36-18-37
Section 36-18-37 Immunity from civil liability. (a) Neither the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences nor any person designated by the director for the purposes of taking, collecting, storing, analyzing or testing DNA samples shall incur any civil liability when such taking, collecting, storing, analyzing or testing is performed according to rules or regulations promulgated or adopted by the director, and (b) The alleged damage or injury was not caused by willful or wanton conduct by the director or the director's designated person. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-804, p. 109, ยง18.)...
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36-18-36
Section 36-18-36 Director to have powers of corporation; powers of department. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of this article or to defray the costs thereof, the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall have all the powers and privileges of a corporation and all of his or her business shall be transacted in the name of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. In addition to any other powers and duties specified elsewhere in this article, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall have power to: (a) Regulate its own procedures except as otherwise provided in this article. (b) Define any term not defined in this section. (c) Prescribe forms necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. (d) Take judicial notice of general, technical and scientific facts within the director's specialized knowledge. (e) Collect all moneys provided by this article to be collected by the director. (f) Provide for and maintain all necessary administrative...
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36-18-35
Section 36-18-35 Unlawful influence; conflict of interest; penalties. (a) Any person who confers, offers, or agrees to confer anything of value upon any director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences with the intent that such director's, agent's, or employee's vote, opinion, judgment, or exercise of discretion or other official action will thereby be influenced, shall be guilty of a Class B felony. (b) Any director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences who shall solicit, accept, or agree to accept anything of value upon any agreement or understanding that such director's, agent's, or employee's vote, opinion, judgment, or exercise of discretion or other action as such director, agent, or employee will thereby be influenced, shall be guilty of a Class B felony. (c) A director, agent, or employee of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences commits the crime of failing to disclose a conflict of interest if the director, agent,...
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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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41-7-3
Section 41-7-3 Advisory Board. (a) There is established the Advisory Board to the Alabama Tourism Department to advise and assist the director. The board shall be composed of 21 members who shall be appointed as follows: (1) Two members who shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three persons for each board position which shall be submitted to the Governor by the Alabama Travel Council, or its successor organization. (2) Two members who shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three persons for each board position which shall be submitted to the Governor by the Alabama Hospitality Association, or its successor organization. (3) Two members who shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three persons for each board position which shall be submitted to the Governor by the Alabama Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus, or its successor organization. (4) Two members who shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three persons for each board...
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41-4-400
Section 41-4-400 Division created; powers and duties; director. (a) There shall be established within the Department of Finance the Division of Construction Management. The division shall have full power and authority for, and on behalf of, the State of Alabama to do any or all of the following: (1) To acquire lands by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise. (2) To plan for the construction, repair, remodeling, enlargement, renovation, furnishing, refurnishing, improvement, or relocation of buildings, structures, and facilities for state departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, and offices. (3) To set policies, procedures, and guidelines for the design, construction, renovation, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, and improvement of all property now owned or hereafter acquired by the state or any institution or agency thereof. (4) To construct, repair, equip, remodel, enlarge, renovate, furnish, refurnish, improve, and locate buildings, structures, and facilities for the use...
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36-18-52
Section 36-18-52 Creation of advisory board. (a) There is created the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund Advisory Board to be appointed as follows: (1) The President of the Alabama Sheriffs' Association shall appoint one sheriff. (2) The Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police shall appoint one police chief from a city of less than 25,000 population and one police chief from a city of greater than 25,000 population according to the last federal census. (3) The Alabama Attorney General shall appoint one prosecutor. (4) The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court shall appoint one district or municipal judge and one circuit judge. (5) The Governor shall appoint one citizen at large. (6) The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one member of the Alabama Senate. (7) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member of the House of Representatives. (8) The Technical Director, Implied Consent Program, Department of Forensic Sciences, and the...
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15-18-200
Section 15-18-200 Motion by persons convicted of capital offense for forensic DNA testing and analysis. (a) An individual convicted of a capital offense who is serving a term of imprisonment or awaiting execution of a sentence of death, through written motion to the circuit court that entered the judgment of sentence, may apply for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic acid testing on specific evidence, if that evidence was secured in relation to the investigation or prosecution that resulted in the conviction of the applicant, is still available for testing as of the date of the motion, forensic DNA testing was not performed on the case at the time of the initial trial, and the results of the forensic DNA testing, on its face, would demonstrate the convicted individual's factual innocence of the offense convicted. The filing of a motion as provided in this subsection shall not automatically stay an execution. (b) Upon receipt of a motion for DNA testing, the circuit court shall...
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41-23-160
Section 41-23-160 Certified domestic violence center capital improvement grant program. (a) For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACADV. The Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (2) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (3) OTHER QUALIFIED ENTITY. An entity designated by the director to fulfill the duties of the ACADV in the event the ACADV ceases operations or is otherwise ineligible to receive federal funds for domestic violence programs in this state. (b) There is established a certified domestic violence center capital improvement grant program under the Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (c) A certified domestic violence center, as provided for in Section 30-6-6, may apply to the director, or his or her designee, for a capital improvement grant. The grant application shall provide all of the following information: (1) A statement specifying the capital improvement and...
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36-18-25
Section 36-18-25 Collection of DNA samples from convicted persons. (a) All persons convicted of a criminal offense as set out in Section 36-18-24 shall, when requested by the director submit to the taking of a DNA sample or samples as may be specified by the director, provided, however, the director shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the purposes of ensuring that DNA samples are collected in a medically approved manner. (b) As of May 6, 1994, all persons serving any sentence of probation for any of the offenses set out in Section 36-18-24 shall, when requested by the director, submit to the taking of a DNA sample or samples as specified by the director. Upon the refusal of any such person to so submit the sentencing court shall order such submission as a mandatory condition of probation. (c)(1) All persons arrested for any felony offense on or after October 1, 2010, or for any sexual offense including, but not limited to, those that would require...
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