7-1-103
Section 7-1-103 Construction of Uniform Commercial Code to promote its purposes and policies;
applicability of supplemental principles of law. (a) This title must be liberally construed
and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which are: (1) To simplify, clarify,
and modernize the law governing commercial transactions; (2) To permit the continued expansion
of commercial practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties; and (3) To make
uniform the law among the various jurisdictions. (b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions
of this title, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relative
to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress,
coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, and other validating or invalidating cause supplement its provisions.
(Prior version of this section added by Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811; repealed by Act 2004-524,
p. 1070, §§1, 3; current section added by Act...
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11-89B-7
Section 11-89B-7 Law not to repeal existing law; construction. This law shall not repeal or
supersede any existing law which authorizes the issuance and sale of bonds by a public corporation
but no such existing law shall be construed to prohibit the issuance and sale of bonds as
permitted by this chapter. This chapter shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes
and neither this chapter nor anything herein contained is or shall be construed as a restriction
or limitation upon any powers which any public corporation might otherwise have under any
laws of the State of Alabama, and the provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative to any
such powers. (Acts 1991, No. 91-551, p. 1015, §7.)...
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27-32-2
Section 27-32-2 Purpose of chapter; construction thereof. The purpose of this chapter is to
promote effectiveness, economy, and uniformity in the rehabilitation, reorganization, conservation,
and liquidation of insurers doing business in this state. It is intended that this chapter
shall be liberally construed to the end so far as possible that the assets of such insurers
shall be effectively conserved and that, in the case of insurers transacting business in more
than one state, claimants against the insurer shall receive equal and uniform treatment irrespective
of residence or the place of the acts or contracts upon which their claims are based. (Acts
1971, No. 407, p. 707, §620.)...
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28-3-2
Section 28-3-2 Purpose and construction of chapter generally. (a) This chapter shall be deemed
an exercise of the police power of the State of Alabama for the protection of the public welfare,
health, peace and morals of the people of the state and to prohibit forever the open saloon,
and all of the provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment
of this purpose. (b) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, the purpose of
this chapter is to prohibit transactions in liquor and alcohol and malt or brewed beverages
which take place wholly within the state, except by and under the control of the board as
specifically provided in this chapter, and every section and provision of this chapter shall
be construed accordingly. The provisions of this chapter, through the instrumentality of the
board and otherwise, provide the means by which such control shall be made effective. This
chapter shall not be construed as forbidding, affecting or regulating...
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34-15C-10
Section 34-15C-10 Applicability and exceptions. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted
to prohibit any person from making plans and specifications for or administering the erection,
enlargement, or alteration of any building upon any farm for the use of any farmer, any single
family residence of any size, or of any other type building which has a total area of less
than 2,500 square feet, provided the building is not a school, church, auditorium, or other
building intended for the assembly occupancy of people. (b) Registration under this chapter
may not be required by this state or by any city, town, county, or other governmental entity
or official for the submission, review, approval, or issuance of permits for plans and specifications
for or to administer the erection, enlargement, or alteration of any building upon any farm
for the use of any farmer, any single family residence of any size, or of any other type building
which has a total area of less than 2,500 square...
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43-8-297
Section 43-8-297 Uniformity of application and construction. This article shall be applied
and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the
subject of this article among states enacting it. It is the intent of the legislature of the
state of Alabama by this article to clarify the laws of this state with respect to the subject
matter hereof in order to ensure the ability of persons to disclaim interests in property
without the imposition of federal and state estate, inheritance, gift and transfer taxes.
This article is to be interpreted and construed in accordance with, and in furtherance of,
that intent. (Acts 1981, No. 81-156, §8; Code 1975, §35-17-8.)...
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9-10-14
Section 9-10-14 Provisions of article supplementary; construction of article. This article
shall be considered supplemental and additional to Sections 9-10-30 through 9-10-47 and to
any and all other laws and confers sufficient authority in and of itself for the purposes
set forth herein. It shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes of providing
for and facilitating the development of an irrigation district or districts within this state.
(Acts 1965, No. 827, p. 1549, §14.)...
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16-33-3
Section 16-33-3 Purpose of chapter; liberal construction. The purpose of this chapter is to
provide educational benefits in institutions of higher learning in Alabama for children from
families in which the head of the family is blind and whose family income is insufficient
to provide such educational benefits. The terms of this chapter shall be liberally construed
in order to accomplish such objective. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 281, p. 422, §1.)...
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34-13-2
Section 34-13-2 Purpose of chapter. It is declared and established that the procedures for
making final disposition of human dead, including embalming and funeral directing, are so
affected with the public interest as to require regulation and control of such included occupations
and that, additionally, such regulation and control are necessary for the prevention of the
spread of infectious and contagious diseases, for the protection of the health and welfare
of the people of the state and that all of the provisions of this chapter and regulations
authorized to be made are necessary to effectuate its purpose; and all of the provisions of
this chapter shall be construed liberally and in a manner to carry out its obvious intents
and purposes. (Acts 1975, No. 214, p. 705, §1.)...
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41-9-478
Section 41-9-478 Liberal construction of article; additional powers. (a) The provisions of
this article shall be construed liberally, it being the purpose to provide in this state appropriate
housing facilities for displaying to the general public exhibits relating to the automobile
racing industry and the automobile industry and providing for the management and control of
the displays by such means as may be feasible and agreed upon. (b) In view of the unique character
and complexity of the duties and responsibilities imposed on the commission by this article,
it is hereby specifically provided that the commission shall have, in addition to the power
and authority enumerated in Section 41-9-472, the right, power and authority to: (1) Develop
and institute a program of promotion and advertising of the exhibits and facilities provided
for by this article, said program of promotion and advertising to be conducted by the commission
both within and without the state in such manner and to...
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