Code of Alabama - Title 21: Handicapped Persons - Chapter 5 - Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped

• Section 21-5-1 Created; duties generally; promulgation of rules and regulations
  There is hereby created the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, by which name this chapter shall be known, for the purpose of carrying...
• Section 21-5-2 Designation of "Employ the Handicapped Week"; promotion of ceremonies
  The Governor shall designate the first full week in October of each year as "Employ the Handicapped Week." The committee shall promote and encourage the...
• Section 21-5-3 Committee to be nonpartisan and nonprofit
  The Governor's committee shall be nonpartisan, nonprofit, and shall not engage in the dissemination of partisan principles.
• Section 21-5-4 Composition; appointment and compensation of members
  There shall be no limit as to the number of members on the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, all of whom shall be...
• Section 21-5-5 Chairman; secretary-treasurer; executive committee; meetings
  The chairman of the committee shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The committee shall elect from...
• Section 21-5-6 Advisory council
  The Governor shall request heads of state agencies and invite heads of federal agencies having direct interest in a program for the handicapped to serve...
• Section 21-5-7 Employment of handicapped liaison group
  An employment of the handicapped liaison group shall be established to consist of the chairman of the Governor's Committee, the chairman of the advisory council,...
• Section 21-5-8 Executive secretary and other personnel; payment of salaries and expenses
  An executive secretary, and such other personnel as recommended by the executive committee shall be appointed by the State Superintendent of Education in the same...
• Section 21-5-9 Trust fund
  The committee is authorized to establish a trust fund and to accept gifts, contributions, donations, or bequests, but not excluding any other source of revenue,...
• Section 21-5-10 Annual report and evaluation
  The committee shall make a formal evaluation and shall make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, including therein suggestions and recommendations for...

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