Section 31-9A-10
Director may accept services from federal government and private persons.
Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer of the federal government, any other state, or any person, firm, or corporation offers to the state or, through the state, to any political subdivision of the state, services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for purposes of homeland security, the state, acting through the director, or such political subdivision, acting through its governing body, may accept the offer, and, upon the acceptance, the director or governing body of the political subdivision may authorize any officer of the state or of the political subdivision, as the case may be, to receive the services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds on behalf of the state or political subdivision. This provision does not include grants listed in 42 U.S.C. § 5121 through 42 U.S.C. § 5206, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Act.
(Act 2003-276, p. 658, §10.)