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
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 Commission. (6) FACILITIES. Any structure, service, or property whether improved or unimproved made available to the purchaser for recreational, social, family, or personal use. (7) SELLER. Any owner of a vacation time-sharing plan or any business entity, including but not limited to an agent, dealer, distributor, franchiser, subsidiary, assignee, reseller, broker, or any other representative thereof who, for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, negotiates or attempts to negotiate the listing, sale, auction, purchase, exchange, or lease of any real estate or the improvements thereon or collects rents or attempts to collect rents, or who...
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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
as necessary to perfect or transfer this title. (d) For the purposes of this section, a person is considered to be in the business of selling or renting dwellings under any of the following circumstances: (1) The person has, within the preceding 12 months, participated as principal in three or more transactions involving the sale or rental of any dwelling or any interest in it. (2) The person has, within the preceding 12 months, participated as agent, other than in the sale of his or her personal residence, in providing sales or rental facilities or services in two or more transactions involving the sale or rental of any dwelling or any interest in it. (3) The person is the owner of any dwelling designed or intended for occupancy by, or occupied by, five or more families. (e) This chapter shall not prohibit a religious organization, association, or society, or any nonprofit institution or organization operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious...
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25-4-10
situations); (v) In a position which, under or pursuant to the laws of this state or of an Indian tribe, is designated as a major nontenured policymaking or advisory position or a policymaking or advisory position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than 8 hours per week; or d. In a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury or providing remunerative work for individuals who because of their impaired physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market by an individual receiving such rehabilitation or remunerative work; provided however, if an individual's employment is otherwise characterized as employment under subsection (a) and the individual is performing work under the Javits Wagner O'Day Act or a similar set-aside program under the laws of the United States, the...
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