29-6-7
Section 29-6-7 Powers and duties of Legislative Council. (a) In addition to the powers otherwise provided in this chapter, the Legislative Council shall: (1) Approve budget requests, provide accounting services, make purchases, and provide mail distribution, property inventory, telephone service, electronic media services, recycling services, and building maintenance services for the Legislative Department, and all agencies and entities, respectively, therein. (2) Allocate space in the Alabama State House, including to the Senate and the House of Representatives. In carrying out its responsibilities under this subdivision, the Legislative Council may charge and collect rent from any entity allocated space in the Alabama State House at a rate set by the council. The council may establish a special fund in the State Treasury to receive funds from any source to maintain the State House property. Funds in the special fund are continuously appropriated for the exclusive use of the...
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41-9-594
Section 41-9-594 Establishment of rules and policies; Privacy and Security Committee; fees. (a) The commission shall establish its own rules and policies for the performance of the responsibilities charged to it in this article. (b) The commission shall establish rules and policies that will restrict the information obtained under authority of this article to the items germane to the implementation of this article and restrict the use of information only to authorized persons and agencies. (c) The chair of the commission shall appoint a Privacy and Security Committee from the membership of the commission who are elected officials, or their designees, consisting of a chair and three members, to study the privacy and security implications of sharing criminal justice information and to formulate policy recommendations for consideration by the commission concerning the collection, storage, dissemination, or usage of criminal justice information. (d) The commission may adopt rules and...
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16-25-20
Section 16-25-20 Management of funds. (a) (1) The Board of Control shall be the trustees of the several funds of the Teachers' Retirement System created by this chapter as provided in Section 16-25-21, and shall have full power to invest and reinvest the funds, through its Secretary-Treasurer, in the classes of bonds, mortgages, common and preferred stocks, shares of investment companies or mutual funds, or other investments as the Board of Control may approve, with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with the matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; and, subject to like terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions, the Board of Control, through its Secretary-Treasurer, shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of any investments in which the funds created herein shall have been invested, as well...
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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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22-22A-5
Section 22-22A-5 Powers and functions of department; representation of department by Attorney General in legal actions. In addition to any other powers and functions which may be conferred upon it by law, the department is authorized beginning October 1, 1982 to: (1) Administer appropriate portions of Sections 9-7-10 through 9-7-20, which relate to permitting, regulatory and enforcement functions; administer and enforce the provisions and execute the functions of Chapter 28 of this title; Chapter 22 of this title; Article 2 of Chapter 23 of this title; Chapter 30 of this title; appropriate portions of Article 1 of Chapter 27 of this title; Sections 22-24-1 through 22-24-11; Sections 22-25-1 through 22-25-15; and Sections 22-36-1 through 22-36-10. (2) Acting through the Environmental Management Commission, promulgate rules, regulations, and standards in order to carry out the provisions and intent of this chapter; provided, however, that prior to the promulgation of any state primary or...
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31-14-3
Section 31-14-3 Creation; composition; meetings; compensation; powers and duties. (a) There is created the Alabama Job Creation and Military Stability Commission. Members of the commission shall include a chair and two vice chairs. The chair shall be the Lieutenant Governor, or in the absence of a Lieutenant Governor, the chair shall be the Governor, or his or her designee. The vice chairs shall be the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or his or her designee, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or his or her designee. (b) The commission shall also consist of the following members: (1) Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (3) The Adjutant General of the Alabama National Guard. (4) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (5) The Secretary of the Department of Commerce. (6) The Director of the Alabama...
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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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41-9-1061
Section 41-9-1061 Purposes, duties. (a) The commission shall study the conditions, needs, issues, and problems of the criminal justice system in Alabama as it affects girls and women by conducting walk through inspections of each of the women's correctional facilities and female youth facilities and shall have unimpeded access to all documents of public record produced, used, and maintained by entities of the criminal justice system to assess the needs of the beneficiary population and to assess the impact of the commission's recommendations. (b) The commission shall conduct beneficiary panels and focus groups to assess needs of the beneficiary population to ensure the responsiveness and accountability of the criminal justice system. (c) In conducting such study, the commission shall study best practices regarding women victims and offenders in Alabama and other states and shall elicit views from experts in the field of criminal justice, drug treatment, and domestic violence. (d) The...
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21-3A-4
Section 21-3A-4 Composition; appointment and duties of members. (a) For the purposes of implementing this chapter, the Governor shall appoint the Interagency Coordinating Council. The council shall consist of not less than 15 members nor more than the number allowed by regulation. (b) The Governor shall designate a member of the council to serve as the chair, or shall require the council to designate a member to serve as the chair. (c) The council shall be composed as follows: (1) At least 20 percent of the members shall be parents, including minority parents, of infants and toddlers with disabilities or children with disabilities aged 12 or younger. At least one member shall be a parent of an infant or toddler with a disability or a child with a disability aged 6 or younger. (2) At least 20 percent of the members shall be public or private providers of early intervention services. (3) One representative from the Alabama Legislature. (4) One person involved in personnel preparation....
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22-6-153
Section 22-6-153 Contract to provide medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries; enrollment; grievance procedures; duties of Medicaid Agency. (a) Subject to approval of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Medicaid Agency shall enter into a contract in each Medicaid region for at least one fully certified regional care organization to provide, pursuant to a risk contract under which the Medicaid Agency makes a capitated payment, medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries. However, the Medicaid Agency may enter into a contract pursuant to this section only if, in the judgment of the Medicaid Agency, care of Medicaid beneficiaries would be better, more efficient, and less costly than under the then existing care delivery system. The Medicaid Agency may contract with more than one regional care organization in a Medicaid region. Pursuant to the contract, the Medicaid Agency shall set capitation payments for the regional care organization. (b) The Medicaid Agency shall...
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