25-5-81
Section 25-5-81 Determination of disputed compensation claims generally. (a) Commencement of action in circuit court. (1) PROCEDURE. In case of a dispute between employer and employee or between the dependents of a deceased employee and the employer with respect to the right to compensation under this article and Article 2 of this chapter, or the amount thereof, either party may submit the controversy to the circuit court of the county which would have jurisdiction of a civil action in tort between the parties. The controversy shall be heard and determined by the judge who would hear and determine a civil action between the same parties arising out of tort, and, in case there is more than one judge of the court, the controversies shall be set and assigned for hearing under the same rules and statutes that civil actions in tort are set and assigned. The court may hear and determine the controversies in a summary manner. The decision of the judge hearing the same shall be conclusive and...
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27-11-5
Section 27-11-5 Secretary of State as agent for service of process on insurer; service of process; attachment of jurisdiction; fees for service. (a) Any insurer not qualified under the laws of this state to transact the business of insurance as evidenced by a license or certificate of authority from the Commissioner of Insurance which shall transact, or attempt to transact, the business of insurance in this state or which shall do, or attempt to do, any of the acts and occurrences set out in Section 27-11-3 shall, by the doing of such business or the performing or attempting to perform any of such acts, be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State, or his successor or successors in office, to be the true and lawful attorney or agent of such insurer whom process may be served in any action accrued or accruing from the transacting of such business or the performing of such act by any such insurer, or by its agent, servant, or employee. Service of such process shall be made by...
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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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27-2-17
Section 27-2-17 Rules and regulations. (a) The commissioner may make reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the effectuation of any provision of this title. No such rule or regulation shall extend, modify, or conflict with any law of this state or the reasonable implications thereof. (b) Any such rule or regulation affecting persons or matters other than the personnel or the internal affairs of the commissioner's office shall be made or amended only after a hearing thereon of which notice was given as required by Section 27-2-29. If reasonably possible the commissioner shall set forth the proposed rule, regulation, amendment, or summary in or with the notice of hearing. (c) No such rule or regulation as to which a hearing is required under subsection (b) of this section above shall be effective until after it has been on file as a public record in the commissioner's office and in the office of the Secretary of State for at least 10 days. (d) Upon request and payment of the...
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27-29-3.1
Section 27-29-3.1 Acquisition involving change in control of insurer authorized to do business in Alabama; pre-acquisition notification; violation of competitive standards. (a) The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this section only: (1) ACQUISITION. Any agreement or arrangement the consummation of which results in a person acquiring directly or indirectly the control of another person, and includes, but is not limited to, the acquisition of voting securities, the acquisition of assets, bulk reinsurance, and mergers. (2) INVOLVED INSURER. Includes an insurer which either acquires or is acquired, is affiliated with an acquirer or acquired, or is the result of a merger. (b)(1) Except as exempted in subdivision (2), this section applies to any acquisition in which there is a change in control of an insurer authorized to do business in this state. (2) This section shall not apply to the following: a. A purchase of securities solely for investment purposes so long as the...
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27-2B-2
Section 27-2B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, these terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADJUSTED RBC REPORT. An RBC report which has been adjusted by the commissioner in accordance with subsection (e) of Section 27-2B-3. (2) CORRECTIVE ORDER. An order issued by the commissioner specifying corrective actions which the commissioner has determined are required. (3) DOMESTIC INSURER. Any insurer domiciled in this state. (4) FOREIGN INSURER. Any insurer which is licensed to do business in this state but not domiciled in this state. (5) FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. Any insurer licensed under Chapter 34. (6) HEALTH ORGANIZATION. Any health care service plan, health maintenance organization, limited health service organization, dental services corporation, or other managed care organization licensed under this title. This term does not include any life and disability insurer or property and casualty insurer. (7) INSURER. As defined in Section 27-1-2, including, without...
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27-32-3
Section 27-32-3 Delinquency proceedings - Jurisdiction; venue; appeal. (a) The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction of delinquency proceedings under this chapter, and any court with jurisdiction is authorized to make all necessary and proper orders to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The venue of delinquency proceedings against a domestic insurer shall be in the county of the insurer's principal place of business. The venue of such proceedings against foreign and alien insurers shall be in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. (c) At any time after the commencement of a proceeding under this chapter, the commissioner may apply to the court for an order changing the venue of and removing the proceedings to Montgomery County or to any other county of this state in which he deems that such proceeding may be most economically and efficiently conducted. (d) Delinquency proceedings pursuant to this chapter shall constitute the sole and exclusive method of liquidating,...
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27-34-17
Section 27-34-17 Amendment of articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws. (a) A domestic society may amend its articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws in accordance with the provisions thereof by action of its supreme legislative or governing body at any regular or special meeting thereof or, if its articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws so provide, by referendum. Such referendum may be held in accordance with the provisions of its articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws by the vote of the voting members of the society, by the vote of delegates or representatives of voting members, or by the vote of local lodges or branches. No amendment submitted for adoption by referendum shall be adopted unless, within six months from the date of submission thereof, a majority of all of the voting members of the society shall have signified their consent to such amendment by one of the methods specified in this subsection. (b) No amendment to the articles of...
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8-17-93
Section 8-17-93 Penalty for violation; revocation of permits. (a) Any person who sells, offers for sale, stores, or uses any petroleum product in the state which is below the legal standard, who makes a false statement or certificate as to the quantity or standard of such petroleum product, sells, offers for sale, stores, or uses any petroleum product without having procured a permit as required by Section 8-17-85, fails to make any report to the Revenue Commissioner as required by this article, makes a false certificate of the number of gallons of such petroleum product sold, stored, or used during the preceding month or who otherwise violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries may revoke the permit, referenced in Section 8-17-85, of any person found upon investigation to have sold, offered for sale, stored, or used any petroleum product below the minimum standards adopted by the...
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10A-30-2.10
Section 10A-30-2.10 Appointment of a provisional director in certain cases; applicable to corporations formed as close corporations or electing close corporation status prior to January, 1 1995. (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the governing documents or agreement of the shareholders, the circuit court of the county in which the registered office of the corporation is located may appoint a provisional director for a close corporation if the directors are so divided respecting the management of the corporation's business and affairs that the votes required for action by the board of directors cannot be obtained with the consequence that the business and affairs of the corporation can no longer be conducted to the advantage of the shareholders generally. (b) An application for relief under this section must be filed (1) by at least one-half of the number of directors then in office, or (2) by the holders of at least one-third of all shares then entitled to elect directors,...
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