34-27B-1
Section 34-27B-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares that the practice
of respiratory therapy in Alabama affects the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens
of Alabama. It, therefore, should be subject to regulation and control, in the public interest
to protect the citizenry against the unauthorized, unqualified, and improper administration
of respiratory therapy and from unprofessional or unethical conduct by persons licensed to
practice respiratory therapy. (Act 2004-518, p. 1038, §1.)...
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9-14A-2
Section 9-14A-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is
necessary, desirable and in the public interest that the state parks system, public historical
sites, and public historical parks be maintained and improved. It is the intention of the
Legislature by the passage of this chapter to authorize the formation of two public corporations
for the purposes of providing for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation,
equipping, and maintenance of the state parks system, public historical sites, and public
historical parks, and to authorize the corporations to provide for payment of the costs of
accomplishing the stated purposes by implementing Amendment 617 to the Constitution of Alabama
of 1901 authorizing the issuance by the state of up to $110,000,000 in aggregate principal
amount of general obligation bonds, which amendment was proposed by Act 98-413 and ratified
by the electors of the state at the 1998 General Election, and by...
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11-89C-1
Section 11-89C-1 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that
it is in the public interest and the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state
and within the police power of the state, county, and municipal governments to promote effective
and efficient compliance with federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and permits relating
to discharges into and from municipal separate storm sewers, and to promote and authorize
the discovery, control, and elimination, wherever practicable, of that discharge at the local
government level. (b) It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter to
assist the state in its implementation of the storm water laws, and to supplement the authority
of the governing bodies of all counties and municipalities in the state to enable them to
implement the storm water laws. (c) It is further the intention of the Legislature to authorize
and promote the intercooperation of the governing bodies in...
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22-2-9
Section 22-2-9 Council on Dental Health, Council on Animal and Environmental Health, Council
on Prevention of Disease and Medical Care and Council on Health Costs, Administration and
Organization - Creation; duties; composition; appointment and terms of members. (a) There
are hereby created four councils to be known as: (1) The Council on Dental Health; (2) The
Council on Animal and Environmental Health; (3) The Council on the Prevention of Disease and
Medical Care; and (4) The Council on Health Costs, Administration and Organization. (b) It
shall be the duty of the councils to provide public health information, evaluation of data,
research, advice and recommendations to the State Committee of Public Health and perform such
other functions as may be appropriate and as requested by the State Committee of Public Health.
(c) The Council on Dental Health shall be composed of five members licensed to practice dentistry
in this state and appointed by the Alabama Dental Association. The...
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34-9-20
Section 34-9-20 Unauthorized advertising, selling, or offering of dental services and appliances;
injunctions. Any person, which word when used in this section shall include all legal entities
not licensed to practice dentistry in this state, who shall advertise in any manner to the
general public that he or she can or will sell, supply, furnish, construct, reproduce, or
repair prostheses (fixed or removable), or other appliances to be used or worn as substitutes
for natural teeth, or for the regulation thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the
circuit courts shall have jurisdiction to enjoin such person from so doing. (Acts 1959, No.
100, p. 569, §24; Acts 1981, No. 81-372, p. 540, §5; Act 2011-571, p. 1165, §1.)...
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16-18B-1
Section 16-18B-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is
necessary, desirable, and in the public interest that the state provide adequate forensic
sciences laboratories and educational facilities for the provision of instruction and research
in the field of forensic sciences. It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of
this article to authorize the formation of a public corporation for the purposes of providing
for the acquisition, provision, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping, and maintenance
of such facilities and to authorize the corporation to provide for payment of the costs of
accomplishing the stated purposes by implementing that certain constitutional amendment authorizing
the issuance by the state of up to $17,500,000 principal amount of its general obligation
bonds, which amendment was proposed by Act 98-337, and by issuing and selling for the state,
subject to the approval of the Governor, interest bearing general...
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17-5-8.2
Section 17-5-8.2 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature determines that there is a compelling
state and public interest in the disclosure of the source of funds used to advertise or otherwise
influence public opinion with regard to elections as defined in Section 17-5-2(3). The Legislature
further finds that these compelling interests should be designed to protect the public's right
to know while protecting free speech of individuals as guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution
and the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (b) Currently, the Fair Campaign Practices Act, as
provided in this chapter, commencing with Section 17-5-1, et seq., regulates the disclosure
of contributions and expenditures made for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election.
This chapter is also intended to regulate the disclosure of contributions and expenditures
for electioneering communications. (c) The Legislature finds and declares that Alabama voters
have a right to know who pays for the costs of...
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22-21-261
Section 22-21-261 Legislative findings; purpose of article. The Legislature of the State of
Alabama declares that it is the public policy of the State of Alabama that a certificate of
need program be administered in the state to assure that only those health care services and
facilities found to be in the public interest shall be offered or developed in the state.
It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this article to prevent the construction
of unnecessary and inappropriate health care facilities through a system of mandatory reviews
of new institutional health services, as the same are defined in this article. (Acts 1977,
1st Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1509, §1; Acts 1982, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 82-770, p. 249, §2.)...

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41-16A-2
Section 41-16A-2 Legislative intent. It is hereby found and declared by the Legislature of
Alabama that it is in the public interest that the state, political subdivisions, agencies,
boards, commissions, and departments thereof, the various counties of the state, the various
municipal corporations within the state, county boards of education, city boards of education,
instrumentalities of any of the foregoing, and public corporations arising under or organized
pursuant to any statute of the state shall have the flexibility to finance the acquisition,
installation, equipping, and/or improvement of any eligible property that such governmental
entity otherwise is legally authorized to acquire through the use of lease, lease-purchase,
and/or installment-purchase financing. It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of
this chapter that wherever, either by express grant or by implication, a governmental entity
has the power and authority to acquire any eligible property by purchase,...
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28-4A-6
Section 28-4A-6 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest
of the public welfare of the State of Alabama to preserve and redevelop the downtown municipal
areas and registered historic districts and certain economically distressed areas of this
state and to further promote the preservation and redevelopment of historic buildings and
sites. The Legislature finds that an effective way of facilitating the urban redevelopment
program and the preservation of historic buildings and sites, and registered historic districts
and any economically distressed area designated as suitable by the municipal or county governing
body is by creating a single exception to the existing alcoholic beverage laws to authorize
and permit the establishment of brewpubs located in such historic buildings, sites, or districts
in urban redevelopment areas or economically distressed areas of those municipalities located
within counties where the brewing of beer for consumption by the...
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