22-22A-4
Section 22-22A-4 Department of Environmental Management created; principal office; director; deputy director; divisions and division chiefs; transfer of functions; designation as State Environmental Control Agency, etc.; contract with Health Department for routine bacteriological analyses. (a) There is hereby created and established the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and all functions transferred to the department by this chapter. The department shall maintain its principal office in the City of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. (b) The department shall be under the supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated as the director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. The director shall be an individual knowledgeable and experienced in environmental matters. The director shall employ such officers, agents and employees as he deems...
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41-22-2
Section 41-22-2 Legislative intent and purpose; effect on substantive rights; applicability; rulemaking authority. (a) This chapter is intended to provide a minimum procedural code for the operation of all state agencies when they take action affecting the rights and duties of the public. Nothing in this chapter is meant to discourage agencies from adopting procedures conferring additional rights upon the public; and, save for express provisions of this act to the contrary, nothing in this chapter is meant to abrogate in whole or in part any statute prescribing procedural duties for an agency which are in addition to those provided herein. (b)(1) The purposes of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act are to accomplish all of the following: a. Provide legislative oversight of powers and duties delegated to administrative agencies. b. Increase public accountability of administrative agencies. c. Simplify government by assuring a uniform minimum procedure to which all agencies will be...
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11-44C-92
Section 11-44C-92 Commission form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting in the election provided herein choose the court ordered districted commission form of government in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved by the court on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs.City of Mobile, Civil Action No. 75-297, then the provisions of said court ordered districted commission form shall be applicable to said city. The three commissioners elected under said court ordered plan from single member districts shall sit as a board and shall possess and exercise all municipal powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, possessed and exercised by city governing bodies as provided by sections 11-44-70 through 11-44-105, as amended, and other applicable laws, except that all functions, responsibilities and operations of the city shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners as a whole. All three commissioners...
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34-32-8
Section 34-32-8 Powers of board generally. The board shall have the following powers: (1) To adopt and amend all bylaws, rules, and regulations necessary or convenient to administer and carry out the provisions of this chapter and for the conduct of its affairs and functions consistent with the Constitution and laws of this state which may be reasonably necessary for the performance of its duties and the regulation of its proceedings, meetings, records, examinations, and the conduct thereof, and to adopt and promulgate a code of ethics which shall be binding upon all persons registered under or subject to this chapter. (2) To affix its official seal to each numbered certificate issued. (3) To hold hearings, administer oaths, take and record testimony, to make findings, orders, and determinations which shall be subject to review by the courts of this state in the manner provided by law from decisions of other boards and commissions. Upon the failure or refusal of any person to comply...
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11-44B-13
Section 11-44B-13 Persons holding administrative offices continued in office until other provisions made; powers and duties of abolished offices, etc.; certain offices, etc., deemed continued; references to existing offices, etc., in laws, contracts, etc. All persons holding administrative office at the time the mayor-council form of government is adopted shall continue in office and in the performance of their duties until provisions shall have been made in accordance therewith for the performance of such duties or the discontinuance of such office subject to any existing civil service law. The powers conferred and the duties imposed upon any office, department, board, or agency of the municipality by the laws of the state shall, if such office, department, board, or agency be abolished by this article, or under its authority, be thereafter exercised and discharged by the office, department, board, or agency designated by the council unless otherwise provided herein. Any office,...
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8-19-4
Section 8-19-4 Enforcement (a) The office of the Attorney General and the district attorneys shall have the following functions, powers, and duties: (1) Conduct preliminary investigations to determine the merit of complaints, provided, however, the office of the Attorney General or the district attorneys need not handle any complaint which lacks merit, has been made in bad faith, or may be readily resolved between the parties. (2) Receive information and documentary material from complainants and take whatever action is appropriate in connection therewith as authorized by this chapter. The office of the Attorney General and the district attorneys may otherwise receive and investigate complaints with respect to acts or practices declared to be unlawful by this chapter, and inform the complainants with respect thereto. Said persons may institute legal proceedings or take such other actions provided for herein which are necessary or incidental to the exercise of its powers and functions....
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31-9A-9
Section 31-9A-9 Additional powers of director that may be exercised under the direction and control of the Governor during a declaration of emergency as authorized in Section 31-9-8. (a) When the Governor declares a state of emergency as authorized in Section 31-9-8, if the emergency is related to homeland security, the director shall have and may exercise the following additional powers, under the direction and control of the Governor: (1) Enforce all laws, rules, and regulations relating to homeland security and direct state resource allocations when required; provided, this chapter shall not vest authority to enforce the criminal laws of this state in the Director of Homeland Security, or the deputies or personnel of the department. (2) Sell, lend, lease, give, transfer, or deliver materials or perform services for homeland security purposes on such terms and conditions as the Governor shall prescribe and without regard to the limitations of any existing law, and account to the...
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41-9-187
Section 41-9-187 Transfer of powers, functions, etc., of industrial development board. On May 28, 1980, all powers, duties, functions and authority invested in the State Industrial Development Board, including those in Section 41-9-183, shall be continued, transferred to and shall be vested in the Alabama Industrial Development Advisory Board, except those powers, duties and functions prescribed for the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs by Article 8A of this chapter. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, personnel, assets and property of whatsoever nature, had, exercised, used or employed by the State Industrial Development Board are transferred to the Alabama Industrial Development Advisory Board and all laws or parts of laws relating to the State Industrial Development Board shall be repealed and the said State Industrial Development Board shall be abolished. (Acts 1980, No. 80-736, p. 1498, §3.)...
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11-44E-148
Section 11-44E-148 Laws relating to authority for fairgrounds, etc., continued in force. All laws and parts of laws relating to establishment of an authority for fairgrounds, parks, exhibits, exhibitions, and other installations, facilities, and places for the amusement, entertainment, recreation, and cultural development of the citizens of a city, and for the powers, authority, mode of financing, and conduct of the same, contained in the general or local laws of the state, as amended, or as the same may apply and be in effect with respect to any city at the time when such city shall elect to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall continue in full force and effect, and without interruption or change as to the establishment or conduct of any authority created thereunder, after adoption of the mayor/commission/city manager form of government by such city. (Acts 1988, No. 88-445, p. 660, §8.09.)...
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16-26B-5
Section 16-26B-5 Board of trustees - Powers, duties, functions. The school board may: (1) Accept donations, bequests, or other forms of financial assistance for educational purposes from any public or private sector persons or agencies and comply with rules and regulations governing grants from the federal government or from any other person or agency, which are not in contravention of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and laws. (2) Purchase land and equipment and make improvements to land and facilities necessary for the use of the school, in accordance with applicable law. (3) Lease land or other property belonging to it or to the school. (4) Sell or exchange land or other real property not needed for school purposes, if the sale or exchange is specifically authorized by law and is in accordance with the procedures provided for the sale of unused school lands under Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 9-15-1) of Title 9. The sale shall be authorized by resolution of the school...
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