16-5-8.3
Section 16-5-8.3 Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature that all two-year
and four-year institutions of higher education in the state comply with the intent of subsection
(e) of Section 16-5-8 and the guidelines developed pursuant to it (unless otherwise exempted
by subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8). In the event of noncompliance by any institution governed
by a board of trustees established by the constitution with the statewide articulation agreement
as provided in subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8, no other two-year or four-year institution
shall be required to comply with the statewide articulation agreement. These two-year and
four-year institutions shall continue to comply with all other provisions of Section 16-5-8.
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education shall notify the Legislative Council, the governing
body of each four-year institution, and the State Board of Education within 30 days of any
failure to comply with subsection (e) of Section 16-5-8 or...
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20-2-190.1
Section 20-2-190.1 Legislative intent. (a) The Legislature finds the following: (1) The danger
of methamphetamine manufacture to the public and especially to law enforcement involved in
the investigation and clean-up of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories is of paramount
concern. (2) Ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, their salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical
isomers are the essential ingredient in the manufacture of methamphetamine. (b) It is the
intent of the Legislature to prevent and criminally sanction the practice of smurfing. Smurfing
is the common name for the act of a person within the state or from other states, acting alone
or in concert, at the direction or behest of another to circumvent the provisions of state
law by purchasing multiple quantities of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine compounds for the intent
of combining or using such quantities for the purposes of manufacturing or attempting to manufacture
methamphetamine. (Act 2012-237, p. 445, §1.)...
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22-11C-2
Section 22-11C-2 Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the referral
of persons who have traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injuries to a coordinated rehabilitation
program developed and administered by other state agencies, to ascertain information relative
to the occurrence of head injuries resulting in moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries
or spinal cord injuries, to identify prevention programs to prevent these disabling conditions,
and to recommend to the Legislature, state agencies, and other interested organizations steps
to prevent and better treat these conditions. (Act 98-611, p. 1343, §2.)...
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22-23A-2
Section 22-23A-2 Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature acting by and through
the authority and the department to aid, assist and coordinate existing community water systems
in locating, developing and sustaining adequate potable water supplies for the citizens of
this state and to this end to authorize the incorporation of a state authority with power
and authority to issue water system assistance bonds, as may be necessary, from time to time,
to finance community water system projects. Further it is the intent of the Legislature that
community water systems shall not be required to participate in programs authorized by this
chapter. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-857, p. 338, §2.)...
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27-54-1
Section 27-54-1 Legislative intent; public policy. (a) The Legislature finds the following:
(1) Mental illness affects many citizens of this state each year, resulting in anguish, grief,
desperation, fear, isolation, and a sense of hopelessness of significant levels among victims
and families. (2) Consequences of mental illness include the significant expenditures of public
operating funds for treatment and losses of millions of dollars by businesses in the state
in accidents, absenteeism, nonproductivity, and turnover. Excessive stress and anxiety and
other forms of mental illness clearly contribute to general health problems and costs. (3)
Typical health coverage in this state by some insurers provides individuals and affected families
of mental illness with nonexistent or limited benefits compared to provisions for other illnesses.
(4) Experience in this state and several other states demonstrates that the risk of mental
illness can be insured at reasonable additional cost, provided...
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29-2-1
Section 29-2-1 Legislative findings and intent. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as
follows: improving the efficiency, cost effectiveness and performance of all branches of government
can only be achieved with proper oversight, accountability, and transparency in government
decision making and processes for service delivery; a long-range program of highway development
and maintenance in Alabama (herein "the state") is vital to the safety of the traveling
public as well as the industrial and agricultural growth of the state; the highway system
in the state must be adequate to meet expanding needs; highway construction, maintenance,
and administration to support such a system should include long-range planning, soundness
in scope of the highway program, efficient performance, and fiscal responsibility in both
policy and planning; the use of a long-range highway program will further the judicious expenditure
of highway funds, will promote the public safety and convenience, will...
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36-27C-1
Section 36-27C-1 Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to make available
to participants a defined contribution plan as described in Section 401 of the Internal Revenue
Code, so as to enable the participants to conveniently and economically receive the fullest
benefits offered by federal tax law as it relates to qualified defined contribution savings
plans for public employees covered by a mandatory defined benefit public employee savings
plan and participating in voluntary supplemental deferred compensation or tax sheltered annuity
plans under Internal Revenue Code Sections 457 and 403(b) respectively. (Act 2001-704, p.
1562, §1.)...
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40-12-220.1
Section 40-12-220.1 Legislative intent. It was the intent of the Legislature in enacting Sections
40-12-220 to 40-12-227, inclusive, to impose a license tax or privilege tax on lessors based
on the gross proceeds derived from the leasing or rental of tangible personal property.
It is also the intent of the Legislature to permit lessors of tangible personal property
to pass on to lessees such license or privilege taxes by adding such taxes to the leasing
price or otherwise, with all such amounts constituting the gross proceeds subject to the privilege
or license tax provided in this article. The purpose of Act 2001-636 is to clarify and insure
the implementation of the actual purpose and original intent of the Legislature when it enacted
this article. (Act 2001-636, p. 1242, §2.)...
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40-21-101
Section 40-21-101 Legislative intent. It is the intention of the Legislature of Alabama that
the tax herein levied shall be supplemental to and complementary with the utility gross receipts
tax so as to prevent discrimination in the effect of the utility gross receipts tax upon either
intrastate or interstate commerce. It is the intention of the Legislature of Alabama that
the tax herein levied shall apply to purchases of utility services from any utility. With
respect to every tax exemption which may be enacted into law subsequent to the enactment of
this article, there shall be a presumption that such exemption does not apply to the tax herein
levied unless the statute containing such exemption shall make specific reference to this
article and shall clearly show a legislative intention to make such exemption applicable to
the tax herein levied. (Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 37, p. 88, §3; Acts 1992, No. 92-623, p.
1466, §8.)...
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40-2A-2
to be the legislative intent that, to the extent such other specific provisions are inconsistent
with or different from the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall
prevail. (2) SCOPE. The provisions contained herein shall govern all matters administered
by the department except as otherwise provided by law or by agreement entered into pursuant
to lawful authority. However, nothing herein shall be construed to apply to the assessment
of ad valorem taxes on real or personal property which is administered by the various
counties of the State of Alabama, except that the determination and assessment of value of
property of public utilities under Chapter 21 of this title, and the determination and assessment
of value of corporate shares of stock under Article 4 of Chapter 14 of this title shall be
governed by the procedures set forth in this chapter. (3) PROCEDURES EXCLUSIVE. The department
shall not be subject to the declaratory judgment, declaratory ruling, or...
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