40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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24-9-8
Section 24-9-8 Quiet title and foreclosure action. (a) The authority may initiate a quiet title action under this section to quiet title to real property held by the authority or interests in tax delinquent property held by the authority by recording with the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the property subject to quiet title action is located a notice of pending quiet title action. The notice shall include the name of the taxpayer whose interest was affected by the tax sale; the name of any other party as revealed by a search and examination of the title to the property who may claim an interest in the property; a legal description of the property; the street address of the property if available; the name, address, and telephone number of the authority; a statement that the property is subject to the quiet title proceedings under Act 2013-249; and a statement that any legal interests in the property may be extinguished by a circuit court order vesting title to...
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38-2-6
Section 38-2-6 Duties, powers, and responsibilities of state department. The aim of the state department shall be the promotion of a unified development of welfare activities and agencies of the state and of the local governments so that each agency and each governmental institution shall function as an integral part of a general system. In order to carry out effectively these aims, it shall be the duty and responsibility of the state department to: (1) Administer or supervise all forms of public assistance including general home relief, outdoor and indoor care for persons in need of assistance, also including those duties that have to do primarily with the determination of need and authorization of relief. (2) Exercise all the powers, duties, and responsibilities previously vested by law in the State Child Welfare Department. (3) Provide services to county or municipal governments including the organization and supervision of counties for the effective carrying out of welfare...
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12-25-32
Section 12-25-32 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Sentencing Commission, established as a state agency under the Supreme Court by this chapter. (2) CONTINUUM OF PUNISHMENTS. An array of punishment options, from probation to incarceration, graduated in restrictiveness according to the degree of supervision of the offender including, but not limited to, all of the following: a. Active Incarceration. A sentence, other than an intermediate punishment or unsupervised probation, that requires an offender to serve a sentence of imprisonment. The term includes time served in a work release program operated as a custody option by the Alabama Department of Corrections or in the Supervised Intensive Restitution program of the Department of Corrections pursuant to Article 7, commencing with Section 15-18-110, of Chapter 18 of Title 15. b. Intermediate Punishment. A sentence that may include assignment to any...
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12-16-75
Section 12-16-75 Duration of service; summons for subsequent service. (a) Once selected, a juror shall serve on the jury for the duration of the trial unless excused by the presiding judge. (b) A juror who has served on a petit jury in this state shall not be summoned to serve again as a petit juror in any court of this state for 24 months following the last day of service. (Act 2005-311, 1st Sp. Sess., §2.)...
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12-17-24.1
Section 12-17-24.1 Family court divisions; implementation plan. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the presiding circuit judge of any judicial circuit may establish by means of a written order, a family court division or divisions of the judicial circuit. The presiding circuit judge shall assign one or more of the existing circuit or district judges to preside in the family court division. The circuit or district court judges assigned to the family court division shall handle all cases and proceedings involving domestic relations, divorces, annulments of marriage, legal separations, custody and support of children, granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under any uniform interstate support or custody act, and all other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit courts have jurisdiction, including non-support cases arising in the circuit court under Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, Title 30, as well as other matters within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. In the...
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12-9A-8
Section 12-9A-8 Assignment of circuit or district judges by presiding circuit judge. (a) A presiding circuit judge, by order, may assign a circuit or district court judge who is within the circuit to serve within the circuit or within the district courts of the circuit. Before assigning a judge, the presiding circuit judge shall evaluate the needs of the circuit, including the currency, congestion, and backlog of criminal and civil cases. (b) Assignments of judges by the presiding circuit judge shall be in writing and shall be sent to the assigned judge as soon as practicable. The presiding judge or the judge's designee may notify the assigned judge orally of the assignment. An oral notification of an assignment is sufficient until a written notification can be prepared and delivered to the assigned judge. A copy of each written assignment shall be filed with the Administrative Director of Courts and in the office of the clerk or register of the court to which the assignment is made....
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12-17-67
Section 12-17-67 Filling of vacancies. (a) In the event that a vacancy occurs in the judicial office of the district court, until such vacancy has been filled by appointment as provided by the Constitution, the presiding judge of the circuit shall designate a district or circuit judge, including himself, within the circuit to serve as the district court judge for the duration of such vacancy. (b) If a judge, who filed a request pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 12-17-66 and has been designated to receive a commissioned term, or has been elected as provided in this article, dies or becomes disqualified prior to January 16, 1977, or is otherwise unable to assume office and such death, disability or refusal to serve occurs at such a time that the judicial office created in Section 12-17-61 cannot be filled prior to January 16, 1977, a vacancy shall be created in each such case. Any vacancy which exists on January 16, 1977, shall be filled as provided by law. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p....
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45-27-80.60
Section 45-27-80.60 Excusal of jurors. In all capital cases where trial by jury is held before the circuit court in the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit of Alabama, the judge presiding over the empanelment of the jury venire in the capital case is authorized to excuse any prospective juror outside the presence of the defendant provided the juror has a legal excuse for being excused and it shall be within the discretion of the judge to determine whether the prospective juror's excuse is legal; provided that in no case shall there be a smaller number of jurors to select from in the capital case than provided by statutes not in force and effect. (Act 80-712, p. 1446, §1.)...
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12-17-20
Section 12-17-20 Number of judges in each circuit. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each judicial circuit of the state shall have one resident circuit judge. (b) In the following judicial circuits, there shall be the number of resident circuit judges listed below: (1) There shall be two circuit judges in the first judicial circuit. The judge occupying judgeship No. 1 shall be the presiding judge. (2) There shall be three circuit judges in the fourth judicial circuit. (3) There shall be three circuit judges in the fifth judicial circuit. (4) There shall be six circuit judges in the sixth judicial circuit. (5) There shall be five circuit judges in the seventh judicial circuit. (6) There shall be three circuit judges in the eighth judicial circuit. (7) There shall be three circuit judges in the ninth judicial circuit. (8) There shall be 27 circuit judges in the tenth judicial circuit. The judge occupying judgeship No. 23 shall serve the Birmingham domestic relations...
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