(a) Employees of the Department of Labor classified as unemployment insurance claims investigators and those supervisors charged with the direct enforcement of the fraud provisions of the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Law, as designated in writing by the Secretary of the Department of Labor, are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with full and unlimited police powers and jurisdiction as any other state police officers in this state, to enforce the provisions of the Alabama Unemployment Compensation Law and those provisions of state criminal law relating to forgery, larceny, embezzlement, and fraud when the offense of forgery, larceny, embezzlement, or fraud is directly related to a check issued by the Department of Labor or a check issued in conjunction with a program administered by the Department of Labor and to maintain order in offices operated by said department.
(b) All claim investigators given arrest powers by this section shall be required to comply with the minimum standard requirements now in effect relating to state troopers and deputy sheriffs in this state.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.
Chapter 4 - Unemployment Compensation.
Article 7 - General Provisions.
Section 25-4-130 - Duration of Employer's Coverage Under This Chapter; Termination of Coverage.
Section 25-4-131 - Election of Coverage Under Chapter by Employing Units and Political Subdivisions.
Section 25-4-132 - Assessment of Interest on Delinquent Contribution Payments.
Section 25-4-133 - Penalties for Delinquent Contribution Payments and Reports.
Section 25-4-134 - Procedures for Collection of Delinquent Contribution Payments.
Section 25-4-135 - Effect of Bankruptcy or Liquidation of Employer.
Section 25-4-136 - Secretary May Extend Time for Payment of Contributions.
Section 25-4-137 - Adjustments or Refunds.
Section 25-4-139 - Fees in Proceedings Under Chapter.
Section 25-4-143 - Appropriations.
Section 25-4-144 - Reservation of Right to Repeal or Amend Chapter.
Section 25-4-147 - Arrest Fee; Disposition of Fees Collected.
Section 25-4-149 - Appropriation of Funds for Payment of Benefits for State Employees Generally.
Section 25-4-150 - Payment of Fringe Benefits for Employees of Local Boards of Education.