The board shall be vested with all authority necessary to implement the purposes of this part, including, but not limited to, the authority necessary to do all of the following:
(1) Create or remove employment positions, set or alter pay scales, employ, direct, regulate, supervise, and dismiss personnel, and obtain fidelity bonds for the faithful performance of the duties of personnel. Any employment practices shall be in accordance with applicable state and federal law.
(2) Provide support and administrative services for Lee County court referral officer programs, drug courts, district court probation, and other alternative sentencing programs. The services may include, but not be limited to, providing drug and alcohol evaluation, assessments, treatment, case management, personnel, drug and alcohol testing, drug and alcohol testing equipment, electronic monitoring, alcohol monitoring, and supervision of those participating in the program.
(3) Promote gainful employment, drug, alcohol, and mental health treatment, and education for those participating in any of the services offered by the program.
(4) Set, assess, and collect reasonable fees from participants in the program for any services the participants receive and provide for the waiver of fees for indigent participants in accordance with the policy and procedures of the program.
(5) Buy, sell, lease, or otherwise hold real or personal property in its own name.
(6) Contract with other persons, partnerships, firms, or entities for the provision of goods and services required by the board, on terms and conditions as may be convenient to the board, and as allowed by the laws and regulations concerning purchases made by public boards in the State of Alabama.
(7) Contract for its programs and services with a not-for-profit corporation or governmental entity to provide for supervised postadjudication rehabilitation supervision, residential rehabilitation, support services and alternative sentencing programs, and any other court-related or rehabilitation services, educational, vocational, drug and alcohol treatment, or mental health programs as the board deems appropriate or which is presently or hereafter authorized by law or rule.
(8) Open and maintain financial accounts.
(9) Hire legal, accounting, and other professions to aid in the furtherance of this part.
(10) Contract with any federal, state, and local governments or political subdivisions and agencies thereof.
(11) Apply for, receive, and administer any financial grants, gifts, or donations of funds from the United States government or any federal agency, from the State of Alabama or any political subdivision or state agency thereof, from any private or quasi-governmental foundation, corporation, partnership, firm, or agency, and from any individual or group of individuals.
(12) Refuse to have any person participate in any of the services offered by the program when it is contrary to the public interest, is not in the interest of public safety, is a threat to either the public at large or to another participant, is a threat to the executive director, employees, and agents of the program, or when, as a previous participant, the person engaged in conduct which interfered with the intent of this part or any of the services offered by the program, or engaged in such conduct while a participant in any similar program operating in another county of this or any other state, or where a current or former participant has failed to abide by the rules and procedures of the program, or who, at any stage of the program, is charged or convicted of a violent offense as defined in Section 45-41-83.01.
(13) Provide for the removal of persons from participation in the program who are discovered to be ineligible or who have failed to abide by program policies, rules, and procedures.
(14) Exercise incidental powers and authority to do any and all things necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this part and to promote diversity among the program participants.
Last modified: May 3, 2021