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11-92A-12
Section 11-92A-12 Powers of authority. An authority shall have the following powers, which
it may exercise in any county within such authority's authorized operational area: (1) To
have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in this chapter; (2) To
institute and defend legal proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue;
provided, however, that an authority may not be sued in any trial court other than the courts
of a county within the authorized operational area of the authority; provided, further, that
the officers, directors, agents, and employees of an authority may not be sued for their actions
in behalf of the authority except for actions that are known by such person to be unlawful
or are performed with reckless disregard for the lawfulness of such actions; (3) To have and
to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at its pleasure; (4) To establish a fiscal year;
(5) To anticipate by the issuance of its bonds the receipt of any...
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12-18-5
Section 12-18-5 Applicability of article to justices and judges; contributions to retirement
fund; granting of credit for military service. (a) Every justice of the Supreme Court, judge
of the Court of Civil Appeals, judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and judge of the circuit
court of the state holding office on September 18, 1973, shall have the right of election
to come under this article. Each justice or judge holding office on September 18, 1973, shall
have the right, within three years from September 18, 1973, to file with the clerk of the
Supreme Court of Alabama, an instrument in writing electing to come under this article. Each
justice or judge of such courts elected or appointed to office after September 18, 1973, shall
come under this article as a matter of law. After September 18, 1973, each justice and each
judge who has elected to come under this article as provided by this section or who comes
under this article by operation of law shall contribute to the Judicial...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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28-3-1
Section 28-3-1 Definitions. As used in this title, the following words shall have the following
meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Any alcoholic,
spirituous, vinous, fermented, or other alcoholic beverage, or combination of liquors and
mixed liquor, a part of which is spirituous, vinous, fermented, or otherwise alcoholic, and
all drinks or drinkable liquids, preparations or mixtures intended for beverage purposes,
which contain one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, and shall include liquor,
beer, and wine. (2) ASSOCIATION. A partnership, limited partnership, or any form of unincorporated
enterprise owned by two or more persons. (3) BEER, or MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES. Except as
otherwise provided in this subdivision, any beer, lager beer, ale, porter, malt or brewed
beverage, or similar fermented malt liquor containing one-half of one percent or more of alcohol
by volume and not in excess of thirteen and nine-tenths percent...
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33-15-6
Section 33-15-6 Powers, duties and functions generally. The general powers, duties and functions
of the authority shall be as follows: (1) GENERAL. The authority: a. Shall have perpetual
succession in its corporate name; b. May bring civil actions and have civil actions brought
against it in its corporate name; c. May adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal, which shall
be judicially noticed; d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with federal,
state and local governments, with agencies of such governments and with private individuals,
corporations, associations and other organizations, including the Bear Creek Watershed Association,
Inc., whether organized under the laws of Alabama or of another state, as the board may deem
necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this article, which authorization
shall include without limitation contracts and cooperative arrangements with any of the several
states and with counties and municipalities in...
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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the
South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered
by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state
in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization
of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of
flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial
growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized
and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended
to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize
and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and
implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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8-20-4
Section 8-20-4 Unfair and deceptive trade practices. Notwithstanding the terms, provisions,
or conditions of any dealer agreement or franchise or the terms or provisions of any waiver,
prior to the termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of any dealer agreement or franchise,
the following acts or conduct shall constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices: (1) For
any manufacturer, factory branch, factory representative, distributor, or wholesaler, distributor
branch, or distributor representative to coerce or attempt to coerce any motor vehicle dealer
to do any of the following: a. To accept, buy, or order any motor vehicle or vehicles, appliances,
equipment, parts, or accessories therefor, or any other commodity or commodities or service
or services which such motor vehicle dealer has not voluntarily ordered or requested except
items required by applicable local, state, or federal law; or to require a motor vehicle dealer
to accept, buy, order, or purchase such items in order to...
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9-16-72
Section 9-16-72 Definitions. The following words and phrases, unless a different meaning is
plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings: (1) APPLICANT. Any person
or legal entity who or which applied for a license or a permit to engage in surface coal mining
operations. (2) APPROXIMATE ORIGINAL CONTOUR. That surface configuration achieved by filling
and grading of the mined area so that the reclaimed area, including any terracing or access
roads, closely resembles the general surface configuration of the land prior to mining and
blends into and complements the drainage pattern of the surrounding terrain, with all high
walls and spoil piles eliminated; water impoundments may be permitted where the commission
determines that they are in compliance with this article. (3) COAL BROKER and COAL SALES AGENCY.
Those persons whose principal business is the buying and reselling of coal, or the negotiation
or soliciting of coal sales between operators and purchasers; where...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the
effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training
requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote
informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member
of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local
board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board
of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development
and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support
of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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34-27-7
Section 34-27-7 Real Estate Commission - Created; composition; qualifications of members; appointment;
terms; compensation; organization; executive director and assistant executive director generally;
seal; records; immunity from suit. (a) There is created the Alabama Real Estate Commission.
The commission shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate as hereinafter provided. The Governor's appointments to the commission,
except for the appointment of the consumer member made pursuant to subsection (e), shall be
made from a list of three persons nominated by the governing body of the Alabama Professional
Real Estate Society or trade association which has the largest licensee membership, as evidenced
by the filing of a verified list of paid members with the Secretary of State within 10 days
of April 6, and annually by December 31 of each year thereafter. At least one of the persons
nominated for each commission seat shall not be a...
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