Alabama Code § 17-5-11

Duties of Secretary of State
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The Secretary of State shall have the following duties: (1) To accept and file all reports and statements, including amendments, required by this chapter to be filed with the Secretary of State and to accept any information voluntarily supplied that exceeds the requirements of this chapter. (2) To make each statement and report filed by any principal campaign committee or political action committee or elected official available for public inspection and copying during regular office hours, any copying to be at the expense of the person requesting copies; except that any information copied from the reports or statements may not be sold or used by any political party, principal campaign committee, or political action committee for the purposes of soliciting contributions or for commercial purposes, without the express written permission of the candidate or the committee reporting the information. (3) To furnish any forms to be used in complying with this chapter. The expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in furnishing forms, accepting statements and reports, filing statements and reports, and making statements and reports available to the public shall be paid from monies designated to the distribution of public documents.

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