7-1-201
Section 7-1-201 General definitions. (a) [Reserved]. (b) Subject to additional definitions
contained in the subsequent articles of this title which are applicable to specific articles
or parts thereof, and unless the context otherwise requires, in this title: (1) "Action,"
in the sense of a judicial proceeding, includes recoupment, counterclaim, set-off, suit in
equity, and any other proceeding in which rights are determined. (2) "Aggrieved party"
means a party entitled to pursue a remedy. (3) "Agreement," as distinguished from
"contract," means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language
or inferred from other circumstances, including course of performance, course of dealing,
or usage of trade as provided in Section 7-1-303. (4) "Bank" means a person engaged
in the business of banking and includes a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit
union, and trust company. (5) "Bearer" means a person in possession of a negotiable
instrument, document of title, or...
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45-47-231.20
Section 45-47-231.20 Definitions. As used in this subpart, unless the context clearly requires
a different meaning, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTMENT
AUTHORITY. In the case of employees in the offices of the elected officials of the county
or of a municipality, the elected officials, and, in the case of all other county or municipal
employees, the county or municipal governing body, or the board or other agency supervising
their work. (2) BOARD. The merit system board created by this subpart. (3) COUNTY. Marion
County. (4) EMPLOYEE. Any law enforcement officer, full-time fireman, radio operator, jailer,
and law enforcement support personnel, not excepted by Section 45-47-231.23, who is employed
in the service of Marion County or any municipality of Marion County or any board, agency,
or instrumentality thereof. (5) MERIT EMPLOYEE. Any employee who shall have completed one
year of probationary employment. (6) MUNICIPALITY. Any municipality in Marion...
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9-10B-3
Section 9-10B-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases,
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:
(1) AREA OF THE STATE. Any municipality or county, including portions thereof, or other geographical
area of the state as may be designated by the commission pursuant to this chapter. (2) BENEFICIAL
USE. The diversion, withdrawal, or consumption of the waters of the state in such quantity
as is necessary for economic and efficient utilization consistent with the interests of this
state. (3) CAPACITY STRESS AREA. An area of the state designated by the commission pursuant
to this chapter where the commission determines that the use of the waters of the state, whether
ground water, surface water, or both, requires coordination, management, and regulation for
the protection of the interests and rights of the people of the state. (4) CERTIFICATE OF
USE. A certificate which shall be issued by the...
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11-50-370
Section 11-50-370 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) PUBLIC CORPORATION. Any of the following: A municipality incorporated under the laws of
this state; a board organized under Sections 11-50-230 through 11-50-238, 11-50-240 and 11-50-241,
inclusive, as amended; a board organized under Sections 11-50-310 through 11-50-324, as amended;
and a board organized under Sections 11-50-340 through 11-50-358, as amended. (2) PUBLIC WATER
CORPORATION. Any public corporation which owns and operates a water distribution system or
which has the corporate power and proposes to own and operate a water distribution system.
(3) SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. Any or all of the following: Sanitary sewer mains, sanitary sewer
laterals, a sewage disposal plant or plants, and a sewage treatment plant or plants and appurtenances
related to any thereof. (4) PUBLIC SEWER CORPORATION....
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11-81-160
Section 11-81-160 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) BORROWER. A county or incorporated municipality, as the case may be, exercising the powers
conferred by this article. (2) GOVERNING BODY. In the case of a county, the county commission
exercising the legislative functions of the county and, in the case of a municipality, the
board of commissioners, the mayor and council or other similar body exercising the legislative
functions of the municipality. (3) WATERWORKS SYSTEM. Facilities for the gathering, collecting,
impounding, treatment, transmission and distribution, or any of them, of water for domestic
use or for industrial use or both, together with all appurtenances to any such facilities.
(4) SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. Facilities for the collection, transmission, treatment and disposal
of sewage, together with all appurtenances to any such...
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45-41-244.50
Section 45-41-244.50 Definitions. (a) The following words, terms, and phrases as used in this
subpart shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates
a different meaning: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Revenue of the state. (2) COUNTY.
Lee County in the State of Alabama. (3) COURTHOUSE COMPLEX. Those buildings and structures
comprising the county courthouse in Opelika, Alabama, as the buildings and structures may
from time to time exist. (4) COURTHOUSE IMPROVEMENTS. Improvements, repairs, and renovations
to the courthouse complex. (5) FISCAL YEAR. The period commencing on October 1 of each calendar
year and ending on September 30 of the next succeeding calendar year. (6) JUSTICE CENTER.
A new building or structure (or group thereof) designed for use by the county and its agencies
as a jail, criminal justice center, and place for holding court, or any thereof, with appurtenant
office and other ancillary facilities. (7) MONTH. A calendar...
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11-93-1
Section 11-93-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. Any incorporated municipality,
any county, and any department, agency, board, or commission of any municipality or county,
municipal or county public corporations, and any such instrumentality or instrumentalities
acting jointly. "Governmental entity" shall also include county public school boards,
municipal public school boards and city-county school boards when such boards do not operate
as functions of the State of Alabama. "Governmental entity" shall also mean county
or city hospital boards when such boards are instrumentalities of the municipality or county
or organized pursuant to authority from a municipality or county. (2) EMPLOYEE. An officer,
official, employee, or servant of a governmental entity, including elected or appointed officials,
and persons acting on behalf of any governmental entity in any official...
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37-7-1
Section 37-7-1 Definitions. The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1) CORPORATION. A corporation formed under this chapter. (2) MUNICIPALITY. Any county, city
or town of this state. (3) PERSON or INHABITANT. Such term includes natural persons, firms,
associations, corporations, business trusts, partnerships and bodies politic. (4) ENERGY.
Such term includes any and all electric energy no matter how generated or produced. (5) SYSTEM.
Such term includes any plant, works, system, facilities or properties, together with all parts
thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or useful in the generation, production, transmission
or distribution of energy. (6) BONDS. Such term includes negotiable bonds, interim certificates
or receipts, notes, debentures and all other evidences of indebtedness either issued or the
payment thereof assumed by a corporation. (7) LAW. Any act or...
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41-23-21
Section 41-23-21 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meaning hereinafter ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) COUNCIL. The Enterprise Zone Advisory Council. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department
of Economic and Community Affairs. (3) GOVERNING AUTHORITY. The governing body of a county
or municipality. (4) ENTERPRISE ZONE. A geographic area which is economically depressed, in
need of expansion of business and industry and the creation of jobs and designated to be eligible
for the benefits of this article, and is a target by governments for development by providing
tax and nontax incentives to private enterprise. Effective October 1, 2016, the definition
of an Enterprise Zone shall mean any Alabama county that is described by Section 40-18-376.1(a).
Notwithstanding any other law or agreement to the contrary, any eligible business having received
an approved application from the department prior to October 1,...
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45-11-245.01
Section 45-11-245.01 Definitions. (a) The following words, terms, and phrases where used in
this part shall have the following respective meanings except where the context clearly indicates
a different meaning: (1) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution adopted by the governing body
of the county pursuant to Section 45-11-245.10 authorizing and confirming the levy of the
taxes authorized by this part. (2) CODE. The Code of Alabama 1975, as amended. (3) COMMISSIONER.
The Commissioner of Revenue of the state. (4) COUNTY. Chilton County in the state. (5) PUBLIC
HOSPITAL CORPORATION. The Chilton County Health Care Authority, or any successor thereto,
or any other public corporation heretofore or hereafter organized for hospital purposes in
the county under any general law heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Legislature. (6) STATE.
The State of Alabama. (7) STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. The Department of Revenue of the state.
(8) STATE SALES TAX. The tax or taxes imposed by the state sales...
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