Title 41

The committee shall meet at the State Capitol building at least twice each year, one of which said meetings shall be designated as the annual meeting. The committee at its organizational meeting shall elect a chair and secretary. Said officers shall serve terms of one year each a…

The committee shall advise the Alabama Historical Commission regarding the restoration and preservation of the State Capitol. (Acts 1976, No. 634, p. 881, §4.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the First Lady Dianne Bentley Governor’s Mansion Preservation Act. (Act 2011-568, p. 1146, §1.)

(a) There is created the Governor’s Mansion Authority to preserve, operate, and maintain the Alabama Governor’s Mansion, also known as the Ligon House, located on South Perry Street in Montgomery, Alabama, the adjacent historic property known as the John Blue-Hill House (“Hill Ho…

(a) The authority shall be composed of the following members or their designees: (1) The Director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History. (2) The Director of the Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance. (3) The Director of Finance of the State …

(a) The authority shall constitute a body corporate and shall have, in addition to those powers and responsibilities set out in this article, all powers necessary or convenient to effect the purposes for which it has been established by this article, together with all powers inci…

In addition to any other power established pursuant to this article, the authority may exercise the following powers: (1) To solicit and receive appropriations, gifts, contributions of money, and property consistent with the purpose for which the authority is created. Title to al…

(a) The authority shall keep an account of all receipts and expenditures. Books of the authority shall be open to regular inspection and audit by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts. (b) The authority shall operate or provide for the operation of the Governor’s Mansion…

The authority shall make the Governor’s Mansion Complex, most notably the Governor’s Mansion, available to the public for tours and other such events on a regular basis, creating a schedule with the advice of the Governor and First Family that accommodates and conforms to the sit…

The authority shall be tax exempt and the properties of the authority and any income therefrom, all lease agreements and all contracts made by the authority and all income therefrom, and all indentures executed with respect thereto shall be forever exempt from any and all taxatio…

(a)(1) All full-time employees of the authority shall be treated as state employees for the purposes of participating in any insurance programs provided for the state employees. (2) The authority shall pay the employer’s contributions to any insurance programs out of funds approp…

The authority shall be entitled to the services of the state Attorney General in connection with the affairs of the authority. (Act 2011-568, p. 1146, §11.)

There is created a board to be designated and known as the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame. The board shall be composed of 11 members with at least one member chosen from each of the following fields: Politics, art, education, business, law, community service, medicine, religion, an…

The board shall implement and maintain with a public or private institution an agreement under which the institution shall provide halls, rooms, or quarters as may be considered suitable and appropriate for conducting the affairs of the board and for displaying plaques and other …

It shall be the function and main purpose of the board to honor those women of Alabama who have rendered outstanding services or have won fame on account of their achievements. The board shall elect and induct to the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame those women who are nominated for …

The board shall receive an annual appropriation which shall be fixed by the Legislature during each regular session. The appropriation shall be used by the board to pay for stationery, plaques, display cases, installation programs, administrative functions, and such other necessa…

The board may solicit and accept donations, contributions, and gifts of money and property, and all gifts made to the board shall be exempt from taxation in Alabama. All property, money, income, resources, and activities of the board shall likewise be exempt from taxation. (Acts …

When used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) AJIC or COMMISSION. The Alabama Justice Information Commission. (2) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (3) ALEA CJIS. The Criminal Justice Information Services Division of ALEA. (4) BACKG…

(a) There is created and established an Alabama Justice Information Commission, which shall be the regulatory body to establish policy and procedures for the interstate and intrastate accumulation, storage, retrieval, analysis, and dissemination of information relating to offense…

(a) The commission shall be composed of two sections. (b) The voting section shall include all of the following: (1) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) The Attorney General. (3) The Executive Director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles. (4) The Commis…

(a) The commission shall elect from its membership a chair and a vice-chair at the October meeting who shall serve for a period of one year beginning the following year on January 1. The vice-chair shall act in the place of the chair in his or her absence or disability. If a new …

(a) The commission shall adopt rules and policies for the performance of the responsibilities under this article. Unless otherwise stated, the rules of the commission are subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. ALEA may establish procedures to…

Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to impair, or grant the authority to impair, a citizen’s access to records currently considered open to public inspection under Section 36-12-40, nor any record which is open for public inspection under Section 36-12-40, from sources o…

(a) The secretary shall appoint a division head who shall be responsible for the development, maintenance, and operation of the duties of ALEA as required by the terms of this article and the implementation and operation of policies, programs, and procedures established by the co…

The secretary shall maintain the necessary staff along with support services necessary to enable the effective and efficient performance of the duties and responsibilities ascribed to ALEA in this article. (Acts 1975, No. 872, §7; Act 2019-495, §1.)

