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22-52-37
Section 22-52-37 Standards for conduct of civil commitment proceedings generally; minimum standards
for civil commitment; appeals from orders of probate courts as to commitment. (a) Any civil
commitment proceedings are to be conducted in accordance with the following constitutional
due process standards: (1) Adequate notice of the hearing and its purpose shall be given sufficiently
in advance of the scheduled proceedings to permit a reasonable opportunity to prepare therefor.
(2) The person to be committed shall have the right to attend the hearing unless the court,
after appropriate inquiry, determines that he or she is so mentally or physically ill as to
be incapable of attendance. (3) The subject of the hearing shall be informed of his right
to counsel and to the appointment of counsel if indigent. Where the commitment of a presently
confined patient is sought, a guardian ad litem who is an attorney shall be appointed. (4)
The guardian ad litem shall be entitled to a reasonable fee...
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12-21-131
Section 12-21-131 Interpreters for persons defective in speech and/or hearing - Qualified interpreter
provided in certain criminal and juvenile proceedings; requirements; fees. (a) Deaf person
means any person either totally deaf, or who has defective hearing, or who has both defective
hearing and speech. (b) For the purpose of this section, the term qualified interpreter means
an interpreter certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Alabama Registry
of Interpreters for the Deaf, or, in the event an interpreter so certified is not available,
an interpreter whose qualifications are otherwise determined. Efforts to obtain the services
of a qualified interpreter certified with a legal skills certificate or a comprehensive skills
certificate will be made prior to accepting services of an interpreter with lesser certification.
No qualified interpreter shall be appointed unless the appointing authority and the deaf person
make a preliminary determination that the...
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15-16-22
Section 15-16-22 Duty of judge to order examination of defendant in capital cases; observation
and examination of defendant by commission on lunacy; report by commission; order of clerk
of court; expenses of removal of defendant. (a) Whenever it shall be made known to the presiding
judge of a court by which an indictment has been returned against a defendant for a capital
offense, that there is reasonable ground to believe that such defendant may presently lack
the capacity to proceed or continue to trial, as defined in Section 22-52-30, or whenever
said judge receives notice that the defense of said defendant may proceed on the basis of
mental disease or defect as a defense to criminal responsibility; it shall be the duty of
the presiding judge to forthwith order that such defendant be committed to the Department
of Mental Health and Mental Retardation for examination by one or more mental health professionals
appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Mental...
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32-5A-191.4
Section 32-5A-191.4 Ignition interlock devices. (a) As used in Section 32-5A-191, the term,
"ignition interlock device" means a constant monitoring device that prevents a motor
vehicle from being started at any time without first determining the equivalent blood alcohol
level of the operator through the taking of a breath sample for testing. The system shall
be calibrated so that the motor vehicle may not be started if the blood alcohol level of the
operator, as measured by the test, reaches a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.02. (b)
The ignition interlock device shall be installed, calibrated, and monitored directly by trained
technicians who shall train the offender for whom the device is being installed in the proper
use of the device. The use of a mail in or remote calibration system where the technician
is not in the immediate proximity of the vehicle being calibrated is prohibited. The Department
of Forensic Sciences shall promulgate rules for punishment and appeal for...
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12-15-133
Section 12-15-133 Filing and inspection of records. (a) The following records, reports, and
information acquired or generated in juvenile courts concerning children shall be confidential
and shall not be released to any person, department, agency, or entity, except as provided
elsewhere in this section: (1) Juvenile legal files (including formal documents as petitions,
notices, motions, legal memoranda, orders, and decrees). (2) Social records, including but
not limited to: a. Records of juvenile probation officers. b. Records of the Department of
Human Resources. c. Records of the Department of Youth Services. d. Medical records. e. Psychiatric
or psychological records. f. Reports of preliminary inquiries and predisposition studies.
g. Supervision records. h. Birth certificates. i. Individualized service plans. j. Education
records, including, but not limited to, individualized education plans. k. Detention records.
l. Demographic information that identifies a child or the family of a...
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12-15-202
Section 12-15-202 Rights of the child. (a) Rights of the child when taken into custody. When
a child is taken into custody, the person taking the child into custody shall inform the child
of all of the following, in language understandable to the child: (1) The reason that the
child is being taken into custody. (2) That the child has the right to communicate with his
or her parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian whether or not that person is present. If
necessary, reasonable means will be provided for the child to do so. (3) The child has the
right to communicate with an attorney. If the child does not have an attorney, one will be
appointed for him or her. If the child has an attorney who is not present, reasonable means
shall be provided for the child to communicate with the attorney. (b) Rights of the child
before being questioned while in custody. Before the child is questioned about anything concerning
the charge on which the child was taken into custody, the person asking the...
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34-28A-26
Section 34-28A-26 Suspension or revocation of licenses or issuance of reprimands to licensees;
appeals; restoration of licenses revoked, reduction of suspensions, etc. (a) The license of
any licensee under this chapter may be suspended or revoked, or a reprimand may be issued
by the board, upon a finding of the board that the licensee has committed any of, but not
limited to, the following acts: (1) Has been convicted of a felony in any court of the United
States, if the acts for which the person is convicted are found by the board to have a direct
bearing on whether the individual should be entrusted to serve the public as a speech-language
pathologist or audiologist. (2) Has been guilty of fraud or deceit in connection with his
or her services rendered as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist. (3) Has aided or
abetted a person, not a licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist, in illegally
representing himself or herself as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist...
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13A-11-72
Section 13A-11-72 Certain persons forbidden to possess pistol. (a) No person who has been convicted
in this state or elsewhere of committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence, misdemeanor
offense of domestic violence, violent offense as listed in Section 12-25-32(15), anyone who
is subject to a valid protection order for domestic abuse, or anyone of unsound mind shall
own a firearm or have one in his or her possession or under his or her control. (b) No person
who is a minor, except under the circumstances provided in this section, a drug addict, or
an habitual drunkard shall own a pistol or have one in his or her possession or under his
or her control. (c) Subject to the exceptions provided by Section 13A-11-74, no person shall
knowingly with intent to do bodily harm carry or possess a deadly weapon on the premises of
a public school. (d) Possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to do bodily harm on the
premises of a public school in violation of subsection (c) of this...
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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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16-24C-6
Section 16-24C-6 Termination of employment - Grounds for termination; procedures; appeals.
(a) Tenured teachers and nonprobationary classified employees may be terminated at any time
because of a justifiable decrease in the number of positions or for incompetency, insubordination,
neglect of duty, immorality, failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner, or other
good and just cause, subject to the rights and procedures hereinafter provided. However, a
vote or decision to approve a recommended termination on the part of a president of a two-year
educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary
Education or the governing board shall not be made for political or personal reasons. (b)
The termination of a tenured teacher or nonprobationary classified employee who is not an
employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of
the Department of Postsecondary Education shall be initiated by the...
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