Code of Alabama - Title 38: Public Welfare - Chapter 3 - Department of Senior Services

• Section 38-3-1 Creation; advisory board of directors
  (a) There is hereby created the Department of Senior Services of the State of Alabama, which shall be under the direction and control of the...
• Section 38-3-2 Duties
  (a) It shall be the duty of the members of the advisory board to meet within 30 days after their appointment, and to elect a...
• Section 38-3-3 Advisory subcommittees
  The advisory board may create advisory subcommittees to undertake special studies as it shall authorize and co-opt into advisory subcommittees persons qualified in any field...
• Section 38-3-4 Compensation
  The members of the advisory board shall receive no compensation for their services, other than reimbursement for traveling and other expenses actually incurred in the...
• Section 38-3-5 Commissioner, confidential secretary, and other personnel; contract for meals programs
  (a) The Governor shall appoint a commissioner for the Department of Senior Services and a confidential secretary and shall prescribe their duties, powers, and authority...
• Section 38-3-6 Authorization to receive gifts, etc
  The commissioner may receive and hold gifts, devises, bequests of money, real estate, and other things of value to be used in the support and...
• Section 38-3-7 Continuation, transition, implementation
  (a) All rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in names of the Commission on the Aging, or in any other...
• Section 38-3-8 Powers and responsibilities of the department
  The Department of Senior Services shall: (1) Be the designated state agency to administer programs of the federal government relating to the aged, requiring action...
• Section 38-3-9 Adoption of rules; additional functions
  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act to implement and administer this chapter and may perform all of the following...
• Section 38-3-20 Establishment; purpose
  There is created, established, and continued, an organization which shall be known as the "Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame." The purpose of such organization...
• Section 38-3-21 Composition
  The Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame shall be composed of members who are senior citizens. Each person elected for membership shall be a citizen...
• Section 38-3-22 Election of members
  (a) No more than 10 new members in any calendar year shall be elected by the existing members of the Senior Citizens Hall of Fame....
• Section 38-3-23 Election and term of chair; appointment of secretary
  The members of the hall of fame shall elect among themselves a chair and shall fix the term of office of the chair. The chair...
• Section 38-3-24 Meetings; rules and regulations
  The Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame shall meet at least once annually to award new memberships and it may hold other meetings as it...
• Section 38-3-25 Reimbursement for expenses
  The members of the Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame shall receive no compensation for their services other than reimbursement for traveling and other expenses...

Last modified: May 3, 2021