26-10A-19
Section 26-10A-19 Investigation. (a) A pre-placement investigation shall be made to determine the suitability of each petitioner and the home in which the adoptee will be placed. The investigation shall include a criminal background investigation and any other circumstances which might be relevant to the placement of an adoptee with the petitioners. A copy of the pre-placement investigation shall be filed with the court when the petition for adoption is filed. (b) An individual or couple may initiate a pre-placement investigation by request directly through the Department of Human Resources or a licensed child placing agency or by filing a request with the probate court. The court may appoint any agency or individual qualified under subsection (d) to perform the pre-placement investigation. Upon completion of the investigation, a copy of the report shall be sent to the petitioners. The report is to be filed with the court at the time of the filing of the petition for adoption. (c)...
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26-14-8
Section 26-14-8 Statewide central registry. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) INDICATED. When credible evidence and professional judgment substantiates that an alleged perpetrator is responsible for child abuse or neglect. (2) NOT INDICATED. When credible evidence and professional judgment does not substantiate that an alleged perpetrator is responsible for child abuse or neglect. (b) The Department of Human Resources shall establish a statewide central registry for reports of child abuse and neglect made pursuant to this chapter. The central registry shall contain, but shall not be limited to: (1) All information in the written report; (2) Record of the final disposition of the report, including services offered and services accepted; (3) The names and identifying data, dates, and circumstances of any persons requesting or receiving information from the registry; provided, however, that requests for...
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45-49-83.41
Section 45-49-83.41 Creation; procedures; collection and distribution of funds; enforcement. The District Attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama may establish a Recovery Unit of the Special Services Division. The district attorney, after electing to establish the unit, shall assign sufficient staff and resources to effectively operate the unit. The recovery unit shall be created for the purpose of the administration, collection, and enforcement of court costs, fines, fines for failure to appear in court, victim compensation assessments, bail bond forfeitures, restitution, or other payments which are ordered in any criminal proceeding, quasi-criminal, or any other court proceeding by any court including, but not limited to, municipal courts, district courts, and circuit courts payable to the state, the county, to any municipality, or town within the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, to any crime victim on any court order or judgment entered which has not been otherwise...
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8-7A-23
Section 8-7A-23 Investigation and subpoenas by commission. (a) The commission may do any of the following: (1) Make such public or private investigations within or outside of this state as it deems necessary to determine whether: Any license under this chapter should be granted, denied, suspended, or revoked; any person has violated or is about to violate any provision of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder; or to aid in the enforcement of this chapter or in the prescribing of rules and forms hereunder. (2) Require or permit any person to file a statement in writing, under oath, or otherwise as the commission may determine, as to all the facts and circumstances concerning the matter to be investigated. (3) Publish information concerning any violation of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder. (b) In relation to any investigation or proceeding under this chapter, the commission, or any officer designated, may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel...
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16-22A-3
Section 16-22A-3 Definitions. When used in this chapter only, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) APPLICANT. A certified or noncertified individual who submits an application for employment to a local employing board or any nonpublic school, to act in any capacity in which the individual will have unsupervised access to children in an educational environment. (2) APPLICANT FOR CERTIFICATION. An individual who submits an application for certification issued by the State Superintendent of Education. (3) AUTHORIZED EMPLOYER. Any educational entity authorized to obtain criminal history background information, including the State Department of Education, local employing boards, and nonpublic schools which are responsible for hiring employees or contracting with private employers to provide personnel who have unsupervised access to children in an educational setting. (4) CERTIFIED APPLICANT FOR EMPLOYMENT. A...
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30-5-7
Section 30-5-7 Ex parte orders or modification of protection order. (a) If it appears from a petition for a protection order or a petition to modify a protection order that abuse has occurred or from a petition for a modification of a protection order that a modification is warranted, the court may do any of the following: (1) Without notice or hearing, immediately issue an ex parte protection order or modify an ex parte protection order as it deems necessary. (2) After providing notice as required by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, issue a final protection order or modify a protection order after a hearing whether or not the defendant appears. (b) A court may grant any of the following relief without notice and a hearing in an ex parte protection order or an ex parte modification of a protection order: (1) Enjoin the defendant from threatening to commit or committing acts of abuse, as defined in this chapter, against the plaintiff or children of the plaintiff, and any other...
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31-13-5
Section 31-13-5 Enforcement of and compliance with federal immigration laws; information relating to immigration status; violations; penalties. (a) No official or agency of this state or any political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, an officer of a court of this state, may adopt a policy or practice that limits or restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws by limiting communication between its officers and federal immigration officials in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1373 or 8 U.S.C. § 1644, or that restricts its officers in the enforcement of this chapter. If, in the judgment of the Attorney General of Alabama, an official or agency of this state or any political subdivision thereof, including, but not limited to, an officer of a court in this state, is in violation of this subsection, the Attorney General shall report any violation of this subsection to the Governor and the state Comptroller and that agency or political subdivision shall not be eligible to...
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34-21-128
Section 34-21-128 Oversight, dispute resolution, enforcement,etc. (a) Oversight. (1) Each party state shall enforce this compact and take any action necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes and intent of this compact. (2) The commission shall receive service of process in any proceeding that may affect the powers, responsibilities, or actions of the commission, and shall have standing to intervene in such a proceeding for all purposes. Failure to provide service of process in a proceeding to the commission shall render the judgment or order void as to the commission, this compact, or promulgated rules. (b) Default, technical assistance, and termination. (1) If the commission determines that a party state has defaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities under this compact or the adopted rules, the commission shall do all of the following: a. Provide written notice to the defaulting state and other party states of the nature of the default, the proposed...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry, and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion, or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II. This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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37-14-38
Section 37-14-38 Validation procedure; authorization for validation of provisions of article. In order to foster and encourage the underlying policies of this article and to assure that sales and purchases of distribution facilities, and other transactions and actions authorized or allowed by this article may be conducted in good faith with a knowledge of the validity of the provisions hereof, and further, to assure that irrevocable commitments are not made in the implementation of the provisions of this article without the assurance of their legality and validity, the following judicial review process is hereby authorized and it is declared to be the legislative intent that the provisions of this statute be judicially reviewed and validated pursuant to the procedure set forth herein and that the circuit court enter a judgment in accordance with the procedure set forth herein. (1) FILING OF COMPLAINT FOR DETERMINATION AS TO LEGALITY OF PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE. - At any time subsequent to...
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