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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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27-61-1
Section 27-61-1 Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact. The Surplus Lines Insurance
Multi-State Compliance Compact Act is enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions
mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially as follows: PREAMBLE WHEREAS, with
regard to Non-Admitted Insurance policies with risk exposures located in multiple states,
the 111th United States Congress has stipulated in Title V, Subtitle B, the Non-Admitted and
Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010, of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act, hereafter, the NRRA, that: (A) The placement of Non-Admitted Insurance shall be subject
to the statutory and regulatory requirements solely of the insured's Home State, and (B) Any
law, regulation, provision, or action of any State that applies or purports to apply to Non-Admitted
Insurance sold to, solicited by, or negotiated with an insured whose Home State is another
State shall be preempted with respect to such application;...
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9-12-180
Section 9-12-180 Authorized; form. The Governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed
to execute a compact on behalf of the State of Alabama with any one or more of the states
of Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and with such other states as may enter into
the compact legally therein in the form substantially as follows: GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES
COMPACT The contracting states solemnly agree: Article I Whereas the Gulf Coast States have
the proprietary interest in and jurisdiction over fisheries in the waters within their respective
boundaries, it is the purpose of this compact to promote the better utilization of the fisheries,
marine, shell and anadromous, of the seaboard of the Gulf of Mexico, by the development of
a joint program for the promotion and protection of such fisheries and the prevention of the
physical waste of the fisheries from any cause. Article II This compact shall become operative
immediately as to those states ratifying it whenever any two...
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2-6-71
Section 2-6-71 Declaration of purpose and legislative findings. The Legislature has found and
determined and does hereby declare that in certain areas of this state, there are inadequate
market facilities available to Alabama farmers for the efficient handling and sale of agricultural
and agriculture related products. The Legislature has also found and determined, and does
hereby declare that the coliseum is in dire need of repair and is in such poor condition as
to limit its use by the public. It is the intent of the Legislature, by the passage of this
article, to authorize the incorporation of a public corporation as an instrumentality of the
state for the purpose of borrowing funds to finance the construction of an adequate market
facility and the renovation of the coliseum and to vest said corporation with all powers,
rights, privileges and titles that may be necessary to accomplish said purposes. This article
shall be liberally construed in conformity with said intent. (Acts 1984,...
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41-10-391
Section 41-10-391 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; construction of article.
The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be:
Supercomputer technology is expected to have a significant impact on the research capabilities
of research institutions, governmental agencies and private industries. The police power of
the state authorizes the state to promote the prosperity and general welfare of its citizens.
The development of supercomputer technology will greatly enhance research capabilities of
the state's major research institutions and governmental agencies, and will attract industry
to the state. For these reasons, it is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this
article to exercise its police power to authorize the incorporation by the Governor, the Director
of Finance, the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Lieutenant Governor and
the Speaker of the House, of a public corporation for the...
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9-17-6
Section 9-17-6 Oil and Gas Board - Powers and duties generally. (a) The board shall have jurisdiction
and authority over all persons and property necessary to administer and enforce effectively
the provisions of this article and all other articles relating to the conservation of oil
and gas. (b) The board shall have the authority and it shall be its duty to make such inquiries
as it may think proper to determine whether or not waste, over which it has jurisdiction,
exists or is imminent. In the exercise of such power the board shall have the authority to
perform the following: (1) Collect data. (2) Make investigation and inspection. (3) Examine
properties, leases, papers, books, and records, including drilling records, logs, and other
geological and geophysical data. (4) Examine, check, test, and gauge oil and gas wells, tanks,
plants, processing facilities, structures, natural gas pipelines and gathering lines, and
storage and transportation equipment and facilities, and other modes...
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9-1-6
Section 9-1-6 Declaration of public policy and legislative intent; measure of damages for the
unauthorized removal of coal; retroactive application of section. (a) The objective of this
section is to specify the measure of damages for the unauthorized removal of coal in Alabama.
It is declared that the extraction of coal provides a major present and future source of energy
and is an essential and necessary activity which contributes to the economic and material
well-being of the state. In the absence of a reasonable measure of damages as specified in
this section, confusion could result in the coal industry causing financial distress and unemployment,
and may cause the abandonment and prevent the use of many coal mines. This state has a public
interest in removing this hazard and precluding this confusion and distress without doing
violence to private rights. (b) The measure of damages in any civil action for the unauthorized
extraction, severance, injury or removal of coal from land,...
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22-27-3
Section 22-27-3 Authority of local governing bodies as waste collections and disposal; household
exemptions; state regulatory program. (a) Generally. (1) The county commission or municipal
governing body may, and is hereby authorized to, make available to the general public collection
and disposal facilities for solid wastes in a manner acceptable to the department. The county
commission or municipal governing body may provide such collection or disposal services by
contract with private or other controlling agencies and may include house-to-house service
or the placement of regularly serviced and controlled bulk refuse receptacles within reasonable
(generally less than eight miles) distance from the farthest affected household and the wastes
managed in a manner acceptable to the department. (2) Any county commission or municipal governing
body providing services to the public under this article shall have the power and authority
by resolution or ordinance to adopt rules and...
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9-17-130
Section 9-17-130 Legislative findings and declaration. The Legislature of the State of Alabama
finds and declares that the protection of Alabama's environment is vital to the economy of
this state; that coalbed methane gas wells are an important source of natural gas for use
in industry and by consumers thereof in Alabama and are becoming increasingly common in Alabama
as the technology for such wells advances; that the broadest possible promotion of public
and private interests requires that coalbed methane gas wells be properly plugged when abandoned;
that delays therein may affect the environment or public health, safety and welfare; that
adequate financial resources be readily available to provide for the expeditious plugging
of such wells and to provide a means for doing so without delay; that the Legislature has
heretofore authorized the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama to require that operators of
such wells provide evidence of financial responsibility to cover the costs of...
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13A-9-70
Section 13A-9-70 Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this article shall
have the following meanings unless a different meaning is required by the context: (1) CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATION. Any benevolent, philanthropic, or patriotic person, or one purporting to be
such, consistent with the then-controlling definition provided in the Internal Revenue Code
of the United States of America, which solicits and collects funds for charitable purposes
and includes each local, county, or area division within this state of the charitable organization;
provided the local, county, or area division has authority and discretion to disburse funds
or property otherwise than by transfer to any parent organization. (2) CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
Any charitable, benevolent, philanthropic, or patriotic purpose which is consistent with the
then-controlling definition provided in the Internal Revenue Code of the United States of
America. (3) CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. Any charitable organization...
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