(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 upon the Governor's certifying his employment as such councillor. A councillor shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor.
(b) It shall be the duty of a Governor's Councillor, upon the request of the Governor, to provide such aid, counsel, advice and assistance as the Governor may require or direct. All reports, advice, counsel or recommendations of a councillor shall be confidential and privileged and shall not be divulged or revealed by a councillor to anybody except the Governor.
(c) A councillor shall be entitled to compensation payable from the State Treasury at the same times and in the same way that the Governor's salary is paid, which shall be in the amount of $18,000.00 per annum.
(d) This section shall automatically expire and have no force and effect immediately upon the adoption of a constitutional amendment providing or authorizing retirement or pensions for former governors if any such constitutional amendment should be proposed in the future.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 36-13-1 - Oath of Office.
Section 36-13-3 - Defense of Certain Civil Actions Against State to Recover Lands.
Section 36-13-4 - Negotiation of Temporary Loans to Meet Deficiencies in Treasury.
Section 36-13-5 - Copyright of Statutes.
Section 36-13-6 - Mansion Fund.
Section 36-13-7 - Authority to Remove Employees; Exceptions.
Section 36-13-10 - Control of Property of State; Exceptions.
Section 36-13-11 - Retirement Allowance for Former Governors.
Section 36-13-12 - Pension for Widows or Widowers of Governors.
Section 36-13-13 - Governor's Councillor.
Section 36-13-14 - Provision of Personnel to Provide Protection and Security for Former Governors.
Section 36-13-15 - Disbursement of Discretionary Funds.
Section 36-13-16 - Disclosure of Expenses and Flight Logs; Audit.