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10A-2A-8.51
Section 10A-2A-8.51 Permissible indemnification. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,
a corporation may indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because the individual
is a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if: (1) (i) the director conducted
himself or herself in good faith; and (ii) the director reasonably believed: (A) in the case
of conduct in an official capacity, that his or her conduct was in the best interests of the
corporation; and (B) in all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation; and (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding,
the director had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; or (2) the
director engaged in conduct for which broader indemnification has been made permissible or
obligatory under a provision of the certificate of incorporation (as authorized by Section
10A-2A-2.02(b)(5)). (b) A director's conduct with respect to an...
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41-5A-12.1
Section 41-5A-12.1 Audit of municipality under certain circumstances. (a) This section shall
be known and may be cited as the Municipal Audit Accountability Act. (b) Any provision of
law to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts suspects
fraud or mismanagement of funds by a municipality, the department may examine the books, records,
vouchers, and accounts of the municipality. (c) If the mayor of a municipality does not provide
for an audit or examination to be conducted on the municipality as required by law, or when
fraud or mismanagement of funds by the municipality is suspected, a majority of the members
of the governing body of the municipality, by resolution, may submit a written request to
the department for an examination by the department of the books, records, vouchers, and accounts
of the municipality. The department, pursuant to a cursory review, shall determine whether
an in-depth audit by the department is necessary as required by...
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10A-2A-13.40
Section 10A-2A-13.40 Other remedies limited. (a) The legality of a proposed or completed corporate
action described in Section 10A-2A-13.02(a) may not be contested, nor may the corporate action
be enjoined, set aside or rescinded, in a legal or equitable proceeding by a stockholder after
the stockholders have approved the corporate action. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to
a corporate action that: (1) was not authorized and approved in accordance with the applicable
provisions of: (i) Article 9, 10, 11, or 12 of this chapter or Article 8 of Chapter 1; (ii)
the certificate of incorporation or bylaws; or (iii) the resolution of the board of directors
authorizing the corporate action; (2) was procured as a result of fraud, a material misrepresentation,
or an omission of a material fact necessary to make statements made, in light of the circumstances
in which they were made, not misleading; (3) is an interested transaction, unless it has been
recommended by the board of directors in the...
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41-23-253
Section 41-23-253 Research and development enhancement grant program; fund. (a) The Director
of ADECA may establish and administer the research and development enhancement grant program
for the purpose of encouraging new and continuing efforts to conduct new or expanded research
and development activities within Alabama. By September 4, 2019, the director shall adopt
rules and policies to administer the program and begin to accept applications for grants,
and shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to meet the future needs of the grant program.
(b) The program shall be administered pursuant to policies developed by ADECA in compliance
with this article. The policies shall provide for the awarding of grants to Alabama research
entities that have qualified research expenses in Alabama in a fiscal year exceeding a base
amount. (c) The Alabama Research and Development Enhancement Fund is created in the State
Treasury. The fund is subject to appropriations by the Legislature and gifts,...
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10A-2-3.04
Section 10A-2-3.04 Ultra vires. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), the validity of corporate action may not be challenged on the ground that the corporation
lacks or lacked power to act. (b) A corporation's power to act may be challenged: (1) In a
proceeding by a shareholder against the corporation to enjoin the act; (2) In a proceeding
by the corporation, directly, derivatively, or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal
representative, against an incumbent or former director, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation; or (3) In a proceeding by the Attorney General under Section 10A-2-14.30. (c)
In a shareholder's proceeding under subsection (b)(1) to enjoin an unauthorized corporate
act, the court may enjoin or set aside the act, if equitable and if all affected persons are
parties to the proceeding, and may award damages for loss, other than...
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10A-2A-1.48
Section 10A-2A-1.48 Action on ratification. (a) The quorum and voting requirements applicable
to a ratifying action by the board of directors under Section 10A-2A-1.47(a) shall be the
quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified
at the time such ratifying action is taken. (b) If the ratification of the defective corporate
action requires approval by the stockholders under Section 10A-2A-1.47(c), and if the approval
is to be given at a meeting, the corporation shall notify each holder of valid and putative
stock, regardless of whether entitled to vote, as of the record date for notice of the meeting
and as of the date of the occurrence of defective corporate action, provided that notice shall
not be required to be given to holders of valid or putative stock whose identities or addresses
for notice cannot be determined from the records of the corporation. The notice must state
that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting, is to...
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25-5-11
the employee was entitled. For purposes of this amendatory act, the employer shall be entitled
to subrogation for medical and vocational benefits expended by the employer on behalf of the
employee; however, if a judgment in an action brought pursuant to this section is uncollectible
in part, the employer's entitlement to subrogation for such medical and vocational benefits
shall be in proportion to the ratio the amount of the judgment collected bears to the total
amount of the judgment. (b) If personal injury or death to any employee results
from the willful conduct, as defined in subsection (c) herein, of any officer, director, agent,
or employee of the same employer or any workers' compensation insurance carrier of the employer
or any person, firm, association, trust, fund, or corporation responsible for servicing any
payment of workers' compensation claims for the employer, or any officer, director, agent,
or employee of the carrier, person, firm, association, trust, fund, or...
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36-26-15
Section 36-26-15 Tests for establishment of employment registers for positions in classified
service; preferences for veterans, etc.; cooperation of board with federal government, etc.,
in establishing and administering standards of personnel qualifications, pay plans, etc. (a)
The director shall conduct tests to establish employment registers for the various classes
of positions in the classified service. The tests shall take into consideration elements of
character, reputation, education, aptitude, experience, knowledge, skill, personality, physical
fitness and other pertinent matters and may be written or oral or any other demonstration
of fitness as the director may determine. For a promotion test, the qualifications shall include
the requirement that an applicant be employed in a position in such class and for such length
of time, as the director shall specify, subject to the rules. Public notice of the time, place
and general scope of every test shall be given. The director, with...
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10A-2A-8.42
Section 10A-2A-8.42 Standards of conduct for officers. Notwithstanding Division C of Article
3 of Chapter 1: (a) An officer, when performing in his or her capacity as such, has the duty
to act: (1) in good faith; (2) with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably
exercise under similar circumstances; and (3) in a manner the officer reasonably believes
to be in the best interests of the corporation. (b) The duty of an officer includes the obligation:
(1) to inform the superior officer to whom, or the board of directors or the board committee
to which, the officer reports of information about the affairs of the corporation known to
the officer, within the scope of the officer's functions, and known to the officer to be material
to that superior officer, board of directors or board committee; and (2) to inform his or
her superior officer, or another appropriate person within the corporation, or the board of
directors, or a board committee, of any actual or probable...
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10A-2A-13.01
Section 10A-2A-13.01 Definitions. Notwithstanding Chapter 1, in this Article 13: (1) "Affiliate"
means a person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with another person or is a senior executive of
that person. For purposes of Section 10A-2A-13.02(b)(4), a person is deemed to be an affiliate
of its senior executives. (2) "Corporation" means the corporation that is the issuer
of the stock held by a stockholder demanding appraisal and, for matters covered in Section
10A-2A-13.22 through Section 10A-2A-13.31, includes the surviving organization of a merger.
(3) "Fair value" means the value of the corporation's stock determined: (i) immediately
before the effectiveness of the corporate action to which the stockholder objects; (ii) using
customary and current valuation concepts and techniques generally employed for similar businesses
in the context of the transaction requiring appraisal; and (iii) without...
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