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23-1-291
Section 23-1-291 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that certain portions of the state
highway system provide access to state locales that are notable for their scenic, natural,
historic, recreational, cultural, and archaeological value and are therefore worthy of designations
as scenic byways in order to provide special consideration of their unique features and special
role in the highway system. The Legislature further finds that the public interest would be
served by the formation of a coordinated scenic byways program to enhance recreational, cultural,
and archaeological resources, encourage economic development through tourism, improve the
transportation system, and educate residents and visitors on the history, culture, and natural
beauty of this state. In order to implement this program, the Legislature has determined that
a two-tiered structure would best serve the governance of the Alabama Scenic Byways program.
The Legislature recognizes that the application of this...
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28-4A-6
Section 28-4A-6 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest
of the public welfare of the State of Alabama to preserve and redevelop the downtown municipal
areas and registered historic districts and certain economically distressed areas of this
state and to further promote the preservation and redevelopment of historic buildings and
sites. The Legislature finds that an effective way of facilitating the urban redevelopment
program and the preservation of historic buildings and sites, and registered historic districts
and any economically distressed area designated as suitable by the municipal or county governing
body is by creating a single exception to the existing alcoholic beverage laws to authorize
and permit the establishment of brewpubs located in such historic buildings, sites, or districts
in urban redevelopment areas or economically distressed areas of those municipalities located
within counties where the brewing of beer for consumption by the...
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41-10-720
Section 41-10-720 Legislative findings. The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) At
any given time, the level of activity in our construction industry is a primary yardstick
for measuring the overall economic health of this country and this state, and that the success
and stability of the building, manufacturing, and commercial businesses are dependent upon
a sufficient supply of skilled artisans and craft persons who can produce quality products
that inspire public confidence. The State of Alabama and the nation has a great need for a
program that provides for the recruitment of, and training programs and opportunities for,
new construction craft trade workers. It is desirable and in the public interest to establish
a public authority at the state level to create and implement such a program. (2) The passage
of a federal economic stimulus package provides substantial funding for significant new highway,
road, bridge, and public infrastructure projects, and the Legislature...
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41-23-211
Section 41-23-211 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that the availability of high-speed
broadband services, with the preference of speeds of 25 megabits per second of download speed
and three megabits per second of upload speed or greater, in unserved rural Alabama is important
for economic development, education, health care, and emergency services in Alabama, and that
grants and other incentives set forth in this article will further those objectives by encouraging
new investment in broadband infrastructure. (Act 2018-395, ยง2.)...
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45-27-246.30
Section 45-27-246.30 Trust fund. (a) The Legislature recognizes that there has been a certain
windfall to Escambia County paid during the fiscal year 1983-84 and arising under the oil
and gas severance tax levied under provisions of Section 40-20-2, and distributed under Section
40-20-8. The legislative intent of this section is to establish a trust fund, the corpus of
which is to be composed of four million dollars ($4,000,000) from the oil and gas severance
tax paid to Escambia County during the fiscal year of 1983-84 together with 20 percent of
the annual income thereon each year during the existence of this trust beginning with the
fiscal year 1984-85. (b) Subject to any limitation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901,
or of any general law of this state, the Escambia County Commission shall establish a trust
fund which shall be entitled the Escambia County Oil and Gas Severance Trust and which shall
hereafter in this section be referred to as the trust. The Escambia County...
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11-89C-1
Section 11-89C-1 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that
it is in the public interest and the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state
and within the police power of the state, county, and municipal governments to promote effective
and efficient compliance with federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and permits relating
to discharges into and from municipal separate storm sewers, and to promote and authorize
the discovery, control, and elimination, wherever practicable, of that discharge at the local
government level. (b) It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter to
assist the state in its implementation of the storm water laws, and to supplement the authority
of the governing bodies of all counties and municipalities in the state to enable them to
implement the storm water laws. (c) It is further the intention of the Legislature to authorize
and promote the intercooperation of the governing bodies in...
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12-25-31.1
Section 12-25-31.1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds the Alabama Sentencing Commission
has followed the directives of the Legislature in this article, to develop and recommend to
the Legislature a discretionary sentencing structure designed to protect public safety by
providing a fair, effective, and efficient criminal sentencing system for this state by doing
all of the following: (1) By developing a system of statewide voluntary sentencing standards
and worksheets for use in felony cases for 26 felony offenses representing 87 percent of all
felony convictions in Alabama over a five-year period. (2) By taking into account historical
sentencing data concerning time imposed and other factors that, after analysis of historical
data, appear to be relevant in determining both the duration and disposition of sentences
in the applicable felony cases. (3) By basing the voluntary sentencing standards on historical
sentencing practices adjusted to achieve sentencing goals as...
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36-36-1
Section 36-36-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama hereby finds and determines
that the funding of accrued and accruing health care benefits to retired employees and their
dependents is a proper governmental function and purpose of the state. The Governmental Accounting
Standards Board has issued Statements 43 and 45, which set forth standards on accounting and
reporting for post-employment benefits other than pensions by governments. The new standards
will require the state to account for such post-employment benefits on an actuarial basis
during an employee's career rather than on a pay-as-you-go basis during the employee's period
of retirement. The Legislature has determined that it would be advisable for the state to
create irrevocable trusts whereby the state may begin funding those benefits in advance to
address and ultimately offset the state's accrued liabilities for such benefits. Therefore,
the state, the State Employees' Insurance Board, and the Public...
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11-71-1
Section 11-71-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature makes the following statements and findings:
(1) Cities have hundreds of miles of roads and streets located in subdivisions that are in
need of upgrades or additions. These upgrades or additions are behind schedule and at the
current rate will take considerably more years to complete, if ever. These upgrades or additions
include, but are not limited to, sanitary sewer, drainage, curb and gutter, sidewalk, underground
power, and asphalt overlaying. (2) Homeowners and business owners would benefit from the voluntary
formation of neighborhood infrastructure authorities to oversee and finance infrastructure
projects through an assessment basis. (3) An effective neighborhood infrastructure program
would have the following benefits: a. Jobs would be created. b. Property values would be stabilized
and/or increased. c. Upgrade and additional work would be expedited. d. Savings would be created
for the city. e. Revenues would be created for...
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16-68-1
Section 16-68-1 (Effective July 1, 2020) Legislative findings. The Legislature makes the following
findings: (1) Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, recognizes that
all persons may speak, write, and publish their sentiments on all subjects, and that "no
law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech...." (2) Alabama's
public institutions of higher education have historically embraced a commitment to freedom
of speech and expression. (3) The United States Supreme Court has called public universities
"peculiarly the marketplace of ideas," Healy v. James, 408 U.S. 169, 180 (1972),
where young adults learn to exercise those constitutional rights necessary to participate
in our system of government and to tolerate the exercise of those rights by others, and there
is "no room for the view that First Amendment protections should apply with less force
on college campuses than in the community at large." Healy, 408 U.S. at 180. (4) The
United...
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