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9-13-271
Section 9-13-271 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
application of prescribed burning is a landowner property right and a land management tool
that benefits the safety of the public, the environment, the natural resources, and the economy
of Alabama. Therefore, the Legislature finds that: (1) Prescribed burning reduces naturally
occurring vegetative fuels within wildland areas. The reduction of the fuel load reduces the
risk and severity of major catastrophic wildfire, thereby reducing the threat of loss of life
and property, particularly in urbanizing areas. (2) Many of Alabama's natural communities
require periodic fire for maintenance of their ecological integrity. Prescribed burning is
essential to the perpetuation, restoration, and management of many plant and animal communities.
Significant loss of the state's biological diversity will occur if fire is excluded from fire-dependent
ecosystems. (3) Forest lands constitute significant...
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9-16-121
Section 9-16-121 Definitions. For the purpose of this article the following terms shall have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ABANDONED MINE
LANDS. Lands affected by the mining of coal prior to November 5, 1990, and left in either
an unreclaimed or inadequately reclaimed condition, and for which there is no continuing reclamation
responsibility required under state or federal law, and which continue in their present condition
to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, prevent or damage the beneficial
use of land or water resources, or endanger the health or safety of the public. (2) DIRECTOR.
The Secretary of Labor or his or her authorized agents or representatives. (3) FEDERAL ACT.
Title IV, "Abandoned Mine Reclamation," of Public Law 95-87 of the 95th U. S. Congress.
(4) FUND. State Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. (5) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the United
States Department of Interior. (6) STATE RECLAMATION PROGRAM. The state...
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16-60-111.16
Section 16-60-111.16 Donations; assumption of obligations. (a) Property, money, or other thing
of value may be donated for the benefit of the community and technical colleges to be held
in trust and administered for the use of such colleges. (b) Whenever any property, money,
or thing of value is donated to be used for the benefit of the community or technical colleges
of this state, the board may administer such trusts as it deems to be in the best interests
of the community or technical college or colleges for the benefit of which the donation or
gift is made. The board is given complete control of such property and may sell, lease, or
otherwise dispose of the property as it deems to be in the best interests of the community
or technical college or colleges for the benefit of which such property is donated; or the
board may convert the same into securities for handling the property or proceeds therefrom
as in its discretion will best promote the purpose of the trust. (c) The board may...
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16-68-2
Section 16-68-2 (Effective July 1, 2020) Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the
following words have the following meanings: (1) BENEFIT. Recognition, registration, the use
of facilities of a public institution of higher education for meetings or speaking purposes,
the use of channels of communications, and funding sources that are available to student organizations
at the public institution of higher education. (2) CAMPUS COMMUNITY. A public institution
of higher education's students, administrators, faculty, and staff, as well as the invited
guests of the institution and the institution's student organizations, administrators, faculty,
and staff. (3) FREE SPEECH ZONE. An area on campus of a public institution of higher education
that is designated for the purpose of engaging in a protected expressive activity. (4) HARASSMENT.
Expression that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies
access to an educational opportunity or benefit...
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31-9-3
Section 31-9-3 Definitions. As used in this article, these terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. The preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions,
other than functions for which military forces or other federal agencies are primarily responsible,
to prevent, minimize, and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters caused by enemy
attack, sabotage, or other hostile action, or by fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural
cause. These functions include, without limitation, fire-fighting services; police services;
medical and health services; rescue, engineering, air raid warning services; communications;
radiological, chemical, and other special weapons of defense; evacuation of persons from stricken
areas; emergency welfare services (civilian war aid); emergency transportation; plant protection;
temporary restoration of public utility services; and other functions related to civilian
protection, together with all other activities...
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36-30-1
Section 36-30-1 Definitions; dependents; persons eligible for compensation. (a) For the purposes
of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AWARDING
AUTHORITY. The State Board of Adjustment, created and existing pursuant to Article 4, Chapter
9 of Title 41. (2) COMPENSATION. The money benefits paid on account of injury or death which
occurred during the course of employment or activity as a peace officer or firefighter and
is in the nature of workers' compensation. (3) DEPENDENT CHILD. An unmarried child under the
age of 18 years, or one over the age of 18 who is physically or mentally incapacitated from
earning. (4) DIRECT AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE. Death resulting from
a heart attack or stroke caused by engaging or participating in a situation while on duty
involving nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical law enforcement, fire suppression, rescue,
hazardous material response, emergency medical service, prison...
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41-10-68
Section 41-10-68 Leasing of buildings, facilities and structures. The authority and any person
are hereby authorized to enter into a lease or leases for the use and occupancy of any or
all property of the authority or for the use and occupancy of any space in or all of any buildings
or facilities constructed by the authority under the provisions of this article; provided,
that the proposed use by any such lessee or lessees shall be in furtherance of the purpose
for which the authority is created; provided further, that an adequate rental is established
in said lease or leases. Any executive head of any agency, board, commission, public corporation,
bureau or department of the state is hereby separately authorized to enter into any said lease
with the authority. No free space shall be available to any person on any of the property
or in any of the buildings, facilities and structures of the authority so long as the principal
of or interest on any bonds, including refunding bonds, issued...
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9-16-105
Section 9-16-105 Constitutionality and validity of article. (a) If Public Law 95-87, or any
rule or regulation promulgated thereunder or any part of such Public Law 95-87, is adjudged
unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, then such provisions of this article, or such
rules or regulations as were adopted in order to comply with the provisions of Public Law
95-87 which correspond to such constitutional or invalid provisions shall become void and
be of no further force and effect, and any regulations adopted by the commission implementing
such provisions, or corresponding to any federal rules or regulations which are declared unconstitutional
or invalid shall become void and be of no further force or effect. In the event Public Law
95-87 or any part thereof or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder is enjoined, suspended
or the enforcement thereof is stayed pending litigation, then the commission shall immediately
suspend the enforcement of the corresponding section or...
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10A-20-7.10
Section 10A-20-7.10 Rights to shares, bonds, securities, or other evidences of corporate indebtedness.
(a) Notwithstanding any rule at common law, any provision of any general or special law or
any provision in their respective charters, agreements of association, certificate of formation,
or trust indentures: (1) Any person, including all domestic corporations organized for the
purpose of carrying on business within this state, and further including, without implied
limitation, public utility companies, insurance companies, foreign corporations licensed to
do business within this state, all financial institutions, as defined in Section 10A-20-7.01,
and all trusts, are hereby authorized to acquire, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer,
mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of any bonds, securities, or other evidences of indebtedness
created by, or the shares of the capital stock of, the corporation and, while owners of the
stock, to exercise all the rights, powers, and privileges of...
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16-44-1
Section 16-44-1 Governor authorized to enter into compact; form of compact. The Governor of
the State of Alabama is hereby authorized to enter into the compact for education in the form
substantially as follows: COMPACT FOR EDUCATION Article I. Purpose and Policy. A. It is the
purpose of this compact to: 1. Establish and maintain close cooperation and understanding
among executive, legislative, professional education and lay leadership on a nationwide basis
at the state and local levels. 2. Provide a forum for the discussion, development, crystallization
and recommendation of public policy alternatives in the field of education. 3. Provide a clearinghouse
of information on matters relating to educational problems and how they are being met in different
places throughout the nation. 4. Facilitate the improvement of state and local educational
systems. B. It is the policy of this compact to encourage and promote local and state initiative
in the development, maintenance, improvement and...
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