Alabama. Dept. of Economic and Community Affairs.

Dates:
Active 1939
Active 1974
Active 1983
Active 1990
Active 1982
Active 1983

History notes:

Source:

Alabama Government Manual, 1986.

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) was created by Act No. 83-194 of the 1983, 2nd Executive Session of the Alabama Legislature. [Code 1975, 41-23-1 to 41-23-7]. The Department, created within the Office of the Governor, merged the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs, the ALabama Department of Energy, the Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency, the Office of Highway and Traffic Safety, anf the Office of Employment and Training. In addition, Act No. 84-249 of the 1984 Regular Session transferred to ADECA the responsiblity for the distribution and management of state and federal surplus property.

The purpose of the Department is to provide the Governor with a mechanism to encourage comprehensive and coordinated planning and programming of economic and community affairs. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs consists of a Director appointed by the Governor. The Director serves at the pleasure of the Governor. The Director, with the approval of the Governor, establishes such divisions as are reasonably necessary and, with the approval of the Governor, designates division chiefs to manage each division.

Program Divisions of the Dept. of Economic and Community Affairs:

Community Services Agency Division (ALAV90-A536).

Employment and Training Division.

Energy Division.

Highway and Traffic Safety Division.

Law Enforcement Planning Division.

State Planning and Federal Programs Division.

Surplus Property Division.

Administrative divisions of the Dept. of Economic and Community Affairs.

Finance and Personnel Division.

From the description of Agency history record. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145409441

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Subjects:

  • Community development
  • Economic assistance, Domestic
  • Employees
  • Estuarine area conservation
  • Federal aid to community development
  • Federal aid to law enforcement agencies
  • Federal aid to youth services
  • Law enforcement
  • Offshore oil industry
  • Unemployed
  • Wetland conservation

Occupations:

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Places:

  • Baldwin County (Ala.) (as recorded)
  • Mobile Bay (Ala.) (as recorded)
  • Mexico, Gulf of (as recorded)
  • Alabama--Baldwin County (as recorded)
  • Mobile (Ala.) (as recorded)
  • Weeks Bay (Ala.) (as recorded)
  • Alabama (as recorded)