41-4-320
Section 41-4-320 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: The
purpose of this article is to provide for the defense of those indigent defendants who have
been found by a court to be unable to pay for their defense or representation in a trial or
appellate court proceeding. When a court determines that a person is unable to pay for his
or her defense, it shall be the responsibility of the court, subject to the establishment
of the Office of Indigent Defense Services as set forth in this article, to provide that person
with counsel and other necessary expenses of representation. (Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §1.)...

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41-4-321
Section 41-4-321 Creation of office. There is created within the Department of Finance, the
Office of Indigent Defense Services, which is subject to the control of the Director of Finance.
(Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §2.)...
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15-12-20
Section 15-12-20 Matters to be ascertained by trial judges as to representation of defendants
prior to arraignment. In all criminal cases, including paternity cases, and civil and criminal
nonsupport cases which may result in the jailing of the defendant, in any court of this state
created by authority of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, when a defendant
is entitled to counsel as provided by law, the trial judge shall before arraignment ascertain
from the accused, or otherwise: (1) Whether or not the defendant has arranged to be represented
by counsel; (2) Whether or not the defendant desires the assistance of counsel; and (3) Whether
or not the defendant is able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance of counsel
in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services.
(Acts 1963, No. 526, p. 1136, §1; Acts 1971, No. 2420, p. 3851; Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-108;
Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-793, p. 198, §1; Act...
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23-1-26
Section 23-1-26 Legal division - Appointment of assistant counsel; chief and assistant counsel
to be commissioned and take oath as assistant attorneys general. The Director of Transportation,
with the approval of the Attorney General and subject to the state Merit System law, may appoint
assistant counsel as may be necessary to transact the legal business of the Department of
Transportation. The chief counsel and the assistant counsel shall each be commissioned as
assistant attorneys general. The chief counsel and the assistant counsel and their stenographic
and clerical assistants shall constitute the legal division of the Department of Transportation.
The director shall consider the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity
of the state when appointing assistant counsel. (Acts 1963, No. 581, p. 1267, §2; Act 2015-437,
§1.)...
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23-1-5
Section 23-1-5 Payment of costs of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by construction
of highways. (a) Whenever the Director of Transportation shall determine and order that the
relocation of any utility facility is necessitated by the construction of any project on the
national system of interstate and defense highways, including the extensions thereof within
urban areas, the utility owning or operating the utility facility shall relocate the facility
in accordance with the order of the Director of Transportation. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if the cost of the utility facility relocation is eligible and approved for reimbursement
by the federal government, the cost of the relocation of the utility facility shall be paid
by the state as a part of the cost of the construction of the project out of the funds then
or thereafter available for the highway construction after the utility has furnished the Director
of Transportation with all papers, records, or other supporting...
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12-17-217
Section 12-17-217 Representation of clients in certain proceedings. Any person occupying the
office of supernumerary district attorney shall not represent any client, other than the State
of Alabama, himself or herself, or an immediate family member in any criminal, quasi-criminal,
or civil forfeiture proceeding resulting from a criminal action where the State of Alabama
is a party to the action, as court appointed counsel or as a public defender, eligible to
receive funds or reimbursements from the indigent defense fund. Upon motion, the court shall
enjoin any supernumerary district attorney from violating this section. (Act 2015-498, §30.)...

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12-23-4
Section 12-23-4 Court referral officers or contracting entities; appointment; supervision by
Administrative Director of Courts and circuit judges; compensation; duties. (a) The Administrative
Director of Courts is authorized to appoint court referral officers or contract with individuals
or entities to provide alcohol and drug assessment for courts and to conduct the court referral
programs in each court jurisdiction of the state. Such appointments or contracts shall be
made or entered into with the advice of the presiding circuit judge. The Administrative Director
of Courts shall designate the locations where said court referral programs, court referral
officers or contracting entities or individuals shall serve, which designations may be changed
from time to time; provided, however, that all appointed court referral officers and approved
court referral programs shall serve at the pleasure of the Administrative Director of Courts.
Any individual or entity which contracts to conduct...
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15-12-42
Section 15-12-42 Powers and duties. The public defender shall have the following powers and
duties: (1) Within his or her geographic jurisdiction, the public defender shall provide indigent
defense services as defined in Section 15-12-1 to indigent defendants. (2) The public defender,
at the request and with the consent of a municipal governing body and the office, shall represent
indigent defendants in a municipal court within his or her geographic jurisdiction. The municipality
shall reimburse the office of the public defender for the costs associated with the services
rendered. (3) The public defender, with consent of the director, may represent an indigent
defendant in a state appellate court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862,
§6.)...
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32-9-1
Section 32-9-1 Trailers. Trailers, when used in a truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination
may be operated on the national system of interstate and defense highways and other highways
upon designation by the Director of Transportation and final approval by the Governor. The
Director of Transportation shall, at a minimum, designate those highways necessary to cause
the State of Alabama to be in compliance with the Federal Surface Transportation Assistance
Act of 1982. Except as provided above, no person shall operate any trailer, as defined in
this title, on any highway unless such trailer is operated for the purpose of constructing
highways or other facilities of the state or a political subdivision thereof. The Department
of Transportation is authorized to regulate the movement of such trailers from one job to
another by special permits issued in the same manner as permits are issued under Section 32-9-29.
No trailer or semitrailer of any kind shall be used for the hauling of...
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45-2-84.12
Section 45-2-84.12 Waiver of fees. Any judicial officer of the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit,
upon making a determination that the defendant is indigent and not able to be employed, may
waive or defer any administrative or supervision fee, or a portion thereof, associated with
a defendant's assignment to a program administered pursuant to the terms of this part. The
court, in making this determination, should take into consideration that it is the intent
of the Legislature that the programs established hereunder should strive to be self-supporting.
(Act 2005-135, p. 229, §13.)...
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