6-12-1
Section 6-12-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds as follows: (1) Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the state and to the citizens of the state. The Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related deaths in the United States each year. These diseases most often do not appear until many years after the person in question begins smoking. (2) Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial concerns for the state. Under certain health care programs, the state may have a legal obligation to provide medical assistance to eligible persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking, and those persons may have a legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance. (3) Under these programs, the state pays millions of dollars each year to provide medical assistance for these persons for health conditions associated...
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11-85-40
Section 11-85-40 Powers of Alabama Development Office and local, regional, and joint planning commissions as to comprehensive advisory planning and research; comprehensive advisory planning defined. (a) To facilitate the solution of urban and regional planning problems and to provide for comprehensive advisory planning, including transportation planning, for the state and its cities, counties, urban areas, and regions, the Alabama Development Office, the various regional planning commissions presently authorized to be created, the various county planning commissions presently authorized to be created, the various joint planning commissions presently authorized to be created, municipalities, and the various municipal planning commissions presently authorized to be created are each and all hereby empowered and authorized, within the respective geographical areas as to which planning power has heretofore been delegated to such respective office, commissions, or other agencies to perform...
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11-89B-1
Section 11-89B-1 Public corporation given power to sell and issue bonds, to pledge for payment proceeds, revenues, etc., and to issue bonds or notes for temporary borrowing. In addition to all other powers now or hereafter granted by law, each public corporation organized under the laws of the State of Alabama which is authorized by law (i) to operate a water system consisting of land, plants, systems, facilities, buildings and other property, or any combination of any thereof, which are used or useful or capable of future use in providing, furnishing, supplying or distributing water and (ii) to borrow money for use for one or more of its corporate purposes shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To sell and issue bonds of such public corporation in order to provide funds for any corporate function, use or purpose for which such public corporation is otherwise authorized by law to borrow...
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13A-11-231
Section 13A-11-231 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) HARASS. To engage in any conduct directed toward a service dog or handler that is likely to impede or interfere with the performance of a service dog in its duties or places the health and safety of the service dog or its handler in jeopardy. Such conduct includes actions which distract, obstruct, or intimidate the service dog, such as taunting, teasing, or striking. (2) INJURY. Physical or emotional injury to the service dog. (3) NOTICE. An actual verbal or other communication warning that the behavior of the person or the dog of the person is harassing toward the performance of a service dog in its duty or endangering the health and safety of the service dog. (4) SERVICE DOG. A dog that has been individually trained for the purpose of assisting or accommodating a physician-diagnosed physical or mental disability or medical condition of a person as that term is used...
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13A-11-61.3
Section 13A-11-61.3 Regulation of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories. (a) The purpose of this section is to establish within the Legislature complete control over regulation and policy pertaining to firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories in order to ensure that such regulation and policy is applied uniformly throughout this state to each person subject to the state's jurisdiction and to ensure protection of the right to keep and bear arms recognized by the Constitutions of the State of Alabama and the United States. This section is to be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose. (b) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) AMMUNITION. Fixed cartridge ammunition, shotgun shells, the individual components of fixed cartridge ammunition and shotgun shells, projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms, and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition. (2) EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY A STATUTE OF THIS STATE. The authority of...
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22-3A-2
Section 22-3A-2 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) BONDS. The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter. (3) COUNTY BOARD(S) OF HEALTH. County board(s) of health provided for in Chapter 3 of Subtitle 1 of Title 22. (4) DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the authority. (5) GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Any bonds or other obligations which as to principal and interest constitute direct obligations of, or are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America, including obligations of any federal agency to the extent such obligations are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America and any certificates or any other evidences of an ownership interest in such obligation of, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America or in...
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24-1-27
in connection with a project. (10) To lease or rent any of the dwelling or other accommodations or any of the lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project and to establish and revise the rents or charges therefor. (11) To enter upon any building or property in order to conduct investigations or to make surveys or soundings. (12) To purchase, lease, obtain options upon, acquire by eminent domain, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any property, real or personal, or any interest therein from any person, firm, corporation, city, or government. (13) To sell, exchange, transfer, assign, or pledge any property, real or personal, or any interest therein to any person, firm, corporation, city, or government. (14) To own, hold, clear, and improve property. (15) To pay over to the city in which the authority is organized all or any part of the proceeds received from the sale of any real or personal property; provided, however, that an authority may pay...
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45-17-80
such books and periodicals, and to pay the salaries of such personnel, as may in the opinion of the librarian be advisable, but to the extent not so used funds may otherwise be expended for the maintenance of the library. All books or other property purchased with the funds produced by this section shall be the property of Colbert County, Alabama, provided, however, that the librarian may from time to time, sell at public or private sale or exchange any such books, reports, periodicals, and personal property, and apply the proceeds from the sale thereof, or the value thereof, upon the purchase of other books, reports, periodicals, and personal property for use in the library, and the librarian may accept any gift or loan of any books, reports, periodicals, and property for public use in the library upon such terms and conditions as may be stipulated by the donor or lender thereof and as may be agreeable to the librarian. The librarian may appoint such assistant librarian and other...
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45-39-81
as the librarian deems reasonable and proper for the operation of the library, or the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County but to the extent not so used funds may otherwise be expended for the maintenance of the library. All books or other property purchased with the funds produced by this section shall be the property of Lauderdale County, Alabama, provided, however, that the librarian may from time to time, sell at public or private sale or exchange any such books, reports, periodicals, and personal property, and apply the proceeds from the sale thereof, or the value thereof, upon the purchase of other books, reports, periodicals, and personal property for use in the library, and the librarian may accept any gift or loan of any books, reports, periodicals, and property for public use in the library upon such terms and conditions as may be stipulated by the donor or lender thereof and as may be agreeable to the librarian. The librarian may appoint such assistant librarian and other...
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45-46-90.06
45-46-90.18, specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions, excepting actions in tort, and to defend suits against it. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) To acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed. (6) To make, enter into, and execute such contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take such other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized or to exercise any power expressly granted hereunder. (7) To plan, establish, develop, acquire, purchase, lease, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, and protect industrial and commercial facilities and port or dock...
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