Code of Alabama - Title 36: Public Officers and Employees - Chapter 16 - State Auditor

• Section 36-16-1 Duties generally
  The sole powers, functions and duties of the Auditor shall be as follows: (1) Those enumerated in the constitution; (2) The keeping of a seal...
• Section 36-16-2 Authority to require proof of correctness of claim
  The Auditor has authority to require information on oath, to be administered by him, from any person touching any claim or account he is required...
• Section 36-16-3 Assistants and clerical help
  The Auditor may employ a chief clerk, whose employment shall be at the pleasure of the Auditor. Subject to the provisions of the Merit System,...
• Section 36-16-4 Bond
  Before entering upon his duties of office, the Auditor shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in...
• Section 36-16-5 Fees for services rendered
  The Auditor must charge $.50 for each impression of his official seal for private or personal use and, for other services, he must charge the...
• Section 36-16-6 Official acts of chief clerk deemed those of Auditor
  The official acts of the chief clerk shall be presumed to be by the authority of, and shall be taken as done by, the Auditor,...
• Section 36-16-7 Property Inventory Control Division - Created
  There is hereby created, in the office of the State Auditor, a Property Inventory Control Division.
• Section 36-16-8 Property Inventory Control Division - Establishment of control of state personal property; property managers; inventories
  The Property Inventory Control Division shall establish a control in the following manner of all nonconsumable state personal property not exempt under Section 36-16-11. (1)...
• Section 36-16-9 Property Inventory Control Division - Duty of Examiners of Public Accounts as to state personal property
  The Examiners of Public Accounts, in making their examination or audit of the accounts and records of each state department or agency, shall compare the...
• Section 36-16-10 Property Inventory Control Division - Authority of chief; neglect of duty by chief or other officer
  The Chief of the Property Inventory Control Division shall have the authority to carry out the provisions of Sections 36-16-8 through 36-16-11, and shall require...
• Section 36-16-11 Property Inventory Control Division - Property exempt from control
  There is hereby expressly exempt from Sections 36-16-8 to 36-16-10, inclusive, all livestock, animals, farm and agricultural products and property owned or used by, or...

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