Code of Alabama - Title 36: Public Officers and Employees - Chapter 13 - Governor

• Article 1 General Provisions
• Section 36-13-1 Oath of office
  The oath required by Article 16, Section 279 of the Constitution of this state may be administered to the Governor by the presiding officer of...
• Section 36-13-2 Employment of secretaries, administrative assistants, stenographers, special investigator, press secretary, and counsel
  The Governor may employ an executive secretary to the Governor, a recording secretary, a principal administrative assistant, stenographers, a special investigator, press secretary and administrative...
• Section 36-13-3 Defense of certain civil actions against state to recover lands
  When any civil action is instituted against any person deriving title from the state to recover any lands within the limits of the same, under...
• Section 36-13-4 Negotiation of temporary loans to meet deficiencies in Treasury
  Should any deficiency occur in the State Treasury at any time, the Governor may negotiate temporary loans, not to exceed $100,000.00, or so much thereof...
• Section 36-13-5 Copyright of statutes
  The Code Commissioner shall have each volume of the pamphlet acts of the Legislature at each session thereof and each volume of the code copyrighted...
• Section 36-13-6 Mansion Fund
  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the Mansion Fund. The purpose of said fund shall be to...
• Section 36-13-7 Authority to remove employees; exceptions
  The Governor is authorized and empowered to remove from office and discharge from employment, with or without cause, any person who holds office or employment...
• Section 36-13-8 Acceptance of federal grants and advances; requiring state agencies to meet conditions imposed thereon
  The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in the name of and for...
• Section 36-13-9 Authority to give state agencies powers and duties required to implement federal laws, regulations, etc
  The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to give, by his executive order, to existing agencies and instrumentalities of the state government, such powers and...
• Section 36-13-10 Control of property of state; exceptions
  All property belonging to the state, not including money or evidence of debt, is, unless otherwise provided by law, under the control of the Governor.
• Section 36-13-11 Retirement allowance for former governors
  (a) All former governors of the State of Alabama upon reaching the age of 60 shall be entitled to a monthly retirement payment out of...
• Section 36-13-12 Pension for widows or widowers of Governors
  Any unremarried widow or widower who was the wife or husband of any person who has held the office of Governor of Alabama during such...
• Section 36-13-13 Governor's Councillor
  (a) There is hereby created the office of Governor's Councillor. Every person who shall have been elected to the office of Governor of Alabama for...
• Section 36-13-14 Provision of personnel to provide protection and security for former governors
  (a) The Department of Public Safety shall provide and maintain two personnel to provide protection and security to the person of any former governor, who...
• Section 36-13-15 Disbursement of discretionary funds
  It is the intent of the Legislature that any discretionary funds appropriated to the Governor, or otherwise under the control of the Governor, not be...
• Section 36-13-16 Disclosure of expenses and flight logs; audit
  (a) The Governor shall disclose and make available flight logs of the state aircraft. Except for flight logs of aircraft used for ongoing criminal investigations...
• Article 2 Governor's Contingency Fund.
• Section 36-13-30 Fund created; expenditures
  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the Governor's Contingency Fund. Said fund shall be expended under the...
• Section 36-13-31 Authorization for expenditures; type of expenditures; limitations
  The Governor is, at his discretion, authorized to make expenditures from the Governor's Contingency Fund for expenses incident to the purposes of state government, or...
• Section 36-13-32 Method of withdrawal
  The money appropriated to said Governor's Contingency Fund shall be subject to withdrawal and expenditure upon voucher authorized, approved and certified by the Governor, upon...
• Section 36-13-33 Expenditures limited to appropriations
  The expenditures from said Governor's Contingency Fund shall be limited to the amount appropriated thereto by the Legislature.
• Section 36-13-34 Disclosure of expenses; audit
  (a) The Governor shall disclose all expenses from the Governor's Contingency Fund to the citizens of Alabama. The Governor shall maintain a record of the...
• Article 3 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF MINORITY AFFAIRS.
• Section 36-13-50 Established
  There is established the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, to advise the Governor on issues affecting minorities, including women, focusing on the improvement of the...
• Section 36-13-51 Director - Appointment
  The office shall be managed by a Director of the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure...
• Section 36-13-52 Director - Duties
  (a) The director shall act as a liaison between minority communities and the Governor, with duties to do all of the following: (1) Conduct community...
• Section 36-13-53 Advisory Board on Minority Affairs
  The Advisory Board on Minority Affairs is created to act as a resource for the director in an advisory capacity. The board shall be comprised...

Last modified: May 3, 2021