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41-10-750
Section 41-10-750 Legislative Findings and Purpose. (a) The Legislature finds and declares
the following: (1) In recent years, withdrawals have been made from the Alabama Trust Fund
and the General Fund Rainy Day Account of the Alabama Trust Fund for current budgetary purposes.
The Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama require repayment of the withdrawals and
the Legislature recognizes the need to restore those funds to their prescribed levels. (2)
It is desirable and in the public interest to establish a public corporation of the State
of Alabama with the power to issue bonds for the purpose of making transfers to and deposits
in the Alabama Trust Fund and the General Fund Rainy Day Account of the Alabama Trust Fund,
to provide additional funds to the Alabama Medicaid Agency, and for paying the costs of transportation
projects, and to appropriate and pledge a portion of the revenues to be received by the state
from the settlement of certain claims against BP Exploration and...
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16-1-11.1
Section 16-1-11.1 Autonomy of nonpublic schools - Legislative findings. The Legislature
finds and declares all of the following: (1) That a parent or guardian in Alabama has a constitutional
right to choose the type of K-12 education that is best for his or her child, whether public
or nonpublic, religious or nonreligious, and including home-based education. (2) That many
parents choose to home school or enroll their children in elementary and secondary nonpublic
schools, including private, church, parochial, or religious schools, that are not subject
to state regulation and do not receive state or federal funds. (3) That other than reporting
on the enrollment of students, these nonpublic K-12 schools have been primarily exempt from
state regulation and have only been required by state law to report the enrollment of students.
(4) That there is no national or state constitutional mandate that the government provide,
license, or regulate nonpublic education, including private, church,...
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22-30-2
Section 22-30-2 Legislative findings; purpose and intent of chapter. The Legislature
finds that the generation and management of hazardous waste is a continuing problem. Further,
that without adequate safeguards, the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal
of such wastes can create conditions which threaten human health or the environment. The Legislature,
therefore, declares that in order to minimize and control any such hazardous conditions, it
is in the public interest to establish and to maintain a statewide program, administered by
the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, to provide for the safe management of
hazardous wastes. It is the intent of the Legislature that the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management seek and retain authorization to operate the State Hazardous Waste Management Program.
It is also the intent of the Legislature that the rules, regulations, guidelines and criteria
promulgated under authority of this chapter encourage...
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11-97-1
Section 11-97-1 Legislative declarations and findings. It is hereby found and declared
as follows: (1) That the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state require the
provision of certain utility services, including water and sewer services; (2) That it is
necessary for the Legislature to provide additional methods by which the cities and counties
in the state may provide new and improve existing utility services facilities; (3) That historically
a significant portion of the funding of the costs of construction of such utility services
facilities has been provided through grants from the United States of America; (4) That, in
recent years, funds available to cities and counties from the United States of America for
payment of costs of construction of utility services facilities has been substantially reduced,
and it is anticipated that, in coming years, such funds may be further reduced or eliminated;
(5) That the result of the elimination of funding from the United States...
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23-1-242
Section 23-1-242 Declaration of policy. The regulation of junkyards in areas adjacent
to any state highway included in the national system of interstate and primary highways is
hereby declared to be in the public interest and necessary to promote the public safety, health,
welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in
public highways, to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering on such highways,
and to promote the conservation of our natural mineral resources by encouraging the recycling
of the reusable scrap iron and metals. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that junkyards
which do not conform to the requirements of this division are a public nuisance. (Acts 1967,
No. 643, p. 1455, ยง2.)...
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45-9-170
Section 45-9-170 Regulation of junkyards; public nuisances; enforcement. (a) The regulation
of the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable motor vehicles, and other litter within
the unincorporated areas of Chambers County, and licensing the operation of junkyards within
the unincorporated areas of Chambers County is hereby declared to be in the public interest
and necessary to promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of
public travel; to protect the public investment in public highways; to preserve and enhance
the scenic beauty of lands and the environment; and to promote the conservation of natural
mineral resources by encouraging recycling. The Legislature finds and declares that within
the unincorporated areas of Chambers County the accumulation and storage of junk, inoperable
motor vehicles, other litter, and the operation of junkyards, any of which do not conform
to the requirements of this section, are a public nuisance. (b)(1) It is unlawful...
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15-23-2
Section 15-23-2 Legislative findings, etc. The Legislature hereby finds, determines
and declares that victims of violent crime are often reduced to bereft and destitute circumstances
as a result of the criminal acts perpetrated against them, that the financial or economic
resources of such victims and their dependents are in many instances distressed or depleted
as a result of injuries inflicted upon them by violent criminals. That the general social
and economic welfare of such victims and their dependents is and ought to be intimately affected
with the public interest, that the deplorable plight of these unfortunate citizens should
not go unnoticed by our institutions and agencies of government. The Legislature hereby further
finds, determines and declares that it is to the benefit of all that victims of violence and
their dependents be assisted financially and socially whenever possible. To this end the Legislature
intends to provide a means whereby victims of violent crime and...
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6-5-225
Section 6-5-225 Time for commencement of action against architects, engineers, and builders.
(a) It is the purpose and intent of the Legislature in connection with all actions against
architects and engineers, who perform or furnish the design, planning, specifications, testing,
supervision, administration, or observation of the construction of an improvement on or to
real property, and builders who construct, perform, or manage the construction of an improvement
on or to real property designed by and constructed under the supervision, administration or
observation of, or in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by, an architect
or engineer, to limit the time for commencement of an action to a period of two years from
the date a cause of action accrues and to bar all causes of action and rights of action which
accrue more than seven years after substantial completion of such improvement. The Legislature
finds that this classification distinguishing architects,...
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45-2-100.02
Section 45-2-100.02 Formation and operation of city school systems; city boards of education;
transfer of rights, titles, and interests. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) The magnitude and patterns of the historical and projected increases of population in
Baldwin County, Alabama, continue to create significant needs for the acquisition, construction,
and capital improvement of the public school facilities of the county board of education.
(2) The costs of such public school facilities, including the payment of indebtedness incurred
therefor, require significant capital expenditures of the county board of education in each
fiscal year. (3) The local sources of funds of the county board of education for public school
facilities consist of the proceeds of ad valorem, and privilege license and excise, taxes
levied on a county-wide basis in Baldwin County. (4) Given the county-wide tax base of the
county board of education, the formation of a city board of education...
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40-17-359
Section 40-17-359 Distribution and use of proceeds. (a) For the purpose of this section,
the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below: (1) BASE ANNUAL COUNTY DISTRIBUTION.
Five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). (2) COST OF COLLECTION. The amounts from the
proceeds of the highway gasoline tax that may be appropriated by the Legislature to the department
for its operating expenses. (3) COUNTY. Each county in the state. (4) FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal
year of the state. (5) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The Department of Transportation of the
state. (6) HIGHWAY GASOLINE TAX. Both of the following: a. The excise tax levied under subdivision
(1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, with the exception of those portions of
the tax levied on aviation fuel and marine gasoline. b. The excise tax levied by Sections
40-17-140 to 40-17-155, inclusive, except that portion of the tax imposed on diesel fuel.
(7) LOCAL SUBDIVISIONS' SHARES OF THE NET TAX PROCEEDS. The 55 percent...
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