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AL Code § 36-15-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-6 - Appointment or Employment of Assistant Attorneys General, Investigators, and Other Employees.

Section 36-15-6Appointment or employment of assistant attorneys general, investigators, and other employees. (a) Subject to the Merit System, the Attorney General may appoint as many assistant attorneys general and other employees as the public interest requires by reason of the volume of work in his or her office. (b) Subject to the Merit System, the Attorney General may employ as many investigators in his or her office as may be necessary to perform investigatory functions for the office. (c) Investigators appointed pursuant to this section shall have all the powers vested in deputy sheriffs and all other law enforcement officers of the State of Alabama, including, but not limited to, the powers of arrest and the power to serve any and all process, and shall perform the duties, responsibilities, and functions as may be designated by the Attorney General. (d) No person shall serve as an investigator who has not met the minimum standards established for law enforcement officers by the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission or other standards as may be hereafter provided by law. Investigators appointed pursuant to this section shall meet other additional standards as the Attorney General may adopt. (e) All investigators appointed pursuant to this section shall be entitled to all benefits provided employees of the Alabama Department of Public Safety, including, but not limited to, participation in any retirement plan afforded state troopers. (Code 1896, §2030; Code 1907, §§637, 638; Acts 1923, No. 600, p. 789, §3; Code 1923, §855; Acts 1927, No. 26, p. 30; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 124, §1; Acts 1939, No. 50, p. 57, §2; Code 1940, T. 55, §230; Acts 1995, No. 95-770, p. 1819, §1; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-9 - Private Practice by Assistant or Full-Time Deputy Attorneys General Prohibited.

Section 36-15-9Private practice by assistant or full-time deputy attorneys general prohibited. All assistant and full-time deputy attorneys general of the State of Alabama appointed by the Attorney General are hereby prohibited from engaging in the private practice of the law during the time they are such assistant or full-time deputy attorneys general. All assistant and full-time deputy attorneys general appointed by the Attorney General are hereby prohibited from maintaining private law offices during such time. (Acts 1939, No. 63, p. 94, §§ 1, 2; Code 1940, T. 55, §231; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-10 - Executive Assistants to Attorney General.

Section 36-15-10Executive assistants to Attorney General. (a) The position of executive assistant to the Attorney General of Alabama is created and established. The Attorney General may appoint up to five executive assistants. An executive assistant shall not be subject to the merit act, but shall serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General and shall perform the duties assigned to him or her by the Attorney General. (b) An executive assistant shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the Attorney General but not exceeding the maximum salary now or hereafter fixed for assistant attorneys general III. The salary and expenses of an executive assistant shall be paid from the State Treasury in the same manner that the salary and expenses of the Attorney General are paid. (Acts 1967, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 93, p. 123, §§1, 2; Acts 1995, No. 95-770, p. 1819, §1; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-10.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-10.1 - Special Administrative Assistants.

Section 36-15-10.1Special administrative assistants. (a) The position of special administrative assistant to the Attorney General is created and established. (b) The Attorney General may appoint or employ in the manner the Attorney General deems necessary seven special administrative assistants who shall perform the duties and exercise the powers as the Attorney General may direct. The special administrative assistants shall serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General. The compensation, salaries, expenses, or benefits for the special administrative assistants shall be paid from funds available to the Attorney General and in the amounts and manner as provided for deputy attorneys general under this article. (c) Any person serving in the classified service of the State of Alabama may be considered by the Attorney General for appointment to the position of special administrative assistant to the Attorney General. In the event anyone serving in the classified service of the State of Alabama shall accept appointment as a special administrative assistant to the Attorney General and shall later be removed or resign from the position of special administrative assistant to the Attorney General, the person shall revert to his or her former position in which he or she held status in the classified service. The reversion shall be without loss of salary or other benefits which would have accrued to the person and to which he or she would have been entitled had he or she remained within the classified service. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-736, p. 5, §5; Acts 1995, No. 95-770, p. 1819, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-11.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-11.1 - Paralegal Employees for Attorney General.

