41-10-391
Section 41-10-391 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; construction of article. The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be: Supercomputer technology is expected to have a significant impact on the research capabilities of research institutions, governmental agencies and private industries. The police power of the state authorizes the state to promote the prosperity and general welfare of its citizens. The development of supercomputer technology will greatly enhance research capabilities of the state's major research institutions and governmental agencies, and will attract industry to the state. For these reasons, it is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to exercise its police power to authorize the incorporation by the Governor, the Director of Finance, the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House, of a public corporation for the...
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41-16-77
Section 41-16-77 Violations; void contracts; opportunity to compete; relation to other laws. (a) Any person who willfully or intentionally violates this article shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be deposited into the State General Fund. (b) Any contract entered into in violation of the provisions of this article shall be void. All persons or business entities doing business with the State of Alabama are presumed to understand all laws and regulations governing the purchase of goods and services by the State of Alabama. (c) All state entities shall implement policies and procedures to ensure that the opportunity to compete for state contracts and business is open to qualified individuals and firms representing the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the state. (d) Nothing in this article shall be construed to repeal or supersede the enabling laws of professional licensing boards or...
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16-44-1
Section 16-44-1 Governor authorized to enter into compact; form of compact. The Governor of the State of Alabama is hereby authorized to enter into the compact for education in the form substantially as follows: COMPACT FOR EDUCATION Article I. Purpose and Policy. A. It is the purpose of this compact to: 1. Establish and maintain close cooperation and understanding among executive, legislative, professional education and lay leadership on a nationwide basis at the state and local levels. 2. Provide a forum for the discussion, development, crystallization and recommendation of public policy alternatives in the field of education. 3. Provide a clearinghouse of information on matters relating to educational problems and how they are being met in different places throughout the nation. 4. Facilitate the improvement of state and local educational systems. B. It is the policy of this compact to encourage and promote local and state initiative in the development, maintenance, improvement and...
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16-65-5
Section 16-65-5 Powers of authority. The authority shall have all of the following powers: (1) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (2) To sue and be sued in contract and in tort and to complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. (3) To maintain an office at such place or places as it may designate. (4) To borrow money and to issue bonds for the purpose of making equipment loans to educational institutions to finance equipment costs, and to provide for the rights of the purchasers, holders, or owners of such bonds. (5) To make equipment loans to any public educational institution in order to finance equipment costs, which equipment loans may be evidenced or secured by loan agreements, promissory notes, security agreements, trust indentures, or such other instruments, and upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors of the authority shall determine to be reasonable. (6) To arrange for various forms of security or credit enhancement for its...
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2-6-71
Section 2-6-71 Declaration of purpose and legislative findings. The Legislature has found and determined and does hereby declare that in certain areas of this state, there are inadequate market facilities available to Alabama farmers for the efficient handling and sale of agricultural and agriculture related products. The Legislature has also found and determined, and does hereby declare that the coliseum is in dire need of repair and is in such poor condition as to limit its use by the public. It is the intent of the Legislature, by the passage of this article, to authorize the incorporation of a public corporation as an instrumentality of the state for the purpose of borrowing funds to finance the construction of an adequate market facility and the renovation of the coliseum and to vest said corporation with all powers, rights, privileges and titles that may be necessary to accomplish said purposes. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with said intent. (Acts 1984,...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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26-21-1
Section 26-21-1 Legislative purpose and findings. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this parental consent provision to further the important and compelling state interests of: (1) protecting minors against their own immaturity, (2) fostering the family structure and preserving it as a viable social unit, and (3) protecting the rights of parents to rear children who are members of their household. (b) The Legislature finds as fact that: (1) immature minors often lack the ability to make fully informed choices that take account of both immediate and long-range consequences, (2) the medical, emotional, and psychological consequences of abortion are serious and can be lasting, particularly when the patient is immature, (3) the capacity to become pregnant and the capacity for mature judgment concerning the wisdom of an abortion are not necessarily related, (4) parents ordinarily possess information essential to a physician's exercise of his or her best medical judgment...
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34-3-100
Section 34-3-100 Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary and desirable, in the best interests of the state, that the Alabama State Bar have a building or buildings with space available for its administrative offices, for its Board of Commissioners, for the Board of Examiners on Admission to the State Bar, for the storage of library and other educational materials relating to the improvement of the administration of justice, for its standing and other committees and the staffs of its professional journals, for continuing legal education activities and for other related purposes. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation of the president, the first vice-president and the secretary of the Alabama State Bar as a public corporation for the purpose of constructing, erecting, owning, operating, and maintaining such a building or buildings and to vest such corporation with all...
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40-25-70
Section 40-25-70 Refund of tobacco taxes. (a) For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Revenue. (2) FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE. A tribe that is acknowledged by the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs as being an Indian Nation or Tribe. (3) OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS. Smoking tobacco, cigars, stogies, cheroots, chewing tobacco, snuff, and other products taxable under this chapter excluding cigarettes. (4) RESERVATION. a. All land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation; b. all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a state; and c. all Indian...
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41-29-332
Section 41-29-332 Alabama Office of Apprenticeship - Created; purposes; management; application for recognition. (a) The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship is established as a part of the Workforce Development Division of the Department of Commerce, in accordance with 29 U.S.C. ยง50, 29 C.F.R., Subtitle A, Parts 29 and 30, and Article 20 of Chapter 18 of Title 40, the Apprenticeship Tax Credit Act of 2016. The Alabama Office of Apprenticeship is established for all of the following purposes: (1) To exercise nonexclusive authority to determine whether an apprenticeship program conforms to the regulations published in 29 C.F.R., Subtitle A, Parts 29 and 30. (2) To set forth labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices. (3) To establish policies and procedures for the registration and deregistration of preapprenticeships, youth registered apprenticeships, and registered apprenticeships. (4) To serve as the registration agency for preapprenticeships, youth registered...
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