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12-21-246
Section 12-21-246 Subpoena of witnesses - Execution. (a) In criminal cases, at the request
of the state, or the defendant or the defendant's attorney, the clerk of the court must issue
subpoenas for witnesses whose address shall be given by the person requesting the subpoena,
specifying therein the time and place for their appearance, the title of the case and at whose
instance the witness is summoned, and commanding the witness to appear in conformity therewith
and give testimony. (b) No subpoena shall issue for a witness residing more than 100 miles
from the place of trial, computed by the route usually traveled, unless the person requesting
the subpoena makes affidavit that the personal attendance of the witness is necessary to a
proper decision of the case and that the deposition of the witness would be insufficient for
that purpose, and the fact that such affidavit has been made must be endorsed by the clerk
upon the subpoena. (c) A subpoena issued under this section shall be...
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16-13-4
Section 16-13-4 Diversion of funds; payment of debt obligations. (a) It shall be unlawful for
any official in the State of Alabama having the custody of, or in any manner connected with
the handling or having the authority to direct the use of any of the public school funds arising
under the provisions of Sections 257, 258, 259 and 260 of the Constitution of Alabama to knowingly
or intentionally divert or permit to be diverted or to use or permit the use of these funds
or any part thereof for any purpose whatsoever except for the uses and purposes as set out
in these sections of the constitution, and such official violating this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500)
nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and the Attorney General may also institute impeachment
proceedings against such official. (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be so construed
as to affect any appropriation heretofore made...
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41-16-72
Section 41-16-72 Procurement of professional services. Any other provision of law notwithstanding,
the procurement of professional services by any agency, department, board, bureau, commission,
authority, public corporation, or instrumentality of the State of Alabama shall be conducted
through the following selection process: (1)a. Except as otherwise provided herein, attorneys
retained to represent the state in litigation shall be appointed by the Attorney General in
consultation with the Governor from a listing of attorneys maintained by the Attorney General.
All attorneys interested in representing the State of Alabama may apply and shall be included
on the listing. The selection of the attorney or law firm shall be based upon the level of
skill, experience, and expertise required in the litigation and the fees charged by the attorney
or law firm shall be taken into consideration so that the State of Alabama receives the best
representation for the funds paid. Fees shall be...
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12-16-100
Section 12-16-100 Drawing, selection, and empaneling of juries in criminal cases - Generally.
(a) In every criminal case the jury shall be drawn, selected and empaneled as follows: Upon
the trial by jury in the circuit courts of any person charged with a felony, including a capital
felony, a misdemeanor, or violation, the court shall require a strike list or lists to be
compiled from the names appearing on the master strike list as established in Section 12-16-74.
In compiling the list or lists, names of qualified jurors may be omitted on a nonselective
basis. A strike list shall be furnished for the trial of any case at hand and a copy thereof
given to all parties. The jurors whose names appear thereon shall be brought into open court,
the case shall be called and in the presence of the district attorney and the defendant and
his attorney, the jurors shall be examined on voir dire for the trial of the case at hand.
After the conclusion of the voir dire examination and the removal from...
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12-17-94
Section 12-17-94 Duties generally. (a) The duties of the clerks of the circuit court include
all of the following: (1) To sign and issue all summons, subpoenas, writs, executions, and
other processes, under the authority of the court. (2) To keep a consolidated docket sheet
of civil and criminal cases, the names of the parties, the character of action or offense,
the names of the attorneys and the sheriff's return, which shall be entered in all civil and
criminal cases standing for trial, in the order in which they are brought, and the bench notes,
orders, rulings on motions and pleadings, other preliminary matters and final judgment which
have been made in each case by the judge, which shall be the official minutes. (3) To keep
all papers, books, dockets, and records belonging to their office with care and security,
with the papers filed, arranged, numbered, and labeled, so as to be of easy reference, and
the books, dockets and records properly lettered. Parties shall be allowed to...
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37-3-22
Section 37-3-22 Accounts, records and reports. (a) The commission is hereby authorized to require
annual, periodical or special reports from all motor carriers, to prescribe the manner and
form in which such reports shall be made and to require from such carrier specific answers
to all questions upon which the commission may deem information to be necessary. Such reports
shall be under oath whenever the commission so requires. The commission may also require any
motor vehicle carrier to file with it a true copy of each or any contract, agreement or arrangement
between such carrier and any other carrier or person in relation to any traffic affected by
the provisions of this chapter, to which he or it may be a party. (b) The commission may,
in its discretion, prescribe the forms of any and all accounts, records and memoranda to be
kept by motor carriers and the length of time such accounts, records and memoranda shall be
preserved, including the accounts, records and memoranda of the...
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16-24C-6
Section 16-24C-6 Termination of employment - Grounds for termination; procedures; appeals.
(a) Tenured teachers and nonprobationary classified employees may be terminated at any time
because of a justifiable decrease in the number of positions or for incompetency, insubordination,
neglect of duty, immorality, failure to perform duties in a satisfactory manner, or other
good and just cause, subject to the rights and procedures hereinafter provided. However, a
vote or decision to approve a recommended termination on the part of a president of a two-year
educational institution operated under the authority and control of the Department of Postsecondary
Education or the governing board shall not be made for political or personal reasons. (b)
The termination of a tenured teacher or nonprobationary classified employee who is not an
employee of a two-year educational institution operated under the authority and control of
the Department of Postsecondary Education shall be initiated by the...
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6-11-51
Section 6-11-51 Definitions. As used in this article the following words and terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ANNUITY ISSUER. An insurer that has issued a contract to fund
periodic payments under a structured settlement. (2) DEPENDENTS. A payee's spouse and minor
children and all other persons for whom the payee is legally obligated to provide support,
including alimony. (3) DISCOUNTED PRESENT VALUE. The present value of future payments determined
by discounting the payments to the present using the most recently published applicable federal
rate for determining the present value of an annuity, as issued by the United States Internal
Revenue Service. (4) GROSS ADVANCE AMOUNT. The sum payable to the payee or for the payee's
account as consideration for a transfer of structured settlement payment rights before any
reductions for transfer expenses or other deductions to be made from the consideration. (5)
INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE. Advice of an attorney, certified public...
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10A-2-7.22
Section 10A-2-7.22 Proxies. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY
1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A shareholder may vote his or her
shares in person or by proxy. An electronic transmission must contain or be accompanied by
information from which one can reasonably determine that the shareholder authorized the transmission
and that it is the shareholder who actually votes or corresponds on the transmission. (b)
A shareholder or his or her agent or attorney-in-fact may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise
act for him or her by signing an appointment form or by means of an electronic transmission.
An electronic transmission must contain or be accompanied by information from which one can
determine that the shareholder, the shareholder's agent, or the shareholder's attorney-in-fact
authorized the transmission. (c) An appointment of a proxy is effective when a signed appointment
form or an electronic transmission of the appointment is...
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12-16-150
Section 12-16-150 Challenges of jurors for cause - Grounds generally. It is good ground for
challenge of a juror by either party: (1) That the person has not been a resident householder
or freeholder of the county for the last preceding six months. (2) That he is not a citizen
of Alabama. (3) That he has been indicted within the last 12 months for felony or an offense
of the same character as that with which the defendant is charged. (4) That he is connected
by consanguinity within the ninth degree, or by affinity within the fifth degree, computed
according to the rules of the civil law, either with the defendant or with the prosecutor
or the person alleged to be injured. (5) That he has been convicted of a felony. (6) That
he has an interest in the conviction or acquittal of the defendant or has made any promise
or given any assurance that he will convict or acquit the defendant. (7) That he has a fixed
opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant which would bias his...
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