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25-5-81
Section 25-5-81 Determination of disputed compensation claims generally. (a) Commencement of
action in circuit court. (1) PROCEDURE. In case of a dispute between employer and employee
or between the dependents of a deceased employee and the employer with respect to the right
to compensation under this article and Article 2 of this chapter, or the amount thereof, either
party may submit the controversy to the circuit court of the county which would have jurisdiction
of a civil action in tort between the parties. The controversy shall be heard and determined
by the judge who would hear and determine a civil action between the same parties arising
out of tort, and, in case there is more than one judge of the court, the controversies shall
be set and assigned for hearing under the same rules and statutes that civil actions in tort
are set and assigned. The court may hear and determine the controversies in a summary manner.
The decision of the judge hearing the same shall be conclusive and...
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25-5-15.1
Section 25-5-15.1 State safety program; legislative intent; creation. (a) It is the intent
of the Legislature to promote safety education, safety planning, and to provide any needed
technical assistance. (b) The Secretary of the Department of Labor shall coordinate with the
safe state program, the safety and health consulting service, to establish a safety program
for cooperating with industry to promote safety and provide technical assistance. Emphasis
shall be placed on unsafe acts in both small industry and high risk industry. (c) Qualified
safety management specialists shall be employed in the safe state program to assist employers
in developing or improving their safety programs. Safe state program personnel shall, upon
referral by the secretary of an employer's request, make inspections for safety monitoring
and report the resulting findings and recommendations to the employer and to the secretary.
(d) The safe state program shall establish and collect reasonable fees for...
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27-11-2
Section 27-11-2 Prohibition against transaction of insurance business, etc., in state without
license; exceptions. It shall be unlawful for any insurer to transact the business of insurance
in this state or to enter into a contract for insurance in this state without first obtaining
a license or certificate of authority from the commissioner. This unauthorized insurers law
shall not apply to: (1) Contracts of insurance procured pursuant to the surplus line insurance
law; (2) Transactions in this state involving contracts of insurance lawfully entered into,
written and the policy delivered outside of this state covering subjects of insurance not
resident, located or expressly to be performed in this state at the time of issuance and transactions
subsequent to the making of such contract and the issuance of such policy; (3) Reinsurance
contracts; (4) Transactions in this state involving group or blanket insurance and group annuities
where the master policy or contract was lawfully issued...
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27-4A-3
Section 27-4A-3 Generally. (a) Subject to the exceptions and exemptions hereinafter set forth,
for the year beginning on January 1, 1995, and for each year thereafter, every insurer shall
pay to the commissioner a premium tax equal to the percentage, as set out in this subsection,
of the premiums received by the insurer for business done in this state, whether the same
was actually received by the insurer in this state or elsewhere: (1) PREMIUM TAX ON LIFE INSURANCE
PREMIUMS. a. Except as hereinafter provided, the rates of taxation on life insurance premiums
shall be those amounts set out in the following schedule: Year Foreign Insurers Domestic Insurers
1995 2.9 1.3 1996 2.8 1.6 1997 2.7 1.8 1998 2.5 2.1 Every Year Thereafter 2.3 2.3 b. Individual
life insurance policies in a face amount of greater than $5,000 and up to and including $25,000,
excluding group life insurance policies, shall be taxed at the rate of one percent per annum.
c. Individual life insurance policies in a face...
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45-30-100
Section 45-30-100 Compensation of employees incapacitated on the job. (a) This section shall
only apply to Franklin County. (b) When used in this section, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, respectively: (1) EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITY or EMPLOYER. The county school
system; any public city school system; any school, college, or institution under the control
of the State Board of Education located in Franklin County; any public college or university
located in Franklin County. (2) EMPLOYEE. Any teacher, counselor, advisor, librarian, coach,
educational coordinator, psychometrist, substitute teacher, aide, college teacher, including
professor, associate professor, assistant professor, and instructor, principal, supervisor,
superintendent, administrative officer or assistant, ROTC employee, lunchroom or cafeteria
worker, adult bus driver, student bus driver, maid, janitor, custodian, maintenance worker,
secretary, clerk or clerical assistant, or any other employee, certified...
