§ 34-22-41 — Officers; Meetings; Compensation; Disposition of Funds; Bonds; Annual Report

Alabama § 34-22-41

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 34: Professions and Businesses
• Ch. 22: Optometrists
• Art. 3: Board of Optometry

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(a) The board shall choose annually one of its members as president, one as vice president, and one as secretary-treasurer, who each may administer oaths and take affidavits, certifying thereto under their hand and the common seal of the board.
(b) The board shall meet at least once each year in the City of Montgomery or in a place designated by the president and, in addition thereto, whenever and wherever the president thereof calls a meeting. A majority of the board shall at all times constitute a quorum. The secretary of the board shall keep a full record of the proceedings of the board, which shall at all reasonable times be open to public inspection.
(c) Each member of the board shall be reimbursed at the same per diem and travel allowance amounts paid by law to state employees for each day of attendance upon the business of the board, and in addition thereto, the sum of four hundred dollars ($400) per diem for each day actually spent by each member upon the business of the board. All expenses and per diem shall be paid out of the receipts of the board under this chapter. The secretary shall receive compensation as fixed by the board and shall be the custodian of all records and the official seal of the board.
(d) All money received by the board shall be deposited in the Alabama Board of Optometry Fund which is created in the State Treasury for the use of the board, and the execution and enforcement of this chapter and the payments of salaries, expenses, and other authorized costs of the board. Receipts deposited into the fund shall be disbursed only by warrant of the Comptroller drawn upon the State Treasury on itemized vouchers by the executive director of the board. No funds may be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 and Chapter 19 of Title 41, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriations act, other appropriation acts, or this section. At the end of each fiscal year, any unencumbered balance shall not revert to the State General Fund under Section 41-4-93, but shall carry over to the next fiscal year within the Alabama Board of Optometry Fund.
(e) The president, executive director, and treasurer shall give such bonds as the board from time to time directs.
(f) The board shall make an annual report of its proceedings to the Governor on the first Monday of January of each year.

Legislative History

(Acts 1975, No. 1148, p. 2257, §4; Acts 1989, No. 89-233, p. 288, §3; Acts 1993, No. 93-153, p. 222, §3; Acts 1997, No. 97-158, p. 211, §3; Act 2005-77, p. 120, §3; Act 2025-116, §3.)