Code of Alabama - Title 41: State Government - Chapter 29 - Department of Commerce

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 41-29-1 Creation; composition; support
  (a)(1) There is hereby created the Department of Commerce within the office of the Governor and directly under his or her supervision and control. The...
• Section 41-29-2 Powers, duties, and functions of Department of Commerce
  (a) The Department of Commerce shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other departments of state government and...
• Section 41-29-3 Project notification; applications
  (a)(1) The Secretary of Commerce shall be notified in writing about the general parameters of a project if an entity is considering locating or expanding...
• Section 41-29-3.1 Disclosure of tax abatement, grant, credit, or exemption, and realized benefits
  The acceptance of a tax abatement, grant, credit, or exemption provided in Section 41-29-3, shall act as approval and written consent by the taxpayer, as...
• Section 41-29-4 Advisory committees or councils
  The Governor, in carrying out his or her responsibilities under this chapter, may establish advisory committees or councils and appoint the members thereof, who shall...
• Section 41-29-5 Reorganization of department
  On the date determined pursuant to Section 41-29-6, the Department of Commerce shall be reorganized into two divisions that shall have the functions prescribed as...
• Section 41-29-6 Effective and operative dates
  This chapter shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law and shall become operative in whole...
• Article 2 Business Development Division.
• Division 1 Office of Small Business Advocacy.
• Part 1 Creation and General Operation.
• Section 41-29-220 Created; purpose
  There is hereby created, within the Business Development Division of the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Alabama Small Business Office of Advocacy for the purpose...
• Section 41-29-221 Definitions
  For purposes of this division, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) DIVISION. The Business Development...
• Section 41-29-222 Director and other employees
  (a) The management of the office created by this division shall be vested in a director, who shall be designated by the deputy secretary of...
• Section 41-29-223 Duties and functions
  The duties and functions of the office shall include all of the following: (1) Serve as the principal advocate in the state on behalf of...
• Section 41-29-224 Information required of state agencies requiring regulatory approval, etc
  Each state agency which requires a permit, license, or other regulatory approval or maintains standards or criteria with which an activity or facility must comply...
• Section 41-29-225 State agencies required to disclose establishment of new regulatory programs, etc
  Each state agency shall promptly inform the office of any changes in the information provided under this division or the establishment of a new regulatory...
• Section 41-29-226 Toll-free telephone number authorized
  For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this division, the office shall establish a toll-free telephone number.
• Section 41-29-227 State agencies required to furnish to director documents, etc., necessary to carry out functions; annual report
  Each agency of the state shall furnish to the director such reports, documents, and information as the director deems necessary to carry out his or...
• Part 2 Alabama Small Business Commission and Small Business Advisory Committee.
• Section 41-29-240 Alabama Small Business Commission created; duties; composition
  (a) The Alabama Small Business Commission is created as part of the Office of Small Business Advocacy. (b) The commission shall have the following duties:...
• Section 41-29-241 Alabama Small Business Advisory Committee created; composition; meetings
  (a) The Alabama Small Business Advisory Committee is created and shall serve as a technical and informational source to the Alabama Small Business Commission. The...
• Part 3 International Trade.
• Section 41-29-250 Transfer of functions
  On the effective date of the act adding this section, all functions performed by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs administering international trade policies...
• Article 3 Workforce Development Division.
• Division 1 Workforce Programs.
• Section 41-29-260 Transfer of programs
  All of the workforce programs administered by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs before the effective date of the act adding this section shall...
• Division 2 Workforce Investment.
• Section 41-29-270 Administration of boards
  The administration of Workforce Investment Board and Local Workforce Investment Boards administered by the Department of Economic and Community Affairs before the date determined pursuant...
• Division 3 Alabama Industrial Development Training Institute.
• Section 41-29-280 Legislative findings
  The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) The Alabama Industrial Development and Training Institute, hereinafter AIDT, was established in fiscal year 1970-1971 as a contract...
• Section 41-29-281 Definitions
  As used in this division. the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) AIDT. The Alabama Industrial Development and Training Institute. (2) DIRECTOR. The...
• Section 41-29-282 Operation; supervision and oversight
  AIDT shall operate as a part of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce. All of the powers, authority, duties, functions, policies, and...
• Section 41-29-283 Funding; financial statement
  (a) AIDT shall continue to be funded from the Education Trust Fund and may receive any other funds appropriated by the United States or the...
• Section 41-29-284 Employees
  All individuals serving as employees of AIDT immediately prior to the date determined pursuant to Section 41-29-6, shall remain employees of AIDT. The salary and...
• Section 41-29-285 Confidentiality of project information
  All information concerning a proposed project which is provided to the director and AIDT shall be confidential. AIDT, through the director, is authorized to enter...
• Section 41-29-286 Policy manual
  Any operations, processes, and matters of AIDT that are not covered by this division shall be governed by the AIDT Policy Manual, as amended from...
• Division 4 Alabama Workforce Council.
