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Chapter 4 — DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

• Section 41-4-1 Definitions.
• Section 41-4-2 General purpose of department; seal.
• Section 41-4-3 Duties of department generally.
• Section 41-4-4 Certain appropriations to be expended by department.
• Section 41-4-5 Appointment of employees; officers and employees subject to Merit System.
• Section 41-4-6 Oath of office and full-time service of officers and chiefs of divisions.
• Section 41-4-7 Bonds of Comptroller, Purchasing Agent, chiefs of divisions of department, etc.
• Section 41-4-8 Powers and duties of department as to educational and eleemosynary institutions.
• Section 41-4-9 Grants received from the federal government.
• Section 41-4-10 Use of funds in sinking fund - Purchase and holding in trust of state bonds.
• Section 41-4-11 Use of funds in sinking fund - Sale of bonds; reinvestment of funds; cancellation of paid bonds.
• Section 41-4-12 Use of funds in sinking fund - Purchase of state bonds in lieu of use of sinking fund; cancellation and destruction of bonds purchased.
• Section 41-4-13 Use of funds in sinking fund - Deposit of funds in savings banks.
• Section 41-4-14 Use of funds in sinking fund - Books to be kept showing full entries as to sinking fund.
• Section 41-4-15 Use of funds in sinking fund — Sinking fund not to be diverted from its object.
• Section 41-4-16 Consent of department prerequisite to issuance of securities by state commissions, authorities, etc.; exception as to municipalities.
• Section 41-4-17 Rent charged for use of state buildings in Capitol complex; fund for operation, maintenance, etc.
• 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; confli
• 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
• 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 41-4-50 Established; functions and duties.
• Section 41-4-51 Comptroller - Head of division; appointment.
• Section 41-4-52 Comptroller - Restrictions on receipt of revenue.
• Section 41-4-53 Comptroller - Restrictions on drawing warrants in favor of defaulters.
• Section 41-4-54 Accounts against state to be itemized.
• Section 41-4-55 Method of indicating Governor's approval of vouchers or accounts where required.
• Section 41-4-56 Evidence required for payment from contingent funds.
• Section 41-4-57 Statement of expenses of state officers and employees to be filed with Comptroller before warrant issued.
• Section 41-4-58 Issuance of duplicate warrants when originals lost.
• Section 41-4-59 When warrant deemed duly executed.
• Section 41-4-60 When warrants void and claims based thereon barred.
• Section 41-4-61 Comptroller may require proof of correctness of claim.
• Section 41-4-62 Refund of money paid for invalid or unissued bonds, etc. - Authorized; interest.
• Section 41-4-63 Refund of money paid for invalid or unissued bonds, etc. - Application to comptroller; proceedings.
• Section 41-4-64 Comptroller may close out certain inactive funds and transfer balance to General Fund.
• Section 41-4-65 (Effective October 1, 2010) Online database of state expenditures.
• Section 41-4-80 Established; functions and duties.
• Section 41-4-81 Budget Officer.
• Section 41-4-82 Transmission of budget to Legislature.
• Section 41-4-83 Form and contents of budget.
• Section 41-4-84 Estimates of appropriations to be submitted to Department of Finance.
• Section 41-4-85 Estimates of income to be prepared by Department of Finance.
• Section 41-4-86 Tentative budget - Preparation.
• Section 41-4-87 Tentative budget - Hearings.
• Section 41-4-88 Formulation of final budget.
• Section 41-4-89 Supplemental estimates for additional appropriations.
• Section 41-4-90 Availability and effect of appropriations; restriction of allotments by Governor.
• Section 41-4-91 Requisition, duration, approval and modification of allotments of appropriations.
• Section 41-4-92 Disposition of departmental and institutional fees, receipts, etc.
• Section 41-4-93 Lapsing of appropriations.
• Section 41-4-94 Emergency appropriations.
• Section 41-4-95 Appropriations wrongfully expended.
• Section 41-4-96 Penalties for violations of article.
• Section 41-4-110 Established; duties; contracts for stationery, printing, paper and fuel; use of approved credit cards for certain purchases; State Procurement Fund.
• Section 41-4-111 Purchasing Agent.
• Section 41-4-112 When vendor's affidavit not necessary before payment of invoices for state purchases.
• Section 41-4-113 Application and requisition for personal property or nonprofessional services; electronic signatures.
• Section 41-4-114 Purchase of property from United States or its agencies.
• Section 41-4-115 State departments and agencies authorized to enter into lease-sale contracts for procurement of equipment, etc.
• Section 41-4-116 Taxation on sales and leases of tangible personal property to state agency.
• Section 41-4-130 Public printing and binding to be done under contract; House and Senate journals.
• Section 41-4-131 Classification of public printing and binding.
• Section 41-4-132 Biennial advertisements for bids for printing.
• Section 41-4-133 Proposals to be in writing; bonds.
• Section 41-4-134 Opening of bids; acceptance of bids; rejection and readvertisement of bids.
• Section 41-4-135 Entering into contract; failure of bidder to enter into contract within 10 days of acceptance.
