Section 31-5-1 Definitions. As used under this chapter these terms shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. The State Department of Veterans’ Affairs. (2) THE STATE BOARD. The State Board of Veterans’ Affairs. (3) STATE COMMISSIONER. The State Service Commissioner. (4) VETERAN. Except as otherwise used in this chapter, such term shall mean any person, […]
Section 31-5-10 County service commissioners and district service commissioners – Duties. (a) The county service commissioner and district service commissioner shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by policies, rules, and regulations and instructions promulgated by the State Board of Veterans’ Affairs and shall be administratively responsible to the State Service Commissioner. (b) It […]
Section 31-5-11 Oath of office and bond of officers. The State Service Commissioner, the assistant service commissioner and each of the district service commissioners and county service commissioners shall, before entering into the duties of his office, subscribe and execute an oath of office. The State Service Commissioner and the assistant state service commissioner shall […]
Section 31-5-12 Seal of Office of State Service Commissioner; appointment and powers of service commissioners as notaries public. The State Service Commissioner shall have a seal of office and he, the assistant state service commissioner and each district service commissioner and county service commissioner shall be appointed notaries public and authorized to administer oaths to […]
Section 31-5-13 Offices of department, State Service Commissioner, etc. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs and State Service Commissioner shall maintain offices in the capital city of the state. In each city of the state wherein the United States Veterans’ Administration maintains a regional or branch office, the State Service Commissioner, under authority of the State […]
Section 31-5-14 Payment of salaries and expenses; counties to furnish offices for district and county service commissioners. For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012, and for fiscal years thereafter, salaries of officials and employees of the department as provided for under this chapter, and office, travel, and other expenses incidental to the proper establishment, […]
Section 31-5-2 Established; bureaus and divisions; operation under State Board of Veterans’ Affairs; composition. There shall be a State Department of Veterans’ Affairs with subordinate bureaus and divisions, which shall operate under a State Board of Veterans’ Affairs, and consist of a State Service Commissioner and such other officers and employees authorized to be appointed […]
Section 31-5-3 State Board of Veterans’ Affairs. (a) The State Board of Veterans’ Affairs shall consist of the Governor, as chair, and representatives, to serve for a term of four years from the date of their respective appointments, who shall be selected from the memberships of the Alabama Department of the American Legion, the United […]
Section 31-5-4 Assistance to veterans in presenting claims, establishing rights, etc. The State Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall assist every veteran of the United States in presenting and pursuing any claim the veteran may have against the United States arising out of his or her military service and in establishing the veteran’s right to any […]
Section 31-5-5 Contracts with veterans’ organizations for assistance to veterans in processing claims, etc. The State Department of Veterans’ Affairs, by the State Service Commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Veterans’ Affairs, may contract with any organization of veterans which has regularly, for a period of five years next preceding the date […]
Section 31-5-6 State Service Commissioner – Qualifications; appointment; term of office and removal; powers and duties. (a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Veterans’ Affairs to appoint a State Service Commissioner who shall serve for a term of four years subject to removal by the state board for cause. The commissioner […]
Section 31-5-7 State Service Commissioner – Duties generally; compensation. (a) The State Service Commissioner shall submit to the State Board of Veterans’ Affairs for its approval an annual budget of all funds appropriated by the Legislature to the department for the specific purposes for which they are appropriated, and also a budget of any federal […]
Section 31-5-8 Assistant state service commissioners. The State Service Commissioner shall, with the approval of the State Board of Veterans’ Affairs, appoint one first assistant state service commissioner, who shall be an attorney, and such other number of additional assistant state service commissioners as the state board deems necessary, who shall serve as employees in […]
Section 31-5-9 County service commissioners and district service commissioners – Qualifications and appointment. It shall be the duty of the State Service Commissioner, subject to the approval of the State Board of Veterans’ Affairs, to appoint a county service commissioner for each of the several counties in the State of Alabama, except as provided in […]
