22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations. (a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state, and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct, independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare, or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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27-17-16
Section 27-17-16 Valuation of life insurance reserve liabilities for burial insurance policies; increase in amount of insurance; minimum standards for valuation; notice to commissioner as to change in valuation standards; increase in retail value, nonforfeiture value, and cash surrender value; construction with other laws. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, any authorized insurer who issues or has heretofore issued "burial insurance" in this state shall value the life insurance reserve liabilities for such policies (hereinafter "burial reserves") in accordance with the provisions of Section 27-36-7. (b) An insurer shall increase the amount of insurance on which its burial reserves are based, not to exceed the retail value of such benefits as stated in the policies, when appropriate to reflect an increase in the costs to the insurer of providing the policy benefits. When an insurer shall increase the amount of insurance for this purpose, it shall be permitted to change the assumed...
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31-9-40
Section 31-9-40 Compact adopted and enacted. The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is enacted into law and entered with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT Article I - Purpose and Authorities. This compact is made and entered into by and between the participating member states which enact this compact, hereinafter called party states. For the purpose of this agreement, the term "states" is taken to mean the several states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions. The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the states entering into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly declared by the governor of the affected state or states, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, civil emergency aspects of resources shortages, community disorders,...
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11-54-81
Section 11-54-81 Legislative intent; construction of division generally. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this division to authorize the incorporation in the several municipalities in this state of industrial development boards to acquire, enlarge, improve, replace, own, lease, and dispose of properties to the end that such boards may be able to promote industry, develop trade, and further the use of the agricultural products and natural and human resources of this state and the development and preservation of the said resources, by inducing manufacturing, industrial, commercial, and research enterprises: (1) To locate in this state, (2) To enlarge, expand, and improve existing operations in this state, or (3) To relocate in or within 25 miles of the same municipality in this state operations theretofore conducted at a site all or a major portion of which may have been acquired for one or more public purposes by the United States of America, the State of...
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24-8-7
Section 24-8-7 Exemptions. (a) Except for subdivision (3) of Section 24-8-4, Sections 24-8-4 and 24-8-6 do not apply to rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of the living quarters as his or her residence. (b) Sections 24-8-4 and 24-8-6 do not apply to any single-family house sold or rented by an owner when: (1) The private individual owner does not own more than three single-family houses at any one time; and (2) In the sale of any single-family house by a private individual owner not residing in the house at the time of the sale or who was not the most recent resident of the house before the sale, the exemption granted by this subsection shall apply only with respect to one sale within a 24-month period; and (3) A bona fide private individual owner does not own an interest in, nor is there owned or reserved on the...
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41-10-82
Section 41-10-82 Purpose of article; construction of article generally. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to empower each county in the state to authorize the incorporation of one or more public corporations as political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of providing products markets, exhibition halls, coliseums and buildings and related structures where products and goods may be displayed and exhibits, contests and sporting events conducted in order to encourage the buying and selling of products and goods, to encourage the expansion of existing industries in Alabama, to encourage the location of new industries in Alabama and to encourage public interest in sports and amusements and thus to promote commerce and goodwill in the State of Alabama and to invest each corporation organized hereunder with such powers as may be necessary or desirable to enable it to accomplish such purposes. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity...
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45-37-249.01
Section 45-37-249.01 Legislative findings; construction of part. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this part to authorize the county to levy and provide for the collection of, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, except as provided in Section 45-37-249.03, a sales tax and a use tax conforming with and parallel to the state sales tax and the state use tax at a rate not exceeding the maximum rates set forth herein. (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that each tax authorized by this part is a sales or use tax and is not a gross receipts tax in the nature of a sales tax, as such term is defined in Section 40-2A-3(8) and used in Section 11-51-209. (c) In view of the county's recent financial difficulties, the invalidation of certain taxes that previously provided significant revenues to the county, and the conclusion of the county's Chapter 9 bankruptcy proceedings, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary, desirable,...
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11-52-30
Section 11-52-30 Territorial jurisdiction; approval of maps or plats; regulations; limits on exercise of powers. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the territorial jurisdiction of any municipal planning commission shall include all land located in the municipality and all land lying within five miles of the corporate limits of the municipality and not located in any other municipality; except that, in the case of any nonmunicipal land lying within five miles of more than one municipality having a municipal planning commission, the jurisdiction of each municipal planning commission shall terminate at a boundary line equidistant from the respective corporate limits of such municipalities. Any alterations of a municipal planning commission based upon annexation or deannexation of property within the corporate limits of a municipality shall occur once a year on the first day of January and shall take effect for any annexations which were finalized on or before the preceding first day...
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11-3A-2
Section 11-3A-2 Powers for public welfare, health, and safety; authorization; scope. (a) Except where otherwise specifically prohibited or provided for either heretofore or hereafter by general law or the constitution of this state and subject to the procedures and limitations set out in this chapter, the county commission of a county may provide for its property and affairs; and for the public welfare, health, and safety of the citizens throughout the unincorporated areas of the county by exercising certain powers for the protection of the county and public property under its control. The powers granted herein to provide for the public welfare, health, and safety of its citizens shall only include the following: (1) Abatement of weeds as a public nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60. (2) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127, control of animals and animal nuisances. (3) Control of litter as defined in subsection (b) of Section 13A-7-29, or rubbish as defined in subdivision...
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27-44-3
Section 27-44-3 Scope of chapter. (a) This chapter shall provide coverage for the policies and contracts specified in subsection (b) as follows: (1) To persons who, regardless of where they reside (except for non-resident certificate holders under group policies or contracts), are the beneficiaries, assignees, or payees of the persons covered under subdivision (2). (2) To persons who are owners of or certificate holders under the policies or contracts, other than structured settlement annuities, and in each case who are either of the following: a. Residents b. Not residents, but only under all of the following conditions: 1. The insurer that issued the policies or contracts is domiciled in this state. 2. The states in which the persons reside have associations similar to the association created by this chapter. 3. The persons are not eligible for coverage by an association in any other state due to the fact the insurer was not licensed in the state at the time specified in the state's...
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