9-17-171
Section 9-17-171 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AGRICULTURE. The art or science of cultivating the ground and raising and harvesting crops, including also feeding, breeding, and management of livestock and poultry; tillage; husbandry; or farming. The following items or areas fall within the definition of agriculture: Tree farming; raising horticultural products in commercial greenhouses and nurseries; fruit and nut trees, whether or not in groves or orchards; vegetable gardens, whether or not on farms; livestock farming; dairy farming; commercial fish ponds; commercial sod farms; and poultry and egg farming. (2) COUNCIL. The Alabama Propane Education and Research Council created pursuant to Section 9-17-175. (3) EDUCATION. Any action to provide information regarding propane and the use of propane to consumers and members of the propane gas industry. (4) ODORIZED PROPANE. Propane which has an odorant added to it. (5)...
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11-3-45
Section 11-3-45 Board; powers and duties; membership; terms; election of officers; compensation. (a) The institute shall be under the direction and supervision of the Board of the Alabama Local Government Training Institute. The board shall have the power and duty to organize, administer, control, oversee, and advise the institute so that the institute shall be operated pursuant to this article. (b) The board shall be composed of the following members: (1) One representative of a four-year institution of higher education in Alabama appointed by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. (2) The President of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama. (3) The Executive Director of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama. (4) Three members who shall serve at the pleasure of and be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama. (5) The Chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. (6) The Chair of the Local Government...
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11-47-218
Section 11-47-218 Powers of authorities generally; location of projects; exercise of power of eminent domain. (a) In addition to all other powers at any time conferred on it by law, and subject to any express provisions of its certificate of incorporation to the contrary, an authority shall have the following lawful powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to discharge thereof in the corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity or for the duration specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions and to defend actions against it. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) To adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations, and rules, not inconsistent with this article or its certificate of incorporation, for the regulation and conduct of the affairs and business of the authority. (5) To acquire, receive, take, and hold, whether by purchase,...
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11-92B-10
Section 11-92B-10 Powers and duties of authority. An authority shall have the following powers and duties together with all powers and duties incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof: (1) To sue or be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction. (2) To adopt and to use a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure. (3) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (4) With respect to property within the operational area of the authority, to acquire, receive, and take title to by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, to hold, keep, improve, maintain, and impose restrictive covenants and land use controls, to engage in environmental remediation and restoration efforts as required under applicable agreements with the United States Department of Defense, to equip, furnish, develop, and to transfer, convey, donate, sell, lease, grant options to, assign, encumber with easements and mortgages and...
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13A-10-190
Section 13A-10-190 Definitions. As used in this article, Section 13A-11-11, and Section 36-19-2.1, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BACTERIOLOGICAL WEAPON or BIOLOGICAL WEAPON. A device which is designed in a manner to permit the intentional release onto any person, into the population or environment of microbial, or other biological agents or toxins or viral agents whatever their origin or method of production in a manner not otherwise authorized by law or any device the development, production, or stockpiling of which is prohibited pursuant to the "Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and Their Destruction," 26 U.S.T. 583, TIAS 8063. The microbial or biological agents or viral agents shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following: Anthrax or any variation thereof, smallpox or any variation thereof. (2) CONVICTION. An adjudication of guilt of or a plea of...
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22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms, and the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal equitable title to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit of such titles or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy, settlement of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term "acquisition" shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien or security interest by mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the foreclosure, or conveyance or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include any...
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22-6-221
Section 22-6-221 Service by integrated care network; board of directors. (a) An integrated care network shall serve only Medicaid beneficiaries in providing medical care and services. For the purposes of this article, a beneficiary cannot be a member of both an integrated care network and a regional care organization. (b) An integrated care network shall provide required medical care and services to Medicaid beneficiaries and may coordinate care provided by or through an affiliation of other health care providers or other programs as the Medicaid Agency shall determine. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the integrated care network shall not be deemed an insurance company under state law. (d)(1) An integrated care network shall have a governing board of directors composed of the following members: a. Twelve members shall be persons representing risk bearing participants. A participant bears risk by contributing cash, capital, or other assets to the integrated care network....
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4-3-1
Section 4-3-1 Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AIRCRAFT. Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air, except a parachute or other contrivance designed for use primarily as safety equipment. (2) AIRPORT. Any area of land or water which is used, or intended for use, for the landing, taking-off, storage, parking or dispersal of aircraft, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for airport buildings, facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport buildings, structures and facilities located thereon. (3) AIRPORT BUILDING. Any building used or to be used in connection with the construction, enlargement,...
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40-18-379
Section 40-18-379 Joint Legislative Advisory Committee on Economic Incentives. (a) There is hereby created a permanent Joint Legislative Advisory Committee on Economic Incentives, hereinafter referred to as the committee. (b) The committee shall be comprised of all of the following persons: (1) The chairs of the House Ways and Means General Fund and Education Fund committees. (2) The chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund and Education Fund committees. (3) The Speaker of the House, or his or her designee, and two members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House. (4) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or his or her designee, the chair of the Senate Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development or its successor committee, if any. (5) One member of the Senate to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (c) The committee shall hold an organizational meeting by August 1, 2015, and shall therein elect a...
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41-16-51
Section 41-16-51 Contracts for which competitive bidding not required. (a) Competitive bids for entities subject to this article shall not be required for utility services, the rates for which are fixed by law, regulation, or ordinance, and the competitive bidding requirements of this article shall not apply to: (1) The purchase of insurance. (2) The purchase of ballots and supplies for conducting any primary, general, special, or municipal election. (3) Contracts for securing services of attorneys, physicians, architects, teachers, superintendents of construction, artists, appraisers, engineers, consultants, certified public accountants, public accountants, or other individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the personality of the individual plays a decisive part. (4) Contracts of employment in the regular civil service. (5) Contracts for fiscal or financial advice or services. (6) Purchases of products made or manufactured by the blind or visually handicapped...
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