Code of Alabama
Article 2 - Director of Finance.
Section 41-4-36 - Inspection and Production of Books, Records, Accounts, etc.; Examination of Witnesses.

The Director of Finance and any authorized officer or employee of the Department of Finance shall, in the performance of his official duties, for the purpose of examination, have access to, and the right to copy from, any book, record, account, document, receipt or paper of any of the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices or institutions of the state or of any of the counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions or public bodies in the state or of the officers or employees thereof, in such manner as may be reasonable and at reasonable times. The Director of Finance or any officer or employee of the Department of Finance designated by the director, in the performance of his official duties, shall have the power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of accounts, documents, receipts, papers and testimony, and all witnesses regularly summoned as herein provided shall be paid $.05 per mile each way for the distance traveled plus $3.00 per diem for each day consumed in the hearing and in the traveling to and from the place of hearing. In the event of the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or the judge thereof, upon the application of the Director of Finance or any officer of the Department of Finance designated by the director, to compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued for such court or a refusal to testify therein. A wilfully false material statement in any examination herein provided for shall constitute perjury and be punishable as such.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 41 - State Government.

Chapter 4 - Department of Finance.

Article 2 - Director of Finance.

Section 41-4-30 - Head of Department; Chief Financial Officer of State; Advisor to Governor and Legislature; Appointment; Term of Office; Filling of Vacancies; Oath of Office; Full-Time Position; Conflicts of Interest.

Section 41-4-31 - Bond.

Section 41-4-32 - Exercise of Functions and Duties of Department of Finance.

Section 41-4-33.1 - State-Owned Surplus Property Transferred to Volunteer Fire Departments; Determination by Forestry Commission; Approval by Department; Penalty for Unauthorized Use; Final Disposition of Property.

Section 41-4-33.2 - Applicability of Section; Use of Public Funds, etc., by Ambulance Services, etc., Authorized; Penalty for Unauthorized Use; Final Disposition of Property.

Section 41-4-34 - Duty as to Offices and Rooms in Capitol and Other Locations in Montgomery.

Section 41-4-35 - Promulgation and Effect of Rules and Regulations; Enforcement and Amendment of Rules and Regulations.

Section 41-4-36 - Inspection and Production of Books, Records, Accounts, etc.; Examination of Witnesses.

Section 41-4-37 - Creation of Additional Divisions in Department; Assignment of Functions and Duties of Divisions.

Section 41-4-38 - Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 - Administration; Appropriation From State General Fund.

Section 41-4-39 - Director of Finance Authorized to Designate an Individual to Serve in His or Her Place on Multi-Member Bodies.