36-25-1
Section 36-25-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BUSINESS. Any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, or any other legal entity. (2) BUSINESS WITH WHICH THE PERSON IS ASSOCIATED. Any business of which the person or a member of his or her family is an officer, owner, partner, board of director member, employee, or holder of more than five percent of the fair market value of the business. (3) CANDIDATE. This term as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning ascribed to it in Section 17-5-2. (4) COMMISSION. The State Ethics Commission. (5) COMPLAINT. Written allegation or allegations that a violation of this chapter has occurred. (6) COMPLAINANT. A person who alleges a violation or violations of this chapter by filing a complaint against a respondent. (7) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. A complaint filed pursuant to this...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations. (a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state, and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct, independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare, or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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11-92B-10
Section 11-92B-10 Powers and duties of authority. An authority shall have the following powers and duties together with all powers and duties incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof: (1) To sue or be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction. (2) To adopt and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (4) With respect to property within the operational area of the authority, to acquire, receive, and take title to by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, to hold, keep, improve, maintain, and impose restrictive covenants and land use controls, to engage in environmental remediation and restoration efforts as required under applicable agreements with the United States Department of Defense, to equip, furnish, develop, and to transfer, convey, donate, sell, lease, grant options to, assign, encumber with easements and mortgages and...
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22-27-5.2
Section 22-27-5.2 Solid waste landfill moratorium. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law, until May 31, 2014, neither the department nor any state or local agency may grant any new permits to a new public solid waste landfill facility which is intended to receive waste not generated by the permittee. (2) The moratorium period is necessary in order to allow the department and the Alabama Department of Public Health to review their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act. As appropriate, following this review, the department, with input from the Alabama Department of Public Health, shall make recommendations for necessary legislation or undertake rulemaking to implement enhancement identified during the review period. (3) For the purpose of evaluating solid waste landfill management issues facing the state and to allow for the update of the state's comprehensive solid waste management plan to identify and provide for the...
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45-42-170.20
Section 45-42-170.20 Solid waste landfill location and operation. (a) In addition to any other provision of law or any rule or regulation by the state or federal government or local government in Limestone County, and specifically Chapter 27, Title 22, as amended, relating to the regulation, operation, or location of any privately-owned or controlled regional landfill for solid waste, the Limestone County Commission shall provide for a referendum on the question of the location, acceptance, or operation of such privately owned or controlled regional landfill for solid waste after the public hearing thereon. The referendum shall be held within 20 days but not less than 10 days after such public hearing. Such referendum shall be held pursuant to the general laws of the state calling for local elections except where there is a direct conflict herewith. (b) If a majority of the qualified electorate voting on the proposed acceptance, operation, or location of a privately-owned or controlled...
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22-40A-10
Section 22-40A-10 Financial assurance. (a) The department shall, by regulation, establish the financial assurance levels and methods that are to be set to provide funds to abate any problems created as a result of a failure by the transporter or processor to properly manage scrap tires. (b) Receivers of either class are not required to post financial assurance. (c) Permitted transporters and processors shall post financial assurance. A fuel user that registers with the department shall post financial assurance if the user stores whole tires or shredded tires in excess of amounts the department establishes by regulation or in excess of permitted limits. (Act 2003-332, p. 823, §10; Act 2009-779, p. 2433, §1.)...
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22-27-40
Section 22-27-40 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that: (1) The state, its subdivisions and the nation face an emerging crisis in solid waste management; (2) Proper waste management is an increasingly complex issue involving the need for reducing the volumes of waste requiring disposal, properly managing wastes to reduce the likelihood of both short-term and long-term threat to human health and the environment, and assuring that adequate, environmentally secure, waste management and disposal facilities will be available at reasonable costs to accommodate wastes generated in the state; (3) Provision for necessary systems, facilities, technology and services for solid waste management and resource recovery is a matter of important public interest and concern, and action taken in this regard will be for a public purpose and will benefit the public welfare; (4) Solid waste management problems are potentially statewide in scope and necessitate state and local action through the...
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22-30B-2.4
Section 22-30B-2.4 Restrictions on disposal of hazardous waste; exceptions. No commercial site for the disposal of hazardous waste and hazardous substances shall during any calendar year receive and dispose of more than 600,000 tons of waste that cannot be legally disposed of in a solid waste landfill permitted under Subtitle D of RCRA 42 U.S.C. §6941. Provided, however, that the Environmental Management Commission or its designee may allow the disposal of hazardous wastes in excess of the 600,000 ton annual limitation of volume imposed in this section if such action is determined by the Environmental Management Commission or its designee to be necessary to protect human health or the environment in the state. Provided further, if the commission determines that public awareness of environmental matters may be enhanced by special events or if amnesty or similar programs will promote the protection of human health and the environment of Alabama, then it may exempt any wastes so...
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22-27-42
Section 22-27-42 Legislative intent. In furtherance of the policies and purposes set forth herein, it is the intent of this legislation: (1) To develop an integrated system of planning for solid waste management in the state by local governments, regional planning commissions and the department; (2) To put in place the necessary procedures so that an effective and integrated statewide network of solid waste management facilities may be planned, developed and operated for the benefit of the people of the state; (3) To assure that solid waste management planning and implementation activities should, to the extent economically feasible, encourage: a. Reduction of the amount of source waste generated; b. Source separation and recycling; and c. Waste processing such as the utilization of a waste-to-energy technology to reduce the volume of waste necessary for land disposal. (4) To facilitate the siting of solid waste management facilities as required to meet present and projected state and...
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