Code of Alabama - Title 41: State Government - Section 41-4-3 - Duties of department generally

Section 41-4-3 - Duties of department generally.

It shall be the duty of the Department of Finance:

(1) To manage, supervise and control all matters pertaining to the fiscal affairs and fiscal procedure of the state, except such as may, by the constitution or statute, be specifically required to be performed by the Auditor, the Treasurer or the Department of Revenue, and to keep all records, accounts, and data relating thereto.

(2) To manage and supervise all state real property wherever located through a centralized organization within the department.

(3) To manage, supervise and control the insurance of all state property, wherever located.

(4) To operate, manage, and administer the State Insurance Fund.

(5) To make the annual financial report of the state, as soon as possible after the close of each fiscal year, in accordance with approved public accounting practice, and in such form and such detail as may be necessary to present an accurate description of the financial condition of the state during the preceding fiscal year. The reports of the Auditor and the Treasurer shall be bound with, and printed as a part of, such report.

(6) To conduct such studies, to secure such information and data, to make such reports, and to furnish such information as may be required by the Governor or the Legislature.

(Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §62; Act 2015-435, §3.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021