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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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40-9C-2
Section 40-9C-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature recognizes the importance of recovering
and reusing previously utilized property to the well-being of the people of the state. The
Legislature also recognizes that in some cases additional incentives are required to succeed
in recovering brownfield sites and therefore intends to allow county and municipal governments
to provide substantial tax incentives as an inducement to recovering land pursuant to Chapter
30E, beginning with Section 22-30E-1, of Title 22, the Alabama Land Recycling and Economic
Redevelopment Act. (Act 2004-245, p. 334, §2.)...
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16-47-240
Section 16-47-240 Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center. (a) The University of Alabama at
Birmingham shall establish the Alabama Rural Hospital Resource Center. (b) The purpose of
the resource center is to facilitate access to high quality care for rural Alabamians and
improve their health by increasing the viability and capabilities of eligible hospitals at
no or minimal cost to those hospitals. (c) For the purposes of this section, the following
terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ELIGIBLE HOSPITAL. A nonprofit or public rural
hospital. (2) RESOURCE CENTER. The Rural Hospital Resource Center of the University of Alabama
at Birmingham. (3) RURAL. Located in one of the following: a. An area designated as a shortage
area as defined in 42 C.F.R. § 491.5(c) and (d); or b. A rural area as defined by the Federal
Office of Rural Health Policy. (d) The resource center shall do all of the following: (1)
Hire necessary staff that is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender,...
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25-11-2
Section 25-11-2 Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature finds that individuals need
to take more personal responsibility for their actions. The Legislature further finds that
certain individuals are not meeting their legal child support obligations. It is the express
intent of the Legislature that individuals with legal child support obligations be located
and required to take financial responsibility for their children by paying these child support
obligations. A "new hire" reporting procedure shall require employers to obtain
certain information from newly hired, recalled, or rehired individuals. This information shall
be reported to the Department of Labor which shall form a State Directory of New Hires and
the information shall be used by the Department of Human Resources to cross-match these individuals
with individuals having outstanding legal child support obligations. The Legislature further
finds that there are certain individuals being overpaid unemployment...
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38-3-2
Section 38-3-2 Duties. (a) It shall be the duty of the members of the advisory board to meet
within 30 days after their appointment, and to elect a chair and other officers from among
themselves, who shall serve for a period of two years. Thereafter, the board shall elect a
new chair every two years. (b) It shall be the duty of the board to do all of the following:
(1) Collect facts and statistics and make special studies of conditions and problems pertaining
to the employment, health, financial status, recreation, social adjustment, or other conditions
affecting the welfare of the aging people in this state. (2) Keep abreast of the latest developments
in this field of activity throughout the nation, and to interpret its findings to the commissioner.
(3) Provide for a mutual exchange of ideas and information on national, state, and local levels.
(4) Give a report of its advisory activities to the Legislature, and make recommendations
for needed improvements and additional resources to...
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40-18-370
Section 40-18-370 Short title; legislative findings; definitions. (a) This article shall be
known and may be cited as the Alabama Jobs Act. (b) The Legislature makes the following findings:
(1) The economic well-being of the citizens of the state will be enhanced by the increased
development and growth of employment within Alabama. (2) It is in the best interests of the
state to provide certain incentives to allow the state to foster economic development through
the recruitment of quality projects and the expansion of existing businesses within Alabama.
(3) The incentives provided for in this article do not raise any taxes for any individuals
or businesses in Alabama under state law. (4) The incentives provided in this article will
allow the state to encourage the creation of new jobs that may not otherwise exist within
the State of Alabama. (5) The incentives provided in this article will increase revenues for
the state without increasing taxes. (6) The Constitution of the State of...
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45-46-90
Section 45-46-90 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature has found and determined and does
hereby declare that in Marengo County and in all municipalities situated in the county the
following conditions exist: (1) That the recent improvement of the state's inland waterways
is and will continue bringing about an ever expanding use of such waterways, and the tremendous
growth of commerce on such waterways has created a critical need for industrial expansion
and development in general and a particularly critical need for wharves, piers, docks, quays,
grain elevators, cotton compresses, warehouses, water and rail terminals, and other structures
and facilities needful in such commerce and for the convenient use of such waterways. (2)
That the continued economic growth of the county and municipalities and the general health
and welfare of the citizens of the county and municipalities will be greatly benefited by
the development of docks and other related facilities along the inland...
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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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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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11-49A-1
Section 11-49A-1 Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature has found and determined
and does hereby declare that in Class 3 municipalities the following conditions exist: (1)
That the constant growth of private vehicular traffic in such counties in which such municipalities
are located is placing excessive burdens upon the road systems and parking facilities, especially
in commercial and industrial districts and in areas of high population density; (2) That the
continued economic growth of such municipalities and the general health and welfare of the
citizens of such counties require the availability of public facilities for mass transportation;
and (3) That it is necessary and desirable and in the best interests of the citizens of such
municipalities that provisions be made for the establishment in such counties of public corporations
to provide public transportation service. The legislature does hereby further declare its
intention, by the passage of this chapter, to promote...
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