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28-8-8
Section 28-8-8 Unlawful acts and offenses; penalties. (a) Unlawful acts and offenses.
It shall be unlawful: (1) For any manufacturer or importer licensed by the board to sell its
brand or brands of alcoholic beverages in the State of Alabama to any person, except through
the board in the case of spirituous liquor and wine, other than to a licensed wholesaler designated
as the exclusive wholesaler for said brand or brands. (2) For any wholesaler to sell to a
retail licensee any brand of alcoholic beverages in the State of Alabama, except in the sales
territory designated by the manufacturer or importer licensee and set forth in a written territorial
agreement authorizing the sale by such wholesaler licensee of that brand within a designated
territory; provided, however, a licensed wholesaler may, with the approval of the board, service
a territory outside the territory designated to it during periods of temporary service interruptions
when so requested by the manufacturer or importer...
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8-21B-6
Section 8-21B-6 Consent to transfers. (a) No supplier shall unreasonably withhold or
delay consent to any transfer of the dealer's business or dealer agreement or transfer of
the stock or other interest in the dealership whenever the transferee meets the material and
reasonable qualifications and standards of the supplier required in appointing its dealers.
Should a supplier determine that a proposed transferee does not meet its qualifications and
standards, it shall give the dealer written notice thereof, stating the specific reasons for
withholding consent. No prospective transferee shall be disqualified to be a dealer because
it is a publicly held corporation. A supplier shall have 45 days to consider a dealer's request
to make a transfer under this subsection. (b) In any dispute as to whether a supplier has
denied consent in violation of this section, the supplier shall have the burden of
proving a substantial and reasonable justification for the denial of consent. (Act 2009-755,...
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8-21A-2
Section 8-21A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the ascribed meanings unless the context indicates a different meaning: (1) CONTINUING COMMERCIAL
RELATIONSHIP. Any relationship in which the equipment dealer has been granted the right to
sell and/or service equipment manufactured by the supplier. (2) COST or NET COST. The actual
price paid by the dealer to the manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler, plus freight costs
paid by or charged to the dealer. (3) CURRENT NET PRICE. The dealer's price as listed in the
supplier's effective price list and/or catalog. (4) DEALER CONTRACT, DEALER AGREEMENT, or
FRANCHISE. An agreement or contract, expressed or implied, oral or written, by and between
a supplier and a dealer by which the dealer is granted the right to purchase, sell, distribute,
and/or service the supplier's equipment, and in which there is a community of interest in
the marketing of farm tractors, lawn and garden equipment, light industrial...
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8-21A-4
Section 8-21A-4 Termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of dealer agreement; sales
contract, etc.; new or relocated dealership; sale or lease of new equipment. (a) Except as
provided in subsection (d), notwithstanding any dealer agreement, sales contract, franchise
agreement, or other agreement by and between dealer and supplier except where grounds for
termination or nonrenewal of a dealer's agreement or a change in his or her competitive position
are contained in subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of subsection (b), a supplier
shall give a dealer at least 90 days' written notice of the supplier's intent to terminate,
cancel, or not renew a dealer agreement or change the dealer's competitive circumstances.
The notice shall state all reasons relied upon by supplier to show good cause for the action
and shall provide the dealer with a reasonable time in which to correct any claimed deficiency
with a minimum of at least six months. Once mutually agreeable steps have been...
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8-20-3
Section 8-20-3 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) COERCE. The failure to act in good faith in performing
or complying with any term or provision of the franchise or dealer agreement, except that
recommendation, persuasion, urging, or argument shall not be deemed to constitute a lack of
good faith. (2) DEALER AGREEMENT or FRANCHISE. The written contract between any new motor
vehicle manufacturer and any new motor vehicle dealer which purports to fix the legal rights
and liabilities of the parties to such agreement or contract, and pursuant to which the dealer
purchases and resells the franchise product or leases or rents the dealership premises. (3)
DISTRIBUTOR or WHOLESALER. A person, whether a resident or a nonresident, other than a manufacturer,
who sells or distributes motor vehicles to motor vehicle dealers or who...
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34-27-50
Section 34-27-50 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms
shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ACCOMMODATIONS.
Any hotel or motel room, condominium, or cooperative unit, cabin, lodge, apartment, or any
other private or commercial structure designed for occupancy by one or more individuals or
any recreational vehicle campsite or campground. (2) BUSINESS ENTITY. Any individual, corporation,
firm, association, joint venture, partnership, trust, estate, business trust, syndicate, fiduciary,
and any other group or combination which engages in acts or practices in any trade or commerce.
(3) CONTRACT. Any contract, promissory note, credit agreement, negotiable instrument, lease,
use agreement, license, security, or other muniment conferring on the purchaser the rights,
benefits, and obligations of a vacation time-sharing plan. (4) COMMISSION. The Alabama Real
Estate Commission. (5) COMMISSIONER. A member of the Alabama Real Estate...
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6-12A-5
Section 6-12A-5 Reporting to commissioner; disclosure; escrow fund. (a) Reporting by
wholesalers and distributors. Not later than 20 days after the end of each month, and more
frequently if so directed by the commissioner, each wholesaler and distributor shall submit
all the information the commissioner requires to facilitate compliance with this chapter,
including, but not limited to, a list by brand family of the total number of cigarettes or
in the case of roll your own, the equivalent stick count for which the wholesalers and distributors
affixed stamps during the previous month or otherwise paid the tax due for any cigarettes.
The wholesaler or distributor shall maintain, and make available to the commissioner, all
invoices and documentation of sales of all non-participating manufacturer cigarettes and any
other information relied upon in reporting to the commissioner for a period of five years.
(b) Disclosure of information. Notwithstanding any other law or rule, including...
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22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms,
and the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section,
unless otherwise required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal
equitable title to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit
of such titles or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy,
settlement of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term
"acquisition" shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien
or security interest by mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing
instrument, nor shall it mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the
foreclosure, or conveyance or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed
of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include
any...
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24-8-7
Section 24-8-7 Exemptions. (a) Except for subdivision (3) of Section 24-8-4,
Sections 24-8-4 and 24-8-6 do not apply to rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters
occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of
each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of the living quarters as his
or her residence. (b) Sections 24-8-4 and 24-8-6 do not apply to any single-family house sold
or rented by an owner when: (1) The private individual owner does not own more than three
single-family houses at any one time; and (2) In the sale of any single-family house by a
private individual owner not residing in the house at the time of the sale or who was not
the most recent resident of the house before the sale, the exemption granted by this subsection
shall apply only with respect to one sale within a 24-month period; and (3) A bona fide private
individual owner does not own an interest in, nor is there owned or reserved on the...
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25-4-10
Section 25-4-10 Employment. (a) Subject to other provisions of this chapter, "employment"
means: (1) Any service performed prior to January 1, 1978, which was employment as defined
in this section prior to such date and, subject to the other provisions of this section,
services performed for remuneration after December 31, 1977, including service in interstate
commerce, by: a. Any officer of a corporation; or b. Any individual who, under the usual common
law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of
an employee; or c. Any individual other than an individual who is an employee under paragraphs
a. or b. of this subdivision (1) who performs services for remuneration for any person: 1.
As an agent-driver or commission-driver engaged in distributing meat products, bakery products,
beverages (other than milk) or laundry or dry cleaning services for a principal; 2. As a traveling
or city salesman engaged upon a full-time basis in the solicitation on...
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