37-4-150
Section 37-4-150 Electric transmission facilities. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Energy Security Act of 2015. (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that due to the economic, financial, and service impacts associated with the development of electric transmission facilities used for the furnishing of electric service to consumers in this state, it is in the public interest to provide incumbent electric suppliers the right to construct, own, operate, and maintain new transmission facilities that connect to their own electric systems. The Legislature further finds and declares that providing incumbent electric suppliers this right furthers their ability to satisfy their respective obligations to provide service to Alabama consumers. This section implements these findings. (c) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Public Service Commission. (2) ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FACILITY. Any transmission...
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11-50-390
Section 11-50-390 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) MUNICIPALITY. Any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama. (2) GOVERNING BODY. The council, commission, or other governing body of such municipality. (3) MAYOR. The mayor, president, or chairman of the commission or other chief executive officer of such municipality. (4) GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. A plant and system for the manufacture, transmission, delivery, and transportation of natural or manufactured gas, together with all appurtenances thereto and all property, real, personal, or mixed, used or useful in connection therewith, including franchises and easements. Such gas transmission system shall include facilities for making sales and deliveries of gas to industrial and institutional users and to line tap residential and commercial users as well as to gas distribution systems. (5) GAS...
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11-71-4
Section 11-71-4 Powers of authority. Any authority formed pursuant to this chapter shall have the following powers, in addition to those stated elsewhere in this chapter: (1) To enter into competitively bid contracts and agreements affecting the infrastructure projects of the district. (2) To hold public meetings with proper advertisement and notice to affected and adjacent property owners. (3) To acquire, construct, install, and operate projects and all property, rights, or interests incidental or pertinent thereto; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall authorize an authority to construct, own, or operate a system for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power, cable television, or Internet system, or telecommunications utility or to be in the business of providing electric energy, cable television, Internet, or telecommunications services. (4) To have the management, control, and supervision of all the business and affairs of the district, and of...
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31-9A-5
Section 31-9A-5 Director of Homeland Security. (a) The position of Director of Homeland Security is created. The director shall be the head of the department. The director shall be appointed by and hold office at the pleasure of the Governor and shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person holding the position of director on June 18, 2003, shall not be subject to confirmation by the Senate. The director shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of office and shall be subject to Chapter 25, Title 36, the Alabama Ethics Law. The salary of the director shall be set by the Governor. (b) The director, subject to the direction and authority of the Governor, shall be the executive head of the department and shall be responsible to the Governor for coordinating, designing, and implementing Alabama's program for homeland security. The director shall be the principal point of contact for and to the Governor with respect to homeland security...
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37-1-52.1
Section 37-1-52.1 Operator service to include access to live operator. Each telecommunications utility and/or company that provides operator service shall ensure that a caller may access a live operator through a method designed to be easily and clearly understandable and accessible to the caller. A telecommunications utility and/or company shall submit to the Public Service Commission the method by which the utility and/or company shall provide access to a live operator for review, except for a telecommunications utility and/or company that is under the jurisdiction, regulation, and rules of the Alabama Public Service Commission. This section applies regardless of the method by which the telecommunications utility and/or company provides the operator service. The requirements of this section shall not apply to telephones located in prison or jail facilities. (Acts 1993, No. 93-756, p. 1511, ยง1.)...
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37-4-140
Section 37-4-140 Purchase of electricity. (a) For purposes of this section only, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AVOIDED COSTS. Costs that a utility or a commission non-jurisdictional electric supplier which purchases electrical energy from a distributed generation facility would have been required to incur but for the distributed generation facility's provision of electrical energy during the same period of time. To the extent such costs are actually avoided, the term may include incremental fuel costs, incremental energy losses, incremental emission allowance costs, and incremental fuel-related operation and maintenance expenses. The term does not include, among other things, costs associated with capacity, the transmission and distribution system, administrative and general costs, customer accounting costs, and general plant in service costs. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Public Service Commission. (3) COMMISSION NON-JURISDICTIONAL ELECTRIC SUPPLIER. a. A...
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34-8-7
Section 34-8-7 Exemptions from chapter; subcontractor requirements. (a) The following shall be exempted from this chapter: (1) The practice of general contracting, as defined in Section 34-8-1, by an authorized representative or representatives of the United States Government, State of Alabama, incorporated town, city, or county in this state, which is under the supervision of a licensed architect or engineer provided any work contracted out by the representative shall comply with the provisions of this chapter for general contractor. (2) The construction of any residence or private dwelling. (3) A person, firm, or corporation constructing a building or other improvements on his, her, or its own property provided that any of the work contracted out complies with the definition in this chapter for general contractor. A municipal governing body or municipal regulatory body may not enact any ordinance or law restricting or altering this exemption. Any municipal ordinance or regulation...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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45-39-250.01
Section 45-39-250.01 Authority to operate cable, telecommunication, etc., systems. In addition to all other power, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law, municipalities and municipal instrumentalities in Lauderdale County may acquire, establish, purchase, construct, maintain, enlarge, extend, lease, improve, and operate cable systems, telecommunications equipment, and telecommunications systems, and furnish cable service, interactive computer service, and Internet access and other Internet services and telecommunications service, or any combination thereof, to the inhabitants of the municipality and surrounding territory. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, municipalities and municipal instrumentalities in Lauderdale County may furnish to the inhabitants of the municipality in Lauderdale County and surrounding territory: Internet access and other Internet services; meter reading services; appliance, equipment, or facilities monitoring; alarm monitoring service...
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13A-10-16
Section 13A-10-16 Interference with public safety communication. (a) For the purposes of this section, "public safety communication" means any radio signal, electronic transmission, telephone communication, or broadcast, intended for law enforcement, fire service, 911 personnel, or emergency personnel acting in an official capacity under color of law, which is transmitted or received by any equipment or system capable of either receiving or transmitting telephone communication, radio signals or other electronic transmissions on a wavelength, frequency, or channel allocated by the Federal Communications Commission or otherwise for use by law enforcement, fire service, 911 personnel, or emergency personnel. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a person commits the offense of interference with public safety communication if the person does any of the following: (1) Knowingly and intentionally displaces, damages, removes, injures, tampers with, destroys, or renders inoperable any...
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