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31-5-1
Section 31-5-1 Definitions. As used under this chapter these terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs. (2) THE STATE BOARD.
The State Board of Veterans' Affairs. (3) STATE COMMISSIONER. The State Service Commissioner.
(4) VETERAN. Except as otherwise used in this chapter, such term shall mean any person, male
or female, who served on active duty, whether commissioned, enlisted, inducted, appointed
or mustered into the military or naval service of the United States during any war in which
the United States has been engaged, and who shall have been discharged or released from such
services under conditions other than dishonorable. (Acts 1945, No. 173, p. 304, §1.)...
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31-7-3
Section 31-7-3 Department of Veterans' Affairs to adopt rules and procedures for application
for bonus, determination of eligibility, payment, etc. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs
shall have complete charge and control of the payment of the bonus authorized in this chapter
and may adopt general rules for the making of such payments, the ascertainment and selection
of proper recipients of the bonus and the procedure for applying for and receiving bonuses.
The State Department of Veterans' Affairs shall adopt general rules for determining the question
of whether an applicant possesses the prerequisite qualification of residence in the State
of Alabama at the time he entered the armed forces and such department shall prescribe by
rule the nature of proof to be submitted to establish such facts as are necessary to claim
the bonus provided for by this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 760, p. 1138, §3.)...
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16-44A-52
Section 16-44A-52 Purpose. The Alabama Veterans Living Legacy shall fulfill four vital public
purposes, namely: (1) Publicly to remember, respect, thank, and honor United States veterans,
living and dead, and active members of the Armed Forces, especially those with ties to Alabama,
and prominently to present their individual and collective names, biographical sketches, stories,
and photographs, thereby inspiring youth and general visitors to a lasting appreciation of
their faithful service and heroic sacrifices for our nation and the cause of liberty. (2)
To teach students and youth the vital lessons of liberty which our veterans have served, as
an essential foundation for good citizenship which upholds the freedom and system of self-government
secured by our veterans. (3) To receive, welcome, orient, and engage local, regional, and
national visitors to the Alabama Veterans Living Legacy, National Veterans Shrine and Interpretive
Gateway at the American Village and adjoining National...
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2-16-21
Section 2-16-21 Adoption, conduct, etc., of program for prevention, eradication and control
of infectious and contagious poultry diseases; cooperation by department, etc., with other
state and federal agencies. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, with the approval
of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries, is hereby authorized to adopt, conduct and
carry out a program or plan designed to prevent, eradicate and control infectious and contagious
diseases of poultry in the State of Alabama, and such program shall be carried out by the
Department of Agriculture and Industries. The Department of Agriculture and Industries is
hereby authorized to cooperate with other agencies for the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this division, and to that end the commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to enter
into cooperative agreements with other agencies, departments and institutions of the State
of Alabama and of the federal government. (Acts 1957, No. 549, p....
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16-1-37
Section 16-1-37 Issuance of high school diplomas to certain honorably discharged veterans.
The State Superintendent of Education may award a standard high school diploma to any honorably
discharged veteran who served in the United States Armed Forces at any time between December
7, 1941, and January 31, 1946, between June 27, 1950, and January 31, 1955, or between November
15, 1961, and March 28, 1973; was a resident of Alabama prior to entry into the United States
Armed Forces; and whose entry into the United States Armed Forces interrupted high school
attendance and prevented graduation. Upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of
Education, the State Board of Education shall develop criteria and guidelines necessary for
the implementation of this section. (Act 2001-345, p. 449, §1; Act 2004-549, p. 1177, §1;
Act 2010-691, p. 1678, §1.)...
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21-9-11
Section 21-9-11 Duties of commissioner. (a) The commissioner shall direct all matters involving
the department in conformance with state and federal law and the policies of the board. (b)
The commissioner shall perform the following specific duties: (1) Enforce the rules and regulations
of the board governing the department's services and programs. (2) Appoint to positions of
employment those professional, clerical, and other assistants, including specialists and consultants,
on a full or part-time basis as may be needed. The number of employees, their qualifications,
their compensation, and all other expenditures of the commissioner shall be within the limits
of a budget approved by the board. The commissioner and all employees of the department shall
be entitled to all benefits accruing to merit system employees including the right to accumulate
leave and participate in the Teachers' Retirement System under the same terms and conditions
as employees of the State Department of...
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22-38-2
Section 22-38-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases
shall have the following meaning: (1) COMMITTEE. The Alabama State Soil and Water Conservation
Committee. (2) COST-SHARE FUNDS or COST-SHARE GRANTS. Any federal financial assistance for
landusers received by the department or other state agencies to support implementation of
agricultural nonpoint source pollution control. Such funds shall include federal match and
nonfederal match funds. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
(4) LANDUSER. Any person, individual, partnership, company, corporation or other legal entity
who qualifies for the receipt of cost-share funds from the Alabama state soil and water conservation
committee in accordance with all applicable rules, regulations or practices. (5) PLAN. The
state nonpoint source management program for the control of discharges of pollution from nonpoint
sources to waters of the state and for improving the quality of...
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28-11-5
Section 28-11-5 Tobacco prevention materials; funding. The board may use funding, if available,
from the Department of Mental Health, other state or federal agencies, grants, and private
or public organizations to enforce this chapter and to provide and distribute tobacco prevention
materials to retail tobacco merchants. The materials shall provide information regarding state
and federal laws that prohibit access to tobacco or tobacco products by minors and other appropriate
information. The board may also provide consultation services for establishing programs to
minimize or eliminate sales of tobacco or tobacco products to minors pursuant to the responsible
vendor program. (Acts 1997, No. 97-423, p. 721, §5.)...
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38-4-12
Section 38-4-12 Appropriation from Confederate pension funds for old age pension purposes and
for veterans' programs. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), there is appropriated, beginning
with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, to the state department, for old age pension
purposes, out of the proceeds from the levy of the one mill tax for the relief of needy Confederate
soldiers and sailors and their widows, a sum not to exceed $20,773,500 annually of the surplus
or residue from the tax after the payment in full of the pensions to the widows of Confederate
soldiers and sailors, other charges against the fund set out in the laws authorizing the payment
of the pensions to the widows, and annually to the Department of Revenue, as a first charge
against the proceeds of the one mill tax, funds for the annual costs of the Department of
Revenue for administering the tax. In making this appropriation, it is declared to be the
legislative policy that the Department of Human...
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41-4-114
Section 41-4-114 Purchase of property from United States or its agencies. (a) Whenever it appears
advantageous to the state or any department, division, bureau, commission, board or other
agency thereof to purchase or otherwise acquire any equipment, supplies, material or other
property which may be offered for sale by the United States of America or any agency thereof,
the state Purchasing Agent may, with the approval of the Governor and the Director of Finance,
enter into a contract for such purchase with the federal government or with any federal agency
charged with the sale or disposition of such equipment, supplies, material or other property,
and, subject to the aforesaid approval, said state Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized to
execute such contract or contracts. (b) Subject to the approval of the Governor and the Director
of Finance, the state Purchasing Agent may enter a bid or bids in behalf of any department,
division, bureau, commission, board or other agency of the...
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