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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22-11A-36
Section 22-11A-36 Appeal of commitment order; notice of appeal; limitations to be placed upon
liberty of person pending appeal. An appeal from an order of the probate court granting a
petition seeking to commit a person to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health
or such other facility as the court may order lies to the circuit court for trial de novo
unless the probate judge who granted the petition was learned in the law, in which case the
appeal lies to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals on the record. Notice of appeal shall be
given in writing to the probate judge within five days after the respondent has received actual
notice of the granting of the petition and shall be accompanied by security for costs, to
be approved by the probate judge, unless the probate judge finds that the person sought to
be committed is indigent, in which case no security shall be required. Upon the filing of
a notice of appeal, the probate judge shall determine and enter an order setting...
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22-52-10.1
Section 22-52-10.1 Order entered where judge finds criteria met; dismissal of petition. (a)
If at the final hearing on a petition seeking to involuntarily commit a respondent, the probate
judge finds, based on clear and convincing evidence, that the respondent meets the criteria
for involuntary commitment, an order shall be entered for: (1) Outpatient treatment; or (2)
Inpatient treatment. The least restrictive alternative necessary and available for the treatment
of the respondent's mental illness shall be ordered. (b) The petition for involuntary commitment
shall be dismissed if the criteria for commitment is not proved. (Acts 1991, No. 91-440, p.
783, §11.)...
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22-52-9
Section 22-52-9 Conduct of hearings. At all hearings, including probable cause hearings, conducted
by the probate judge in relation to a petition to involuntarily commit a respondent, the following
rules shall apply: (1) The respondent shall be present unless, prior to the hearing, the attorney
for the respondent has filed in writing a waiver of the presence of the respondent on the
ground that the presence of the respondent would be dangerous to the respondent's physical
or mental health or that the respondent's conduct could reasonably be expected to prevent
the hearing from being held in an orderly manner, and the probate judge has judicially found
and determined from evidence presented in an adversary hearing that the respondent is so mentally
or physically ill as to be incapable of attending such proceedings. Upon such findings an
order shall be entered approving the waiver. (2) The respondent shall have the right to compel
the attendance of any witness who may be located anywhere...
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22-11A-30
Section 22-11A-30 Commitment petition - Order for person to appear for hearing and be examined
by physician. When a petition has been filed seeking to commit any person to the custody of
the Alabama Department of Public Health, the probate judge shall order such person to appear
at the places and times designated for hearing the petition, and may order the person to appear
at designated times and places to be examined by licensed physicians. If the respondent does
not appear as ordered by the probate judge, the probate judge may order the sheriff of the
county in which the person is located to take the respondent into custody and compel his attendance
as ordered by the probate judge. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §30.)...
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22-52-14
Section 22-52-14 Payment of costs. In any commitment proceeding, the fees of any attorney appointed
by the probate judge to act as advocate for the petition and any attorney or guardian ad litem
appointed by the probate judge for the person sought to be committed shall be set at the rates
established by Section 15-12-21; and any expert employed to offer expert testimony, in such
amounts as found to be reasonable by the probate judge; and all other costs allowable by law
shall be paid by the state general fund upon order of the probate judge; except, that if the
petition is denied and the petitioner is not indigent and is not a law enforcement officer
or other public official acting within the line and scope of his duties, all costs may be
taxed against the petitioner, or if the petition is granted and the person sought to be committed
is not indigent, the probate judge may order all costs paid from the estate of the person
committed. (Acts 1975, No. 1226, p. 2562, §11; Acts 1977, No....
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22-52-5
Section 22-52-5 Appointment by probate judge of attorney to appear in support of petition;
employment by petitioners of attorney to appear in support of petition. The probate judge
shall appoint an attorney to serve as the advocate in support of the petition to commit in
all matters regarding a petition to commit. If the person or persons filing a petition to
have a person committed wish to employ an attorney of their own choosing to appear in support
of the petition, they may do so, and such attorney shall serve in lieu of attorney appointed
by the probate judge. (Acts 1975, No. 1226, p. 2562, §9; Acts 1977, No. 670, p. 1143.)...

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22-11A-27
Section 22-11A-27 Commitment petition - Notice of petition to be served; contents. When any
petition has been filed seeking to commit a person to the custody of the Alabama Department
of Public Health on the ground that such person is a danger to public health and such petition
has been reviewed by the probate judge, the probate judge shall order the sheriff of the county
in which such person is located to serve a copy of the petition, together with a copy of the
order setting the petition for hearing, upon such person. Said notice shall include the date,
time and place of the hearing; a clear statement of the purpose of the proceeding and the
possible consequences to the subject thereof; the alleged factual basis for the proposed commitment;
a statement of the legal standards upon which commitment is authorized; and a list of the
names and addresses of the witnesses who may be called to testify in support of the petition.
Said notice shall be served on the person sought to be...
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22-11A-29
Section 22-11A-29 Commitment petition - Appointment of guardian ad litem and attorney. At the
time when any petition has been filed seeking to commit any person to the custody of the Alabama
Department of Public Health, the probate judge shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent
and protect the rights of such person and shall determine if the person has the funds and
capacity to secure the services of an attorney to represent him. If the person does not have
the funds or capacity to secure the services of an attorney, the probate judge shall appoint
an attorney, who may be the same person as the guardian ad litem, to represent him. (Acts
1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §29.)...
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22-11A-24
Section 22-11A-24 Commitment to Department of Public Health for compulsory treatment when person
exposed or afflicted and refuses treatment. When any person exposed to a disease or where
reasonable evidence indicates exposure to a disease or infection designated under this article
refuses testing or when any person afflicted with a disease designated under this article
refuses treatment and/or conducts himself so as to expose others to infection, the state or
county health officer or the designee may petition the probate judge of the county in which
such person is located to commit him to the custody of the Alabama Department of Public Health
for compulsory testing, treatment and quarantine. (Acts 1987, No. 87-574, p. 904, §24.)...

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