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13A-6-157.1
Section 13A-6-157.1 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2018 REGULAR
SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) In addition
to any other remedy under this article, if the Attorney General has reason to believe that
any person, corporation, or any other legal entity is engaging in, has engaged in, or is about
to engage in any act or practice declared to be unlawful by this article, the Attorney General
may bring an action in the name of the state in the appropriate state court against the person,
corporation, or entity to restrain by temporary restraining order, or temporary or permanent
injunction, the acts or practices. (b) In addition to any other remedy under this article,
the Attorney General may bring a civil action on behalf of the state in the appropriate state
court to recover actual damages for victims of acts or practices performed in violation of
this article. (c) Venue for any action brought under this section is...
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13A-6-157
Section 13A-6-157 Civil action by victims; venue; relief awarded. (a) An individual who is
a victim of human trafficking may bring a civil action in the appropriate state court. (b)
Venue for any action brought under this section shall be in the county in which the offense
was committed or in any other county into or through which the person upon whom it was committed
may have been carried in the commission of the offense. If venue is proper in more than one
county, venue shall be in either county. (c) The court may award actual damages, compensatory
damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, and any other appropriate relief. A prevailing
plaintiff shall also be awarded attorney's fees and costs. Treble damages shall be awarded
on proof of actual damages where defendant's acts were willful and malicious. (d) The court
shall award a prevailing plaintiff attorney's fees and costs. (e) Upon commencement of any
action brought under this section, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy...
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2-25-19.1
Section 2-25-19.1 Penalties, temporary restraining orders or injunctions for violations issued
without bond; form of action; approval of Attorney General; assistance of district attorneys
or their deputies. In addition to any other penalties provided hereunder, the commissioner
may apply for, and the circuit court shall grant a temporary restraining order, or temporary,
or permanent injunction or both, restraining any person from violating or from continuing
to violate any provisions of this article or any rules or regulations promulgated under this
article, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. Any such restraining orders
or injunctions shall be issued without bond. Said action shall be brought in the name of the
State of Alabama upon the relation of the Attorney General and with his approval and such
officer shall, upon his request, be assisted by the district attorney or deputy district attorney
of the judicial circuit in which injunctive proceedings are filed....
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9-15-81
Section 9-15-81 Criminal and civil actions and penalties for violations of article. Any sale
or lease of real property or any interest therein of the state made in violation of this article
shall be null and void, and the person or persons violating this article shall be subject
to criminal prosecution by the Attorney General. In addition to the prosecution, damages for
loss or injury to the state may be recovered for the State of Alabama by the Attorney General
by civil action in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County. The expenses of investigation,
or litigation and prosecution, or both, under this article shall be reimbursed from funds
recovered to the Attorney General. All other moneys recovered by the Attorney General shall
be deposited in the State General Fund. Violation of this article shall also constitute a
Class C felony punishable as prescribed by law. (Acts 1995, No. 95-280, p. 507, §12.)...
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27-29-10
Section 27-29-10 Violations and penalties; criminal proceedings. (a) Any insurer failing, without
just cause, to file any registration statement as required in this chapter shall be required,
after notice and hearing, to pay a penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each
day's delay, to be recovered by the commissioner and the penalty so recovered shall be paid
into the state General Fund. The maximum penalty under this section is fifty thousand dollars
($50,000). The commissioner may reduce the penalty if the commissioner, in the commissioner's
sole discretion, determines it is equitable to do so or the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner
that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer. (b)
Every director or officer of an insurance holding company system who knowingly violates, participates
in, or permits any of the officers or agents of the insurer to engage in transactions or make
investments that have not been properly...
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45-35-81.01
Section 45-35-81.01 Additional court costs - Criminal and civil cases. (a) This section shall
apply only in Houston County. (b) In all juvenile, traffic, criminal, and quasi-criminal cases
in the juvenile, district, circuit, and municipal courts in Houston County, an additional
docket fee of twenty dollars ($20) shall be assessed in each case. The fee shall be collected
in all criminal cases where the defendant is adjudged guilty, a bond forfeited, a penalty
imposed, or where there is issued any alias or capias warrant of arrest. (c) In all civil
cases filed in small claims court, district court, or circuit court, including child support
and domestic relations cases, an additional fee in the amount of twenty dollars ($20) per
case shall be assessed in each case. (d) Any fees collected pursuant to this section shall
be disbursed monthly as follows: (1) Ten dollars ($10) of the fee shall be distributed to
the Houston County General Fund for the operation of the county jail. (2) One...
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22-14-12
Section 22-14-12 Orders enjoining or directing compliance. Whenever, in the judgment of the
agency, any person has engaged in, or is about to engage in, any acts or practices which constitute,
or will constitute, a violation of any provision of this article, or any rule, regulation
or order issued thereunder, and at the request of the agency, the Attorney General, or the
district attorney under his direction, may make application to the circuit court for an order
enjoining such acts or practices or for an order directing compliance, and upon a showing
by the agency that such person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any such acts or practices,
a permanent or preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order or other order may be granted.
(Acts 1963, No. 582, p. 1269, §13.)...
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22-20A-32
Section 22-20A-32 Violations. (a) Any food service establishment engaged in the sale or advertising
of catfish products in violation of this article shall be subject to civil penalties. The
department shall impose the following civil penalties. For violations occurring within a 24-month
period: (1) A warning for the first violation. (2) A fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for
a second violation with 24 months. (3) A fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the
third violation within 24 months. (4) A fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for the fourth
violation within 24 months. (5) A fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the fifth violation
within 24 months and at the discretion of the department, a suspension of the food service
establishment permit. (b) A person may appeal the assessment of a civil penalty by requesting
a hearing that shall be held in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
Judicial review of a final action of the department shall be...
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22-30A-8
Section 22-30A-8 Liability for hazardous substance sites; action by department or Attorney
General to recover expenses; administrative order or civil action; for what costs fund may
be reimbursed; contributions among liable parties; declaratory judgment action to determine
apportionment. (a) Liable parties shall be liable to the state for amounts expended for the
investigation, identification, containment and cleanup of hazardous substance sites, including
the cost of post-cleanup monitoring and maintenance of such sites. (b) The department or the
Attorney General shall act to recover for the fund the reasonable and necessary amounts expended
for the investigation, identification, containment, cleanup, monitoring and maintenance of
inactive or abandoned hazardous substance sites to the extent the department or the Attorney
General can attribute these expenditures to liable parties as set out herein. Recovery of
these expenditures by the department or the Attorney General can be either...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at the
capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her opinion
in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the state
or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries,
Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners, Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue or
any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or her duty so to
do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration of the committee.
b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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