Alabama § 41-9-185 Board Established; Officers; Members; Appointment; Term; Oath; Removal; Expenses; Seal; Meetings; Quorum; Rules and Regulations

Alabama Statutes

§ 41-9-185 — Board Established; Officers; Members; Appointment; Term; Oath; Removal; Expenses; Seal; Meetings; Quorum; Rules and Regulations

Alabama § 41-9-185

Title 41State Government

Ch. 9Boards and Commissions

Art. 7AAlabama Industrial Development Advisory Board

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Ala. Code § 41-9-185 (2026).

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(a)There is hereby created and established the Alabama Industrial Development Advisory Board. The Alabama Industrial Development Advisory Board shall consist of nine members at-large who shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of two years each and the Governor, as chair of the board. When appointing members of the board, the Governor shall select citizens who are outstanding in the fields of manufacture and processing, business and commercial enterprise, engineering and industrial development, natural resources, electric and gas utilities, industrial real estate and industrial property management, banking and finance, labor relations, and mass communications. The initial terms of the appointees shall be as follows: four members for one year and five members for two years. Subsequent

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(a) There is hereby created and established the Alabama Industrial Development Advisory Board. The Alabama Industrial Development Advisory Board shall consist of nine members at-large who shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of two years each and the Governor, as chair of the board. When appointing members of the board, the Governor shall select citizens who are outstanding in the fields of manufacture and processing, business and commercial enterprise, engineering and industrial development, natural resources, electric and gas utilities, industrial real estate and industrial property management, banking and finance, labor relations, and mass communications.
The initial terms of the appointees shall be as follows: four members for one year and five members for two years. Subsequent appointments shall be for two-year terms, and appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired terms. Provided, however, that members may be appointed for successive terms at the discretion of the chair.
Before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the members of the board shall take the oath of office prescribed for other state officers. The members of the board shall hold office only during the tenure of the Governor making the appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Governor may remove any member of the board who fails to attend its meetings regularly or to perform properly his or her duties as a member of the board, by notifying the member in writing of his or her removal.
(b) Each member shall be paid the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties as a member of the board when approved by the chair. Ex officio members of the board shall receive no additional compensation for their services as members of the board.
The board may have an appropriate seal with such words and emblem as it may prescribe.
A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The secretary shall notify each member in writing of all meetings of the board in such manner and under such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe. The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the transaction of its business, and the secretary shall keep a record of all its proceedings and, upon request, furnish a copy thereof to each member of the board.