Title 29 — Title 29

(a) There is hereby created the Legislative Services Agency which shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. The director shall be appointed by the Legislative Council and shall receive the compensation and benefits established…

The agency shall consist of three divisions as follows: (1) The Legal Division, which shall be headed by the Deputy Director of Legislative Services, Legal. The deputy director, legal, shall be a licensed attorney appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director and shall r…

The Legal Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. History: (Act 2017-214, §1.)

Departments. (a) The Legal Division shall have all of the following duties: (1) To respond to questions concerning the organization and administration of state government or the operation of constitutional or statutory law. (2) To render assistance in the drafting of bills and am…

Statute of Supplement and Replacement Volumes as Part of Entire Code. (a) In compiling the contents of the Code of Alabama 1975, and any cumulative supplement and replacement volume to the code, the Legal Division and the Code Commissioner may not alter the sense, meaning, or eff…

(a) Whenever any provision of this code contains a preprinted form that contains language which indicates the year of application or execution as “19__,” the language shall be deemed to mean either a year beginning with the numbers 19 or 2 as the case may be. (b) The Legal Divisi…

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-224, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023. (a) The Code Commissioner, with the assistance of the Legal Division, shall prepare an official recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. This official recompilation may not make any substantive change to…

(a) The Legislature recognizes that language used in reference to individuals with disabilities shapes and reflects society’s attitudes towards people with disabilities. Many of the terms currently used diminish the humanity and natural condition of having a disability. Certain t…

The Legal Division shall change all references to the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation in Title 22, and elsewhere as found in this code, to the Department of Mental Health. Code changes shall be made at a time determined appropriate by the division. History: (Ac…

Revenue. The Legal Division shall review Titles 11 and 40 and shall substitute “Alabama Tax Tribunal” for any reference to the Administrative Law Division of the Department of Revenue and shall make any other similar amendments consistent herewith. History: (Act 2017-214, §1.)

to Taxpayer Advocate. The Code Commissioner, pursuant to Section 29-7-8, shall change all references to the Taxpayer Advocate in Title 40, Chapter 2A, to Taxpayer Assistance Officer or Taxpayer Assistance Officers. History: (Act 2017-363, §9.)

The Legal Division shall conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to the offices, departments, divisions, and other entities included in Chapter 29 of Title 41 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to reflect the changes made by that chapter. Code changes, including amending and re…

The Code Commissioner shall conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to the units, departments, divisions, and other state entities included in Chapter 28, commencing with Section 41-28-1, of Title 41 to reflect the changes required by that chapter. Code changes shall be m…

(a) The Director of Legislative Services, without regard to the State Merit System Law, may hire staff members and clerical help to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (b) The compensation due to the officers and employees employed under this section shall be certified by th…

The Code Commissioner may conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to reflect the changes made by Act 2018-129. Code changes, including the renumbering of references to Chapter 5 of Title 41, to reflect the appropriate code sections in Chapter 5A of Title 41, shall be made…

The Code Commissioner shall change all collective references to the United States Armed Forces to include the United States Space Force in Title 31 and elsewhere as found in this code. Code changes shall be made at a time determined appropriate by the Code Commissioner. History: …

The Code Commissioner shall change all collective references to the United States Uniformed Services to include the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps in Title 31, and elsewhere as found in t…

The Code Commissioner, at times determined appropriate, shall change all references to the Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission in the Code of Alabama 1975 to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Commission as provided in Section 41-9-430. History: (Act 2025-70, §3.)

references to the State Port Authority, the Alabama State Docks Department, and the Alabama State Port Authority in this code to the Alabama Port Authority. History: (Act 2026-217, §2.)

The Fiscal Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. History: (Act 2017-214, §1.)

The various departments, agencies, institutions, and establishments of the executive branch of government and the regulatory agencies and commissions of the state shall furnish the Fiscal Division any available material which the division determines to be necessary in the perform…

In carrying out the duties and functions of the Fiscal Division and for the purposes of coordinating the operations of the division with those of other legislative agencies with a view to utilizing most effectively the information, services, and capabilities of all such agencies …

It shall be the duty and function of the Fiscal Division to provide to the Committees on Ways and Means of the House and to the Committees on Finance and Taxation of the Senate information that will assist the committees in the discharge of all matters within their jurisdictions,…

Committees of Legislature. At the request of any other committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, any joint committee of the Legislature, or any member of the House or Senate, the Fiscal Division shall provide to such committee, joint committee, or member any inform…

Bills. (a) Every general bill creating, eliminating, or affecting in any way a state or local program, service, function, or revenue source and which thereby requires the expenditure of county or municipal funds or thereby decreases or increases revenue collections by any county …

(a) Beginning in 2024, the Fiscal Division shall prepare and submit a report every other year to the Legislature which lists all state tax expenditures and the estimated cost associated with each of the tax expenditures. For purposes of this section, tax expenditures means those …

The Law Revision Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. The Law Revision Division shall continue to be known as the Alabama Law Institute for purposes of conducting its public activities. History: (Act 2017-214, §1…

The general purposes of the Law Revision Division shall be to promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law of Alabama to secure the better administration of justice and to carry on scholarly legal research and scientific legal work. To that end it shall b…

The Law Revision Division, in submitting reports to the Legislature through the President of the Alabama Law Institute Council, shall act solely in an advisory capacity. History: (Act 2017-214, §1.)

(a) The Director of Legislative Services may establish a special fund in the State Treasury to receive direct grants or contributions or fees from municipal, county, state, federal, or charitable sources, or any other sources, to conduct studies, educate public officials, and car…

(a) The Governing Council of the Alabama Law Institute Council is continued in existence as the Alabama Law Institute Council. (b) The council shall be composed of ex officio, appointed, and elected members, as follows: (1) One Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, selected by…