Title 41

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CORPORATION. The Alabama Innovation Corporation created by Article 20, commencing with Section 41-10-800. (2) FEDERAL AGENCY. An executive branch agency of the United States government wh…

The corporation may make Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research matching grants to entities as provided in this section. (1) The corporation may establish priorities, guidelines, standards, and processes by which the matching grants con…

The corporation may adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer this article. (Act 2021-449, §1.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Innovating Alabama Act. (Act 2023-33, §2.)

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACCELERATOR. A company that, for a fixed term, educates and mentors early-stage technology companies recruited to a location in Alabama with the goal of accelerating the company’s development and g…

(a) An economic development organization may apply to Innovate Alabama for Innovating Alabama tax credits to undertake any of the following projects: (1) The creation, operation, or support of an accelerator for technology companies, provided that the application is accompanied b…

(a) Innovate Alabama shall consider the application provided in subsection (a) of Section 41-1-842, and may approve the application if the applicant is deemed eligible. As to applications for projects located in communities which have the potential to provide additional funding s…

(a) A taxpayer is allowed an Innovating Alabama tax credit to be applied against all of the following: (1) To offset the income taxes levied in Chapter 18 of Title 40 or as an estimated tax payment of income taxes. (2) To offset the state portion of the financial institution exci…

(a) Upon receipt of funding provided by the tax credit process in Section 41-10-844, the economic development organization shall proceed with the project that was specified in the application required by Section 41-10-842. (b) As to a project described in subdivision (a)(1) of Se…

(a) All filings and applications made with any department of the state government shall be made using forms adopted by that department. The filing shall be treated as a tax return subject to penalties imposed by the Department of Revenue. (b) Nothing in this article shall be cons…

The Innovating Alabama tax credits provided in this article shall not be available for qualifying applicants as described in this article, for which applications are not approved on or prior to July 31, 2028. This shall only affect the availability of credits for applications not…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ABUTTING PROPERTY. Any property that has any common boundary with a greenway trail or any other property that is within 25 feet of a greenway trail. (2) ACQUISITION FUND. The Sweet Trails Alaba…

(a) Subject to an appropriation made by the Legislature for the purposes of implementing the project, the council, as empowered by the corporation, may contract with an organization who may act as the developer for purposes of this article. (b) Subject to approval by the council,…

Subject to Section 41-10-865, upon approval of a master plan pursuant to Section 41-10-861 by the council as empowered by the corporation, shall implement a strictly voluntary system by which eligible donors may apply for grants for qualified donations of donated property. (Act 2…

(a) The council may provide grants to public or private entities engaged in the construction or operation of greenway trails for any legitimate purpose related to greenway trails compatible with the master plan using monies from the project fund. (b) Any entity that receives gran…

(a) The protections from liability under Article 2 of Chapter 15 of Title 35, shall extend to both of the following: (1) Any donated property for so long as that property is used as a greenway trail in a manner that complies with the master plan. (2) The owner, lessee, or person …

(a) Any eligible donor who makes a qualified donation of donated property for use as a greenway trail may apply for a grant pursuant to this section. Any eligible donor who elects not to apply for a grant pursuant to this section may enter into any other arrangement available to …

(a) There is created within the State Treasury the Sweet Trails Alabama Project Fund and the Sweet Trails Alabama Acquisition Fund to receive gifts, grants, and appropriations. Amounts deposited in the funds shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with Sections 41-4-80 throu…

The state, or any subdivision of the state, shall not use the powers of eminent domain provided in Title 18, to execute this article. (Act 2023-545, §8.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The State of Alabama has a great need to ensure the long-term viability of the state’s economic development successes. (2) Other states have had significant success in economic development by involving the private secto…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The governing board of the corporation. (2) CORPORATION. The Alabama Growth Alliance created by this article as a public corporation having a legal existence separate and apart from the …

(a) The Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall present to the Secretary of State an application, signed by each of them, for the formation of the Alabama Growth Alliance, as a public corporation, having a legal exi…

(a) The corporation shall be under the management and control of a board of directors, and all powers necessary or appropriate for the management and control of the corporation shall be vested solely in the board. The board shall be comprised of both ex officio members and at-lar…

