Section 21-5-1 Created; duties generally; promulgation of rules and regulations. There is hereby created the Governor’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, by which name this chapter shall be known, for the purpose of carrying on a continuing program to promote the employment of the physically, mentally, emotionally, and otherwise handicapped citizens of Alabama. Such […]
Section 21-5-10 Annual report and evaluation. The committee shall make a formal evaluation and shall make an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, including therein suggestions and recommendations for protecting and improving the state’s effectiveness in employing or helping to employ handicapped individuals. The annual report and evaluation shall be submitted to the […]
Section 21-5-2 Designation of “Employ the Handicapped Week”; promotion of ceremonies. The Governor shall designate the first full week in October of each year as “Employ the Handicapped Week.” The committee shall promote and encourage the holding of appropriate ceremonies throughout the state during said week, the purpose of which ceremonies shall be to enlist […]
Section 21-5-3 Committee to be nonpartisan and nonprofit. The Governor’s committee shall be nonpartisan, nonprofit, and shall not engage in the dissemination of partisan principles. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. 323, §3.)
Section 21-5-4 Composition; appointment and compensation of members. There shall be no limit as to the number of members on the Governor’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, all of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure. The committee shall be composed of state leaders of industry, business, agriculture, […]
Section 21-5-5 Chairman; secretary-treasurer; executive committee; meetings. The chairman of the committee shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The committee shall elect from its membership a secretary-treasurer and certain of its members to serve as an executive committee. Subject to the rules and regulations adopted by […]
Section 21-5-6 Advisory council. The Governor shall request heads of state agencies and invite heads of federal agencies having direct interest in a program for the handicapped to serve as members of an advisory council to the committee. The advisory council shall annually elect a chairman who shall serve as the vice-chairman of the Governor’s […]
Section 21-5-7 Employment of handicapped liaison group. An employment of the handicapped liaison group shall be established to consist of the chairman of the Governor’s Committee, the chairman of the advisory council, and the executive secretary in order to maintain coordination of the program under the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1965, No. 226, p. […]
Section 21-5-8 Executive secretary and other personnel; payment of salaries and expenses. An executive secretary, and such other personnel as recommended by the executive committee shall be appointed by the State Superintendent of Education in the same manner as other state employees, subject to the provisions of the State Merit System. The salaries of the […]
Section 21-5-9 Trust fund. The committee is authorized to establish a trust fund and to accept gifts, contributions, donations, or bequests, but not excluding any other source of revenue, for the purpose of promoting the rehabilitation and employment of the handicapped citizens of this state. Such moneys shall be deposited in the trust fund and […]
