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16-16B-1
Section 16-16B-1 Short title; electronic textbooks; wireless electronic devices; rule making
authority; implementation plan; Alabama Ahead Oversight Committee. (a) This chapter shall
be known and may be cited as the Alabama Ahead Act. (b)(1) Commencing with the 2016-2017 school
year, students may be provided textbooks in electronic format . Textbooks in electronic format
may be available to schools under the jurisdiction of those local boards of education which
choose to participate in Alabama Ahead, to the extent practicable and funding is obtainable,
to provide students with resources in the following three areas: a. Wireless broadband access
via high-quality WiFi infrastructure in schools, as a first priority pursuant to Section 16-6B-2.1.
b. Upgrades, expansions, and maintenance of existing WiFi infrastructure. c. Devices, digital
content, management systems, debt service, or support. (2) Digital textbooks or other instructional
materials provided in electronic format may also be...
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22-21-264
Section 22-21-264 Criteria for state agency review. The SHPDA, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 22-21-274, shall prescribe by rules and regulations the criteria and clarifying definitions
for reviews covered by this article. These criteria shall include at least the following:
(1) Consistency with the appropriate State Health Facility and services plans effective at
the time the application was received by the State Agency, which shall include the latest
approved revisions of the following plans: a. The most recent Alabama State Health Plan which
shall include updated inventories and separate bed need methodologies for inpatient rehabilitation
beds, inpatient psychiatric beds and inpatient/residential alcohol and drug abuse beds. b.
Alabama State Health Plan for services to the mentally ill. c. Alabama State Plan for rehabilitation
facilities. d. Alabama developmental disabilities plan. e. Alabama State alcoholism plan.
f. Such other State Plans as may from time to time be...
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22-27-45
Section 22-27-45 State Solid Waste Management Plan. The Director of the Alabama Department
of Environmental Management, with the advice and consultation of the Solid Waste Management
Advisory Committee, is directed to prepare a State Solid Waste Management Plan. In developing
the state plan, the department will seek to achieve the following goals: (1) That solid waste
facilities and management systems are provided for in an orderly manner consistent with the
needs and plans of the state and its regions and local governments; (2) That alternative methods
of solid waste management are encouraged as a means of reducing the state's dependence on
landfilling; (3) That all aspects of local, regional and state planning, zoning, population
estimates, and economics are taken into consideration; and (4) That appropriate time schedules
are set for the phasing in of the required component parts of the system. Said plan shall
be developed in two phases: a. The first phase of the plan shall be...
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27-45-2
Section 27-45-2 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE
CODE. Title 27 of the Code of Alabama 1975. (2) INSURER. Such term shall have the meaning
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (3) PERSON. Such term shall have the meaning ascribed in Section
27-1-2. (4) COMMISSIONER and DEPARTMENT. Such terms, respectively, shall have the meanings
ascribed in Section 27-1-2. (5) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. Any obligation under covered policies
or employee benefit plans. (6) COVERED POLICY OR PLAN. Any policy, employee benefit plan,
or contract within the scope of this article. (7) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY. Any individual,
group, blanket, or franchise insurance policy, insurance agreement, or group hospital service
contract providing for pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription
drugs, incurred as a result of accident or sickness, or to prevent same....
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31-9-3
Section 31-9-3 Definitions. As used in this article, these terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. The preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions,
other than functions for which military forces or other federal agencies are primarily responsible,
to prevent, minimize, and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters caused by enemy
attack, sabotage, or other hostile action, or by fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural
cause. These functions include, without limitation, fire-fighting services; police services;
medical and health services; rescue, engineering, air raid warning services; communications;
radiological, chemical, and other special weapons of defense; evacuation of persons from stricken
areas; emergency welfare services (civilian war aid); emergency transportation; plant protection;
temporary restoration of public utility services; and other functions related to civilian
protection, together with all other activities...
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38-12A-2
Section 38-12A-2 Enumeration of rights. The Department of Human Resources shall ensure that
each foster parent shall have all of the following rights: (1) The right to be treated with
dignity, respect, trust, value, and consideration as a primary provider of foster care and
a member of the professional team caring for foster children. (2) The right to receive information
concerning the rights enumerated in this section. (3) The right to a concise written explanation
of their role as foster parents in partnership with children and their families, the department,
and other providers, the role of the department, and the rights and role of the members of
the birth family of a child in foster care. (4) The right to training and support for the
purpose of improving skills in providing daily care and meeting the needs of the child in
foster care. (5) The right to training, consultation, and assistance in evaluating, identifying,
and accessing services to meet their needs related to their role...
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45-42-162.17
Section 45-42-162.17 Transition. (a) The transition period shall be directed by the provisions
contained herein. The level of services during transition shall not be below the level of
service previously provided by the respective government. (b)(1) Not later than six months
after assuming office, the commission shall adopt a plan for the reorganization of service
operations on a countywide basis, so that the general service district shall receive services,
(including, but not limited to: streets and roads, refuse disposal, police, parks, and recreation),
which are customarily furnished by a county government in a metropolitan area, and the urban
service district shall receive services, (including, but not limited to: additional police
protection, additional transportation, street lighting, and street cleaning) which are customarily
furnished by a city in a metropolitan area. The plan to combine services and functions should
aim toward effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in the...
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8-22-4
Section 8-22-4 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
this section unless otherwise stated and unless the context or subject matter clearly indicates
otherwise: (1) PERSON. Any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business
trust, joint stock company, company, corporation, or legal entity. (2) MOTOR FUEL. Those products
upon which the state excise tax levied, or defined, in Sections 40-17-1 through 40-17-52 and
40-17-170, as amended, is imposed. (3) WHOLESALER. Includes any person qualified as a wholesaler
of motor fuel with the state Revenue Commissioner, and shall also mean and include any person,
other than a buying pool defined herein, wherever resident or located, who brings or causes
to be brought into this state motor fuel purchased directly from the manufacturer thereof.
(4) WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION. Any person, or the act of any person, including any affiliate
of such person, in commerce within the state, who purchases motor...
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17-6-81
Section 17-6-81 Fair Ballot Commission; ballot statements. (a)(1) There is created the Fair
Ballot Commission. The purpose of the commission is to provide to the public a fair and accurate
explanation of what a vote for and what a vote against a statewide ballot measure represents.
(2) The commission shall consist of the following 18 members: The Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and the Secretary of State, or their designees, shall each serve as a member on the commission
and shall each appoint to the commission one member who is an attorney licensed in the state
and one member who is a private citizen of the state who is not an attorney. The Alabama State
University School of Public Policy, the Samford University School of Public Policy, and the
Miles College School of Law shall each appoint a member to the commission. Other than the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of...
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21-7-1
Section 21-7-1 Declaration of policy; definitions. (a) It is the policy of this state to encourage
and enable the blind, the visually impaired, and the physically disabled to participate fully
in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in meaningful employment. (b) For
the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) HANDLER.
Includes an individual with a disability and a trainer. (2) HOUSING ACCOMMODATION. Any real
property or portion thereof which is used or occupied, or intended, arranged, or designed
to be used or occupied, as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more individuals,
but does not include any single-family residence, the occupants of which rent, lease, or furnish
for compensation not more than one room therein. (3) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY. As defined
by 42 U.S.C. ยง12102, and further defined as an individual who has a physical or mental impairment,
including a physical, sensory, psychiatric,...
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