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41-23-80
Section 41-23-80 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that the development, management,
efficient consumption, and conservation of residential energy resources are of prime importance
throughout this state and this nation. It is also important to ensure the protection of the
economic and environmental values of Alabama's citizens. It is the intent of the Legislature
to do each of the following pursuant to this article: (1) Encourage the conservation and efficient
use of residential energy resources within this state's counties and municipalities. (2) Provide
a governmental environment that will promote an initiative for the implementation of the Alabama
Energy and Residential Codes by the units of local government. (3) Advise and assist the units
of local government in adopting the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes and implementing
those code provisions within their boundaries. (4) Promote the identification of energy management
technologies available for residential uses,...
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24-1A-41.1
Section 24-1A-41.1 Legislative intent. (a) In order to offset the adverse effects of the global
and national recession on Alabama's housing industry and its economic development activity
and to provide a boost to the state's housing industry and its economic development and industrial
recruitment, the Legislature adopted the Alabama Home Buyers Initiative Act, codified as Sections
24-1A-40 to 24-1A-43, inclusive, which established a mortgage guarantee fund to reimburse
investors for a portion of any foreclosure losses suffered as a result of purchasing qualified
mortgage loans on eligible properties located within the State of Alabama. (b) Pursuant to
the act, six million dollars ($6,000,000) was appropriated and irrevocably deposited in the
mortgage guarantee fund. The fund is held by the State Treasurer and administered by the Alabama
Housing Finance Authority, a public corporation and instrumentality of the State of Alabama.
(c) It is hereby found and determined that, due to...
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31-9-81
Section 31-9-81 Program created; Statewide Emergency Notification System; Alabama Disaster
Recovery Fund. (a) There is created the Alabama Disaster Recovery Program for the purposes
of providing financial assistance to eligible counties and municipalities for meeting local
needs before, during, and immediately following a disaster that affects a county or municipality
and of establishing, implementing, operating, and maintaining the Statewide Emergency Notification
System to facilitate statewide communication of emergency responses, decisions, and warnings
of developing emergency situations for the benefit of residents and state and local emergency
management agencies. (b) The recovery program shall be funded by the Alabama Disaster Recovery
Fund. The Legislature may make appropriations to the recovery fund from State General Fund
revenues, available federal monies, revenues made available by future legislative acts, or
from any other source available except insurance policy...
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38-13-1
Section 38-13-1 Legislative findings and intent. Under the National Child Protection Act of
1993, Public Law 103-209, 42 U.S.C. ยง 5119, et seq., the states are permitted to implement
a computerized information system to provide child abuse crime information through the Federal
Bureau of Investigation National Criminal History Record Information System. The states may
conduct a nationwide criminal history background check for the purpose of determining whether
an individual who shall have unsupervised access to children, the elderly, or individuals
with disabilities has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the fitness of the individual
to provide care to or have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children, the elderly,
or individuals with disabilities as defined in this chapter. The Legislature finds that there
is an important state interest and it is in the best interest of the children, the elderly,
and individuals with disabilities of Alabama to protect them from...
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39-7-13
Section 39-7-13 Purpose and powers of authority generally; sale, transfer and conveyance of
entire water system to public corporation authorized to conduct business of water distribution
system. (a) An authority shall be incorporated for the purpose of conducting and developing
the enterprise in which it may engage in such manner that the services afforded by such enterprise
shall be available for public uses and to all inhabitants of the municipality and the surrounding
area for domestic and industrial uses at the lowest cost consistent with sound economy and
prudent management. Every authority incorporated under this chapter is hereby vested with
all powers necessary and requisite for the accomplishment of such purpose for which such authority
is incorporated capable of being delegated by the Legislature of the State of Alabama. The
authority shall have the power to acquire, construct, reconstruct, extend, improve and maintain
and operate any plant, works, system, facilities or...
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9-16-74
Section 9-16-74 Surface Mining Commission - Powers. In addition to any other powers conferred
on it by law, the commission shall have the power to do all of the following: (1) Adopt, amend,
suspend, repeal, and enforce reasonably necessary rules and regulations, provided such rules
and regulations shall not be more stringent than those promulgated by federal law, or rule
or regulation, to control surface coal mining operations consistent with this article including
the declaration of public policy and legislative intent contained in Section 9-16-71. Such
rules and regulations may be for the state as a whole or may vary from area to area, as may
be appropriate to accomplish the policy and intent of this article and in order to take into
account varying local conditions. (2) Hold public hearings as may be specified by law relating
to any aspect or matter in the administration of this article and, in connection therewith,
administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses and the...
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16-13-234
Section 16-13-234 Allocation of funds. (a) In making apportionment of the Public School Fund
held by the state, to the local boards of education, the State Superintendent of Education
shall first set apart and distribute to the schools of each township the amount due from the
state thereto as interest on its sixteenth section fund, or other trust fund held by the state.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to insure that no local board of education receive
less state funds per pupil than it received in fiscal year 1994-95. For this reason the Foundation
Program for each local board of education shall be supplemented, if necessary, by a hold harmless
allowance. The base amount of each local board's hold harmless allowance calculation is the
1994-95 program cost as defined herein. The 1994-95 program cost of each local board of education
was determined by using the first forty scholastic days of average daily membership from 1993-94.
Beginning with the fiscal year 1995-96, the hold...
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25-5-293
Section 25-5-293 Duties of secretary; continuing education, accounting; recovery of expenses;
advisory committees; legislative intent regarding reimbursements. (a) The Secretary of the
Department of Labor may prescribe rules and regulations for the purpose of conducting continuing
education seminars for all personnel associated with workers' compensation claims and collect
registration fees in order to cover the related expenditures. The secretary may adopt rules
and regulations setting continuing education standards for workers' compensation claims personnel
employed by insurance companies and self-insured employers and groups. (b) The secretary shall
file annually with the Governor and the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature
a complete and detailed written report accounting for all funds received and disbursed during
the preceding fiscal year. The annual report shall be in the form and reported in the time
provided by law. (c) The secretary shall establish reasonable...
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22-21-318
Section 22-21-318 Powers of authority. (a) In addition to all other powers granted elsewhere
in this article, and subject to the express provisions of its certificate of incorporation,
an authority shall have the following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto
or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate
name for the duration of time, which may be in perpetuity, specified in its certificate of
incorporation or until dissolved as provided in Section 22-21-339; (2) To sue and be sued
in its own name in civil suits and actions, and to defend suits and actions against it, including
suits and actions ex delicto and ex contractu, subject, however, to the provisions of Chapter
93 of Title 11, which chapter is hereby made applicable to the authority; (3) To adopt and
make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt, alter, amend
and repeal bylaws, regulations and rules, not inconsistent with the...
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22-30B-1.1
Section 22-30B-1.1 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that: (1) The state is increasingly
becoming the nation's final burial ground for the disposal of hazardous wastes and materials;
(2) The volumes of hazardous wastes and substances disposed in the state have increased dramatically
for the past several years; (3) The existence of hazardous waste disposal activities in the
state poses unique and continuing problems for the state; (4) As the site for the ultimate
burial of hazardous wastes and substances, the state incurs a permanent risk to the health
of its people and the maintenance of its natural resources that is avoided by other states
which ship their wastes to Alabama for disposal; (5) The state also incurs other substantial
costs related to hazardous waste management including the costs of regulation of transportation,
spill cleanup and disposal of ever-increasing volumes of hazardous wastes and substances;
(6) Because all waste and substances disposed at commercial...
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