36-25A-7
Section 36-25A-7 Executive sessions. (a) Executive sessions are not required by this chapter,
but may be held by a governmental body only for the following purposes: (1) To discuss the
general reputation and character, physical condition, professional competence, or mental health
of individuals, or, subject to the limitations set out herein, to discuss the job performance
of certain public employees. However, except as provided elsewhere in this section, discussions
of the job performance of specific public officials or specific public employees may not be
discussed in executive session if the person is an elected or appointed public official, an
appointed member of a state or local board or commission, or a public employee who is one
of the classification of public employees required to file a statement of economic interests
with the Alabama Ethics Commission pursuant to Section 36-25-14. Except as provided elsewhere
in this section, the salary, compensation, and job benefits of...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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12-16-196
Section 12-16-196 District attorney and grand jury entitled to free access to county jail and
office of county treasurer and to examination of records and papers in county offices. The
district attorney and the grand jury shall be entitled to free access, at all proper hours,
to the county jail, to the office of the county treasurer and to examination, without charge,
of all records and other papers in any of the county offices connected in any way with their
duties. (Code 1852, §545; Code 1867, §4095; Code 1876, §4768; Code 1886, §4346; Code 1896,
§5032; Code 1907, §7293; Code 1923, §8675; Code 1940, T. 30, §82.)...
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15-15-40
Section 15-15-40 Objection to formation of grand jury or indictment generally. (a) No objection
to an indictment on any ground going to the formation of the grand jury which found the same
can be taken to the indictment except by a plea in abatement to the indictment, and no objection
can be taken to an indictment by a plea in abatement except upon the ground that the grand
jurors who found the indictment were not drawn by the officer designated by law to draw the
same; but neither this objection nor any other can be taken to the formation of a special
grand jury summoned by the direction of the court. (b) No objection can be taken to an indictment,
by plea in abatement or otherwise, on the ground that any member of the grand jury was not
legally qualified, that the grand jurors were not legally drawn or summoned or on any other
ground going to the formation of the grand jury except that the jurors were not drawn in the
presence of the officers designated by law; and neither this...
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15-26-5
Section 15-26-5 Conduct of grand jury proceeding involving sworn police officers by audio-video
communication device. At the discretion of the district attorney, any grand jury proceeding
involving sworn police officers may be conducted by an audio-video communication device. The
audio-video communication shall enable the district attorney, the grand jury, and the sworn
police officer to see and converse simultaneously with each other. The signal of the audio-video
communication shall be transmitted live and shall be secure from interception or eavesdropping
by anyone other than the persons communicating. (Acts 1996, No. 96-732, p. 1224, §5.)...

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12-16-197
Section 12-16-197 Issuance of subpoenas for witnesses for grand jury generally; proceedings
upon failure of witnesses summoned to attend. The district attorney, the foreman of the grand
jury or the clerk of the court, on the application of the grand jury, must issue subpoenas
for any witnesses whom they may require to give evidence before them, and if witnesses so
summoned fail to attend, the subpoenas must be returned to the court, with the default thereon
endorsed, signed by the foreman, and the same proceedings may thereupon be had against them
as against defaulting witnesses, the endorsement of the foreman being presumptive evidence
of the default. (Code 1852, §551; Code 1867, §4101; Code 1876, §4774; Code 1886, §4347;
Code 1896, §5033; Code 1907, §7294; Code 1923, §8676; Code 1940, T. 30, §83.)...
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28-4-318
Section 28-4-318 Grand jury proceedings generally - Exemption from prosecution of witnesses.
A witness must not be prosecuted for any offense as to which he testifies before the grand
jury, and the district attorney or any member of the grand jury may be a witness to prove
that fact. (Acts 1909, No. 191, p. 63; Code 1923, §4635; Code 1940, T. 29, §111.)...
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12-16-194
Section 12-16-194 Examination of fee book of probate judge by district attorney and grand jury.
It shall be the duty of the district attorney and grand jury at every session of the circuit
court to examine the fee book of the probate judge and ascertain if illegal fees have been
received. (Code 1852, §3068; Code 1867, §3539; Code 1876, §5022; Code 1886, §4344; Code
1896, §5030; Code 1907, §7291; Code 1923, §8673; Code 1940, T. 30, §80.)...
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12-16-195
Section 12-16-195 Examination of books and papers of county superintendent of education by
district attorney and grand jury. It shall be the duty of the district attorney and the grand
jury at every session of the circuit court to examine the books and papers of the county superintendent
of education. (Code 1886, §4335; Code 1896, §5031; Code 1907, §7292; Code 1923, §8674;
Code 1940, T. 30, §81.)...
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37-8-4
Section 37-8-4 Requiring witnesses to testify before grand jury. Witnesses before the grand
jury, summoned to give evidence of any violation of this title, may be required to answer
generally as to any such offense within their knowledge committed within 12 months next preceding,
without being specially interrogated as to any particular offense, but no witness shall be
prosecuted for any offense as to which he testifies before the grand jury, and any member
of the grand jury or district attorney may be a witness to prove this fact. (Code 1907, §7693;
Code 1923, §5374; Code 1940, T. 48, §425.)...
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