Code of Alabama - Title 41: State Government - Chapter 27 - Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency

• Article 1 Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
• Section 41-27-1 Creation; composition
  The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is hereby created within the Executive Branch of State Government to coordinate public safety in this state. The Alabama...
• Section 41-27-2 Secretary - Functions; appointment; compensation; qualifications
  (a) The position of Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is created. The secretary shall serve as the appointing authority and executive head...
• Section 41-27-2.1 Secretary - Appointment of designee to perform as Homeland Security Advisor
  The Secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency may appoint a designee as the Homeland Security Advisor under subsection (d) of Section 41-27-2. The Secretary...
• Section 41-27-3 Secretary - Powers and duties; Protective Services Unit; employees
  (a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall establish general policies for the Department of Public Safety and the State Bureau of...
• Section 41-27-3.1 Powers of Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
  The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall have the authority to apply for any grants and to accept any lawful gifts or donations.
• Section 41-27-3.2 Nondriver Identification Cards - Resident released from Department of Corrections
  The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, in coordination with the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, shall have the authority to promulgate...
• Section 41-27-4 Public Safety Fund
  (a) There is hereby created the Public Safety Fund in the State Treasury. The fund consists of all monies appropriated for support of the functions...
• Section 41-27-5 State Bureau of Investigations
  (a) The State Bureau of Investigations is hereby created in the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. The bureau shall succeed to and be vested with...
• Section 41-27-6 Appointment of the Director of the Department of Public Safety; functions of department; Highway Patrol Division; Marine Police Division
  (a)(1) The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, after consultation with...
• Section 41-27-7 Legacy agencies; classification of employees
  (a) For the purposes of this article, the term "legacy agency" means an existing agency, department, or division that is being reorganized or abolished under...
• Section 41-27-7.1 Powers, duties, etc., of legacy agencies
  Any and all authority, power, duties, or other responsibilities contained in any law or rule relating to any legacy agency as provided in this chapter...
• Section 41-27-8 Immunity of law enforcement officers
  Any law enforcement officer employed by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall be entitled to the immunity set forth in Section 6-5-338.
• Section 41-27-9 Transfer of books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, and personnel
  All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, and personnel of the units, departments, divisions, and other state entities merged with another state entity or abolished and...
• Section 41-27-10 Criminal history background checks on state employees and contractors requested by state department or agency; policies
  (a) Pursuant to the requirements of Public Law 92-544, the states may conduct a nationwide criminal history background check on state employees and contractors for...
• Section 41-27-11 Documentation of deafness provided upon application for or renewal of driver’s license, identification card, etc
  (a) January 1, 2018, each person who applies for a new driver's license, nondriver identification card, or vessel license, or a learner's license or permit,...
• Section 41-27-12 Collection and compilation of data related to incidents involving excessive force by law enforcement officers
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The preservation of human life is of the highest value in this state. (2) It is...
• Article 2 Mandatory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Law.
• Section 41-27-40 Definitions
  For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) AGENCY. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) MANDATORY MOTOR VEHICLE...
• Section 41-27-41 Review of motor vehicle incidents; determination whether vehicles insured at time of incident
  (a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall develop procedures for the agency to review each motor vehicle incident to determine if...
• Section 41-27-42 Assessment of penalties for noncompliance
  (a) If the agency determines that the motor vehicle the driver was driving at the time of the motor vehicle incident was not in compliance,...
• Section 41-27-43 Hearing and administrative resolution procedures
  The agency shall provide by rule a hearing procedure and procedures for the administrative resolution of the notice of assessment. The rules shall provide that...
• Section 41-27-44 Finality of penalty; failure to pay
  If after a hearing, a person is found to be driving a motor vehicle in violation of the Mandatory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Law, the...
• Section 41-27-45 Reinstatement of license
  The driver's license of a person assessed a civil penalty pursuant to this article shall not be reinstated unless the civil penalty is paid.
• Section 41-27-46 Disposition of funds
  All civil penalties collected pursuant to this article, after the collection, shall be deposited in the Highway Traffic Safety Fund on a monthly basis. After...
• Section 41-27-47 Subsequent criminal penalty for same violation prohibited
  Any driver assessed a civil penalty for a violation of the Mandatory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Law shall not thereafter be subject to a criminal...
• Section 41-27-48 Construction of article
  The provisions of this article are supplemental and shall not be construed to repeal any law not in direct conflict herewith.
• Article 3 Nonconsensual Towing Fees Regulated
• Section 41-27-60 Definitions
  For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AGENCY. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) MOTOR VEHICLE....
• Section 41-27-61 Rules governing towing and recovery services; service charge dispute resolution process
  (a) Subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall establish rules governing the use of towing and recovery services...
• Section 41-27-62 Disciplinary actions
  (a) If a towing and recovery service violates a rule adopted by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency as required in Section 41-27-61, the agency...
• Section 41-27-63 Adoption of rules
  Rules required to be adopted pursuant to this article shall be adopted by the agency no later than November 1, 2017.

Last modified: May 3, 2021