superintendent of the regional jail facility and all jail personnel shall be employees of the regional jail authority unless the facility is maintained and operated by a privately owned jail management firm. The superintendent shall be selected by the sheriff members of the board of directors and shall serve at their pleasure. The superintendent, according to written policies and procedures adopted by the sheriff members of the board of directors, shall have and exercise control and authority over prisoners committed or transferred to the regional jail facility while housed in the facility and shall supervise all jail officers and other employees assigned to the facility. (b) Upon resolution of the county commission, any county participating in a regional jail authority may continue to keep operational the jail in its county for the limited purpose of temporarily housing prisoners as necessary while awaiting arraignment or other hearing or as otherwise deemed necessary by the sheriff of the county. (Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §4.)
AL Code § 14-6A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities.|Section 14-6A-5 - Governmental Entity.

Section 14-6A-5Governmental entity. The regional jail authority is a governmental entity as defined by subdivision (1) of Section 11-93-1 and the services it performs are hereby declared to be governmental functions. The employees of the authority shall be entitled to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. Neither the regional jail authority nor any member of its board of directors shall be liable for any tort, whether negligent or willful, committed by any director, agent, servant, or employee of the authority in the construction, maintenance, or operation of any regional jail facility. Neither a county participating in the regional jail authority nor its sheriff shall be jointly or severally liable in tort or otherwise for the actions or inactions of the authority, any member of its board of directors, or any agent, servant, or employee of the authority. (Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §5.)
AL Code § 14-6A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities.|Section 14-6A-6 - Scope of Authority.

Section 14-6A-6Scope of authority. For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter, any county participating in the regional jail authority may, upon terms and with or without consideration as it may determine, do all of the following: (1) Lend or donate money to the authority or perform services for the benefit thereof. (2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind. (3) Do any and all other things permissible by law that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in attaining the objectives of this chapter whether or not specifically authorized in this section. (4) Pay to the authority the proceeds of any special tax appropriated, apportioned, or allocated to the authority or to or for the benefit of any facility owned or operated by the authority. (Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §6.)
AL Code § 14-6A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities.|Section 14-6A-7 - Tax Exemptions.

Section 14-6A-7Tax exemptions. The property and income of the regional jail authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from the bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which the authority may engage. The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document. (Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §7.)
AL Code § 14-6A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities.|Section 14-6A-8 - Obligations of Authority.

Section 14-6A-8Obligations of authority. All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or assumed by the authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of any county nor count against the constitutional debt limit of a participating county. This section shall not be construed to release the original obligor from liability on any bond or other obligation assumed by the authority. (Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §8.)
AL Code § 14-6A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities.|Section 14-6A-9 - Dissolution.

Section 14-6A-9Dissolution. At any time when a regional jail authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may by affirmative vote of a majority of its members, and with the prior approval of the county commission of each county participating in the regional jail authority, adopt a resolution declaring its intent that the authority shall be dissolved. Written notice of intent to dissolve shall be immediately delivered to the county commission of each county participating in the regional jail authority. Dissolution shall not take place less than 60 days following the written notice. At the expiration of 60 days and upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the dissolution resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the authority's certificate of incorporation was filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and, in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its property shall thereupon pass to and be divided and apportioned among the counties included in the authority. (Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §9.)
AL Code § 14-7-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-6 - Short Title.

Section 14-7-6Short title. This chapter may be cited as the "Prison-Made Goods Act of Alabama." (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §1.)
AL Code § 14-7-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-7 - Purpose of Chapter.

Section 14-7-7Purpose of chapter. It is hereby declared to be the intent of this chapter: (1) To provide more adequate, regular and suitable employment for the vocational training and rehabilitation of the prisoners of this state, consistent with proper penal purposes. (2) To utilize the labor of prisoners for self-maintenance, reimbursing this state for expenses incurred by reason of their crimes and imprisonment, and for initial living expenses upon reentry into the community following release from prison. (3) To effect the requisitioning and disbursement of prison products directly through established state authorities without possibility of private profits therefrom. (4) To provide prison industry projects designed to place inmates in working and training environments in which they are able to acquire marketable skills and earn money to off-set the cost of incarceration, make payments for restitution to their victims, provide support for their families, and prepare for their release from prison. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §2; Act 2012-194, p. 322, §1.)
AL Code § 14-7-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-8 - Powers of Board of Corrections.

