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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 36-21-1 - Payment of Fees and Costs of Defense of State Law Enforcement Officers in Certain Cases. - Any law enforcement officer of the state of Alabama who...
Section 36-21-2 - Subsistence Allowance for Certain Law Enforcement Officers. - (a)(1) Any law enforcement officer of the State of Alabama...
Section 36-21-3 - Lump-Sum Payments for Service of State, etc., Law Enforcement Officers, Etc. - (a) Each law enforcement officer and all police communications officers...
Section 36-21-4 - Overtime - Compensation Generally. - Each state law enforcement officer in the service of the...
Section 36-21-4.1 - Overtime - Pay or Compensation Leave for Nonelected Law Enforcement Officer in Service of County. - (a) Any nonelected law enforcement officer in the service of...
Section 36-21-5 - Overtime - Statement of Election of Method of Compensation. - Any such law enforcement officer who works overtime during any...
Section 36-21-6 - Overtime - "State Law Enforcement Officer" Defined. - A "state law enforcement officer" shall be defined as a...
Section 36-21-7 - Reimbursement by New Employer for Training Expenses. - In those instances in which a law enforcement officer, certified...
Section 36-21-8 - Badge and Pistol as Part of Retirement Benefits for Certain Law Enforcement Officers and Investigators. - Any person who, at the time of retirement, is in...
Section 36-21-8.1 - Badge Provided for Officer Killed or Disabled in Line of Duty. - (a) Any peace officer or law enforcement officer as defined...
Section 36-21-8.2 - Badge and Pistol as Part of Retirement Benefits for Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Officers. - Any individual employed by the Alabama Department of Public Safety...
Section 36-21-8.3 - Receipt of Badge or Pistol Upon Retirement - Police Officers in Class 4 Municipalities. - (a) This section shall apply only to 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. - (a) Any honorably retired law enforcement officer whose retirement was...
Section 36-21-10 - Minimum Starting Salary for County Law Enforcement Officers; Enforcement; Definition. - (a) All law enforcement officers employed by any county of...
Section 36-21-11 - Preference Given to Police Officers and Fire Fighters Suffering From Diseases Without Known Cure in Admission to Research Programs. - Whereas the sworn, full-time, regular employed state, county and municipal...
Section 36-21-12 - State Troopers May Retire Upon Completion of 25 Years Service. - Any person who is a state trooper, employed with the...
Section 36-21-13 - Compensation for Injury to Police Officer Utilized by State Department or Agency; Injury Review Boards. - (a) For purposes of this section, a "state police officer"...
Section 36-21-14 - Communications by Emergency Responders With Peer Support Members. - (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall...
Article 2 - Employment of Municipal Police, etc., Within State by Governor During Riots, Etc.
Section 36-21-20 - Governor Authorized to Call Out Municipal Police to Preserve Peace, etc., Within State in Case of Riots, Etc. - Whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction...
Section 36-21-21 - Duty of Municipal Authorities When Called Upon to Furnish Police Officers by Governor; Powers, Duties, Privileges, etc., of Municipal Police Officers When Called Out by Governor. - The municipal authorities of any municipality, when called upon to...
Section 36-21-22 - Compensation of Municipal Police When Called Into Service of State by Governor. - Such police, patrolmen and officers drawn into the service of...
Section 36-21-23 - Employment and Compensation of Additional Men by Governor. - If, in the opinion of the Governor, the police force...
Section 36-21-24 - Command of Police Officers, etc., Called Into Service of State. - All police officers and individuals drawn into the service of...
Article 3 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission.
Division 1
Section 36-21-40 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 36-21-41 - Created; Composition; Qualifications, Designation, and Terms of Office of Members; Adoption of Bylaws. - The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission is hereby...
Section 36-21-42 - Officers and Employees. - The commission shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from...
Section 36-21-43 - Meetings; Official Seal. - (a) The commission shall meet in regular session quarterly at...
Section 36-21-44 - Compensation and Reimbursement for Expenses of Members. - Members of the commission shall receive no compensation but may...
Section 36-21-45 - Functions and Duties Generally. - The commission shall have the following functions and duties together...
