31-13-31
Section 31-13-31 Defense of law enforcement officers in enforcement of chapter. (a) The Legislature finds that the United States Department of Justice has unnecessarily and recklessly threatened Alabama law enforcement officers with personal law suits if the officer appears to make what the Department of Justice deems a misstep in enforcing the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act. (b) Because of this finding, it is necessary for the Legislature to defend Alabama law enforcement officers against federal overreach. (c) If the Attorney General of Alabama deems that an Alabama law enforcement officer performed his or her duties enforcing Act 2011-535 according to accepted standards of Alabama law enforcement, the state shall defend the law enforcement officer against actions brought personally against the officer by the United States Department of Justice. (Act 2012-491, p. 1410, §4.)...
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36-21-2
Section 36-21-2 Subsistence allowance for certain law enforcement officers. (a)(1) Any law enforcement officer of the State of Alabama who is employed by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, the Alabama Securities Commission, the State Port Authority and probation and parole officers of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, fire marshals of the Department of Insurance, any investigator employed by the Alabama Ethics Commission, any investigator employed by a district attorney on a full-time basis, any investigator employed by the Office of the Attorney General, the marshal or any deputy marshal of the state appellate court, or correctional officers of the Department of Corrections shall receive a subsistence allowance of twelve dollars ($12) for each working day of a pay period while...
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41-27-6
Section 41-27-6 Appointment of the Director of the Department of Public Safety; functions of department; Highway Patrol Division; Marine Police Division. (a)(1) The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, after consultation with the Governor, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the secretary. The director shall be appointed from a legacy agency as defined in Section 41-27-7. The salary of the director shall be set by the secretary, and shall not be subject to Section 36-6-6. A person appointed director shall have an extensive law enforcement background and, by virtue of office, is a state law enforcement officer with the immunity set forth in Section 6-5-338. (2) The director shall have overall supervision and management of functions transferred to the department pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of the secretary, including the power to change the working title of any position or...
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41-7-1
Section 41-7-1 Definitions; department created; composition; powers and duties. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Advisory Board of the Alabama Tourism Department. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Tourism Department. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of Publicity of the Alabama Tourism Department. (b) There is created the Alabama Tourism Department, hereinafter referred to as the department, composed of a Division of Records and Reports and such other divisions as the director determines to be necessary. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any act or section of this code, or other provision of law, refers to the State Bureau of Tourism and Travel, the reference shall be deemed a reference to the Alabama Tourism Department. (c) The department, with the advice and assistance of the board provided for in Section 41-7-3, shall have exclusive power and authority to plan and conduct all state programs of information...
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6-5-641
Section 6-5-641 Certification of classes. (a) No class of civil litigants shall be certified or recognized by any court of the State of Alabama unless there shall have been compliance with the procedures for certification of the class set forth in this article. (b) As soon as practicable after the commencement of an action in which claims or defenses are purported to be asserted on behalf of or against a class, or as soon as practicable after such assertions in an amended pleading, but in no event prior to the time allowed by law for each party (including, but not limited to, counterclaim, cross-claim, and third-party defendants) to file an answer or other pleading responsive to the complaint, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, the court shall hold a conference among all named parties to the action for the purpose of establishing a schedule, in the same manner and to the same extent contemplated by Ala.R.Civ.P. 16, for any discovery in which the parties may wish to engage...
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12-13-37
Section 12-13-37 Appointment of special judge when probate judge incompetent, absent, sick, etc., generally; powers and duties of special judge and force, effect, etc., of judgments, orders and decrees thereof. If in any matter or proceeding arising in the probate court or in reference to which the judge thereof is required to exercise jurisdiction or authority or to perform a duty the judge is incompetent for any legal cause or shall be absent, sick or otherwise disqualified from acting, he or his chief clerk must certify the fact of incompetency, absence, sickness or disqualification to the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court shall, upon such certificate, appoint a person possessing the qualifications of a probate judge to act as special probate judge. Such special judge in relation to such matter or proceeding shall have the jurisdiction and authority and discharge the duties of the probate judge, and the judgments, orders and decrees made or rendered...
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12-7-1
Section 12-7-1 Reimbursement of expenses of members of court. Members of the Court of the Judiciary shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as such members; provided, that such expenses must be approved by the chief judge of the court and filed with the Comptroller of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §14-101.)...
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17-7-22
Section 17-7-22 Electronic Voting Committee. There is hereby created the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee which shall consist of five members. The committee shall consist of a representative appointed by the Secretary of State, a representative appointed by the Attorney General, and one judge of probate who shall be recommended by the Alabama Probate Judges Association and appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and shall serve without pay or reimbursement for expenses. Additionally, one member from the House of Representatives and one member from the Senate, to be appointed by the presiding officer of each house who shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, his or her per diem and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the committee which shall be paid out of any funds appropriated to the use of the Legislature, upon warrants drawn on the state Comptroller upon requisitions signed by the committee's chair; provided, however,...
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2-2-13
Section 2-2-13 Appointment of assistants and employees; employees' bonds. The commissioner shall, with the approval of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries and as otherwise provided by law, appoint such chiefs, assistants, deputies, agents, experts and other employees as are necessary for the successful administration of the affairs of the department and prescribe their duties. The chief clerk of the commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $10,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. Other employees shall execute to the state such official bonds as the commissioner may determine and require, unless otherwise expressly provided by law. (Ag. Code 1927, §18; Code 1940, T. 2, §23; Code 1940, T. 41, §115; Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190.)...
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22-27-5.2
Section 22-27-5.2 Solid waste landfill moratorium. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law, until May 31, 2014, neither the department nor any state or local agency may grant any new permits to a new public solid waste landfill facility which is intended to receive waste not generated by the permittee. (2) The moratorium period is necessary in order to allow the department and the Alabama Department of Public Health to review their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act. As appropriate, following this review, the department, with input from the Alabama Department of Public Health, shall make recommendations for necessary legislation or undertake rulemaking to implement enhancement identified during the review period. (3) For the purpose of evaluating solid waste landfill management issues facing the state and to allow for the update of the state's comprehensive solid waste management plan to identify and provide for the...
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