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34-3-24
Section 34-3-24 Encouraging litigation; champerty - Generally. Any attorney-at-law, either
before or after action brought, who gives, offers, or promises to give a valuable consideration
to another person as an inducement to placing in the hands of such attorney or in the hands
of any partnership of attorneys, or in the hands of any other attorney, a demand of any kind
for the purpose of bringing an action or making claim against another person, corporation
or partnership, or who gives or offers or promises a valuable consideration to any person
in consideration of such person having so placed in his hands as an attorney, or of any other
attorney, partnership or firm of attorneys, a demand of any kind for the purpose of bringing
an action or making claim against another; or who employs or offers to employ any person to
search for or procure clients to be brought to such attorney or any other attorney, or partnership
or firm of attorneys; or who employs or offers to employ a person to...
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40-27-1
Section 40-27-1 Compact adopted; terms. The following Multistate Tax Compact is hereby approved,
adopted and enacted into law by the State of Alabama: Multistate Tax Compact Article I. Purposes.
The purposes of this compact are to: 1. Facilitate proper determination of state and local
tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of tax bases
and settlement of apportionment disputes. 2. Promote uniformity or compatibility in significant
components of tax systems. 3. Facilitate taxpayer convenience and compliance in the filing
of tax returns and in other phases of tax administration. 4. Avoid duplicative taxation. Article
II. Definitions. As used in this compact: 1. "State" means a state of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession
of the United States. 2. "Subdivision" means any governmental unit or special district
of a state. 3. "Taxpayer" means any corporation, partnership, firm,...
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34-11-15
Section 34-11-15 Violations; penalties. (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, or
holds himself or herself out as qualified to practice engineering or land surveying in this
state or uses in connection with his or her name or otherwise assumes, uses, or advertises
any title or description including, but not limited to, the term engineer, engineers, engineering,
or professional engineer, professional engineers, or professional engineering, or land surveyor,
land surveyors, land surveying, or professional land surveyor, professional land surveyors,
or professional land surveying, without being licensed or exempted in accordance with this
chapter, or any person presenting or attempting to use as his or her own the certificate of
licensure or the seal or facsimile thereof of another, or permitting his or her own certificate
of licensure, seal or facsimile thereof to be used by another person, or any person who gives
any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any...
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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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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections
as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to
license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound
racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth
in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession
in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time
to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to
adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission
shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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34-3-25
Section 34-3-25 Encouraging litigation; champerty - Receiving compensation from attorney. Any
person who shall, before or after an action is brought, receive or agree to receive from any
attorney-at-law, firm or partnership of attorneys compensation for services in seeking out,
procuring or placing in the hands of an attorney, firm or partnership of attorneys a demand
of any kind for an action or compromise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000 and, in addition, may be punished by imprisonment
in the county jail or by hard labor for the county for a term not exceeding six months, at
the discretion of the court trying the case. (Code 1907, §6313; Code 1923, §3309; Code 1940,
T. 46, §54.)...
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11-65-22
Section 11-65-22 Acquisition of interest in horse racing facility licensee or operator. (a)
A disqualified person may not acquire or hold an interest in a horse racing facility licensee
or an operator. A commission may require that a disqualified person dispose of its interest
in a horse racing facility licensee or an operator within a reasonable period of time provided
that (i) the commission shall determine at a hearing that the owner of such interest is a
disqualified person and (ii) the person who is alleged to be a disqualified person shall receive
notice of and an opportunity to be heard at such hearing. Any person aggrieved by an action
of a commission pursuant to this section may appeal to the circuit court of the host county
pursuant to Section 11-65-12. (b) Any person desiring to acquire stock in, a partnership or
other ownership interest in, or to become an owner or member of, any entity which holds a
horse racing facility license or an operator's license hereunder who,...
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34-27-36
Section 34-27-36 Disciplinary action - Generally. (a) The commission or its staff may on its
own, or on the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions and records
of a licensee. The commission may issue subpoenas and compel the testimony of witnesses and
the production of records and documents during an investigation. If probable cause is found,
a formal complaint shall be filed and the commission shall hold a hearing on the formal complaint.
The commission shall revoke or suspend the license or impose a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or both, or reprimand
the licensee in each instance in which the licensee is found guilty of any of the following
acts set out in this section. The commission may revoke or suspend a license until such time
as the licensee has completed an approved continuing education course and/or made restitution
to accounts containing funds to be held for other...
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27-29-3
Section 27-29-3 Acquisition of control of, or merger with, domestic insurers. (a)(1) No person
other than the issuer shall make a tender offer for or a request or invitation for tenders
of, or enter into any agreement to exchange securities for, seek to acquire, or acquire in
the open market any voting security of a domestic insurer if, after the consummation thereof,
such person would, directly or indirectly, or by conversion or by exercise of any right to
acquire, be in control of such insurer, and no person shall enter into an agreement to merge
with or otherwise to acquire control of a domestic insurer, or any person controlling a domestic
insurer unless, at the time any such offer, request, or invitation is made or any such agreement
is entered into, or prior to the acquisition of such securities if no offer or agreement is
involved such person has filed with the commissioner and has sent to such insurer a statement
containing the information required by this section and such...
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34-11-35
Section 34-11-35 Powers of the board. (a) The board shall have the power to adopt and amend
bylaws and rules not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as may be
reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and the regulation of its procedures,
meetings, records, examinations, and conduct. The board shall have the power to adopt and
amend from time to time rules of professional conduct for professional engineers, engineer
interns, professional land surveyors, land surveyor interns, and corporations, partnerships,
or firms holding certificates of authorization. The board shall adopt and have an official
seal, which shall be affixed to each certificate issued. (b) In carrying into effect its duties
in any case involving the revocation of licensure or any disciplinary proceeding involving
a licensee or the holder of a certificate of authorization or practicing or offering to practice
without licensure, or false statement in connection with an...
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