22-40A-2
Section 22-40A-2 Legislative findings; purpose. (a) The Legislature finds as follows: (1) The Alabama Scrap Tire Study Commission (STSC) submitted a report as required by Section 22-40-10, and SJR 152, adopted May 11, 2000. The section and the resolution both directed the STSC to study the present law and recommend revisions that are needed. The report from the STSC recommended substantial changes to the present law, which are incorporated into this chapter. The study and report were necessary to address the estimated 14 to 20 million tires stockpiled or illegally dumped. (2) This state generates over five million scrap tires annually. Of these tires, an estimated two million are recycled annually and an estimated two million are disposed of legally in landfills. Many of the remaining tires are disposed of illegally and therefore may present a public health and/or environmental threat to the citizens of Alabama. (b) This chapter has the following stated purposes, to: (1) Remediate...
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41-29-2
Section 41-29-2 Powers, duties, and functions of Department of Commerce. (a) The Department of Commerce shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other departments of state government and with other governmental units for the comprehensive development of the state's human, economic and physical resources and their relevance for programs administered by the state and the governmental structure required to put such programs into effect. It shall provide information, assistance and staff support by all appropriate means. The Department of Commerce shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authority relative to state regional and local planning and industrial development heretofore vested in the Alabama Development Office. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, and personnel of the Alabama Development Office are also hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce. (b) All of the powers and authority heretofore vested in the...
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41-9-983
Section 41-9-983 Commission - Duties. (a) The commission shall have the following responsibilities and duties: (1) Provide assistance and advice to the public and private schools, colleges, and universities with respect to implementation of Holocaust education and awareness programs. (2) Meet with appropriate education officials and other interested public and private organizations, including service organizations, to assist with the planning, coordinating, and enriching of courses of study dealing with the Holocaust. (3) Survey and catalog the extent and breadth of Holocaust and genocide education presently incorporated into the curricula and taught in the educational systems of the state; to inventory those Holocaust memorials, exhibits, and resources which could be incorporated in courses of study; and to assist other educational agencies in the development and implementation of Holocaust and genocide education programs. In furtherance of this responsibility, the commission may...
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36-26-8
Section 36-26-8 Director of personnel - Executive head of department; powers and duties generally; agreements with political subdivisions of state; cooperation with other governmental agencies. (a) The director, as executive head of the department, shall direct and supervise all its administrative and technical activities. (b) It shall be the duty of the director to: (1) Attend all meetings of the board, act as its secretary, and record its official actions. (2) Appoint, with the approval of the board, such employees of the department and such experts and special assistants as necessary to carry out effectively this article. (3) Prepare and recommend rules and regulations for the administration of this article. (4) Recommend and, on its adoption, establish, administer, and execute a classification plan for the state service. (5) Submit to the Governor, after its approval by the board, a pay plan for all positions in the state service. (6) Conduct tests, formulate employment registers,...
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16-60-111
Section 16-60-111 Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System. (a) There is established a Board of Trustees of the Alabama Community College System. The board shall be composed of the following members: (1) The Governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. (2) Seven members appointed by the Governor so that one member of the board is a resident of each of the seven congressional districts in the state as the districts are constituted on May 12, 2015. The member appointed by the Governor pursuant to this subdivision, representing the congressional district in which the main campus of Athens State University is located, shall serve as the member of the Board of Trustees of Athens State University pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of Section 16-47A-4. (3) One ex officio, nonvoting member appointed by the Governor who is actively serving on the State Board of Education. (4) One member appointed by the Governor from the state at large. (b) All members...
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22-27-45
Section 22-27-45 State Solid Waste Management Plan. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, with the advice and consultation of the Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee, is directed to prepare a State Solid Waste Management Plan. In developing the state plan, the department will seek to achieve the following goals: (1) That solid waste facilities and management systems are provided for in an orderly manner consistent with the needs and plans of the state and its regions and local governments; (2) That alternative methods of solid waste management are encouraged as a means of reducing the state's dependence on landfilling; (3) That all aspects of local, regional and state planning, zoning, population estimates, and economics are taken into consideration; and (4) That appropriate time schedules are set for the phasing in of the required component parts of the system. Said plan shall be developed in two phases: a. The first phase of the plan shall be...
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29-5A-46
Section 29-5A-46 Tax expenditure report. (a) The Fiscal Division shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature which lists all state tax expenditures and the estimated cost associated with each of the tax expenditures. For purposes of this section, tax expenditures means those state revenue losses attributable to the provisions of the constitution, state tax statutes, or rules promulgated pursuant to the statutes, which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction, or which provide a special credit or preferential tax rate. The report shall be organized according to the funds into which the tax expenditures would be dedicated but for the exemptions and rate differentials. The report shall be submitted at the same time that the Governor is required to submit his or her budget proposal to the Legislature. (b) The annual tax expenditure report shall include the following: (1) Each tax exemption and its constitutional and/or statutory citation. (2) An estimate of the...
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37-3-7
Section 37-3-7 Powers and duties of commission generally. It shall be the duty of the commission: (1) To regulate common carriers by motor vehicle as provided in this chapter, and, to that end, the commission may establish reasonable rules and requirements with respect to adequate service, transportation of passengers, baggage, freight and express, uniform systems of accounts, records and reports, preservation of records, qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees and safety of operation and equipment. (2) To regulate contract carriers by motor vehicle as provided in this chapter, and, to that end, the commission may establish reasonable requirements with respect to uniform systems of accounts, records and reports, preservation of records, qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees and safety of operation and equipment. (3) To regulate brokers as provided in this chapter, and, to that end, the commission may establish reasonable requirements with respect to...
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38-3-9
Section 38-3-9 Adoption of rules; additional functions. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act to implement and administer this chapter and may perform all of the following functions: (1) Provide technical assistance and consultation upon request to public and private nonprofit agencies with respect to programs, services, and activities for elderly people. (2) Provide assistance upon request to federal agencies, other state agencies or departments, and private organizations on studies and surveys on the special problems of the aged in such matters as mental and physical health, housing, transportation, family relationships, employment, income, vocational rehabilitation, recreation, and education; make such reports as are appropriate to the Governor and other federal and state agencies; and develop recommendations for administrative or legislative action to assist the aged. (3) Develop and strengthen the services available for the aging in...
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41-20-4
Section 41-20-4 Creation of select joint committee for review and evaluation of agencies; composition; selection of members; chairman; duties generally; submission of data and report of recommendations as to continuation or termination of agencies; voting upon committee recommendations by Legislature generally; compensation of members of committee. (a) A select joint committee, known as the Sunset Committee, shall be constituted as follows: (b) Three members of the House and three members of the Senate shall be elected in the same manner as the elected members of the Legislative Council by the respective houses: two from the Alabama Senate and two from the Alabama House of Representatives shall be appointed by the presiding officer of said elected bodies; and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker Pro Tem of the House of Representatives. The chairman shall be elected from among the members of the committee, alternating annually between a House member and a Senate...
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