Section 36-21-46 - Standards for Applicants and Appointees for Employment as Law Enforcement Officers. - (a) The standards provided in this subsection shall apply to...
Section 36-21-47 - Peace Officers' Standards and Training Fund. - There is hereby established and created in the Treasury of...
Section 36-21-47.1 - Remittance of Court Costs to Fund. - (a) The fees and costs shall be collected by the...
Section 36-21-48 - Appropriations and Grants to Commission by Municipalities and Counties and Disposition Thereof. - The governing body of each incorporated city or town and...
Section 36-21-49 - Agreements and Cooperation by Law Enforcement Agencies. - Each law enforcement agency in the state is hereby authorized...
Section 36-21-50 - Penalty for Violation of Provisions of Article or Standards, Rules, etc., Promulgated Thereunder. - Any person who shall appoint any applicant who, to the...
Section 36-21-51 - Municipal Chiefs of Police or Law Enforcement Officers to Complete Annual Continuing Education Courses. - (a) Each chief of police of any municipality in this...
Section 36-21-52 - Revocation of Certification or Authority of Law Enforcement Officer Upon Conviction of Felony. - (a) The certification or authority of any law enforcement officer...
Division 2
Section 36-21-55 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this division, the following terms have...
Section 36-21-55.1 - Creation of Database; Reporting of Information; Maintenance and Confidentiality. - (a)(1) By October 1, 2023, the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards...
Section 36-21-55.2 - Disclosure of Information. - (a) Any law enforcement agency that is a potential employer...
Section 36-21-55.3 - Background Checks Required for Employment or Appointment of Law Enforcement Officers. - (a) Prior to the employment or appointment of a law...
Section 36-21-55.4 - Compliance With the Reporting Requirements. - (a) The Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission shall...
Article 4 - Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund.
Section 36-21-60 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 36-21-61 - Board of Commissioners of Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund - Creation; Composition; Qualifications, Appointment and Terms of Office of Members; Vacancies. - There is created a board to be known as the...
Section 36-21-62 - Board of Commissioners of Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund - Compensation of Members. - All board members shall be paid $30.00 per day and...
Section 36-21-63 - Board of Commissioners of Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund - Quorum; Officers Generally; Executive Director; Agents and Employees; Bonding of Members and Employees Handling Funds of Board. - A majority of the members of the board shall constitute...
Section 36-21-64 - Board of Commissioners of Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund - Powers and Duties Generally. - The board shall have the following powers in carrying out...
Section 36-21-65 - Board of Commissioners of Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund - Maintenance of Records, Etc. - It shall be the duty of the board to keep...
Section 36-21-66 - Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund Created; Purpose and Official Designation; Composition Generally; Investment, Expenditure, etc., of Moneys Therein. - A special fund is established and placed under the management...
Section 36-21-67 - Imposition of Additional Court Costs in Certain Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Proceedings; Remittance of Proceeds to Executive Director of Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund. - In all criminal and quasi-criminal proceedings for the violation of...
Section 36-21-68 - Eligibility for Membership; Application and Fees. - Nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring that...
Section 36-21-69 - Receipt of Service Credit for Military Service, Etc. - Any peace officer who becomes a member of the fund...
Section 36-21-70 - Retirement Annuity. - Any member shall, at any time after reaching the age...
Section 36-21-71 - Disability Benefits. - Any member who becomes totally or permanently disabled as a...
Section 36-21-72 - Death Benefits. - Each member shall be issued a certificate by the board...
Section 36-21-73 - Appointment of Actuary; Action Upon Report; Liability for Deficiency in Payments. - The board shall have appointed and employed an actuary to...
Section 36-21-74 - Refunds of Members' Fees. - Any member shall be entitled at any time to withdraw...
Section 36-21-75 - Semiannual Reports of Executive Director; Annual Audits of Acts and Affairs of Board. - (a) The executive director shall make semiannual reports to the...
Section 36-21-76 - Rights, Annuities and Benefits Subject to Change by Legislature; No Vested Rights in Annuities, Benefits, etc.; When Determination of Years of Qualified Service Conclusive; Reinstatement of Benefits of Certain Members; Adjustment o... - All rights, annuities and benefits provided herein shall be subject...
