Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 23-1-26 (2026)
Legal Division - Appointment of Assistant Counsel; Chief and Assistant Counsel to Be Commissioned and Take Oath as Assistant Attorneys General.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The Director of Transportation, with the approval of the Attorney General and subject to the state Merit System law, may appoint assistant counsel as may be necessary to transact the legal business of the Department of Transportation. The chief counsel and the assistant counsel shall each be commissioned as assistant attorneys general. The chief counsel and the assistant counsel and their stenographic and clerical assistants shall constitute the legal division of the Department of Transportation. The director shall consider the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state when appointing assistant counsel.
(Acts 1963, No. 581, p. 1267, §2; Act 2015-437, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2000–2000 · leading case: Powers v. CSX Transp., Inc., 105 F. Supp. 2d 1295 (S.D. Ala. 2000).
Powers v. CSX Transp., Inc., 105 F. Supp. 2d 1295 (S.D. Ala. 2000). “Ala.Code §§ 23-1-26, -28, -33, -36. The existence of reporting requirements to the state indicates state control.”
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