(a) The board shall appoint, prescribe the duties of, and fix the compensation of an administrator. The board may dismiss an administrator at its discretion. The board shall adopt a seal, which shall be in the care and custody of the administrator. The board, subject to the Merit System, may employ and prescribe the duties of assistants and inspectors necessary to carry out this article. The board, without regard to the Merit System Act, may engage and employ consultants and technical advisors considered necessary in carrying out its responsibilities.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 9-17-104

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The administrator and inspectors are constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama and are clothed with the powers of peace officers and deputy sheriffs, and may exercise such powers anywhere within the state. They may issue a warning ticket or a uniform nontraffic citation to or arrest violators of Sections 40-17-160 to 40-17-166, inclusive, and any state or federal law or regulation adopted by the board relating to the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas and carry such violators before the district court in the county in which the violation is committed.
(c) All fees and penalties collected under this article or otherwise inuring to the credit of the board shall be deposited in the State Treasury in a fund designated the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board Fund, which is established by this subsection. All expenditures from the fund shall be subject to the terms, conditions, provisions, and limitations of Title 41, Chapter 4, Article 4.
(d) All balances in the fund in excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) at the end of each fiscal year shall be transferred to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research and Education Fund established in the State Treasury. The monies in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Research and Education Fund shall be paid out only by warrant of the Comptroller upon the Treasurer, upon itemized vouchers, approved by the administrator; provided, that no funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to the provisions of Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96 and Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriation or other appropriation bills each new fiscal year for research, development, and training and the implementation of marketing, advertising, and information programs relating to LP-gas. Any other appropriations, grants, or other sources of funding made available for the purpose of LP-gas research and education shall be deposited in the LP-Gas Research and Education Fund.
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