Section 36-21-77 - Benefits, Annuities, etc., Not Subject to Attachment, Garnishment, Assignment, etc.; Annuities and Benefits to Be Paid Directly to Member or Beneficiary. - None of the moneys referred to in this article or...
Section 36-21-78 - Annuities and Benefits Provided by Chapter Cumulative; Participation by Peace Officers in Other Plans, Systems, etc., Not to Bar Participation in Fund. - The annuities and benefits provided for in this article shall...
Article 5 - Police Officer's and Firefighter's Survivors Educational Assistance.
Section 36-21-100 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and cited as the "Police...
Section 36-21-101 - Definitions. - As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise,...
Section 36-21-102 - Tuition Benefits; Eligibility. - When a full-time law enforcement officer or full-time firefighter employed...
Section 36-21-103 - Forms and Applications for Implementation. - The Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall provide the necessary...
Section 36-21-104 - Tuition Eligibility Board. - There is created the Tuition Eligibility Board, which shall determine...
Section 36-21-105 - Appropriation of Funds. - There is hereby appropriated annually from the Education Trust Fund...
Article 6 - Police Officers of Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians.
Section 36-21-120 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 36-21-121 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for...
Section 36-21-122 - Employment of Police Officers. - The tribal council of a tribe may appoint and employ...
Section 36-21-123 - Powers Generally. - Any police officer appointed by a tribe pursuant to Section...
Section 36-21-124 - Limitation of Powers. - The powers of police officers appointed by a tribe pursuant...
Article 7
Section 36-21-140 - Committee Created; Membership; Operation; Compensation. - REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE...
Section 36-21-141 - Nomination and Award. - REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE...
Section 36-21-142 - Relation to Legislative Medal of Honor. - REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE...
Article 8 - Volunteer Firefighter or Emergency Medical Service Provider Job Protection.
Section 36-21-160 - Termination for Loss of Work During Emergency Response Prohibited. - (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall...
Article 9 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund.
Section 36-21-180 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 36-21-181 - Board of Commissioners of the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund - Creation; Composition. - (a) There is created a board to be known as...
Section 36-21-182 - Board of Commissioners of the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund - Compensation. - All board members shall be paid thirty dollars ($30) per...
Section 36-21-183 - Board of Commissioners of the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund - Powers and Duties. - The board shall have the following powers in carrying out...
Section 36-21-184 - Board of Commissioners of the Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund - Maintenance of Records. - The board shall keep permanent records of its membership, receipts,...
Section 36-21-185 - Alabama Firefighters Annuity and Benefit Fund. - (a) A special fund is established for the purpose of...
Section 36-21-186 - Funding. - (a) In order to fund this article, a minimum annual...
Section 36-21-187 - Participation in Fund; Fees. - (a) Participation in the fund established by this article is...
Section 36-21-188 - Prior Service Credit. - Any firefighter who becomes a member of the fund and...
Section 36-21-189 - Retirement Annuity. - (a) Any member, at any time after reaching the age...
Section 36-21-190 - Disability Benefits. - (a) Any member who becomes totally or permanently disabled as...
Section 36-21-191 - Death Benefits. - (a) Each member shall be issued a certificate by the...
Section 36-21-192 - Appointment of Actuary; Action Upon Report; Liability for Deficiency in Payments. - (a) The board shall appoint and employ an actuary to...
Section 36-21-193 - Withdrawal From Fund. - Any member shall be entitled at any time to withdraw...
Section 36-21-194 - Semiannual Report of Executive Director; Annual Audit. - (a) The executive director shall make semiannual reports to the...
Section 36-21-195 - Effect of Modifications; Coverage for Retired Members Upon Return to Active Service. - (a) All rights, annuities, and benefits provided herein shall be...
Section 36-21-196 - Assignment, Garnishment Attachment, etc., of Benefits; Payment of Annuities and Benefits. - None of the moneys referred to in this article or...
Section 36-21-197 - Application. - (a) The annuities and benefits provided for in this article...