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11-12-10
Section 11-12-10 Review and determination as to authority for expenditure of public funds for
payment of claims presented by chairman of commission, etc. It shall be the duty of the chairman
of the county commission or such other officer as is authorized by law to draw county warrants
upon the county treasurer or county depository to inspect and review each claim presented
for payment from the public funds of the county, irrespective of whether such claim has previously
been audited and allowed by the county commission, and such officer shall examine and determine
independently with reference to each of such claims whether or not the expenditure of public
money of the county in payment of such claim is authorized by law and whether or not public
funds of the county may be expended for the purpose or purposes shown in such claim; provided,
that the provisions of this section and sections 11-12-11 and 11-12-12 shall not apply to
those claims by law excepted from the requirement of audit...
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45-29-81
Section 45-29-81 Public defender fund. (a) There is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial
Circuit a public defender fund for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the indigent
defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit to be administered in accordance
with Article 1, commencing with Section 15-12-1, of Title 15. Upon May 4, 1982, the governing
body of each county composing the circuit may establish a public defender fund to be administered
by the clerk of the county commission of that respective county to receive and disburse funds
paid therein in accordance with this section. (b) In order to provide funds for the indigent
defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, the following docket fees shall
be collected by the circuit court clerk in each county in addition to the docket fees that
are presently provided by law and when collected by the clerk of the court shall be paid into
the public defender fund. The additional docket fees shall be...
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13A-9-150
Section 13A-9-150 Public assistance fraud; penalties. (a) For the purposes of this section,
public assistance means money or property provided directly or indirectly to eligible persons
through programs of the federal government, the state, or any political subdivision thereof,
including any program administered by a public housing authority. (b) It shall be unlawful
for an individual or business entity to knowingly do any of the following: (1) Fail, by false
statement, misrepresentation, impersonation, or other fraudulent means, to disclose a material
fact used in making a determination as to the qualification of the person to receive public
assistance. (2) Fail to disclose a change in circumstances in order to obtain or continue
to receive any public assistance to which he or she is not entitled or in an amount larger
than that to which he or she is entitled. (3) Aid and abet another person in the commission
of the prohibitions enumerated in subdivisions (1) and (2). (4) Use,...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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11-12-11
Section 11-12-11 Determination as to legal liability upon claims; rejection of claims. In making
such determination with reference to the authorized expenditure of public funds of the county
in payment of the claims so presented and filed for payment with the county commissioner,
such officer shall make such investigation and inquiry, both as to fact and legal sufficiency,
as he shall deem reasonably necessary to correctly ascertain the legal liability of the county
with reference to each of the claims presented for payment. In the event it should be determined
by such officer, as a result of such investigation and inquiry, that payment of such claim
or claims may not lawfully be made from the public funds of the county, he shall refuse to
affix his signature to or draw warrant upon the county treasurer or county depository authorizing
payment of such claim or claims from the public funds of the county. (Acts 1953, No. 536,
p. 751, §2.)...
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11-12-12
Section 11-12-12 Liability for approval of claims not legally chargeable to or payable from
public funds. Should such officer draw a warrant upon the county treasurer or county depository
in payment of a claim or claims not legally chargeable to or payable from the public funds
of the county such officer shall be held jointly liable with the other members of the county
commission of the county for such unauthorized or unlawful expenditure of the public funds
of the county and shall bear the same responsibilities and suffer the same penalties as do
the other members of the county commission of the county with reference to the unauthorized
or unlawful expenditure of public funds of the county; provided, that Sections 11-12-10 through
11-12-12 shall in no way affect or repeal the protection to such official or officials as
provided for under written opinion of the Attorney General, Section 36-15-19 and/or under
written opinion of the county attorney. (Acts 1953, No. 536, p. 751, §3.)...
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11-3-15
Section 11-3-15 Operation, etc., of bridges over navigable, etc., streams - Authorized generally;
expenditure of county funds therefor. The county commissions of the several counties of the
State of Alabama are vested with the following authority in connection with and in addition
to any authority, general or special, heretofore vested in them by law. For and on behalf
of the respective county which it represents, the county commission may contract for and take
over, by lease or otherwise, the operation of bridges over navigable or other streams and
may maintain the same as public highways and may expend county funds in the pursuance of such
contracts, whether for the purpose of such leases or for the payment of the cost of maintenance
or for liability accruing to such county or to the owners or lessors of such bridges on account
of accidents or injuries that may arise from such operations. (Acts 1923, No. 238, p. 230;
Code 1923, §6759; Code 1940, T. 12, §16.)...
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23-1-40
Section 23-1-40 Duties and powers generally. (a) It shall be the duty of the Department of
Transportation to designate the roads to be constructed, repaired, and maintained and to construct,
standardize, repair, and maintain roads and bridges of this state; and it shall have authority
to make contracts or agreements to construct or pave the roadway only of the street or streets
which will serve to connect the state highway constructed or repaired by the department within
any municipality in the State of Alabama. (b) In such municipalities in which the Department
of Transportation has not designated the street or streets which are a part of the state highways
constructed or repaired by the department, it shall be the duty of the department to designate
such street or streets. The department may also cooperate or contract with any municipality
or county in the paving or improving of any street or streets, highway or highways, or walkway
or walkways upon which a state educational or...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at the
capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her opinion
in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the state
or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries,
Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners, Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue or
any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or her duty so to
do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration of the committee.
b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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36-25A-2
Section 36-25A-2 Definitions. As used in and for determining the applicability of this chapter,
the following words shall have the following meanings solely for the purposes of this chapter:
(1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members of a subcommittee,
committee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a decision as to how
any members of the subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body should vote on a specific
matter that, at the time of the exchange, the participating members expect to come before
the subcommittee, committee, or full body immediately following the discussion or at a later
time. (2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of a meeting of a subcommittee, committee, or full
governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more of the reasons prescribed
in Section 36-25A-7(a). (3) GENERAL REPUTATION AND CHARACTER. Characteristics or actions of
a person directly involving good or bad ethical conduct,...
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