31-12A-1
Section 31-12A-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature recognizes the importance of active military personnel, veterans, and military facilities to the well-being, safety, and economic development of the State of Alabama. The Legislature further recognizes and finds that discharged service members leave the military with documented training and experience that can prepare them for civilian employment; however, this documentation is not always able to result in qualifying them for licenses required for their occupation or providing them with academic credit. By providing for expedited licensure and increased academic credit recognition for a service member's military training and experience, the state can help promote the employment of veterans. (Act 2013-350, p. 1255, §1.)...
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36-21-102
Section 36-21-102 Tuition benefits; eligibility. When a full-time law enforcement officer or full-time firefighter employed by the state, by any county, or by any municipality, a volunteer firefighter, or a rescue squad member is or was killed or becomes totally disabled in the line of duty, free tuition for undergraduate study at any state college, state community college, state junior college, state technical college, in the State of Alabama, and other costs officially prescribed for the classes in the course of study, shall be paid for the following: (1) Any dependent child, natural or adopted, under 21 years of age at the time of death or total disability of the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member. (2) A spouse who has not remarried, provided initial enrollment is within five years of the death or total disability of the law enforcement officer, firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or rescue squad member. (Acts 1987, No. 87-609, p. 1058, §3; Act 99-448, p....
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41-10-626
Section 41-10-626 Bonds of the authority. (a) General. The authority is authorized from time to time to sell and issue its bonds in limited amounts and for the purpose of promoting economic development and industrial recruitment as specified by the Legislature from time to time by separate act, provided that refunding bonds may be issued by the authority pursuant to Section 41-10-627 without first obtaining separate authorization from the Legislature. (b) Sources of payment. Bonds issued by the authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of the state. Such bonds shall not be general obligations of the authority but shall be payable solely from one or more of the following sources: (1) Appropriated funds. (2) The income or proceeds realized by the authority under any mortgage or security granted to the authority. (3) Amounts derived from any letter of credit, insurance policy, or other form of credit enhancement...
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41-23-23
Section 41-23-23 Applications; selection of zones; Enterprise Zone Advisory Council. Selection of zones and the general guidelines for implementation of the provisions of this article shall be as follows: (1) The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs shall see that all applications are processed as follows: a. The state or any governmental entity in the proposed area may submit an application for zone designation. b. Each application should provide a statement of incentives being offered by the governmental entities, such as: 1. Regulatory relief or waiver; 2. Services provided; 3. Tax incentives; 4. Other nontax incentives. c. It is contemplated that state, county and/or municipal governments may devise an innovative package of local incentives in their respective jurisdictions and aggressively pursue zone designation. (2) Zones shall be selected by the department, with input from the advisory council, which shall have the responsibility for the general implementation...
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41-23-80
Section 41-23-80 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that the development, management, efficient consumption, and conservation of residential energy resources are of prime importance throughout this state and this nation. It is also important to ensure the protection of the economic and environmental values of Alabama's citizens. It is the intent of the Legislature to do each of the following pursuant to this article: (1) Encourage the conservation and efficient use of residential energy resources within this state's counties and municipalities. (2) Provide a governmental environment that will promote an initiative for the implementation of the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes by the units of local government. (3) Advise and assist the units of local government in adopting the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes and implementing those code provisions within their boundaries. (4) Promote the identification of energy management technologies available for residential uses,...
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45-14-233
Section 45-14-233 Law enforcement authority of community corrections director and employees. (a) The Director of the Clay County Community Corrections Program and employees of the program shall constitute law enforcement officers of the State of Alabama with authority to make arrests and serve arrest and search warrants in the performance of their official duties to the same extent as deputy sheriffs are authorized and empowered in the counties, so long as he or she holds a current certification from the Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission. The powers of arrest under this section shall be limited to investigations and arrests involving criminal acts committed at facilities of the program and acts committed by persons under their supervision which constitute a violation of supervision or the commission of a criminal offense. The program director or any community corrections employee with law enforcement authority may arrest any person under his or her supervision...
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11-54B-1
Section 11-54B-1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds: (1) That patterns of urban development have had a substantial adverse impact upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economies of Class 1 municipalities in Alabama. (2) That the public interest would be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business improvement districts and district management corporations to assist Class 1 municipalities in promoting economic growth in business districts. (3) That district management corporations representing real property owners within self-help business improvement districts can assist Class 1 municipalities in promoting economic growth and employment within business districts. (4) That Class 1 municipalities should be authorized to create self-help business improvement districts and designate district management corporations to execute self-help programs to improve the local business climates. (b) The Legislature further finds that it is the public...
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11-54B-40
Section 11-54B-40 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) That patterns of urban development have had substantial adverse impacts upon downtown and community business districts vital to the economy of the State of Alabama. (2) That the public interest would be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business improvement districts and district management corporations to assist any Class 2 municipality in promoting economic growth in business districts. (3) That the public interest would also be advanced by authorizing the creation of self-help business districts for the promotion of tourism that include businesses of a designated class and funding supplemental business services through the levy of assessments on businesses of the designated class that receive benefits from those supplemental business services. (4) That a district management corporation representing real property owners, or in certain cases, owners of a particular class of...
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16-25-19
Section 16-25-19 Administration. (a) The general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and for making effective the provisions of this chapter are hereby vested in a board of trustees which shall be known as the Board of Control and shall be organized immediately after a majority of the trustees provided for in this section shall have qualified and taken the oath of office. (b) The board shall consist of 15 trustees as follows: (1) The State Superintendent of Education, ex officio. (2) The State Treasurer, ex officio. (3) The state Director of Finance, ex officio. (4) Twelve elected members of the retirement system. Those 12 members shall consist of representatives elected from each of the following categories: two shall be retired members, one shall be a city or county superintendent, one shall be a principal, one shall be a member from an institution of postsecondary education that is part of the Alabama Community College System, two...
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16-34-5
Section 16-34-5 Council on Adult Education. (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a Council on Adult Education prior to October 1, 1991. The membership of the council shall be as follows: (1) The Governor or his designated representative; (2) The State Superintendent of Education; (3) The Chancellor of the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education; (4) The Executive Director of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; (5) A member of, as selected by, the Alabama Council for School Administration and Supervision; (6) A member of, as selected by, the Alabama Association of School Boards; (7) A member of, as selected by, the Alabama Education Association; (8) A member of, as selected by, the Alabama Parent Teacher Association; (9) The Director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; (10) The Governor's education liaison; and (11) Five members of the business/professional community appointed by the Governor. (b) The Council on Adult Education, created...
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