11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit. (4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results. (2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot" shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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11-43-21
Section 11-43-21 Qualifications; compensation; powers and duties; bond; term of office and removal. (a) A city manager employed under the provisions of this article shall have the authority and be charged with the duties, liabilities, and penalties and shall hold office and receive compensation as set forth in this section: The city manager shall be the administrative head of the municipal government. He shall be chosen by the governing body of the municipality without regard to political beliefs and solely upon the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications. The choice shall not be limited to inhabitants of the municipality or of the State of Alabama. The city manager shall receive such compensation as may be prescribed by ordinance of the governing body, which shall be payable in 12 monthly installments from the municipal treasury. During the absence or disability of the city manager the governing body shall designate some properly qualified person to perform the duties...
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39-2-12
Section 39-2-12 Partial and final payments of contractors by awarding authorities. (a) As used in this section the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows: (1) CONTRACTOR. Any natural person, partnership, company, firm, corporation, association, limited liability company, cooperative, or other legal entity licensed by the Alabama State Licensing Board for General Contractors. (2) NONRESIDENT CONTRACTOR. A contractor which is neither a. organized and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor b. maintains its principal place of business in the State of Alabama. A nonresident contractor which has maintained a permanent branch office within the State of Alabama for at least five continuous years shall not thereafter be deemed to be a nonresident contractor so long as the contractor continues to maintain a branch office within Alabama. (3) RETAINAGE. That money belonging to the contractor which has been retained by the awarding authority conditioned on...
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45-5-120
Section 45-5-120 Merit system; board; violations. (a) This section shall apply only in Blount County, Alabama. (b) As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) "County" means Blount County; (2) "Municipality" means any municipality in Blount County; (3) "Employee" means any person, including law enforcement officers, not excepted by subsection (c), who is employed in the service of Blount County or any municipality of Blount County or any board, agency, or instrumentality thereof; (4) "Merit employee" means any such employee who shall have completed one year of probationary employment; (5) "Board" means the merit system board created by this section; (6) "Appointment authority" means in the case of employees in the offices of the elected officials of the county or of a municipality, such elected officials, and means, in the case of all other county or municipal employees, the county or municipal governing body, or the board or other agency...
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45-37A-51.120
Section 45-37A-51.120 Definitions. (a) The following words, terms, and phrases, wherever used in this subpart, including this section, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise or that a more restricted or extended meaning is intended: (1) ANNIVERSARY DATE. The date of establishment and the month and day thereof annually thereafter. (2) APPOINTED EMPLOYEE. A person who holds his or her office or position by reason of being appointed by the mayor or city council or other appointing authority of the city; who is not a classified service employee; and who serves solely at the pleasure of the respective appointing authority. (3) BASIC MONTHLY EARNINGS and MONTHLY SALARY. Basic monthly compensation, exclusive of overtime or other forms of extra compensation but including longevity pay, which shall be regarded as having been received in equal monthly installments during each of the months prior to the accrual date...
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45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a)(1) For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist Calhoun County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide for the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun County, which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County Economic Development Council. (2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purposes. (b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors. (2) The...
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11-51-90.1
Section 11-51-90.1 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BUSINESS. Any commercial or industrial activity or any enterprise, trade, profession, occupation, or livelihood, including the lease or rental of residential or nonresidential real estate, whether or not carried on for gain or profit, and whether or not engaged in as a principal or as an independent contractor, which is engaged in, or caused to be engaged in, within a municipality. (2) BUSINESS LICENSE. An annual license issued by a taxing jurisdiction for the privilege of doing any kind of business, trade, profession, or any other activity in that jurisdiction, by whatever name called, which document is required to be conspicuously posted or displayed except to the extent the taxpayer's business license tax or other financial information is listed thereon or unless the municipality affirmatively elects not to so require. However, municipal occupational licenses,...
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25-4-10
of this paragraph shall not be deemed to be applicable with respect to service performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial freezing or in connection with any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution for consumption. e. On a farm operated for profit if such service is not in the course of the employer's trade or business. As used in this subdivision, the term "farm" includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur-bearing animal and truck farms, plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses, or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities, and orchards. (2) Prior to January 1, 1978, domestic services in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority and after December 31, 1977, if the provisions of paragraph b. of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section are not met. (3) Casual labor not in the usual...
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