41-9-944
Section 41-9-944 Duties of commission. The commission shall have the following duties: (1) Provide for the education of members of the Legislature and state agencies of Alabama about Total Quality, including the basic concepts, potential benefits, and application to state government, among other responsibilities. (2) Arrange Total Quality presentations for members of the Legislature and host quality meetings between invitees from the Legislature, the executive branch, state and local governments, private industry, or other relevant parties to discuss the application of Total Quality to government. (3) Make and transmit to the Governor and the Legislature findings and recommendations regarding the application of Total Quality principles to the organization and continuous operations of state government. These findings and recommendations shall address the continuous improvement of government operations through the promotion of citizen satisfaction, cost-saving, employee satisfaction and...
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41-9-210
Section 41-9-210 Office to succeed to Alabama Development Office as federal programs; purpose, responsibilities, etc. The Office of State Planning and Federal Programs shall be the principal staff agency of the executive branch to plan with the other departments of state government, and with other governmental units, for the comprehensive development of the state's human, economic and physical resources and their relevance for programs administered by the state and the governmental structure required to put such programs into effect. The purpose of such planning shall be to insure that the maximum benefit will accrue to the state from the advances, loans, grants and other forms of assistance made available to local governmental units and state departments, agencies and institutions by the federal government, or any agency, or any political subdivision thereof. It shall provide information, assistance and staff support by all appropriate means available. The Office of State Planning and...
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41-9-249
Section 41-9-249 Powers and duties of commission generally. The commission shall have the following duties and powers: (1) To promote and increase knowledge and understanding of the history of this state from the earliest time to the present, including the archaeological, Indian, Spanish, British, French, Colonial, Confederate and American eras, by adopting and executing general plans, methods and policies for permanently preserving and marking objects, sites, structures and ruins as defined in Section 41-9-242; (2) To promote and assist in the publicizing of the historic resources of the state by preparing and furnishing information to public mass media and to governmental agencies charged with publicity and to coordinate any of its objectives, efforts or functions with any agency or agencies of the federal government, of the State of Alabama and of other states or local governments having objectives similar or related to those of the commission; (3) To accept for renovation,...
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33-1-36
Section 33-1-36 Authority of Alabama State Port Authority to contract with federal government for purpose of receiving funds, supplies, facilities, etc.; regulation and promotion of projects; payment of relocation, etc., expenses of persons displaced. (a) The State of Alabama, acting through its agency, the Alabama State Port Authority, with the consent of the Governor, is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts, leases, compacts or any other form of agreement with the United States of America or any of its agencies, departments or bureaus, for the purpose of receiving or acquiring from the United States of America or any of its agencies, departments or bureaus, funds, matching funds, services, materials, supplies, buildings, structures, waterways, channels, water terminals, docking facilities and other benefits deemed for the public interest in the promotion of waterways and navigation in the State of Alabama. (b) Such contracts, leases, compacts or other forms of...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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41-1-60
Section 41-1-60 Acceptance of credit card payment. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any officer or unit of state government required or authorized to receive or collect any payments to state government may accept a credit card payment of the amount that is due. This section shall only apply to departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, and authorities which are units of state government, and shall not apply to any departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, or authorities which are units of county or municipal government and come under the provisions of Chapter 103 of Title 11. (b) This section shall be broadly construed to authorize acceptance of credit card payments by: (1) All departments, agencies, boards, bureaus, commissions, authorities, and other units of state government. (2) All officers, officials, employees, and agents of the state and units of state government. (c) This section shall be broadly construed to authorize...
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11-52-70
Section 11-52-70 Establishment, etc., of business, industrial and residential districts and provision as to type, use, etc., of structures and improvements to be erected therein, etc., authorized generally. Each municipal corporation in the State of Alabama may divide the territory within its corporate limits into business, industrial and residential zones or districts and may provide the kind, character and use of structures and improvements that may be erected or made within the several zones or districts established and may, from time to time, rearrange or alter the boundaries of such zones or districts and may also adopt such ordinances as necessary to carry into effect and make effective the provisions of this article. (Acts 1923, No. 443, p. 590; Code 1923, §1878; Code 1940, T. 37, §772.)...
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2-2-91
Section 2-2-91 Duties of the center. The responsibilities of the center shall be as follows: (1) To assess the current status and development of sources of alternative fuels as defined in subsection (c) of Section 2-2-90. (2) To act as an information center for alternative fuels. (3) To create an information clearinghouse for available federal grant funds and to provide information regarding these grants to individuals, businesses, and political subdivisions interested in developing sources of alternative fuels. (4) To establish criteria for matching potential grant applicants with available grants. (5) To promote alternative fuels as a viable energy source in this state. (6) To ensure that alternative fuels sold in Alabama meet ASTM standards. (7) To receive and expend funds paid to the Alternative Fuel Research and Development Fund through the income tax check-off program created in Section 2-2-93 and to expend and disburse the funds for the purposes in Section 2-2-93. (Act 2007-452,...
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21-1-8
Section 21-1-8 Residential education and training programs for deaf, blind, etc., persons; cooperation by local school boards, State Board of Education, etc. (a) The board of trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind is hereby authorized to provide for the education and training of the deaf, the hearing impaired, the blind, and the visually handicapped in residential programs at any location within the state, with no limitations on the age of participants and no time limit on any participant. (b) All applicants must make satisfactory proof to the president of the institute that they are citizens of the state, except as otherwise provided in Section 21-1-14, and that they are proper candidates for admission. Proof may be made by the applicant in person or by next best friend or by affidavit of any person cognizant of the facts before the probate judge or notary public. No pupil shall be retained in school after it has been ascertained that such pupil has ceased to make...
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22-28A-3
Section 22-28A-3 Regulations, commitments relating to reduction of greenhouse gases. (a) Effective immediately, the Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall refrain from proposing or promulgating any new regulations intended in whole or in part to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, as such gases are defined by the Kyoto Protocol, from the residential, commercial, industrial, electric utility, or transportation sectors unless such reductions are required under existing statutes. (b) In the absence of a resolution or other act of the Legislature of the State of Alabama approving same, the Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall not submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or to any other agency of the federal government any legally enforceable commitments related to the reduction of greenhouse gases, as such gases are defined by the Kyoto Protocol unless such reductions are required under existing statutes. (Act...
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