Section 34-12-36 - Professional Foresters Fund; employees; gifts, bequests, etc.; expenditures(a) The secretary of the board shall receive and account for all moneys derived under this chapter and shall pay the same monthly to the State Treasurer, who shall keep such moneys in a separate fund to be known as the Professional Foresters Fund. The fund shall be kept separate and apart from all other moneys in the Treasury and shall be paid out only by warrant of the Comptroller upon the State Treasurer, upon itemized vouchers approved by the chair and attested by the secretary of the board. All moneys in the Professional Foresters Fund are hereby specifically appropriated for the use of the board. The secretary of the board, its office manager, or other designated officer of the board who handles funds shall give surety bond to the state in such sum as the board may determine. The premium on the bond shall be regarded as a proper and necessary expense of the board and shall be paid from the Professional Foresters Fund.(b) The board may employ such clerical and other assistants as are necessary for the proper performance of its work, or, in lieu of employing clerical assistants, the board may contract with any state department or agency to furnish the board with such clerical assistance as the board deems necessary. The compensation of the assistants or the cost of contracting for the clerical assistance shall be paid out of the Professional Foresters Fund in the manner prescribed herein.(c) The board is authorized to accept all gifts, bequests, and donations from any source whatsoever, and the gifts, bequests, and donations shall be used or expended in accordance with their terms or stipulations, but in the absence of any such terms or stipulations, the gifts, bequests, or donations may be used or expended for such purposes as the board may determine.(d)(1) Except as otherwise provided herein, the board may make expenditures for any purpose which, in the opinion of the board, is reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties under this chapter, including the expenses of the board's delegates to any annual conventions of, and membership dues to, the Society of American Foresters; provided, that under no circumstances shall the total amount of warrants issued by the Comptroller in payment of the expenses and compensation provided for by this chapter exceed the amount of the examination and registration fees, license fees, donations, and other moneys collected by the board as herein provided.(2) The board may incur and engage in marketing and promotional expenditures and activities in furtherance of its purposes as determined by the board, which may include the sale of nominal items for marketing and promotional purposes. Any proceeds derived by the board from the sale of marketing and promotional items shall be deposited into the Professional Foresters Fund to be used by the board.Ala. Code § 34-12-36 (1975)
Amended by Act 2021-434,§ 1, eff. 5/14/2021.Acts 1957, No. 533, p. 750, §9; Acts 1986, No. 86-117, p. 138, §3.