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AL Code § 36-17-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-17 - Special Trustee of State Sinking Funds.

Section 36-17-17Special trustee of state sinking funds. Sinking funds are trust funds for the equitable use and benefit of the holders and owners of the state bonds or obligations for the payment of which the sinking funds were created. The Treasurer is special trustee for the care and custody of such sinking funds after they are paid into the State Treasury. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to take charge of, keep safely and handle the funds coming into said sinking funds. (Acts 1923, No. 436, p. 585, §1; Code 1923, §844; Acts 1935, No. 311, p. 743, §5; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144, §§9, 10; Code 1940, T. 55, §226.)
AL Code § 36-17-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-18 - Investment of Surplus State Funds in Obligations of United States and State of Israel.

Section 36-17-18Investment of surplus state funds in obligations of United States and State of Israel. (a) The State Treasurer is authorized and empowered, in his or her discretion, with the written approval of the Governor, to invest funds held in the State Treasury in direct obligation of the United States of America and in direct obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the State of Israel whenever and to the extent that the amount of any such funds exceeds the amount which the State Treasurer finds, with the written approval of the Governor, cannot be applied either immediately or within a short time to any purpose for which such funds are held. (b) For the purpose of making investments under the provisions of this section, the State Treasurer, with the written approval of the Governor, is authorized to make purchases and sales of direct obligations of the United States of America and the State of Israel, and the State Treasurer shall be the custodian thereof. (c) All direct obligations of the United States of America and the State of Israel in which any such funds are invested pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be registered in the name of the State Treasurer of Alabama in trust for such fund to which such investments belong, and all such direct obligations and any interest or other earnings thereon shall be held by the State Treasurer in the State Treasury in the fund in which the funds so invested were held prior to the investment thereof as herein authorized. (d) All earnings and income from the investments under the provisions of this section, unless otherwise provided, are hereby appropriated to and made a part of the fund from which the investment is made. (Acts 1945, No. 66, p. 63, §§1-4; Act 2004-517, §1.)
AL Code § 36-17-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-19 - Bonds, etc., to Be Deposited With Treasurer and Payments Made to Treasurer.

Section 36-17-19Bonds, etc., to be deposited with Treasurer and payments made to Treasurer. All bonds and other securities for money belonging to the state or under the control thereof are to be deposited with the Treasurer, and all payments on the same must be made to the Treasurer, being first certified to him by the Comptroller. (Code 1852, §385; Code 1867, §431; Code 1876, §537; Code 1886, §643; Code 1896, §2012; Code 1907, §615; Code 1923, §823; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144, §15; Code 1940, T. 55, §89.)
AL Code § 36-17-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 17 - State Treasurer.|Section 36-17-20 - State Treasury Operations Fund.

Section 36-17-20State Treasury Operations Fund. (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the State Treasury Operations Fund, which shall be used exclusively for the operations of the Office of the State Treasurer. This fund may receive general fund appropriations, amounts from the Unclaimed Property Reserve Fund, and any other receipts. All unobligated amounts remaining in this special fund at the end of any fiscal year of the State of Alabama shall remain in this special fund and be available for use for the operations of the office. No funds shall be expended for any purpose whatsoever unless the same have been allotted and budgeted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and only in amounts and for the purposes provided by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill or as otherwise provided by statute. (b) Should the funds provided to the State Treasurer through the State Treasury Operations Fund be insufficient to properly operate the office, the State Treasurer shall request a sufficient appropriation from any state funds. (Act 2013-92, p. 203, §1.)
AL Code § 36-23-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 23 - Constables.|Section 36-23-1 - Number of Constables; Election; Term of Office; Counties May Abolish Office of Constable.

Section 36-23-1Number of constables; election; term of office; counties may abolish office of constable. (a) There shall be one constable for each election precinct in each county, to be elected as provided by law, who shall hold office for four years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified. (b) Any county, by local legislation, may abolish the office of constable. (Code 1852, §715; Code 1867, §846; Code 1876, §762; Code 1886, §843; Code 1896, §971; Code 1907, §3324; Code 1923, §6794; Code 1940, T. 54, §28; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-757, p. 129, §1.)
AL Code § 36-23-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 23 - Constables.|Section 36-23-2 - Filling of Vacancies Generally.

Section 36-23-2Filling of vacancies generally. Vacancies in the office of constable shall be filled by appointment of the Governor, and the person appointed shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified. (Code 1852, §716; Code 1867, §847; Code 1876, §763; Code 1886, §844; Code 1896, §972; Code 1907, §3325; Code 1923, §6795; Code 1940, T. 54, §29.)
AL Code § 36-23-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 23 - Constables.|Section 36-23-3 - Notice of Vacancy.

