Title 41

There shall be a fund, to be known as the State Insurance Fund, carried by the State Treasurer for the purpose of insuring direct physical loss on buildings and contents for the perils as may be determined by the Finance Director in which title in whole or in part is vested in th…

All premiums and earnings collected under the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a trust fund to be applied as authorized in this chapter. With the approval of the Governor, any surplus in the fund over a necessary working capital, which shall be determined by the Direct…

No part of the funds provided for in Section 41-15-10 shall be used to increase the salary of any state employee. Only the salary of the designated risk manager, stenographic secretary, inspector, clerical force, and such other employees and expenses as may be necessary for the e…

There is hereby appropriated from the Treasury the sum of $100,000.00 to be available only in case the loss by fire or tornado in any year shall exceed the premiums collected under the provisions of this chapter, and then only in such amount as may be required in addition to the …

There is hereby appropriated in addition to all other appropriations and for capital outlay purposes only any and all funds received by the State of Alabama or any department, board, bureau, agency, or institution of the state in payment for any loss to property suffered by reaso…

The Department of Finance is hereby constituted and designated as the agency through which this chapter shall be administered, and the director of said department is empowered with such authority as may be necessary to carry out its purposes. The director of said department, with…

The Director of Finance may make or cause to be made a survey and appraisal of all property, to assist in the determination of the amount of insurance to be carried on the several properties and to classify all exposures or property. (Acts 1923, No. 593, p. 769; Code 1923, §8541;…

(a) All covered property, unless otherwise provided in this section, shall be insured for no more than its replacement cost and shall be insured for no less than 80 percent of its actual cash value. Replacement cost coverage may be provided with an amount of insurance as agreed u…

The net premium charged shall be based on the current commercial rate with not less than a 40 percent discount. The risk manager with the approval of the Director of Finance may purchase such reinsurance as may in the opinion of the risk manager, be necessary for the proper distr…

All premiums shall be paid to the Department of Finance, not later than 60 days from the effective date of such insurance or renewal thereof, by the treasurer or executive officer of the agency affected. Such funds shall be promptly transmitted to the State Treasurer, who shall p…

In the event a disagreement arises between the Department of Finance and any person or persons in charge of any insured property as to its replacement cost or actual cash value or the amount payable under the claim for loss or the proper premium rate or rates, the matter in disag…

The Director of Finance is authorized to prescribe insurance coverages, forms of policies, proofs of losses, and other forms; to define terms; make rules and regulations; to provide additional experience and schedule rating factors and appropriate deductibles from losses as may b…

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings respectively ascribed to them: (1) AT-RISK CHILDREN. Children who because of social, health, or educational factors are experiencing difficulty with learning, school achievement, or preparation for employment as …

(a) There is established a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Children First Trust Fund. (b) The existence of the fund is contingent upon the receipt by the state of tobacco revenues. (c) The fund shall consist of tobacco revenues and any appropriations or reve…

It is the intent of the Legislature that in each of the following fiscal years the following amounts from tobacco revenues shall be transferred to the Children First Trust Fund: It is the intent of the Legislature that strict accountability measures, including needs assessments, …

(a) For each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage …

Notwithstanding Section 41-15B-2.2, or any other provision of law, beginning with the appropriation from the Children First Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Legislature may, but shall not be required to, make appropria…

The following criteria shall be met in order for any state agency or local entity to be eligible to receive allocations from the Children First Trust Fund: (1) After the first year, these state agencies shall annually conduct a needs assessment of the children of Alabama and shal…

(a) There is created the Permanent Joint Interim Legislative Oversight Committee of the Children First Trust Fund. The committee shall be composed of three members of each house, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the S…

The Alabama Children’s Policy Council, on the date and in the form and content prescribed by the Department of Finance, shall prepare and forward to the Governor’s Commissioner of Children’s Affairs, the budget request information required in subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, o…

Beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and each fiscal year thereafter, these programs shall be funded through a separate appropriation in a separate act from tobacco settlement or litigation revenues received by the State of Alabama. (Act 99-390, p. 628, §5.)