The process for appeals by an individual or governmental body of any rules and policies adopted by the commission shall first be to the commission. The appellant may present his or her argument at a regular meeting of the commission requesting the alteration or suggesting the non…

Any officer or official mentioned in this article who neglects or refuses to make any report or to do any act required in this article shall be subject to prosecution for a misdemeanor and, if found guilty, may be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $10,000.00 and may be co…

Any person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain criminal offender record information under false pretenses or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate criminal offender record information to any agency or person except in accordance with this article, or …

Any person who knowingly communicates or seeks to communicate criminal offender record information, except in accordance with this article, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, for each such offense, may be fined not less than $500.00 nor more than $10,000.00 o…

(a) In the event of conflict, this article shall, to the extent of the conflict, supersede all conflicting parts of existing statutes which regulate, control or otherwise relate, directly or by implication, to the collection, storage, and dissemination or usage of fingerprint ide…

The commission shall provide for a uniform crime reporting system for the periodic collection and analysis of crimes reported to any and all criminal justice agencies within the state. The collection of said data and the time for submission of said data shall be subject to the co…

The commission, acting through the secretary, shall do all of the following: (1) Develop, operate, and maintain information systems that will support the collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, and dissemination of criminal justice information, other data that will aid crime fi…

(a) All criminal justice agencies within the state shall submit to ALEA fingerprints, descriptions, photographs, and other identifying data on the following persons: (1) Persons who have been lawfully arrested in this state for an offense. (2) Persons who have been charged with a…

Notwithstanding any provision in this article, except for providing copies of data required by law to carry out the duties of the commission and ALEA, nothing in this article shall be interpreted to impair or grant the authority to impair the ownership, dissemination, or control …

The commission is authorized to compare all fingerprints and other identifying data received with information already on file, to ascertain whether or not a criminal record is found for that person and at once to inform the requesting agency or arresting officer of such facts. (A…

(a) When an individual is arrested for an offense, the arresting agency shall obtain fingerprints, palm prints, a mugshot, and descriptive information required to establish a criminal history record. The arresting agency may obtain other biometric identifiers, including iris scan…

Fingerprints and other identifying data required to be taken by this article shall be forwarded within 24 hours after taking for filing and classification, but the period of 24 hours may be extended to cover any intervening holiday or weekend. Photographs taken shall be forwarded…

(a) All persons in this state in charge of criminal justice agencies shall submit to ALEA detailed descriptions of arrest warrants and related identifying data immediately upon determination of the fact that the warrant cannot be served for the reasons stated. (b) If the warrant …

(a) All persons in charge of penal operations under the authority of the Department of Corrections shall obtain biometric identifiers, which may include fingerprints, photographs, palm prints, retina scans, or other identifiers specified by the FBI, according to the biometric ide…

(a) All persons in charge of criminal justice agencies in this state shall furnish ALEA with any other identifying data required in accordance with guidelines established by the commission. (b) All criminal justice agencies in this state having criminal identification files shall…

(a) All criminal justice agencies within the state shall submit to ALEA periodically, at a time and in such a form as prescribed by the commission, information regarding only the cases within its jurisdiction. The report shall be known as the “Alabama Uniform Crime Report” and sh…

Any governmental agency that is not included within the description of those departments and agencies required to submit the uniform crime report which desires to submit such a report shall be furnished with the proper forms by ALEA. When a report is received by ALEA from a gover…

All criminal justice agencies within the state shall report to ALEA, in a time and manner prescribed by the commission, all persons wanted by and all vehicles and property stolen from their jurisdictions. The reports shall be made as soon as is practicable after the investigating…

If it is determined by the reporting agency that a person is no longer wanted due to his or her apprehension or any other factor, or when a vehicle or property reported stolen is recovered, the determining agency shall immediately notify ALEA. If the agency making the apprehensio…

All probation and parole officers shall supply ALEA with information on delinquent parolees required by this article in a time and manner prescribed by the commission. (Acts 1975, No. 872, §29; Act 2019-495, §1.)

Provision of information under this article shall be limited by all constitutional provisions, limitations, and guarantees, including, but not limited to, due process, the right of privacy, and the tripartite form of Alabama’s state government. (Acts 1975, No. 872, §41.)