32-6-155.1
Section 32-6-155.1 "Protect Our Environment" distinctive license tag. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that an environmental tag be issued by the state to be used as an instrument to promote safe environmental practices, environmental awareness, environmental education enhancement, and for the protection of Alabama's precious environment through education. It is the desire of the Legislature to develop and provide comprehensive environmental education programs in which students, teachers, citizens, businesses, and governmental entities can participate in order to promote good environmental practices and thereby protect the environmental diversity and natural resources of the state. (b) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Board of Directors of Legacy, as it may be constituted from time to time. (2) ENVIRONMENTAL TAG. The environmental tag shall mean, but is not limited to, the Protect Our Environment distinctive license...
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22-30A-2
Section 22-30A-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter and except where the context prohibits, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CLEANUP. All activities including administrative activities related to the identification, investigation and evaluation of hazardous substance sites and the removal of hazardous substances or other closure or containment of hazardous substances and any subsequent monitoring of such sites. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Environmental Management Commission as created by Section 22-22A-6. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management as created by Section 22-22A-4. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (5) FUND. The Alabama Hazardous Substance Cleanup Fund. (6) HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE. Any substance defined as a hazardous substance pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §9601(14) or listed as a hazardous waste pursuant to the Hazardous Wastes Management Act, Section 22-30-1 et seq. and...
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22-30B-1.1
Section 22-30B-1.1 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that: (1) The state is increasingly becoming the nation's final burial ground for the disposal of hazardous wastes and materials; (2) The volumes of hazardous wastes and substances disposed in the state have increased dramatically for the past several years; (3) The existence of hazardous waste disposal activities in the state poses unique and continuing problems for the state; (4) As the site for the ultimate burial of hazardous wastes and substances, the state incurs a permanent risk to the health of its people and the maintenance of its natural resources that is avoided by other states which ship their wastes to Alabama for disposal; (5) The state also incurs other substantial costs related to hazardous waste management including the costs of regulation of transportation, spill cleanup and disposal of ever-increasing volumes of hazardous wastes and substances; (6) Because all waste and substances disposed at commercial...
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22-30E-6
Section 22-30E-6 Criteria for property qualification for voluntary cleanup program. (a) In order to be considered a qualifying property for participation in the voluntary cleanup program established pursuant to this chapter, a property shall, unless granted a variance under subsection (b), meet the following criteria: (1) The property must not be listed on the federal National Priorities List pursuant to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq. (2) The property must not be currently undergoing response activities required by an order of either the department, or the regional administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency issued pursuant to the provisions of the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq. (3) The property must not be a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility as defined in Section 22-30E-3. (b) The department may...
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16-25A-8
Section 16-25A-8 Funding of health insurance plan; participation; Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Fund. (a) The Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Board is hereby authorized to provide under the contract or contracts entered into under the provisions of this article an insurance benefit plan for each covered employee and, under certain conditions, retired employees; the cost of such plan may be funded in part or in full through monthly premiums per active employee from the same source of funds as those used for the payment of salaries of active members and in part from other funds. (b) On or before January 1 next preceding each regular meeting of the Legislature, the board shall certify to the Governor and to the Legislature the amount or amounts necessary to fund coverage for benefits authorized by this article for the following fiscal year for employees and for retired employees as a monthly premium per active member per month. The Legislature shall set the...
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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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41-19-3
Section 41-19-3 Purpose of chapter; Governor to develop and present four-year strategic plan. (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to establish a comprehensive system for budgeting and financial management which furthers the capacity of the Governor and the Legislature to plan and finance the services which they determine the state will provide for citizens. The system shall include procedures for all of the following: (1) The orderly establishment, continuing review, and periodic revision of the program and financial goals and policies of the state. (2) The development, coordination, and review of long-range program and financial plans that will implement established state goals and policies. (3) The preparation, coordination, analysis, and enactment of a budget, organized to focus on state services and their costs, that authorizes the implementation of policies and plans in the succeeding budget period. (4) The evaluation of alternatives to existing policies, plans, and procedures...
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11-92A-22.1
Section 11-92A-22.1 Dissolution requirements. In addition to the requirements for dissolution under Section 11-92A-22, prior to the dissolution of an authority organized under Chapter 92A of this title, the authority shall provide notice to the Legislature of the authority's intent to dissolve, as adopted by its board of directors in accordance with Section 11-92A-22. The articles of dissolution, as required by Section 11-92A-22, may not be effective prior to the 15th legislative day of the regular session of the Legislature that commences no sooner than six weeks after the notice of dissolution is provided to the Legislature as required in this section. (Act 2020-72, §24.)...
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22-21B-2
Section 22-21B-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares: (1) It is the public policy of the State of Alabama to respect and protect the fundamental right of conscience of individuals who provide health care services. (2) Without comprehensive protection, health care rights of conscience may be violated in various ways, such as harassment, demotion, salary reduction, termination, loss of privileges, denial of aid or benefits, and refusal to license, or refusal to certify. (3) It is the purpose of this chapter to protect religious or ethical rights of all health care providers to decline to provide, perform, assist, or participate in providing or performing certain health care services that violate their consciences, where they have made their objections known in writing in advance. (4) It is the purpose of this chapter to prohibit discrimination, disqualification, or coercion upon such health care providers who decline to perform any health care service that violates...
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22-30F-2
Section 22-30F-2 Legislative findings; purpose and intent of chapter; establishment of revolving loan program for voluntary remediation of environmentally contaminated areas. (a) The Legislature finds that rural and urban property in Alabama may have areas of contamination which may be addressed via the Alabama Land Recycling and Economic Redevelopment Act, Sections 22-30E-1 through 22-30E-13. The Legislature further finds that encouraging the voluntary remediation and redevelopment of such properties is in the public interest. (b) The Legislature finds that industries and developers often give preference to previously unused greenfield sites over previously used property due largely to concerns over the financial and environmental liabilities which may be incurred in acquiring such previously used property for reuse and redevelopment. The Legislature further finds that the appropriate reuse and redevelopment of properties which are contaminated, or perceived to be contaminated is in...
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