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36-25A-2
Section 36-25A-2 Definitions. As used in and for determining the applicability of this chapter,
the following words shall have the following meanings solely for the purposes of this chapter:
(1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members of a subcommittee,
committee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a decision as to how
any members of the subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body should vote on a specific
matter that, at the time of the exchange, the participating members expect to come before
the subcommittee, committee, or full body immediately following the discussion or at a later
time. (2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of a meeting of a subcommittee, committee, or full
governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more of the reasons prescribed
in Section 36-25A-7(a). (3) GENERAL REPUTATION AND CHARACTER. Characteristics or actions of
a person directly involving good or bad ethical conduct,...
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41-4-322
Section 41-4-322 Programs; director; standards; duties of director and local indigent defense
advisory board; budget. (a) The office shall develop and improve programs to provide legal
representation to indigents. (b) The office shall have a director, who shall be chosen by
the Director of Finance on the basis of training, experience, and other qualifications. The
term of office shall be three years, subject to termination for cause. The person selected
as Director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services, in addition to the above qualifications
and experience, shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Alabama. The
director shall be chosen from a list of three qualified candidates nominated by the Alabama
State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners within 60 days of a vacancy occurring. The Director of
Finance shall serve as the Director of Indigent Defense Services on an interim basis if a
vacancy exists. If the Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners fails to...
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11-65-18
Section 11-65-18 Application for operator's license. Depending upon the licensing authority
granted a commission by elections held pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of Section 11-65-4,
a commission shall be empowered to grant operator's licenses for horse racing and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon or for greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. Any corporation,
partnership, or other business entity desiring to obtain (i) an operator's license to conduct
horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon at a racing facility located in the commission
municipal jurisdiction or (ii) an operator's license to conduct greyhound racing and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon at a racing facility located in the commission municipal jurisdiction, either
through issuance of such license by a commission or transfer of an outstanding license, shall
file with the appropriate commission an application for such license. Such application may,
but need not, be made in conjunction with an application for a...
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16-40-9
Section 16-40-9 Instruction for avoiding child sexual abuse. (a)(1) The Legislature recognizes
that Erin Merryn was raped and molested for six and a half years by a neighbor and a family
member. She began a crusade her senior year of high school in 2004 to end the silence and
shame around sexual abuse. Erin's Law has been adopted in a number of states to help address
the problem of child sexual abuse. (2) The intent of Erin's Law is to shatter the silence
and stigma around child sexual abuse, and to educate children and empower them to recognize
and to report abuse. (3) The Legislature finds that without a specific initiative like Erin's
Law, schools generally fail to give young students adequate awareness and a voice in this
issue. (b) The Governor's Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children created under
subsection (c) shall adopt guidelines for a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program.
The guidelines shall: (1) Educate children in grades pre-kindergarten...
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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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22-28-21
Section 22-28-21 Air pollution emergencies. (a) Any other provisions of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, if the director finds that a generalized condition of air pollution exists
and that it creates an emergency requiring immediate action to protect human health or safety,
the director shall order persons causing or contributing to the air pollution to reduce or
discontinue immediately the emission of air contaminants, and such order shall fix a place
and time, not later than 24 hours thereafter, for a hearing to be held before the Environmental
Management Commission. Not more than 24 hours after the commencement of such hearing, and
without adjournment thereof, the Environmental Management Commission shall affirm, modify
or set aside the order of the director. (b) In the absence of a generalized condition of air
pollution of the type referred to in subsection (a) of this section, but if the director finds
that emissions from the operation of one or more air contaminants sources...
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30-3-10
Section 30-3-10 Equal opportunity for blind individuals; supportive parenting services. (a)
For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) BLINDNESS.
A central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens.
An eye that has a limitation in the field of vision so that the widest diameter of the visual
field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees is considered to have a central visual
acuity of 20/200 or less. The term also includes a degenerative condition that reasonably
can be expected to result in blindness. (2) SUPPORTIVE PARENTING SERVICES. Services that may
assist a blind parent or prospective blind parent in the effective use of non-visual techniques
and other alternative methods to enable the parent or prospective parent to discharge parental
responsibilities as successfully as a parent who is not blind. (b) The Legislature finds the
following: (1) Blind individuals should be given equal...
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34-24-530
Section 34-24-530 Interstate medical licensure compact commission. (a) The member states hereby
create the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission. (b) The purpose of the interstate
commission is the administration of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which is a discretionary
state function. (c) The interstate commission shall be a body corporate and joint agency of
the member states and shall have all the responsibilities, powers, and duties set forth in
the compact, and such additional powers as may be conferred upon it by a subsequent concurrent
action of the respective legislatures of the member states in accordance with the terms of
the compact. (d) The interstate commission shall consist of two voting representatives appointed
by each member state who shall serve as commissioners. In states where allopathic and osteopathic
physicians are regulated by separate member boards, or if the licensing and disciplinary authority
is split between multiple member boards...
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36-18-20
Section 36-18-20 Declaration of purpose. The Legislature hereby finds, determines and declares:
(a) That the tragic incidence of violent crime in our society is growing at an alarming rate,
and that these offenses often times are committed by repeat or habitual offenders against
our most innocent and defenseless citizens. (b) That there is a critical and urgent need to
provide law enforcement officers and agencies with the latest scientific technology available
for the purpose of identifying, apprehending, arresting, and convicting those violent offenders.
(c) That DNA testing, profiling, and analysis allows a more certain and rapid identification
of such offenders as well as the exoneration of those wrongfully suspected or accused. (d)
That genetic identification technology through DNA testing is generally accepted by the relevant
scientific community. (e) That the procedures and techniques employing the underlying theory
of DNA identification is capable of producing reliable results...
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39-2-2
Section 39-2-2 Advertisement for and opening of sealed bids for public works contracts; violations;
exclusions; emergency actions; sole source specification. (a) Before entering into any contract
for a public works involving an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the
awarding authority shall advertise for sealed bids, except as provided in subsection (j).
If the awarding authority is the state or a county, or an instrumentality thereof, it shall
advertise for sealed bids at least once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation in the county or counties in which the improvement or some part thereof,
is to be made. If the awarding authority is a municipality, or an instrumentality thereof,
it shall advertise for sealed bids at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published
in the municipality where the awarding authority is located. If no newspaper is published
in the municipality, the awarding authority shall advertise by...
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