(a) In the administration of this chapter, the secretary shall cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions of this chapter with the U.S. Secretary of Labor and his successors, and the Federal Internal Revenue Service, and, notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, shall make such reports in such form and containing such information as either may from time to time require, and shall comply with such provisions as the U.S. Secretary of Labor, or his successors, or the Federal Internal Revenue Service may from time to time find necessary to insure the correctness and verification of such reports, and shall comply with the regulations prescribed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor, and his successors, governing the expenditures of such sums as may be allotted and paid to this state under Title III of the Social Security Act for the purpose of assisting in the administration of this chapter. Upon request therefor the secretary shall furnish to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment, the name, address, ordinary occupation, and employment status of each recipient of benefits and such recipient’s rights to further benefits under this chapter.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 25-4-118

  • Benefits: as used in this chapter , means the money payable to an individual with respect to his unemployment as provided in this chapter. See Alabama Code 25-4-2
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Employing unit: as used in this chapter , means any individual or type of organization, including any partnership, association, trust estate, joint stock company or corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof, or the legal representative of a deceased person, which has, or subsequent to January 1, 1935, had in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this state. See Alabama Code 25-4-9
  • employment: shall include service constituting employment under any unemployment compensation law of another state or of this state. See Alabama Code 25-4-16
  • Fund: as used in this chapter , means the Unemployment Compensation Fund established by this chapter, to which all contributions and payments in lieu of contributions and from which all benefits required under this chapter shall be paid. See Alabama Code 25-4-12
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Secretary: as used in this chapter , means the Secretary of Labor or his authorized representatives; except, that during any interim in which there is no duly appointed and qualified Secretary of Labor, the same shall mean the Director of Unemployment Compensation, provided for in Section 25-2-3. See Alabama Code 25-4-6
  • State: as used in this chapter , includes, in addition to the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Canada. See Alabama Code 25-4-14
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • wages: as used in this chapter , shall mean such remuneration as was defined in this section prior to such date. See Alabama Code 25-4-16
(b)

(1) The secretary may make the state’s records relating to the administration of this chapter available to the United States Railroad Retirement Board and may furnish the Railroad Retirement Board, at the expense of such board, such copies thereof as the Railroad Retirement Board deems necessary for its purposes. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the secretary may also, upon request therefor, furnish to any public agency the name, address, ordinary occupation, unemployment status, and wage information of a recipient of benefits or of a recipient’s rights to further benefits under this chapter and shall upon specific request furnish such information as is necessary (as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture or the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare or their successors in regulations) for the purpose of determining eligibility of an individual for aid or services, or such information regarding any recipient of or party to such aid or services, or the amount of such aid or services, to needy families with children, or in connection with child support or food stamps provided such agencies make reimbursement for the administrative cost involved.
(2) For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Railroad Retirement Board or any other agency of the United States, with any political subdivision of this state or with any private nonprofit organization, and as a part of such arrangement the secretary may accept moneys, services, or quarters as a contribution to the employment service account.
(3) Moneys received from the United States Railroad Retirement Board as compensation for service or facilities supplied to said board shall be paid into the Unemployment Compensation Administration Fund and the employment service fund on the same basis as expenditures are made for such services or facilities from such funds.
(c) The secretary may afford reasonable cooperation with any agency of the United States charged with the administration of any unemployment insurance law.
(d) The secretary may, at his discretion, release information regarding employment, wages, wage rates, and unemployment to institutions of higher education of this state, or a federal governmental corporation upon payment of reasonable cost therefor, for the purpose of making economic analyses; provided, that such institution or corporation agrees that information so obtained will not be published or released by it to any person or persons in such manner as to permit the identification of any specific individual or employing unit.
(e) The secretary may release any information authorized to be released under the provision of subsection (b) of this section to any public or law enforcement official as may be necessary for the performance of his official duties in accordance with such regulations as the secretary may prescribe and subject to the provision of subsection (f) of this section.
(f) Whoever willfully makes a false statement or representation to obtain any information under the authority of subsection (e) of this section, either for himself or for any other person, or uses any information for any purpose other than in the performance of his official duties or in any other manner misuses such information, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200.00 nor more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment for not less than three nor more than 12 months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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