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2-2-90
Section 2-2-90 Legislative findings; Center for Alternative Fuels; definitions. (a) The Legislature
finds that the interests of the citizens, businesses, and political subdivisions of this state
are best served by promoting the development and encouraging the use of alternative fuels
as a clean, abundant, reliable, and affordable source of energy. (b)(1) There is established
within the Department of Agriculture and Industries, the Center for Alternative Fuels. The
commissioner of the department shall appoint a director of the center. The department may
employ staff necessary to carry out this division. To the extent possible, the staff shall
represent the racial, ethnic, and gender makeup of the state. (2) There is created in the
State Treasury an Alabama Alternative Fuels and Research Development Fund which shall receive
funds from the income tax check-off program established pursuant to Section 2-2-93. (c)(1)
For purposes of this division, "alternative fuel" means motor vehicle fuel...
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45-40-250
Section 45-40-250 Transfer of water from Tennessee River Basin. (a) This section shall apply
only in Lawrence County. (b) The Legislature of the State of Alabama finds the following:
(1) It is in the best interest of the State of Alabama and the people of Lawrence County to
protect the Tennessee River and its watershed to promote the beneficial purposes of maintaining
a clean drinking water supply, hydroelectric power generation, navigation, industry, agriculture,
environmental quality, and recreation. (2) The Tennessee River has been identified by the
people of Alabama and the nation as a unique resource lying in seven states and by Congress
through the establishment of a special authority known as the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
for the promotion of the best interests of the Tennessee Valley. (3) That it is in the best
interest of the people of the State of Alabama and Lawrence County to protect and preserve
the Tennessee River as set forth in this section in the absence of...
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25-5-14
Section 25-5-14 Legislative findings and intent as to actions filed by injured employee against
officers, etc., of same employer. The Legislature finds that actions filed on behalf of injured
employees against officers, directors, agents, servants, or employees of the same employer
seeking to recover damages in excess of amounts received or receivable from the employer under
the workers' compensation statutes of this state and predicated upon claimed negligent or
wanton conduct resulting in injuries arising out of and in the course of employment are contrary
to the intent of the Legislature in adopting a comprehensive workers' compensation scheme
and are producing a debilitating and adverse effect upon efforts to retain existing, and to
attract new industry to this state. Specifically, the existence of such causes of action places
this state at a serious disadvantage in comparison to the existing laws of other states with
whom this state competes in seeking to attract and retain...
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33-8-1
Section 33-8-1 Authorization; provisions generally; legislative approval and ratification.
The Governor on behalf of this state is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially
the following form, with the State of Mississippi; and the Legislature hereby signifies in
advance its approval and ratification of such compact, which compact is as follows: TOMBIGBEE-TENNESSEE
WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT COMPACT Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote the development
of a navigable waterway connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers by way of the east fork
of the Tombigbee River and Mackeys and Yellow Creeks so as to provide a nine-foot navigable
channel from the junction of the Tombigbee and Warrior rivers at Demopolis in the State of
Alabama to the junction of Yellow Creek with the Tennessee River at Pickwick Pool in the State
of Mississippi, and to establish a joint interstate authority to assist in these efforts.
Article II. This compact shall become effective...
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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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40-18-370
Section 40-18-370 Short title; legislative findings; definitions. (a) This article shall be
known and may be cited as the Alabama Jobs Act. (b) The Legislature makes the following findings:
(1) The economic well-being of the citizens of the state will be enhanced by the increased
development and growth of employment within Alabama. (2) It is in the best interests of the
state to provide certain incentives to allow the state to foster economic development through
the recruitment of quality projects and the expansion of existing businesses within Alabama.
(3) The incentives provided for in this article do not raise any taxes for any individuals
or businesses in Alabama under state law. (4) The incentives provided in this article will
allow the state to encourage the creation of new jobs that may not otherwise exist within
the State of Alabama. (5) The incentives provided in this article will increase revenues for
the state without increasing taxes. (6) The Constitution of the State of...
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25-5-15.1
Section 25-5-15.1 State safety program; legislative intent; creation. (a) It is the intent
of the Legislature to promote safety education, safety planning, and to provide any needed
technical assistance. (b) The Secretary of the Department of Labor shall coordinate with the
safe state program, the safety and health consulting service, to establish a safety program
for cooperating with industry to promote safety and provide technical assistance. Emphasis
shall be placed on unsafe acts in both small industry and high risk industry. (c) Qualified
safety management specialists shall be employed in the safe state program to assist employers
in developing or improving their safety programs. Safe state program personnel shall, upon
referral by the secretary of an employer's request, make inspections for safety monitoring
and report the resulting findings and recommendations to the employer and to the secretary.
(d) The safe state program shall establish and collect reasonable fees for...
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41-9-941
Section 41-9-941 Declaration of findings. The Legislature hereby finds as follows: (1) The
state and federal governments are facing unprecedented demands for government services in
a time of proration, national deficit spending, increasing national debt, a highly competitive
world economy, and the increasing disillusionment on the part of the public with the ability
of the governments to adequately meet the needs. (2) Citizens want their governments, state
and federal, to be more responsive to their needs, by operating at a more personal level with
greater efficiency, higher performance, and lower cost. (3) Total Quality, a structured management
approach first used in private industry, has proven to increase profitability and marketshare,
decrease costs, increase employee satisfaction, and decrease employee turnover. (4) Early
efforts to implement Total Quality within the federal government have produced favorable results;
in fact, it is believed that Total Quality offers one of the...
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33-12-5
Section 33-12-5 Powers, duties and functions. The powers, duties and functions of the agency
shall be as follows: (1) GENERALLY. The agency a. Shall have perpetual succession in its corporate
name. b. May sue and be sued in its corporate name. c. May adopt, use and alter a corporate
seal, which shall be judicially noticed. d. May enter into such contracts and cooperative
agreements with the federal, state and local governments, with agencies of such governments,
with private individuals, corporations, associations, trusts and other organizations as the
board may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter,
including the planned, orderly residential development of the area. e. May adopt, amend and
repeal bylaws. f. May appoint such managers, officers, employees, attorneys and agents as
the board deems necessary for the transaction of its business, fix their compensation, define
their duties, require bonds of such of them as the board may...
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41-9-1061
Section 41-9-1061 Purposes, duties. (a) The commission shall study the conditions, needs, issues,
and problems of the criminal justice system in Alabama as it affects girls and women by conducting
walk through inspections of each of the women's correctional facilities and female youth facilities
and shall have unimpeded access to all documents of public record produced, used, and maintained
by entities of the criminal justice system to assess the needs of the beneficiary population
and to assess the impact of the commission's recommendations. (b) The commission shall conduct
beneficiary panels and focus groups to assess needs of the beneficiary population to ensure
the responsiveness and accountability of the criminal justice system. (c) In conducting such
study, the commission shall study best practices regarding women victims and offenders in
Alabama and other states and shall elicit views from experts in the field of criminal justice,
drug treatment, and domestic violence. (d) The...
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