11-60-2
Section 11-60-2 Legislative intent; construction of chapter generally. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to promote the public health and general welfare by authorizing the incorporation in the several municipalities in this state of public corporations to acquire, enlarge, improve, expand, own, operate, lease, and dispose of properties to the end that such corporation may be able to promote public interest and participation in sports, athletics, and recreational activities and to provide or improve public parks in this state, including all buildings, facilities, and improvements incident thereto or useful in connection therewith. It is the further intent of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to vest such public corporations with all powers that may be necessary to enable them to accomplish such purposes. (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intention. (Acts 1967, Ex. Sess., No. 218, p. 264, §1.)...
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11-9-21
Section 11-9-21 Legislative intent; construction of article. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize each county in the state to finance the acquisition by such county through purchase, construction or otherwise of one or more waterworks systems by the sale and issuance of interest-bearing warrants of such county for payment of costs of acquiring such system or systems. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intention. (Acts 1973, No. 1128, p. 1901, §1.)...
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11-95-1
Section 11-95-1 Legislative intent; liberal construction of chapter. It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to promote the public health of the people of the State of Alabama by authorizing each county and any municipality located in such county to act jointly in authorizing the incorporation of one or more public corporations for the purpose of providing public hospital facilities in such county and to invest each corporation so organized with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purpose. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with said intent. (Acts 1981, No. 81-338, p. 480, §1.)...
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33-13-2
Section 33-13-2 Legislative intent; construction of chapter. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to implement Constitutional Amendment No. 338 by: (1) Authorizing the issuance of the interest-bearing general obligation bonds of the state provided for in the said constitutional amendment; (2) Providing for the incorporation of a public corporation to act as the agency of the state in the authorization, sale, issuance and approval of disbursement of proceeds of the said bonds and to perform the other functions hereinafter specified; and (3) Providing for the expenditure of the proceeds from the said bonds. It is also the intention of the Legislature that, to the extent deemed feasible, in the sole discretion of the Alabama State Docks Department with the approval of the Alabama Port Authority, the proceeds from the said bonds will be used in preparation for and in anticipation of the demands that will be made upon and the opportunities that will be...
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16-13-300
Section 16-13-300 Legislative intent; construction. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the adoption of this article to authorize each county board of education and each city board of education in the State of Alabama to issue and sell, at public or private sale, upon the prior written approval of the State Superintendent of Education, warrants payable from, and secured by a pledge of, revenues of such board which are lawfully available and are designated by the board therefor, for educational and public school purposes, including, without limitation, payment of the costs of public school facilities and the refunding of valid indebtedness of such board, regardless of whether such indebtedness was incurred under this article or under other provisions of law and regardless of whether such indebtedness is a direct or indirect obligation of such board and to authorize counties and municipalities to provide financial and other assistance to boards of education within the...
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41-10-261
Section 41-10-261 Legislative intent; liberal construction. It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation by the Governor, the Director of Finance and the Chief Justice of a public corporation for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, installing, equipping, operating and maintaining judicial facilities, and to vest such corporation with all powers, authority, rights, privileges, and titles that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish such purpose. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the purpose expressed. (Acts 1986, No. 86-420, p. 627, §2.)...
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45-41-83.14
Section 45-41-83.14 Legislative intent; construction; failure to abide by conditions. For programs utilizing supervised preadjudication release, it is the intent of the Legislature that this part shall be a guide to courts in Lee County to ensure that no eligible person is needlessly detained in the county jail because of his or her personal economic circumstances or inability to post bail, provided that his or her release shall not be contrary to the public interest or a danger to the public at large, and also shall serve the purpose of assuring the presence of the defendant at trial. It is not the intent of the Legislature that this part be so liberally construed as to allow the indiscriminate release of accused persons. Any court may order that any eligible person incarcerated before trial or adjudication be released on an unsecured appearance bond supervised by the program, under any conditions ordered by the court, and in accord with all of the program policies, rules, and...
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32-7C-36
Section 32-7C-36 Legislative intent, scope, and construction of article. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for uniformity of laws governing TNCs, TNC drivers, and TNC vehicles throughout the state, and to provide that TNCs, TNC drivers, and TNC vehicles be governed exclusively by state law, including Article 1 of this chapter, governing insurance requirements for TNCs and TNC drivers, and any rules adopted by the commission consistent with this article. (b) A county, municipality, special district, airport authority, port authority, or other local governmental entity or subdivision may not do any of the following: (1) Impose a tax on, or require a license for, a TNC or a TNC driver or TNC vehicle if the tax or license relates to providing prearranged rides. (2) Require a TNC or a TNC driver to obtain a business license or any other type of similar authorization to operate within the jurisdiction. (3) Subject a TNC, a TNC driver, or a TNC vehicle to a rate, entry,...
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16-16-2
Section 16-16-2 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; liberal construction of chapter. The Legislature hereby makes the findings of fact and declaration of intent hereinafter set forth in this section. The great increase during recent years in the number of students enrolled in the public schools and in other educational institutions in the state that are supported wholly or in part by the state, the anticipated further increase in the enrollment of students in such schools and educational institutions resulting from the greatly increased birth rate and other factors, the increased enrollment in other public institutions in the state and the need to supply additional educational facilities at those other public institutions for the purpose of maintaining and further developing educational programs for the inmates of those institutions have made it imperative that buildings and other facilities for educational purposes be constructed and equipped in all parts of the...
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16-44A-1
Section 16-44A-1 Legislative intent. (a) The Legislature finds that the 1986 and 1992 Commissions on the Future of the South, under the auspices of the Southern Growth Policies Board, called for youth and community leadership development and support as critical to southern economic development and progress. The Legislature further finds that citizenship and leadership programs are vital to the well-being of our American system of self-government, and to the civic well-being, economic development, and quality of life in Alabama, the South, and the nation. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to work to achieve these southern leadership goals by creating a voluntary compact of public, non-profit, and private sectors to enhance and expand leadership and citizenship education in Alabama. (Acts 1994, No. 94-482, p. 799, §1.)...
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