Section 36-13-1 Oath of office. The oath required by Article 16, Section 279 of the Constitution of this state may be administered to the Governor by the presiding officer of either house of the Legislature or by any officer authorized by law to administer an oath at any place in this state. (Code 1852, §53; […]
Section 36-13-10 Control of property of state; exceptions. All property belonging to the state, not including money or evidence of debt, is, unless otherwise provided by law, under the control of the Governor. (Code 1852, §§557, 558; Code 1867, §§632, 633; Code 1876, §538; Code 1886, §§644, 645; Code 1896, §1955; Code 1907, §552; Code […]
Section 36-13-11 Retirement allowance for former governors. (a) All former governors of the State of Alabama upon reaching the age of 60 shall be entitled to a monthly retirement payment out of the General Fund in the State Treasury which shall equal 68 percent of the Governor’s salary if said former governor had served for […]
Section 36-13-12 Pension for widows or widowers of Governors. Any unremarried widow or widower who was the wife or husband of any person who has held the office of Governor of Alabama during such person’s term of office as Governor shall be entitled to a pension of $1,200.00 per month, which shall be payable at […]
Section 36-13-13 Governor’s Councillor. (a) There is hereby created the office of Governor’s Councillor. Every person who shall have been elected to the office of Governor of Alabama for two terms or more and who shall have attained age 60 may be entitled to become a Governor’s Councillor upon his application to the Governor and […]
Section 36-13-14 Provision of personnel to provide protection and security for former governors. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall provide and maintain two personnel to provide protection and security to the person of any former governor, who while in office, sustained permanent bodily injury from any violent criminal act of another. (b) Such personnel […]
Section 36-13-15 Disbursement of discretionary funds. It is the intent of the Legislature that any discretionary funds appropriated to the Governor, or otherwise under the control of the Governor, not be disbursed by the Governor based upon race, gender, or national origin. (Act 2006-406, p. 1014, §4.)
Section 36-13-16 Disclosure of expenses and flight logs; audit. (a) The Governor shall disclose and make available flight logs of the state aircraft. Except for flight logs of aircraft used for ongoing criminal investigations by the Department of Public Safety, the Governor shall maintain a record of the flight logs for public inspection and shall […]
Section 36-13-17 Governor authorized to designate an individual to serve in his or her place on multi-member bodies. (a) If any act of the Legislature provides that the Governor is designated as a member of a multi-member body, the Governor may designate any individual to serve in his or her place. (b) The Governor’s designee […]
Section 36-13-2 Employment of secretaries, administrative assistants, stenographers, special investigator, press secretary, and counsel. The Governor may employ an executive secretary to the Governor, a recording secretary, a principal administrative assistant, stenographers, a special investigator, press secretary and administrative assistants whenever and for such period as he may deem necessary. Whenever, in his judgment, it […]
Section 36-13-3 Defense of certain civil actions against state to recover lands. When any civil action is instituted against any person deriving title from the state to recover any lands within the limits of the same, under pretense of any claim inconsistent with its sovereignty and jurisdiction, the Governor must provide for the defense of […]
Section 36-13-4 Negotiation of temporary loans to meet deficiencies in Treasury. Should any deficiency occur in the State Treasury at any time, the Governor may negotiate temporary loans, not to exceed $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to supply such deficiency. (Code 1896, §1957; Code 1907, §554; Code 1923, §757; Code 1940, […]
Section 36-13-5 Copyright of statutes. The Code Commissioner shall have each volume of the pamphlet acts of the Legislature at each session thereof and each volume of the code copyrighted for the use and benefit of the state. (Code 1896, §1973; Code 1907, §571; Code 1923, §775; Code 1940, T. 55, §178; Act 98-676, p. […]
Section 36-13-6 Mansion Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the Mansion Fund. The purpose of said fund shall be to pay for all expenses incident to the operation and maintenance of the official residence of the chief executive of the State of Alabama, including all provisions, […]
Section 36-13-7 Authority to remove employees; exceptions. The Governor is authorized and empowered to remove from office and discharge from employment, with or without cause, any person who holds office or employment in any of the state executive departments and agencies by virtue of appointment by the incumbent Governor or any preceding Governor, except those […]
Section 36-13-8 Acceptance of federal grants and advances; requiring state agencies to meet conditions imposed thereon. The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in the name of and for the State of Alabama, grants and advances of funds and real or other personal […]
Section 36-13-9 Authority to give state agencies powers and duties required to implement federal laws, regulations, etc. The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to give, by his executive order, to existing agencies and instrumentalities of the state government, such powers and duties which are not in conflict with the Constitution of Alabama and which […]
