Ala. Code § 41-4-1: Definitions.

The words “state and the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices, and institutions thereof,” and the words “departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices and institutions of the state,” wherever they appear in this chapter, shall not be construed to include counties, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, county and city boards of education, district boards of education of independent school districts, and other local public bodies.