• Section 41-4-136 Contract and bond to be approved by Governor, Auditor and Treasurer; filing of bonds.
• Section 41-4-137 Forfeiture of contract for cause; new contract.
• Section 41-4-138 Venue of actions on contracts.
• Section 41-4-139 Where printing to be done.
• Section 41-4-140 Paper and parchment for blanks.
• Section 41-4-141 Time for making reports by departments, officers, boards, etc.; printing of same.
• Section 41-4-142 Preparation of acts and joint resolutions for printing.
• Section 41-4-143 Bound acts of the Legislature; material to be included; delivery to printer.
• Section 41-4-144 Volumes of acts to be certified.
• Section 41-4-145 Preparation of journals.
• Section 41-4-146 Delivery and certification of acts and joint resolutions to printer.
• Section 41-4-147 Penalty for not delivering copies of acts to printer.
• Section 41-4-148 Style of printing and quality of paper of acts and journals; index.
• Section 41-4-149 Revenue laws to be printed separately.
• Section 41-4-150 When acts and journals must be printed and delivered by printer.
• Section 41-4-151 Payment for printing - Generally.
• Section 41-4-152 Payment for printing - Laws and journals.
• Section 41-4-153 Payment for printing - Revenue laws.
• Section 41-4-154 Payment for printing - Source of funds.
• Section 41-4-155 Charge for matters ordered to be printed by both houses.
• Section 41-4-156 Printing of acts and resolutions in pamphlet form - Distribution to certain officers, departments, etc.; certain officers to keep pamphlets in books until acts published in permanent
• Section 41-4-157 Printing of acts and resolutions in pamphlet form - Paper; type size; size of pages.
• Section 41-4-158 Printing of acts and resolutions in pamphlet form - Order of printing acts; size of pamphlets; required heading.
• Section 41-4-159 Printing of acts and resolutions in pamphlet form - Pamphlet acts to be delivered in 10 days; new contract upon failure of printer to deliver.
• Section 41-4-160 Bond of printer of acts and journals; deductions from contract price for failure to perform within time.
• Section 41-4-161 Printing of acts when recess taken by Legislature.
• Section 41-4-180 Established; duties generally.
• Section 41-4-181 Chief of service.
• Section 41-4-182 Employment of police officers at Capitol and other state buildings; authority to prescribe duties and type and color of uniforms; minimum standards for such officers.
• Section 41-4-183 Employment of landscape gardener for Capitol grounds.
• Section 41-4-184 Color of uniform to be worn by state Capitol police officers; powers of such officers.
• Section 41-4-185 Uniforms and necessary equipment for state Capitol police officers to be furnished; authority to insure such officers against injury or death caused by accident or violence while disc
• Section 41-4-186 Montgomery City Council authorized to adopt ordinances to protect Capitol grounds.
• Section 41-4-200 Established.
• Section 41-4-201 Chief of legal division - Head of division; vacancies in office.
• Section 41-4-202 Chief of legal division - Chief designated assistant attorney general; oath; duties.
• Section 41-4-203 Chief of legal division - Advice and opinions; appearance in financial litigation.
• Section 41-4-204 Chief of legal division - Representation of State Board of Adjustment.
• Section 41-4-220 Created.
• Section 41-4-221 Duties generally.
• Section 41-4-222 Director.
• Section 41-4-223 Employees.
• Section 41-4-224 Advisory committee.
• Section 41-4-240 Office created; under direction of Director of Finance; subject to state Merit System; compensation.
• Section 41-4-241 Functions, powers and duties.
• Section 41-4-242 Additional employees.
• Section 41-4-243 Exemption from Sections 41-4-240 through 41-4-242 for departments and agencies whose printing costs are borne from certain federal grants.
• Section 41-4-260 Established.
• Section 41-4-261 Duties generally.
• Section 41-4-262 Director.
• Section 41-4-263 Additional employees.
• Section 41-4-280 Definitions.
• Section 41-4-281 Legislative declaration; purpose.
• Section 41-4-282 Rules and regulations.
• Section 41-4-283 Powers and duties of department.
• Section 41-4-284 Additional duties of department.
• Section 41-4-285 Written approval of department required for lease purchase, etc., of telecommunications system by agency.
• Section 41-4-286 Department authorized to contract on behalf of agency; appropriation dependency clause.
• Section 41-4-287 Trade-in of equipment.
• Section 41-4-288 Additional contract requirements.
• Section 41-4-289 Telecommunications Revolving Fund.
• Section 41-4-290 Exemptions — Public safety, criminal justice, highway maintenance and construction.
• Section 41-4-291 Applicability to certain entities; technical consultation and procurement; long-distance service.
• Section 41-4-292 Sunset provision.
• Section 41-4-293 Exemption of legislative and judicial branches.
• Section 41-4-300 Division created.
• Section 41-4-301 Function, powers and duties.
• Section 41-4-302 Administration of insurance programs; coverage under state blanket bond.
• Section 41-4-303 Applicability of article; coverage of risk management program.
• Section 41-4-304 Commingling of funds proscribed.
• Section 41-4-305 Risk manager; appointment; compensation.
• Section 41-4-306 Additional employees.