37-2A-3
Section 37-2A-3 Purpose. The Legislature finds that advancements in communications technology and innovation have significantly changed the way people communicate. In particular, wireless and Internet technologies delivered by multiple competitors are providing consumers and businesses with advanced communications services, enhancing the quality of life and economic productivity. The Legislature has determined that additional consumer and economic benefits can be achieved through the adoption of new policies promoting market-based competitive forces for today's advanced wireline communications services market, while maintaining commission oversight of basic local wireline telephone service and of issues associated with wholesale transactions that incumbent local exchange carriers have with other telecommunications carriers for the transmission and routing of telephone exchange service and exchange access. (Act 2005-110, p. 163, §1.)...
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41-23-212
Section 41-23-212 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) ADECA. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. (2) END USER. A residential, business, institutional, or government entity that uses broadband services for its own purposes and does not resell such broadband services to other entities. An internet service provider (ISP) and mobile wireless service provider are not an end user for the purposes of Sections 41-23-212, 41-23-213, and 41-23-214. (3) MIDDLE MILE PROJECT. A broadband infrastructure project that does not provide broadband service to end users or to end-user devices. (4) MINIMUM SERVICE THRESHOLD. A connection to the Internet that provides capacity for transmission at an average speed per customer of at least 25 megabits (25 Mbps) per second downstream and at least three megabits (3 Mbps) per second upstream. (5) RURAL AREA. Any area within this state not included within the boundaries of any...
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25-1-40
Section 25-1-40 Electronic access to wage reports. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY. Any person, entity, or agency which, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties, and which uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Labor. (3) USER. The same meaning as set forth in the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §1681 et seq. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department may contract with one or more consumer reporting agencies to provide secure electronic access to employer-provided information relating to the quarterly wages report submitted in...
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41-4-291
Section 41-4-291 Applicability to certain entities; technical consultation and procurement; long-distance service. The provisions of this article shall not apply to any county or city board of education, the education television commission, the postsecondary education system, or any public college or university. Upon request, the Department of Finance shall provide technical consultation and procurement services for telecommunications to any county or city board of education, the education television commission, the postsecondary education system, and public colleges and universities. The county and city boards of education, the education television commission, the postsecondary education system, and public colleges and universities shall continue to be provided in-state and out-of-state long distance service by the Telecommunications Division of the Department of Finance, so long as funding is provided to the Telephone Revolving Fund from the Education Trust Fund, and shall not be...
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8-1A-8
Section 8-1A-8 Provision of information in writing; presentation of records. (a) Subject to subsection (e), if parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send, or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the electronic record. (b) If a law other than this chapter requires a record to be posted or displayed in a certain manner, to be sent, communicated, or transmitted by a specified method, or to contain information that is formatted in a certain manner, the following rules apply: (1) The record shall be posted or displayed in the manner specified in the other...
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21-9-2
Section 21-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by this section: (1) BOARD. The Board of Rehabilitation Services. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitation Services, who shall administer the department. (3) COMPONENT PROGRAMS. The following programs administered by the department: a. Children's Rehabilitation Service. A service program that provides educational, medical, and habilitative services including recreational and physical fitness services for children with special health care needs, including coordination and support for their families through statewide community-based programs. b. Early Intervention Program. A program that provides early intervention services for children, up to the age of three years, who are born with disabling conditions or who are at risk for developmental delay. c. Adult Vocational Rehabilitation Service. A service program that...
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31-13-25
Section 31-13-25 E-Verify employer agent service. (a)(1) The Alabama Department of Homeland Security shall establish and maintain an E-Verify employer agent service for any business entity or employer in this state with 25 or fewer employees to use the E-Verify program to verify an employee's employment eligibility on behalf of the business entity or employer. The Alabama Department of Homeland Security shall establish an E-Verify employer agent account with the United States Department of Homeland Security, shall enroll a participating business entity or employer in the E-Verify program on its behalf, and shall conform to all federal statutes and regulations governing E-Verify employer agents. The Alabama Department of Homeland Security shall not charge a fee to a participating business entity or employer for this service. (2) The Alabama Department of Homeland Security E-Verify employer agent service shall be in place by November 30, 2011. The service shall accommodate a business...
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40-23-26
Section 40-23-26 Tax to be added to purchase price; refund unlawful; tax a direct tax on retail consumer. (a) Every person, firm, corporation, association or copartnership engaged in or continuing within this state in the business for which a license or privilege tax is required by this division shall add to the sales price and collect from the purchaser on all sales upon the gross receipts or gross proceeds of which there is levied by this division a sales tax at the rate of four percent, $.04 tax for each whole dollar of sales price; provided, that on that part of the sales price which is a fractional part of a dollar, in addition to whole dollars, and on sales of less than a dollar there shall be collected in addition to the tax collected on whole dollars, no tax on $.01 to and including $.10 of sales price, $.01 tax on $.11 to and including $.30 of sales price, $.02 tax on $.31 to and including $.54 of sales price, $.03 tax on $.55 to and including $.73 of sales price, and $.04 tax...
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45-17-91.24
Section 45-17-91.24 Public meetings; notices of meetings; public records. (a) The committee shall be deemed a governmental body, as that term is defined in Section 36-25A-2. Meetings of the committee shall be held and conducted in accordance with applicable provisions of the Alabama Open Meetings Act, Chapter 25A of Title 36. (b) Notice of each meeting of the committee shall be posted at the courthouse of each of the counties, not less than 24 hours prior to the hour fixed for such meeting. In addition, notice of each such meeting shall be given to each member of the committee, at such time or times prior thereto, and by such method or methods, whether by United States mail, private delivery service, electronic mail, telephone, facsimile, or other method reasonably likely to provide such notice, as the bylaws of the committee may require. Whenever any such notice is required to be so given, a waiver thereof in writing, signed, whether before or after such meeting, by the person or...
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8-1A-2
Section 8-1A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, each of the following words have the following meanings: (1) AGREEMENT. The bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction. (2) AUTOMATED TRANSACTION. A transaction conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by electronic means or electronic records, in which the acts or records of one or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under an existing contract, or fulfilling an obligation required by the transaction. (3) COMPUTER PROGRAM. A set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in an information processing system in order to bring about a certain result. (4) CONSUMER. An individual who obtains, through a transaction, products or services which are used primarily...
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