(a) All tobacco revenues from the tobacco settlement received by the state previously designated for the Children First Trust Fund shall be deposited to the Children First Trust Fund within 30 calendar days of receipt of those tobacco revenues. (b) Allocations from the Children F…

It is the intent of the Legislature that each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, if the beginning of the year balance in the Children First Trust Fund is not equal to or greater than one-half of the total amount of the appropriations for that f…

(a) There is hereby created the Alabama Senior Services Trust Fund as a separate fund in the State Treasury. The trust fund shall be administered by the Secretary/Treasurer of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, which shall be entitled to a reasonable fee for the administration. A…

A prosecution for any offense in violation of the competitive bid laws of Articles 2 and 3 of this chapter must be commenced within six years after the commission of the offense. (Acts 1981, No. 81-350; Acts 1981, No. 81-851, p. 1529.)

(a) Whenever the State of Alabama is a party to any contract, the contract shall be executed by all parties in a timely fashion. When a party to a contract, other than the state, has fully executed the responsibility under the contract and there remains only the payment of funds …

The reverse auction process shall not be used to procure professional services of architects, landscape architects, engineers, land surveyors, geoscience and other professions, as described in Section 41-16-51(a)(3), or contracts for construction, repairs, renovation, or maintena…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOYCOTT. To blacklist, divest from, or otherwise refuse to deal with a person or business entity when the action is based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin of the t…

(a) With the exception of contracts for public works whose competitive bidding requirements are governed exclusively by Title 39, all contracts of whatever nature for labor, services, work, or for the purchase or lease of materials, equipment, supplies, other personal property or…

(a) When purchases are required to be made through competitive bidding, award shall, except as provided in subsection (f), be made to the lowest responsible bidder taking into consideration the qualities of the commodities proposed to be supplied, their conformity with specificat…

(a) With the exception of contracts for public works whose competitive bidding requirements are governed exclusively by Title 39, all expenditure of funds for labor, services, work, or for the purchase of materials, equipment, supplies, or other personal property involving thirty…

(a) Competitive bids for entities subject to this article shall not be required for utility services, the rates for which are fixed by law, regulation, or ordinance, and the competitive bidding requirements of this article shall not apply to any of the following: (1) The purchase…

Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, when it is necessary for a county or an incorporated municipality to enter into a public contract for the provision of services or for the provision of primarily services even though the contract may include the furnishing of ancill…

(a)(1) During an emergency or unanticipated event affecting public health or safety or causing supply chain disruptions, and upon the recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education and the approval of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, any public educational…

(a) All expenditures of funds for repair parts and the repair of heavy duty off-highway construction equipment or of any vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 25,000 pounds or greater, including machinery used for grading, drainage, road construction, and compaction for …

(a) For purposes of this section, the term “awarding authority” means any county commission, governing body of a municipality, or an instrumentality of a county or municipality, including a waterworks board, a sewer board, a gas board, or other like utility boards and commissions…

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in the event circumstances arise for which a delay would likely cause harm to an individual or public property, a contract may be let to the extent necessary to mitigate the harm without regard to the requirements of this article, provided…

(a)(1) All proposed purchases of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or more shall be advertised by posting notice thereof on a bulletin board maintained outside the purchasing office and in any other manner and for any length of time as may be determined. Sealed bids or bids to be…

(a) Any agreement or collusion among bidders or prospective bidders in restraint of freedom of competition, by agreement, to bid at a fixed price or to refrain from bidding or otherwise shall render the bids of the bidders void and shall cause the bidders to be disqualified from …

Any disclosure in advance of the terms of a bid submitted in response to an advertisement for bids shall render the proceedings void and require advertisement and award anew. (Acts 1967, Ex. Sess., No. 217, p. 259, §5.)

(a) When purchases are required to be made through competitive bidding, awards shall be made to the lowest responsible bidder taking into consideration the qualities of the commodities proposed to be supplied, their conformity with specifications, the purposes for which required,…

Bond in a responsible sum for faithful performance of the contract, with adequate surety, may be required in an amount specified in the advertisement for bids. (Acts 1967, Ex. Sess., No. 217, p. 259, §8.)

No contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder shall be assignable by the successful bidder without written consent of the awarding authority, and in no event shall a contract be assigned to an unsuccessful bidder whose bid was rejected because he or she was not a responsib…

Members and officers of the city and county boards of education and the district boards of education of independent school districts may be financially interested in or have any personal beneficial interest, either directly or indirectly, in the purchase of or contract for any pe…

Any taxpayer of the area within the jurisdiction of the awarding authority and any bona fide unsuccessful bidder on a particular contract shall be empowered to bring a civil action in the appropriate court to enjoin execution of any contract entered into in violation of the provi…

The provisions of this article shall not be applicable to any contracts made by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 4 adopted at the 1956 Second Special Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended, which relates to the promotion of trade by inducing commerc…