HB548 Alabama 2021 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Examiners of Public Accounts Dept., chief legal counsel and assistant legal counsels, requirement that they be deputy attorneys general removed, employment, duties, and powers further provided, chief examiner and Legislative Committee on Public Accounts further provided, Sec. 41-5A-11 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the chief legal counsel and assistant legal counsels of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts are deputy attorneys general who are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General.

This bill would provide for the chief legal counsel and assistant legal counsels of the department to be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the chief examiner, would authorize them to institute civil actions under the direction of the chief examiner and the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts, and would vest them with the same powers, privileges, and rights afforded a deputy attorney general.

To amend Section 41-5A-11, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the chief legal counsel and assistant legal counsels of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; to remove the requirement that they be deputy attorneys general; to provide further for their employment, duties, and powers; and to provide further for the role of the chief examiner and the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts.

Subjects

Examiners of Public Accounts Department