Section 36-15-11.1Paralegal employees for Attorney General. The Attorney General may employ within his or her office no more than 10 paralegal employees whose compensation, salaries, and expenses or benefits shall be paid from funds available to the Attorney General in the same amounts and manner as provided for special administrative assistants under this article. The paralegal employees shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-736, p. 5, §6; Acts 1995, No. 95-770, p. 1819, §1; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-12 - Institution and Prosecution of Legal Proceedings in Name of State.

Section 36-15-12Institution and prosecution of legal proceedings in name of state. The Attorney General is authorized to institute and prosecute, in the name of the state, all civil actions and other proceedings necessary to protect the rights and interests of the state. (Code 1896, §2029; Code 1907, §636; Code 1923, §854; Code 1940, T. 55, §229.)
AL Code § 36-15-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-13 - Attorney General May Appear Before Grand Juries.

Section 36-15-13Attorney General may appear before grand juries. The Attorney General, either in person or by assistant, may appear before any grand jury in this state and present any matter or charge to them for investigation, and prepare and present to the grand jury indictments for any violation of the laws of this state and issue subpoenas for witnesses to appear in the same manner and to the same extent as district attorneys may now or hereafter do. (Acts 1915, No. 655, p. 719, § 1; Code 1923, §858; Code 1940, T. 55, §234.)
AL Code § 36-15-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-14 - Attorney General May Direct Prosecution in Criminal Cases.

Section 36-15-14Attorney General may direct prosecution in criminal cases. The Attorney General, either in person or by one of his or her assistants, at any time he or she deems proper, either before or after indictment, may superintend and direct the prosecution of any criminal case in any of the courts of this state. The district attorney prosecuting in such court, upon request, shall assist and act in connection with the Attorney General or his or her assistant in such case. (Acts 1915, No. 655, p. 719, § 2; Code 1923, §859; Code 1940, T. 55, §235; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-15 - Attorney General May Advise or Direct District Attorney.

Section 36-15-15Attorney General may advise or direct district attorney. The Attorney General shall give the district attorneys of the several circuits any opinion, instruction or advice necessary or proper to aid them in the proper discharge of their duties, either by circular or personal letter, and may direct any district attorney to aid and assist in the investigation or prosecution of any case in which the state is interested, in any other circuit than that of the district attorney so directed. Such district attorney shall have and exercise in such other circuit all the powers and authority imposed by law upon the district attorney of such other circuit, but this section shall not abridge any authority which may have been or which may be vested in the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, nor shall the Attorney General, or any assistant of the Attorney General, or other person at the instance or request of the Attorney General, be authorized to appear or in any way act in the name of the state in civil action or proceeding by or against any county or county officer in which the State of Alabama has no direct financial interest. (Acts 1915, No. 655, p. 719, § 3; Code 1923, §860; Code 1940, T. 55, §236.)
AL Code § 36-15-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-16 - Payment of Necessary Expenses.

Section 36-15-16Payment of necessary expenses. The Attorney General may incur such expenses as may be necessary in the investigation of violations of the criminal law, in the prosecution of crime and in the conduct, investigation, and prosecution of any civil action in which the state is interested or state funds are involved and such other incidental expenses of the office as may be necessary. All expenses incurred under the authority of this section shall be approved by the Attorney General and the Governor and shall be paid by warrant as other state expenses are paid. (Acts 1915, No. 655, p. 719, § 6; Code 1923, §865; Acts 1939, No. 50, p. 57, §3; Code 1940, T. 55, §238; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-17 - Assistants to Act in Absence of Attorney General and Chief Deputy.

