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45-25-243
Section 45-25-243 Lodging tax levied. (a) In DeKalb County, in addition to all other taxes
imposed by law, there is levied a privilege or license tax in the amount herein prescribed
against every person within the county engaging in the business of renting or furnishing a
room or rooms, lodging or accommodations, to a transient in a hotel, motel, inn, condominium,
house, tourist court, or another place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are regularly
furnished to transients for a consideration. The amount of the tax shall be equal to two percent
of the charge for the rooms, lodgings, or accommodations, including the charge for use of
rental or personal property and services furnished in the room or rooms within DeKalb County
and one percent of the charge within the corporate limits of Fort Payne. (b)(l) There are
exempted from the tax levied by this section, and from the computation of the amount of the
tax levied or payable all of the following: Charges for property sold or...
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9-16-89
Section 9-16-89 Performance bonds and bond releases. (a) After a surface coal mining and reclamation
permit application has been approved but before such a permit is issued, the applicant shall
file with the regulatory authority, on a form prescribed and furnished by the regulatory authority,
a bond for performance payable to the state and conditioned upon faithful performance of all
the requirements of this article and the permit. The bond shall cover all lands disturbed
by the surface coal mining operation and the amount of the initial bond shall be such to cover
that area of land within the permit area upon which the operator will initiate and conduct
surface coal mining and reclamation operations within the initial term of the permit. As succeeding
increments of surface coal mining and reclamation operations are to be initiated and conducted
within the permit area, the permittee shall file with the regulatory authority an additional
bond or bonds to cover such increments in...
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9-3-17
Section 9-3-17 Certification as volunteer fire department. (a) The term volunteer fire department
shall apply to and be used to define an organized group of area residents who meet the following
requirements for personnel, training, and equipment: (1) The group shall be organized and
incorporated under the laws of the State of Alabama as a nonprofit organization or as an authority
of a municipality, fire district, or other legal subdivision. The group shall actively respond
to fires and other emergencies and shall have a clearly defined coverage area recognized by
the Alabama Forestry Commission and the county fire association where the group is located
as the primary fire protection provider for the coverage area. The group shall be comprised
of not less than four members and shall provide monthly emergency response reports to the
commission. All persons who are members of the group shall be known as volunteer fire fighters,
and shall have been qualified as such by participating in...
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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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24-1-61
Section 24-1-61 Definitions. The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this article
shall have the following respective meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context: (1) AUTHORITY or HOUSING AUTHORITY. A public body organized as a body corporate
and politic in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the powers
and subject to the restrictions set forth in this article. (2) COUNTY. All of the county except
that portion which lies within the territorial boundaries of any city or incorporated town.
(3) COUNTY COMMISSION. The governing body of any county. (4) HOUSING COMMISSIONER. One of
the members of an authority appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article. (5)
GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the state and federal governments and any subdivision,
agency, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. (6) STATE. The State
of Alabama. (7) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Such term shall include the...
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27-17A-2
Section 27-17A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ALTERNATIVE CONTAINER. A nonmetal receptacle or enclosure, without ornamentation
or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which
is made of cardboard, pressed-wood, composition materials (with or without an outside covering),
or pouches of canvas or other materials. (2) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE. The meeting occurring
either at need or preneed between the seller and the purchaser during which funeral or cemetery
merchandise and services are discussed. (3) ARRANGEMENT CONFERENCE FEE. The charge to the
purchaser in conjunction with the arrangement conference. (4) AT NEED. At the time of death,
or immediately following death. (5) AUTHORIZING AGENT. One who is lawfully authorized to control
the final disposition of human remains. (6) BELOW-GROUND CRYPT. A preplaced enclosed chamber,
which is usually constructed of reinforced concrete,...
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45-29-140.05
Section 45-29-140.05 Powers of authority; rates and charges. (a) The authority shall have the
following powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge
thereof in corporate form: (1) To have succession by its corporate name for the duration of
time specified in its certificate of incorporation. (2) To sue and be sued in its own name
in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this article, and to defend civil actions
against it. (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the same at pleasure.
(4) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business.
(5) To acquire, receive, and take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to
hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether located in one or more
counties and whether located within or outside the service area. (6) To make, enter into,
and execute such contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take...
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45-37-244.01
Section 45-37-244.01 Automobile rental tax. (a) In Jefferson County, in addition to all other
taxes imposed by law, there is hereby levied an additional privilege or license tax, in the
amount hereinafter prescribed against any person, organization, or other entity engaging or
continuing in the county in the business of leasing or renting any passenger automotive vehicle,
the duration of the lease being not more than one year. The amount of the taxes levied by
this section shall be equal to three percent of the gross proceeds derived by the lessor from
the lease or rental of such passenger automotive vehicle for not more than one year. The taxes
levied by this section shall become effective September 1, 2001. (b) All amounts collected
pursuant to this section shall be allocated to the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority,
established by Sections 45-37-90 to 45-37-90.07, inclusive, and shall be used for the support
of the operation of the authority, including, but not limited to,...
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9-17-152
Section 9-17-152 Board approval; recordation of order; certificate of effectiveness; dissolution
of fields and units; determination of commercial reserves; creation of cavities. (a) The use
of an underground reservoir as a storage facility for gas is hereby authorized, provided that
the board shall first enter an order, after notice and hearing pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 9-17-3 to 9-17-8, inclusive, approving such proposed underground storage of gas
and designating the horizontal and vertical boundaries of the storage facility, such boundaries
to include within them any necessary or reasonable buffer zone for the purpose of insuring
the safe operation of the storage facility and to protect the storage facility against pollution,
invasion, and escape or migration of gas therefrom, upon finding as follows: (1) That the
storage facility is suitable and feasible for the injection, storage and withdrawal of gas
and has a greater value or utility for the storage of gas than for...
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11-62-7
Section 11-62-7 Powers of authority generally; operation of facilities by authority. (a) Every
authority shall have all of the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate
the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the following powers: (1) To have succession in its corporate name for the
duration of time (which may be in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of Section 11-62-17)
specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil
suits and actions and to defend suits against it; (3) To adopt and make use of a corporate
seal and to alter the same at pleasure; (4) To adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations,
and rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, for the regulation and conduct
of its affairs and business; (5) To acquire, whether by gift, purchase, transfer, foreclosure,
lease, or otherwise, and to expand, improve, maintain, equip, and...
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