Title 44

Repealed upon enactment by 35th jurisdiction of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles. (Acts 1965, No. 675, p. 1214, §2.)

Repealed upon enactment by 35th jurisdiction of the Interstate Compact for Juveniles. (Acts 1986, No. 86-419, p. 626.)

The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: Article I. Purpose and Policy. It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with…

Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V thereof in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default o…

The [term] “appropriate public authorities” as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall, with reference to this state, mean the department of pensions and security of the State of Alabama and said department shall receive and act with refer…

As used in paragraph (a) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children the phrase “appropriate authority in the receiving state” with reference to this state shall mean the Commissioner of the Department of Pensions and Security. (Acts 1979, No. 79-675, p. 1…

The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children are hereby empowered to enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to paragraph (b) of Article V of the Interstate Compact on the …

As used in Article VI [Article VII] of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, the term “executive head” means the governor. The Governor of each state party to this compact shall designate an officer who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shal…

The Commissioner of the state Department of Pensions and Security shall be the compact administrator and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administra…

The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES. The stat…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to mean that the facilities and programs, provided for herein, are to be under the control or direction of any person other than the board of directors, who shall require the facilities and programs of the corporation to be in compliance…

Such corporation authorized herein, and its property, including bonds, conveyances, mortgages, leases, and all income from such property, and operation of programs shall be exempt from all taxation that shall be imposed on said corporation for the privilege of engaging in any of …

Such corporation authorized herein shall come into being upon the filing of the articles of incorporation with the office of probate judge in the county in which its principal facility is located. (Acts 1978, No. 620, p. 880, §12.)

All counties and incorporated municipalities in this state are hereby authorized and empowered to form regional, nonprofit, public corporations which shall provide for the temporary care and custody of youths who have been placed under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court. (Acts …

Any corporation so created shall be a public, nonprofit corporation and may be organized as a successor to presently existing juvenile facilities and programs. Members in presently existing corporations shall automatically retain membership in any successor corporation formed aft…

The service area of such corporation shall be those present and future Alabama counties who are members of a corporation formed for the purpose of providing temporary care and custody to those children who are placed with the corporation by order of a judge exercising juvenile co…

Such corporation shall be governed by a board of directors selected from member counties or municipalities, as the case may be, as may be specified in the bylaws of the corporation. The board of directors shall hold regular quarterly meetings and such meetings as may be called fr…

Pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such corporation, in acting through the board of directors, shall have all the powers of a corporation as granted by the laws of Alabama. (Acts 1978, No. 620, p. 880, §6.)

The articles of incorporation of such corporation may be amended as specified in the articles of incorporation. (Acts 1978, No. 620, p. 880, §7.)

Any governing body in the state as defined in this chapter may submit a letter of application to the corporation’s chair of the board of directors. Said letter shall be in compliance with admission procedures as established by the board. Upon approval of a majority of board membe…

All governing bodies, as defined in this chapter, are hereby authorized to appropriate and pay over to the corporation a respective share of the costs of operation of the facilities and programs of said corporation and the construction, renovation or operation of any future facil…