Title 41 — Title 41

and Duties of Divisions. With the approval of the Governor, the Director of Finance may create and establish such additional divisions as may be determined to be necessary or convenient in the efficient and expeditious performance of the functions and duties of the Department of …

There shall be established within the Department of Finance the Division of Facilities Management. (a) The functions, powers, and duties of the Division of Facilities Management shall be as follows: (1) To provide for the supervision, repair, maintenance, operation, and cleaning …

Appropriation from State General Fund. (a) The Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, Public Law 101-453, October 24, 1990, (CMIA), imposes requirements for the timely transfer of funds between a federal agency and a state, and for the exchange of interest where transfers are n…

There shall be established within the Department of Finance the Division of Leasing Management. (a) The functions, powers, and duties of the Division of Leasing Management shall be as follows: (1) To formulate a statewide leasing plan for offices and other needed lease space for …

His or Her Place on Multi-Member Bodies. (a) If any act of the Legislature provides that the Director of Finance is designated as a member of a multi-member body, the director may designate any individual to serve in his or her place. (b) The director’s designee under subsection …

There shall be established within the Department of Finance a Division of Energy Management. (a) The functions, powers, and duties of the Division of Energy Management shall be, with respect to state-owned or state leased facilities, as follows: (1) To formulate a statewide energ…

All appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for the purchase, acquisition or use of furniture, fixtures, supplies, materials, equipment, or other personal property, appropriations for printing and binding and the distribution of printed matter, appropriations for the maintena…

(a) There shall be established within the Department of Finance the Division of Construction Management. The division may on behalf of the State of Alabama do any or all of the following: (1) Acquire lands by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise. (2) Plan for the construction, re…

(a) The Division of Construction Management within the Department of Finance shall provide for the submission and signing of documents via electronic means, at no additional cost to the party submitting or signing the document. (b) No later than November 30 of each year, the Divi…

Nothing in Act 2021-476 shall revoke, limit, or otherwise diminish any existing state law or rule requiring that design professionals, including professional engineers, land surveyors, and architects, be used to provide project design and oversight for any project currently being…

For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CRAFT TRAINING FEES. Revenues received by the state in the form of federal, state, local, or private sector grants for the purpose of funding construction industry craft training…

The Craft Training Fund is created for the benefit of the State of Alabama and its citizens and shall continue to exist as a special fund in the State Treasury and shall be funded with the construction industry craft training fees and administered solely in accordance with Sectio…

Board. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish and provide for a coordinated effort between the construction industry and institutions of higher education and other entities, including, but not limited to, union training programs, to enhance the availability and qual…

(a) In order to fund the construction industry craft training program, a fee in the amount of one dollar ($1) per each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of construction authorized on any nonresidential construction building permit issued by any county, city, town, or other political …

System. The Director of Finance shall, subject to the provisions of the Merit System, have the right to appoint any employee in the department. All employees and officers of the Department of Finance, including the chiefs of divisions, except as otherwise provided for in this cha…

There shall be in the Department of Finance the Division of Control and Accounts. The functions and duties of the Division of Control and Accounts shall be as follows: (1) To keep all books, records and accounts relating to the finances of the state government, including the budg…

The division of control and accounts shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall be appointed by the Director of Finance, with the approval of the Governor. History: (Acts 1939…

The Comptroller has no authority in any civil action or proceeding commenced or directed by him or her, or in any other case, unless such authority is expressly given, to receive any of the state revenue. History: (Code 1852, §368; Code 1867, §420; Code 1876, §97; Code 1886, §108…

The Comptroller must not give any public defaulter any warrant for moneys due him or her from the state, except the balance which is due after the application of the amount due from the state to the extinguishment of the debt, interest, and damages, if any are given by law, due f…

All accounts against the state must be accurately and fully itemized. History: (Code 1852, §369; Code 1867, §421; Code 1876, §98; Code 1886, §109; Code 1896, §2008; Code 1907, §612; Code 1923, §819; Code 1940, T. 55, §84; Acts 1969, No. 272, p. 603.)

Where Required. On all vouchers or accounts for payment of state funds by warrant of the state Comptroller which, by general or special law, require the approval of the Governor, such approval may be indicated thereon by method of certification by the director or executive office…

No money shall be paid out of any contingent fund, except upon account stated, setting forth the items upon which payment is claimed, signed by the proper person, with such authentication as the Governor may require of the correctness of the same. History: (Code 1867, §416; Code …

with Comptroller Before Warrant Issued. All officers and employees who travel at the expense of the state or any of its departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, or commissions shall file with the Comptroller an itemized statement of all expenses incurred, including those for trans…

The Comptroller must issue duplicate warrants upon the Treasury whenever he is satisfied that the original warrant has been destroyed or lost. The party holding the duplicate shall have the same right as if he or she held the original, and the Treasurer is authorized to pay the s…

Every warrant authorized to be drawn upon the State Treasury by the state Comptroller shall be deemed to have been duly executed if it is signed by the Comptroller himself or herself or if it bears a facsimile of the Comptroller’s signature placed thereon by the Comptroller or a …

Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the Comptroller, the Budget Officer, the Purchasing Agent, the chief of the division of service, the chief of the division of local finance, and the chief of any other division established by the Director of Finance shall take t…

(a) Any warrant heretofore or hereafter drawn by the state Comptroller on any fund in the State Treasury which is outstanding and unpaid one year from the date of issue shall be void and payment of the warrant shall be stopped by the State Treasurer. (b) Upon the expiration of th…

The Comptroller has authority to require information on oath, to be administered by him or her, from any person, touching any claim or account he or she is required to audit. History: (Code 1852, §366; Code 1867, §418; Code 1876, §93; Code 1886, §104; Code 1896, §2003; Code 1907,…

Interest. In cases where any person, firm, or corporation has purchased or may hereafter purchase from the state, or of its officers acting under authority or under color of authority purporting to be conferred by an act or resolution of the Legislature of this state, bonds or se…

to Comptroller; Proceedings. Any person, firm, or corporation entitled to the benefit of Section 41-4-62 and desiring to obtain relief hereunder may file an application with the Comptroller of the state, stating the facts upon which relief is sought, verified by his or her affida…

Balance to General Fund. The state Comptroller is authorized to transfer to the State General Fund all sums carried in special funds on the books and daily balance sheets of the Comptroller but which have become inactive because all claims against them have been paid or when requ…

(a) In this section, state entity shall mean, the State of Alabama, a political subdivision, an agency, board, commission, or department of the state, the State Board of Education, a public college or trade school, or a public university, except that the term shall not mean a cou…

ficer shall establish and maintain and post on the state’s website a statewide database of each request for a proposal for a public contract by the State of Alabama, any agency, board, commission, or department of the state which receives state or federally appropriated funds, th…

Department, Etc. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, the Comptroller, the Purchasing Agent, the chief of the division of service, the chief of the division of finance, the chief of any other division established by the Director of Finance and such other o…

Institutions. (a) With respect to all state educational or eleemosynary institutions which are governed by a board of trustees or other similar governing body, the Department of Finance shall have the following powers and duties only: (1) To make all budget allotments to such ins…

There shall be in the Department of Finance a division of the budget. The functions and duties of the division of the budget shall be as follows: (1) To prepare and administer the budget, and direct the execution thereof. (2) To prepare a detailed tentative budget for every depar…

(a) The division of the budget shall be headed by and under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated the Budget Officer. The Budget Officer may be employed from within or without the classified service; such Budget Officer shall be appointed by…

Within five days after the convening of each regular business session of the Legislature, the Governor shall transmit to the Legislature a document to be known as a budget, setting forth his or her financial program for each of the fiscal years which will have begun before the ne…

The budget shall consist of three parts, the nature and contents of which shall be as follows: (1) Part I shall consist of the Governor’s budget message, in which he or she shall set forth: a. His or her program for meeting all the expenditure needs of the government for each of …

On or before the first day of the third month next preceding each regular business session of the Legislature, each department, board, bureau, commission, agency, office, and institution of the state shall transmit to the Department of Finance, on blanks to be furnished it, estim…

On or before the first day of the third month next preceding each regular business session of the Legislature, the Department of Finance shall prepare an estimate of the total income of the government for each budget year, in which the several items of income shall be listed and …

Upon the receipt of the estimates of expenditure requirements called for by Section 41-4-84 and the preparation of the estimates of income called for by Section 41-4- 85, and not later than the first day of the second month preceding each regular business session of the Legislatu…

The Governor shall, upon receipt by him or her of the tentative budget provided for by Section 41-4-86, make provision for public hearings thereon not later than two weeks prior to the convening of the next ensuing regular business session of the Legislature. To any such public h…

After such public hearings, the Governor shall proceed to the formulation of the budget provided for in Sections 41-4-82 and 41-4-83. In doing so, he shall give such weight to the estimates of income prepared by the Department of Finance, to the estimates of expenditure requireme…

The Governor shall transmit to the Legislature supplemental estimates for such appropriations as in his or her judgment may be necessary on account of laws enacted after the transmission of the budget, or as he or she deems otherwise in the public interest. He or she shall accomp…

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to authorize or require the allotment, handling or expenditure of any moneys received as grants from the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare or any other agency of the federal government, or the use or disposition of any pro…

Governor. No appropriations made by the Legislature shall be available for expenditures until allotted as provided for in Section 41-4-91. All appropriations, except per capita appropriations now in force or hereafter made to eleemosynary and correctional institutions and the Ala…

Appropriations. Before an appropriation for any purpose to any department, board, bureau, commission, agency, office, or institution of the state shall become available, there shall be submitted to the Department of Finance, not less than 20 days before the expiration of the last…

All fees, receipts and income collected or received by any department, board, bureau, commission, agency or office or institution of the state shall be paid into the State Treasury or deposited in an approved state depository to the credit of the General Fund of the State of Alab…

All unencumbered balances of all appropriations shall revert to the State Treasury at the end of each fiscal year and to the credit of the General Fund or the special fund from which the appropriation or appropriations were made. Appropriations for the purchase of land or the ere…