Alabama § 36-18-52 - Creation of Advisory Board.
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§ 36-18-52. Creation of Advisory Board.
(a) There is created the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund Advisory Board to be appointed as follows:
(1) The President of the Alabama Sheriffs’ Association shall appoint one sheriff.
(2) The Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police shall appoint one police chief from a city of less than 25,000 population and one police chief from a city of greater than 25,000 population according to the last federal census.
(3) The Alabama Attorney General shall appoint one prosecutor.
(4) The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court shall appoint one district or municipal judge and one circuit judge.
(5) The Governor shall appoint one citizen at large.
(6) The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one member of the Alabama Senate.
(7) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member of the House of Representatives.
(8) The Technical Director, Implied Consent Program, Department of Forensic Sciences, and the Commander, Implied Consent Unit, Department of Public Safety, shall serve on the advisory board by virtue of their departmental assignments.
(b) The first appointees shall be appointed by October 8, 1995, and shall serve until their successors are appointed on the fifth day of the 1999 Regular Session of the Legislature. In the event of the death or resignation of any member of the advisory board, a successor shall be appointed by the person or entity that made the original appointment and the successor appointed to the vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. Subsequent appointments to the board shall be for four-year terms. The board shall elect from its membership a chair and vice chair at an organizational meeting held no later than 30 days after appointments to the board are finalized. Thereafter, the board shall meet at the call of the chair, vice chair, or upon the request of five or more members, with notice and procedure as prescribed by the rules of the board. The body may adopt administrative rules for transacting business that are consistent with this article.
(c) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for transacting business or performing any duties.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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