Code of Alabama - Title 41: State Government - Chapter 5A - Examiners of Public Accounts

• Section 41-5A-1 Created; divisions; offices
  (a) There is created the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts, composed of any divisions the chief examiner determines to be necessary. (b) The office...
• Section 41-5A-2 Chief examiner - Appointment and functions; vacancies; removal from office
  (a) The affairs of the department shall be administered by the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts, whose actions shall be supervised and controlled by the...
• Section 41-5A-3 Chief examiner - Qualifications
  (a) The chief examiner shall be selected with consideration of his or her training, experience, capacity, and fitness for the duties as executive and administrative...
• Section 41-5A-4 Chief examiner - Oath of office; bond
  The chief examiner, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall take the oath prescribed by Section 279 of the Constitution of...
• Section 41-5A-5 Chief examiner - Powers and duties generally
  (a) The chief examiner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department and shall have the power and duty to do all of...
• Section 41-5A-6 Chief examiner - Recovery audits for overpayments of state funds
  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) CHIEF EXAMINER. The Chief Examiner of Public Accounts. (2) OVERPAYMENT....
• Section 41-5A-7 Assistant chief examiner
  (a) The chief examiner, with the approval of the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts, may appoint an assistant chief examiner, who shall exercise any and...
• Section 41-5A-8 Compensation of chief examiner and assistant chief examiner
  (a) The salary of the chief examiner shall be set by the Legislative Council. (b) The salary of the assistant chief examiner shall be fixed...
• Section 41-5A-9 Assistants, deputies, and employees; division or unit heads
  (a)(1) The employees of the department shall be members of the classified service of the Merit System unless otherwise specified by law. (2) An employee's...
• Section 41-5A-10 Legal assistance by Attorney General and district attorneys
  (a) The Attorney General and the district attorneys of the several circuits shall render to the chief examiner, without additional compensation, legal services as he...
• Section 41-5A-11 Chief legal counsel for department; assistants
  (a) The chief examiner shall appoint a chief legal counsel for the department pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 36-15-5.1. (b) The chief legal counsel...
• Section 41-5A-12 Periodic examinations and audits of state and county offices, departments, boards, etc
  (a)(1) The books, records, vouchers, and accounts of every state and county office, officer, bureau, board, commission, corporation, institution, department, and agency shall be examined...
• Section 41-5A-12.1 Audit of municipality under certain circumstances
  (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Audit Accountability Act. (b) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,...
• Section 41-5A-13 Compilation and distribution of rules and other materials
  The chief examiner shall compile and make available for distribution both of the following: (1) The rules of the department. (2) Other materials as the...
• Section 41-5A-14 Subpoenas
  (a) The chief examiner may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and production of papers necessary as evidence in connection with a dispute,...
• Section 41-5A-15 Authority to administer oaths, take depositions, and certify official acts
  The chief examiner, assistant chief examiner, chief legal counsel, and deputy examiner may administer oaths, take depositions, and certify official acts.
• Section 41-5A-16 Legislative Committee on Public Accounts - Established; composition; vacancies
  (a) There shall be a Legislative Committee on Public Accounts to exercise general supervision and control over the actions of the chief examiner and the...
• Section 41-5A-17 Legislative Committee on Public Accounts - Meetings; per diem and travel expenses
  (a) The Legislative Committee on Public Accounts shall meet annually, and at other times as called by the chair of the committee, at the capital,...
• Section 41-5A-18 Legislative Committee on Public Accounts - Reports
  The Legislative Committee on Public Accounts shall report its findings and recommendations concerning the work of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to the...
• Section 41-5A-19 Sworn reports of audits
  The department shall make a sworn report of its findings within a reasonable time after an audit is completed. The chief examiner shall certify one...
• Section 41-5A-20 Settlement of charges; recovery of overpayments
  (a) The chief examiner shall keep a docket in which shall be entered, in favor of the state, county, or municipality, as the case may...
• Section 41-5A-21 Officers to keep uniform accounts
  Every state and county officer shall keep the books, records, and accounts and make the reports of his or her office in accordance with the...
• Section 41-5A-22 Disposition of funds
  All moneys or funds received or collected by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts in the form of fees, receipts, or income as a...
• Section 41-5A-23 Transfer of powers, functions, property, funds, etc.; officers and employees; references to prior Chapter 5
  (a) The Department of the Examiners of Public Accounts created by Section 41-5A-1 succeeds to and is vested with the powers, duties, and functions of...

Last modified: May 3, 2021