Section 34-3-63 - Establishment and use of special funds(a) The Executive Director of the Alabama State Bar may establish special funds to receive fees, grants, or contributions from municipal, county, state, federal, sponsor, business, or charitable sources, or any other source, to conduct studies, educate attorneys and public officials, promote the profession, and carry on the duties of the State Bar. The funds in the special funds are continuously appropriated for the exclusive use of the State Bar, shall be maintained separately, and shall be in addition to any other funds appropriated.(b) These funds may be used to pay the actual expenses of conducting education events, promotion of the State Bar, and other functions of the bar, including the provision of food and beverages usual and customary for like events and the actual and necessary expenses for participants, staff, and faculty of programs and events sponsored by the State Bar as approved by the executive director.(c) The provisions of subsection (b) are remedial, curative, and shall be retroactively applied to ratify and confirm any actions taken consistent with this section.Ala. Code § 34-3-63 (1975)
Added by Act 2021-545,§ 2, eff. 5/27/2021.