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12-16-82
Section 12-16-82 Effect of failure of person summoned as juror to obey summons. If any person
summoned as a grand or petit juror shall fail to obey such summons without good excuse, to
be determined by the court, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a contempt of court; and,
if no sufficient excuse is rendered for him or her at the time of his or her default, an order
shall be entered for him or her to show cause why he or she shall not be adjudged guilty of
contempt and punished accordingly; and, if he or she shall fail at the next session after
the service of such notice to render such excuse, he or she shall be fined by the court not
more than three hundred dollars ($300) and may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more
than 10 days. In courts holding sessions longer than 30 days, the order shall be made returnable
20 days after it issues, and the person in default shall have 10 days after service in which
to appear and render his or her excuse. (Code 1896, ยง5046; Code 1907,...
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16-8-17
Section 16-8-17 Consolidation of schools - County and city systems. (a) Whenever a county board
of education and the city board or boards of education in the county shall deem it advisable
to consolidate the administration of their respective systems under the county board of education
and shall reach an agreement to that effect through resolutions adopted by and recorded in
the minutes of each board, which agreement shall provide for the payment of their respective
indebtedness, said consolidation shall be made to become effective at the time designated
in the resolutions providing for such consolidation; provided, that, if within 30 days after
the adoption of said resolutions 25 percent of the qualified electors of the territory covered
by either of the school systems concerned shall submit a protest in writing, the consolidation
procedure shall be as follows: (1) REQUEST FOR REFERENDUM. The boards concerned shall adopt
resolutions asking for a referendum on the proposed...
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19-4-21
Section 19-4-21 Holding in bulk of securities constituting assets of different fiduciary accounts
authorized; registration of securities; maintenance of records as to fiduciary accounts; rules
and regulations governing banks; certification of securities held for fiduciary accounts.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any bank holding securities
as a fiduciary, as a cofiduciary or as a custodian or agent for another fiduciary or fiduciaries
is authorized, in the absence of specific provision to the contrary in the governing instrument
or court order under which the bank is acting, to hold such securities in a manner such that,
without certification as to ownership attached, certificates representing securities of the
same class of the same issuer and from time to time constituting assets of different fiduciary
accounts are held in bulk, including, to the extent feasible, the merging of certificates
of smaller denominations into one or more certificates of...
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27-34-50
Section 27-34-50 Actions to enjoin or in quo warranto; liquidation; receivership. (a) When
the commissioner upon investigation finds that a domestic society: (1) Has exceeded its powers;
or (2) Has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter; or (3) Is not fulfilling its
contracts in good faith; or (4) Has a membership of less than 400 after an existence of one
year or more; or (5) Is conducting business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members,
creditors, the public or the business, he shall notify the society of his findings, state
in writing the reasons for his dissatisfaction and require the society to show cause on a
date named why it should not be enjoined from carrying on any business until the violation
complained of shall have been corrected or why an action in quo warranto should not be commenced
against the society. (b) If on such date the society does not present good and sufficient
reasons why it should not be so enjoined or why such action should not...
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35-3-20
Section 35-3-20 Order for survey on motion of court. (a) Whenever in any action pending in
the circuit court it is pertinent and material to the determination of the issue or issues
therein or to the proper entering of a description in the judgment therein to establish or
fix a disputed land line or boundaries between coterminous landowners, or to locate the position
of a line of the government survey, or to locate a landmarker or other object, the court may,
as provided in this article, direct a competent surveyor or surveyors to make a survey for
the purpose of fixing or establishing the disputed land line or boundaries between coterminous
landowners or of locating the position of a line of the government survey or of locating a
landmarker or other object. (b) If the court is of the opinion that such survey should be
made it shall enter an order stating the reasons why, in its opinion, such survey should be
made and fixing a day on which to hear objections thereof and directing the...
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37-14-38
Section 37-14-38 Validation procedure; authorization for validation of provisions of article.
In order to foster and encourage the underlying policies of this article and to assure that
sales and purchases of distribution facilities, and other transactions and actions authorized
or allowed by this article may be conducted in good faith with a knowledge of the validity
of the provisions hereof, and further, to assure that irrevocable commitments are not made
in the implementation of the provisions of this article without the assurance of their legality
and validity, the following judicial review process is hereby authorized and it is declared
to be the legislative intent that the provisions of this statute be judicially reviewed and
validated pursuant to the procedure set forth herein and that the circuit court enter a judgment
in accordance with the procedure set forth herein. (1) FILING OF COMPLAINT FOR DETERMINATION
AS TO LEGALITY OF PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE. - At any time subsequent to...
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27-6A-4
Section 27-6A-4 Contract requirements. No person, firm, association, or corporation acting
in the capacity of a managing general agent shall place business with an insurer unless there
is in force a written contract between the parties that sets forth the responsibilities of
each party and where both parties share responsibility for a particular function, specifies
the division of such responsibilities, and that contains the following minimum provisions:
(a) The insurer may terminate the contract for cause upon written notice to the managing general
agent. The insurer may suspend the underwriting authority of the managing general agent during
the pendency of any dispute regarding the cause for termination. (b) The managing general
agent shall render accounts to the insurer detailing all transactions and remit all funds
due under the contract to the insurer on not less than a monthly basis. (c) All funds collected
for the account of an insurer will be held by the managing general agent...
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30-3-170
Section 30-3-170 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words shall have the
following meanings: (1) COURT. A court of competent jurisdiction or administrative agency
having the authority to issue and enforce support orders. (2) DELINQUENT or DELINQUENCY. A
support debt or support obligation due and unpaid in an amount equal to or greater than six
months support payments as of the date of service of a notice of intent to suspend or revoke
a license. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Human Resources, including the county
departments of human resources. (4) LICENSE. Any license, certificate, registration, or authorization
issued by a licensing authority which grants a person a right or privilege to engage in an
occupational, professional, sporting, or recreational activity, or to operate a motor vehicle.
(5) LICENSEE. The holder of a license. (6) LICENSING AUTHORITY. Any department, division,
board, agency, or instrumentality of the State of Alabama or its...
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30-5-5
Section 30-5-5 Standing to file sworn petition for protection order; disclosure of information;
costs and fees. (a) The following persons have standing to file a sworn petition for a protection
order under this chapter as a plaintiff: (1) A person who is at least 18 years old or is otherwise
emancipated and is the victim of abuse, as defined in Section 30-5-2, or has reasonable cause
to believe he or she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of any act of abuse. (2)
A parent, legal guardian, next friend, court-appointed guardian ad litem, or the State Department
of Human Resources may petition for relief on behalf of the following: a. A minor child. b.
Any person prevented by physical or mental incapacity from seeking a protection order. (b)
Standardized petitions for actions pursuant to this chapter shall be made available through
the circuit clerks' offices around the state. The circuit clerk shall not provide assistance
to persons in completing the forms or in presenting...
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34-27-36
Section 34-27-36 Disciplinary action - Generally. (a) The commission or its staff may on its
own, or on the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions and records
of a licensee. The commission may issue subpoenas and compel the testimony of witnesses and
the production of records and documents during an investigation. If probable cause is found,
a formal complaint shall be filed and the commission shall hold a hearing on the formal complaint.
The commission shall revoke or suspend the license or impose a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both, or reprimand
the licensee in each instance in which the licensee is found guilty of any of the following
acts set out in this section. The commission may revoke or suspend a license until such time
as the licensee has completed an approved continuing education course and/or made restitution
to accounts containing funds to be held for other...
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