Section 36-23-3Notice of vacancy. When a vacancy in any election precinct is occasioned by the death or removal from such precinct of the constable thereof, the judge of probate must notify the Governor. (Code 1852, §271; Code 1867, §316; Code 1876, §301; Code 1886, §845; Code 1896, §973; Code 1907, §3326; Code 1923, §6796; Code 1940, T. 54, §30.)
AL Code § 36-23-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 23 - Constables.|Section 36-23-4 - Bond.

Section 36-23-4Bond. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the constable must give bond as prescribed by law. The official bonds of constables shall be $1,000.00, the premiums on said bonds to be paid by the persons making such bonds without expense to the county. (Code 1852, §717; Code 1867, §848; Code 1876, §764; Code 1886, §846; Code 1896, §974; Code 1907, §3327; Code 1923, §6797; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 191, p. 203, §§1, 14; Code 1940, T. 41, §94; Code 1940, T. 54, §31.)
AL Code § 36-23-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 23 - Constables.|Section 36-23-5 - Constables Deemed Conservators of Peace.

Section 36-23-5Constables deemed conservators of peace. Every constable shall be a conservator of the peace within his county. (Code 1852, §718; Code 1867, §849; Code 1876, §765; Code 1886, §847; Code 1896, §975; Code 1907, §3328; Code 1923, §6798; Code 1940, T. 54, §32.)
AL Code § 36-23-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 23 - Constables.|Section 36-23-6 - Duties.

Section 36-23-6Duties. It shall be the duty of every constable: (1) To attend the circuit court of the county when summoned by the sheriff for that purpose; (2) To execute and return all summons, executions and other process directed to him by any lawful authority; (3) To pay over moneys collected by virtue of his office to the person entitled thereto; and (4) To perform such other duties as are or may be required of him by law. (Code 1852, §719; Code 1867, §850; Code 1876, §766; Code 1886, §848; Code 1896, §976; Code 1907, §3329; Code 1923, §6799; Code 1940, T. 54, §33.)
AL Code § 36-23-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 23 - Constables.|Section 36-23-7 - Removal From Election Precinct Deemed Vacation of Office.

Section 36-23-7Removal from election precinct deemed vacation of office. The constable shall vacate his office by removal from the election precinct for which he is elected. (Code 1852, §720; Code 1867, §851; Code 1876, §767; Code 1886, §849; Code 1896, §977; Code 1907, §3330; Code 1923, §6800; Code 1940, T. 54, §34.)
AL Code § 36-23-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 23 - Constables.|Section 36-23-8 - Service of Executions and Attachments When Office of Constable Vacant, Etc.

Section 36-23-8Service of executions and attachments when office of constable vacant, etc. When the office of constable is vacant or the constable is interested in an action, or in case of emergency, the execution or attachment must be executed by any constable of the county in whose hands the process may be placed or may be executed by the sheriff as in other cases. (Code 1896, §979; Code 1907, §3332; Code 1923, §6802; Code 1940, T. 54, §36.)
AL Code § 36-23-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 23 - Constables.|Section 36-23-9 - Liability of Constable and Sureties on Bond.

Section 36-23-9Liability of constable and sureties on bond. The constable and sureties on his bond are responsible for moneys received by him by virtue of his office upon any summons, attachment or execution issued by any lawful authority, whether the same is received before or after judgment or before or after the return day of the execution. (Code 1852, §2810; Code 1867, §3256; Code 1876, §3653; Code 1886, §851; Code 1896, §980; Code 1907, §3333; Code 1923, §6803; Code 1940, T. 54, §37.)
AL Code § 36-24-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 24 - Rental of Offices for State Officers.|Section 36-24-1 - Authorized.

Section 36-24-1Authorized. Whenever by lack of space in the Capitol it is impossible or impracticable to provide proper and sufficient office accommodation in the Capitol for every state officer who is entitled or required to have an office at the Capitol, the Governor, with the approval of the Department of Finance, may in his discretion rent in the City of Montgomery for the use of such officer suitable and adequate offices, for such length of time as may be suitable or expedient, and may agree with the lessor of such office on a reasonable rental therefor. (Acts 1911, No. 323, p. 376, §1; Code 1923, §2571; Code 1940, T. 41, §29.)
AL Code § 36-24-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 24 - Rental of Offices for State Officers.|Section 36-24-2 - Payment of Rental.

Section 36-24-2Payment of rental. The rental agreed on shall be paid at such times or in such installments as may be agreed on between the lessor of such office or offices and the state out of any funds in the Treasury, and the Comptroller shall draw his warrant in favor of such lessor for such sum on the certificate of the Governor. The amount of rental provided for under this chapter shall not exceed the amount of $40,000.00 per annum. (Acts 1911, No. 323, p. 376, §2; Code 1923, §2572; Code 1940, T. 41, §30; Acts 1949, No. 441, p. 651, §1.)
AL Code § 36-24-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 24 - Rental of Offices for State Officers.|Section 36-24-3 - Termination of Rental Contract.

