Title 29

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. (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…

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. (Act 2023…

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. (Act 2025-70, §3.)

The Code Commissioner, at times determined appropriate, shall change all 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. (Act 2026-217, §2.)

The Fiscal Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. (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,…

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 information compiled in carrying …

(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 or muni…

(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. (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. (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…

(a) There is created the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services, which shall be a legislative department, for the purpose of advising the Legislature regarding the evaluation of services funded by the state. (b) Any reference in any law to the Alabama Commission on the …

(a) The Legislature, by request of the Joint Legislative Committee on Finances and Budget or by language in an appropriations act or other act, may direct the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services to conduct a preliminary study of proposed or existing policies or progr…

(a) There is hereby created a continuing legislative committee to be known as the Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services to exercise general supervision and control over the actions of the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services. (b) The committee shall be l…

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) AGENCY. Any department, board, commission, office, institution, or other unit of state government that receives appropriations from the state. (2) CAUSAL IMPACT EVALUATION. A rigorous evaluation th…

(a) The affairs of the commission shall be administered by the director, whose actions shall be supervised and controlled by the Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services. The director shall be selected and appointed by the committee and shall receive compensation and b…

(a) There is hereby established the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services Fund in the State Treasury for the deposit of all funds received by the commission and which shall be used for the operations of the commission. (b) The commission may receive state appropriation…

(a) The commission shall conduct evaluations of any agency or programs, services, activities, or functions of any agency at the direction of the Legislative Committee on the Evaluation of Services. Evaluations may include oversight and performance audits or evaluations pursuant t…

The Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services shall develop and publish on its website the evaluation standards used in the performance of evaluations. (Act 2026-575, §1.)

(a) Each year, within 30 days of the conclusion of the regular session of the Legislature, or any special session where an appropriations act is enacted, the Legislative Services Agency shall identify each new program or major expansion of an existing program for which an agency …

(a) For each program subject to this chapter, the agency shall prepare and submit evaluation reports to the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services on a schedule specified in the standards issued under Section 29-5B-6, which shall include at a minimum: (1) A description …

The Legislature, by language in an appropriations act or other act, may require an evaluation of a specific program or line item. Such a provision may: (1) Specify that no more than a stated percentage of funds may be expended until the agency has submitted an evaluation plan mee…

(a) There is created a continuing legislative committee to be known as the Legislative Council of the State of Alabama. The council consists of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the House Majority Leader, the House Minority Leader, the Chairs of the Ways and Means Gene…

(a) At its first meeting during each quadrennium and at such other times as necessary, the Legislative Council shall elect a chair and vice chair from among the membership of the council. The position of chair shall alternate between a member of the Senate and a member of the Hou…

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(a) Members of the Legislative Council, House Legislative Council, and Senate Legislative Council may participate in a meeting of the respective council by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment by means of which all individuals parti…

(a) The House Legislative Council succeeds to and is vested with all the powers previously exercised by the House Members of the Legislative Council. (b) The Senate Legislative Council succeeds to and is vested with all the powers previously exercised by the members of the Senate…

The Director of Legislative Services shall serve as Secretary of the Legislative Council without salary other than compensation as Director of Legislative Services. (Acts 1945, No. 152, p. 190, §4; Acts 1967, Ex. Sess., No. 239, p. 320; Act 2017-214, §2.)

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-224, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2023. (a) The duties and powers of the Legislative Council shall be the following: (1) It shall suggest research studies to the Legislative Reference Service and shall set, when requested by the Director of the Legislative Reference S…

(a) In addition to the powers otherwise provided in this chapter, the Legislative Council shall: (1) Approve budget requests; provide accounting services; make purchases; and provide mail distribution, property inventory, telephone service, electronic media services, recycling se…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) Section 56 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 56 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, contains a speech or debate clause virtually identical to Section 6 of Article I of the Constitu…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BUDGET PROCESS. The entire process by which funds are appropriated and expended, including, but not limited to, revenue estimating, legislative budget hearings, appropriations, allotm…

(a) The Legislative Council may contract for the demolition of the building located at 11 South Union Street in Montgomery. The demolition shall occur upon the completion of construction and designation of a new Alabama State House. (b)(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Education Trust Fund Rolling Reserve Act.” (Act 2011-3, p. 90, §1.)

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ALABAMA TRUST FUND. The Alabama Trust Fund created by Section 219.02 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. (2) EDUCATION TRUST FUND. An account in the State Treasury into which are deposited …

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-390, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2023. For purposes of this chapter cited as “The Education Trust Fund Rolling Reserve Act”, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 29-9-3(b)(4), the funds received by the Education Trust Fund under Act 2012-427 after Septemb…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, beginning with appropriations made for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, appropriations from the Education Trust Fund shall not exceed the fiscal year appropriation cap, or the secondary spending limit, whic…