Title 41 — Title 41

No contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder shall be assignable by the successful bidder without written consent of the awarding authority, and in no event shall a contract be assigned to an unsuccessful bidder whose bid was rejected because he or she was not a responsib…

Positions. Members and officers of the city and county boards of education and the district boards of education of independent school districts may be financially interested in or have any personal beneficial interest, either directly or indirectly, in the purchase of or contract…

Violation of Article. Any taxpayer of the area within the jurisdiction of the awarding authority and any bona fide unsuccessful bidder on a particular contract shall be empowered to bring a civil action in the appropriate court to enjoin execution of any contract entered into in …

The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to any contracts made by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 4 adopted at the 1956 Second Special Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended, which relates to the promotion of trade by inducing commerc…

This article shall be cumulative in its nature. History: (Acts 1967, Ex. Sess., No. 217, p. 259, §12.)

REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The Legislature finds and declares that the best interests of the taxpayers of Alabama are served when competition exists in the procurement of goods and se…

REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The following terms as used in this article shall have the following meanings: (1) GSA CONTRACT. A contract for goods or services established by the General…

REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. Any other provision of law notwithstanding, the procurement of professional services by any agency, department, board, bureau, commission, authority, public…

REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The purchase of insurance shall be pursuant to a competitive qualification based process developed by the Department of Finance. The Alabama State Port Auth…

REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. All goods and services purchased under the provisions of this article must be competitively bid or procured as provided for in this article. However, goods …

REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. State entities seeking to purchase goods or services from a sole source vendor may do so only upon the approval of the Department of Finance, through the Di…

REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The Director of Finance, through the Division of Purchasing, may promulgate rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this article. The rules…

Laws. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Any person who willfully or intentionally violates this article shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) a…

REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) This article shall not apply to any entity that does not receive state funds. (b) This article shall also not apply to direct health care services provi…

Oversight Committee. REPEALED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2021-296 EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2022. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. All contracts which are subject to the requirements of Section 29-2-41, shall remain subject to that section and shall first be reviewe…

The Legislature of Alabama finds and declares that information currently available to the public does not include the disclosure of all persons who for the purpose of financial gain submit a proposal, bid, contract, or grant proposal to the State of Alabama. History: (Act 2001-95…

For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) FAMILY MEMBER OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. The spouse or a dependent of the public employee. (2) FAMILY MEMBER OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. The spouse, a dependent, an adult child and his or her spouse, a …

(a) This article shall only apply to either of the following: (1) A proposed grant that exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). (2) A proposed contract that meets or exceeds the threshold for bid or other formal solicitations under Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 or an…

(a) The information required on the disclosure statement shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) A list of the names and addresses of any public official, public employee, and family members of the public official or public employee who may have a family relation…

Each state agency, department, or division receiving a proposal, bid, contract, or grant proposal from all persons shall inform each person of this article and shall give each person a disclosure statement to complete. It shall be an affirmative defense under this article if any …

(a) A copy of the disclosure statement shall be filed as required by this article, retained as required by the State Records Commission, and made available for review for audit purposes by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts or other auditing authority. If the disclosu…

(a) A person who knowingly violates this article shall be subject to civil penalty in an amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or 10 percent of the amount of the contract, whichever is less, to be deposited in the State General Fund. The statute of limitations for the acts co…

This article shall not apply to either of the following: (1) Any person that does not receive state funds under a grant or a contract. (2) Any grants or contracts between public procurement units. History: (Act 2001-955, 2001 p. 815, §8; Act 2025-35, §1.)

Nothing in this article shall be construed to alter, amend, or repeal any disclosure required under the ethics law. History: (Act 2001-955, 2001 p. 815, §9.)