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15-12-23
Section 15-12-23 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Post-conviction proceedings.
(a) In proceedings filed in the district or circuit court involving the life and liberty of
those charged with or convicted of serious criminal offenses including proceedings for habeas
corpus or other post-conviction remedies, the trial or presiding judge or chief justice of
the court in which the proceedings may be commenced or pending may appoint counsel through
an indigent defense system approved by the office to represent and assist indigent defendants
if it appears to the court that the indigent defendant is unable financially or otherwise
to obtain the assistance of counsel and desires the assistance of counsel and it further appears
that counsel is necessary in the opinion of the judge to assert or protect the right of the
indigent defendant. (b) In proceedings filed in the district or circuit court involving the
life and liberty of those persons charged or adjudicated for juvenile offenses...
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15-12-21
Section 15-12-21 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Trial court. (a) If it appears
to the trial court that an indigent defendant is entitled to counsel, that the indigent defendant
does not expressly waive the right to assistance of counsel, and that the indigent defendant
is not able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance of counsel through another indigent
defense system for the circuit, the court shall appoint counsel to represent and assist the
defendant. It shall be the duty of the appointed counsel, as an officer of the court and as
a member of the bar, to represent and assist the indigent defendant to the best of his or
her ability. (b) If it appears to the trial court in a delinquency case, need of supervision
case, or other judicial proceeding in which a juvenile is a party, that the juvenile is entitled
to counsel and that the juvenile is not able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance
of counsel or that appointed counsel is otherwise required by...
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15-12-22
Section 15-12-22 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Appeals. (a) In all criminal
cases wherein an indigent defendant has an appeal which lies directly to an appellate court
and the indigent defendant expresses his or her desire to appeal, the court shall cause to
be entered upon its minutes a recital of notice of appeal. (b) If it appears that the indigent
defendant desires to appeal and is unable financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance
of counsel on appeal and the indigent defendant expresses the desire for assistance of counsel,
the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent and assist the indigent defendant on appeal,
through the indigent defense system for such cases. The presiding judge of the court to which
the appeal is taken shall have authority to appoint counsel through the indigent defense system
for such cases in the event the trial court fails to appoint and in the event it becomes necessary
to further provide for counsel. It shall be the duty of the...
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41-4-323
Section 41-4-323 Purpose; employees; compensation and benefits; payment of expenses;
implementation; additional duties of director. (a) The Office of Indigent Defense Services
is established to carry out the administrative duties relating to the provision of indigent
defense services. The director shall use existing employees of the Department of Finance and
its existing offices, as assigned by the Director of Finance. The director's salary shall
not exceed the state salary paid to a district attorney and be paid at the same time and in
the same manner that salaries of other state employees are paid. The Director of the Office
of Indigent Defense Services shall be entitled to annual and sick leave, insurance, retirement,
and other state employee benefits, including cost-of-living raises authorized by the Legislature
for state employees. (b) The director may enter into contracts, and accept funds, grants,
and charitable donations from any public or private source to pay expenses...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove
barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent
moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children
of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty
in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in
entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children
of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling,
sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility
for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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45-5-120
Section 45-5-120 Merit system; board; violations. (a) This section shall apply
only in Blount County, Alabama. (b) As used in this section, unless the context clearly
requires a different meaning: (1) "County" means Blount County; (2) "Municipality"
means any municipality in Blount County; (3) "Employee" means any person, including
law enforcement officers, not excepted by subsection (c), who is employed in the service of
Blount County or any municipality of Blount County or any board, agency, or instrumentality
thereof; (4) "Merit employee" means any such employee who shall have completed one
year of probationary employment; (5) "Board" means the merit system board created
by this section; (6) "Appointment authority" means in the case of employees
in the offices of the elected officials of the county or of a municipality, such elected officials,
and means, in the case of all other county or municipal employees, the county or municipal
governing body, or the board or other agency...
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus
Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with
all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, with regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple
states, the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted
and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject
to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any
law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted
Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another
State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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20-2-190
Section 20-2-190 Penalties; sale of ephedrine, etc.; Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force.
(a) Any person who manufactures, sells, transfers, receives, or possesses a listed precursor
chemical violates this article if the person: (1) Knowingly fails to comply with the reporting
requirements of this article; (2) Knowingly makes a false statement in a report or record
required by this article or the rules adopted thereunder; (3) Is required by this article
to have a listed precursor chemical license or permit, and is a person as defined by this
article, and knowingly or deliberately fails to obtain such a license or permit. An offense
under this subsection shall constitute a Class C felony. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 20-2-188, a person who possesses, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes
or attempts to solicit another or conspires to possess, sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish
a listed precursor chemical or a product containing a precursor chemical or ephedrine or...
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15-12-1
Section 15-12-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) APPOINTED COUNSEL. Any attorney licensed to practice law in the
State of Alabama who is appointed by the court to represent an indigent defendant. (2) CONTRACT
COUNSEL. Any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama, or a firm, association,
corporation, or partnership of lawyers so licensed, executing a contract for the provision
of indigent defense services. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Office of Indigent Defense
Services. (4) INDIGENT DEFENDANT. Any person involved in a criminal or juvenile proceeding
in the trial or appellate courts of the state for which proceeding representation by counsel
is constitutionally required or is authorized or required by statute or court rule, including
parents of children during the termination of parental rights hearings, who under oath or
affirmation states that he or she is unable to pay for his or her...
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15-12-5
Section 15-12-5 Determination of indigency and provision of defense services. (a) Judicial
role in determining indigency. The trial judge shall determine, in accordance with the policies
and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services, if a person in his
or her court is an indigent defendant, any time appropriate or necessary. Upon appeal from
the trial court to the state appellate court, the trial judge who presided over the proceedings
on appeal shall determine if the appellant is an indigent defendant in accordance with the
policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services. If an indigency
determination is necessary in any proceeding initiated originally in a state appellate court
, the presiding judge or chief justice of the appellate court shall determine if the appellant
or petitioner is an indigent defendant. (b) Criteria for determining indigency. In determining
indigency, the judge shall recognize ability to pay as a variable...
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