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45-45-82.51
Section 45-45-82.51 Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares
the following: (1) The Madison County Judicial System faces a severe crisis. The Twenty-third
Judicial Circuit has the highest caseload in Alabama. The number of criminal cases has doubled
during the last five years, resulting in a backlog of almost 4,500 cases, including approximately
18 capital murder cases. Some defendants have been awaiting trial for almost five years. The
caseload facing prosecutors is staggering. Individual drug crime prosecutors are assigned
in excess of 500 cases and it is not uncommon for each prosecutor to prepare to try 60 cases
on a single week's docket. The sheer number of criminal defendants is so large that judges
cannot bring them all into the courtroom without violating an order of the Madison County
Fire Marshal. (2) While faced with these virtually insurmountable problems, the state budget
for fiscal year 2004 has required the system to bear cuts so draconian that the...
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11-92B-2
Section 11-92B-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature makes the following findings:
(1) That the economic development of property comprising a former military installation is
of vital importance to the life, health, and welfare of the citizens of local cities and counties
affected by the base closure and the state. (2) That it is desirable to allow for the establishment
of local reuse authorities capable of managing and promoting the reuse and economic development
of military installations after the closure of the military installations. (3) That an Alabama
court has ruled that a city and county lack legislative authority to join in any entity for
the purposes provided for in this chapter. The Legislature finds that the purpose of this
chapter is to provide such authority. (4) That in consideration of the critical need for valid
and fully authorized public entities, with community involvement and notice, to develop closed
military installations, and perform environmental restoration...
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22-30B-1.1
Section 22-30B-1.1 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that: (1) The state is
increasingly becoming the nation's final burial ground for the disposal of hazardous wastes
and materials; (2) The volumes of hazardous wastes and substances disposed in the state have
increased dramatically for the past several years; (3) The existence of hazardous waste disposal
activities in the state poses unique and continuing problems for the state; (4) As the site
for the ultimate burial of hazardous wastes and substances, the state incurs a permanent risk
to the health of its people and the maintenance of its natural resources that is avoided by
other states which ship their wastes to Alabama for disposal; (5) The state also incurs other
substantial costs related to hazardous waste management including the costs of regulation
of transportation, spill cleanup and disposal of ever-increasing volumes of hazardous wastes
and substances; (6) Because all waste and substances disposed at commercial...
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29-2-52
Section 29-2-52 Duties; employment of consultants, etc.; expenses; contracts; meetings.
(a) The committee shall make a continuous study of the reapportionment problems in Alabama
seeking solutions thereto, and shall seek expertise, when deemed necessary, from among knowledgeable
state officials and employees, academic personnel and others involved in demographic studies
and other census matters. (b) The committee shall make such reports of its investigations,
findings and recommendations to the Legislature at any time, during any regular or special
session of the Legislature, as it may deem necessary. (c) The committee shall engage in such
activities as it deems necessary for the preparation and formulation of a reapportionment
plan for the next ensuing reapportionment and each reapportionment thereafter, and readjustment
or alteration of Senate and House districts and of congressional districts of the state. (d)
The committee, subject to the approval of the Legislative Council, may...
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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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11-54-126
Section 11-54-126 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature hereby finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That industrial development boards have been, and may
hereafter be, organized, under the provisions of either industrial development board act,
to promote industry, develop trade, and further the use of the agricultural products and natural
and human resources of the State of Alabama and the development and preservation of such resources.
(2) That in order to enable all industrial development boards to act more effectively to promote
both the establishment of new business, manufacturing, industrial, commercial, service, and
research enterprises, and the expansion of such enterprises already existing in Alabama, it
is advisable that they be empowered to receive, manage, use, and expend contributions from
private sources that are separate from and in addition to any other moneys or other properties
that such boards are empowered by law to expend or to own. (3) That...
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22-22A-6
Section 22-22A-6 Environmental Management Commission; powers and duties; composition;
meetings; compensation; expenses; ethical requirements. (a) There is hereby created a seven
member Environmental Management Commission of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management
which shall have the following duties: (1) To select a director for the Department of Environmental
Management and to advise the director on environmental matters which are within the department's
scope of authority; (2) To establish, adopt, promulgate, modify, repeal, and suspend any rules,
regulations, or environmental standards for the department which may be applicable to the
state as a whole or any of its geographical parts; (3) To develop environmental policy for
the state; and (4) To hear and determine appeals of administrative actions. (b) The Environmental
Management Commission shall be composed of seven members who are citizens of the State of
Alabama. Initial members of the commission shall be appointed...
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22-22A-7
Section 22-22A-7 Hearings and procedures before commission; appeal and review. (a) Beginning
October 1, 1982, the Environmental Management Commission, in addition to any other authority
which may be conferred upon it by law, shall have the power to: (1) Develop and prescribe
its own hearing procedures, unless otherwise specified by law; and (2) Administer oaths, certify
to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls,
documents and records. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully
issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter
regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent
jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Environmental Management
Commission or its designee, to compel obedience by contempt...
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22-23-31
Section 22-23-31 Definitions. When used in this article and except where the context
prohibits, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) FEDERAL ACT.
The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, being Public Law 93-523. (2) ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator
of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (3) NATIONAL PRIMARY DRINKING WATER
REGULATIONS. Primary drinking water regulations promulgated by the administrator pursuant
to the federal act. (4) FEDERAL AGENCY. Any department, agency or instrumentality of the government
of the United States, the regulation of which has been delegated to the State of Alabama pursuant
to the federal act. (5) BOARD. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (6) HEALTH
OFFICER. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. (7) LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL
UNIT. Any community, town, city, county, board, authority, nonprofit corporation or other
unit of government created by the Legislature. (8) PERSON....
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23-1-291
Section 23-1-291 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that certain portions of
the state highway system provide access to state locales that are notable for their scenic,
natural, historic, recreational, cultural, and archaeological value and are therefore worthy
of designations as scenic byways in order to provide special consideration of their unique
features and special role in the highway system. The Legislature further finds that the public
interest would be served by the formation of a coordinated scenic byways program to enhance
recreational, cultural, and archaeological resources, encourage economic development through
tourism, improve the transportation system, and educate residents and visitors on the history,
culture, and natural beauty of this state. In order to implement this program, the Legislature
has determined that a two-tiered structure would best serve the governance of the Alabama
Scenic Byways program. The Legislature recognizes that the application of this...
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