2018 Code of Alabama
Title 26 - INFANTS AND INCOMPETENTS.
Chapter 16 - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
Article 1 - Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.
Section 26-16-3.1 - Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board - Transfer of rights, duties, property, etc., to Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.
(a) Except as necessary to comply with this section and Sections 26-16-2, 26-16-3, 26-16-4, and 26-16-6, the rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in the name of the State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board shall be transferred to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention. Any reference to the state board in any existing law, contract, or other instrument, except as otherwise provided in this section or Sections 26-16-2, 26-16-3, 26-16-4, and 26-16-6, shall be deemed a reference to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.
(b) A reasonable transition period for the name change shall be allowed to permit an orderly and cost-effective transition, relating particularly to the use of equipment, and supplies of all letterhead, business cards, forms, and any other materials in use by the state board containing the name State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board shall continue to be used by the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention until the supplies are exhausted. Replacement supplies shall contain the name of the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention.
(c) The Code Commissioner, pursuant to Section 29-7-8, at times determined appropriate, shall implement this statutory name change in applicable sections of this code.
(Act 2006-228, p. 393, §2.)
