Section 36-18-36

Director to have powers of corporation; powers of department.

For the purposes of implementing the provisions of this article or to defray the costs thereof, the Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall have all the powers and privileges of a corporation and all of his or her business shall be transacted in the name of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. In addition to any other powers and duties specified elsewhere in this article, the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences shall have power to:

(a) Regulate its own procedures except as otherwise provided in this article.

(b) Define any term not defined in this section.

(c) Prescribe forms necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.

(d) Take judicial notice of general, technical and scientific facts within the director's specialized knowledge.

(e) Collect all moneys provided by this article to be collected by the director.

(f) Provide for and maintain all necessary administrative facilities, personnel, equipment, supplies, materials and other items which the director deems necessary for the proper dispatch of his or her duties, responsibilities, or functions pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(g) Provide for payment of all administrative salaries, fees and expenses.

(h) Cause moneys to be invested and investments sold or exchanged and the proceeds and income collected.

(i) Adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable to expedite the administration of the affairs of the Department of Forensic Sciences not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.

(j) Provide descriptive literature respecting the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and its duties.

(k) Employ such specified or technical personnel as shall be necessary or desirable to enable the director to carry on his or her functions in a proper and sound manner.

(l) Receive by gift, grant, devise or bequest any moneys or properties of any nature or description.

(m) Accept and administer loans, grants and donations from the federal government, its agencies, and all other sources, public and private.

(n) Collect, develop and maintain statistical information, records and reports as the director may determine relevant or necessary to carry out the powers, duties, or functions of the director pursuant to the provisions of this article. All agencies and institutions of this state, the political subdivisions thereof as well as agencies or institutions of municipalities shall, upon written request by the director furnish to the director such statistical information or data as the director shall deem necessary to fulfill his or her duties and responsibilities under the provisions of this article.

(o) Carry out any powers expressly granted elsewhere in this article to the director; and

(p) All other powers necessary for the proper administration of the provisions of this article.

(Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-804, p. 109, §17.)