15-18-174
Section 15-18-174 Powers, duties, authority of department. In addition to those otherwise provided
by law, the department shall have the following powers, duties, and authority: (1) Monitor
the community punishment and corrections program within the goals and mandates established
herein. (2) Conduct statewide public education programs concerning the purposes and goals
as established herein and make an annual report to the Prison Oversight Committee of the Legislature
and the Alabama Sentencing Commission regarding the effectiveness of diversion of offenders
from state and local correctional institutions. This annual report should also include data
showing the impact of diversion of offenders by race, gender, and location of the offender.
(3) Provide technical assistance to local governments, authorities and other nonprofit entities
and agencies, and local community punishment and corrections advisory boards regarding development
of a community punishment and corrections program. (4)...
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2-6A-1
Section 2-6A-1 Declaration of policy. It is the finding of the Legislature that, despite the
fact that agriculture has been and continues to be the backbone of the economy of the State
of Alabama, increasing numbers of the state's farmers and agricultural businessmen are losing
their livelihood due to conditions beyond their control caused by the current economic situation
in agriculture and certain structural changes that are occurring in the economy of both the
state and the United States. A crisis has developed in the state's agricultural sector that
is not and cannot be met with existing programs and resources, with the result that more and
more Alabama farmers and agricultural businessmen are being forced to leave farming or to
seek supplemental employment, but without the provision of any coordinated program of assistance
to help them retrain and make the adjustment to other forms of economic livelihood or to acquire
the needed supplemental skills. The Legislature thus deems it...
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2-8-383
Section 2-8-383 Rulemaking authority; disposition of funds; powers and duties of department.
(a) The department may adopt rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure
Act, as necessary to administer an industrial hemp research program and to license growers
to grow industrial hemp pursuant to this article, including rules establishing reasonable
fees for licenses, permits, or other necessary expenses to defray the cost of implementing
and operating the industrial hemp research program in this state on an ongoing basis. All
revenue collected pursuant to rules adopted for the industrial hemp research under this section
shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Agricultural Fund. (b) The department
or an institution of higher education may pursue any permits or waivers from the United States
Drug Enforcement Administration or appropriate federal agency that are necessary for the advancement
of the industrial hemp research program. (c) The department...
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22-12B-2
Section 22-12B-2 Board established; composition; meetings; powers. There is hereby established
the Alabama Mothers and Babies Indigent Care Trust Board to administer said fund. The board
shall consist of the Governor, who shall serve as ex officio chairman, the commissioner of
the Alabama Medicaid Agency, the Finance Director and the State Health Officer. The board
shall meet as necessary to carry out its duties, upon three days' notice to all board members.
The board shall have the power to transfer moneys from the trust fund to the Alabama Medicaid
Agency to carry out the purposes, intent and provisions of this chapter. The Medicaid Agency
may accept unconditional and unrestricted transfers of such moneys. The existence or availability
of this trust fund shall not reduce appropriations from the State General Fund. (Acts 1987,
No. 87-707, p. 1245, §2.)...
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29-2-52
Section 29-2-52 Duties; employment of consultants, etc.; expenses; contracts; meetings. (a)
The committee shall make a continuous study of the reapportionment problems in Alabama seeking
solutions thereto, and shall seek expertise, when deemed necessary, from among knowledgeable
state officials and employees, academic personnel and others involved in demographic studies
and other census matters. (b) The committee shall make such reports of its investigations,
findings and recommendations to the Legislature at any time, during any regular or special
session of the Legislature, as it may deem necessary. (c) The committee shall engage in such
activities as it deems necessary for the preparation and formulation of a reapportionment
plan for the next ensuing reapportionment and each reapportionment thereafter, and readjustment
or alteration of Senate and House districts and of congressional districts of the state. (d)
The committee, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council, may...
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34-24-363
Section 34-24-363 Witnesses - How subpoenaed and sworn; failure to comply. (a) To any such
hearing witnesses may be subpoenaed by the commission on its own motion, or on the demand
of either side by subpoena signed by the chairman of the commission, or by the executive officer
of the commission, and such subpoenas may be served by any sheriff of the State of Alabama,
or by the executive officer of the commission or by any person designated by the executive
officer; and, if served by anyone other than a sheriff, the return of service shall be sworn
to by the person before some officer authorized to administer oaths. Witnesses may be sworn
by the chairman or by the person discharging the duties of the chairman. Similar subpoenas
may be issued directing the production of books, papers, or documents at the hearing. (b)
In conducting its investigations, the State Board of Medical Examiners shall have the authority
to subpoena witnesses and command the production at any of its meetings of...
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34-29-111
Section 34-29-111 Duties of board; Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee; liability.
(a) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of veterinary
professionals licensed to practice veterinary medicine or veterinary technology in Alabama
who may be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics,
alcohol, chemicals, or other substances, or as a result of any physical or mental condition.
(b) In order to carry out this obligation the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
may contract with any nonprofit corporation or medical professional association for the purpose
of creating, supporting, and maintaining a committee of veterinary professionals to be designated
the Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee. The committee shall consist of not
less than 10 nor more than 15 veterinary professionals licensed...
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36-32-3
Section 36-32-3 Officers; powers and duties; compensation; expenditures and revenues; education
and training; facilities. (a) The commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from
among its members at the first regular quarterly meeting of the calendar year. (b) The commission
may do all of the following: (1) Organize the Alabama Fire College by appointing an executive
director, assistant directors, and such officers as the interest of the Alabama Fire College
may require. (2) Remove the executive director or any assistant or other officer. (3) Fix,
increase, or reduce the compensation of the executive director or any assistant or other officer.
(4) Institute, regulate, alter, or modify the government of the Alabama Fire College as the
commission may deem advisable. (5) Prescribe courses of instruction related to the mission
of the Alabama Fire College. (6) Establish the cost of any prescribed course of study related
to the mission of the Alabama Fire College. (7) Confer...
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15-23-5
Section 15-23-5 Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission - Powers and duties. The commission
shall have all the powers and privileges of a corporation and all of its business shall be
transacted in the name of the commission. In addition to any other powers and duties specified
elsewhere in this article, the commission shall have the power to: (1) Regulate its own procedures
except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (2) Define any term not defined in this article.
(3) Prescribe forms necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. (4) Obtain access
to investigative reports made by law enforcement officers or law enforcement agencies which
may be necessary to assist the commission in making a determination of eligibility for compensation
under this article; provided however, the reports and the information contained herein, when
received by the commission, shall be confidential and under no circumstances shall the commission
disclose the same except to a grand jury. (5)...
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16-1-38
Section 16-1-38 Financial and education law training for newly elected superintendents of education.
(a)(1) Each person newly elected or appointed as a city or county superintendent of education
shall, prior to assuming office, attend and satisfactorily complete a training program on
school finances and education law. This requirement shall be applicable upon the development
and offering of the training program as provided in this section. (2) The State Superintendent
of Education, based upon reasonable cause, may allow a newly elected or appointed superintendent
to attend and satisfactorily complete the training program after assuming office. (3) Superintendents
serving on May 31, 2001, may attend such training program. (4) The Department of Education,
or its designee, shall provide the training program at no cost. (b)(1) The training program
shall be formulated by a committee comprised of the State Superintendent of Education and
each of the following: a. A representative of the...
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