9-16-91
Section 9-16-91 Surface effects of underground coal mining; requirements; remedies. (a) The regulatory authority shall promulgate rules and regulations directed toward the surface effects of underground coal mining operations, and embodying the following requirements. In adopting any rules and regulations, the regulatory authority shall consider all distinct differences between surface coal mining and underground coal mining. (b) Each permit issued pursuant to this article and relating to underground coal mining shall require the operator to: (1) Adopt measures consistent with available technology in order to prevent subsidence causing material damage to the extent technologically and economically feasible, maximize mine stability, and maintain the value and reasonably foreseeable use of such surface lands, except in those instances where the mining methods used requires planned subsidence in a predictable and controlled manner. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit...
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35-19-2
Section 35-19-2 Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATIONS. Restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real property. (2) AGENCY or DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (3) COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY. A condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management or his or her designated representative. (5) ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT. A servitude arising under an environmental response project that imposes activity and use limitations. (6) ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE PROJECT. A plan or work performed for environmental remediation...
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36-21-11
Section 36-21-11 Preference given to police officers and fire fighters suffering from diseases without known cure in admission to research programs. Whereas the sworn, full-time, regular employed state, county and municipal police officers of this state are required by law and policy to enforce the penal laws of the State of Alabama; and fire fighters must expose themselves to the dangers of fire suppression and hazardous material incident control; and in so doing augment the dangers inherent in such duty; it is the sense of the Legislature of Alabama that if such police officers or fire fighters contract any disease deemed crippling or fatal, because of the lack of a known cure, such police officers or fire fighters shall be given preferential treatment towards admission to any research program at any state-owned or supported medical facility, hospital or learning center in the State of Alabama. (Acts 1985, No. 85-542, p. 781, ยง1.)...
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45-49-252.06
Section 45-49-252.06 Collection of solid waste. (a)(1) Only county franchised collectors possessing valid permits shall engage in the business of providing solid waste management services to residential property within the county. Fees for such service shall be established by resolution or ordinance of the Mobile County Commission, consistent with the provisions of franchise agreements. Upon May 3, 1988, any proposed increase in fees charged shall be reviewed and approved in the following manner: a. A franchised residential collector shall provide notice in a newspaper of general circulation in Mobile County that the collector will apply in writing to the solid waste management advisory board for an increase in fees charged, including the amount of the proposed fee increase, at least three weeks prior to the giving of such written application. b. The collector, not less than 10 days thereafter, shall provide the written request for the fee increase to the advisory board. c. The board...
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9-7-11
Section 9-7-11 Purpose of chapter; legislative findings. The purpose of this chapter is to promote, improve and safeguard the lands and waters located in the coastal areas of this state through a comprehensive and cooperative program designed to preserve, enhance and develop such valuable resources for the present and future well-being and general welfare of the citizens of this state. In promulgating such a program, the Legislature of Alabama recognizes and declares that: (1) The coastal area is rich in a variety of natural, commercial, recreational, industrial and aesthetic resources of immediate and potential value to the present and future well-being of the state; (2) There are increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters of the coastal area occasioned by population growth and economic development, including requirements for industry, commerce, residential development, recreation, extraction of mineral resources and fossil fuels, transportation and navigation, waste...
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22-29-1
Section 22-29-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter as a public corporation, agency and instrumentality of the state. (2) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution or order adopted by the board of directors authorizing the issuance of bonds by the authority or providing for an indenture of trust under and pursuant to which its bonds are to be issued. (3) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the authority. (4) BOARD. The State Board of Health of the State of Alabama or the State Committee of Public Health or the State Health Officer, whichever at the time has the authority to act in health matters pursuant to Sections 22-1-3, 22-2-1, 22-2-2, 22-2-6 and 22-2-8. (5) BONDS. The bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter. (6) BOND SERVICE...
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22-35-3
Section 22-35-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK. Any one or combination of stationary tanks affixed permanently to the ground or other support structure (including pipes connected thereto) used to contain an accumulation of motor fuels, the volume of which (including pipes connected thereto) is greater than 90 percent above the surface of the ground. The terms "Underground Storage Tank" and "Aboveground Storage Tank" do not include any: a. Farm or residential tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes; b. Tank used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored; c. Septic tank; d. Pipeline facility (including gathering lines) regulated under: 1. The Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 2. The Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and 3....
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14-13-2
Section 14-13-2 Adoption and text of Interstate Corrections Compact. The Interstate Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining therein, in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT Article I (Purpose and Policy) The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment, and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment and...
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22-34-1
Section 22-34-1 Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY. The corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter as a public corporation, agency and instrumentality of the state and known as the "Alabama Water Pollution Control Authority." (2) AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION. A resolution or order adopted by the board of directors of the authority authorizing the issuance of bonds by the authority pursuant to this chapter or by a public body. (3) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the Alabama Water Pollution Control Authority. (4) BONDS. The "Water Pollution Control Bonds," notes or obligations or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter. (5) BOND PROCEEDS. The direct proceeds of sale of bonds or notes, and the income derived from the investment of such proceeds. (6) DEPARTMENT....
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45-29-90.11
Section 45-29-90.11 Regulation of zoning, planning, and construction. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, convenience, environment order, prosperity, and general welfare, all power and authority regarding zoning and planning within the management area is hereby vested in the board of directors of the authority. As described herein, no regulated activity shall commence without the applicant having first obtained a land use certificate as issued by the authority. (1) The board is authorized to regulate the planning, zoning, and construction within the management area of all activity involving public streets, public roads, subdivisions, drainage structures in subdivisions, mobile home parks, residential and commercial developments, apartments, recreation parks, coal mining, gas/oil and methane exploration and development, excavation, and logging. The board is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce such ordinances as shall be necessary to implement any development...
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