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34-14A-15
Section 34-14A-15 Recovery fund. (a) The board may establish a Homeowners' Recovery Fund for
the purpose of consumer protection, consumer education, and consumer awareness. An aggrieved
homeowner may recover actual economic damages, not including interest and court costs, sustained
within the state as the direct result of conduct of a licensee in violation of this chapter
or the rules of the board from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund. Any payments from the Homeowners'
Recovery Fund shall be subject to the following limitations and conditions: (1) The Homeowners'
Recovery Fund shall make payments only to homeowners who file a complaint with the board pursuant
to the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 34-14A-8. (2) The Homeowners' Recovery Fund
shall not make payments based on consent judgments. (3) Failure of the homeowner to follow
any provisions of this chapter shall preclude payment from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund.
(b) The board, by rule, shall determine the maximum amount of...
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34-24-361
Section 34-24-361 Investigations; reporting offenses; proceedings and actions; privileged information.
(a)(1) The State Board of Medical Examiners on its own motion may investigate any evidence
which appears to show that a physician or osteopath holding a certificate of qualification
to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama is or may be guilty of any of the
acts, offenses, or conditions set out in Section 34-24-360. As part of its investigation,
the board may require a criminal history background check of the physician or osteopath. In
such event, the physician or osteopath shall submit a complete set of fingerprints to the
State Board of Medical Examiners. The board shall submit the fingerprints provided by the
physician or osteopath to the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (ABI). The fingerprints shall
be forwarded by the ABI to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a national criminal
history record check. Costs associated with conducting a criminal history...
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45-11-231.10
Section 45-11-231.10 Removal, discharge, or demotion of merit employees; proceedings before
board; appeal. (a) The sheriff may remove, discharge, or demote any merit employee who is
directly under the sheriff, provided that within five days a report in writing of the action
is made to the board, giving the reason for the removal, discharge, or demotion. The employee
shall have 10 days within which to appeal to the board from the time of his or her notification
of removal, discharge, or demotion. If an appeal is filed, the board shall thereupon order
the charges or complaint to be filed forthwith in writing, if not already filed, and shall
hold a hearing de novo on the charges. No merit employee shall be removed, discharged, or
demoted except for some personal misconduct or fact rendering his or her further tenure harmful
to the public interest, or for some cause affecting or concerning his or her fitness or ability.
If the employee's removal, discharge, or demotion is appealed to the...
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45-2-234.09
Section 45-2-234.09 Appeals; subpoenas; hearing. (a) A classified employee, other than an appointed
official, shall have the right to appeal any disciplinary action taken against him or her.
An employee on probationary status shall not have that right unless the employee had permanent
status in some other position at the time of appointment to the probationary position. An
employee, other than an appointed official, desiring to appeal any disciplinary action directed
against him or her shall first exhaust any administrative remedy as provided by policy of
the sheriff's personnel system. Upon exhausting any administrative remedy, the employee shall
then file his or her appeal in writing with the personnel officer within seven calendar days
of the last final administrative action on the disciplinary action, and shall request a hearing
before the personnel appeals board. Within seven calendar days after the receipt of the appeal,
the personnel officer shall file with the chair of the...
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8-22-16
Section 8-22-16 Penalties. (a) Any person who violates this chapter shall be subject to a civil
penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per violation for each offense. Any such
person shall also be liable for attorney fees and shall be subject to injunctive relief. Each
day that a violation of this chapter occurs shall be considered as a separate violation. (b)
The penalty may be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General,
or by any district attorney in any court of competent jurisdiction. If brought by a district
attorney, 30 percent of the penalty shall be paid to the office of the district attorney which
brought the action and 70 percent of the penalty shall be paid to the treasury of the county
in which the judgment was entered. If brought by the Attorney General, one-half of the penalty
shall be paid to the treasury of the county where the action was brought and one-half shall
be paid to the State Treasury. (Acts 1984, No. 84-260, p. 433,...
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8-6-18
Section 8-6-18 Criminal penalties for violations of article; enforcement; scienter. (a) A person
who willfully violates Section 8-6-3 or Section 8-6-4, upon conviction, shall be guilty of
a Class C felony. A person that willfully violates subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section
8-6-17, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class B felony. The limitations period for any
prosecution under this section does not commence or begin to accrue until the discovery of
the facts constituting the deception, after which the prosecution shall be commenced within
five years. (b) A person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, other than
those noted in subsection (a), or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (c) The enforcement of the provisions
of this article shall be vested in the commission. It shall be the duty of the commission
to see that its provisions are at all times obeyed and to take such measures and to...
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13A-11-61.3
Section 13A-11-61.3 Regulation of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories. (a) The purpose
of this section is to establish within the Legislature complete control over regulation and
policy pertaining to firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories in order to ensure that
such regulation and policy is applied uniformly throughout this state to each person subject
to the state's jurisdiction and to ensure protection of the right to keep and bear arms recognized
by the Constitutions of the State of Alabama and the United States. This section is to be
liberally construed to accomplish its purpose. (b) For the purposes of this section, the following
words shall have the following meanings: (1) AMMUNITION. Fixed cartridge ammunition, shotgun
shells, the individual components of fixed cartridge ammunition and shotgun shells, projectiles
for muzzle-loading firearms, and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition. (2) EXPRESSLY
AUTHORIZED BY A STATUTE OF THIS STATE. The authority of...
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2-17-19
Section 2-17-19 Condemnation proceedings generally; disposition of condemned animals or articles;
payment of costs, fees and expenses, etc. (a) Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat
food product or poultry food product of any of the animals or birds subject to inspection
under this chapter or any such animal or bird that is dead, dying, disabled or diseased that
is being transported in intrastate commerce or is held for sale in this state after such transportation
and that is or has been prepared, sold, transported or otherwise distributed or offered or
received for distribution in violation of this chapter or is capable of use as human food
and is adulterated or misbranded or in any other way is in violation of this chapter shall
be liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned at any time by writ of attachment
for condemnation in any proper court as provided in Section 2-17-30 within the jurisdiction
of which the article or animal is found. Such writ of attachment...
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2-2-31
Section 2-2-31 Seizure and condemnation of adulterated, misbranded or substandard article.
Any article, substance, material or product which is subject to the provisions of this article
which is adulterated, misbranded or under the standard, grade, weight or measure claimed,
within the meaning of any provision of law or rules and regulations under authority of law,
and which is manufactured for sale, held in possession with intent to sell, offered or exposed
for sale or sold or delivered within this state shall be liable to be proceeded against in
the circuit court of the county where the same is found and seized for confiscation by writ
of attachment for condemnation. Such writ shall issue upon the sworn complaint of the commissioner
or his duly authorized agent, taken by an officer authorized to administer an oath, to the
effect that such article or product is adulterated or misbranded or is under the standard,
grade, weight or measure claimed, as the case may be, within the meaning...
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22-50-23
Section 22-50-23 Penalties for violation of chapter, etc. Any person, partnership, corporation
or association that violates the provisions of this chapter or any regulations promulgated
under authority delegated to the Mental Health Department, and after due notice served by
registered or certified mail or personally, shall be liable to pay a penalty of $50.00 per
day for each day of such violation. Any officer or any employee of the Mental Health Department,
or any other person who shall allow, assist, or abet in the escape of any patient or client
confined by court action under the authority of the Mental Health Department shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.00,
and he may be punished by imprisonment in the county jail or at hard labor for the county,
not exceeding 90 days, the imprisonment to be at the discretion of the judge trying or presiding
over the trial of the case. Any member of the Legislature, any member of...
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