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11-92A-2
Section 11-92A-2 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; construction of article.
(a) The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to
be as follows: In recent years changes have taken place in the economy of the state that have
had a far-reaching effect on the welfare of its citizens. The agrarian economy that once prevailed
in the state and provided the principal means of livelihood for most of its citizens has proven
inadequate to provide employment for the state's growing population. The advent of mechanized
and scientific farming methods has reduced greatly the number of persons required to obtain
increased yields of agricultural products from land under cultivation. There has been a correspondingly
greater dependency upon industrial development as the bulwark of the economy of the state.
It is therefore appropriate and necessary that measures be taken to secure to the citizens
of the state the benefits of a strengthening...
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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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45-49-90.01
Section 45-49-90.01 Purpose; liberal construction. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature
by the passage of this part to authorize the incorporation in Mobile County of public corporations
to acquire, enlarge, improve, replace, own, lease, and dispose of properties to the end that
such corporations may be able to develop land as sites for industrial parks in Mobile County
which shall be deemed to include the provision of water, sewage, drainage, transportation,
and other similar facilities which are incidental to the use of land as an industrial park,
including easements and rights of way for public utilities providing power and communication
services, but shall not be deemed to include the provision of structures or buildings other
than structures or buildings related to the provision of water, sewage, drainage, transportation,
or similar facilities. It is the further intent of the Legislature by the passage of this
part to vest such public corporations with all powers that may be...
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24-2-4
Section 24-2-4 Approval of redevelopment plan by governing bodies of cities, counties, etc.,
in which project situated; assistance of redevelopment projects by cities, counties, etc.
An authority or the governing body of any city or town shall not initiate any redevelopment
project under this chapter until the governing body, or agency designated by it or empowered
by law to so act of each city, town, or village, hereinafter called "municipalities,"
in which any of the area to be covered by said project is situated has approved a plan, herein
called the "redevelopment plan," which provides an outline for the development or
redevelopment of said area and is sufficiently complete: (1) To indicate its relationship
to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses and improved traffic, public transportation,
public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements; (2)
To indicate proposed land uses and building requirements in the area; and (3) To...
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36-25A-2
Section 36-25A-2 Definitions. As used in and for determining the applicability of this chapter,
the following words shall have the following meanings solely for the purposes of this chapter:
(1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members of a subcommittee,
committee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a decision as to how
any members of the subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body should vote on a specific
matter that, at the time of the exchange, the participating members expect to come before
the subcommittee, committee, or full body immediately following the discussion or at a later
time. (2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of a meeting of a subcommittee, committee, or full
governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more of the reasons prescribed
in Section 36-25A-7(a). (3) GENERAL REPUTATION AND CHARACTER. Characteristics or actions of
a person directly involving good or bad ethical conduct,...
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8-17-91
Section 8-17-91 Disposition of funds; overpayments. (a) The proceeds from the permit fees,
inspection fees, and penalties, if any, collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
and the Revenue Commissioner pursuant to Section 8-17-87 together with one-third of the proceeds
of the six cent ($.06) additional motor fuel excise tax levied on gasoline under subdivision
(1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, shall be paid into the State Treasury and distributed
by the State Treasurer as follows: (1) An amount equal to five percent or no less than $175,000,
whichever is greater, of the combined proceeds received each month shall accrue to the credit
of, and be deposited in, the Agricultural Fund; and (2) The balance of the proceeds shall
be distributed as follows: a. 13.87 percent of the balance of the proceeds shall be distributed
equally among each of the 67 counties of the state monthly. The county shall deposit the proceeds
into the county's special RRR Fund as provided...
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11-89C-1
Section 11-89C-1 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that
it is in the public interest and the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state
and within the police power of the state, county, and municipal governments to promote effective
and efficient compliance with federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and permits relating
to discharges into and from municipal separate storm sewers, and to promote and authorize
the discovery, control, and elimination, wherever practicable, of that discharge at the local
government level. (b) It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter to
assist the state in its implementation of the storm water laws, and to supplement the authority
of the governing bodies of all counties and municipalities in the state to enable them to
implement the storm water laws. (c) It is further the intention of the Legislature to authorize
and promote the intercooperation of the governing bodies in...
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11-85-40
Section 11-85-40 Powers of Alabama Development Office and local, regional, and joint planning
commissions as to comprehensive advisory planning and research; comprehensive advisory planning
defined. (a) To facilitate the solution of urban and regional planning problems and to provide
for comprehensive advisory planning, including transportation planning, for the state and
its cities, counties, urban areas, and regions, the Alabama Development Office, the various
regional planning commissions presently authorized to be created, the various county planning
commissions presently authorized to be created, the various joint planning commissions presently
authorized to be created, municipalities, and the various municipal planning commissions presently
authorized to be created are each and all hereby empowered and authorized, within the respective
geographical areas as to which planning power has heretofore been delegated to such respective
office, commissions, or other agencies to perform...
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9-7-11
Section 9-7-11 Purpose of chapter; legislative findings. The purpose of this chapter is to
promote, improve and safeguard the lands and waters located in the coastal areas of this state
through a comprehensive and cooperative program designed to preserve, enhance and develop
such valuable resources for the present and future well-being and general welfare of the citizens
of this state. In promulgating such a program, the Legislature of Alabama recognizes and declares
that: (1) The coastal area is rich in a variety of natural, commercial, recreational, industrial
and aesthetic resources of immediate and potential value to the present and future well-being
of the state; (2) There are increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters of
the coastal area occasioned by population growth and economic development, including requirements
for industry, commerce, residential development, recreation, extraction of mineral resources
and fossil fuels, transportation and navigation, waste...
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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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