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36-25A-2
Section 36-25A-2 Definitions. As used in and for determining the applicability of this chapter,
the following words shall have the following meanings solely for the purposes of this chapter:
(1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members of a subcommittee,
committee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a decision as to how
any members of the subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body should vote on a specific
matter that, at the time of the exchange, the participating members expect to come before
the subcommittee, committee, or full body immediately following the discussion or at a later
time. (2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of a meeting of a subcommittee, committee, or full
governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more of the reasons prescribed
in Section 36-25A-7(a). (3) GENERAL REPUTATION AND CHARACTER. Characteristics or actions of
a person directly involving good or bad ethical conduct,...
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41-16-141
Section 41-16-141 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ENERGY COST SAVINGS MEASURE. A training program or new facility
or existing facility alteration designed to reduce energy consumption or operating costs,
or water and other natural resources consumption, and may include one or more of the following:
a. Insulation and reduced air infiltration of the building structure including walls, ceilings,
and roofs or systems within the building. b. Storm windows or doors, caulking or weather-stripping,
multiglazed windows or doors, heat absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated window or
door systems, additional glazing, reductions in glass area, or other window and door system
modifications that reduce energy consumption. c. Automated or computerized energy control
systems, including computer software and technical data licenses. d. Heating, ventilating,
or air conditioning system modifications or replacements. e....
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8-17-272
Section 8-17-272 Testing and certification of cigarettes. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(g), no cigarettes may be sold or offered for sale in this state or offered for sale or sold
to persons located in this state unless the cigarettes have been tested in accordance with
the test method and meet the performance standard specified in this section, a written certification
has been filed by the manufacturer with the State Fire Marshal in accordance with Section
8-17-273, and the cigarettes have been marked in accordance with Section 8-17-274. (1) Testing
of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials
(ASTM) Standard E2187-04, Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes.
(2) Testing shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper. (3) No more than 25 percent of
the cigarettes tested in a test trial in accordance with this section shall exhibit full-length
burns. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a...
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11-40-16
Section 11-40-16 Creation of enterprise zones within Class 1 cities; purpose. (a) The Legislature
of Alabama hereby finds and declares that the health, safety, and welfare of the people of
Class 1 cities are enhanced by the continual encouragement, development, growth, and expansion
of private enterprise within this state. That there are certain economically depressed areas
in such cities that need particular attention to create new jobs, stimulate economic activity,
and attract private sector investment rather than government subsidy to improve the quality
of life of their citizens. It is the purpose of this section to encourage new economic activity
in these depressed areas of such Class 1 cities by means of reduced taxes and the removal
of unnecessary governmental barriers to the production and earning of wages and profits and
the creation of economic growth. (b) In order to further the purposes of this section, Class
1 cities are hereby authorized to create by ordinance one or more...
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16-1-8.1
Section 16-1-8.1 Classroom instructional support. (a) For purposes of this section, classroom
instructional support means all elements of classroom instructional support as provided in
the Foundation Program, with the exception of textbook funds, as specified in Sections 16-6B-10
and 16-13-231, including, but not limited to, library enhancement, student materials, professional
development, technology, common purchases, and other classroom instructional support approved
by the State Board of Education. All funds allocated in the Foundation Program for library
enhancement, student materials, technology, professional development, and common purchases
shall be spent only for the purpose for which they were allocated. Library media specialists
shall be consulted in budgeting all library enhancement funds. (b) The procedures for ordering,
and the regulations applying to, classroom instructional support shall be as follows: (1)
BUDGET COMMITTEE. Each school shall have a budget committee. The...
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16-13-231
of his or her contract reduced as a result of this article. b. The Foundation Program allowance
for fringe benefits shall be determined by multiplying a uniform percentage times the amount
of teachers' salaries allowed in paragraph a. above or by multiplying a fixed rate depending
on the type of fringe benefit. The fringe benefits allowances shall include amounts for the
employer's contribution for teachers' retirement, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare,
unemployment compensation, personal leave, and sick leave. The fringe benefits allowance
may include allowances for other fringe benefits as may be approved by the State Legislature.
The State Legislature shall seek the input and advice of appropriate agencies and individuals
in setting allowances. The Teachers' Retirement System and the Public Education Employees'
Health Insurance Board shall recommend to the Legislature, on or before the first legislative
day of each regular session of the Legislature, the rate for the...
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16-25A-1
Section 16-25A-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) EMPLOYEE.
Any person covered by the Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan pursuant to Section
16-25A-11 or person who is employed full-time in any public institution of education within
the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination of grades K through 14,
exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or the Alabama Institute for
Deaf and Blind; provided, any person employed part-time by any public institution of education
within the State of Alabama which provides instruction at any combination of grades K through
14, exclusively, under the auspices of the State Board of Education or the Alabama Institute
for Deaf and Blind, shall be included in the definition of employee if such person shall agree
to have deducted from his or her compensation a pro rata...
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16-40-9
Section 16-40-9 Instruction for avoiding child sexual abuse. (a)(1) The Legislature recognizes
that Erin Merryn was raped and molested for six and a half years by a neighbor and a family
member. She began a crusade her senior year of high school in 2004 to end the silence and
shame around sexual abuse. Erin's Law has been adopted in a number of states to help address
the problem of child sexual abuse. (2) The intent of Erin's Law is to shatter the silence
and stigma around child sexual abuse, and to educate children and empower them to recognize
and to report abuse. (3) The Legislature finds that without a specific initiative like Erin's
Law, schools generally fail to give young students adequate awareness and a voice in this
issue. (b) The Governor's Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children created under
subsection (c) shall adopt guidelines for a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program.
The guidelines shall: (1) Educate children in grades pre-kindergarten...
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34-14A-20
Section 34-14A-20 Alabama Construction Trade Academy Fund; Alabama Construction Trade Advisory
Council; applications for funding; program guidelines. (a) The Alabama Construction Trade
Academy Fund is established in the State Treasury. The fund shall be comprised of federal,
state, and private funding through direct budgetary funding and grants for the expansion of
construction trade education. To the extent practicable, monies in the fund shall be used
to leverage other forms of funding from private sources. A percentage of matching funds, as
established by the advisory council, must come from private, non-governmental sources. The
board may not use more than 15 percent of the monies in the fund for administrative and operational
costs incurred in the implementation and administration of this section. (b) The board, in
cooperation with public and private sector partners, shall establish a program to provide
funding mechanisms for tool grants, program incentives, supplies, mobile...
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41-16-27
the Governor, except in cases where the awarding authority is a two-year or four-year college
or university governed by a board. The awarding authority or requisitioning agency shall have
the right to reject any bid if the price is deemed excessive or quality of product inferior.
Awards are final only after approval of the purchasing agent. (b)(1) The awarding authority
may award multiple purchase contracts resulting from a single invitation-to-bid where the
specifications of the items of personal property or services intended to be purchased
by a requisitioning agency or agencies are determined, in whole or in part, by technical compatibility
and operational requirements. In order to make multiple awards under this provision, the awarding
authority must include in the invitation-to-bid a notice that multiple awards may be made
and the specific technical compatibility or operational requirements necessitating multiple
awards. Multiple awards of purchase contracts with unique...
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