16-37-8
Section 16-37-8 City and county boards of education authorized to operate jointly vocational
high schools. (a) In order to further develop the human and natural resources of this state
and to correlate and make available information and training in local communities for instruction
in such subjects as mechanics, home economics, industrial, livestock, poultry, horticulture,
farming and dairying, and to provide exhibits of an educational and cultural nature, and to
provide for lectures, extension courses from the state universities and colleges or other
sources, the various city or counties or cities and county boards of education are hereby
authorized to create vocational high schools. (b) Any city or county board of education, or
any combinations of city or county boards of education are hereby authorized by agreement
to jointly or severally contract for the erection, maintenance and operation of vocational
high schools and to contract for the construction by each for such sums as said...
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16-40-9
Section 16-40-9 Instruction for avoiding child sexual abuse. (a)(1) The Legislature recognizes
that Erin Merryn was raped and molested for six and a half years by a neighbor and a family
member. She began a crusade her senior year of high school in 2004 to end the silence and
shame around sexual abuse. Erin's Law has been adopted in a number of states to help address
the problem of child sexual abuse. (2) The intent of Erin's Law is to shatter the silence
and stigma around child sexual abuse, and to educate children and empower them to recognize
and to report abuse. (3) The Legislature finds that without a specific initiative like Erin's
Law, schools generally fail to give young students adequate awareness and a voice in this
issue. (b) The Governor's Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children created under
subsection (c) shall adopt guidelines for a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program.
The guidelines shall: (1) Educate children in grades pre-kindergarten...
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16-6F-6
Section 16-6F-6 Authorization of establishment; Alabama Public Charter School Commission; registration
requirements; powers and duties of authorizers. (a) Eligible authorizing entities. (1) A public
charter school shall not be established in this state unless its establishment is authorized
by this section. No governmental entity or other entity, other than an entity expressly granted
chartering authority as set forth in this section, may assume any authorizing function or
duty in any form. The following entities shall be authorizers of public charter schools: a.
A local school board, for chartering of schools within the boundaries of the school system
under its jurisdiction, pursuant to state law. b. The Alabama Public Charter School Commission,
pursuant to this section. (2) A local school board that registers as an authorizer may approve
or deny an application to form a public charter school within the boundaries of the local
school system overseen by the local school board. (3) All...
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26-10A-17
Section 26-10A-17 Notice of petition. (a) Unless service has been previously waived, notice
of pendency of the adoption proceeding shall be served by the petitioner on: (1) Any person,
agency, or institution whose consent or relinquishment is required by Section 26-10A-7, unless
parental rights have been terminated pursuant to Section 12-15-319. (2) The legally appointed
custodian or guardian of the adoptee. (3) The spouse of any petitioner who has not joined
in the petition. (4) The spouse of the adoptee. (5) The surviving parent or parents of a deceased
parent of the adoptee unless parental rights have been terminated pursuant to Section 12-15-319.
(6) Any person known to the petitioners as currently having physical custody of the adoptee,
excluding foster parents or other private licensed agencies, or having visitation rights with
the adoptee under an existing court order. (7) The agency or individual authorized to investigate
the adoption under Section 26-10A-19. (8) Any other...
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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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26-24-4
Section 26-24-4 Powers of secretary. (a) All functions and duties of the department shall be
exercised by the secretary acting alone or by and through any administrative division or officer
or employee that the secretary may designate. The secretary shall have all power and authority
necessary or convenient to carry out the functions and duties of the department. (b) The secretary
may request any state or local agency or department which administers programs, other than
education programs offered by the Department of Education for K-12, that directly affect Alabama's
children to submit to the secretary information deemed necessary by the secretary to evaluate
and assess the relationship between children's programs and the effectiveness of those programs,
other than education programs offered by the Department of Education for K-12. (c) The secretary
may establish a data base of services offered by the several state and local agencies, and
develop a system to provide for better...
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27-27-21
Section 27-27-21 Domestic mutual insurers - Membership. (a) Each policyholder of a domestic
mutual insurer, other than of a reinsurance contract, is a member of the insurer with all
rights and obligations of such membership, and the policy shall so specify. (b) Any individual,
or firm or any public or private corporation, board, or association in this state, or elsewhere,
may make application, enter into agreements for, and hold policies in any such mutual insurer.
Any officer, stockholder, trustee, or local representative of any such corporation, board,
association, or estate may be recognized as acting for, or on its behalf for, the purpose
of such membership, but shall not be personally liable upon such contract of insurance by
reason of acting in such representative capacity. The right of any corporation organized under
the laws of this state to participate as a member of any such insurer is declared to be incidental
to the purpose for which the corporation is organized and as much...
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31-13-6
Section 31-13-6 Enforcement of and compliance with state immigration laws; information relating
to immigration status; violations; penalties. (a) No official or agency of this state or any
political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, an officer of a court of this
state, may adopt a policy or practice that limits or restricts the enforcement of this chapter
to less than the full extent permitted by this chapter or that in any way limits communication
between its officers or officials in furtherance of the enforcement of this chapter. If, in
the judgment of the Attorney General of Alabama, an official or agency of this state or any
political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, an officer of a court of this
state, is in violation of this subsection, the Attorney General shall report any violation
of this subsection to the Governor and the state Comptroller and that agency or political
subdivision shall not be eligible to receive any funds, grants, or...
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31-9-60
Section 31-9-60 Fund established; disbursements. (a) There is established a Local Emergency
Management Agency Assistance Fund to provide supplemental funding for local emergency management
agencies created and operating under Section 31-9-10, for the purposes and under the conditions
set out in this article. The local emergency management agency supplement shall be funded
by an annual allocation from the budget of the State of Alabama Emergency Management Agency
sufficient to make annual disbursements up to twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) for each local
emergency management agency in the state certified as meeting the criteria and procedures
for payment as set out in this article. (b) All necessary and appropriate disbursements shall
be made by the Comptroller as provided in this article. (Act 2007-462, p. 968, §1.)...
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31-9-87
Section 31-9-87 Alabama Statewide Emergency Notification System Fund. (a) Funds shall be appropriated
by the Legislature to the Alabama Statewide Emergency Notification System Fund within the
recovery fund for the purposes of establishing, implementing, maintaining, and operating the
system, and, thereafter, shall be appropriated annually by the Legislature for continuous
maintenance and operation of the system. Funding for the system may also be derived from gifts,
federal grants, other appropriations from the Legislature, fees and contributions from users,
or any other sources permitted by law. Any disbursement from the Alabama Statewide Emergency
Notification System Fund shall be authorized in advance by the committee. (b) Within three
months after the Legislature appropriates funds for the system, the committee and the State
Emergency Management Agency shall jointly develop requirements and specifications for the
system. The State Emergency Management Agency shall provide...
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