26-10D-2
Section 26-10D-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1)
Alabama provides state licensed child placing services through various state, charitable,
religious, and private organizations. (2) Religious organizations, in particular, have a lengthy
and distinguished history of providing child placing services that predate government involvement.
(3) Religious organizations have long been licensed and should continue to contract with and
be licensed by the state to provide child placing services. (4) The faith of the people of
the United States has always played a vital role in efforts to serve the most vulnerable,
and this chapter seeks to ensure that people of any faith, or no faith at all, are free to
serve children and families who are in need in ways consistent with the communities that first
inspired their service. (5) Religious organizations display particular excellence when providing
child placing services. (6) Religious organizations cannot provide...
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41-16-80
Section 41-16-80 Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds and declares
that information currently available to the public does not include the disclosure of all
persons who for the purpose of financial gain submit a proposal, bid, contract, or grant proposal
to the State of Alabama. (Act 2001-955, 2001 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 815, §1.)...
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26-23A-2
Section 26-23A-2 Legislative findings; purpose. (a) The Legislature of the State of
Alabama finds that: (1) It is essential to the psychological and physical well-being of a
woman considering an abortion that she receive complete and accurate information on her alternatives.
(2) Most abortions are performed in clinics devoted solely to providing abortions and family
planning services. Most women who seek abortions at these facilities do not have any relationship
with the physician who performs the abortion, before or after the procedure. Most women do
not return to the facility for post-surgical care. In most instances, the woman's only actual
contact with the physician occurs simultaneously with the abortion procedure, with little
opportunity to receive counseling concerning her decision. (3) The decision to abort is an
important, and often a stressful one, and it is desirable and imperative that it be made with
full knowledge of its nature and consequences. The medical, emotional,...
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33-18-1
Section 33-18-1 Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby
agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin
Compact: Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact The States of Alabama and Georgia and
the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective
upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress
of the United States. Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa
River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACT
Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States
of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes
of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably
apportioning the surface waters of the ACT, engaging in water planning,...
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33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama
hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint
River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama,
Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact
which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state
legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and
may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall
be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact."
Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and
the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate
comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...

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40-9A-4
Section 40-9A-4 Department of Revenue to compile information and submit to Legislature
report. The Department of Revenue shall, not later than May 1, 1993, compile the information
submitted pursuant to Section 40-9A-3 and provide to the Legislature the following
information: (a) A complete listing of all real and personal property located in the state
which is subject to a lease with a public authority, county, or municipality of the State
of Alabama. (b) A complete listing of the estimated fair and reasonable market value of such
real and personal property. (c) The estimated tax revenue produced by such real and personal
property if taxed at the rates applicable to taxable property located in the respective jurisdictions.
(d) A copy of all lists, if any, received by the department from tax assessors pursuant to
subsection (f) of Section 40-9A-3. The completeness of the information required to
be provided by the department pursuant to subsections (a) through (c) of this section
shall...
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20-2-210
Section 20-2-210 Legislative findings. The Alabama Legislature hereby finds that the
diversion, abuse, and misuse of prescription medications classified as controlled substances
under the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act constitutes a serious threat to the health
and welfare of the citizens of the State of Alabama. The Legislature further finds that establishment
of a controlled substances prescription database to monitor the prescribing and dispensing
of controlled substances will materially assist state regulators and practitioners authorized
to prescribe and dispense controlled substances in the prevention of diversion, abuse, and
misuse of controlled substances prescription medication through the provision of education
and information, early intervention, and prevention of diversion, and investigation and enforcement
of existing laws governing the use of controlled substances. (Act 2004-443, p. 781, §1.)...

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12-21-135.1
Section 12-21-135.1 Video testimony by certain witnesses. (a) This section shall
be known as the "Alabama Armed Services Accommodation Act." (b) The Legislature
finds it to be an important matter of public policy that an accommodation be made for military
members who are asked to testify in civil or criminal trials in this state but are unable
to attend in person. The purpose of this section is to ease the burdens on military
personnel and their families brought on by the duty of appearing as a witness in a trial in
this state when summoned. The purpose of this section is also to allow members of the
armed services to assist in trials in this state as witnesses without interrupting their military
service, while protecting the rights of all parties in civil or criminal litigation. The purpose
of this section is also to better enable the fact-finder to obtain crucial evidence
and will aid in the expeditious resolution of cases in this state by providing a procedure
in which testimony of...
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22-50-60
Section 22-50-60 Purpose of article. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature
of the State of Alabama in this article to facilitate the collection of appropriate information,
records and research data and to protect the individuals involved. (Acts 1971, No. 1891, p.
3078, §1.)...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama
hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product
Regulation Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of
joint and cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest
of consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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