41-23-192
Section 41-23-192 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)
Alabama is in need of more safe and affordable public transportation options for residents
and visitors. (2) Inadequate and inefficient public transportation in Alabama adversely affects
a community's ability to develop and maintain a viable and stable economy. (3) The establishment
of the Alabama Public Transportation Trust Fund is intended to do all of the following: a.
Provide a flexible source of funding for all Alabama communities to address their public transportation
needs. b. Help families attain economic stability. c. Connect people to work opportunities
and meet other vital transportation needs. d. Contribute to economic growth through increased
employment in operating and maintaining public transportation infrastructure. e. Increase
tax revenue by improving the ability of people to access work and purchase goods and services,
thereby benefiting all Alabama residents. f. Alleviate...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-23-192.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

41-4-320
Section 41-4-320 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: The
purpose of this article is to provide for the defense of those indigent defendants who have
been found by a court to be unable to pay for their defense or representation in a trial or
appellate court proceeding. When a court determines that a person is unable to pay for his
or her defense, it shall be the responsibility of the court, subject to the establishment
of the Office of Indigent Defense Services as set forth in this article, to provide that person
with counsel and other necessary expenses of representation. (Act 2011-678, p. 1862, §1.)...

alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/41-4-320.htm - 961 bytes - Match Info - Similar pages

6-5-570
Section 6-5-570 Statement of legislative intent. It is hereby declared by the Legislature of
the State of Alabama that a crisis threatens the delivery of legal service to the people of
Alabama and that the quality of legal services which should be made available to the citizens
of this state is in jeopardy. It is the declared intent of this Legislature to insure that
quality legal services continue to be available at reasonable costs to the citizens of the
State of Alabama. This Legislature finds and declares that the increasing threat of legal
actions against legal service providers contributes to an increase in the cost of legal services
and places a heavy burden upon those who can least afford such cost and that the threat of
such legal actions contributes to the expense of providing legal services to be performed
by legal service providers which otherwise would not be considered necessary, and that the
spiraling costs and decreasing availability of essential legal services caused...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/6-5-570.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages

8-23-1
Section 8-23-1 Legislative findings and declaration. The Legislature finds and declares that
there exist in connection with a substantial number of contracts for health studio services
certain practices and business and financing methods which have worked undue financial hardship
upon some of the citizens of our state, and that existing legal remedies are inadequate to
correct existing problems in the industry. The Legislature finds and declares that the health
studio industry has a significant impact upon the economy and well-being of the people of
the state and that the provisions of this chapter regulating health studio contracts are necessary
for the public welfare. (Acts 1984, No. 84-297, p. 661, §1.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/8-23-1.htm - 1020 bytes - Match Info - Similar pages

11-49B-1
Section 11-49B-1 Declaration of purpose and legislative findings. The Legislature finds that
it is estimated that by the year 2040, 40 percent of the economy of this nation, both people
and jobs, will be located in a 14-state region between Texas and Virginia. Alabama, and in
particular the Class 1 municipality and surrounding counties, will be in the very center of
this geographic spread. This center of the growth pattern when combined with our educational
facilities, quality of life, abundance of natural and cultural resources, steady economic
growth, range of housing options, quality health care, climate, affordability, and accessibility
provides this region with an unprecedented opportunity to attract new business both service
based and manufacturing. It, therefore, is the intent of this chapter to take advantage of
this growth opportunity by providing for a unified, coordinated, centrally orchestrated, genuinely
regional system of public transportation embracing services in the...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-49B-1.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

11-53B-1
Section 11-53B-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) It is
estimated that within the municipalities of the state, there exist several thousand parcels
of real property that due to poor design, obsolescence, or neglect, have become unsafe to
the extent of becoming public nuisances. Much of this property is vacant or in a state of
disrepair and is causing or may cause a blight or blighting influence on the city and the
neighborhoods in which the property is located. Such property constitutes a threat to the
health, safety, and welfare to the citizens of the state and is an impediment to economic
development within the municipality. This threat can be minimized if an incorporated municipality
is authorized to repair the affected structures and is able to recover the cost of the repairs.
In addition, where the municipality has undertaken the demolition of the structures and has
taken a lien on the real property for the cost of the demolition, there has not...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/11-53B-1.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

22-22A-2
Section 22-22A-2 Legislative intent and purposes of chapter. The Legislature finds the resources
of the state must be managed in a manner compatible with the environment, and the health and
welfare of the citizens of the state. To respond to the needs of its environment and citizens,
the state must have a comprehensive and coordinated program of environmental management. It
is therefore the intent of the Legislature to improve the ability of the state to respond
in an efficient, comprehensive and coordinated manner to environmental problems, and thereby
assure for all citizens of the state a safe, healthful and productive environment. (1) To
this end an Alabama Department of Environmental Management is created by this chapter within
the Executive Branch of State Government in order to effect the grouping of state agencies
which have primary responsibility for administering environmental legislation into one department,
to promote economy and efficiency in the operation and management...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/22-22A-2.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages

26-23A-2
Section 26-23A-2 Legislative findings; purpose. (a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama
finds that: (1) It is essential to the psychological and physical well-being of a woman considering
an abortion that she receive complete and accurate information on her alternatives. (2) Most
abortions are performed in clinics devoted solely to providing abortions and family planning
services. Most women who seek abortions at these facilities do not have any relationship with
the physician who performs the abortion, before or after the procedure. Most women do not
return to the facility for post-surgical care. In most instances, the woman's only actual
contact with the physician occurs simultaneously with the abortion procedure, with little
opportunity to receive counseling concerning her decision. (3) The decision to abort is an
important, and often a stressful one, and it is desirable and imperative that it be made with
full knowledge of its nature and consequences. The medical, emotional,...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/26-23A-2.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages

38-12-31
Section 38-12-31 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)
There exists in this state a number of children who cannot reside with their parents, legal
guardians, or legal custodians because of such parents', legal guardians', or custodians'
incapacity or inability to perform the regular and expected functions of care and support
of the children and family care and who thereby come to the attention of juvenile court and
into the care and custody of the Department of Human Resources. (2) An increasing number of
relatives, including grandparents, find themselves wanting to provide care to related foster
children on a long-term basis to prevent the children from remaining in foster care with unrelated
caregivers yet these relatives are either unable or unwilling to seek termination of the legal
relationships between the parent and the child, particularly when it is the caregiver's own
child or sibling who is the parent. (3) It is in the public interest to...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/38-12-31.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages

40-21-101
Section 40-21-101 Legislative intent. It is the intention of the Legislature of Alabama that
the tax herein levied shall be supplemental to and complementary with the utility gross receipts
tax so as to prevent discrimination in the effect of the utility gross receipts tax upon either
intrastate or interstate commerce. It is the intention of the Legislature of Alabama that
the tax herein levied shall apply to purchases of utility services from any utility. With
respect to every tax exemption which may be enacted into law subsequent to the enactment of
this article, there shall be a presumption that such exemption does not apply to the tax herein
levied unless the statute containing such exemption shall make specific reference to this
article and shall clearly show a legislative intention to make such exemption applicable to
the tax herein levied. (Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 37, p. 88, §3; Acts 1992, No. 92-623, p.
1466, §8.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/40-21-101.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages