26-1-2
Section 26-1-2 Durable power of attorney; appointment by court of guardian, etc., subsequent to execution of durable power of attorney; effect of death of principal upon agency relationship; affidavit by person exercising power of attorney as to lack of knowledge of revocation, etc.; health care power of attorney. (a) A durable power of attorney is a power of attorney by which a principal designates another his or her attorney in fact or agent in writing and the writing contains the words "This power of attorney shall not be affected by disability, incompetency, or incapacity of the principal" or "This power of attorney shall become effective upon the disability, incompetency, or incapacity of the principal" or similar words showing the intent of the principal that the authority conferred shall be exercisable notwithstanding the principal's subsequent disability, incompetency, or incapacity. (b) All acts done by an attorney in fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney during any...
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38-7-15
Section 38-7-15 Conditions precedent to bringing child into state for purposes of adoption or placement in child-care facility. (a) No person or agency shall bring or send any child into the State of Alabama for the purpose of placing him or procuring his adoption or placing him in any child-care facility, as defined herein, without first obtaining the consent of the department. The department shall have the power to impose and enforce reasonable conditions precedent to the granting of such consent. Such conditions shall be for the purpose of providing the same care and protection for the child coming into the State of Alabama for placement or adoption as are afforded to a child who is born in the State of Alabama, and such conditions shall include the following: (1) The department shall be authorized to designate an agency in another state from which said child is being brought or sent, or in which said child's parents or guardian may be found, to interview said parent or parents or...
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35-8A-410
Section 35-8A-410 Escrow of deposits. (a) As used in this section, except as otherwise provided, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) HARD COSTS. Any and all costs associated with the actual building and construction of the condominium project, including, but not limited to, site preparation, building materials, shell features, interior enclosures, fit-out costs, mechanical and electrical systems, and fixtures. The term hard costs does not include financing costs, compensation paid to architects, engineers, consultants, sales persons, or attorneys or for advertising or other marketing costs. (2) QUALIFIED PURCHASER. a. An individual, a group of individuals, or an entity owned directly or indirectly solely by individuals where each individual shall have an income of more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the calendar year immediately preceding the date of the purchaser's signing of the purchase contract, or a joint income with his or her spouse of...
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30-4-17
Section 30-4-17 Revocation of certain transferable interests in property upon divorce or annulment. (a) In this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) DISPOSITION OR APPOINTMENT OF PROPERTY. Includes a transfer of an item of property or any other benefit to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument. (2) DIVORCE or ANNULMENT. Any divorce or annulment, or any dissolution or declaration of invalidity of a marriage, that would exclude the spouse as a surviving spouse within the meaning of Section 43-8-252. A decree of separation that does not terminate the status of husband and wife is not a divorce for purposes of this section. (3) DIVORCED INDIVIDUAL. An individual whose marriage has been terminated by divorce or annulment. (4) GOVERNING INSTRUMENT. An instrument executed by the divorced individual before the divorce or annulment of his or her marriage to his or her former spouse. (5) RELATIVE OF THE DIVORCED INDIVIDUAL'S FORMER SPOUSE. An individual who...
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16-46-5
Section 16-46-5 License for operation of schools; fees; financial stability. (a) No private postsecondary institution, except those enumerated in Section 16-46-3, shall operate within this state unless the private postsecondary institution first secures a license from the Department of Postsecondary Education, regardless of whether the private postsecondary institution enrolls Alabama students or has a physical presence within the State of Alabama. Procedures for licensing and bonding of private postsecondary institutions operating courses in separate locations shall be established in the rules and regulations pursuant to Section 16-46-7. (b) For all applicable private postsecondary schools or institutions that apply for a license and that meet the criteria identified in this section, the Department of Postsecondary Education shall issue a license to be publicly displayed on the premises where the private postsecondary institution operates. (c) The application for a license for a...
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8-6-2
Section 8-6-2 Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) COMMISSION or SECURITIES COMMISSION. The securities commission. (2) AGENT. Any individual other than a dealer who represents a dealer or issuer in effecting or attempting to effect sales of securities, but such term does not include an individual who represents an issuer in: a. Effecting a transaction in a security exempted by subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (4), (9) or (10) of Section 8-6-10; b. Effecting transactions exempted by Section 8-6-11; or c. Effecting transactions with existing employees, partners, or directors of the issuer if no commission or other remuneration is paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting any person in this state. A partner, officer, or director of a dealer or issuer is an agent if he otherwise comes within this definition. (3) DEALER. Any person engaged in the...
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38-13-2
Section 38-13-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age and older. (2) ADULT CARE FACILITY. A person or entity holding a Department of Human Resources license or approval or certification to provide care, including foster care, for adults. (3) APPLICANT. A person or entity who submits an application for license as a child care or adult care facility to the Department of Human Resources or a child placing agency, or an application for employment or for a volunteer position to a Department of Human Resources licensed child care or adult care facility. With regard to child care and adult care facilities in a home setting, the term includes an adult household member whose residence is in the home. The term also includes an individual who submits an application for a volunteer position or for employment with the Department of Human Resources in a position in which the person has unsupervised...
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26-17-636
Section 26-17-636 Order adjudicating parentage; limitation on liability for education and support; cost, fees, and expenses. (a) The court shall issue an order adjudicating whether a man alleged or claiming to be the father is the parent of the child. (b) An order adjudicating parentage must identify the child by name and date of birth, if known. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the court may assess filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, fees for genetic testing, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in a proceeding under this article, subject to the following rules: (1) Parties to proceedings under this chapter should pay the fees and expenses of retained counsel, expert witnesses, guardians ad litem, the costs of appropriate tests and other costs of the trial as they may, themselves, incur. The court may order reasonable fees for attorneys, expert witnesses, guardian ad litem fees, costs of appropriate tests and other costs of...
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11-99A-2
Section 11-99A-2 Definitions. In this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) APPOINTING GOVERNMENT. The municipality or county that approves the creation of a district and appoints members to the board. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of a district. (3) CONTIGUOUS. Two tracts of land if touching for a continuous distance of not less than 200 feet. The term includes tracts of land divided by bodies of water, streets, railroad, or utility rights-of-way, or by land owned by any public person. In determining whether land is contiguous with a municipality, (i) land separated by bodies of water, streets, or railroad, or utility rights-of-way is contiguous even though the bodies of water, streets, or rights-of-way are within the city limits of another municipality and (ii) land separated by land owned by a public person is not contiguous if the land owned by the public person is within the city limits of another municipality. (4) COUNCIL. The governing body of a...
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36-25-1
Section 36-25-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BUSINESS. Any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, or any other legal entity. (2) BUSINESS WITH WHICH THE PERSON IS ASSOCIATED. Any business of which the person or a member of his or her family is an officer, owner, partner, board of director member, employee, or holder of more than five percent of the fair market value of the business. (3) CANDIDATE. This term as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning ascribed to it in Section 17-5-2. (4) COMMISSION. The State Ethics Commission. (5) COMPLAINT. Written allegation or allegations that a violation of this chapter has occurred. (6) COMPLAINANT. A person who alleges a violation or violations of this chapter by filing a complaint against a respondent. (7) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. A complaint filed pursuant to this...
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