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16-25-11.9
Section 16-25-11.9 Purchase of credit for employment as court reporters, school support personnel,
or local mental health authority workers. (a) Any active and contributing member of the Teachers'
Retirement System of Alabama who, prior to October 1, 1993, was a regular full-time employee
as an official court reporter with a circuit court in the state or a full-time employee of
a local mental health authority or school support personnel, shall be eligible to receive
credit for such employment provided that the member claiming the credit shall have worked
not less than 10 consecutive years as an official court reporter, and complies with the conditions
prescribed in subsection (b). (b) A member eligible under subsection (a) may receive credit
for regular, full-time employment rendered as an official court reporter with a circuit court
in the state or service rendered to a local mental health authority provided that as conditions
precedent to the receipt of credit: (1) The member...
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25-5-270
Section 25-5-270 Certain employers authorized to purchase insurance with optional deductibles.
(a) Each insurer issuing a policy under this article shall offer, as a part of the policy
or as an optional endorsement to the policy, deductibles optional to the policyholder for
benefits payable under this article. Deductible amounts offered shall be fully disclosed to
the prospective policyholder in writing in the amount of $100.00, $200.00, $300.00, $400.00,
$500.00, or increments of $500.00 up to a maximum of $2,500.00 per compensable claim. The
policyholder exercising the deductible option shall choose only one deductible amount. (b)
If the policyholder exercises the option and chooses a deductible, the insured employer shall
be liable for the amount of the deductible for benefits paid for each compensable claim of
work injury suffered by an employee. The insurer shall pay all or part of the deductible amount,
whichever is applicable to a compensable claim, to the person or medical...
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27-10-20
Section 27-10-20 Procuring of surplus lines from unauthorized insurers. If certain insurance
coverages cannot be procured on terms acceptable to the insureds from authorized insurers,
such coverages, designated "surplus lines," may be procured from unauthorized insurers
subject to the terms and conditions of either subdivisions (1) or (2) of this section: (1)a.
The insurance must be procured through a licensed surplus line broker; b. The full amount
of insurance required must not be procurable, after diligent effort has been made to do so,
from among the insurers authorized to transact and actually transacting that kind and class
of insurance in this state or has been procured to the full extent such insurers are willing
to insure; c. The insurance must not be procured for the purpose of securing advantages as
to a lower premium rate than would be accepted by an authorized insurer; and d. This section,
and this surplus line law, does not apply as to life insurance or disability...
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25-5-56
Section 25-5-56 Settlements between parties. The interested parties may settle all matters
of benefits, whether involving compensation, medical payments, or rehabilitation, and all
questions arising under this article and Article 4 of this chapter between themselves, and
every settlement shall be in an amount the same as the amounts or benefits stipulated in this
article. No settlement for an amount less than the amounts or benefits stipulated in this
article shall be valid for any purpose, unless a judge of the court where the claim for compensation
under this chapter is entitled to be made, or upon the written consent of the parties, a judge
of the court determines that it is for the best interest of the employee or the employee's
dependent to accept a lesser sum and approves the settlement. The court shall not approve
any settlement unless and until it has first made inquiry into the bona fides of a claimant's
claim and the liability of the defendant; and if deemed advisable, the...
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30-3-60
Section 30-3-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CLERK OF THE COURT. Any circuit court clerk, district court clerk or juvenile
court clerk, or their employees, with responsibility for docketing or otherwise carrying out
the court's clerical duties in regard to domestic relations matters, support and nonsupport
cases, including the receipt and disbursement of support payments. (2) COURT. Any juvenile
or family court division of the circuit or district court in the county where the mother of
the child resides or is found, in the county where the father resides or is found, or in the
county where the child resides or is found and, in the case of a petition seeking a divorce
or legal separation, a petition seeking a modification of support previously ordered under
a divorce decree or a petition seeking a contempt citation for failure to pay support previously
ordered under a divorce decree, the circuit court or the domestic...
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