15-12-42
Section 15-12-42 Powers and duties. The public defender shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Within his or her geographic jurisdiction, the public defender shall provide indigent defense services as defined in Section 15-12-1 to indigent defendants. (2) The public defender, at the request and with the consent of a municipal governing body and the office, shall represent indigent defendants in a municipal court within his or her geographic jurisdiction. The municipality shall reimburse the office of the public defender for the costs associated with the services rendered. (3) The public defender, with consent of the director, may represent an indigent defendant in a state appellate court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, §9-106; Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §6.)...
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22-40A-3
Section 22-40A-3 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) APPROVED. Authorized, certified, permitted by, or meets standards of a regulatory authority. (2) AUTHORIZED DISPOSAL. For purposes of this chapter only, authorized disposal shall be the deposit of a tire in a landfill properly permitted to accept tires and tire materials for disposal. (3) CLEANUP. For purposes of this chapter, cleanup means the cleaning up, remediation, control, or removal of scrap tires from the environment. (4) CONSUMER. a. For purposes of this chapter a consumer is defined as either: 1. A retail purchaser. 2. A dealer who buys a tire to be installed on a vehicle for resale. b. A wholesale purchaser who buys tires for resale is not considered a consumer. (5) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) or its successor organization or organizations having similar responsibility. (6) ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. An...
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33-1-30
Section 33-1-30 Establishment of foreign trade zones. In order to comply with the laws, rules and regulations of the federal government governing the establishment of foreign trade zones, under an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes, approved June 18th, 1934," or any amendments thereto, the port authority, any county or municipal governing body or any private or public corporation is authorized to establish at all ports of entry within this state foreign trade zones and to establish rules and regulations for controlling and conducting said zones. All foreign trade zones established under the provisions of this section shall comply with all federal laws and regulations dealing with the establishment and operation of foreign trade zones. (Acts 1935, No. 523, p. 1111, § 1; Code 1940, T. 38, §40;...
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41-5A-12.1
Section 41-5A-12.1 Audit of municipality under certain circumstances. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Audit Accountability Act. (b) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts suspects fraud or mismanagement of funds by a municipality, the department may examine the books, records, vouchers, and accounts of the municipality. (c) If the mayor of a municipality does not provide for an audit or examination to be conducted on the municipality as required by law, or when fraud or mismanagement of funds by the municipality is suspected, a majority of the members of the governing body of the municipality, by resolution, may submit a written request to the department for an examination by the department of the books, records, vouchers, and accounts of the municipality. The department, pursuant to a cursory review, shall determine whether an in-depth audit by the department is necessary as required by...
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45-2-180.01
Section 45-2-180.01 Regulation of billboards in unincorporated areas; enforcement; variances; appeals. (a) This section shall apply only within the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County. (b)(1) In the unincorporated areas of Baldwin County, the county commission may regulate and shall have exclusive zoning authority to regulate billboards, including, but not limited to, the size and location of any billboards. Within the planning jurisdiction of a municipality that regulates billboards, the county commission shall regulate and shall have exclusive authority to regulate billboards which regulation and enforcement shall be no less stringent than the regulation of billboards by municipal ordinance within the corporate limits of the municipality. The regulations shall be adopted by resolution or ordinance of the county commission at a regularly scheduled meeting of the commission. Any resolution or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall have standards as to distance between...
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45-39-250.02
Section 45-39-250.02 Funding. (a) In order to provide funds for payment of the costs of the acquisition, establishment, purchase, construction, maintenance, enlargement, extension, lease, or improvement of cable systems, telecommunications equipment, and telecommunications systems, municipalities and municipal instrumentalities in Lauderdale County, within the limitations applicable under the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, may become indebted in an amount not to exceed the costs and the costs incurred in issuing the indebtedness, and in evidence thereof issue the municipality's or municipal instrumentality's warrants, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness, as the case may be, in the manner, tenor, and form as may be otherwise provided by law, for the issuance of the municipality's or municipal instrumentality's warrants, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness generally. The warrants, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this section shall be payable...
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45-45-175.01
Section 45-45-175.01 Location - Proximity to fire department. (a)(1) In Madison County, any petroleum product tank farm shall be within five miles of and served by a full-time paid fire department. The site of any petroleum product tank farm shall be approved by resolution of the county commission if located outside of the corporate limits of a municipality or by either resolution of the municipal governing body or by compliance with applicable zoning laws if located within the corporate limits of a municipality. The petroleum product tank farm operator shall provide periodic training and fire protection equipment to the fire department staff, at no cost, for specific risks of fire and spills that could occur. In addition, the petroleum product tank farm operator shall do all of the following: a. Include all fire protection equipment required by the National Fire Protection Association Code for petroleum products terminals. b. Participate in a mutual aid group within the community to...
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11-32-1
Section 11-32-1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds, determines, and hereby declares that, in counties having a population of not less than 600,000, there are conditions present that are not present in counties with lesser populations. Those conditions include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) The excessive growth in private vehicular traffic in the counties is placing excessive burdens upon the road systems and parking facilities, especially in commercial and industrial districts and in areas of high population density, which cannot be alleviated by private vehicular traffic. (2) The number of vehicular miles the average citizen of those counties travels per day is among the highest nationally in terms of miles and commuting times. (3) The projected continued economic growth of the counties and the general health and welfare of the citizens of the counties require those counties to provide the enhanced availability of public transportation facilities, operations,...
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11-44F-25
Section 11-44F-25 Subsequent referendum to reconsider status of mayor as part-time position. In the event that the governing body of any Class 8 municipality, which has adopted an ordinance pursuant to Section 11-44F-22, shall later determine that it would be in the best interests of the municipality that a subsequent referendum be held to reconsider the status of the mayor as a part-time position in such city (town), then the governing body may, by resolution, provide for a subsequent referendum upon the issue and, if so provided, the ballot shall be substantially as set forth in Section 11-44F-21, except that the question presented shall read substantially as follows: Check one of the following: Do you favor that the office of mayor of the City (Town) of ___ shall no longer be required to be a full-time position? Yes ___ No ___. If a majority of the voters voting cast their votes in favor of no longer requiring the position of mayor to be full time, then the governing body of the...
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11-47-21
Section 11-47-21 Disposition of unneeded real estate - Leasing thereof. The governing body of any city or town in this state may, by ordinance to be entered on its minutes, lease any of its real property not needed for public or municipal purposes, and a lease made by the mayor in accordance with such ordinance shall be binding for the term specified in the lease, not to exceed a period of 99 years; provided, that in counties having a population of not less than 225,000 and not more than 400,000 inhabitants according to the most recent federal decennial census, such limitation of the term to a period of 99 years shall not apply to any oil, gas, or mineral lease made in accordance with such ordinance. (Acts 1953, No. 843, p. 1135, §2; Acts 1957, No. 412, p. 574.)...
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