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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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36-25-1
Section 36-25-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) BUSINESS. Any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm,
enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, or any other legal
entity. (2) BUSINESS WITH WHICH THE PERSON IS ASSOCIATED. Any business of which the person
or a member of his or her family is an officer, owner, partner, board of director member,
employee, or holder of more than five percent of the fair market value of the business. (3)
CANDIDATE. This term as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning ascribed to it in
Section 17-5-2. (4) COMMISSION. The State Ethics Commission. (5) COMPLAINT. Written allegation
or allegations that a violation of this chapter has occurred. (6) COMPLAINANT. A person who
alleges a violation or violations of this chapter by filing a complaint against a respondent.
(7) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. A complaint filed pursuant to this...
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45-8-90
Section 45-8-90 Economic Development Council - Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a)(1)
For the purposes of promoting industry and trade and economic development and to assist Calhoun
County and the municipalities located therein in their pursuits therefor and to provide for
the exercise by the county and the municipalities of certain powers and authority proposed
to be granted to them by an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama, the act proposing such
amendment being adopted at the same session of the Legislature at which the act adding this
section was adopted, there is hereby created an economic development council for Calhoun County,
which council shall constitute a public corporation under the name Calhoun County Economic
Development Council. (2) This section shall be liberally construed in conformity with the
purposes. (b)(1) The powers and authorities of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council
shall be vested in and performed by a board of directors. (2) The...
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34-24-536
Section 34-24-536 Enforcement of interstate compact. (a) The interstate commission, in the
reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of the compact.
(b) The interstate commission, by majority vote of the commissioners, may initiate legal action
in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or, at the discretion of
the interstate commission, in the federal district where the interstate commission has its
principal offices, to enforce compliance with the provisions of the compact, and its promulgated
rules and bylaws, against a member state in default. The relief sought may include both injunctive
relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing party,
which is expressly limited to the interstate commission or a member state, shall be awarded
all costs of such litigation including reasonable attorney's fees, but this provision does
not apply to third parties or private citizens. (c) The remedies...
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34-24-535
Section 34-24-535 Oversight of interstate compact. (a) The executive, legislative, and judicial
branches of state government in each member state shall enforce the compact and shall take
all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes and intent of the compact.
The provisions of the compact and the rules promulgated hereunder shall have standing as statutory
law but shall not override existing state authority to regulate the practice of medicine.
(b) All courts shall take judicial notice of the compact and the rules in any judicial or
administrative proceeding in a member state pertaining to the subject matter of the compact
which may affect the powers, responsibilities, or actions of the interstate commission. (c)
The interstate commission shall be entitled to receive all service of process in any such
proceeding, and shall have standing to intervene in the proceeding for all purposes. Failure
to provide service of process to the interstate commission shall render a...
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34-24-538
Section 34-24-538 Dispute resolution. (a) The interstate commission, upon the request of a
member state, shall attempt to resolve disputes which are subject to the compact and which
may arise among member states or member boards. (b) The interstate commission shall promulgate
rules providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution as appropriate. (Act 2015-197,
§19.)...
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34-24-539
Section 34-24-539 Member states, effective date, and amendment. (a) Any state is eligible to
become a member state of the compact. (b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon
legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than seven states. Thereafter, it
shall become effective and binding on a state upon enactment of the compact into law by that
state. (c) The governors of nonmember states, or their designees, shall be invited to participate
in the activities of the interstate commission on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption of the
compact by all states. (d) The interstate commission may propose amendments to the compact
for enactment by the member states. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the
interstate commission and the member states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous
consent of the member states. (Act 2015-197, §20.)...
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34-24-527
Section 34-24-527 Coordinated information system. (a) The interstate commission shall establish
a database of all physicians licensed, or who have applied for licensure, under Section 34-24-524.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, member boards shall report to the interstate
commission any public action or complaints against a licensed physician who has applied or
received an expedited license through the compact. (c) Member boards shall report disciplinary
or investigatory information determined as necessary and proper by rule of the interstate
commission. (d) Member boards may report any nonpublic complaint, disciplinary, or investigatory
information not required by subsection (c) to the interstate commission. (e) Member boards
shall share complaint or disciplinary information about a physician upon request of another
member board. (f) All information provided to the interstate commission or distributed by
member boards shall be confidential, filed under seal, and used...
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27-60-1
Section 27-60-1 Establishment of compact; commission representative. Pursuant to the terms
and conditions of this chapter, the State of Alabama seeks to join with other states and establish
the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, and thus become a member of the Interstate
Insurance Product Regulation Commission. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance is hereby designated
to serve as the representative of this state to the commission. (Act 2011-536, p. 928, §1.)...
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34-24-534
Section 34-24-534 Rulemaking functions of the interstate commission. (a) The interstate commission
shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes
of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the interstate commission exercises
its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purposes of the compact,
or the powers granted hereunder, then such an action by the interstate commission shall be
invalid and have no force or effect. (b) Rules deemed appropriate for the operations of the
interstate commission shall be made pursuant to a rulemaking process that substantially conforms
to the Model State Administrative Procedure Act of 2010, and subsequent amendments thereto.
(c) Not later than 30 days after a rule is promulgated, any person may file a petition for
judicial review of the rule in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
or the federal district where the interstate commission has...
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