Section 36-24-3Termination of rental contract. All such rental contracts shall be terminated if the property rented shall be destroyed or shall be suffered by the landlord to become, for any reason, unfit or unsuitable for the purposes for which rented. (Acts 1911, No. 323, p. 376, §3; Code 1923, §2573; Code 1940, T. 41, §31.)
AL Code § 36-24-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 24 - Rental of Offices for State Officers.|Section 36-24-4 - Purposes for Which Offices to Be Used.

Section 36-24-4Purposes for which offices to be used. Such offices, so rented, shall not be used for any other purpose than in the discharge of the official duties of the officer for whose use it is provided. (Acts 1911, No. 323, p. 376, §4; Code 1923, §2574; Code 1940, T. 41, §32.)
AL Code § 36-25-1.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 25 - Code of Ethics for Public Officials, Employees, Etc.|Section 36-25-1.1 - Lobbying.

Section 36-25-1.1Lobbying.  Lobbying includes promoting or attempting to influence the awarding of a grant or contract with any department or agency of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government. No member of the Legislature, for a fee, reward, or other compensation, in addition to that received in his or her official capacity, shall represent any person, firm, corporation, or other business entity before an executive department or agency. (Act 2010-762, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 14, §1.)
AL Code § 36-25-1.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 25 - Code of Ethics for Public Officials, Employees, Etc.|Section 36-25-1.2 - (Repealed by Act 2018–541, &Sect3(e), Effective April 1, 2019) Economic Development Professionals.

Section 36-25-1.2(Repealed by Act 2018–541, §3(e), effective April 1, 2019) Economic development professionals. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, including, but not limited to, this chapter, a person acting as an economic development professional is not a lobbyist, unless and until he or she seeks incentives through legislative action, or is seeking funds over which a legislator or legislative delegation has discretionary control, that are above and beyond, or in addition to, the then current statutory or constitutional authorization. (b) For purposes of this section, an economic development professional is a person employed to advance specific, good faith economic development or trade promotion projects or related objectives for his or her employer, a professional services entity, or a chamber of commerce or similar nonprofit economic development organization in the State of Alabama.  (c) For the purposes of this section, the term economic development professional does not include public officials, public employees, legislators, nor any former legislator within two years of the end of the term for which he or she was elected. (d) This section shall not apply to any person that is otherwise required to register as a lobbyist. (e) This section shall be repealed on April 1, 2019. (Act 2018-541, §3.)
AL Code § 36-25-1.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 25 - Code of Ethics for Public Officials, Employees, Etc.|Section 36-25-1.3 - Economic Development Professionals.

Section 36-25-1.3Economic development professionals.  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, including, but not limited to, this chapter, an individual acting as an economic development professional is not a lobbyist, unless and until he or she seeks incentives through legislative action in the Legislature, that are above and beyond, or in addition to, the then current statutory or constitutional authorization. (b) For purposes of this section, an economic development professional is an individual seeking to advance specific, good faith economic development or trade promotion projects or related objectives for a business, chamber of commerce or similar nonprofit economic development organization in the State of Alabama, a city, a county, a political subdivision of the state, or a governmental corporation or authority. (c) For the purposes of this section, the term economic development professional does not include elected officials, legislators, nor any former legislator within two years of the end of the term for which he or she was elected.  (d) This section shall not apply to any person that is otherwise required to register as a lobbyist. (Act 2019-52, §1.)
AL Code § 36-25-4.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 25 - Code of Ethics for Public Officials, Employees, Etc.|Section 36-25-4.1 - State Ethics Commission - Public Access to Complaint, Investigation, and Disposition.

Section 36-25-4.1State Ethics Commission - Public access to complaint, investigation, and disposition.  Notwithstanding any other law, regulation, or rule, no complaints shall be made available to the public or available on the Internet until the disposition of the matter. In no event may a complaint be made public or available on the Internet if the complaint is dismissed or found not to have probable cause. In the matters where the complaint is dismissed or found not to have probable cause, only the disposition of the matter may be made available to the public or available on the Internet. Nothing in this section shall be deemed a direct grant of authority for the commission to publicize or make available on the Internet any complaint or investigation if not permitted by any other law, regulation, or rule. (Act 2010-763, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 17, §2.)
AL Code § 36-25-4.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 25 - Code of Ethics for Public Officials, Employees, Etc.|Section 36-25-4.3 - Ethics Commission - Electronic Database Filing and Access.

