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25-6-5
Section 25-6-5 Franchise business protection. (a) This section shall be known as the Franchise
Business Protection Act. (b) For purposes of this section, the terms franchisee and franchisor
have the same meaning as defined in 16 C.F.R. § 436.1. (c) Except as provided in a voluntary
agreement entered into between the United States Department of Labor and a franchisor, the
following persons may not be deemed or construed to be employees of a franchisor: (1) A franchisee.
(2) An employee of a franchisee. (3) An independent contractor working for a franchisee. (d)
To the extent that this section does not conflict with federal law, this section shall only
apply to the following: (1) The enforcement or enactment of rules or ordinances by state agencies
or local governmental bodies. (2) Labor relations and collective bargaining. (Act 2017-391,
§1.)...
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27-9A-12
Section 27-9A-12 License denial, non-renewal, or revocation. (a) The commissioner may place
on probation, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew an independent adjuster's license,
an apprentice independent adjuster's license, or the registration of an emergency independent
adjuster, or may levy a civil penalty in accordance with subsection (d), or any combination
of these actions, for any one or more of the following causes: (1) Providing incorrect, misleading,
incomplete, or materially untrue information in the license application. (2) Violating any
insurance laws, rules, subpoena, or order of the commissioner or of another state's insurance
regulator. (3) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license or registration through misrepresentation
or fraud. (4) Improperly withholding, misappropriating, or converting any monies or properties
received in the course of acting as an adjuster of any type or in otherwise doing insurance
business in this state or elsewhere. (5) Intentionally...
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36-29A-8
Section 36-29A-8 Trust fund disputes. (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE (ALJ). An independent third-party
hearing officer appointed by the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Administrative Law
Judge Division (Central Panel) of the office of the Attorney General. (2) AGENCY. A department,
board, bureau, commission, agency, or office of the State of Alabama. (3) STATE EMPLOYEE.
A permanent, non-probationary employee, whether in the classified or unclassified service
of the State of Alabama, including, but not limited to, employees of the Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
a state employee may specifically request that an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) or the State
Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund Review Board hear and decide any employee dispute
related to State Employee Injury Compensation Trust Fund entitlements. The...
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27-7-44
Section 27-7-44 Rules and regulations governing disclosure of nonpublic personal information.
Subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 27-7-43, the commissioner may make
reasonable rules and regulations for any person engaged in providing insurance necessary to
implement and enforce the privacy provisions of 15 U.S.C. Sections 6801, et seq., being Sections
501, et seq., of Public Law 106-102, commonly known as the "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act."
Notwithstanding the foregoing, rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant
to this section shall not apply to workers' compensation claims, workers' compensation insurance,
workers' compensation programs, or employee welfare benefit plans as defined in 29 U.S.C.
Section 1002(1) or any third-party administrator to the extent it provides services to a workers'
compensation program or employee welfare benefit plan. (Act 2001-702, p. 1509, §21.)...
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11-93-1
Section 11-93-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. Any incorporated municipality,
any county, and any department, agency, board, or commission of any municipality or county,
municipal or county public corporations, and any such instrumentality or instrumentalities
acting jointly. "Governmental entity" shall also include county public school boards,
municipal public school boards and city-county school boards when such boards do not operate
as functions of the State of Alabama. "Governmental entity" shall also mean county
or city hospital boards when such boards are instrumentalities of the municipality or county
or organized pursuant to authority from a municipality or county. (2) EMPLOYEE. An officer,
official, employee, or servant of a governmental entity, including elected or appointed officials,
and persons acting on behalf of any governmental entity in any official...
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16-33B-1
Section 16-33B-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires
a different meaning, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACHE. The
Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (2) APPROVED LENDER. Any eligible institution, or
any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, pension fund, or insurance
company, whose primary consumer credit function is not the making of insured student loans
and which is examined and supervised by the appropriate state or federal regulatory agency
or any other institution or agency defined as an eligible lender in accordance with the Federal
Student Loan Law. (3) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION. Any postsecondary educational institution which
is approved by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for the purposes of this program.
However, an institution offering exclusively correspondence, independent study, or home study
courses is not an eligible institution. (4) FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN LAW. Title...
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25-5-114
Section 25-5-114 Rights and remedies of employees, etc., under article exclusive; civil and
criminal liability of employers, etc. The rights and remedies granted in this article shall
exclude all other rights and remedies of an employee, his personal representative, parent,
surviving spouse, dependents, or next of kin, at common law, by statute, contract, or otherwise
on account of the contraction of an occupational disease, as defined in this article, and
on account of any injury, disability, loss of service, or death resulting from an occupational
disease, as defined in this article. Except as provided in this article, no employer included
within the terms of this chapter and no officer, director, agent, servant, or employee of
such employer shall be held civilly liable for the contraction of an occupational disease,
as defined in this article, or for injury, disability, loss of service, or death of any employee
due to an occupational disease while engaged in the service or business...
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27-6B-2
Section 27-6B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ACCREDITED STATE.
A state in which the Department of Insurance meets the minimum financial qualifications and
regulatory standards promulgated and established, from time to time, by the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of Insurance. (3) CONTROL or
CONTROLLED. The same as defined in Section 27-29-1. (4) CONTROLLED INSURER. A licensed insurer
who is controlled, directly or indirectly, by a producer. (5) CONTROLLING PRODUCER. A producer
who, directly or indirectly, controls an insurer. (6) LICENSED INSURER or INSURER. Any person,
firm, association, or corporation duly licensed to transact a property and casualty insurance
business in this state. For the purposes of this chapter, the following are not licensed insurers:
a. A residual market pool and a joint...
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36-26A-2
Section 36-26A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have
the following meanings: (1) PUBLIC BODY. All of the following: a. A state officer, employee,
agency, department, division, bureau, board, commission, council, authority, or other body
in the Executive Branch of state government. b. An agency, board, commission, council, member,
or employee of the Legislative Branch of state government. c. A law enforcement agency, including
the offices of the Attorney General and district attorneys, or any member or employee of a
law enforcement agency. d. The Judicial Branch of state government and any member or employee
of that branch. (2) STATE EMPLOYEE. A person defined as a classified employee under Section
36-26-2. (3) SUPERVISOR. Any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer,
to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, regard, or discipline
other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their...
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25-5-11
Section 25-5-11 Actions against third parties jointly liable with employers for injuries or
death; actions for injury or death resulting from willful conduct; attorney's fees in settlements
with third parties. (a) If the injury or death for which compensation is payable under Articles
3 or 4 of this chapter was caused under circumstances also creating a legal liability for
damages on the part of any party other than the employer, whether or not the party is subject
to this chapter, the employee, or his or her dependents in case of death, may proceed against
the employer to recover compensation under this chapter or may agree with the employer upon
the compensation payable under this chapter, and at the same time, may bring an action against
the other party to recover damages for the injury or death, and the amount of the damages
shall be ascertained and determined without regard to this chapter. If a party, other than
the employer, is a workers' compensation insurance carrier of the...
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