• Section 41-29-290 Creation; purpose
  The Alabama Workforce Council is continued in existence as a part of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce. The council is responsible...
• Section 41-29-291 Composition
  (a) The Alabama Workforce Council shall consist of the following members: (1) Fourteen members appointed by the Governor. (2) One member appointed by the Lieutenant...
• Section 41-29-292 Duties of Secretary of Commerce
  The Deputy Secretary of the Workforce Development Division shall be responsible for the administrative functions of the council, including, but not limited to, the organization...
• Section 41-29-293 Meetings
  The council shall meet within 30 days after the appointment of the council membership and establish procedures and other policies necessary to carry on the...
• Section 41-29-294 Terms of members; vacancies
  Members of the council shall serve at the pleasure of the official responsible for designating the members, but in no case shall the term of...
• Section 41-29-295 Annual report
  The council shall report to the Governor, the Legislature, the State Board of Education, and the Alabama Council of College and University Presidents on its...
• Section 41-29-296 Reimbursement for expenses
  The members of the council shall not receive a salary or per diem allowance for serving as members of the council, but shall be entitled...
• Section 41-29-297 Duties of council
  The advisory duties and responsibilities of the council shall include, but are not restricted to, the following: (1) Review ways to streamline and align the...
• Division 5 Regional Workforce Development Councils.
• Section 41-29-300 Establishment; duties; meetings; objectives
  (a) The Regional Workforce Development Councils are hereby established as an appointed group of state business and industry senior managers. The Regional Workforce Development Councils...
• Division 6 Ex-Offender Small Business Pilot Program.
• Section 41-29-320 Pilot Program for Small Business Development by Ex-Offenders
  (a) In this section, program means the Pilot Program for Small Business Development by Ex-Offenders. (b)(1) On or before January 1, 2016, subject to the...
• Division 7 The Alabama Industry Recognized and Registered Apprenticeship Program Act.
• Section 41-29-330 Short title
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Industry Recognized and Registered Apprenticeship Program Act.
• Section 41-29-331 Definitions
  For the purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPRENTICE. A worker who is at least 16 years of...
• Section 41-29-332 Alabama Office of Apprenticeship - Created; purposes; management; application for recognition
  (a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship is established as a part of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce, in accordance with 29...
• Section 41-29-333 Alabama Office of Apprenticeship - Powers and duties; Alabama Committee on Credentialing and Career Pathways
  (a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, with the advice and consent of the Alabama Apprenticeship Council, shall develop a nationally recognized state apprenticeship completion credential,...
• Section 41-29-334 Alignment of training and instruction; development of Alabama Industry Recognized and Registered Apprenticeship model
  (a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Education and Workforce Transformation, the P-20W Council, the Alabama Workforce Council Committee...
• Section 41-29-335 Alabama Apprenticeship Council
  (a) The Alabama Apprenticeship Council, which shall be composed of public and private persons representing employer and employee organizations that are familiar with apprenticeable occupations,...
• Section 41-29-336 Construction and application of division
  (a) Nothing in this division shall require the sponsors of nonregistered preapprenticeships, youth apprenticeships, and industry-recognized apprenticeships, including state agencies, colleges and universities, and business...
• Division 8
• Section 41-29-340 Short title
  This division may be known and shall be cited as the Eliminating Legal Barriers to Apprenticeships (ELBA) Act.
• Section 41-29-341 Definitions
  As used in this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPRENTICE. A worker at least 14 years of age, except where...
• Section 41-29-342 Eliminating legal barrers to apprenticeship
  (a) A licensing authority shall grant an occupational license to any applicant who meets all of the following requirements: (1) Has successfully completed the 8th...
• Article 4 Legislative Oversight.
• Section 41-29-400 Legislative oversight commission
  (a) There is hereby created the Legislative Oversight Commission of the Workforce Development Division to consist of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Senate...
• Article 5 Alabama Jobs Enhancement Act.
• Section 41-29-501 Definitions
  (a) For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to...
• Section 41-29-502 Authorization to issue additional bonds; exemption from usury laws
  (a) In addition to all powers heretofore conferred on it by acts heretofore enacted by the Legislature of Alabama, and in addition to all other...
• Section 41-29-503 Authorization to make grants of money
  (a) The authority is hereby authorized to make grants of money derived from the sale of its bonds, to grantees for use by the grantees...
• Section 41-29-504 Details respecting the bonds
  The bonds of the authority shall be signed by its president and attested by its secretary, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed...
• Section 41-29-505 Deposit and investment of and disbursements from bond proceeds
  (a) The proceeds of all bonds, other than refunding bonds, issued by the authority remaining after paying expenses of their issuance, shall be deposited in...
• Section 41-29-506 Revenues of the authority
  For the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to pay at their respective maturities the principal of and interest on any bonds issued...
• Section 41-29-507 Disbursements of funds
  Out of the revenues appropriated and pledged in Section 41-29-506, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the principal of and interest...

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