35-14-3
Section 35-14-3 Court in which action may be brought; limitations; further proceedings not
barred. Any action for the specific penalties given by this chapter may be brought in any
court of competent jurisdiction and must be brought within one year from the time the injury
was committed and not after; and neither action brought, nor penalty incurred under any of
the provisions of this chapter, is a bar to any action for further damages or to any criminal
proceeding for any offense included in the acts for which such penalties are herein imposed
or connected therewith. (Code 1867, §3202d; Code 1876, §3554; Code 1886, §3299; Code 1896,
§4140; Code 1907, §6038; Code 1923, §10374; Code 1940, T. 47, §275.)...
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5-19-19
Section 5-19-19 Liabilities of creditor making excess finance charge; failure to obtain license;
damages for deliberate violation or reckless disregard; written notice of violations; oral
statements not admissible; fiduciary duty not created. (a)(1)(i) Any creditor charging a finance
charge in excess of the amount authorized herein, except as specified in subdivision (2),
shall forfeit debtor's actual economic damages not to exceed the finance charge, and shall
refund to the debtor such amount of the actual economic damages, which may be done by reducing
the amount of the debtor's obligation. If the debtor is entitled to a refund and the creditor
refuses to refund within a reasonable time, not to exceed 60 days, after written demand, including
the filing of a legal action, the debtor shall recover a penalty of five times the amount
of the actual economic damages not to exceed the finance charge, but in any event not less
than one hundred dollars ($100). Provided, however, as to any...
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25-5-8
Section 25-5-8 Employers' options to secure payment of compensation. (a) Option to insure risks.
An employer subject to this chapter may secure the payment of compensation under this chapter
by insuring and keeping insured his or her liability in some insurance corporation, association,
organization, insurance association, corporation, or association formed of employers and workers
or formed by a group of employers to insure the risks under this chapter, operating by mutual
assessment or other plans or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the insurance association,
organization, or corporation shall have first had its contract and plan of business approved
in writing by the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance of Alabama and have been authorized
by the Department of Insurance to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance
in this state and under the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary,
the obligations of employers under law for...
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37-6-3
Section 37-6-3 Enumerated powers. A cooperative shall have the power: (1) To sue and be sued
in its corporate name. (2) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (3)
To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and transmit electric energy and to distribute,
sell, supply and dispose of electric energy to its members, to governmental agencies and political
subdivisions and to other persons; provided, however, that should a cooperative acquire any
electric facilities dedicated or devoted to the public use, it may continue to serve the persons
served directly from such facilities at the time of such acquisition without requiring that
such persons become members, and, provided further, that such nonmembers shall have the right
to become members upon nondiscriminatory terms. Cooperatives may not condition membership
or provision of service on compliance by the member with requirements not directly related
to the electric or other service to be provided by the cooperative....
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37-2-45
Section 37-2-45 Recovery of penalties or forfeitures. A civil action to recover the forfeitures
provided for in this chapter may be brought at any time within two years from the date the
offense was committed or forfeiture was incurred in the name of the State of Alabama, in any
court of competent jurisdiction in any county in which the transportation company is engaged
in business. In such action any number of forfeitures incurred up to the time of commencing
the same and not previously recovered may be sued for and recovered, or separate actions may
be brought for each penalty or forfeiture, and the commencement of an action to recover a
forfeiture shall not be, or be deemed to be, a waiver of the right to recover any other forfeitures.
(Acts 1909, No. 31, p. 39; Code 1923, §10070; Code 1940, T. 48, §162.)...
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36-25A-9
Section 36-25A-9 Enforcement; hearings; penalties and remedies. (a) This chapter is designed
and intended to hold members of governmental bodies, and the bodies themselves, accountable
to the public for violations of this chapter. Therefore, enforcement of this chapter, except
a violation of Section 26-25A-3(a)(1), may be sought by civil action brought in the county
where the governmental body's primary office is located by any media organization, any Alabama
citizen impacted by the alleged violation to an extent which is greater than the impact on
the pubic at large, the Attorney General, or the district attorney for the circuit in which
the governmental body is located; provided, however, that no member of a governmental body
may serve as a plaintiff in an action brought against another member of the same governmental
body for an alleged violation of this chapter. The complaint shall be verified, shall state
specifically the applicable ground or grounds for the complaint as set out...
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28-5-9
Section 28-5-9 Governor to supervise enforcement of chapter; promulgation of regulations, requirement
of reports, etc., suspension or revocation of permits, collection of penalties on bonds, etc.,
by Governor; abatement of plant operating without permit. It shall be the duty of the Governor
to supervise the enforcement of this chapter. The Governor shall prescribe the form and fix
the condition of all permits issued under this chapter and shall have authority to make regulations,
require the keeping of the records and the filing of reports to give effect to the provisions
of this chapter and shall have the right, after notice and hearing, to suspend or revoke such
permit for the violation of any law or regulation by the permittee or by his or its officers,
agents, employees or servants in connection with the privilege granted by such permit. Upon
the breach of any of the conditions of the bond required by this chapter, the Governor shall
collect the penalty of the bond. No permit...
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11-52-33
Section 11-52-33 Remedies and penalty for transfer, sale, etc., of lands in subdivision prior
to approval of plat. (a) Where the regulation of a subdivision development is the responsibility
of the municipal planning commission, if the owner or agent of the owner of any land located
within a subdivision conveys, transfers, or sells any land by reference to or exhibition of
or by other use of a plat of a subdivision before the plat has been approved by the appropriate
commission, department, or agency of any municipality requiring such approval and recorded
or filed in the office of the appropriate county probate office, the owner or agent shall
forfeit and pay a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for each lot or parcel so transferred
and the description of the lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer
or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt the transaction
from the penalties or from the remedies provided in this...
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40-2A-11.1
Section 40-2A-11.1 Civil penalties for unethical tax preparation conduct. (a) For purposes
of the individual income tax imposed by Chapter 18, if there is an understatement of liability
on a return that would cause a tax return preparer to be subject to the penalties imposed
by 26 U.S.C. §6694, except §6694(c), §6700, or §6701, and if any of the failures enumerated
in 26 U.S.C. §6695, except §6695(e) and (g), occurs, the department may impose upon the
tax return preparer a penalty in accordance with 26 U.S.C. §§6694(a), (b), (d), (e), and
(f); §§6695(a), (b), (c), (d), and (f); §§6696(a) and (c), §6700, and §6701, as in effect
from time to time. (b) For purposes of this section: (1) "Subject to this title"
shall be substituted for references in the specified federal statutes to "imposed by
subtitle A." (2) "Commissioner" will be substituted for references in the specified
federal statutes to "secretary." (3) References in these federal statutes to federal
district courts...
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34-1A-7
Section 34-1A-7 Licenses - Required. (a) Effective January 1, 1998, it shall be unlawful for
any person or business entity to engage in a business regulated by this chapter in this state
without a current valid license or in violation of this chapter and applicable rules and regulations
of the board. (b) Effective January 1, 1998, it shall be unlawful for a person or business
entity not licensed under this chapter to advertise or hold out to the public that he or she
is a licensee of the board. (c) Any person or business entity who violates this chapter or
any order, rule, or regulation of the board shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, and
for each offense for which he or she is convicted shall be punished as provided by law. (d)
Effective January 1, 1998, it shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor to willfully or intentionally
do any of the following: (1) Obliterate the serial number on an alarm system for the purpose
of falsifying service reports. (2) Knowingly and deliberately...
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