§30-6-3. Duties of office; exemptions.

(a) It shall be the duty of the office to do all of the following:

(1) To establish minimum program requirements and standards for certifying domestic violence facilities to receive state funds pursuant to this chapter.

(2) To receive applications for state funding of the facilities pursuant to this chapter.

(3) To approve or reject each application within 60 days of receipt of the application.

(4) To distribute funds to a certified facility beginning on October 1 of the year immediately succeeding the year in which the facility's application was approved.

(5) To evaluate annually each shelter for compliance with the minimum standards.

(b) The office or the district attorney from any participating circuit may enter and inspect the premises of domestic violence shelter at any reasonable hour in order to effectively evaluate the state of compliance of the facility with this chapter and rules in force pursuant thereto.

(c) The Executive Committee of the Alabama District Attorneys Association shall prescribe by rule the procedures by which subdivision (1) of subsection (a) shall be implemented.

(d) Any facility which shelters children, pursuant to this chapter, shall be exempt from the provisions of Title 38, Chapter 7.

(Acts 1981, No. 81-813, p. 1452, §3; Act 99-589, p. 1344, §1.)