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22-8A-4
Section 22-8A-4 Advance Directive for Health Care; living will and health care proxy. (a) Any
competent adult may execute a living will directing the providing, withholding, or withdrawal
of life-sustaining treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially
provided nutrition and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the living
will unless specifically authorized therein. (b) A competent adult may execute at any time
a living will that includes a written health care proxy designation appointing another competent
adult to make decisions regarding the providing, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining
treatment and artificially provided nutrition and hydration. Artificially provided nutrition
and hydration shall not be withdrawn or withheld pursuant to the proxy designation unless
specifically authorized therein. A proxy designation made pursuant to this section shall be
accepted in writing by the individual being appointed. The acceptance...
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34-27-68
Section 34-27-68 Commission may seek injunctive relief, etc., for violation of article; investigation;
revocation of registration. (a) If it appears that a person, firm, corporation, or any business
entity has engaged, or is about to engage, in an act or practice constituting a violation
of a provision of this article or rule or order of the commission, the commission, through
the Attorney General, may institute legal actions to enjoin the act or practice and to enforce
compliance with this article or any rule or order of the commission or to have a receiver
or conservator appointed. To prevail in such action, it shall not be necessary to allege or
prove either that an adequate remedy at law does not exist or that substantial or irreparable
damage would result from the continued violation thereof. (b) The commission may: (1) Make
any public or private investigation which it deems necessary, either within or outside of
this state, to determine whether any person has violated or is about...
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43-2-506
Section 43-2-506 Settlement by consent without notice. In any case in which an administration
is conducted pursuant to letters testamentary or letters of administration with the will annexed
granted in this state and all legatees and distributees named in the will are of age and proof
is made that all legal charges against the estate have been paid in full, the probate court,
upon verified petition of the personal representative consented to by written instrument properly
executed and acknowledged by all legatees and distributees, may approve a consent settlement
without notice or publication or posting. In any case in which an administration is conducted
pursuant to letters testamentary or letters of administration granted in this state and such
administration in this state is ancillary to a primary administration in another state, and
proof is made that all legal charges against the estate in this state have been paid in full
and the balance of the assets of the estate in this state...
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22-52-37
Section 22-52-37 Standards for conduct of civil commitment proceedings generally; minimum standards
for civil commitment; appeals from orders of probate courts as to commitment. (a) Any civil
commitment proceedings are to be conducted in accordance with the following constitutional
due process standards: (1) Adequate notice of the hearing and its purpose shall be given sufficiently
in advance of the scheduled proceedings to permit a reasonable opportunity to prepare therefor.
(2) The person to be committed shall have the right to attend the hearing unless the court,
after appropriate inquiry, determines that he or she is so mentally or physically ill as to
be incapable of attendance. (3) The subject of the hearing shall be informed of his right
to counsel and to the appointment of counsel if indigent. Where the commitment of a presently
confined patient is sought, a guardian ad litem who is an attorney shall be appointed. (4)
The guardian ad litem shall be entitled to a reasonable fee...
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36-33-2
Section 36-33-2 Protection required; designation of executive security officers; exemption
from minimum standards. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall protect, from the date of
his or her election, throughout his or her term and for a period of five years after the expiration
of his or her term of office, the person of the Governor of the State of Alabama and the members
of the immediate family and the Governor-elect; and from the date of their respective elections
and throughout their respective terms of office the Department of Public Safety is required
to protect the person of the Lieutenant Governor, the next two officers in order of succession
to the Office of Governor, the President Pro Tem of the Senate and the Speaker of the House,
each until their successors are elected, and the Lieutenant Governor-elect and the Attorney
General and the Attorney General-elect; and, at the direction of the Governor or Director
of Public Safety, other officials of the state and...
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40-18-1
Section 40-18-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ADVANCED FOSSIL-BASED GENERATION. The
production of electricity from fossil-based generation with the use of technology or efficiency
improvements to control or reduce carbon emissions, including but not limited to, technologies
described in 26 U.S.C. § 48A(f), as such provision existed on December 31, 2007. (2) ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY RESOURCES. Coal gasification or liquefaction, nuclear, and advanced fossil-based generation.
(3) BIOMASS. Animals and plants, and the waste, by-products, or derivatives of either, including,
but not limited to, the materials described in 26 U.S.C. §§ 45(c)(2), 45(c)(3), 45K(c)(3),
or 48B(c)(4). (4) BUSINESS TRUST. Any entity which is a business trust for federal income
tax purposes. (5) CAPTIVE REIT. Any REIT whose shares or certificates of beneficial interest
are not regularly traded on an established...
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13A-11-61.3
Section 13A-11-61.3 Regulation of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories. (a) The purpose
of this section is to establish within the Legislature complete control over regulation and
policy pertaining to firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories in order to ensure that
such regulation and policy is applied uniformly throughout this state to each person subject
to the state's jurisdiction and to ensure protection of the right to keep and bear arms recognized
by the Constitutions of the State of Alabama and the United States. This section is to be
liberally construed to accomplish its purpose. (b) For the purposes of this section, the following
words shall have the following meanings: (1) AMMUNITION. Fixed cartridge ammunition, shotgun
shells, the individual components of fixed cartridge ammunition and shotgun shells, projectiles
for muzzle-loading firearms, and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition. (2) EXPRESSLY
AUTHORIZED BY A STATUTE OF THIS STATE. The authority of...
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15-23-60
Section 15-23-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following
meanings: (1) ACCUSED. A person who has been arrested for committing a criminal offense and
who is held for an initial appearance or other proceeding before trial. (2) APPELLATE PROCEEDING.
An oral argument held in open court before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Supreme
Court of Alabama, a federal court of appeals, or the United States Supreme Court. (3) ARREST.
The actual custodial restraint of a person or his or her submission to custody. (4) COMMUNITY
STATUS. Extension of the limits of the places of confinement of a prisoner through work release,
supervised intensive restitution (SIR), and initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave,
passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM
ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that
receives public funding primarily to provide...
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15-25-2
Section 15-25-2 Prosecution for physical or sexual offense or exploitation involving child
under age 16 - Videotaped deposition; who may be present; procedure; protective order. (a)
In any criminal prosecution referred to in Section 15-25-1, the court, upon motion of the
district attorney or Attorney General, for good cause shown and after notice to the defendant,
may order the taking of a videotaped deposition of an alleged victim of or witness to the
crime who is under the age of 16 at the time of the order. (b) On any motion for a videotaped
deposition of the victim or a witness, the court shall consider the age and maturity of the
child, the nature of the offense, the nature of testimony that may be expected, and the possible
effect that the testimony in person at trial may have on the victim or witness, along with
any other relevant matters that may be required by Supreme Court rule. (c) During the taping
of a videotaped deposition authorized pursuant to this section, the...
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26-2A-104.1
Section 26-2A-104.1 Corporations as guardians for developmentally disabled. (a) The term "developmentally
disabled" means a person whose impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive
behavior which is manifested before the person attains the age of 22 and results in intellectual
disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism and as defined in Public Law 98-527, the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (Section 102(7)). (b) A private non-profit
corporation organized under the laws of Alabama and qualified under the Internal Revenue Code
as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation as described herein is qualified for designation as
guardian for persons with developmental disabilities and who has been determined by the probate
court to need some degree of guardianship; provided that those corporations qualifying under
this section shall be governed by a board of directors which shall have no fewer than 35 percent
of its membership representing parents or...
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