Ala. Code § 17-5-11

Current through the 2024 Regular Session.

Section 17-5-11 - Duties of Secretary of State and judge of probate

The Secretary of State shall have the following duties:

(1) To accept and file all reports and statements, including amendments, required by this chapter to be filed with them and to accept any information voluntarily supplied that exceeds the requirements of this chapter.

(2) To make each statement and report filed by any principal campaign committee or political action committee or elected official available for public inspection and copying during regular office hours, any copying to be at the expense of the person requesting copies; except that any information copied from such reports or statements may not be sold or used by any political party, principal campaign committee, or political action committee for the purposes of soliciting contributions or for commercial purposes, without the express written permission of the candidate or the committee reporting such information.

(3) To furnish any forms to be used in complying with this chapter. The expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in furnishing forms, accepting statements and reports, filing statements and reports, and making statements and reports available to the public shall be paid from monies designated to the distribution of public documents.

Ala. Code § 17-5-11 (1975)

Amended by Act 2021-314,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.

Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-873, p. 397, §11; §17-22A-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §24.