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31-5-5
Section 31-5-5 Contracts with veterans' organizations for assistance to veterans in processing
claims, etc. The State Department of Veterans' Affairs, by the State Service Commissioner,
with the approval of the State Board of Veterans' Affairs, may contract with any organization
of veterans which has regularly, for a period of five years next preceding the date of such
contract, maintained an established committee or agency rendering similar services to veterans
as the services referred to in Section 31-5-4 to perform such service for veterans and to
process any claims or matters of veterans who apply to the State Department of Veterans' Affairs
for assistance when the veterans have executed a power of attorney to the veterans' organization.
The department, through the contract, shall compensate the veterans' organizations on the
basis of service rendered, which compensation shall be paid from sums appropriated to the
State Department of Veterans' Affairs. No such contract shall be...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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31-5-6
Section 31-5-6 State Service Commissioner - Qualifications; appointment; term of office and
removal; head of department; representation of state before federal agencies; reciprocal agreements
with other states; appointment of district and county service commissioners and other personnel.
(a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Veterans' Affairs to appoint a State Service
Commissioner who shall serve for a term of four years subject to removal by the state board
for cause. He shall be appointed on the basis of education, ability, and experience in handling
veterans' affairs, and without regard to political affiliations. Such commissioner shall be
a resident of the State of Alabama and shall be a veteran who served on active duty for a
period of 60 days or more in the military or naval forces of the United States in any war
in which the United States shall have been engaged, and shall have been honorably discharged
therefrom, and all subsequent appointees to such office shall be...
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22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms, and
the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise
required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal equitable title
to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit of such titles
or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy, settlement
of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term "acquisition"
shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien or security interest by
mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it
mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the foreclosure, or conveyance
or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement,
or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include any...
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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary
to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession
by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its
own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of
a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation
and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease,
devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether
located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the
authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other
instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose
for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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15-22-1.1
Section 15-22-1.1 Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Whereas: The Interstate
Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers was established in 1937, it is the
earliest corrections "compact" established among the states and has not been amended
since its adoption over 62 years ago; Whereas: This compact is the only vehicle for the controlled
movement of adult parolees and probationers across state lines, and it currently has jurisdiction
over more than a quarter of a million offenders; Whereas: The complexities of the compact
have become more difficult to administer, and many jurisdictions have expanded supervision
expectations to include currently unregulated practices such as victim input, victim notification
requirements, and sex offender registration; Whereas: After hearings, national surveys, and
a detailed study by a task force appointed by the National Institute of Corrections, the overwhelming
recommendation has been to amend the document to bring about...
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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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31-5-7
Section 31-5-7 State Service Commissioner - Duties generally; compensation. (a) The State Service
Commissioner shall submit to the State Board of Veterans' Affairs for its approval an annual
budget of all funds appropriated by the Legislature to the department for the specific purposes
for which they are appropriated, and also a budget of any federal funds which may be allotted
to the state by the federal government for the purposes of the department according to the
regulations of the federal authorities. He shall publish annually a full report of the operations
and administration of the department, together with recommendations and suggestions, and submit
such report to the state board. (b) It shall be the duty of the state commissioner to: (1)
Prepare detailed plans for, and fully develop, a comprehensive statewide veterans' assistance
program. (2) Cooperate with all other heads of the state departments in coordinating the plans
and programs of state agencies which may properly be...
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31-1-4
Section 31-1-4 County commissions required to allow certain veterans' organizations to use
county buildings for meetings. (a) The county commission of each county of the state shall
allow use of an appropriate meeting room in the county courthouse or other county building
by any local veterans' organization to conduct regular and special business meetings. (b)
The term "veterans of the United States" as used in subsection (a) includes any
person, male or female, who served on active duty, whether commissioned, enlisted, inducted,
appointed, or mustered into the military or naval service of the United States and who has
been discharged or released from that service under conditions other than dishonorable. (c)
The term "local veterans' organization" as used in subsection (a) shall mean any
local chapter of a veterans' organization officially recognized by the State Board of Veterans'
Affairs and which is statutorily authorized to make nominations to the board or a local chapter
of a...
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22-40A-15
Section 22-40A-15 Distribution of fee proceeds. The net proceeds of the scrap tire environmental
fee levied by Section 22-40A-14 shall be distributed as follows: (1) To pay the costs of remediation,
abatement, removal, or other remedial action within the range of 45 percent to 75 percent
of monies deposited to the Scrap Tire Fund during the previous budget year, including equipment,
labor, supplies, and materials related to tire stockpiles throughout the state, including
all approved costs incurred by other public agencies involved in these activities by contract
with the department. (2) To pay the costs of the department associated with the development
and enforcement of regulations, not to exceed 20 percent of monies deposited to the Scrap
Tire Fund during the previous budget year, including personnel, training, materials, and equipment
relating to administration of this chapter and for the training of enforcement personnel within
the department, county, and other governmental...
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