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6-5-332.1
Section 6-5-332.1 Immunity of persons assisting or advising as to mitigation of effects of
discharge of hazardous materials; nonimmunity of certain persons. (a) As used in this section,
the following words and terms shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) DISCHARGE. Includes leakage, seepage, or other release. (2) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Includes
all materials and substances which are now or hereafter designated or defined as hazardous
by any state or federal law or by the regulations of any state or federal government agency.
(3) PERSON. Includes any qualified individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other
entity. A qualified individual is one who is trained in the handling of hazardous materials.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no person, including a response
action contractor as defined in Section 22-35-3, who provides assistance or advice in mitigating
or attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened...
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6-5-336
Section 6-5-336 Volunteers. (a) This section shall be known as "The Volunteer Service
Act." (b) The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) The willingness of volunteers
to offer their services has been increasingly deterred by a perception that they put personal
assets at risk in the event of tort actions seeking damages arising from their activities
as volunteers; (2) The contributions of programs, activities, and services to communities
is diminished and worthwhile programs, activities, and services are deterred by the unwillingness
of volunteers to serve either as volunteers or as officers, directors, or trustees of nonprofit
public and private organizations; (3) The provisions of this section are intended to encourage
volunteers to contribute their services for the good of their communities and at the same
time provide a reasonable basis for redress of claims which may arise relating to those services.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the meaning of the terms specified shall...
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9-10B-5
Section 9-10B-5 Functions and duties of Office of Water Resources. The general functions and
duties of the Office of Water Resources shall be as follows: (1) To develop long-term strategic
plans for the use of the waters of the state by conducting and participating in water resource
studies and by administering the laws established by this chapter and regulations promulgated
hereunder; (2) Acting through the commission, to adopt and promulgate rules, regulations,
and standards for the purposes of this chapter, and to develop policy for the state regarding
the waters of the state; (3) To implement quantitative water resource programs and projects
for the coordination, conservation, development, management, use, and understanding of the
waters of the state; (4) To serve as a repository for data regarding the waters of the state;
(5) To, at its discretion, study, analyze, and evaluate in coordination with, or with the
assistance of, other agencies of the state, the federal government, any...
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10A-1-8.04
Section 10A-1-8.04 Merger with or conversion from a foreign entity. (a) One or more foreign
entities may merge with one or more domestic entities in accordance with Section 10A-1-8.02,
and a foreign entity may convert to a domestic entity, or a domestic entity may convert to
a foreign entity in accordance with Section 10A-1-8.01 only if: (1) The merger or conversion
is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law each foreign entity is formed
and each foreign entity complies with that law in effecting the merger or conversion. (2)
In the case of a conversion, the foreign entity complies with the requirements of Section
10A-1-8.01. (3) In the case of a merger, the foreign entity complies with the requirements
of Section 10A-1-8.02. (b) Upon the merger or conversion taking effect, the surviving foreign
entity of a merger and the foreign converted entity in a conversion is deemed: (1) To consent
that service of process in a proceeding to enforce any obligation or any...
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22-35-3
to disallow recovery to any person who interferes with prompt remediation of impacted soils
and groundwater. Such term shall not include any person to whom property is sold, given, or
abandoned after discovery of a release or in anticipation of damage due to a release. (17)
THIRD-PARTY CLAIM. Any civil action brought or asserted by any third party against any owner
or operator of any underground or aboveground storage tank who is in substantial compliance
as stated in this chapter for bodily injury or property damage which damages are the
direct result of an accidental release arising from the operation of motor fuel underground
or aboveground storage tanks covered under this chapter. The assessment of punitive damages
shall not constitute a third-party claim recoverable against the fund, nor shall punitive
damages be assessed against the fund. (18) UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK. Any one or combination
of tanks (including pipes connected thereto) used to contain an accumulation of motor...
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26-14-6
Section 26-14-6 Temporary protective custody. A police officer, a law enforcement official,
or a designated employee of the State or County Department of Human Resources may take a child
into protective custody, or any person in charge of a hospital or similar institution or any
physician treating a child may keep that child in his or her custody, without the consent
of the parent or guardian, whether or not additional medical treatment is required, if the
circumstances or conditions of the child are such that continuing in his or her place of residence
or in the care and custody of the parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible
for the child's care presents an imminent danger to that child's life or health. However,
such official shall immediately notify the court having jurisdiction over juveniles of such
actions in taking the child into protective custody; provided, that such custody shall not
exceed 72 hours and that a court of competent jurisdiction and the...
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37-15-10.1
Section 37-15-10.1 Underground Damage Prevention Authority. (a) The Underground Damage Prevention
Authority is created for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and for reviewing penalty provisions
and the adequacy of the enforcement process. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
authority and its enforcement activities not be funded by appropriations from the state budget.
(b) The authority shall utilize the services of the Alabama Public Service Commission to provide
administrative support for the authority, subject to the concurrence by the authority board.
The Public Service Commission shall charge the expenses associated with the administrative
duties of the authority back to the authority, subject to the concurrence of the authority
board. The administrative support provided by the Alabama Public Service Commission to the
authority is in an administrative capacity only and nothing in this chapter shall expand the
jurisdiction of the Alabama Public Service Commission in any...
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11-44B-11
Section 11-44B-11 City clerk, finance director, revenue director, city attorney, assistant
city attorneys, and city department heads continued in office; powers and duties; claims against
city; financial records; warrants; deposit of public money; payment of moneys due municipality;
office space, supplies, and other support. (a) If the city clerk of any city which adopts
the mayor-council form of government as herein provided holds office subject to any civil
service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the city clerk under the mayor-council
form of government of such city and his successors shall be selected and hold office subject
to the provisions of such civil service or merit system. The city clerk shall attend the meetings
of the council and keep a record of its proceedings. He shall have the custody of the rules,
ordinances and resolutions of the council and shall keep a record of them when adopted by
the council. He shall also have the custody of the city seal....
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12-13-23
residence designated pursuant to this section. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the filing
of a declaration of residence under this section does not establish permanent residency for
the person filing the declaration for the purposes of eligibility for the Alabama G.I. and
Dependents' Educational Benefit Act, Sections 31-6-1 through 31-6-17, inclusive. (h) Nothing
in this section shall be used to change the venue of any pending civil action or for the purpose
of forum shopping. (i) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the filing of a declaration of residence
under this section does not establish permanent residency for the person filing the declaration
for the purposes of qualifying for in-state tuition rates at a state-supported institution
of higher education, unless the person either filed a personal income tax return with
the State of Alabama or would have been required to file a personal income tax return
if the person otherwise had a tax liability. (Act 2012-408, p. 1112, ยงยง1, 2.)...
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22-36-2
Section 22-36-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated,
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Environmental Management Commission. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama
Department of Environmental Management. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management. (4) OPERATOR. Any person in control of, or having responsibility
for, the daily operation of an underground storage tank. (5) OWNER OF AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANK: a. In the case of an underground storage tank in use on November 8, 1984 or brought
into use after that date, any person who owns an underground storage tank used for the storage,
use, or dispensing of regulated substances, and b. In the case of any underground storage
tank in use before November 8, 1984 but no longer in use on that date, the present owner of
the tank and any person who owned such tank immediately before the...
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