(a) The Law Enforcement Division of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, for the procurement of evidence to aid in the criminal enforcement of the laws of this state, may establish a fund known as the “Cost of Evidence Fund” in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). This fund is to be administered by the Administrator of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and upon approval, the State Comptroller shall draw a warrant on the State Treasury to create this fund. It shall be the responsibility of the Administrator of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to insure that the fund is maintained at an amount not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and upon presentation to the Comptroller of the properly documented expenditures the Comptroller shall cause a warrant to be drawn to replenish this fund. The fund shall be managed by the Administrator of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to make such distributions from this fund to Alcoholic Beverage Control Board agents as deemed necessary.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 28-3-55

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may expend moneys for the purposes authorized in subsection (a), which moneys shall be paid from the funds appropriated to the Law Enforcement Division of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for “other expenses.”