37-1-80.2
Section 37-1-80.2 Dual party relay system and fund; board of trustees; funding of other services; liability of trustees. (a) The Alabama Public Service Commission shall impose a surcharge on each access line of each customer of the local exchange companies operating in Alabama to fund a dual party relay system whereby a deaf or hearing-impaired person may communicate with other such persons or with hearing persons via telephone. The fee may be imposed by order of the Alabama Public Service Commission on the access line. (b) The Alabama Public Service Commission shall establish the amount to be imposed based on the amount of funding necessary to implement and maintain such system. However, no additional fees other than the surcharge may be imposed on any user of this deaf and hearing-impaired service. (c) The local exchange companies shall collect the surcharge from their customers and transfer the moneys collected to the Alabama Public Service Commission to be deposited into a special...
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37-4-80
Section 37-4-80 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is expressly stated or clearly indicated by the context: (1) PUBLIC UTILITY. Any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity of any kind engaged in the transportation and sale of gas and shall include the State of Alabama, every county in the State of Alabama, every municipality in the State of Alabama, every public body or corporation of whatever kind in the State of Alabama, as well as every private or nonpublic entity, when engaged in the transportation and sale of gas. (2) GAS. Natural gas, flammable gas or gas which is toxic or corrosive. (3) TRANSPORTATION OF GAS. The gathering, transmission, distribution and storage of natural gas and the transmission and distribution by pipeline of all kinds of gas other than natural gas. (4) PIPELINE SYSTEM. New and existing pipe rights-of-way and any pipeline, equipment, facility and...
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24-5-31
Section 24-5-31 Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section: (1) ANSI. The American National Standards Institute or its successor. (2) GROUND ANCHOR. Any device at the mobile home stand designed for the purpose of securing a mobile home to the ground. (3) MARSHAL. The Alabama State Fire Marshal. (4) NFPA. The National Fire Protection Association or its successor. (5) TIEDOWN. Any device designed to anchor a mobile home to ground anchors. (6) COMMISSION. The Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission. (7) INSTALL or INSTALLATION. Siting, placing, or anchoring a manufactured home or manufactured building, either one or more units, to land, upon footings, piers, or foundations, or connecting the home or building to public or private utilities. Public or private utilities shall not be classified as installers under this section. (8) INSTALLER. Any...
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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit. (4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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11-3A-2
Section 11-3A-2 Powers for public welfare, health, and safety; authorization; scope. (a) Except where otherwise specifically prohibited or provided for either heretofore or hereafter by general law or the constitution of this state and subject to the procedures and limitations set out in this chapter, the county commission of a county may provide for its property and affairs; and for the public welfare, health, and safety of the citizens throughout the unincorporated areas of the county by exercising certain powers for the protection of the county and public property under its control. The powers granted herein to provide for the public welfare, health, and safety of its citizens shall only include the following: (1) Abatement of weeds as a public nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60. (2) Subject to the provisions of Section 6-5-127, control of animals and animal nuisances. (3) Control of litter as defined in subsection (b) of Section 13A-7-29, or rubbish as defined in subdivision...
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24-4A-2
Section 24-4A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission. (2) APPROVED. Conforming to the recognized codes and regulatory requirements adopted by the commission. (3) APPROVED INSPECTION AGENCY. An organization meeting the commission's requirements to provide inspection of manufactured buildings and to insure compliance with national recognized codes, and rules and regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter. (4) LOCAL GOVERNMENT. A city or county government. (5) MANUFACTURE. The process of making, fabricating, constructing, forming or assembling a product from raw, unfinished or semifinished materials. (6) INSTALL. The assembly of a manufactured building, components of manufactured building on site and the process of affixing a manufactured building to land, a foundation, footings or an existing building and service connections which...
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34-11-14
Section 34-11-14 Persons and acts exempt from chapter. This chapter shall not be construed to prevent or to affect any of the following: (1) The practice of any other legally recognized profession or trade. (2) The work of an engineer intern or land surveyor intern, employee, or a subordinate of any person holding a certificate of licensure under this chapter, or any employee of a person practicing lawfully under paragraph b of subdivision (1) of Section 34-11-4, provided the work does not include final engineering or land surveying designs or decisions and is done under the responsible charge of and verified by an individual holding a certificate of licensure under this chapter. (3) The practice of officers and employees of the government of the United States while engaged within this state in the practice of engineering or land surveying for the government. This exception does not extend to any engineer or land surveyor engaged in the practice of professional engineering or land...
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8-19-7
Section 8-19-7 Exemptions. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to: (1) Acts done by the publisher, owner, agent or employee of a newspaper, periodical, radio, or television station or telephone company in the publication or dissemination of an advertisement, which the owner, agent, or employee did not have knowledge of the false, misleading or deceptive character of the advertisement; (2) Any seller of goods or services who meets all the following requirements: a. Has disseminated advertisement or promotional material from a manufacturer, packer, distributor, or other seller, from whom he has purchased the goods or services, unless the seller knew the advertisement or promotional material to be false or misleading; and b. On the request of the Attorney General or district attorney, provides the name and address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor or other seller from whom he has purchased the goods or services; and c. On the request of the Attorney General or district attorney,...
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8-19A-4
Section 8-19A-4 Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to: (1) A person engaging in commercial telephone solicitation where the solicitation is an isolated transaction and not done in the course of a pattern of repeated transactions of like nature. (2) A person making calls for religious, charitable, political, educational, or other noncommercial purposes or a person soliciting for a nonprofit corporation if that corporation is properly registered with the Secretary of State and is included within the exemption of the Alabama Revenue Code or Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or rural electric cooperatives formed under Chapter 6 of Title 37 of the Code of Alabama or affiliates or subsidiaries thereof. (3) A person soliciting: a. Without the intent to complete or obtain provisional acceptance of a sale during the telephone solicitation. b. Who does not make the major sales presentation during the telephone solicitation. c. Without the intent to complete, and...
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11-88-1
Section 11-88-1 Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the governing body of any county in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-88-3. (2) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. (3) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority. (4) BONDS. Bonds, notes, and certificates representing an obligation to pay money. (5) CONCISE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. A reasonably concise description of a particular geographic area which may be by metes and bounds or by reference to government surveys, recorded maps and plats, municipal, county, or state boundary lines, well-defined landmarks and other monuments, or any combination of the foregoing. (6) COUNTY. Any county in the state. (7) DETERMINING COUNTY. Any county the governing body of which shall have made...
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