31-9-8
Section 31-9-8 Emergency powers of Governor. (a) The provisions of this section shall be operative only during the existence of a state of emergency, referred to hereinafter as one of the states of emergency defined in Section 31-9-3. The existence of a state of emergency may be proclaimed by the Governor as provided in this subsection or by joint resolution of the Legislature if the Governor in the proclamation or the Legislature in the resolution finds that an attack upon the United States has occurred or is anticipated in the immediate future, or that a natural disaster of major proportions or a public health emergency has occurred or is reasonably anticipated in the immediate future within this state and that the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of this state require an invocation of the provisions of this section. If the state of emergency affects less than the entire state, the Governor or the Legislature shall designate in the proclamation or resolution those counties to...
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31-9A-3
Section 31-9A-3 Definitions. Unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context, for the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the following meanings ascribed to them: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Homeland Security. (2) DIRECTOR. The Director of Homeland Security. (3) HOMELAND SECURITY. The development, coordination, and implementation of a state policy to secure the State of Alabama from terrorist threat or attack. The term includes efforts to detect, prepare for, prevent, protect against, share intelligence where applicable, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks within the State of Alabama. (4) POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. A county, city, town, or fire district of the State of Alabama. (Act 2003-276, p. 658, §3.)...
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41-4-30
Section 41-4-30 Head of department; chief financial officer of state; advisor to Governor and Legislature; appointment; term of office; filling of vacancies; oath of office; full-time position; conflicts of interest. The Department of Finance shall be headed by, and shall be under the direction, supervision and control of, an officer who shall be known and designated as the Director of Finance. The Director of Finance shall be the chief financial officer of the state and the advisor of the Governor and of the Legislature in financial matters, and he shall at all times be charged with protecting the financial interests of the state. He shall be responsible to the Governor for the administration of the Department of Finance. The Director of Finance shall be appointed and hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. Vacancies for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of Finance shall...
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26-16-3
Section 26-16-3 Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board - Board created; department created; director; staff. (a) The State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board is created as an autonomous agency of the state government. (b) There is created the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention which shall operate under the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board and consist of a director and such other employees of the department. (c) There shall be a director of the department appointed by the Governor from a list of candidates submitted under Section 26-16-6(a)(2). The director shall not be a member of the state classified civil service. The director shall be compensated by a salary payable out of the State Treasury at the times and in the manner that the salary of other state officials is paid. The exact amount of the director's salary shall be set by the board. (d) The director shall hire all staff required to exercise the powers and carry out the duties of the...
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9-2-1
Section 9-2-1 Created; seal. There shall be a Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which shall be an executive and administrative department in order to enable the Governor to exercise a direct and effective control over the natural resources, state parks and historical sites of the state and in order to bring together in one department for purposes of economy and efficiency all matters pertaining to the natural resources, state parks and monuments and historical sites of the state. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have a seal, which shall be affixed to official acts and deeds of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources by him. (Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, § 1; Code 1940, T. 8, §1.)...
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41-8A-2
Section 41-8A-2 Creation; composition; director generally. (a) There is hereby established within the executive department of the State of Alabama, under the general authority, policy direction and general control of the chief executive, the Governor of the State of Alabama, an Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency (hereinafter referred to as the agency or ALEPA or the administrative agency) composed of a staff which shall carry out the planning and administrative functions of said agency. (b) Central responsibility for the development, maintenance, operation and administration of the Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency shall be vested with the director of ALEPA under the general overview of the ALEPA State Supervisory Board. (c) The director shall maintain the necessary staff along with support services necessary to enable the effective and efficient performance of the duties and responsibilities ascribed to ALEPA herein. (Acts 1978, No. 820, p. 1195, §1-102.)...
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31-12-3
Section 31-12-3 Military leave of absence from educational institution. Whenever any active member of the Alabama National Guard or other reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States is called or ordered to active duty by the Governor to state active duty for an emergency for 30 consecutive days or more or to federally funded duty, other than training, for homeland security, an educational institution in this state in which the member is enrolled shall grant the member a military leave of absence from their education. Individuals on military leave of absence from their educational institution, upon release from military duty, shall be restored to the educational status they had attained prior to their being ordered to military duty without loss of academic credits earned, scholarships or grants awarded, or tuition and other fees paid prior to the commencement of the military duty. It shall be the duty of the educational institution to refund tuition or fees paid or to...
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32-3-1
Section 32-3-1 Establishment; composition; terms of members. There is hereby established a committee to be designated the State Safety Coordinating Committee which shall be composed of the Governor as chair, the Director of Public Safety, the Director of the State Department of Transportation, two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, two members of the House appointed by the Speaker, the Attorney General, the Administrator of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, the State Toxicologist, the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and a person appointed by the Governor for a term of four years from the state at-large. The ex officio members shall serve until the expiration of the terms for which they have been elected or during their tenure in the office to which appointed. The appointed legislative members shall serve for the term for which they have been elected, or if reelected to the Legislature for a succeeding term, until a successor is...
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22-34-5
Section 22-34-5 Application for corporation; contents; officers; board of directors; record of proceedings. (a) To become a corporation, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, the director of the department and the Director of Finance shall present to the Secretary of State of Alabama an application signed by them which shall set forth: (1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants, together with a certified copy of the commission evidencing each applicant's right to office; (2) The date on which each applicant was inducted into office and the term of office of each of the applicants; (3) The name of the proposed corporation, which shall be the "Alabama Water Pollution Control Authority"; (4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and (5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this chapter or any other laws of...
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41-9-208
Section 41-9-208 Office created; director; salary; comprehensive planning encouraged; other agencies to aid office. (a) There is hereby created the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs within the office of the Governor and directly under his supervision and control. The Office of State Planning and Federal Programs shall consist of the Governor as the State Planning and Federal Programs Officer, a chief administrative officer to be designated as Director of the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs, who shall be appointed by the Governor, and serve at his pleasure, at a salary to be set in the same manner and with the same limitations as otherwise provided by law for executive department heads. The Director of the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs shall be a member of such boards and commissions, as they relate to his authority under the provisions of this article, and as required and currently authorized under the various federal programs for the director...
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