Section 36-15-17Assistants to act in absence of Attorney General and chief deputy. During the absence of the Attorney General and the chief deputy from the seat of government, or when so directed by the Attorney General, the assistants to the Attorney General may render official opinions to such officers as the Attorney General is permitted to advise, and may perform such other duties as may be directed by the Attorney General. During such absence, such authority shall be vested in the senior assistant to be designated by the Attorney General, and in the absence of the latter also, in the next ranking assistant. The performance of such duties by such assistants shall have the same force and effect as if performed by the Attorney General. (Acts 1915, No. 655, p. 719, §7; Code 1923, §866; Code 1940, T. 55, §239; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-19 - Written Opinion of Attorney General Protects Officer, Governing Body, Etc.

Section 36-15-19Written opinion of Attorney General protects officer, governing body, etc. The written opinion of the Attorney General, heretofore or hereafter secured by any officer, board, local governing body or agency legally entitled to secure such opinion, shall protect such officer and the members of such board, local governing body or agency to whom it is directed or for whom the same is secured from liability to either the state, county or other municipal subdivisions of the state because of any official act or acts heretofore or hereafter performed as directed or advised in such opinion. (Acts 1923, No. 64, p. 40, § 2; Code 1923, §869; Code 1940, T. 55, §241; Acts 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 96, p. 272, § 1.)
AL Code § 36-15-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-21 - Litigation Affecting State Under Direction and Control of Attorney General; Employment of Certain Assistant Attorneys General.

Section 36-15-21Litigation affecting state under direction and control of Attorney General; employment of certain assistant attorneys general. All litigation concerning the interest of the state, or any department of the state, shall be under the direction and control of the Attorney General. The employment of an assistant attorney general, other than an assistant attorney general employed in the office of the Attorney General, for the purpose of representing the state or any department thereof shall be by the Attorney General with the approval of the Governor, but nothing in this section shall prevent the Governor from employing personal counsel, whose compensation shall be payable out of the Governor's Contingency Fund. (Acts 1923, No. 64, p. 40, §4; Code 1923, §872; Code 1940, T. 55, §244; Acts 1995, No. 95-770, p. 1819, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-21.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-21.1 - Notification of Actions Against State Entities; Maintenance of Information.

Section 36-15-21.1Notification of actions against state entities; maintenance of information. (a) Any laws to the contrary notwithstanding, whenever any litigation is instituted against any state department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, institution, or officer or employee in their official or individual capacity relating to their official duties, such entity shall promptly notify the office of the Attorney General of the action. This notification shall include a description of the controversy, the relief sought, and other information the Attorney General deems necessary. (b) This information shall be maintained in a central location within the office of the Attorney General.  (Act 2001-307, p. 382, §1; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 36-15-22 - Attorney General to Designate Certain Merit System Positions.

Section 36-15-22Attorney General to designate certain Merit System positions. (a) Notwithstanding any other laws, in addition to the existing Merit System positions in the office of the Attorney General, no later than 30 days after January 15, 1996, the Attorney General shall designate certain positions in his or her office as state Merit System positions and the individuals holding the positions on the date of designation, not to exceed 15 positions, shall become state Merit System employees on such date if he or she meets the minimum requirements for the position. The State Personnel Department shall determine the appropriate classification for each aforementioned employee. The classifications shall reflect a classification and pay that would result in his or her compensation being the same or higher than his or her current compensation. Each of these individuals shall have conferred upon them all the rights and benefits of any other member of the classified service in the state Merit System. (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, as to any person holding an unclassified state Merit System appointment under Act No. 91-736 in a currently budgeted position as a deputy attorney general or paralegal in any department or agency of the State of Alabama on January 15, 1996, after consulting with the director of the department or agency, the Attorney General shall designate the position in the department or agency as a classified state Merit System position and the individual holding the position shall become a state Merit System employee in the classification most appropriate to the job duties and current salary of the employee as determined by the State Personnel Department if he or she meets the minimum requirements for the position. The classification of each individual shall reflect a classification and pay which would result in his or her compensation being the same as his or her compensation on January 15, 1996 or at entry level of the classification, whichever is greater. The individuals classified under this subsection shall have conferred upon them all the rights and benefits of other employees in the classified service under the state Merit System. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, no position may be designated a classified state Merit System position pursuant to this section at a classification of Attorney IV, for attorney positions, or at higher than the second level classification for the positions for non-attorney positions. (Acts 1995, No. 95-770, p. 1819, §2.)
AL Code § 36-15-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 2 - Investigators.|Section 36-15-60 - Appointment of Investigators for the Office of the Attorney General - Authority; Service.

