Ala. Code § 41-10-729: Duties of Department.

It shall be the duty of the department to administer this division. The department may adopt, amend, or rescind rules and employ persons, make expenditures, require reports, make investigations, and take any other action as may be necessary or suitable to that end. The same penalties, interest, lien, and criminal provisions of Chapters 1, 2A, and 18 of Title 40, shall apply to taxpayers failing to accurately compute and remit the fee owed as established by this division to the department within the time set forth by this division and as further prescribed by the department.