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27-12A-40
Section 27-12A-40 Creation of Insurance Fraud Unit. (a) There is hereby established within
the department the Insurance Fraud Unit. The commissioner shall appoint the necessary full-time
supervisory and investigative personnel of the unit who shall be qualified by training and
experience to perform the duties of their positions. The commissioner shall furnish offices,
equipment, operating expenses, and necessary personnel to maintain and operate the unit. (b)
The unit shall perform all of the following duties: (1) Initiate independent inquiries and
conduct independent investigations when the unit has cause to believe that any insurance fraud
may be, is being, or has been, committed. (2) Review reports or complaints of alleged insurance
fraud from federal, state, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies, persons engaged
in the business of insurance, and the public to determine whether the reports or complaints
require further investigation and, if so, to conduct these...
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27-12A-23
Section 27-12A-23 Confidentiality. (a) Documents and evidence provided pursuant to Section
27-12A-21 or obtained by the department in an investigation of suspected or actual insurance
fraud shall be privileged and confidential, shall not be a public record, and shall not be
subject to discovery or subpoena in a civil or criminal action. (b) Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the department may release documents and evidence obtained by the unit in an investigation
of suspected or actual insurance fraud pursuant to any of the following: (1) Administrative
or judicial bodies hearing proceedings to enforce laws administered by the department. (2)
Federal, state, or local law enforcement or regulatory agencies, including, but not limited
to, the Attorney General and the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts; the NICB; or the NAIC.
(3) At the discretion of the commissioner, a person in the transaction of the business of
insurance that is aggrieved by the insurance fraud. (c) Release of documents...
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22-18-50
or procedures related to specific employees or other matters related to the Commission's internal
personnel practices and procedures; c. Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated litigation;
d. Negotiation of contracts for the purchase or sale of goods, services, or real estate; e.
Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring any person; f. Disclosure of trade secrets
or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential; g. Disclosure of
information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy; h. Disclosure of investigatory records compiled for law
enforcement purposes; i. Disclosure of information related to any investigatory reports prepared
by or on behalf of or for use of the Commission or other committee charged with responsibility
of investigation or determination of compliance issues pursuant to the Compact; or j. Matters
specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or member...
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9-2-65
Section 9-2-65 Powers and duties of game and fish wardens; powers and duties of director with
respect to game and fish wardens. (a) Game and fish wardens shall have power: (1) To enforce
all laws of this state relating to birds, animals and fish; (2) To execute all warrants and
search warrants for the violation of the game, fish and fur laws of the state; (3) To serve
subpoenas issued for examination, investigation and trial of all offenses against the law
relating to game, fur bearers, birds and fish; (4) To carry firearms as provided by law for
enforcement officers when in the discharge of their official duties; (5) To confiscate all
game, birds, animals or fish or parts thereof which have been caught, taken, killed or held
at a time in any manner or for any purpose or had in possession or under control or have been
shipped, carried or transported contrary to the laws of this state, and game, fur bearers,
birds, fish or parts thereof so confiscated shall be held as evidence in the...
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6-5-338
Section 6-5-338 Immunity of peace officers and tactical medics from tort liability for conduct
in the line of duty; certain employers of off-duty officers to maintain liability coverage.
(a) Every peace officer and tactical medic, except constables, who is employed or appointed
pursuant to the Constitution or statutes of this state, whether appointed or employed as a
peace officer or tactical medic by the state or a county or municipality thereof, or by an
agency or institution, corporate or otherwise, created pursuant to the Constitution or laws
of this state and authorized by the Constitution or laws to appoint or employ police officers
or other peace officers or tactical medics, and whose duties prescribed by law, or by the
lawful terms of their employment or appointment, include the enforcement of, or the investigation
and reporting of violations of, the criminal laws of this state, and who is empowered by the
laws of this state to execute warrants, to arrest and to take into...
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27-17A-22
Section 27-17A-22 Violations and penalties. (a)(1) A person who knowingly receives payments
for a preneed contract without having a valid certificate of authority: a. Commits a Class
B felony, punishable as provided by law, as to each contract on which the payments collected
equal or exceed, in the aggregate, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). b. Commits
a Class C felony, punishable as provided by law, as to each contract on which the payments
collected are between, in the aggregate, five hundred dollars ($500) and two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500). c. Commits a Class A misdemeanor, punishable as provided by law,
as to each contract on which the payments collected do not exceed, in the aggregate, five
hundred dollars ($500). (2) In addition to the criminal penalty imposed under subdivision
(1), upon conviction of an offense under subdivision (1), a person may not thereafter obtain
a certificate of authority or register as a preneed sales agent. (b)(1) A person who...
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27-60-2
committees as its bylaws may provide for the carrying out of its functions. 4. Corporate records
of the commission. The commission shall maintain its corporate books and records in accordance
with the bylaws. 5. Qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification. a. The members, officers,
executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission shall be immune from
suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage
to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by
or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that the
person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within
the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities. Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability, or both, for any damage,
loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful and wanton...
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34-36-6
Section 34-36-6 Powers and duties of board. (a) By rule, the board shall make provisions to
do all of the following: (1) Prepare or approve all examinations of applicants for licenses
for electrical contractors and journeyman electricians. (2) Determine the qualifications of
electrical contractors to engage in the business of electrical contracting. (3) Determine
the qualifications of journeyman electricians to engage in electrical work. (4) Provide for
the investigation of written complaints filed with the board concerning alleged violations
of this chapter and any rules adopted by the board. (b) The board may suspend, revoke, or
refuse to issue or renew a license and impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed five
thousand dollars ($5,000), after notice and opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the Alabama
Administrative Procedure Act, upon proof of any of the following actions by a licensee or
applicant: (1) Violating any provision of this chapter. (2) Attempting to procure a...
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40-2-11
be borne by every kind of property in this state and to ascertain the proper amount of license,
privilege, excise, corporation, franchise, income, or ad valorem taxes. b. To require reporting
of retail sales and customer notification, within constitutional limitations, when the seller
does not collect sales, use, or simplified sellers use tax on Alabama sales transactions,
and to provide for penalties pursuant to Section 40-2A-11. c. To require reporting of rental
transactions of tangible personal property as defined in Section 40-12-220, when the
property is classified as Class II or Class IV property under Section 40-8-1, by persons facilitating
the transactions and to require notifications to the lessor when the lessor has not furnished
evidence that it has acquired a license as required under Section 40-12-221, and to provide
for penalties pursuant to Section 40-2A-11. (8) To cause the deposition of witnesses residing
within or without the state to be taken upon such notice to...
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34-21-126
procedures related to specific employees or other matters related to the internal personnel
practices and procedures of the commission. c. Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated
litigation. d. Negotiation of contracts for the purchase or sale of goods, services, or real
estate. e. Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring any person. f. Disclosure
of trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential.
g. Disclosure of information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute
a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. h. Disclosure of investigatory
records compiled for law enforcement purposes. i. Disclosure of information related to any
reports prepared by or on behalf of the commission for the purpose of investigation of compliance
with this compact. j. Matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or state statute.
(6) If a meeting, or portion of a meeting, is closed pursuant to this subsection, the...
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