Section 34-28A-44 - Employment, discharge, etc., of executive secretary and other officers and employees; admissibility in evidence of copies of proceedings, records, etc., of board; monthly report and disposition of revenues received under chapter; payment of administrative expenses of board, employee salaries, etc(a) The board may employ, and at its pleasure discharge, an executive secretary and other officers and employees as may be necessary, and the board shall also outline their duties and fix their compensation and expense allowances.(b) The board shall adopt a seal by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. Copies of the proceedings, records and acts of the board, and certificates purporting to relate the facts concerning the proceedings, records, and acts signed by the secretary and authenticated by the seal shall be prima facie evidence in all the courts of this state.(c) The board shall report to the state Comptroller by the fifth day of each month the amount and source of all revenue received by it pursuant to this chapter during the previous month and shall at that time pay the entire amount thereof into a separate trust fund for the board established by the Comptroller within the State Treasury.(d) All appropriate expenses incurred by the board in the administration of this chapter shall be paid by the Comptroller when vouchers relating to the expenses are exhibited as having been approved by the board.(e) The board shall be financed from income accruing to it from fees, licenses and other charges, and funds collected by the board, and all such moneys are appropriated to the board for its use. All employee salaries and other expenses shall be paid as budgeted after budgets are approved by the Comptroller or within the limitations of any appropriation or funds available for that purpose.Ala. Code § 34-28A-44 (1975)
Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 90, p. 2756, §8; Acts 1997, No. 97-160, p. 218, §3.