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22-27-40
Section 22-27-40 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that: (1) The state, its subdivisions
and the nation face an emerging crisis in solid waste management; (2) Proper waste management
is an increasingly complex issue involving the need for reducing the volumes of waste requiring
disposal, properly managing wastes to reduce the likelihood of both short-term and long-term
threat to human health and the environment, and assuring that adequate, environmentally secure,
waste management and disposal facilities will be available at reasonable costs to accommodate
wastes generated in the state; (3) Provision for necessary systems, facilities, technology
and services for solid waste management and resource recovery is a matter of important public
interest and concern, and action taken in this regard will be for a public purpose and will
benefit the public welfare; (4) Solid waste management problems are potentially statewide
in scope and necessitate state and local action through the...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the
effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training
requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote
informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member
of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local
board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board
of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development
and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support
of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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38-11A-1
Section 38-11A-1 Legislative intent. The intent of this chapter is to assist public assistance
applicants and recipients to become wage earning, self-supporting citizens of the State of
Alabama. Thus, through the provisions of this chapter, the Department of Human Resources shall
develop and coordinate employment related programs, training activities including work experience,
vocational training, job finding skills, remedial education, and social services with the
goal of reducing welfare dependency and the costs thereof to the State of Alabama; to improve
the participants' economic quality of life, to improve personal functioning through acquisition
of general education and parenting skills, and to remove barriers to employment and financial
independence. (Acts 1989, No. 89-850, p. 1699, ยง1.)...
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38-2-7
Section 38-2-7 County boards of human resources created; composition; terms of office; meetings;
duties, etc.; county director. There is hereby created in each county a county board of human
resources, which shall consist of seven members, not less than two of whom shall be women,
selected by the county commission from the citizenship of the county on the basis of their
recognized interest in the public welfare; provided that in counties in which there are cities
having a population of 60,000 or more, according to the last federal census, the city commission
or other governing body of the city shall have equal authority with the county commission
in selecting the membership of the county board of human resources. No person holding an elective
public office, no person who is a candidate for election to a public office, no person who
is an employee of the county department of human resources and no person who is related by
consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree or nearer...
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34-14A-3
Section 34-14A-3 Home Builders Licensure Board. There is established the Home Builders Licensure
Board to regulate the residential home building and residential construction industry and
to promote and expend funds for the education and support of associated construction trades.
The board shall have nine members who shall be appointed as follows: Three by the Governor,
three by the Lieutenant Governor, and three by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
from a list of three qualified individuals for each position, provided by the governing body
of the Home Builders Association of Alabama. Seven of the members shall be residential home
builders, as defined in this chapter, with at least five years' experience as a residential
home builder, and each shall be a bona fide resident of the State of Alabama. One member shall
be a building official or inspector currently employed by a city, county, or state governmental
entity and actively engaged in inspecting or regulating residential...
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37-11B-4
Section 37-11B-4 Program to promote passenger rail travel and service. ADECA with the assistance
of the commission shall establish and operate a program to promote passenger rail travel and
service in the state and make recommendations for the development and funding of specific
projects related to the construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and improvement of the
state's passenger rail infrastructure, which shall include, but are not limited to, all of
the following: (1) Insuring compatibility for a project or projects with opportunities for
the state to obtain federal funding assistance that may be available for high-speed rail service,
which includes, but is not limited to, intercity passenger rail service that is reasonably
expected to reach speeds of 110 miles per hour. (2) Considering projects that create a series
of corridor route rail segments with passenger service areas that are smaller than long-distance
passenger trains and typically connect major city pairs, in order to...
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45-42-162.17
Section 45-42-162.17 Transition. (a) The transition period shall be directed by the provisions
contained herein. The level of services during transition shall not be below the level of
service previously provided by the respective government. (b)(1) Not later than six months
after assuming office, the commission shall adopt a plan for the reorganization of service
operations on a countywide basis, so that the general service district shall receive services,
(including, but not limited to: streets and roads, refuse disposal, police, parks, and recreation),
which are customarily furnished by a county government in a metropolitan area, and the urban
service district shall receive services, (including, but not limited to: additional police
protection, additional transportation, street lighting, and street cleaning) which are customarily
furnished by a city in a metropolitan area. The plan to combine services and functions should
aim toward effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in the...
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9-16-71
Section 9-16-71 Declaration of public policy and legislative intent; all land surface mined
under this article shall be reclaimed. (a) The objective of this article is to provide for
the safe, responsible and reasonable reclamation of lands upon which surface disturbances
will be created by surface mining and the surface effects of underground mining so as to protect
the taxable value of property and preserve natural resources within the state and protect
and promote the health and safety of the people of this state, consistent with the protection
of property and with maximum employment and the economic and industrial well-being of the
state. The Legislature finds and declares that the extraction of coal by surface mining provides
a major present and future source of energy and is an essential and necessary activity which
contributes to the economic and material well-being of the state. (b) The Legislature finds
that the unregulated or irresponsible surface mining of coal may cause...
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11-65-1
Section 11-65-1 Legislative declarations and findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares
as follows: (1) As the basis for enacting Act No. 84-131, the Legislature found and determined
that the conduct within Class 1 municipalities in the state of horse racing events and pari-mutuel
wagering thereon will generate additional revenues for governmental and charitable purposes,
provide additional jobs for the residents of the state and benefit the businesses related
to tourism and recreation within any such municipality and throughout the surrounding areas
of the state; it is desirable to permit the qualified voters of any Class 1 municipality to
determine through referendum whether horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon will be
permitted in such municipality; and for each Class 1 municipality in which horse racing is
approved by the voters thereof, it is necessary and desirable to provide for the establishment
of a racing commission to regulate horse racing and pari-mutuel...
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11-92-4
Section 11-92-4 Requirements as to acquisition and development of parks. The following procedure
shall be followed in acquiring and developing an industrial park: (1) The governing body of
any county or municipality shall determine by the adoption of a resolution duly entered on
its minutes that it shall become a participant or act alone in the acquisition and development
of an industrial park; (2) Any other county or municipality proposing to join as a participant
must adopt a similar resolution so stating within 90 days of the adoption of the resolution
referred to in subdivision (1) of this section; (3) Such resolutions must contain the following:
a. A legal description of the land proposed to be acquired, having sufficient specificity
to satisfy the requirements for a deed, and a finding that it is suitable for an industrial
park; b. The price, if any, for which the land will be acquired; c. The estimated cost of
developing the land as an industrial park and an outline of the plans...
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