Section 36-25-4.3Ethics Commission - Electronic database filing and access. (a) The commission, by April 1, 2012, shall implement and maintain each of the following: (1) A system for electronic filing of all statements, reports, registrations, and notices required by this chapter. (2) An electronic database accessible to the public through an Internet website which provides at least the following capabilities: a. Search and retrieval of all statements, reports, and other filings required by this chapter, excluding complaints made confidential by Section 36-25-4(b), by the name of the public official or public employee to which they pertain. b. Generation of an aggregate list of all things of value provided to each public official or public employee and family member of a public official or public employee as reported pursuant to Section 36-25-19, searchable and retrievable by the name of the public official or public employee. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the commission shall exclude from any electronic database accessible to the public, identifying information, as defined in Section 41-13-7, that is included in any statement of economic interest filed by any public official or public employee. (c) The commission shall redact all identifying information on any electronic database accessible to the public, as defined in Section 41-13-7, that is included in any statement of economic interest filed by a public official or public employee and was in the database on August 1, 2013. (Act 2010-762, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 14, §3; Act 2013-172, p. 320, §1; Act 2014-71, p. 118, §1.)
AL Code § 36-25-5.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 25 - Code of Ethics for Public Officials, Employees, Etc.|Section 36-25-5.1 - Limitation on Actions of Lobbyists, Subordinates of Lobbyists, and Principals.

Section 36-25-5.1Limitation on actions of lobbyists, subordinates of lobbyists, and principals.  (a) No lobbyist, subordinate of a lobbyist, or principal shall offer or provide a thing of value to a public employee or public official or to a family member of the public employee or family member of the public official; and no public employee or public official or family member of the public employee or family member of the public official shall solicit or receive a thing of value from a lobbyist, subordinate of a lobbyist, or principal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a lobbyist, or principal may offer or provide and a public official, public employee, or candidate may solicit or receive items of de minimis value. (b) A lobbyist does not provide a thing of value, for purposes of this section, merely by arranging, facilitating, or coordinating with his or her principal that is providing and paying for those items. (Act 2010-764, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 29, §3.)
AL Code § 36-25-5.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 25 - Code of Ethics for Public Officials, Employees, Etc.|Section 36-25-5.2 - Public Disclosure of Information Regarding Officials, Candidates, or Spouses Employed by or Contracting With the State or Federal Government.

Section 36-25-5.2Public disclosure of information regarding officials, candidates, or spouses employed by or contracting with the state or federal government.  (a) For purposes of this section, the term state shall include the State of Alabama and any of its agencies, departments, political subdivisions, counties, colleges and universities and technical schools, the Legislature, the appellate courts, district courts, circuit courts and municipal courts, municipal corporations, and city and county school systems. (b) Each public official and the spouse of each public official, as well as each candidate and the spouse of each candidate, who is employed by the state or the federal government or who has a contract with the state or the federal government, or who works for a company that receives 50% or more of its revenue from the state, shall notify the commission of such employment or contract within 30 days of beginning employment or within 30 days of the beginning of the contract. Additionally, each public official and the spouse of each public official, as well as each candidate and the spouse of each candidate, who is employed by the state or the federal government or who has a contract with the state or the federal government on August 14, 2011, shall notify the commission of such employment or contract by September 13, 2011. Notification shall be in the form of a filing as described in subsection (c). (c) The filing with the commission shall include all of the following: (1) The name of the public official or, when applicable, the name of the candidate. (2) The name of the spouse of the public official or, when applicable, the name of the spouse of the candidate. (3) The department or agency or county or municipality with whom the public official, candidate, or spouse is employed or with whom the public official, candidate, or spouse has a contract. (4) The exact job description or, if applicable, a description of the contract. (5) The beginning and ending dates of employment or, if applicable, the beginning and ending dates of the contract. (6) The compensation, including any and all salary, allowances, and fees, received by the public official or his or her spouse or the candidate or his or her spouse. (d) If the terms of employment or of the contract change, the public official or his or her spouse or the candidate or his or her spouse shall promptly provide updated information concerning the change with the commission, which shall revise such information in its files. (e) Filings collected by the commission pursuant to this section are public record and shall be made available on the commission's website. (Act 2011-674, p. 1800, §1.)
AL Code § 36-25-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 25 - Code of Ethics for Public Officials, Employees, Etc.|Section 36-25-6 - Use of Contributions.

Section 36-25-6Use of contributions. Contributions to an office holder, a candidate, or to a public official's inaugural or transitional fund shall not be converted to personal use. (Acts 1973, No. 1056, p. 1699, §4; Acts 1975, No. 130, p. 603, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-194, p. 269, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-651, p. 1217, §1.)