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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41-23-82
Section 41-23-82 Creation; composition; purpose; supervision. (a) The Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board is established. (b) The board shall consist of 15 members appointed by the Governor and two additional members, numbered 16 and 17, appointed by the Chair of the Permanent Joint Legislative Committee on Energy Policy. The members appointed by the Governor shall be legal residents of the state, and shall be selected on the basis of their representation of the following organizations, industries, entities, and professions: (1) One member shall represent the Home Builders Association. (2) One member shall represent the Board of General Contractors. (3) One member shall represent the State Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration. (4) One member shall represent the private, investor-owned, electric utility industry. (5) One member shall represent the rural electric cooperative industry. (6) One member shall represent the natural gas industry. (7) One member shall be...
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41-29-223
Section 41-29-223 Duties and functions. The duties and functions of the office shall include all of the following: (1) Serve as the principal advocate in the state on behalf of small businesses, including, but not limited to, advisory participation in the consideration of all legislation and administrative regulations which affect small businesses. (2) Establish a central reference program and general counseling service to assist small businesses. (3) Represent the views and interests of small businesses before other state agencies whose policies and activities may affect small businesses. (4) Enlist the cooperation and assistance of public and private agencies, businesses, and other organizations in disseminating information about the programs and services provided by state government which are of benefit to small businesses, and information on how small businesses can participate in, or make use of, those programs and services. (5) Evaluate the efforts of state agencies, businesses,...
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41-4-180
Section 41-4-180 Established; duties generally. There shall be in the Department of Finance the Division of Service. The functions and duties of the Division of Service shall be as follows: (1) To provide for the stamping and mailing for each state department, board, bureau, commission, agency, and office located and operating in the City of Montgomery and to operate a central mailing room or rooms and service for the departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, and offices. The Director of Finance shall direct the delivery of mail to such mailing room or rooms by these departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, and officers as the director may see fit, ready to be delivered to the United States Post Office, except that it shall not be stamped with postage stamps or by means of a postage meter. Every piece of mail, when so delivered, shall bear the name of the department, board, bureau, commission, agency, or office of the state sending it, and all mail received in a...
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41-9-1061
Section 41-9-1061 Purposes, duties. (a) The commission shall study the conditions, needs, issues, and problems of the criminal justice system in Alabama as it affects girls and women by conducting walk through inspections of each of the women's correctional facilities and female youth facilities and shall have unimpeded access to all documents of public record produced, used, and maintained by entities of the criminal justice system to assess the needs of the beneficiary population and to assess the impact of the commission's recommendations. (b) The commission shall conduct beneficiary panels and focus groups to assess needs of the beneficiary population to ensure the responsiveness and accountability of the criminal justice system. (c) In conducting such study, the commission shall study best practices regarding women victims and offenders in Alabama and other states and shall elicit views from experts in the field of criminal justice, drug treatment, and domestic violence. (d) The...
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45-15-80.10
Section 45-15-80.10 Additional court costs - Domestic relations cases. (a) In addition to all other costs and charges of court in domestic relations cases filed in the Circuit Court of Cleburne County there shall be levied and assessed an additional court cost of twenty-five dollars ($25). (b)(1) Unless remitted by the court, upon any complaint or petition filed in the circuit court, the clerk of the circuit court shall collect the court costs. The clerk shall retain three dollars ($3) of each of the court costs as an administrative cost. The remaining proceeds shall be collected and maintained by the clerk of court and remitted quarterly to the Cleburne County Commission, which shall place the monies in a designated account in the county treasury earmarked for the Calhoun/Cleburne Children's Center to be used for the operation of the center including providing services to the children and families of Cleburne County as well as assistance to Cleburne County law enforcement and the...
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6-5-662
Section 6-5-662 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ESTABLISHED FREE MEDICAL CLINIC. An organized community-based program providing medical care, without charge to individuals unable to pay for it, and which is limited to care that does not require the services of a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical center, and care that does not include the use of general anesthesia or require an overnight stay in a health care facility. (2) MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. A person licensed by the Alabama Medical Licensure Commission established under Section 34-24-310, or licensed to practice the treatment of human ailments in any other state or territory of the United States; or a person licensed by the Alabama Board of Nursing established under Section 34-21-2; or a person licensed by the Board of Chiropractic Examiners established under Section 34-24-140; or a person licensed by the Alabama Board of Optometry established under Section...
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11-89C-9
Section 11-89C-9 Powers of governing bodies. (a) A governing body shall proceed under this chapter as a participant in the public corporation or individually, to adopt upon reasonable public notice and following public hearing all necessary rules and regulations by resolution or ordinance to implement this chapter and to specifically regulate and control storm water discharges and eliminate the discharge of pollutants to its municipal separate storm sewers. Provided, however, that all discharges originating from any lands or facilities owned or operated by one or more entities under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Alabama Public Service Commission are exempted from regulation under any local storm water management program and shall be regulated exclusively by ADEM. Further, any commission non-jurisdictional electric supplier, as defined by Section 37-4-140, whose service area extends beyond the boundaries of a single municipal or county jurisdiction shall be exempted from the...
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11-97-2
Section 11-97-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of a clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any county or municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-97-3 hereof. (2) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution of ordinance adopted by the governing body of any county or municipality in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-97-3 hereof, that authorizes the incorporation of a corporation. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of a corporation. (4) BONDS. Bonds, notes, or other obligations representing an obligation to pay money. (5) CORPORATION. Any public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (6) COSTS. As applied to a facility or any portion thereof, shall include all or any part of the...
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12-23-3
Section 12-23-3 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section: (1) ALCOHOL OR DRUG RELATED OFFENSES. All offenses, including municipal ordinance violations, in which alcohol and drug abuse is determined from the evidence to have been a factor in the commission of the offense including juveniles charged with possession of controlled substances and adjudicated delinquent. (2) ALCOHOL ABUSE. The use of alcohol to the extent that the health, safety or welfare of the user, or that of others, is substantially impaired or endangered or the social or economic function of the user is disrupted. (3) DRUG ABUSE. Use of a controlled substance or drug with abuse or addictive potential to the extent that the user has lost the ability of self control, or to the extent that the health, safety, or welfare of the user, or that of others, is substantially impaired or endangered, or the social or economic function of the user is...
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