§41-8A-8. Regional advisory boards and planning units - Establishment; composition; purpose; membership; officers and staff generally.

(a) The regional planning units (RPUs), with boundaries as established April 22, 1969, shall be continued and established by virtue of this chapter. The regional planning units, as designated below, shall be and are hereby officially established for the purpose of regional planning, accepting and review of applications pertaining to law enforcement and the criminal justice system, including juvenile justice and delinquency prevention within their respective regions, and to assist the ALEPA central office in planning, coordination and implementation of plans.

The county lines shall be the boundaries of the regions, and the regions shall include the counties as indicated below:

Region One: Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Limestone, Lawrence, Madison, Morgan, Jackson, Marshall, DeKalb and Cullman.

Region Two: Marion, Lamar, Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Hale, Bibb, Sumter and Marengo.

Region Three: Winston, Walker, Blount, St. Clair, Shelby and Chilton.

Metro 1 - High Crime Commission: Jefferson.

Region Four: Cherokee, Etowah, Calhoun, Talladega, Cleburne, Clay, Randolph, Coosa, Tallapoosa and Chambers.

Region Five: Perry, Dallas, Autauga, Elmore, Wilcox, Lowndes, Montgomery, Macon, Lee, Russell, Bullock, Butler, Crenshaw and Pike.

Region Six: Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Monroe, Conecuh, Mobile, Baldwin and Escambia.

Region Seven: Barbour, Henry, Dale, Coffee, Covington, Geneva and Houston.

(b)(1) The composition of the regional planning advisory boards shall incorporate the general representative character elements prescribed for the state supervisory board in Section 41-8A-5 and shall not consist of more than 30 members. In addition, regional boards shall be comprised of a majority of local elected officials.

(2) The members of the regional planning advisory boards shall be appointed by the Governor and the Governor shall appoint the chairperson of said regional boards. The membership of each board shall select a vice-chairperson and fiscal officer.

(3) The staff of each regional planning unit shall consist of a planning coordinator and staff necessary to carry out the duties of the regional unit.

(4) The ALEPA Director shall have complete supervision of the regional planning unit staff.

(5) The ALEPA Director shall have the authority to increase or decrease the staff in all regional planning units as necessary due to workloads and/or funds available. The ALEPA Director shall have the authority to temporarily assign any personnel within any of the regional planning units to other duties outside his/her RPU if the need arises.

(6) The ALEPA Director shall have the power to consolidate regions if feasible and desirable, depending upon workloads and funds available.

(Acts 1978, No. 820, p. 1195, §1-107.)