41-29-2
Section 41-29-2 Powers, duties, and functions of Department of Commerce. (a) The Department of Commerce shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other departments of state government and with other governmental units for the comprehensive development of the state's human, economic and physical resources and their relevance for programs administered by the state and the governmental structure required to put such programs into effect. It shall provide information, assistance and staff support by all appropriate means. The Department of Commerce shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers and authority relative to state regional and local planning and industrial development heretofore vested in the Alabama Development Office. All books, records, supplies, funds, equipment, and personnel of the Alabama Development Office are also hereby transferred to the Department of Commerce. (b) All of the powers and authority heretofore vested in the...
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30-3-110
Section 30-3-110 Civil action for order of retroactive support. There is hereby created a civil action to establish an order of retroactive support which may be brought against a non-supporting parent who has a duty to support as the legal parent of a child or children but has failed to provide support. The action may be brought by the parent or guardian with physical or legal custody who is providing the actual care and support for the child or may be brought by the Department of Human Resources pursuant to the provisions of Section 38-10-1 et seq. An action under this section can be brought only if support has not previously been ordered pursuant to a divorce or other action in this or any other jurisdiction. (Acts 1994, No. 94-213, p. 298, §1.)...
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30-5-5
Section 30-5-5 Standing to file sworn petition for protection order; disclosure of information; costs and fees. (a) The following persons have standing to file a sworn petition for a protection order under this chapter as a plaintiff: (1) A person who is at least 18 years old or is otherwise emancipated and is the victim of abuse, as defined in Section 30-5-2, or has reasonable cause to believe he or she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of any act of abuse. (2) A parent, legal guardian, next friend, court-appointed guardian ad litem, or the State Department of Human Resources may petition for relief on behalf of the following: a. A minor child. b. Any person prevented by physical or mental incapacity from seeking a protection order. (b) Standardized petitions for actions pursuant to this chapter shall be made available through the circuit clerks' offices around the state. The circuit clerk shall not provide assistance to persons in completing the forms or in presenting...
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31-13-28
Section 31-13-28 Voter registration eligibility and requirements. (a) Applications for voter registration shall contain voter eligibility requirements and such information as is necessary to prevent duplicative voter registrations and enable the county board of registrars to assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration, identify the applicant and to determine the qualifications of the applicant as an elector and the facts authorizing such person to be registered. Applications shall contain a statement that the applicant shall be required to provide qualifying identification when voting. (b) The Secretary of State shall create a process for the county board of registrars to check to indicate whether an applicant has provided with the application the information necessary to assess the eligibility of the applicant, including the applicant's United States citizenship. This section shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with federal law. No eligible...
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38-1-6
Section 38-1-6 State and local governments authorized to participate in programs to provide assistance to the aged. (a) The state government and all county and municipal governments in this state are hereby authorized to voluntarily participate in any program which is related to any form of assistance for the aged, including, but not limited to, such programs as senior citizens volunteers, foster grandparents, senior aids, various programs of the Federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare and any other program supported by the federal government, private foundations or other political or private organizations which establish assistance programs for the aged. Participation in said old-age assistance programs may be in the form of moneys, services rendered or any other form of voluntary participation available. (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to usurp the authority or affect the funding of the Department of Human Resources under the public welfare laws...
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38-2-6.1
Section 38-2-6.1 Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents established; duties; assistance of other agencies, etc.; use of information obtained. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ABSENT PARENT. The parent of a minor child who owes a financial ligation for the support of the minor child or a putative parent against whom a complaint has been filed. (2) OFFICE. The state parent locator in the Department of Human Resources for the location of absent parents, hereinafter created. (b) The Office of State Parent Locator for the Location of Absent Parents is hereby established, and shall perform the following duties: (1) Assist any governmental agency or department in locating an absent parent. (2) Coordinate any activity on a state level in a search for an absent parent. (3) Obtain and disseminate, as hereinafter provided, any information which directly relates to the identity or location of an absent parent. (4)...
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38-7-3
Section 38-7-3 License to operate or conduct child-care facility - Requirements; recordkeeping; parental notifications, etc.; affidavits; inspections and investigations. (a) No person, group of persons, or corporation may operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in this chapter, without being licensed or approved as provided in this chapter. (b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), the licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to a child-care facility that is operating as an integral part of a local church ministry or a religious nonprofit school, and is so recognized in the church or school's documents, whether operated separately or as a part of a religious nonprofit school unit, secondary school unit, or institution of higher learning under the governing board or authority of the local church or its convention, association, or regional body to which it may be subject. (2) A child-care facility that receives state or federal funds or is operating for...
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40-23-35
Section 40-23-35 Disposition of revenues from tax. (a) Such amount of money as shall be appropriated for each fiscal year by the Legislature to the Department of Revenue with which to pay the salaries, the cost of operation and management of the department shall be deducted, as a first charge thereon, from the taxes collected under the provisions of this division; provided, that the expenditure of the sum so appropriated shall be budgeted and allotted pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and limited to the amount appropriated to defray the expenses of operating the department for each fiscal year. After the payment of the expenses, so much of the amount remaining as may be necessary, after first applying all sums of money received by reason of the application of the surplus in the income tax as provided by Section 40-18-58, for the replacement in the public school fund of the three-mill constitutional levy for schools and in the General Fund of the one-mill levy for...
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12-15-215
Section 12-15-215 Disposition of delinquent children or children in need of supervision generally. (a) If the juvenile court finds on proof beyond a reasonable doubt, based upon competent, material, and relevant evidence, that a child committed the acts by reason of which the child is alleged to be delinquent or in need of supervision, it may proceed immediately to hear evidence as to whether the child is in need of care or rehabilitation and to file its findings thereon. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a finding that the child has committed an act which constitutes a felony is sufficient to sustain a finding that the child is in need of care or rehabilitation. If the juvenile court finds that the child is not in need of care or rehabilitation, it shall dismiss the proceedings and discharge the child from any detention or other temporary care theretofore ordered. If the juvenile court finds that the child is in need of care or rehabilitation, it may make any of the...
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12-15-306
Section 12-15-306 Removing a child from the custody of a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian. (a) A child may be removed by a law enforcement officer from the custody of a parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian if there are reasonable grounds to believe any of the following: (1) The child is suffering from an illness or injury or is in imminent danger from the surroundings of the child and that the removal of the child is necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the child. (2) The child has no parent, legal guardian, legal custodian, or other suitable person able to provide supervision and care for the child. (b) The person removing the child shall immediately deliver the child to the Department of Human Resources. (Act 2008-277, p. 441, §18.)...
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