Section 41-21-1

Distribution of sets of state code to agencies, departments, etc., by Secretary of State generally.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, on publication and delivery to the state, to transmit sets of the 1975 Code of Alabama, and supplements or replacement volumes thereof, to the following agencies, departments, institutions, bureaus, boards, commissions and offices:

(1) One set to the law library of Congress;

(2) One set to the custodian of the law library of the court of last resort of every state and territory for exchange upon the approval of the state law librarian of the request therefor;

(3) One set to the library of the University of Alabama and one set to the Land Commissioner of the University of Alabama;

(4) Two sets to each member of the Legislature, including the Lieutenant Governor, for each legislative term, and to the Clerk of the House and to the Secretary of the Senate;

(5) One set to the library of each junior college, trade school, technical college and public institution of higher education;

(6) Ten sets to the librarian of the Supreme Court and State Law Library for the use of the library;

(7) Two sets to the Department of Archives and History;

(8) Four sets to the Governor's office;

(9) Fifty-five sets to the Attorney General's office;

(10) Eleven sets to the Legislative Reference Service;

(11) Four sets to the Department of Court Management;

(12) Three sets to the State Superintendent of Education;

(13) Seven sets to the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation;

(14) Ten sets to the Department of Public Safety;

(15) Two sets to the Department of Agriculture and Industries;

(16) Three sets to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board;

(17) Three sets to the Banking Department;

(18) Two sets to the state Military Department;

(19) Three sets to the state Department of Insurance;

(20) Five sets to the Board of Corrections;

(21) Five sets to the Health Department;

(22) Four sets to the Department of Industrial Relations;

(23) Two sets to the Retirement Systems of Alabama;

(24) Six sets to the Finance Department;

(25) Four sets to the Pardons and Paroles Board;

(26) Four sets to the Conservation and Natural Resources Department;

(27) Five sets to the State Department of Transportation;

(28) Three sets to the Department of Labor;

(29) Five sets to the Public Service Commission;

(30) Five sets to the State Department of Human Resources;

(31) Ten sets to the Department of Revenue;

(32) Five sets to the State Toxicologist;

(33) One set to each functioning agency, department, institution, bureau, board and commission of state government not otherwise provided for by this chapter, upon application therefor to the Secretary of State;

(34) One set each to every congressman and representative from the State of Alabama in the Congress of the United States;

(35) One set each to every sheriff;

(36) One set to the commission of each county for use of said county commission and for use of the tax assessor, tax collector and other county officers to whom distribution is not otherwise provided;

(37) One set to the circuit court of each county and, in counties having two courthouses, one set for the office of the circuit clerk maintained in each of said courthouses;

(38) One set to the register of the circuit court in every county and, in counties having two courthouses, one set to the office of the register maintained in each of said courthouses; provided, however, that in counties where the offices of circuit clerk and of register are held by the same person, only one set shall be provided;

(39) One set to the clerk of the district court and juvenile court in counties where clerks offices for these courts are maintained;

(40) One set to the probate judge of each county;

(41) One set to every justice of the Supreme Court and every judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Civil Appeals and one set to each law clerk or research assistant thereof;

(42) One set each to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Civil Appeals and Reporter of Decisions;

(43) One set to every judge of the circuit and district courts;

(44) One set to every district attorney and deputy district attorney;

(45) One set to the office of the Secretary of the Senate for the use of the Senate and one set to the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives for the use of the House of Representatives;

(46) One set to the mayor or other executive or presiding officer of each municipality for use of such municipality;

(47) Two sets to the Alabama State Bar Association; and

(48) Five sets to the Clerk of the House and five sets to the Secretary of the Senate.

(Acts 1977, No. 352, p. 470, §1; Acts 1979, Ex. Sess., No. 79-28, p. 38.)