Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-21-2 - Subsistence Allowance for Certain Law Enforcement Officers.

(a)(1) Any law enforcement officer of the State of Alabama who is employed by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, the Alabama Securities Commission, the State Port Authority and probation and parole officers of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, fire marshals of the Department of Insurance, any investigator employed by the Alabama Ethics Commission, any investigator employed by a district attorney on a full-time basis, any investigator employed by the Office of the Attorney General, the marshal or any deputy marshal of the state appellate court, correctional officers of the Department of Corrections, and any law enforcement officer assigned to the Investigations Division of the Department of Revenue or to the Department of Mental Health shall receive a subsistence allowance of twelve dollars ($12) for each working day of a pay period while engaged in the performance of the duties as a law enforcement officer. This allowance shall be in addition to all other compensation, expenses, and allowances provided those officers.
(2) Beginning on October 1, 2019, subsistence pay shall be paid to each law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of the duties as a law enforcement officer for a period of four or more hours within a consecutive 24-hour period of time.
(b) The subsistence allowance shall not be subject to any income or other taxes levied by the State of Alabama.
(c) The subsistence allowance to law enforcement officers at the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission shall be paid from the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund and the subsistence allowance paid to Securities Commission Officers shall be paid from the Securities Commission Fund.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.

Chapter 21 - Law Enforcement Officers Generally.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 36-21-1 - Payment of Fees and Costs of Defense of State Law Enforcement Officers in Certain Cases.

Section 36-21-2 - Subsistence Allowance for Certain Law Enforcement Officers.

Section 36-21-3 - Lump-Sum Payments for Service of State, etc., Law Enforcement Officers, Etc.

Section 36-21-4 - Overtime - Compensation Generally.

Section 36-21-4.1 - Overtime - Pay or Compensation Leave for Nonelected Law Enforcement Officer in Service of County.

Section 36-21-5 - Overtime - Statement of Election of Method of Compensation.

Section 36-21-6 - Overtime - "State Law Enforcement Officer" Defined.

Section 36-21-7 - Reimbursement by New Employer for Training Expenses.

Section 36-21-8 - Badge and Pistol as Part of Retirement Benefits for Certain Law Enforcement Officers and Investigators.

Section 36-21-8.1 - Badge Provided for Officer Killed or Disabled in Line of Duty.

Section 36-21-8.2 - Badge and Pistol as Part of Retirement Benefits for Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Officers.

Section 36-21-8.3 - Receipt of Badge or Pistol Upon Retirement - Police Officers in Class 4 Municipalities.

Section 36-21-9 - Eligibility of Honorably Retired Law Enforcement Officers to Carry Handguns; Authorization Card; Revocation of Authorization; Penalty for Refusal to Comply With Revocation.

Section 36-21-10 - Minimum Starting Salary for County Law Enforcement Officers; Enforcement; Definition.

Section 36-21-11 - Preference Given to Police Officers and Fire Fighters Suffering From Diseases Without Known Cure in Admission to Research Programs.

Section 36-21-12 - State Troopers May Retire Upon Completion of 25 Years Service.

Section 36-21-13 - Compensation for Injury to Police Officer Utilized by State Department or Agency; Injury Review Boards.

Section 36-21-14 - Communications by Emergency Responders With Peer Support Members.