Title 41 — Title 41

The department may, with the approval of the Governor, expend any funds appropriated to the department for advertising and promotions and for other purposes that support tourism in Alabama; provided, that no part of any appropriation made to the department by the Legislature shal…

The director may, with the approval of the Governor, enter into contracts and agreements with the organization known as the Southern Travel Directors Council, a regional travel advertising and promotion agency, for the purpose of expanding and extending the state’s tourist advert…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and honor those individuals who are accredited or associated by birth to the State of Alabama who, through their conspicuous bravery and gallantry during wartime, and at considerable risk to their own lives, were made recipient…

On September 1, 1995, the management of the Alabama Entertainment Office shall be vested in a director who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Commerce and shall serve at his or her pleasure. The salary shall be established by the secretary of the department …

All other employees necessary to carry out the duties and functions of the Alabama Film Office shall be employed subject to the provisions of the Merit System law. The State Personnel Board, with the assistance of the Secretary of Commerce, shall establish positions as needed in …

Repealed by Act 2009-144, p. 268, §12, effective January 1, 2009. History: (Act 2001-975, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 908, §1.)

Repealed by Act 2009-144, p. 268, §12, effective January 1, 2009. History: (Act 2001-975, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 908, §2.)

Applications. Repealed by Act 2009-144, p. 268, §12, effective January 1, 2009. History: (Act 2001-975, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 908, §3.)

Repealed by Act 2009-144, p. 268, §12, effective January 1, 2009. History: (Act 2001-975, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 908, §4.)

Repealed by Act 2009-144, p. 268, §12, effective January 1, 2009. History: (Act 2001-975, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 908, §5.)

System. If the director or a classified employee of the Alabama Film Office has previously served as an independent contractor of the Alabama Film Office, and desires to purchase prior service credit for time in the Employees’ Retirement System after becoming an active and contri…

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-546, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2028 UNLESS EXTENDED BY AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE. This article may be cited as the “Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009.” History: (Act 2009-144, p. 268, §1.)

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-546, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2028 UNLESS EXTENDED BY AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE. The following is hereby found and declared by the Legislature of Alabama: (1) Although Alabama is filled with attractive natural resources, a growing workforce, and other resources …

9, Effective December 31, 2028, Unless Extended by Act of Legislature) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-540, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) COMPANY. …

Companies. (Repealed by Act 2023-546, § 9, Effective December 31, 2028, Unless Extended by Act of Legislature) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-540, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) Beginning January 1, 2009, a qualified productio…

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-546, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2028 UNLESS EXTENDED BY AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE. Commercial or financial information given in confidence that is not required to be disclosed pursuant to this article or any other state statute, and trade secrets, including, but n…

REPEALED BY ACT 2023-546, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2028 UNLESS EXTENDED BY AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE. A qualified production company that intends to expend in the aggregate one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or more in connection with a qualified production in the State o…

Certificates; Reporting Requirements.(repealed by Act 2023-546, § 9, Effective December 31, 2028, Unless Extended by Act of Legislature) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-540, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. REPEALED BY ACT 2023-546, …

2023-546, § 9, Effective December 31, 2028, Unless Extended by Act of Legislature) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-540, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. REPEALED BY ACT 2023-546, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2028 UNLESS EXTENDED BY AN ACT O…

2023-546, § 9, Effective December 31, 2028, Unless Extended by Act of Legislature) [Effective until October 1, 2026.] AMENDED BY ACT 2026-540, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (a) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, through the fiscal year endin…

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-540, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE. (Amended by Act 2026-540) REPEALED BY ACT 2023-546, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2028 UNLESS EXTENDED BY AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE. (a) The Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009, Article 3, commenci…

In order to aid in the development of higher ideals of citizenship and the enlargement of opportunity for culture and recreation and in order to afford an additional means for the further upbuilding of the educational facilities of the state, there shall be a Public Library Servi…

of Parents to Inspect Records. It is recognized that public library use by an individual should be of confidential nature. Any other provision of general, special, or local law, rule, or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, the registration and circulation records and info…

The Executive Board of the Alabama Public Library Service shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor, of which one member shall be from each congressional district. Such members shall be qualified electors of the state and shall have resided in the state for five ye…

As used in the compact, “state library agency” with reference to this state means the Alabama Public Library Service. History: (Acts 1973, No. 1121, p. 1884, §3.)

