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25-5-197
Section 25-5-197 Limitation period for claims or actions for compensation. In case of
occupational exposure to radiation, as defined in this article, or of injury or disability
resulting therefrom, all claims for compensation shall be forever barred, unless within one
year after the employee first suffered disability therefrom and either knew or in the exercise
of reasonable diligence should have known that the disability was caused therefrom, but in
no event more than three years after date of the injury as hereinafter defined, the parties
shall have agreed upon the compensation payable under this article, or unless within such
period of time one of the parties shall have filed a verified complaint as provided in Section
25-5-88. In case of death, all claims for compensation shall be forever barred, unless the
death results proximately from occupational exposure to radiation, as defined in this article,
and occurs within three years of the date of the injury, as hereinafter defined,...
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25-5-198
Section 25-5-198 Rights and remedies as to exposures to hazards of radiation occurring
prior to September 7, 1967. All exposures of the employee occurring prior to September 7,
1967, to the hazards of radiation while in the employ of the employer shall be deemed for
all purposes to be subject to the provisions of this article, and the employee, his personal
representative, parents, surviving spouse, dependents, and next of kin shall be entitled to
compensation, or other benefits and barred from other rights and remedies as provided in this
article for exposures occurring after September 7, 1967. (Acts 1967, No. 521, p. 1245; Acts
1973, No. 1062, p. 1750, ยง36.)...
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25-5-11
Section 25-5-11 Actions against third parties jointly liable with employers for injuries
or death; actions for injury or death resulting from willful conduct; attorney's fees in settlements
with third parties. (a) If the injury or death for which compensation is payable under Articles
3 or 4 of this chapter was caused under circumstances also creating a legal liability for
damages on the part of any party other than the employer, whether or not the party is subject
to this chapter, the employee, or his or her dependents in case of death, may proceed against
the employer to recover compensation under this chapter or may agree with the employer upon
the compensation payable under this chapter, and at the same time, may bring an action against
the other party to recover damages for the injury or death, and the amount of the damages
shall be ascertained and determined without regard to this chapter. If a party, other than
the employer, is a workers' compensation insurance carrier of the...
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25-7-41
Section 25-7-41 Definitions; limitations on compensation and employment benefits not
required by state or federal laws. (a) For purposes of this article, the following words have
the following meanings: (1) DISCRIMINATION. An action by an employer or a distinction by an
employer that adversely affects an employee or job applicant based on a group, class, or category
to which that person belongs. (2) EMPLOYEE. An individual employed in this state by an employer
or a natural person who performs services for an employer for valuable consideration and does
not include a self-employed independent contractor. (3) EMPLOYER. A person engaging in any
activity, enterprise, or business in this state employing one or more employees, or a person,
association, or legal or commercial entity receiving services from an employee or independent
contractor and, in return, giving compensation of any kind to such employee or independent
contractor. (4) FEDERAL LABOR LAWS. The National Labor Relations Act,...
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27-14-11.1
Section 27-14-11.1 Contents of policies - Denial or reduction of benefits due to Medicaid
eligibility void. (a) For purposes of this section, "private insurer" is
defined as any of the following: (1) Any commercial insurance company offering health or casualty
insurance to individuals or groups, including both experience-rated contracts and indemnity
contracts. (2) Any profit or nonprofit prepaid plan offering either medical services or full
or partial payment for the diagnosis or treatment of an injury, disease, or disability. (3)
Any organization administering health or casualty insurance plans for professional associations,
unions, fraternal groups, employer-employee benefit plans, and any similar organization offering
these payments or services, including self-insured and self-funded plans. (4) Any health insurer,
including group health plans, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, self-insured plans, service benefit plans, managed care...
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40-13-61
Section 40-13-61 Violations; penalties. (a) Any person required by this article to make
a return, pay a tax, keep records, or furnish information deemed necessary by the commissioner
or the computation, assessment, or collection of the tax imposed by this article, who fails
to make the return, pay the tax, keep the records, or furnish the information at the time
required by law or regulation, in addition to other penalties provided by law, shall be guilty
of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. Each
required procedure and each required record shall constitute a separate offense. (b) Any person
who willfully or fraudulently makes and signs a return, not believing the return to be true
and correct as to every material fact, shall be guilty of a Class C felony, and upon conviction,
shall be punished as provided by law. Each return shall constitute a separate offense. Additionally,
any person who willfully or fraudulently makes and signs a...
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16-1-18.1
Section 16-1-18.1 Accumulation of sick leave. (a) Definitions. When used in this section,
the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) EMPLOYEE. Any person
employed full time as provided by law by those employers enumerated in this section;
and adult bus drivers. (2) EMPLOYER. All public city and county boards of education; the Board
of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the Alabama Youth Services Department
District Board in its capacity as the Board of Education for the Youth Services Department
District; the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; the Board of Trustees
of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science; for purposes of subsection (c) only,
the Alabama State Senate, the Lieutenant Governor, the Office of the Senate President Pro
Tempore, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Alabama House of Representatives,
the Legislative Reference Service; any organization participating in the Teachers'...
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34-29-61
Section 34-29-61 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms
shall have the following meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF
VETERINARY MEDICINE. Any veterinary college or division of a university or college that offers
the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine or its equivalent and is accredited by the American
Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). (2) ANIMAL. Any animal or mammal other than man, including
birds, fish, reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead. (3) APPLICANT. A person who files
an application to be licensed to practice veterinary medicine or licensed as a veterinary
technician. (4) BOARD. Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. (5) CONSULTING
VETERINARIAN. A veterinarian licensed in another state who gives advice or demonstrates techniques
to a licensed Alabama veterinarian or group of licensed Alabama veterinarians. A consulting
veterinarian shall not utilize this privilege to circumvent the law. (6) DIRECT...
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36-27-24
Section 36-27-24 Funds for assets of retirement system - Creation; composition; disposition
of funds; appropriations. (a) Effective October 1, 1997, all the assets of the retirement
system shall be credited according to the purpose for which they are held among three funds,
namely, the Annuity Savings Fund, the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the Expense Fund. The
operation of the former Pension Reserve Fund and the Annuity Reserve Fund shall be discontinued
as of such date and the balance of the former Pension Reserve Fund shall be transferred to
the Pension Accumulation Fund, and the balance of the former Annuity Reserve Fund shall be
transferred to the Pension Accumulation Fund. (b) Annuity Savings Fund. The Annuity Savings
Fund shall be a fund in which shall be accumulated contributions from the compensation of
members to provide for their annuities. Contributions to and payments from the Annuity Savings
Fund shall be made as follows: Effective October 1, 1971, each employer shall...
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15-23-3
Section 15-23-3 Definitions. As used in this article the following words shall include,
but are not limited to the following meanings unless the context clearly requires a different
meaning: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission as created by Section
15-23-4. (2) CRIMINALLY INJURIOUS CONDUCT. Criminally injurious conduct includes any of the
following acts: a. An act occurring or attempted within the geographical boundaries of this
state which results in serious personal injury or death to a victim for which punishment by
fine, imprisonment, or death may be imposed. b. An act occurring or attempted outside the
geographical boundaries of this state in another state of the United States of America which
is punishable by fine, imprisonment, or death and which results in personal injury or death
to a citizen of this state, and shall include an act of terrorism, as defined in Section
2331 of Title 18, United States Code, committed outside of the United States,...
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