Code of Alabama - Title 29: Legislature - Chapter 5A - Legislative Services Agency

• Article 1 Legislative Services Agency
• Section 29-5A-1 Creation; director; functions; transfer of funds, property, etc
  (a) There is hereby created the Legislative Services Agency which shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. The...
• Section 29-5A-2 Agency divisions
  The agency shall consist of three divisions as follows: (1) The Legal Division, which shall be headed by the Deputy Director of Legislative Services, Legal....
• Section 29-5A-3 Employees; compensation
  (a) The Director of Legislative Services, without regard to the State Merit System Law, may hire staff members and clerical help to effectuate the purposes...
• Article 2 Legal Division
• Section 29-5A-20 Supervision, direction, and control
  The Legal Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services.
• Section 29-5A-21 Duties; requests for assistance; reports of state agencies and departments
  (a) The Legal Division shall have all of the following duties: (1) To respond to questions concerning the organization and administration of state government or...
• Section 29-5A-22 Compilation of Code of Alabama; editorial functions; adoption by statute of supplement and replacement volumes as part of entire code
  (a) In compiling the contents of the code and any cumulative supplement and replacement volume to the code, the Legal Division and the Code Commissioner...
• Section 29-5A-23 Applicable dates in preprinted forms
  (a) Whenever any provision of this code contains a preprinted form that contains language which indicates the year of application or execution as "19__," the...
• Section 29-5A-24 Preparation of official recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama
  (a) The Code Commissioner, with the assistance of the Legal Division, shall prepare an official recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended....
• Section 29-5A-25 References to individuals with disabilities
  (a) The Legislature recognizes that language used in reference to individuals with disabilities shapes and reflects society's attitudes towards people with disabilities. Many of the...
• Section 29-5A-26 References to department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
  The Legal Division shall change all references to the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation in Title 22, and elsewhere as found in this...
• Section 29-5A-27 References to Administrative Law Division of the Department of Revenue
  The Legal Division shall review Titles 11 and 40 and shall substitute "Alabama Tax Tribunal" for any reference to the Administrative Law Division of the...
• Section 29-5A-27.1 (Effective for tax returns due on or after January 1, 2018) References to taxpayer Advocate
  The Code Commissioner, pursuant to Section 29-7-8, shall change all references to the Taxpayer Advocate in Title 40, Chapter 2A, to Taxpayer Assistance Officer or...
• Section 29-5A-28 Code changes to conform to Chapter 29 of Title 41
  The Legal Division shall conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to the offices, departments, divisions, and other entities included in Chapter 29 of...
• Section 29-5A-29 Code changes to conform to Chapter 28 of Title 41
  The Code Commissioner shall conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to the units, departments, divisions, and other state entities included in Chapter 28,...
• Section 29-5A-30 Code changes to conform to Chapter 5A of Title 41
  The Code Commissioner may conform references in the Code of Alabama 1975, to reflect the changes made by Act 2018-129. Code changes, including the renumbering...
• Article 3 Fiscal Division
• Section 29-5A-40 Supervision, direction, and control
  The Fiscal Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services.
• Section 29-5A-41 Cooperation and assistance by state departments, agencies, etc
  The various departments, agencies, institutions, and establishments of the executive branch of government and the regulatory agencies and commissions of the state shall furnish the...
• Section 29-5A-42 Assistance by Examiners of Public Accounts
  In carrying out the duties and functions of the Fiscal Division and for the purposes of coordinating the operations of the division with those of...
• Section 29-5A-43 Duties and functions of Fiscal Divsion
  It shall be the duty and function of the Fiscal Division to provide to the Committees on Ways and Means of the House and to...
• Section 29-5A-44 Assistance to members or committees of House or Senate, and to joint committees of Legislature
  At the request of any other committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, any joint committee of the Legislature, or any member of...
• Section 29-5A-45 Estimate of amount of money involved under provisions of certain bills
  (a) Every general bill creating, eliminating, or affecting in any way a state or local program, service, function, or revenue source and which thereby requires...
• Section 29-5A-46 Tax expenditure report
  (a) The Fiscal Division shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature which lists all state tax expenditures and the estimated cost associated...
• Article 4 Law Revision Division
• Section 29-5A-60 Supervision, direction, and control; public activities
  The Law Revision Division shall be under the supervision, direction, and control of the Director of Legislative Services. The Law Revision Division shall continue to...
• Section 29-5A-61 Purposes and duties
  The general purposes of the Law Revision Division shall be to promote and encourage the clarification and simplification of the law of Alabama to secure...
• Section 29-5A-62 Institute to act in advisory capacity
  The Law Revision Division, in submitting reports to the Legislature through the President of the Alabama Law Institute Council, shall act solely in an advisory
• Section 29-5A-63 Special fund for receipt of grants or contributions; public report
  (a) The Director of Legislative Services may establish a special fund in the State Treasury to receive direct grants or contributions or fees from municipal,...
• Section 29-5A-64 Governing Council; Alabama Law Institute Council
  (a) The Governing Council of the Alabama Law Institute Council is continued in existence as the Alabama Law Institute Council. (b) The council shall be...

Last modified: May 3, 2021