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7-7-307
Section 7-7-307 Lien of carrier. (a) A carrier has a lien on the goods covered by a bill of
lading or on the proceeds thereof in its possession for charges after the date of the carrier's
receipt of the goods for storage or transportation, including demurrage and terminal charges,
and for expenses necessary for preservation of the goods incident to their transportation
or reasonably incurred in their sale pursuant to law. However, against a purchaser for value
of a negotiable bill of lading, a carrier's lien is limited to charges stated in the bill
or the applicable tariffs or, if no charges are stated, a reasonable charge. (b) A lien for
charges and expenses under subsection (a) on goods that the carrier was required by law to
receive for transportation is effective against the consignor or any person entitled to the
goods unless the carrier had notice that the consignor lacked authority to subject the goods
to those charges and expenses. Any other lien under subsection (a) is...
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37-2-16
Section 37-2-16 Penalty for discrimination. (a) If any transportation company subject to the
provisions of this chapter, or any agent or officer thereof, shall, directly or indirectly,
or by special rate, rebate, drawback or other consideration, or by means of false billing,
false classification, false weighing, false report of weights or by any device whatsoever,
charge, demand, collect or receive from any person, firm, company or corporation a greater
or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by it for the transportation
of persons or property, or for any service in connection therewith, than that prescribed in
the published tariffs, or than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person,
firm, company or corporation for a like service, such transportation company so doing shall
be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful,
and shall forfeit to the State of Alabama and pay into the state treasury...
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37-3-23
Section 37-3-23 Bills of lading. Every common carrier by motor vehicle subject to the provisions
of this chapter receiving property for transportation originating and terminating in this
state shall issue to the shipper a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable
as a common carrier under the laws of this state to the lawful holder thereof for any loss,
damage or injury to such property caused by it; and no contract, stipulation, receipt, rule
or regulation contained in said receipt or bill of lading, or otherwise, shall exempt such
common carrier from the liability hereby imposed; but nothing in this section shall deprive
any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any remedy or right of action which he has
under existing law. Every bill of lading so issued to the shipper shall state the class or
classes of freight or express shipped and the rate to the point of destination and the aggregate
charge made for the transportation. The commission shall prescribe the forms...
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45-35A-54.32
Section 45-35A-54.32 Receipt of gifts, transportation, or thing of value. (a) No officer or
employees of the city shall accept or receive, directly or indirectly, from any person, firm,
or corporation operating within the territorial limits of the city any railroad, interurban
railway, street railway, gas works, water works, electric light or power plant, heating plant,
telegraph line or telephone exchange, or other business using or operating under a public
franchise, any frank, free pass, free ticket, or free service, or accept or receive, directly
or indirectly, from any such person, firm, or corporation, any gift or other thing of value,
or any service upon terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally. Every such
contract or agreement shall be void. (b) Such prohibition of free transportation shall not
apply to policemen or firemen in uniform, nor to policemen in the discharge of their duty;
nor shall any free service to city officials heretofore provided by any...
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2-17-13
Section 2-17-13 Slaughter, sale, offer for sale, transportation, etc., of animals, carcasses,
food products, etc., in violation of provisions of chapter or regulations promulgated by commissioner.
No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
mules or other equines or poultry or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food
products or poultry food products of any such animals: (1) Slaughter any such animals or birds
or prepare any such articles which are capable of being used as human food at any establishment
preparing such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements
of this chapter; (2) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation or receive for transportation
in intrastate commerce any such articles which are capable of use as human food and are adulterated
or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation or
receipt for transportation or any...
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2-17-37
Section 2-17-37 Penalties for violations of chapter; commissioner not required to report minor
violations of chapter for prosecution, etc. (a) Any person, firm or corporation who violates
any provision of this chapter for which no other criminal penalty is provided by this chapter
shall, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of
not more than $1,000.00; provided, that no person, firm or corporation shall be subject to
penalties under this section for receiving for transportation or transporting any article
or animal in violation of this chapter if such receipt or transportation was made in good
faith, unless such person, firm or corporation refuses to furnish on request of a representative
of the commissioner the name and address of the person from whom he received such article
or animal and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the
article or animal to him. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as...
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28-3-11
Section 28-3-11 Invoices and receipts to be maintained by persons, firms, etc., selling or
shipping goods, merchandise, etc., to persons, firms, etc., in another state or to federal
government for army, navy or marine purposes; exemption from taxation goods purchased from
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for export to another country. (a) Where goods, wares, or
merchandise enumerated in this chapter are sold or shipped to any person, firm, corporation,
or association of persons in another state, the seller or shipper in this state shall make
and preserve for three years a duplicate invoice bill, giving the name of the person, firm,
corporation, or association of persons to whom shipped, delivered, or sold, the date of sale
or shipment, and the quantity of the merchandise sold or shipped. The seller in this state
shall have on file a freight, express, or postal receipt for the merchandise showing that
the merchandise was turned over to a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce. If...
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28-4-126
Section 28-4-126 Presentation, collection, etc., by bank, etc., of draft, bill of exchange,
etc., attached to, connected with, etc., bill of lading, order, etc., for prohibited liquors
or beverages. It shall be unlawful for any bank incorporated under the laws of this state
or a national bank or private banker or any individual, firm or association to present, collect
or in any way handle any draft, bill of exchange or order to pay money, to which is attached
a bill of lading or order or receipt for any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented or other
intoxicating liquors of any kind or any liquor, liquids or beverages prohibited by the laws
of this state to be manufactured or sold or otherwise disposed of or which is enclosed with,
connected with or in any way related to, directly or indirectly, any bill of lading, order
or receipt for the said liquors or any of them. Any person, firm, corporation or bank or banker
violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a...
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11-44E-52
Section 11-44E-52 Grant of franchise; lease, or right to use streets, etc.; transfer of waterworks,
sewer, electric, or gas plant and system to board or public corporation. No resolution, bylaw,
or ordinance granting to any person, firm, or corporation any franchise, lease, or right to
use the streets, public highways, thoroughfares, or public property of the city organized
under the provisions of this chapter, either in, under, upon, along, through, or over same
shall take effect and be in force until 30 days after the final enactment of same by the commission,
and publication of said resolution, or ordinance in full once a week for three consecutive
weeks in some newspaper published in the city, which publication shall be made at the expense
of the persons, firms, or corporations applying for the grant. Pending the passage of any
such resolution or ordinance, or during the time intervening between its final passage and
the expiration of the 30 days during which publication shall be...
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37-4-80
Section 37-4-80 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms
shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is expressly stated or clearly
indicated by the context: (1) PUBLIC UTILITY. Any person, firm, corporation or other legal
entity of any kind engaged in the transportation and sale of gas and shall include the State
of Alabama, every county in the State of Alabama, every municipality in the State of Alabama,
every public body or corporation of whatever kind in the State of Alabama, as well as every
private or nonpublic entity, when engaged in the transportation and sale of gas. (2) GAS.
Natural gas, flammable gas or gas which is toxic or corrosive. (3) TRANSPORTATION OF GAS.
The gathering, transmission, distribution and storage of natural gas and the transmission
and distribution by pipeline of all kinds of gas other than natural gas. (4) PIPELINE SYSTEM.
New and existing pipe rights-of-way and any pipeline, equipment, facility and...
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