Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 16-44A-1 - Legislative Intent.

(a) The Legislature finds that the 1986 and 1992 Commissions on the Future of the South, under the auspices of the Southern Growth Policies Board, called for youth and community leadership development and support as critical to southern economic development and progress. The Legislature further finds that citizenship and leadership programs are vital to the well-being of our American system of self-government, and to the civic well-being, economic development, and quality of life in Alabama, the South, and the nation.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to work to achieve these southern leadership goals by creating a voluntary compact of public, non-profit, and private sectors to enhance and expand leadership and citizenship education in Alabama.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 16 - Education.

Chapter 44A - Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 16-44A-1 - Legislative Intent.

Section 16-44A-2 - Authorization, Enactment, and Adoption of the Alabama Compact for Leadership and Citizenship Education; Purpose, Intent, and Member Parties to the Compact.

Section 16-44A-3 - Frequency and Purpose of Membership Meetings.

Section 16-44A-4 - Voting.

Section 16-44A-5 - Non-Profit Public Corporation.

Section 16-44A-6 - Board of Directors; Election, Composition, Term.

Section 16-44A-7 - Representation of the Board of Directors Members; Meetings of Board.

Section 16-44A-8 - Governor of Alabama as Ex Officio President; Election of Chair and Vice-Chair.

Section 16-44A-9 - Authority, Duties, and Responsibilities of Executive Director; Board of Directors as Nominating Committee.

Section 16-44A-10 - Membership and Fiscal Year; Dues.

Section 16-44A-11 - Creation of Advisory Committees; Purpose and Composition.

Section 16-44A-12 - Adoption of Plan of Educational Work Which Furthers Purposes of Compact; Plan Objectives; Programs and Activities Under Plan.

Section 16-44A-13 - Programs and Experiences Encouraged and Supported by Compact.

Section 16-44A-14 - Powers of Board of Directors.

Section 16-44A-15 - Remuneration of Board of Directors Members.

Section 16-44A-16 - Establishment of Bank Accounts; Adoption of Annual Budget; Performance of Independent Annual Audit.

Section 16-44A-17 - Distribution of Residual Assets in the Event of Dissolution of Compact.

Section 16-44A-18 - Organization of Compact as Voluntary Public-Private Partnership Constituted as Not-for-Profit Public Corporation; Affirmative Action Required in Initial Membership Invitations; Filing of Papers for Incorporation of Compact.

Section 16-44A-19 - Exemption From State Taxes; Authority to Solicit Gifts and Donations; Tax Treatment of Gifts, Grants, Devises, and Bequests; Liberal Construction.