Section 31-5A-6
Duties and powers of board, in conference with commissioner.
The State Board of Veterans' Affairs, in conference with the State Service Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs, shall have the authority exclusively:
(a) To provide for the operation of a state veterans' home or homes for the care of and support of elderly and disabled veterans in the State of Alabama as prescribed in this chapter;
(b) To make necessary rules and regulations for the creation and operation of any state veterans' homes;
(c) To apply for and accept gifts, grants, and other contributions from the federal government or from any other governmental unit;
(d) To use the funds received from the federal government or from any other governmental unit for the purposes authorized and directed by the federal government or such other governmental unit in making the funds available;
(e) To accept and use gifts, grants, donations, and contributions of real estate, both vacant and improved, facilities, services, or other property from individuals, firms, corporations, organizations, and associations and from county and municipal corporations and their subdivisions, plus any other sources of revenue for any state veterans' homes. All expenditures from the trust fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the state Comptroller drawn on account held by the State Treasury based upon claims, approved by the State Board of Veterans' Affairs, as provided in this section.
(Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-776, p. 184, §5.)