§ 34-8-22 — Officers; Bonds; Compensation and Expenses; Rules and Regulations

When the Governor appoints the board, he or she shall designate and commission one member as the chairperson, another as vice-chairperson, and another as secretary-treasurer. The board may make the bylaws, rules, and regulations as it shall deem best, provided the same shall not conflict with the laws of the State of Alabama. The secretary-treasurer shall give bond in the sum as the board shall determine with the surety as shall be approved. The bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office and for the faithful accounting of all moneys and other properties as shall come into his or her hands. Each member of the board shall receive two hundred dollars ($200) per day for attending sessions of the board or its committees, and for time actually spent in necessary travel in attending meetings of the board or its committees and in addition shall be reimbursed for necessary travel expenses as are paid to state employees incurred in carrying out this chapter. All expenses certified by the board as properly and necessarily incurred in the discharge of its duties, including authorized compensations, office rent, and supplies shall be paid out of the State Licensing Board for the General Contractors’ Fund in the State Treasury in the manner provided in Section 34-8-25, provided, that no funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and only in the amounts as stipulated in the general appropriation bill.

Legislative History

(Acts 1935, No. 297, p. 721, §4; Code 1940, T. 46, §68; Acts 1951, No. 835, p. 1466, §1; Acts 1959, No. 571, p. 1429, §1; Acts 1980, No. 80-698, p. 1404, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-640, p. 1013, §1.)