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11-92A-2
Section 11-92A-2 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; construction of article.
(a) The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to
be as follows: In recent years changes have taken place in the economy of the state that have
had a far-reaching effect on the welfare of its citizens. The agrarian economy that once prevailed
in the state and provided the principal means of livelihood for most of its citizens has proven
inadequate to provide employment for the state's growing population. The advent of mechanized
and scientific farming methods has reduced greatly the number of persons required to obtain
increased yields of agricultural products from land under cultivation. There has been a correspondingly
greater dependency upon industrial development as the bulwark of the economy of the state.
It is therefore appropriate and necessary that measures be taken to secure to the citizens
of the state the benefits of a strengthening...
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38-13-12
Section 38-13-12 Construction. This chapter is supplementary and shall be construed in pari
materia with other laws; provided, however, that to the extent that this chapter specifically
conflicts with other laws pertaining to criminal history background information checks, this
law shall take precedence. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to diminish,
reduce, or conflict with the authority of the Department of Human Resources to interpret and
apply appropriate federal and state laws governing that agency and its programs. (Act 2000-775,
p. 1775, §13.)...
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45-32-151.04
Section 45-32-151.04 Construction of part. This part shall be liberally construed to expand
the opportunity of patrons of the Greene County Racetrack to wager on televised racing events
conducted at other racetracks and to participate in combined pools with respect to the events.
Nothing in this part shall be construed to authorize or make lawful off-track betting or gambling
of any kind at any location in the State of Alabama other than a racetrack where pari-mutuel
wagering on live racing may be lawfully conducted. (Act 96-650, p. 1043, §7.)...
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45-44-151.05
Section 45-44-151.05 Construction of part. This part shall be liberally construed to expand
the opportunity of patrons of the Macon County racetrack to wager on televised racing events
conducted at other racetracks and to participate in combined pools with respect to such events.
Nothing in this part shall be construed to authorize, or make lawful, off-track betting or
gambling of any kind at any location in the State of Alabama other than a racetrack where
parimutuel wagering on live racing may be lawfully conducted. (Act 96-649, p. 1038, § 7.)...
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45-31-241.02
Section 45-31-241.02 Levy of tax for jail construction and maintenance; excess funds for road
and bridge projects. (a) This section shall only apply to Geneva County. (b) As used in this
section, state sales tax means the tax imposed by Article 1 of Chapter 23 of Title 40 and
state use tax means the tax imposed by Article 2 of Chapter 23 of Title 40. (c) (1) In addition
to all other taxes authorized by law, the Geneva County Commission may levy up to a one percent
sales tax and up to a one percent use tax. (2) The proceeds of the tax shall be used for the
construction, maintenance, and operation of a jail with any excess proceeds to be used for
road and bridge projects. (3) The proceeds of all sales which are presently exempt under the
state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the taxes authorized by this section. (4)
The proceeds of all sales which are presently taxed at a lower rate under the state sales
and use tax statutes shall be taxed under this section at a...
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16-13-300
Section 16-13-300 Legislative intent; construction. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature
by the adoption of this article to authorize each county board of education and each city
board of education in the State of Alabama to issue and sell, at public or private sale, upon
the prior written approval of the State Superintendent of Education, warrants payable from,
and secured by a pledge of, revenues of such board which are lawfully available and are designated
by the board therefor, for educational and public school purposes, including, without limitation,
payment of the costs of public school facilities and the refunding of valid indebtedness of
such board, regardless of whether such indebtedness was incurred under this article or under
other provisions of law and regardless of whether such indebtedness is a direct or indirect
obligation of such board and to authorize counties and municipalities to provide financial
and other assistance to boards of education within the...
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23-1-300
Section 23-1-300 Purpose and construction of article. (a) It is the intention of the Legislature
by the passage of this article to authorize the incorporation of the Director of Finance,
the Director of Transportation, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, and the Governor
of Alabama for the purposes of establishing the program Roads and Bridges to Alabama's Future
and of anticipating and providing for the federal share of the cost of constructing federal
aid projects and thus to accelerate the construction of such federal aid projects in the state
by the issuance of the obligations of such corporation, which shall not be bonds or debts
of the state but shall be payable solely from federal aid highway funds and the tax proceeds
and investment income provided therefor by this article. (b) This article shall be liberally
construed in conformity with the said purpose. (Acts 1976, No. 565, p. 764, §1; Acts 1981,
No. 81-387, p. 574, §1; Acts 1988, No. 88-652, p. 1041, §1; Acts 1992,...
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27-12A-7
Section 27-12A-7 Enforcement. (a) The enforcement of this chapter shall be vested in the Department
of Insurance. It shall be the duty of the department to see that the provisions of this chapter
are at all times obeyed and to take such measures and to make such investigations as will
prevent or detect the violation of any provision thereof. The department may present to the
Attorney General any credible evidence coming to its knowledge of criminality under this chapter.
In the event of the neglect or refusal of the Attorney General to institute and prosecute
the violation, the department shall be authorized to proceed therein with all the rights,
privileges, and powers conferred by law upon the Attorney General including the power to appear
before grand juries and to interrogate witnesses before grand juries. (b) Nothing in this
article limits the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which constitutes
a crime by statute or at common law. (c) Nothing in this chapter...
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35-10-90
Section 35-10-90 Short title; application; definitions. (a) This article shall be known as
the Alabama Residential Mortgage Satisfaction Act. This article applies only to mortgages
securing residential real property located in this state which is used primarily for personal,
family, or household purposes and is improved by one to four dwelling units. Without limitation,
this article does not apply to mortgages on commercial or other types of property. This article
also does not apply to a security interest exclusively in one or more fixtures as defined
in Title 7, Article 9A. (b) For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) ENTITLED PERSON. The person or persons liable for payment or performance
of the obligation secured by the real property described in a security instrument. (2) EQUITY
LINE SECURITY INSTRUMENT. A security instrument securing, in whole or in part, indebtedness
created under a line of credit, a revolving or open-end credit...
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41-10-44.4
Section 41-10-44.4 Determination of approved companies. The authority shall promulgate criteria
for the determination and selection of approved companies and the approval of projects proposed
by such companies. Such criteria shall give greatest weight to the creditworthiness of the
project sponsors, the number, type and quality of new jobs to be provided by the project to
residents of the state, and the economic viability of the proposed project. The authority
may include in its criteria requirements relating to the capital costs of, and projected employment
to be produced by, projects eligible for financing under this article and requirements relating
to the employment of previously unemployed or underemployed persons. The authority shall require
as a condition for designation as an approved company either (i) that the average hourly wage
for full-time hourly wage paid employees at the project be at least eight dollars ($8) per
hour, or (ii) that the average total compensation...
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