Section 14-7-8Powers of Board of Corrections. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-454 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The Alabama Department of Corrections may do all of the following: (1) Purchase, in the manner prescribed by law, equipment, raw materials, components, and supplies. (2) Engage the supervisory personnel necessary to establish and maintain for this state, at a penitentiary, penal farm, or other institution now or hereafter under the control of the department, industries for the utilization of services of prisoners in the manufacture or production of such articles or products as may be needed for the construction, operation, maintenance, or use of any office, department, institution, or agency supported in whole or in part by this state and the political subdivisions thereof. (3) Promote the department's products and services using any of the following manners: a. Advertisements. b. Meals. c. Other commonly used methods to advertise products or services to the general public. (b) Purchases of equipment, raw materials, components, and supplies by the Alabama Department of Corrections for the manufacture or production of prison-made goods pursuant to subsection (a) are exempt from purchasing through the Division of Purchasing of the Department of Finance. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §3; Act 2018-248, §1; Act 2019-454, §1.)
AL Code § 14-7-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-9 - Issuance of Press Release and Notice as to Public Hearing Upon Decision of Board of Corrections to Obligate Funds to Initiation of Manufacturing in Industry in Which Not Previously Engaged.

Section 14-7-9Issuance of press release and notice as to public hearing upon decision of Board of Corrections to obligate funds to initiation of manufacturing in industry in which not previously engaged. At least 30 days prior to a final decision by the Board of Corrections to obligate any funds to initiate manufacturing in an industry in which it has not been engaged in the past, the board shall issue a press release stating such intent and provide written notice to various trade associations in Alabama calling for a public hearing of all interested parties. The intent of this provision is to give the Board of Corrections the benefit of input from parties who may be affected by the board's decisions but final decision-making authority rests with the board. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §5.)
AL Code § 14-7-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-10 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Specifications.

Section 14-7-10Manufactured or produced articles or products - Specifications. Any article or product manufactured by the Board of Corrections for sale through the Finance Department to any office, department, institution or agency of the state or to any political subdivision thereof shall be manufactured or produced only upon state specifications developed by and through the Finance Department. However, if such specifications have not been developed by the department, then production may be based upon commercial specifications in current use by industry for the manufacture of such articles and products for sale to the state and political subdivisions thereof which have first been approved by the Finance Department. For purposes of this chapter, state specifications and commercial specifications approved by the Finance Department shall mean the latest complete version of any specification including amendments thereto. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §6.)
AL Code § 14-7-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-11 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Prices.

Section 14-7-11Manufactured or produced articles or products - Prices. The Board of Corrections and the Finance Department shall fix and determine the prices at which all articles or products manufactured or produced shall be furnished. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §10.)
AL Code § 14-7-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-12 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Catalogues; Requests for Manufacture or Production of Additional Articles or Products.

Section 14-7-12Manufactured or produced articles or products - Catalogues; requests for manufacture or production of additional articles or products. (a) The Board of Corrections shall cause to be prepared, at such times as it may determine, catalogues containing an accurate and complete description of all articles and products manufactured or produced by it pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Copies of such catalogues shall be sent to all offices, departments, institutions and agencies of this state and made accessible to all political subdivisions of this state referred to in Section 14-7-13. (b) The Finance Department may at any time request the Board of Corrections to manufacture or produce additional articles or products. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §8.)
AL Code § 14-7-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-13 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Requirement as to Purchase of Articles or Products by State Offices, etc., Generally; Purchases by Political Subdivisions.

Section 14-7-13Manufactured or produced articles or products - Requirement as to purchase of articles or products by state offices, etc., generally; purchases by political subdivisions. (a) On and after August 13, 1976, all offices, departments, institutions and agencies of this state which are supported in whole or in part by this state and political subdivisions thereof shall purchase from the Alabama Board of Corrections all articles or products required by such offices, departments, institutions, agencies or political subdivisions of this state produced or manufactured by the said Board of Corrections with the use of prison labor, as provided for by this chapter, and no such article or product may be purchased by any such office, department, institution or agency from any other source, unless excepted from the provisions of this section as provided in Section 14-7-14. All purchases made by state agencies shall be made through the Finance Department upon requisition by the proper authority of the office, department, institution or agency. (b) Political subdivisions of this state may purchase directly from the Board of Corrections. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §4.)
AL Code § 14-7-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-14 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Exceptions as to Requirement of Purchase of Articles or Products by State Offices, Etc.

