Ala. Code § 14-8-41: Designation by Counties and Board of Corrections of Officers or Employees to Do or Perform Acts or Functions Authorized by Article.

(a) The county commission may designate any officer or employee of the county to do and perform for the county any act or function this article empowers the county to do or perform; provided, however, that no elected official of the county shall be designated to do or perform any act or function for the county unless such elected officer is agreeable to being so designated.

(b) The Board of Corrections may designate any employee of the board to do and perform for the board any act or function this article empowers the board to do or perform.