The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT. Article I. Policy and Purpose. Because the desire for the services provided by librar…

The Director of the Alabama Public Library Service shall be the compact administrator pursuant to Article X of the compact. The Director of the Alabama Public Library Service may appoint one or more deputy compact administrators pursuant to said article. History: (Acts 1973, No. …

Maintenance of Libraries, Etc., by Counties, Municipalities, Etc. No county, municipality or other political subdivision of this state shall be party to a library agreement which provides for the construction or maintenance of a library pursuant to Article III, subdivision (c) 7 …

Application for and Receipt of Federal Aid by Such Districts. (a) An interstate library district lying partly within this state may claim and be entitled to receive state aid in support of any of its functions to the same extent and in the same manner as such functions are eligib…

Compact. In the event of withdrawal from the compact the Governor shall send and receive any notices required by Article XI (b) of the compact. History: (Acts 1973, No. 1121, p. 1884, §6.)

Service and Assistants. The members of the executive board shall elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman. The board shall appoint a director. The director shall be a graduate of an accredited library school who shall have had a minimum of three years of library exp…

The executive board shall make an annual report to the Governor. The report shall show public library conditions and progress in Alabama and a statement of the expenses and activities of the Public Library Service. These annual reports shall be printed as other annual reports of …

It is the intent of the Legislature that: (1) State publications of public interest be made available to the public. (2) An efficient distribution and depository system of state publications be established. (3) The preservation of all state publications having historical value be…

As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPOSITORY. An institution which contracts with the Alabama Public Library Service to participate in the state publications depository system. (2) STATE AGENCY. Any permanent or temporary state of…

There is created as a program of the Alabama Public Library Service, an Alabama Clearinghouse for State Publications. The clearinghouse shall establish and operate a state publications depository system for Alabama publications. The Alabama Public Library Service shall promulgate…

(a) The state printer or the responsible state agency shall forward at the expense of the agency at least nine copies of every state publication to the clearinghouse. The clearinghouse shall distribute these copies as follows: (1) Two to the Alabama Department of Archives and His…

(a) Every state agency shall designate one of its employees as the publications officer for the agency and notify the clearinghouse of the identity of the publications officer. (b) Each publications officer shall provide the clearinghouse with nine or more copies of each state pu…

Noncompliance. (a) The clearinghouse may enter into depository contracts with any municipal or county public library, public library system, state agency, in-state college or university library, or out-of-state research libraries. The requirements for eligibility to contract as a…

The clearinghouse shall issue periodic lists of state publications to the depositories. History: (Acts 1993, No. 93-257, p. 384, §7.)

Appropriations. Funding for the clearinghouse program shall be from separate appropriations provided to the Alabama Public Library Service in a program entitled “Alabama Clearinghouse for State Publications.” This article shall not be implemented until the Alabama Public Library …

This article shall not require state agencies to supply copies of publications produced prior to the implementation date of this article. History: (Acts 1993, No. 93-257, p. 384, §9.)

(a) The Alabama Public Library Service shall give advice to all free public, regional, municipal, and county libraries and to all communities in the state which may propose to establish public libraries, in the manner provided in this article, as to the best means of establishing…

The Executive Board of the Alabama Public Library Service may, upon such terms and conditions as it may fix, award scholarships or grants in the field of library science on the graduate or undergraduate level to persons of high integrity whom it may select to the extent that fund…

The Alabama Public Library Service shall each year obtain from all free public libraries in the State of Alabama reports showing the conditions, growth, development and conduct of said libraries. This provision shall not apply to the libraries of the Supreme Court of Alabama, the…

This article shall in no way affect the administration and supervision of public school libraries which have been or may hereafter be established by aid through the Department of Education, except by agreement, nor shall this article affect in any way the administration and super…

As used in Section 41-8-10, the term “registration records” includes any information which a library requires a patron to provide in order to become eligible to borrow books and other materials, and the term “circulation records” includes all information which identifies the patr…

(a) The following words, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them below, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) LAW ENFORCEMENT and CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Any activity pertaining to crime prevention, control or reduction or enforcement…

Financial Procedures. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1978, No. 820, p. 1195, §1-109.)

Advisory Board; Representation of More Than One Element or Interest by Board Member. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1978, No. 820, p. 1195, §1-110.)

Request for Funds by Governor in Appropriation Bill. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1978, No. 820, p. 1195, §2-201.)