Section 14-7-14Manufactured or produced articles or products - Exceptions as to requirement of purchase of articles or products by state offices, etc. Exceptions from the operation of the mandatory provisions in subsection (a) of Section 14-7-13 may be made in the case of articles or products produced or manufactured in work shops or home industries developed, supervised or maintained by the adult blind department of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind or in any case where, in the opinion of the Finance Department, the article or articles or product or products produced or manufactured under the supervision of the Board of Corrections do or do not meet the reasonable requirements of or for such offices, departments, institutions or agencies or in any case where the requisitions made cannot be reasonably complied with. No such office, department, institution or agency shall be allowed to evade the intent and meaning of this section by slight variations from standards adopted by the finance department when the articles or products produced or manufactured by the Board of Corrections in accordance with established standards are reasonably adapted to the actual needs of such office, department, institution or agency. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §7.)
AL Code § 14-7-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-15 - Reports as to Purchases by State Offices, Etc.

Section 14-7-15Reports as to purchases by state offices, etc. At least 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, the Finance Department shall provide to the Board of Corrections summary reports of the kind and amount of articles and products purchased for state offices, departments, institutions and agencies based upon the previous nine months experience. Not more than 100 days following the close of each fiscal year, the Finance Department shall submit to the Board of Corrections a report showing the kinds and amounts of such prison manufactured articles purchased by all state offices, departments, institutions and agencies based upon the purchase experience of the entire previous fiscal year. All such reports shall refer, insofar as possible, to the items or products contained in the catalogue as issued by the Board of Corrections. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §8.)
AL Code § 14-7-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-16 - Reports as to Purchases by State Offices, Etc. - Priorities as to Purposes to Which Articles or Products to Be Devoted.

Section 14-7-16Reports as to purchases by state offices, etc. - Priorities as to purposes to which articles or products to be devoted. In keeping with the primary objective of vocational training and rehabilitation of prisoners, the articles or products manufactured or produced by prison labor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be devoted, first, to fulfilling the requirements of the offices, departments, institutions and agencies of this state which are supported in whole or in part by this state and, secondly, to supplying the political subdivisions of this state with such articles and products. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §9.)
AL Code § 14-7-16.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-16.1 - Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Organizations Purchase of Goods and Services Offered by Correctional Industries Division.

Section 14-7-16.1Volunteer fire department and rescue squad organizations purchase of goods and services offered by Correctional Industries Division. Any volunteer fire department and rescue squad organizations operating in this state which have been granted an exemption under the provision of Section 40-18-32 or approved by the Federal Internal Revenue Service may purchase goods and services offered by the Alabama Correctional Industries Division of the Department of Corrections. (Acts 1990, No. 90-575, p. 980.)
AL Code § 14-7-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-17 - Reports of Annual Audits by State Auditor.

Section 14-7-17Reports of annual audits by State Auditor. In addition to the information ordinarily required by law in the annual audits of expenditures and operations of the Board of Corrections made by the State Auditor, after August 13, 1976 such annual audit reports shall also include a detailed statement of all materials, machinery or other property procured and the cost thereof, the expenditures made during the audited year for manufacturing purposes together with a statement of all materials on hand to be manufactured or in process of manufacture or manufactured, the values of all machinery, fixtures or other appurtenances for the purpose of utilizing the productive labor of prisoners and the earnings realized therefrom during the year. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §11.)
AL Code § 14-7-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-18 - Preparation and Promulgation of Policies as to Administration of Chapter.

Section 14-7-18Preparation and promulgation of policies as to administration of chapter. The Board of Corrections shall have the power and authority to prepare and promulgate policies which are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this chapter with respect to matters of administration respecting the same. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §12.)
AL Code § 14-7-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-19 - Authorization of Industrial Revolving Fund and Expenditures Therefrom.

Section 14-7-19Authorization of Industrial Revolving Fund and expenditures therefrom. In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Legislature shall authorize in its annual appropriations an Industrial Revolving Fund and set the amount therein for the use of the Board of Corrections. The board is authorized to expend such moneys out of appropriations for said revolving fund as may be necessary to erect buildings, improve existing facilities, purchase equipment, procure tools, supplies and materials, purchase, install or replace equipment and otherwise defray the necessary expenses incident to the employment of prisoners as provided in this chapter. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §13.)