§ 36-13-8 — Acceptance of Federal Grants and Advances; Requiring State Agencies to Meet Conditions Imposed Thereon

Alabama § 36-13-8

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 36: Public Officers and Employees
• Ch. 13: Governor
• Art. 1: General Provisions

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The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in the name of and for the State of Alabama, grants and advances of funds and real or other personal property for any purpose of the state government not contrary to the Constitution of Alabama.
The Governor is further authorized and empowered, insofar as is not specifically prohibited by the constitution and the then existing statutes, to meet and to require, by his executive order, any other agency or instrumentality of the state government to meet the terms and conditions imposed on such grants and advances in acts of the Congress of the United States, executive orders of the President of the United States or any rule, regulation or order of any other agency or instrumentality of the federal government, it being the intent of this section to permit the State of Alabama to participate fully in grants and advances made available to it by the federal government.
The Governor may delegate such of his powers and authorities herein provided for, as he deems necessary, to any other agency or instrumentality of the state government.

Legislative History

(Acts 1945, No. 49, p. 51, §§ 1-3.)