Title 36

(a) The Secretary of State must also transmit to the chair of the county commission and the judges of probate of each county, for such judge, each member of the Legislature, clerk of any court of record, sheriff, and register of the circuit court, one copy of each volume. The rem…

Whenever any of the books furnished by the state to the judicial officers thereof have been destroyed without fault on their part, or on the part of their predecessors in office, the Secretary of State shall furnish to the incumbents duplicate copies, if in the possession of the …

(a) The Secretary of State may cause any record, document, plat, file, book, map, paper or other writing made, acquired or received as required by law to be photographed or microphotographed on plate or film. Such photographs, microfilms or prints made therefrom, when duly authen…

The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to hire, without regard to the state Merit System law, one additional employee who shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of State. The position shall be an executive assistant position with duties assigned by the Secretary of Sta…

(a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. A state board, commission, committee, permanent task force, or similar multi-member entity created by executive order of the Governor or by law and having statewide or regional jurisdiction o…

(a) As used in this section, “temporary task force” means a task force, study commission, or similar multi-member entity created by executive order of the Governor or by law charged with a specific duty or duties and having a temporary duration. (b)(1) Not later than November 1, …

The Secretary of State shall perform all duties required by the Alabama Fair Campaign Practices Act, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Maintain a system for the electronic filing of campaign finance reports. (2) Levy and collect civil penalties for failure to file…

(a) The Secretary of State shall develop a program to facilitate the administration of an electronic process for the recordation of filing activities by business and nonprofit entities required under Title 10A. A county may participate in the program in accordance with this secti…

Before entering upon his duties of office, the Secretary of State shall execute to the state of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the governor, in the amount of $10, 000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. (Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123, § 1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 20…

The Secretary of State shall adopt rules or establish internal office procedures to implement the Office of the Secretary of State’s responsibilities under Section 41-4-177.10, which shall include reasonable efforts to identify small or disadvantaged businesses authorized by the …

The Secretary of State shall charge the person for whom the service is rendered the following fees: (1) For reproducing any law or other material where the copy is desired, $1.00 per page, and for the annexation of the seal of the state, $1.50. (2) For any certificate and the ann…

The Secretary of State has the charge of all the books owned and kept for sale by the state and it is his duty to sell the same. He is liable upon his official bond for failure of any of the duties imposed in selling the same and for failure to pay over the money received therefo…

The Secretary of State may dispose of, as may be deemed most expedient, all acts, journals, codes, department reports, and all other books in his or her custody; provided, that five copies of each series of the acts, five copies of the journal of each session of the House and Sen…

The Secretary of State must, at the commencement of his term of office, file in the Governor’s office a list of such books as come into his possession for sale and must, at the end of every quarter of such term, return to the Director of Finance a certified statement showing the …

The Secretary of State must keep in his office a book in which shall be entered an account of books sold and money paid over. (Code 1867, §82; Code 1876, §81; Code 1886, §92; Code 1896, §1981; Code 1907, §583; Code 1923, §788; Code 1940, T. 55, §191.)

At the end of his term of office or his resignation, the Secretary of State must file, in the office of the Governor, a full statement of the books sold and remaining on hand, to be turned over to his successor, and is liable on his bond for failure to comply with the requirement…