22-22-1
Section 22-22-1 Short title; definitions. (a) This chapter may be cited as the "Alabama Water Pollution Control Act." (b) For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (2) WATERS. All waters of any river, stream, watercourse, pond, lake, coastal, ground or surface water, wholly or partially within the state, natural or artificial. This does not include waters which are entirely confined and retained completely upon the property of a single individual, partnership or corporation unless such waters are used in interstate commerce. (3) POLLUTION. The discharge of a pollutant or combination of pollutants. A pollutant includes but is not limited to dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or...
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22-40A-11
Section 22-40A-11 Administration and enforcement. (a) Except as provided for herein, the department is designated by this chapter as the administrating agency for this chapter including administering remediation and enforcement programs; provided, however, the department may enter into delegation agreements with county commissions for enforcement of this chapter. The department is hereby authorized to carry out the purposes of this chapter and is empowered to administer and enforce this chapter using the authorities granted to it by the Environmental Management Act. (b) The department shall develop and manage a remediation contract program for cleanup, management, or disposal of scrap tires. (c) The department may by regulation exempt certain tires under this chapter and grant variances or place additional requirements on persons subject to this chapter and the department's regulations. (d) The department shall administer the program in a way to ensure enforcement of the chapter in all...
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36-36-5
Section 36-36-5 Management and control of trust; powers of trustees; payment of expenses. (a) The trusts shall be under the management and control of their respective trustees. All powers necessary or otherwise advisable for the management and control of the trusts shall be vested solely in the respective trustees. (b) The trustees shall have all of the powers necessary to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all the power and authority granted under law to the board which created the trust, and all powers granted to trustees under Alabama law to the extent not in conflict with this chapter, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following powers: (1) To adopt, alter, and repeal rules for the operation and conduct of the respective trust's affairs and business; (2) To make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, and other instruments and to take such other actions as may be necessary or otherwise advisable for the...
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24-8-10
Section 24-8-10 Powers of office. The office may do any of the following: (1) Promulgate regulations necessary for the enforcement of this chapter which shall not exceed the requirements of the 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act (Pub. L. No. 100-430) and any subsequent amendments to it. (2) Make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout the state. (3) Publish and disseminate reports, recommendations, and information derived from the studies. (4) Cooperate with and render technical assistance to public or private agencies, organizations, and institutions within the state which are formulating or carrying on programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices. (5) Cooperate with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to achieve the purposes of that department and cooperate with other federal, state, and local agencies and departments. (6) Accept...
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26-2B-102
Section 26-2B-102 Definitions. In this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual who has attained 19 years of age or who by statute has otherwise been deemed to be an adult under the laws of the State of Alabama or the laws of another state. (2) CONSERVATOR. A person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under Section 26-2A-20 of the Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act. (3) COURT. A probate court of this state and includes an appropriate court of another state. (4) GUARDIAN. A person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under Section 26-2A-20 of the Alabama Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act. (5) GUARDIANSHIP. An order appointing a guardian. (6) GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING. A judicial proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued. (7)...
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13A-12-233
Section 13A-12-233 Drug trafficking enterprise defined; punishment. (a) This section shall be known as the "Alabama Drug Trafficking Enterprise Act." For purposes of this section, a person is engaged in a criminal enterprise for the purpose of trafficking in illegal drugs if that person violates any provision of Section 13A-12-231, and such violation is: (1) Undertaken by such person in concert with five or more other persons with respect to whom such person occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of management, and (2) From which such person obtains substantial income or resources. (b) For purposes of this section, "substantial income" means any amount exceeding the established minimum wage, as established by law. (c) Any person who engages in a criminal enterprise for the purpose of trafficking in illegal drugs shall be punished as follows: (1) Upon the first conviction of violation of this section, he shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum...
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26-2B-302
Section 26-2B-302 Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state. (a) To confirm transfer of a guardianship or conservatorship transferred to this state under provisions similar to Section 26-2B-301, the guardian or conservator must petition the court in this state to accept the guardianship or conservatorship. The petition must include the following: (1) a certified copy of the other state's provisional order of transfer; (2) an inventory of the protected person's estate as of the date of the petition including certified records of all bank accounts in the protected person's estate as of the date of the petition; (3) proof of the conservator's bond; and (4) any final accounting of the protected person's estate which has been submitted in the prior jurisdiction. If no such accounting was required by the transferring court, the petitioner must prepare and submit an accounting prior to acceptance. (b) Notice of a petition under subsection (a) must be given to...
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27-42-5
Section 27-42-5 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACCOUNT. Any one of the three accounts created by Section 27-42-6. (2) AFFILIATE. A person who directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person on December 31 of the year immediately preceding the date the insurer becomes an insolvent insurer. (3) ASSOCIATION. The Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association created under Section 27-42-6. (4) CLAIMANT. Any insured making a first party claim or any person instituting a liability claim. The term does not include a person who is an affiliate of an insolvent insurer. (5) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Alabama. (6) CONTROL. The possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether...
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31-9A-9
Section 31-9A-9 Additional powers of director that may be exercised under the direction and control of the Governor during a declaration of emergency as authorized in Section 31-9-8. (a) When the Governor declares a state of emergency as authorized in Section 31-9-8, if the emergency is related to homeland security, the director shall have and may exercise the following additional powers, under the direction and control of the Governor: (1) Enforce all laws, rules, and regulations relating to homeland security and direct state resource allocations when required; provided, this chapter shall not vest authority to enforce the criminal laws of this state in the Director of Homeland Security, or the deputies or personnel of the department. (2) Sell, lend, lease, give, transfer, or deliver materials or perform services for homeland security purposes on such terms and conditions as the Governor shall prescribe and without regard to the limitations of any existing law, and account to the...
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10A-20-8.01
Section 10A-20-8.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS. Organizations or boards deriving their powers, functions, funds, and property directly from the parent organization, as defined in this section, or from its law-making body and does not mean organizations or boards organized under or answerable to any state organization, board, convention, or authority constituting a branch of the parent organization. (2) CHANGE OF SOCIAL POLICIES. Any substantial and material change in or departure from the rules, social creed, jurisdictional system, authoritative pronouncements, or other fraternal law relating to the social standards, practices, or policies of the parent organization or its affiliated institutions, as the same existed at the time of affiliation or merger of the local organization, and which change is contrary to the way of life of the majority...
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