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9-7-11
Section 9-7-11 Purpose of chapter; legislative findings. The purpose of this chapter is to
promote, improve and safeguard the lands and waters located in the coastal areas of this state
through a comprehensive and cooperative program designed to preserve, enhance and develop
such valuable resources for the present and future well-being and general welfare of the citizens
of this state. In promulgating such a program, the Legislature of Alabama recognizes and declares
that: (1) The coastal area is rich in a variety of natural, commercial, recreational, industrial
and aesthetic resources of immediate and potential value to the present and future well-being
of the state; (2) There are increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters of
the coastal area occasioned by population growth and economic development, including requirements
for industry, commerce, residential development, recreation, extraction of mineral resources
and fossil fuels, transportation and navigation, waste...
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24-1A-1
Section 24-1A-1 Legislative findings and declaration of purpose of chapter. (a) It is hereby
found and declared that from time to time there has existed and at the present time there
exists an inadequate supply of funds at interest rates sufficiently low to enable the financing
of safe and sanitary multi-family dwelling units for citizens of this state and single family
dwelling units for citizens of this state with low and moderate income; that the inability
to finance such single and multi-family dwelling units results in an inability of builders
to construct such housing causing unemployment or underemployment in the housing construction
and related businesses and causes a lack of safe and sanitary housing to be available to the
citizens of this state; that such unemployment or underemployment in the housing construction
and related businesses and an inadequate supply of safe and sanitary housing wastes human
resources, increases the public assistance burden of the state, impairs...
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41-9-200
Section 41-9-200 Legislative findings; purpose of article. (a) The Legislature finds and declares
that: (1) The people of this state have a fundamental interest in the orderly development
of the state and its regions; (2) The state has a positive interest in the preparation and
maintenance of long-term, comprehensive plans for the economic, physical and human resource
development of the whole state and of each of its regions, which plans can serve as a guide
for local governmental units and state departments and agencies; (3) The continued growth
of the state, particularly in urban areas, and the readjustment of the people to the changed
economy of the state present problems which can best be solved by overall state planning guidance
for their solution; (4) Local governmental planning and program implementation can be strengthened
when done in relation to and coordinated with the planning efforts and program implementation
of the state and of the regions of the state; and (5) Orderly...
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38-9B-1
Section 38-9B-1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(1) It is an essential function of state government to provide basic support for persons with
a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities,
whether the impairment is congenital or occurs by reason of accident, injury, age, or disease.
(2) The cost of providing basic support for persons with a mental or physical impairment is
difficult for many citizens to afford, and they are forced to rely upon the government to
provide that support. (3) The families and friends of persons with a mental or physical impairment
desire to supplement, but not replace, the basic support provided by state government and
other governmental programs. (4) Medical, social, and other supplemental services are often
provided by family members and friends of persons with a mental or physical impairment, for
the lifetime of the impaired persons. (5) It is necessary and desirable...
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22-22-2
Section 22-22-2 Purpose of chapter; declaration of policy. Whereas the pollution of the waters
of this state constitutes a menace to public health and welfare, creates public nuisances,
is harmful to wildlife, fish and aquatic life and impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial,
recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses of water, it is hereby declared to be the
public policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to conserve the waters of the
state and to protect, maintain and improve the quality thereof for public water supplies,
for the propagation of wildlife, fish and aquatic life and for domestic, agricultural, industrial,
recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses; to provide for the prevention, abatement
and control of new or existing water pollution; and to cooperate with other agencies of the
state, agencies of other states and the federal government in carrying out these objectives.
(Acts 1971, No. 1260, p. 2175, ยง1.)...
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41-10-671
Section 41-10-671 Legislative findings and purpose. (a) The Legislature finds and declares
the following: (1) That it is appropriate and necessary that measures be taken to secure to
the citizens of the state the benefits of a strengthening economy resulting from increased
industrial development. That among these benefits are diversification of available job opportunities,
higher salaries, better working conditions, lower consumer prices for industrial products,
conservation and efficient use of natural resources, and maximum utilization of technical
skills possessed by the citizens of the state. (2) That the police power of the state places
upon the Legislature the duties of ascertaining and determining when the welfare of the people
requires the exercise of such power. (3) That the public interest lies in the promotion of
industry, and the welfare of the people is so inextricably intertwined with industry and industrial
development as to make its well being a matter of governmental...
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2-8-382
Section 2-8-382 Purposes; programs; legislative findings. (a) The purpose of this article is
to assist Alabama in the development of a more permanent, profitable, and diversified agriculture
by moving to the forefront of industrial hemp production, development, and commercialization
of hemp products in agribusiness, and other business sectors, both nationally and globally
and to the greatest extent possible. These purposes may be accomplished, in part, through
all of the following: (1) An industrial hemp research program overseen by the department,
working exclusively or in conjunction with other research partners. This research program
may include the planting, cultivation, and analysis of industrial hemp demonstration plots
by selected growers that are licensed by the department pursuant to this article. (2) An institution
of higher education's program to conduct industrial hemp research. (3) The pursuit by the
department or an institution of higher education of any federal permits...
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31-9-2
Section 31-9-2 Findings and declarations of necessity; purpose of article and public policy.
(a) Because of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of disasters or emergencies
of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from enemy attack, sabotage, or other
hostile action, or from fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural causes, and in order to
insure that preparations of this state will be adequate to deal with such disasters or emergencies,
and generally to provide for the common defense and to protect the public peace, health, and
safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people of the state, it is hereby found
and declared to be necessary: (1) To create a State Emergency Management Agency, and to authorize
the creation of local organizations for emergency management in the political subdivisions
of the state. (2) To confer upon the Governor and upon the governing bodies of the political
subdivisions of the state the emergency powers provided...
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11-49A-1
Section 11-49A-1 Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature has found and determined
and does hereby declare that in Class 3 municipalities the following conditions exist: (1)
That the constant growth of private vehicular traffic in such counties in which such municipalities
are located is placing excessive burdens upon the road systems and parking facilities, especially
in commercial and industrial districts and in areas of high population density; (2) That the
continued economic growth of such municipalities and the general health and welfare of the
citizens of such counties require the availability of public facilities for mass transportation;
and (3) That it is necessary and desirable and in the best interests of the citizens of such
municipalities that provisions be made for the establishment in such counties of public corporations
to provide public transportation service. The legislature does hereby further declare its
intention, by the passage of this chapter, to promote...
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11-97-1
Section 11-97-1 Legislative declarations and findings. It is hereby found and declared as follows:
(1) That the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state require the provision
of certain utility services, including water and sewer services; (2) That it is necessary
for the Legislature to provide additional methods by which the cities and counties in the
state may provide new and improve existing utility services facilities; (3) That historically
a significant portion of the funding of the costs of construction of such utility services
facilities has been provided through grants from the United States of America; (4) That, in
recent years, funds available to cities and counties from the United States of America for
payment of costs of construction of utility services facilities has been substantially reduced,
and it is anticipated that, in coming years, such funds may be further reduced or eliminated;
(5) That the result of the elimination of funding from the United States...
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