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35-9A-501
Section 35-9A-501 Retaliatory conduct prohibited. (a) Except as provided in this section, a
landlord may not retaliate by discriminatorily increasing rent or decreasing services or by
bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession because: (1) the tenant has complained
to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building or housing
code of a violation applicable to the premises materially affecting health and safety; (2)
the tenant has complained to the landlord of a violation under Section 35-9A-204; or (3) the
tenant has organized or become a member of a tenant's union or similar organization. (b) If
a landlord acts in violation of subsection (a), the tenant is entitled to the remedies provided
in Section 35-9A-407 and has a defense in any retaliatory action against the tenant for possession.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a landlord may bring an action for possession
if: (1) the violation of the applicable building or housing...
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37-2-34
Section 37-2-34 Joint actions against connecting carriers. When goods, wares, merchandise or
other personal property are shipped to some point of delivery in this state over two or more
connecting lines of transportation companies, both or all of which are engaged in the business
of a transportation company in the State of Alabama, and such goods, wares and merchandise
or other personal property are lost, destroyed, or damaged because of unreasonable delay in
the delivery thereof or by the neglect of duty of any such transportation company or connecting
transportation companies, and the owner or consignee of such freight sustains injury or loss
thereby, and payment for such injury or loss or destruction is not made after notice to and
demand therefor of such connecting and delivering companies within 30 days thereafter, the
owner or consignee thereof may bring a civil action against such delivering and connecting
companies jointly; the action to be instituted in the county of delivery,...
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9-17-23
Section 9-17-23 Owners not to allow wells to get out of control, etc.; rights of board upon
failure of owners to control wells; powers, etc., of board to secure payment by owners of
costs and expenses of controlling or plugging wells. In order to protect further the natural
gas fields and oil fields in this state, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any owner
to allow a well to go wild or to get out of control. The owner of any such well shall, after
24 hours written notice by the board given to him or to the person in possession of such well,
make reasonable effort to control such well. In the event of the failure of the owner of such
well within 24 hours after service of the notice above provided for to control the same, if
such can be done within the period, or to begin in good faith, upon service of such notice,
operations to control such well or upon failure to prosecute diligently such operations, then
the board shall have the right to take charge of the work of controlling...
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10A-2A-8.31
Section 10A-2A-8.31 Standards of liability for directors. Notwithstanding Division C of Article
3 of Chapter 1: (a) A director shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for any decision to take or not to take action, or any failure to take any action, as a director,
unless the party asserting liability in a proceeding establishes that: (1) no defense interposed
by the director based on (i) any provision in the certificate of incorporation authorized
by Section 10A-2A-2.02(b)(4) or by Section 10A-2A-2.02(b)(6), or (ii) the protection afforded
by Section 10A-2A-8.60, precludes liability; and (2) the challenged conduct consisted or was
the result of: (i) action not in good faith; or (ii) a decision (A) which the director did
not reasonably believe to be in the best interests of the corporation, or (B) as to which
the director was not informed to an extent the director reasonably believed appropriate in
the circumstances; or (iii) a lack of objectivity due to the...
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13A-8-23
Section 13A-8-23 Tampering with availability of gas, electricity, or water. (a) The following
terms shall have the meanings ascribed thereto unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) OWNER. Includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant-in-common, joint tenant, or tenant
by the entirety of the whole or part of any building. (2) PERSON. Includes a corporation,
firm, company, or association. (3) TENANT or OCCUPANT. Shall include any person who occupies
the whole or a part of any building whether alone or with others and shall include the owner.
(4) UTILITY. Any public or private utility authorized to provide electricity, natural gas,
or water or any combination thereof for sale to consumers in any particular service area.
(5) UTILITY SERVICES. The products, commodities, and services provided by a utility to its
customers. (b) It shall be unlawful for a tenant, occupant, or any other person to commit
any of the following acts which could, or in fact does, make gas, electricity, or...
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20-2-141
Section 20-2-141 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
A substance as defined in Section 20-2-2. (2) IMITATION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. A substance,
other than a legend controlled drug, that is not a controlled substance, which by dosage unit
appearance (including color, size, shape, and markings), and by representations made, would
lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is a controlled substance. In the cases
where the appearance of the dosage unit is not reasonably sufficient to establish that the
substance is an "imitation controlled substance" (for example as in the case of
a powder or liquid), the court or authority concerned should consider, in addition to all
other logically relevant factors, the following factors as related to "representations
made" in determining whether the substance is an "imitation controlled substance":...
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3-1-1
Section 3-1-1 Keeping of dog known to kill, etc., stock prohibited; liability of owner for
injuries, etc., caused by same; liability for killing of same. No person shall keep any dog
which has been known to kill or worry sheep or other stock without being set upon the same.
Any person knowingly keeping such dog is liable for double the value of all stock killed or
injured by such dog, such damages to be recovered by the owner of such stock before any court
of competent jurisdiction and no action shall be maintained against anyone for killing such
dog. (Code 1867, §1296; Code 1876, §1601; Code 1886, §1379; Code 1896, §421; Code 1907,
§2832; Code 1923, §6072; Code 1940, T. 3, §1.)...
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32-5-9
Section 32-5-9 Liability for damage to highway or structure. (a) Any person driving any vehicle,
object, or contrivance upon any highway or highway structure shall be liable for all damage
which the highway or structure may sustain as a result of any illegal or careless operation,
driving or moving of such vehicle, object, or contrivance, or as a result of operating, driving,
or moving any vehicle, object, or contrivance weighing in excess of the maximum weight prescribed
by law but authorized by a special permit issued as provided in Section 32-9-29. (b) Whenever
such driver is not the owner of such vehicle, object, or contrivance, but is so operating,
driving, or moving the same with the express or implied permission of the owner, then the
owner and driver shall be jointly and severally liable for any such damage. (c) Such damage
may be recovered in a civil action brought by the authorities in control of such highway or
highway structures. (Acts 1949, No. 516, p. 740, §41.)...
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35-8A-206
Section 35-8A-206 Leasehold condominiums. (a) Any lease the expiration or termination of which
may terminate the condominium or reduce its size shall be recorded. Every lessor of those
leases must sign the declaration, and the declaration must state: (1) The recording data for
the lease, the date of the lease, and the date of its recordation; (2) The date on which the
lease is scheduled to expire; (3) A legally sufficient description of the real estate subject
to the lease; (4) Any right of the unit owners to redeem the reversion and the manner whereby
those rights may be exercised, or a statement that they do not have those rights; (5) Any
right of the unit owners to remove any improvements within a reasonable time after the expiration
or termination of the lease, or a statement that they do not have those rights; and (6) Any
rights of the unit owners to renew the lease and the conditions of any renewal, or a statement
that they do not have those rights. (b) After the declaration for...
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11-89C-9
Section 11-89C-9 Powers of governing bodies. (a) A governing body shall proceed under this
chapter as a participant in the public corporation or individually, to adopt upon reasonable
public notice and following public hearing all necessary rules and regulations by resolution
or ordinance to implement this chapter and to specifically regulate and control storm water
discharges and eliminate the discharge of pollutants to its municipal separate storm sewers.
Provided, however, that all discharges originating from any lands or facilities owned or operated
by one or more entities under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Alabama Public Service
Commission are exempted from regulation under any local storm water management program and
shall be regulated exclusively by ADEM. Further, any commission non-jurisdictional electric
supplier, as defined by Section 37-4-140, whose service area extends beyond the boundaries
of a single municipal or county jurisdiction shall be exempted from the...
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