Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 22-3-12 (2026)
Payment of Health Department Claims, Etc., Out of County or Municipal Budgets.
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In all counties or municipalities which have provided, or which have aided in providing, a budget out of which the claims, demands and expenses of the health department shall be paid, then such claims and demands of the health department shall not be a claim against the county or municipal treasury, but shall be paid out of the budget or funds, provided the county or municipality has paid into the budget its aliquot, or required part, of such budget.
(Code 1923, §1060; Code 1940, T. 22, §16.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2012–2013 · leading case: Sherry Ross v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Health, 701 F.3d 655 (11th Cir. 2012).
Sherry Ross v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Health, 701 F.3d 655 (11th Cir. 2012). “(internal quotation omitted). The Health Department is responsible for paying any monetary judgment “out of [its] budget,” and state law exempts the county from any claim against the Health Department.”
Weaver v. Madison City Bd. of Educ., 947 F. Supp. 2d 1308 (N.D. Ala. 2013). “Ala.Code § 22-3-12. We do not limit Eleventh Amendment immunity “to who foots the bill____’’’Manders, 338 F.”
Sherry Ross v. Jefferson Cnty. Dep't of Health, No. 11-14258 (11th Cir. Nov. 15, 2012). “Ala. Code § 22-3-12 . We do not limit Eleventh Amendment immunity “to who foots the bill .”
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