Ala. Code § 41-14A-8
Every qualified public depository that is solvent shall guarantee public depositors against loss caused by the default or insolvency of other qualified public depositories according to the terms of this chapter and shall enter into an agreement of contingent liability with the State Treasurer on behalf of the Loss Payment Fund, which agreement shall be in a form which is prescribed or approved by the board of directors, and which, when executed, shall become a part of the official records of the SAFE Program. The qualified public depository shall submit to the State Treasurer evidence that the depository's contingent liability agreement has been approved by the board of directors or other governing body of the qualified public depository and shall become a part of the official records of the qualified public depository.
Ala. Code § 41-14A-8 (1975)