26-2A-135
Section 26-2A-135 Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition. (a) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment of a conservator or other protective order because of minority, the court shall set a date for hearing. If the court determines at any time in the proceeding that the interests of the minor are or may be inadequately represented, it may appoint an attorney to represent the minor, giving consideration to the choice of the minor if 14 or more years of age. An attorney appointed by the court to represent a minor may be granted the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. (b) Upon receipt of a petition for appointment of a conservator or other protective order for reasons other than minority, the court shall set a date for hearing. Unless the person to be protected has chosen counsel, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the person who may be granted the powers and duties of a guardian ad litem. If the alleged disability is mental illness, mental...
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16-64-1
Section 16-64-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) MINOR. An individual who, because of age, lacks the capacity to contract under Alabama law. Under current law, this means a single individual under 19 years of age and a married individual under 18 years of age, but excludes an individual whose disabilities of nonage have been removed by a court of competent jurisdiction for a reason other than establishing a legal residence in Alabama. If current law changes, this definition shall change accordingly. (2) RESIDENCE. The single location at which a person resides with the intent of remaining in that location indefinitely as evidenced by more substantial connections with that place than with any other place. (3) RESIDENT. One whose residence is in the State of Alabama. (4) RESIDENT/NONRESIDENT STUDENT. In determining resident or nonresident classification, the primary issue is one of intent. If a person is in Alabama...
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25-8-59
Section 25-8-59 Penalties; notice of violation and opportunity to show cause; hearing. (a) Any employer who violates this chapter, or who fails or refuses to obey within a reasonable time any lawful order or direction given by the state officials charged with the enforcement of this chapter, and any parent, guardian, or custodian who suffers or permits a person under his or her care or control who is under 19 years of age to work in violation of this chapter, shall be subject to civil penalties in addition to other penalties provided in this chapter. (b) The department may impose a civil penalty of three hundred dollars ($300) upon the following determination: An employer has violated a statutory provision of Section 25-8-35(17), 25-8-36, 25-8-37, 25-8-38, 25-8-39, 25-8-40, 25-8-41, 25-8-44(a), 25-8-44(b), 25-8-45, 25-8-54, 25-8-57, 25-8-60, or 25-8-61. (c) The department may impose a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to five thousand dollars ($5,000) upon the following...
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26-23A-3
Section 26-23A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant. Such use or prescription is not an abortion if done with the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn child, or to deliver an unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. (2) CONCEPTION. The fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum. (3) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been legally freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents. (4) GESTATIONAL AGE. The time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. (5) MEDICAL EMERGENCY. That condition which, on the basis of the physician's...
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45-16A-20
Section 45-16A-20 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ALARM MONITORING SERVICE. A service that uses a device located at a residence, place of business, or other fixed premises for both of the following purposes: a. To receive signals from other devices located at or about the premises regarding a possible threat at the premises to life, safety, or property, from burglary, fire, vandalism, bodily injury, or other emergency. b. To transmit a signal regarding any threat by means of transmission facilities of a municipality, municipal instrumentality, local exchange carrier, or one of its affiliates to a remote monitoring center to alert a person at the center of the need to inform the customer or another person or police, fire, rescue, security, or public safety personnel of the threat, but does not include a service that uses a medical monitoring device attached to an individual for the automatic surveillance of an ongoing...
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45-39-250
Section 45-39-250 Definitions. As used in this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ALARM MONITORING SERVICE. A service that uses a device located at a residence, place of business, or other fixed premises for both of the following purposes: a. To receive signals from other devices located at or about the premises regarding a possible threat at the premises to life, safety, or property, from burglary, fire, vandalism, bodily injury, or other emergency. b. To transmit a signal regarding any threat by means of transmission facilities of a municipality, municipal instrumentality, local exchange carrier, or one of its affiliates to a remote monitoring center to alert a person at the center of the need to inform the customer or another person or police, fire, rescue, security, or public safety personnel of the threat, but does not include a service that uses a medical monitoring device attached to an individual for the automatic surveillance of an ongoing medical...
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45-8A-22.120
Section 45-8A-22.120 Optional benefit plans. (a) Optional Plans. Any participant terminating service on or after January 1, 1989, pursuant to the terms of Section 45-8A-22.113, Section 45-8A-22.114, or Section 45-8A-22.116 shall, within 20 days of the effective date of termination have the option of electing a pension plan with or without death benefits from one of the following three optional plans: (1) Option A-Fifty Percent Joint and Survivor Plan. a. A participant having elected Option A shall, during his or her lifetime, receive a monthly benefit from the plan in accordance with Section 45-8A-22.113, Section 45-8A-22.114, or Section 45-8A-22.116. b. In the event that a participant dies from any cause and leaves a surviving spouse, the retirement board shall direct the payment to the spouse of a monthly pension equal to 50 percent of the amount of the pension being paid to the participant at the time of his or her death; provided, however, with respect to retirements pursuant to...
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13A-3-23
Section 13A-3-23 Use of force in defense of a person. (a) A person is justified in using physical force upon another person in order to defend himself or herself or a third person from what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by that other person, and he or she may use a degree of force which he or she reasonably believes to be necessary for the purpose. A person may use deadly physical force, and is legally presumed to be justified in using deadly physical force in self-defense or the defense of another person pursuant to subdivision (5), if the person reasonably believes that another person is: (1) Using or about to use unlawful deadly physical force. (2) Using or about to use physical force against an occupant of a dwelling while committing or attempting to commit a burglary of such dwelling. (3) Committing or about to commit a kidnapping in any degree, assault in the first or second degree, burglary in any degree, robbery in any...
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15-20A-48
Section 15-20A-48 Relation to other laws. (a) For the purposes of Sections 13A-5-2, 13A-5-6, 14-9-41, 15-18-8, 15-22-27.3, or any other section of the Code of Alabama 1975, a criminal sex offense involving a child shall mean a conviction for any sex offense in which the victim was a child under the age of 12 or any offense involving child pornography. (b) For the purpose of Section 12-15-107(a)(7), a juvenile probation officer shall notify the state and either the parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of a juvenile sex offender, or the child's attorney for the juvenile sex offender, of the pending release of the sex offender and provide them with a copy of the risk assessment pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 15-20A-26. (c) For the purpose of Section 12-15-116(a)(5), a juvenile court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction to try any individual who is 18 years of age or older and violates any of the juvenile criminal sex offender provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection...
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20-1-20
Section 20-1-20 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ARTICLE. When referring to food or drugs, such term is used in the broad and comprehensive sense and has reference to the food product or the drug product in question. (2) BABY FOOD. A food which purports to be or is represented for special dietary use as a food for babies by reason of its special formulation or its particular suitability for children under two years of age. (3) BOARD. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries. (4) CLASS A FOODS. Baby food, infant formula, and potentially hazardous food. (5) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (6) DEALER. A manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, jobber, and similar establishments, mobile or permanent, engaged in the sale of food for consumption on premises. (7) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Agriculture and Industries. (8)...
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