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12-21-160
Section 12-21-160 Expert witnesses. (a) Generally. If scientific, technical, or other specialized
knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact
in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education,
may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise. (b) Scientific evidence. In addition
to requirements set forth in subsection (a), expert testimony based on a scientific theory,
principle, methodology, or procedure is only admissible if: (1) The testimony is based on
sufficient facts or data, (2) The testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods,
and (3) The witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.
(c) Nothing in this section shall modify, amend, or supersede any provisions of the Alabama
Medical Liability Act of 1987 and the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, commencing with
Section 6-5-540, et seq., or any judicial interpretation...
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15-23-62
Section 15-23-62 Law enforcement agency required to provide victim with information concerning
services, compensation benefits, etc. Within 72 hours, unless the victim is unavailable or
incapacitated as a result of the crime, after the initial contact between a victim of a reported
crime and the law enforcement agency either responding to the report of the crime of the victim
or another person, or having responsibility for investigating the crime, the law enforcement
agency shall provide to the victim in a manner and form designed and produced for the appropriate
governmental agency or office, the following information: (1) The availability of emergency
and crisis services. (2) The availability of victims' compensation benefits and the name,
address, and telephone number of the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission. (3) The
name of the law enforcement officer and telephone number of the law enforcement agency with
the following statement attached: "If within 60 days you are not...
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26-21-2
Section 26-21-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply: (1) MINOR. Any person under the age of 18 years; (2) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who
is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been legally freed from the care, custody,
and control of her parents; (3) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument,
medicine, drug, or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy
of a woman known to be pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with
reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child. Such use or prescription is not
an abortion if done with the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn
child, remove a dead unborn child, or to deliver the unborn child prematurely in order to
preserve the health of both the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. The term "abortion"
as used herein does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of...
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17-4-60
Section 17-4-60 Implementation of federal acts. (a) The Secretary of State shall be the primary
state official for federal contact for the implementation of the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. (b) The State Department of Public Safety
shall integrate voter registration into driver's license application and renewal or updating
procedures and shall coordinate its driver's license database with the state voter registration
list and the Social Security Administration's database in accordance with the Help America
Vote Act of 2002. (c) The state through the Secretary of State's office shall allow citizens
to register to vote by mail. The voter registration application may be designed by the Secretary
of State provided it meets the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
The Secretary of State may, however, choose to use federally prescribed forms. (d) State agencies
which provide food stamps, Medicaid, services related to...
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26-23A-10
a result of simple negligence, gross negligence, wantonness, willfulness, intention, or other
legal standard of care. (2) Provide a basis for professional disciplinary action under any
applicable statutory or regulatory procedure for the suspension or revocation of any license
for physicians, psychologists, licensed social workers, licensed professional counselors,
registered nurses, or other licensed or regulated persons. Any conviction of any person for
any failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall result in the automatic
suspension of his or her license for a period of at least one year and shall be reinstated
after that time only on such conditions as the appropriate regulatory or licensing body shall
require to insure compliance with this chapter. (3) Provide a basis for recovery for the woman
for the wrongful death of the child, whether or not the unborn child was viable at the time
the abortion was performed or was born alive. (Act 2002-419, p. 1074, ยง10.)...
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31-9-86
Section 31-9-86 Program purposes; rules and procedures. (a) In addition to the program purposes
set out in Section 31-9-81, the Alabama Disaster Recovery Program shall also be available
for the following purposes: (1) To provide assistance under circumstances determined appropriate
by the committee as set out in subsection (b) for individual Alabama residents who suffer
loss as a result of an event that could enable a county or municipality to seek reimbursement
from the Alabama Disaster Recovery Fund pursuant to Section 31-9-83 or for private nonprofit
facilities otherwise eligible for assistance under the Stafford Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.,
as amended. (2) For mitigation projects or programs developed by the Alabama Emergency Management
Agency or a local government according to rules and procedures allowing for such activities
adopted pursuant to subsection (b). (3) For reimbursement of day-to-day administrative costs
incurred by the Alabama Emergency Management Agency or a local...
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39-6-1
Section 39-6-1 Radioactive fallout protection to be incorporated in planning and construction
of certain state funded public buildings or structures; powers and duties of State Building
Commission as to certification of planning or construction of same and granting of exemptions
from provisions of section. (a) Wherever used in this section, unless a different meaning
clearly appears in the context, the following terms shall be given the following respective
interpretations: (1) PUBLIC BUILDING or STRUCTURE. All buildings constructed for any department,
agency, board, commission, council or authority of the State of Alabama, including public
school buildings or structures and public buildings or structures of universities and colleges,
including any additions to existing buildings or structures. (2) STATE BUILDING COMMISSION.
The building commission of 1945. (3) RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT PROTECTION. The minimum space and
fallout protection criteria recommended by the Office of Civil Defense,...
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12-25-34
Section 12-25-34 Development and adoption of the voluntary sentencing standards. (a) Statewide
voluntary sentencing standards shall be developed and presented to the Legislature in stages
over a three-year period as follows: (1) By July 31, 2003, the commission shall develop and
distribute to all sentencing judges a reference manual analyzing historical sentencing practices
by duration of sentence and disposition of felony offenders in Alabama. The reference manual
shall indicate those types of offenders historically most likely to be sentenced to punishments
other than active incarceration where alternatives to active incarceration are available.
(2) Concurrently with the development and distribution of the reference manual, the commission
shall develop and begin testing worksheets and voluntary sentencing standards in selected
circuits for selected felony offenses. (3) The commission shall develop and present the initial
voluntary sentencing standards to the Legislature before or...
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13A-5-53.1
Section 13A-5-53.1 Appeals of capital punishment. (a) Rule 32.2(c) of the Alabama Rules of
Criminal Procedure shall not apply to cases in which a criminal defendant is convicted of
capital murder and sentenced to death, and files a petition for post-conviction relief under
the grounds specified in Rule 32.1(a), (e), or (f) of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(b) Post-conviction remedies sought pursuant to Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure
in death penalty cases shall be pursued concurrently and simultaneously with the direct appeal
of a case in which the death penalty was imposed. In all cases where the defendant is deemed
indigent or as the trial judge deems appropriate, the trial court, within 30 days of the entry
of the order pronouncing the defendant's death sentence, shall appoint the defendant a separate
counsel for the purposes of post-conviction relief under this section. Appointed counsel shall
be compensated pursuant to Chapter 12 of Title 15;...
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14-15-6
Section 14-15-6 Service requirements. (a) In any pro se action in which any defendant is the
State of Alabama or one of its officers, employees, or agents, upon the grant of in forma
pauperis status or receipt of the filing fee and costs, the prisoner shall serve the office
of the Attorney General with a copy of the motion for judgment and all necessary supporting
papers. Additionally, if the pro se action named the department or any of its officials, employees,
or agents as a respondent or defendant, the prisoner shall also serve the Legal Division of
the department with a copy of the action. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to eliminate
the prisoner's duty under the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure to personally serve individual
defendants or respondents named as parties. (b) The office of the Attorney General or the
department shall file responsive pleadings within 60 days of receipt of the notice. (c) A
pro se prisoner's failure to state his or her claims in a written...
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