Terms Used In Alabama Code 21-9-12

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • 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

The Board of Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Rehabilitation Services shall automatically continue in existence, but both may be dissolved and all operations restored to the State Board of Education and to the State Department of Education, respectively, by passage of a joint resolution of the Legislature during any session within five years following January 1, 1995.