Section 44-1-50 – Created; Principal Offices.
Section 44-1-50 Created; principal offices. There is hereby created and established the Alabama youth services board. The principal offices of the board shall be located at the state capital. The board shall have the powers and duties and shall perform the functions described in this Code. (Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, §4.)
Section 44-1-51 – Composition; Compensation; Records.
Section 44-1-51 Composition; compensation; records. (a) The Governor shall be the ex officio Chair of the Youth Services Board. (b) The board shall be composed of 18 voting members, five of whom shall be the Commissioner of the State Department of Human Resources, the State Superintendent of Education, the Commissioner of Mental Health, the State […]
Section 44-1-52 – Powers.
Section 44-1-52 Powers. The youth services board shall have the following powers: (1) To appoint the state youth services director and to fix his salary. (2) To institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue. (3) To contract with any private person, organization or entity or any combination thereof […]
Section 44-1-53 – Meetings; Quorum.
Section 44-1-53 Meetings; quorum. The youth services board may hold such meetings as are convenient and necessary, which shall be at least annually, to carry out its duties and responsibilities at such place or places within the state as it may direct. A quorum consisting of any nine members of the board shall be competent […]
Section 44-1-54 – Court Review of Board Orders or Decisions.
Section 44-1-54 Court review of board orders or decisions. Any person aggrieved by any final order or decision of the youth services board may have a review of such order or decision in the circuit court of Montgomery county, provided a complaint is filed within 15 days of the date of such order or decision, […]
Section 44-1-55 – Annual Report to Governor.
Section 44-1-55 Annual report to governor. As soon after the end of a fiscal year as practicable, the youth services board shall print and send to the governor of Alabama a report to include the activities of the board, the need for facilities under its jurisdiction, juvenile service conditions in the state, plans for the […]
Section 44-1-56 – Budget Requests.
Section 44-1-56 Budget requests. Each biennium the youth services board shall present to the governor a request for funds based on projected needs for juvenile services in the state, together with a budget showing proposed expenditures. The governor shall include in his appropriation bill a request for funds to meet the reasonable financial needs of […]
Section 44-1-70 – Department of Youth Services Designated “Youth Services Department district.”
Section 44-1-70 Department of youth services designated “youth services department district.” The department of youth services as presently constituted by law is hereby designated as a special school district of the state to be known as the “youth services department district,” hereinafter referred to as the district. The relationship existing between the district and the […]
Section 44-1-71 – Superintendent of Education for Youth Services Department District – Appointment and Qualifications.
Section 44-1-71 Superintendent of education for youth services department district – Appointment and qualifications. There is hereby established the position of superintendent of education for the district which shall be filled by the appointment of the governing board of the department of youth services upon the recommendation of the director of said department, and the […]
Section 44-1-72 – Superintendent of Education for Youth Services Department District – Responsibility; Annual Budget.
Section 44-1-72 Superintendent of education for youth services department district – Responsibility; annual budget. The superintendent of the district shall have the general responsibility for administering and supervising the educational programs of the youth services department as approved by the department director. The superintendent shall have the specific duty of submitting the department’s annual educational […]