Title 41

(a) This chapter shall not cause the dismissal of any claim or right of any citizen which is subject to administrative hearing or litigation against any state agency terminated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (b) The state Comptroller is authorized to draw warrants on…

The Governor is urged to utilize the principles of “zero-based review and evaluation” for each state agency in his or her preparation of the budget for each fiscal year and to include such analysis, together with his or her recommendations, in his or her transmission of the budge…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate any powers, duties or functions of any agency established by the people of Alabama in the Constitution of 1901. (Acts 1976, No. 512, p. 641, §16; Acts 1981, No. 81-61, p. 74, §1.)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning, the following words shall be defined as follows: (1) ENUMERATED AGENCY. All departments, councils, boards, commissions, divisions, bureaus, or like governmental units or subunits of the State of Alabama whi…

(a) The following agencies shall automatically terminate on the dates specified, unless a bill is passed that they be continued, modified, or reestablished: (1) October 1, 1981 shall be the termination date for: a. State Board of Auctioneers - created by Section 34-4-50. b. Alaba…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “board member” means any member of any department, council, board, commission, division, bureau, or other entity subject to the Alabama Sunset Law of 1981, Chapter 20 of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975. The term does not include any c…

(a) A select joint committee, known as the Sunset Committee, shall be constituted as follows: (b) Three members of the House of Representatives and three members of the Senate shall be elected in the same manner as the elected members of the Legislative Council by the respective …

Legislative committee review of the enumerated agencies shall begin in the year prior to the scheduled regular legislative session next preceding the date upon which the enumerated agencies are scheduled to terminate pursuant to Section 41-20-3, and shall conclude with a recommen…

(a) The Sunset Committee reviewing enumerated or nonenumerated agencies, shall hold public hearings and receive testimony from the public and all interested parties. (b) All enumerated or nonenumerated agencies shall bear the burden of establishing that sufficient public need is …

In said public hearings, the determination as to whether a sufficient public need for continuance is present shall take into consideration the following factors concerning the enumerated or nonenumerated agency under review and evaluation: (1) The extent to which any information …

(a) In conjunction with the criteria enumerated in Section 41-20-7, one criterion which may be used in determining sufficient public need in such public hearings shall be a “zero-based review and evaluation.” A “zero-based review and evaluation” shall be a comprehensive review an…

The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, the Legislative Services Agency, Legal Division, and the Legislative Services Agency, Fiscal Division of the state shall furnish, upon request of the reviewing and evaluating committee, any relevant information, including the result…