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34-22-42
Section 34-22-42 Powers and duties generally. The board shall exercise and perform, subject
to this chapter, each of the following powers and duties: (1) Conduct examinations at least
once each year to ascertain the qualifications and fitness of applicants for licenses to practice
optometry. (2) Prescribe rules and regulations for conducting and administering an examination
of applicants for licensing as optometrists and to effectuate this chapter. (3) Institute,
upon a complaint or petition, hearings of charges against licensed optometrists or other persons
as provided in this chapter. (4) Institute legal proceedings for violations of this chapter.
(5) Grant and deny licenses in conformity with this chapter, including applications for approval
to use pharmaceutical agents. (6) Formulate rules and regulations by which the board shall
determine which optometry schools and colleges in or out of the State of Alabama have been
duly accredited by a recognized and properly authorized...
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38-9-6
Section 38-9-6 Protective placement or other protective services. (a) An interested person
may petition the court to order protective placement or other protective services for an adult
in need of protective services. No protective placement or other protective services may be
ordered unless there is a determination by the court that the person is unable to provide
for his or her own protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse. Upon a petition, setting forth the facts and name, age, sex, and residence of the person,
the court of the circuit in which the person resides shall appoint a day, not more than 30
days from the filing of the petition, for the hearing on the petition. If, on the hearing
of a petition, the person is not represented by counsel, the court shall appoint a guardian
ad litem to represent him or her. A jury of six persons shall be impanelled for the hearing
to serve as the trier of facts. (b) Costs of court proceedings under this...
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45-27-82
Section 45-27-82 Recovery of court costs. (a) The office of the district attorney serving Escambia
County, Alabama, shall be allowed to establish a court cost recovery division for the purpose
of collecting assessments, costs, fees, fines, or forfeitures due to be paid to the State
of Alabama, Escambia County, municipalities within Escambia County, or any agency or subdivision
of these governments as a result of any court action or proceeding. (b) The court, the clerk
of the court, or a probation officer shall notify the district attorney in writing when any
bail bond forfeitures, court costs, fines, penalty assessments, crime victims' compensation
assessments, or like assessments in any civil or criminal proceeding ordered by the court
to be paid to the state or municipality have been paid or are in default and the default has
not been vacated. Upon notification to the district attorney, the court cost recovery division
of the district attorney's office may collect or enforce the...
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12-21-225
Section 12-21-225 Testimony for state or defendant by convict. (a) The presiding judge of any
circuit court or district court having reason to believe that the testimony of any convict
serving a sentence in the penitentiary or to hard labor for the county is necessary in any
criminal prosecution for the state and that other evidence cannot be obtained on behalf of
the state may order a writ to be issued by the clerk, commanding the Board of Corrections
to have the convict before the court on a specified day to give testimony in the particular
case for the state. Moreover, upon the sworn petition of the defendant in a criminal prosecution
showing that a convict serving sentence in the penitentiary knows facts which would be beneficial
to him, the judge may, if he believes the ends of justice will be served thereby, order the
issuance of such a writ to secure the appearance of the convict to testify on behalf of the
defendant. The writ shall be served on the board at least one week...
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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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12-21-203
Section 12-21-203 Admissibility of evidence relating to past sexual behavior of complaining
witness in prosecutions for criminal sexual conduct. (a) As used in this section, unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the following
respective meanings: (1) COMPLAINING WITNESS. Any person alleged to be the victim of the crime
charged, the prosecution of which is subject to the provisions of this section. (2) CRIMINAL
SEXUAL CONDUCT. Sexual activity, including, but not limited to, rape, sodomy, sexual misconduct,
sexual abuse or carnal knowledge. (3) EVIDENCE RELATING TO PAST SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. Such term
includes, but is not limited to, evidence of the complaining witness's marital history, mode
of dress and general reputation for promiscuity, nonchastity or sexual mores contrary to the
community standards. (b) In any prosecution for criminal sexual conduct or for assault with
intent to commit, attempt to commit or conspiracy to commit...
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33-15-6
Section 33-15-6 Powers, duties and functions generally. The general powers, duties and functions
of the authority shall be as follows: (1) GENERAL. The authority: a. Shall have perpetual
succession in its corporate name; b. May bring civil actions and have civil actions brought
against it in its corporate name; c. May adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal, which shall
be judicially noticed; d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative agreements with federal,
state and local governments, with agencies of such governments and with private individuals,
corporations, associations and other organizations, including the Bear Creek Watershed Association,
Inc., whether organized under the laws of Alabama or of another state, as the board may deem
necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this article, which authorization
shall include without limitation contracts and cooperative arrangements with any of the several
states and with counties and municipalities in...
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45-49-233.01
Section 45-49-233.01 Fees for services. (a) The Sheriff of Mobile County shall be entitled
to receive the following fees for the services as listed below in civil and criminal cases:
SERVICE FEE (1) Levying attachment. $25 (2) Summoning garnishee and making return. $10 (3)
Garnishment notice to defendant. $10 (4) Serving summons and other mesne process, except subpoenas
for witnesses, and returning same. $10 (5) Summoning each witness and returning subpoenas.
$ 5 (6) Executing a writ of possession. $25 (7) Making a deed to real estate sold. $25 (8)
Serving summons and making returns in cases of forcible entry and detainer. $25 (9) Executing
writs of restitution in such cases. $25 (10) Collecting execution for cost only. $25 (11)
Serving subpoenas on bill in chancery proceedings and returning the same, for each defendant.
$25 (12) Serving any court summons not herein provided for and making return. $10 (13) Serving
attachment for contempt of court or rule to show cause. $10 (14) Taking...
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12-21-160
Section 12-21-160 Expert witnesses. (a) Generally. If scientific, technical, or other specialized
knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact
in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education,
may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise. (b) Scientific evidence. In addition
to requirements set forth in subsection (a), expert testimony based on a scientific theory,
principle, methodology, or procedure is only admissible if: (1) The testimony is based on
sufficient facts or data, (2) The testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods,
and (3) The witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.
(c) Nothing in this section shall modify, amend, or supersede any provisions of the Alabama
Medical Liability Act of 1987 and the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, commencing with
Section 6-5-540, et seq., or any judicial interpretation...
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15-18-200
Section 15-18-200 Motion by persons convicted of capital offense for forensic DNA testing and
analysis. (a) An individual convicted of a capital offense who is serving a term of imprisonment
or awaiting execution of a sentence of death, through written motion to the circuit court
that entered the judgment of sentence, may apply for the performance of forensic deoxyribonucleic
acid testing on specific evidence, if that evidence was secured in relation to the investigation
or prosecution that resulted in the conviction of the applicant, is still available for testing
as of the date of the motion, forensic DNA testing was not performed on the case at the time
of the initial trial, and the results of the forensic DNA testing, on its face, would demonstrate
the convicted individual's factual innocence of the offense convicted. The filing of a motion
as provided in this subsection shall not automatically stay an execution. (b) Upon receipt
of a motion for DNA testing, the circuit court shall...
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