Section 36-15-60Appointment of investigators for the office of the Attorney General - Authority; service. The Attorney General may appoint a chief investigator for his or her office and up to six additional investigators as the Attorney General may from time to time deem necessary. The investigators shall serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-737, p. 12, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-770, p. 1819, §1; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 2 - Investigators.|Section 36-15-61 - Appointment of Investigators for the Office of the Attorney General - Funds for Compensation.

Section 36-15-61Appointment of investigators for the office of the Attorney General - Funds for compensation. The compensation, salaries, expenses and benefits for such investigators shall be provided from funds which may be now or hereafter available to the Attorney General. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-737, §2.)
AL Code § 36-15-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 2 - Investigators.|Section 36-15-62 - Appointment of Investigators for the Office of the Attorney General - Compensation.

Section 36-15-62Appointment of investigators for the office of the Attorney General - Compensation. (a) The chief investigator and other investigators appointed pursuant to this article shall be compensated at a rate to be set by the Attorney General. In setting the rate of compensation the Attorney General may take into consideration that amount paid to other law enforcement officers of the State of Alabama including, but not limited to, those officers of corresponding duties, lengths of service, and responsibilities in the Alabama Department of Public Safety. (b) In the event anyone serving in the classified service of the State of Alabama shall accept appointment as an investigator and shall later be removed or resign from the position of investigator, the person shall revert to his or her former position in which he or she held status in the classified service. The reversion shall be without loss of salary or other benefits which would have accrued to the person and to which he or she would have been entitled had he or she remained within the classified service. (c) When designating the salaries, the Attorney General shall choose from among the salary ranges set by the State Personnel Board for employees of the Alabama Department of Public Safety. (d) The establishment of the range and step within the range of the starting salary shall be at the discretion of the Attorney General upon the appointment of each investigator and may vary between persons so appointed. (e) All investigators appointed pursuant to this article shall be entitled to all benefits provided employees of the Alabama Department of Public Safety including, but not limited to, participation in any retirement plan afforded state troopers. Such investigators shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General. (f) The salaries, expenses, and benefits of the investigators appointed pursuant to this article shall be paid from the State Treasury in the same manner that the salaries, expenses, and benefits of employees in the classified service are paid. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-737, §3; Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §1.)
AL Code § 36-15-62.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 2 - Investigators.|Section 36-15-62.1 - Providing False Statements Relating to Any Matter Under Investigation; Penalties.

Section 36-15-62.1Providing false statements relating to any matter under investigation; penalties.  (a) Any person who knowingly commits any of the following in any matter under investigation by the Attorney General, or a prosecutor or investigator of his or her office, upon conviction shall be guilty of a Class C felony: (1) Falsifying, concealing, or covering up a material fact by any trick, scheme, or device. (2) Making a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation. (3) Making or using a false writing or document, knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent entry. (4) Destroying, concealing, or secreting any document or other physical evidence. (b) Conviction, arrest, or prosecution of the matter originally under investigation is not a prerequisite to conviction under this section. (Act 2011-574, p. 1219, §2.)
AL Code § 36-15-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 15 - Attorney General.|Article 2 - Investigators.|Section 36-15-63 - Appointment of Investigators for the Office of the Attorney General - Powers.

Section 36-15-63Appointment of investigators for the office of the Attorney General - Powers. Investigators appointed pursuant to the provisions of this article shall have all of the powers vested in deputy sheriffs and all other law enforcement officers of the State of Alabama, including but not limited to, the powers of arrest and the power to serve any and all process and shall perform such duties, responsibilities and functions as may be assigned by the Attorney General. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-737, §4.)