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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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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17-13-76
Section 17-13-76 Witnesses - Oaths; summoning witnesses; expenses. The chair of any committee or subcommittee before which may be pending any contest as herein provided may administer oaths to witnesses in such contests and summon persons and officers to be and appear before such committee or subcommittee. The person who desires the summoning of any witnesses, at the time he or she makes request of the chair of such committee to summon any witness, shall deposit with the chair of such committee, in cash, sufficient money to pay the cost of summoning any such witness and also to pay such witness the sum of one dollar ($1) per day while attending upon such committee and the sum of three cents ($.03) per mile each way in coming and returning from attendance upon such committee. All witnesses summoned to testify in any contest pending before any committee shall be paid at the rate of one dollar ($1) per day and three cents ($.03) per mile. Any party to the contest may file with the chair...
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17-13-89
Section 17-13-89 Commissioners to take testimony. Upon filing of any contest as herein provided, the executive committee before whom any such contest is pending, if in session, or the chair of such committee, if it is not in session, may appoint a commissioner, upon the request of either party, for the purpose of taking testimony in such contest, and such commissioner shall take testimony in such contest as he or she may be directed to take by the chair of such committee, and five days' notice of the time when and place where such commissioner expects to take such testimony and the names of the witnesses to be examined shall be given the opposite party to the contest. Each party to the contest may be represented before such commissioner, but before any such commissioner is appointed, the party desiring the appointment made shall deposit with the chair of such committee sufficient funds to pay the expenses and fees of such commissioner and the fees and mileage of any witness which may...
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27-2-27
Section 27-2-27 Witnesses and evidence for examination, investigation, or hearing - Compelling testimony or production of documents, etc.; immunity from prosecution. (a) If any individual asks to be excused from attending or testifying or from producing any books, papers, records, contracts, correspondence, or other documents in connection with any examination, hearing, or investigation being conducted by the commissioner or his examiner on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture and shall, by the Attorney General, be directed to give such testimony or produce such evidence, he must nonetheless comply with such direction; but he shall not thereafter be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for, or on account of, any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may have so testified or produced evidence, and no testimony so given or evidence produced shall be received against him...
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34-24-363
Section 34-24-363 Witnesses - How subpoenaed and sworn; failure to comply. (a) To any such hearing witnesses may be subpoenaed by the commission on its own motion, or on the demand of either side by subpoena signed by the chairman of the commission, or by the executive officer of the commission, and such subpoenas may be served by any sheriff of the State of Alabama, or by the executive officer of the commission or by any person designated by the executive officer; and, if served by anyone other than a sheriff, the return of service shall be sworn to by the person before some officer authorized to administer oaths. Witnesses may be sworn by the chairman or by the person discharging the duties of the chairman. Similar subpoenas may be issued directing the production of books, papers, or documents at the hearing. (b) In conducting its investigations, the State Board of Medical Examiners shall have the authority to subpoena witnesses and command the production at any of its meetings of...
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34-34A-14
Section 34-34A-14 License denial, revocation, etc.; hearing procedures, reinstatement. (a) The board may deny a license, refuse to renew a license, suspend a license, or revoke a license, or it may reprimand, censure, or otherwise discipline a person practicing dietetics/nutrition or offering to practice dietetics/nutrition in accordance with the provisions of this section upon decision and after due hearing in any one of the following cases: (1) Upon proof that such person has willfully or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules enacted in accordance therewith; or willfully or repeatedly acted in a manner inconsistent with the health, welfare, and safety of the public, (2) Upon proof that such person's conduct is immoral, unprofessional, or dishonorable, (3) Upon proof that such person is guilty of fraud or deceit in the practice of dietetics/nutrition or in his/her admission to such practice, or (4) Upon proof that such person has been convicted in a...
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34-20-14
Section 34-20-14 Disciplinary proceedings; administrative fines. (a) The board is hereby authorized to discipline its licensees by the adoption and collection of administrative fines, not to exceed $1,000 per violation and is authorized to institute any legal proceedings necessary to effect compliance with this chapter. (b) The license of any person practicing or offering to practice nursing home administration or the license of a provisional nursing home administrator may be revoked or suspended by the board, or such person may be reprimanded, censured, or otherwise disciplined in accordance with the provisions of this section upon decision and after due hearing in any of the following cases: (1) Upon proof that such person has willfully or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules enacted in accordance therewith; or willfully or repeatedly acted in a manner inconsistent with the health and safety of the patients of the home in which he or she is...
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34-22-8
Section 34-22-8 Disciplinary action; charges; hearing; judicial procedure; appeals; sanctions; immunity of board, etc., from suit. (a) Any person, including a licensed optometrist may initiate a charge of violation of the provisions of this chapter or a charge of misconduct by a licensed optometrist by filing with the secretary of the board a written statement under oath of the charge or charges against the accused. If a member of the board files a charge, the member shall not participate in the hearing or disposition of the charge, except to the extent of giving testimony in connection with the charge. The member filing the charge shall not be present during the hearing or deliberation of the charge except to give testimony. A discreet preliminary investigation into the charge or charges shall be made by the board, after which, if the board is reasonably satisfied that the charge or charges are not frivolous, the board shall hear the charge or charges under rules of procedure to be...
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9-16-78
Section 9-16-78 Hearing officer; powers; witness fees. (a) No hearing officer shall participate in a hearing if he or she has an interest therein. At any such hearing all testimony shall be given under oath and be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless an appeal is made. (b) The manner in which hearings before hearing officers shall be presented and the conduct of hearings and appeals before hearing officers shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the regulatory authority. (c) In the discharge of his or her duties under this article, any hearing officer shall have power to administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue and serve subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents, records, and testimony, provide for site inspections or inspections of other operations. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued,...
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