8-6-140
Section 8-6-140 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words have
the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: (1) BENEFICIARY FORM. A registration
of a security which indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner
regarding the person who will become the owner of the security upon the death of the owner.
(2) DEVISEE. Any person designated in a will to receive a disposition of real or personal
property. (3) HEIRS. Those persons, including the surviving spouse, who are entitled under
the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent. (4) PERSON. An individual,
a corporation, an organization, or other legal entity. (5) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. Includes
executor, administrator, successor personal representative, special administrator, and persons
who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. (6) PROPERTY.
Includes both real and personal property or any interest therein...
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10A-20-8.01
Section 10A-20-8.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AFFILIATED
ORGANIZATIONS. Organizations or boards deriving their powers, functions, funds, and property
directly from the parent organization, as defined in this section, or from its law-making
body and does not mean organizations or boards organized under or answerable to any state
organization, board, convention, or authority constituting a branch of the parent organization.
(2) CHANGE OF SOCIAL POLICIES. Any substantial and material change in or departure from the
rules, social creed, jurisdictional system, authoritative pronouncements, or other fraternal
law relating to the social standards, practices, or policies of the parent organization or
its affiliated institutions, as the same existed at the time of affiliation or merger of the
local organization, and which change is contrary to the way of life of the majority...
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41-14A-2
Section 41-14A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and terms
shall have the following meanings: (1) AVERAGE MONTHLY BALANCE OF PUBLIC DEPOSITS. The sum
of the average daily balances of public deposits, meaning the net average daily balances of
public deposits determined without any deduction for deposit insurance, for the reported month
and the 11 months preceding that month, divided by 12. (2) BOARD OF DIRECTORS or BOARD. The
Board of Directors of the SAFE Program established under Section 41-14A-6. The board
of directors shall consist of eight members. (3) COLLATERAL-PLEDGING LEVEL or COLLATERAL-PLEDGING
REQUIREMENT. The percentage or percentages of collateral, in relation to one or more levels
of public deposits held, required to be pledged by a qualified public depository as determined
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or rules or orders of the board adopted
pursuant to this chapter. (4) COVERED PUBLIC ENTITY. The state and its political...
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5-17-22
Section 5-17-22 Merger and conversion procedures. Any credit union, with the approval
of the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union Administration, may merge with another credit
union, under the existing certificate of organization of the other credit union, pursuant
to any plan agreed upon by the majority of each board of directors of each credit union joining
in the merger. In addition to approval by the administrator and each board of directors, the
membership of the merging credit union must also approve the merger plan in the following
manner: (1) At a meeting called for that purpose, notice of which purpose must be contained
in the call, two-thirds of those voting may vote to approve the merger plan. Voting must be
conducted in accordance with the bylaws of the credit union. The notice must be provided to
the members at least 45 calendar days, but no more than 90 calendar days, prior to the date
of the meeting. (2) After agreement by the directors and approval by the members...
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13A-11-61.3
Section 13A-11-61.3 Regulation of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories. (a)
The purpose of this section is to establish within the Legislature complete control
over regulation and policy pertaining to firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories in
order to ensure that such regulation and policy is applied uniformly throughout this state
to each person subject to the state's jurisdiction and to ensure protection of the right to
keep and bear arms recognized by the Constitutions of the State of Alabama and the United
States. This section is to be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose. (b) For
the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) AMMUNITION. Fixed cartridge ammunition, shotgun shells, the individual components of fixed
cartridge ammunition and shotgun shells, projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms, and any
propellant used in firearms or ammunition. (2) EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY A STATUTE OF THIS STATE.
The authority of...
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16-17A-2
Section 16-17A-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER. The teaching, research, and clinical
facilities provided, established, or operated by a constitutionally created public university
in the state or a university that operates a school of medicine. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation
organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of
an authority. (4) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of an authority. (5) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.
The state, a county, a municipality, or any department, agency, board, or commission of the
state, a county, or a municipality. (6) HEALTH CARE FACILITY. All property or rights in property,
real or personal, tangible or intangible, useful to an authority in its operations, including
without limitation, the following: a. Facilities necessary or desirable to the operation of
an academic medical center, one or more health sciences schools,...
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34-24-521
Section 34-24-521 Definitions. In this compact, the following terms have the following
meanings: (a) BYLAWS. Those bylaws established by the interstate commission pursuant to Section
34-24-530 for its governance, or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct. (b)
COMMISSIONER. The voting representative appointed by each member board pursuant to Section
34-24-530. (c) CONVICTION. A finding by a court that an individual is guilty of a criminal
offense through adjudication, or entry of a plea of guilty or no contest to the charge by
the offender. Evidence of an entry of a conviction of a criminal offense by the court shall
be considered final for purposes of disciplinary action by a member board. (d) EXPEDITED LICENSE.
A full and unrestricted medical license granted by a member state to an eligible physician
through the process set forth in the compact. (e) INTERSTATE COMMISSION. The interstate commission
created pursuant to Section 34-24-530. (f) LICENSE. Authorization by a...
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11-56-1
Section 11-56-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this
chapter, shall, in the absence of clear implication otherwise, have the following respective
meanings: (1) CORPORATION OR THE CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the corporation. (3) THE STATE. The
State of Alabama. (4) THE MUNICIPALITY. That incorporated city or town in the state which
authorized the organization of the corporation. (5) THE COUNTY. That county in which the certificate
of incorporation of the corporation shall be filed for record. (6) LOCAL SUBDIVISION. The
municipality or the county. (7) PUBLIC CORPORATION. a. Any public corporation (other than
a corporation organized under this chapter) now or hereafter organized or created in the state
pursuant to the authorization or determination by the municipality, by the municipality and
one or more other cities and towns in the state, by the county, by the county...
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41-10-81
Section 41-10-81 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)
CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. (2) BOARD.
The board of directors of the corporation. (3) STATE. The State of Alabama. (4) COUNTY. That
county in the state which authorized the organization of the corporation. (5) MUNICIPALITY.
The incorporated cities or towns located in the county which authorized the organization of
the corporation. (6) PUBLIC CORPORATION. Any public corporation now or hereafter organized
or created in the state pursuant to the authorization or determination by the municipality
or by the municipality and any one or more other cities and towns in the state or by the county
or by the county and any one or more counties in the state. (7) STATE AGENCY. Any public corporation
now or hereafter organized or created in the state pursuant to the...
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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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