Section 12-17-230 Established; purpose. (a) The Office of Prosecution Services is hereby established. (b) It shall be the purpose of the Office of Prosecution Services to assist the prosecuting attorneys throughout the state in their efforts against criminal activity in the state. Such assistance may include: (1) The obtaining, preparation, supplementing and dissemination of indexes […]
Section 12-17-231 Executive director and staff not subject to merit system but eligible for state retirement benefits. There shall be an executive director of the Office of Prosecution Services and whatever staff is necessary to carry out the purpose of this office. Such director and employees shall not be subject to the provisions of the […]
Section 12-17-232 Appointment, tenure, compensation and duties of executive director. The Executive Committee of the Alabama District Attorneys Association shall appoint the executive director, shall fix the conditions of employment and tenure in office, and shall be responsible for the efficient discharge of his or her duties, all in accordance with the constitution and bylaws […]
Section 12-17-233 Funding; annual audit. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Office of Prosecution Services be funded from the several district attorney or solicitor funds of all 39 judicial circuits. This article hereby authorizes the lawful custodians of such funds to contribute moneys for the administration of the Office of Prosecution Services. […]
Section 12-17-233.1 Transfers of budget excesses. For the purposes of Section 41-19-10, the Office of Prosecution Services is considered within the same program as the offices of district attorneys. Upon approval of the finance director, transfers of any budget excesses from district attorneys objects of expenditures may be made to the Office of Prosecution Services […]
Section 12-17-234 Restriction on powers of office. Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Office of Prosecution Services may not exercise any power, supervisory or otherwise, undertake any duty or perform any function presently or hereafter assigned by law to the Governor of this state, the Attorney General, the Chief Justice of the […]
Section 12-17-235 Domestic violence resource prosecutor. (a) There shall be created the position of a domestic violence resource prosecutor at the Office of Prosecution Services to be fully funded through the Department of Economic and Community Affairs at eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per year. (b) The domestic violence resource prosecutor shall have the following duties […]
