8-17-241
Section 8-17-241 Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this article shall have the following meanings: (1) ACT. Alabama Explosives Safety Act of 1993. (2) BLAST. The firing or detonating of explosives. (3) BLASTER. A person qualified by reason of training, knowledge, and experience to design, supervise, or detonate explosives in blasting operations, who has obtained a valid blaster certification card issued by the office. (4) BLASTING CONTRACTOR. A person employed, hired, or contracted by a client or other person to plan, organize, supervise, and conduct blasting operations. (5) BLASTING OPERATION. The use of explosives in the blasting of stone, rock, or any other natural formation, or in any construction, quarry work, or demolition of man-made structures. (6) BLASTING PRIVILEGES. Blasting certification, blasting contractor licensing, and blasting permits. (7) EXPLOSIVES. Any chemical compound or other substance or mechanical system intended for the purpose of producing...
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8-6-19
Section 8-6-19 Civil liabilities of sellers, agents, etc.; remedies of purchasers. (a) Any person who: (1) Sells or offers to sell a security in violation of any provision of this article or of any rule or order imposed under this article or of any condition imposed under this article, or (2) Sells or offers to sell a security by means of any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, the buyer not knowing of the untruth or omission, and who does not sustain the burden of proof that he did not know and in the exercise of reasonable care could not have known of the untruth or omission, is liable to the person buying the security from him who may bring an action to recover the consideration paid for the security, together with interest at six percent per year from the date of payment, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees,...
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11-97-8
Section 11-97-8 Powers of corporation; location of facilities of corporation. (a) Every corporation 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 11-97-22 hereof) 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, to construct and to expand, improve, operate,...
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15-12-1
Section 15-12-1 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTED COUNSEL. Any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama who is appointed by the court to represent an indigent defendant. (2) CONTRACT COUNSEL. Any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama, or a firm, association, corporation, or partnership of lawyers so licensed, executing a contract for the provision of indigent defense services. (3) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services. (4) INDIGENT DEFENDANT. Any person involved in a criminal or juvenile proceeding in the trial or appellate courts of the state for which proceeding representation by counsel is constitutionally required or is authorized or required by statute or court rule, including parents of children during the termination of parental rights hearings, who under oath or affirmation states that he or she is unable to pay for his or her...
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32-5A-191
Section 32-5A-191 (Effective until July 1, 2023) Driving while under influence of alcohol, controlled substances, etc. (a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle while: (1) There is 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood; (2) Under the influence of alcohol; (3) Under the influence of a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving; (4) Under the combined influence of alcohol and a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving; or (5) Under the influence of any substance which impairs the mental or physical faculties of such person to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving. (b) A person who is under the age of 21 years shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle if there is 0.02 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall suspend or revoke the...
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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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36-27-16
Section 36-27-16 Retirement, etc., of employees; retirement allowances. (a)(1) RETIREMENT, ETC., OF EMPLOYEES GENERALLY; ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS. a. Any Tier I plan member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 60 and any Tier II plan member who withdraws from service upon or after attainment of age 62 may retire upon written application to the Board of Control setting forth at what time, not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days subsequent to the execution and filing thereof, he or she desires to be retired; provided, that any such member who became a member on or after October 1, 1963, shall have completed 10 or more years of creditable service; provided further, that a Tier I plan member employed as a state policeman shall be eligible to file application for service retirement upon attaining age 52 and a Tier II plan member employed as a state policeman or employed as a correctional officer, firefighter, or law enforcement officer as defined...
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41-10-141
Section 41-10-141 Powers and duties of authority generally. An 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 (which may be in perpetuity) specified in its certificate of incorporation; (2) To maintain civil actions and have civil actions maintained against it in its corporate name, 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 amend its certificate of incorporation by filing in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate signed by all of the directors of the authority setting forth the details of the amendment, such certificate to be acknowledged in the same manner as the certificate of incorporation; (5) To adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and...
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41-10-355
Section 41-10-355 Members of authority; officers; payment of bonds of authority; quorum; vacancies; compensation; record of proceedings and use thereof as evidence; meetings. The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the authority. The Governor shall be the president of the authority, the commissioner shall be the vice-president thereof, and the Director of Finance shall be the secretary thereof. The State Treasurer shall be treasurer of the authority, shall act as custodian of the funds of the authority, and shall pay the principal of and interest on the bonds of the authority out of the funds hereinafter provided for; provided, that the State Treasurer may designate one or more banks either within or without the state as the paying agent with respect to any series of bonds issued under this article. The members of the authority shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the authority, and the...
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41-10-541
Section 41-10-541 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this division, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPROPRIATED FUNDS. Net TVA payments to the extent such payments are pledged and appropriated to the authority pursuant to Section 41-10-550. (2) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to this division. (3) AUTHORITY GUARANTY. An agreement of the authority pursuant to which the payment of debt service referable to bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of a development agency is guaranteed by the authority. (4) AUTHORITY OBLIGATIONS. Bonds of the authority and authority guaranties. (5) AUTHORITY-GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS. Bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of a development agency that are issued solely for the purpose in financing a project and that are guaranteed, in whole or in part,...
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