15-13-140
Section 15-13-140 Reasons for default heard at any time, and allowed without costs. Reasons for default shall be heard by the court on application, at any time when not engaged in other business. When a conditional judgment is set aside for sufficient cause, no cost shall be imposed on the sureties. This provision has no application where money is deposited instead of bail. Sureties may appear before the courts of this state or its subdivisions to answer any "show cause order," conditional or final forfeiture to give any reasons for default, to present any defense to the default, and for any other purpose of informing the courts about information relating to the appearance or non-appearance of the defendant on the bail of which they are surety. If the surety is a professional surety or professional bail company then any agent or representative of the professional surety or bail company may appear for the same purposes. (Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §41.)...
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15-13-82
Section 15-13-82 Conditional judgment - When set aside or made absolute; when excuses for default heard. (a) If the defendants appear and show sufficient cause for their default on bail, to be determined by the court, the conditional judgment must be set aside; but, if the excuse is not sufficient or if they fail to appear, such judgment must be made absolute for the entire sum expressed in the undertaking, or any portion thereof, according to the circumstances. (b) Excuses for default on bail must be heard by the court on application at any time when not engaged in other business. When a conditional judgment is set aside, no cost must be imposed on the defendants; provided, however, that this section has no application where money is deposited instead of bail. (Code 1852, §§707, 708; Code 1867, §§4258, 4259; Code 1876, §§4867, 4868; Code 1886, §§4436, 4437; Code 1896, §§4379, 4380; Code 1907, §§6359, 6360; Code 1923, §§3392, 3393; Code 1940, T. 15, §§217, 218; Acts...
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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney and assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which he or she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation to matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and shall, in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of Section 12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or her circuit, county, or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in that court and represent the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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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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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in protecting the public's health and safety...
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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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15-13-131
Section 15-13-131 Proceeding in forfeiture of bail - Not cash - Conditional forfeitures order. (a) When a defendant fails to appear in court as required by the undertaking of bail and no sufficient excuse has been provided to the court prior to the hearing, the court shall order a conditional forfeiture and show cause order against the defendant and the sureties of the bail. The court shall notify defendant and sureties of the order as set out in this article. The defendant or sureties, or both, shall file a written response with the clerk of the court within 28 days of the date of service of the notice why the bond should not be forfeited. If a written response is filed within the time allowed and the court is of the opinion the written response is sufficient, the court shall set aside the conditional forfeiture. If the court is of the opinion the written response is not sufficient, the court shall set a hearing to determine whether the bond should be forfeited. The hearing shall not...
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15-13-138
Section 15-13-138 Conditions for which it shall be mandatory for the court to set aside forfeiture. The court shall set aside the conditional forfeiture in its entirety for the following reasons or under the following circumstances: (1) If the sureties can show that the defendant was hospitalized at the time he or she was to appear in court, or if the sureties can produce sufficient evidence that the defendant was not able to attend court for reason of illness, by producing a doctor's certificate or letter to that effect. The hospitalization may be in or out of the State of Alabama. For the sureties to take advantage of this provision, they shall put the court on notice that the situation exists either prior to the issuance of the conditional forfeiture order or within 28 days after legal service of the conditional forfeiture on the sureties. After receiving notice, the court may continue the case to a future date it deems proper and just for the defendant to appear. If at that time...
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15-13-137
Section 15-13-137 Conditional judgment set aside, reduced, or made absolute. If the defendants appear and show sufficient cause for the default to be determined by the court, the conditional judgment shall be set aside. If the excuse is not sufficient, or if the defendant or sureties fail to appear at the final forfeiture hearing, the judgment shall be made absolute for the entire sum expressed in the undertaking, or any portion thereof according to the circumstances. (Acts 1993, No. 93-677, p. 1259, §38.)...
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