45-28A-42.11
Section 45-28A-42.11 Removal. No member of either the police department or of the fire
department shall be removed or discharged, nor shall the chief of the police department nor
the chief of the fire department, be removed, discharged, or demoted, except for cause, upon
written charges or complaint and after an opportunity to face his or her accusers and be heard
in his or her own defense. Such charges shall be investigated by and before the civil service
board after not less than five days' notice in writing with a copy of such charges shall have
been given to the person charged, and the hearings thereof and thereon shall be public. The
decision of the board thereon shall be given in writing to the accused, and shall be spread
on the minutes. In all proceedings before the civil service board the city attorney may appear
and represent the interest of the city when ordered to do so by the civil service board. Any
attorney secured by the person or persons making the charge or accusation...
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45-8-120.16
Section 45-8-120.16 Open meetings and hearings of board. All meetings and hearings of
the board shall be open to the public. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the good name and
character of an individual is to be discussed by the board at one of its meetings, or a written
waiver of public hearing signed by the affected employee, the appointing authority, or the
citizen complainant, as the case may be, is filed with the board, the board may, by majority
vote of its members, close a meeting or hearing and exclude the public. No other matter may
be discussed by the board, if a meeting or hearing has been so closed. In any proceeding before
the board, the county commission and appointing authorities, or their designated representatives,
and any other interested individual may appear and present information in their interests.
The board and its specially authorized representatives shall have the power to administer
oaths, take depositions, certify official acts, and issue subpoenas to...
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8-12A-2
Section 8-12A-2 Assertion of patent infringement in bad faith. (a) A person may not
assert a claim of patent infringement in bad faith. (b) The Attorney General may investigate
claims of patent infringement alleged to have been made in bad faith and may do both of the
following: (1) Issue subpoenas to any person to appear and produce relevant papers, documents,
and physical evidence, and administer an oath or affirmation to any person, in aid of any
investigation or inquiry into possible violations of this chapter. Subpoenas shall be served
in accordance with the appropriate Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon failure of a person
without lawful excuse to obey a subpoena, the Attorney General may apply to a court of competent
jurisdiction for an order compelling compliance. After an action is commenced, discovery may
proceed in accordance with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. (2) Initiate a civil action
in the name of the state, as necessary, to seek injunctive and any other...
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9-16-78
Section 9-16-78 Hearing officer; powers; witness fees. (a) No hearing officer shall
participate in a hearing if he or she has an interest therein. At any such hearing all testimony
shall be given under oath and be recorded, but need not be transcribed unless an appeal is
made. (b) The manner in which hearings before hearing officers shall be presented and the
conduct of hearings and appeals before hearing officers shall be in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the regulatory authority. (c) In the discharge of his or her duties under this
article, any hearing officer shall have power to administer oaths, certify to official acts,
take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue and serve subpoenas, compel the
attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents,
records, and testimony, provide for site inspections or inspections of other operations. In
the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued,...
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45-21-233
Section 45-21-233 Methods of service. (a) In the service of summons and complaints or
subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses in any civil, criminal, equity, or other case
or proceeding in either the small claims court, district court, or Circuit Court of Crenshaw
County, whether civil, criminal or juvenile, or before the grand jury, may, in addition to
any other mode of service provided by law or rule, be served by the sheriff or constable personally
or by leaving a copy thereof at the place of residence of the witness, or the sheriff may
serve the same by placing a copy thereof in the United States mail, certified, return receipt
requested, enclosing the subpoena in an envelope properly stamped and addressed to the person
or witness to be served. Upon service by the sheriff upon any witness or person by anyone
of the foregoing methods, provided in this section, the sheriff shall immediately mark
the process executed. If the subpoena so mailed is not delivered to the address...
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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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45-35A-51.27
Section 45-35A-51.27 Attendance of witnesses; fees; false oaths. Any person who shall
be served with a subpoena, issued in the course of an investigation or hearing conducted under
this part, to appear and testify or to produce records, books, and papers, who shall disobey
or neglect to obey any such subpoena shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided
by the general laws of the state. The fees of witnesses for attendance shall be the same as
fees of witnesses before the courts of record and shall be paid as provided in this part.
Any judge of a court of record, upon application of a member of the board or the director,
shall compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of records, books, and papers and
the giving of testimony before the board, by attachment, contempt proceedings or otherwise,
in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before the court. Any person
who, having taken oath or made affirmation in the cause of any investigation or...
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41-9-67
Section 41-9-67 Powers, etc., of board as to requirement of production of documents,
etc., generally; employment of clerical, etc., help for investigation of claims, etc. (a)
The Board of Adjustment shall have the power and it shall be its duty when any claim or claims
for damages provided for in this division are presented to it to require any employee, agency,
commission, board, institution or department of the State of Alabama to furnish any documents
or information deemed necessary by the Board of Adjustment and to require the presence of
any person or the production of any documents in the same manner as in circuit court trials
with the same rights as the circuit courts to punish for contempt. (b) With the approval of
the Governor and subject to the provisions of the Merit System, the Board of Adjustment may
employ such necessary clerical or other help in ascertaining the facts incident to or growing
out of claims presented to it and to make such investigations and to interview...
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45-11-233
Section 45-11-233 Methods of service. (a) Notices of the requirement of the attendance
of jury service in the Circuit Court of Chilton County may be served by first class mail,
or may be served as provided by Section 12-17-73. If, in the discretion of the sheriff,
the service is made by first class mail, such service shall be made as follows: It shall be
the duty of the sheriff to enclose the summons in an envelope addressed to the person to be
served and place all necessary postage and a return address thereon with notice to the postal
authorities not to forward outside of the county. In the event said jury summons is returned
to the sheriff by the United States Postal Service without delivery, the summons shall be
made by the sheriff returned NOT FOUND. All jury summons not returned by the United States
Postal Service shall be considered for all purposes as sufficient personal and legal service.
The provisions of this section in reference to service by mail, however, shall not
apply...
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45-34-80.20
Section 45-34-80.20 Summons; service. (a) Notices of the requirement of the attendance
of jury service in the Circuit Court of Henry County may be served by first class mail or
may be served as provided by the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure and this code. If, in the
discretion of the sheriff, the service is made by first class mail, such service shall be
made as follows. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to enclose the summons in an envelope
addressed to the person to be served and place all necessary postage and a return address
thereon with notice to the postal authorities not to forward outside of the county. In the
event the jury summons is returned to the sheriff by the post office of the United States
without delivery, the summons shall be made by the sheriff returned NOT FOUND. All jury summons
not returned by the post office shall be considered for all purposes as sufficient personal
and legal service. The provisions of this subsection in reference to service by mail,...
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