Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 16-44A-8 - Governor of Alabama as Ex Officio President; Election of Chair and Vice-Chair.

(a) The Governor of Alabama shall be the ex officio president of the compact, and preside at the annual and special compact membership meetings.
(b) The compact shall annually elect board members as chair and vice-chair of the board, for terms of one year respectively. No person shall serve more than three years consecutively in the same office. The chair of the board shall preside at meetings of the board of directors, and shall also serve as president pro tempore of the compact, and shall preside at compact membership meetings in the absence of the Governor. The compact may provide for any other officers by its bylaws.

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.