41-29-1
Section 41-29-1 Creation; composition; support. (a)(1) There is hereby created the Department
of Commerce within the office of the Governor and directly under his or her supervision and
control. The Department of Commerce shall be headed by the Secretary of Commerce, who shall
be a person possessed with extensive responsible experience in development of economic, human,
and physical resources and promotion of industrial and commercial development. The secretary
shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at his or her pleasure at a salary of any reasonable
amount not to exceed by forty thousand dollars ($40,000) the highest authorized salary for
employees of the Department of Commerce who are subject to the Merit System law. In fixing
such salary, the Governor shall give due consideration of the salaries of comparable positions
in other states and in private industry. All other employees necessary to carry out the duties
and functions of the Department of Commerce shall be employed...
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40-18-370
Section 40-18-370 Short title; legislative findings; definitions. (a) This article shall
be known and may be cited as the Alabama Jobs Act. (b) The Legislature makes the following
findings: (1) The economic well-being of the citizens of the state will be enhanced by the
increased development and growth of employment within Alabama. (2) It is in the best interests
of the state to provide certain incentives to allow the state to foster economic development
through the recruitment of quality projects and the expansion of existing businesses within
Alabama. (3) The incentives provided for in this article do not raise any taxes for any individuals
or businesses in Alabama under state law. (4) The incentives provided in this article will
allow the state to encourage the creation of new jobs that may not otherwise exist within
the State of Alabama. (5) The incentives provided in this article will increase revenues for
the state without increasing taxes. (6) The Constitution of the State 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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40-9B-3
Section 40-9B-3 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following words and
phrases mean: (1) ABATE, ABATEMENT. A reduction or elimination of a taxpayer's liability for
tax or payments required to be made in lieu thereof. An abatement of transaction taxes imposed
under Chapter 23 of this title, or payments required to be made in lieu thereof, shall relieve
the seller from the obligation to collect and pay over the transaction tax as if the sale
were to a person exempt, to the extent of the abatement, from the transaction tax. (2) ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY RESOURCES. The definition given in Section 40-18-1. (3) CONSTRUCTION RELATED
TRANSACTION TAXES. The transaction taxes imposed by Chapter 23 of this title, or payments
required to be made in lieu thereof, on tangible personal property and taxable services incorporated
into an industrial development property, the cost of which may be added to capital account
with respect to the property, determined without regard to any rule which...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state,
shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi,
and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows:
Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states
solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce,
industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi
and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire
certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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41-4-323
Section 41-4-323 Purpose; employees; compensation and benefits; payment of expenses;
implementation; additional duties of director. (a) The Office of Indigent Defense Services
is established to carry out the administrative duties relating to the provision of indigent
defense services. The director shall use existing employees of the Department of Finance and
its existing offices, as assigned by the Director of Finance. The director's salary shall
not exceed the state salary paid to a district attorney and be paid at the same time and in
the same manner that salaries of other state employees are paid. The Director of the Office
of Indigent Defense Services shall be entitled to annual and sick leave, insurance, retirement,
and other state employee benefits, including cost-of-living raises authorized by the Legislature
for state employees. (b) The director may enter into contracts, and accept funds, grants,
and charitable donations from any public or private source to pay expenses...
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16-1-18.1
Section 16-1-18.1 Accumulation of sick leave. (a) Definitions. When used in this section,
the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person
employed full time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section;
and adult bus drivers. (2) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; the Board
of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Department
District Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department
District; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees
of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; for purposes of subsection (c) only,
the Alabama State Senate, the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Senate President Pro
Tempore, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Alabama House of Representatives,
the Legislative Reference Service; any organization participating in the Teachers'...
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16-26A-4
Section 16-26A-4 Board of directors generally. (a) There is hereby created a board of
directors for the school, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "board." The
board shall be composed of 21 members as follows: (1) The State Department of Education assistant
state superintendent in charge of curriculum development, or his or her designee. (2) The
Chancellor of the University of Alabama System, or his or her designee. (3) The President
of Auburn University, or his or her designee. (4) The President of the University of South
Alabama, or his or her designee. (5) The President of Alabama A&M University, or his or
her designee. (6) The Chair of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science Foundation.
(7) The Chair of the House Standing Committee on Education, or his or her designee. (8) The
Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Education, or his or her designee. (9) The Chair
of the House Standing Committee on Ways and Means Education, or his or her designee. (10)
The Chair...
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24-6-4
Section 24-6-4 Powers and duties; fund; Sunset provision. (a) The commission, in an
advisory capacity, shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to provide,
with the cooperation of other departments of state governmental units, a comprehensive housing
program and procedures which include the relevance for housing programs administered by the
state and the governmental structures required to put such programs into effect. The commission,
through its administrator, shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authority
relative to modular housing, manufactured buildings, manufactured housing, and pre-HUD 1976
mobile homes, heretofore vested in the Fire Marshal's Division within the State Department
of Insurance, and other implied powers. All the functions, powers, authority, and duties provided
by law, specifically, but not limited to: Sections 24-5-1 through 24-5-14; 24-5-30 through
24-5-34; and 24-4A-1 through 24-4A-7, all books, records, and supplies,...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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