(a) The board shall have all of the powers necessary to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this article including the following powers: (1) Provide input and support on the development, monitoring, and updating of the long-range economic development vision and strategies of…

The board may enter into contracts, leases, agreements, investments, and may otherwise expend monies without compliance with Article 5, commencing with Section 41-4-110 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and Chapter 2 of Title 39. Solely as a result of entering into contracts, leases, agr…

At any time, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate may cause their application for formation to be amended by filing an amendment with the Secretary of State, which may cause its application for formation to be amen…

At any time, the board, by at least three-quarters vote, may dissolve the corporation by having at least three-quarters of its members file with the Secretary of State an application for dissolution, which shall be sworn to by each signatory thereto by a notary public. Upon the f…

Prior to each legislative session beginning in 2026, the corporation shall submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing the corporation’s efforts to accomplish the goals pursuant to this article. (Act 2024-309, §2.)

There is hereby created and established an organization which shall be known as the “Alabama Academy of Honor,” hereinafter referred to as “the academy.” The purpose of the academy shall be to bestow honor and recognition upon living Alabamians for their outstanding accomplishmen…

The academy shall be composed of not more than 100 living members, and no more than 10 of such members shall be elected to membership in any calendar year. Each person elected for membership shall be a distinguished citizen of Alabama who shall be chosen for accomplishment or ser…

(a) The initial 10 members of the academy shall be elected by a committee appointed for such purpose by the Governor. New members, not to exceed 10 in any calendar year, shall be elected by the existing members of the academy. A majority of the votes cast by existing members shal…

The members of the academy shall elect among themselves an executive committee, which shall select a chairman and shall fix his or her term of office and shall conduct the affairs of the academy between annual meetings. The chairman shall preside over meetings, direct the busines…

The academy shall meet at least once annually to award new memberships and shall hold such other meetings as necessary to carry out its purpose. The time and place of meetings shall be designated by the executive committee. One-third of the members of the academy shall constitute…

The building and grounds known as the first White House of the Confederacy, opposite the Capitol and now the property of the state, shall be preserved and held inviolate as a perpetual memorial to Jefferson Davis and the men and women associated with him in the organization of th…

The care and upkeep of the building as a building shall be a part of the duties of the Department of Finance, and the expenses for such care and upkeep shall be payable from the funds annually appropriated therefor by the Legislature. (Acts 1923, No. 244, p. 248; Code 1923, §3181…

The management of the first White House of the Confederacy as an institution for the cultivation of Confederate history, the preservation of Confederate relics and as a reminder for all time of how pure and great were southern statesmen and southern valor is confided to the organ…

As used in this article, the term “public records” shall include all written, typed or printed books, papers, letters, documents, and maps made or received in pursuance of law by the public officers of the state, counties, municipalities, and other subdivisions of government in t…

The Department of Archives and History may examine into the condition of public records and shall at the request of the custodian thereof give advice and assistance to any public official in the solution of his or her problems of preserving, filing, and making available the publi…

Any public records, books, papers, newspapers, files, printed books, manuscripts, tapes, or other public records which have no significance, importance, or value may, upon the advice and recommendation of the custodian thereof and upon the further advice, recommendation and conse…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a state department, licensing or regulatory board, agency, or commission is prohibited from placing or otherwise revealing the Social Security number of a person, including, but not limited to, full- or part-time employees thereof, o…

(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person who is regularly employed by the state and who is subject to the provisions of the state Merit System or any person who is regularly employed by a criminal justice agency …

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. As defined in Section 41-13-7. (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE. A judge of any position, including a judge of a municipal court; a district attorney; a depu…

There is hereby created a State Records Commission consisting of nine members as follows: The Director of the Department of Archives and History, who shall be chair of the commission; the Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; the Attorney General; the …

The State Records Commission shall be charged with the responsibility of determining which state records shall be permanently preserved because of historical value, which state records may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of after they have been microfilmed, and which state rec…

There is hereby created a Local Government Records Commission consisting of 16 members as follows: The Director of the Department of Archives and History, who shall be the chair of the commission; the Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; the Attorney …

The Local Government Records Commission shall be charged with the responsibility of determining which county, municipal, and other local government records shall be permanently preserved because of historical value and which county, municipal, and other local government records m…