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12-16-63.1
Section 12-16-63.1 Request for postponement of service. (a) Individuals scheduled to appear
for jury service have the right to postpone the date of their initial appearance for jury
service one time only. When requested, postponements shall be granted, upon consideration
of the following: (1) The juror has not previously been granted a postponement. (2) The prospective
juror appears in person or contacts the clerk by telephone, electronic mail, or in writing
to request a postponement. (3) Prior to the grant of a postponement with the concurrence of
the court, the prospective juror fixes a date certain on which he or she will appear for jury
service that is not more than six months after the date on which the prospective juror originally
was called to serve and on which date the court will be in session. (b) A subsequent request
to postpone jury service may be approved by a judicial officer only in the event of an extreme
emergency, such as a death in the family, sudden grave illness,...
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12-16-63
Section 12-16-63 Excusing prospective jurors from service. (a) The court, upon the request
of a prospective juror pursuant to this section, shall determine on the basis of information
provided during an interview with the prospective juror or based on other competent evidence
whether the prospective juror should be excused from jury service. (b) A person who is not
disqualified for jury service may apply to be excused from jury service by the court only
upon a showing of undue or extreme physical or financial hardship, a mental or physical condition
that incapacitates the person, or public necessity, for a period of up to 24 months, at the
conclusion of which the person may be directed to reappear for jury service in accordance
with the court's direction. (1) A person asking to be excused based on undue or extreme physical
or financial hardship shall take all actions necessary to have obtained a ruling on that request
by no later than the date on which the individual is scheduled to...
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12-16-145
Section 12-16-145 Alternate juror selection and qualification plan; master list; random selection;
disqualification. Notwithstanding any provision of Title 12, Chapter 16, the presiding circuit
judge, with the consent of the circuit judges of the court, may elect to utilize the following
alternate juror selection and qualification plan after notice to the Administrative Director
of Courts, which eliminates the master jury box and the interposition of the jury commission
in the qualifying process, and embraces and combines the qualification and summoning process,
as follows: The jury commission shall meet and cause to be compiled and maintained a master
list of persons in the county, together with their residence addresses, who may be called
for jury service. The list shall be compiled and maintained, avoiding duplication as far as
possible, from one or more of the sources named in Section 12-16-57 to include persons whose
listings will foster the policy and protect the rights provided...
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12-16-74
Section 12-16-74 Hearing of excuses, claims of exemptions, etc.; drawing, swearing and empaneling
of grand and petit jurors. The court shall require the names to be called from the venire
list of all persons who have been served with a summons to appear in court that day for service
as jurors and whose service has not been previously excused or postponed. The court may hear
any excuses not previously heard and shall pass upon the qualifications of those in attendance
for grand jury service. The court may in any case, including capital cases, excuse or postpone
the service of any prospective juror outside the presence of the parties and their counsel
in accordance with the provisions for excusal contained in Section 12-16-63. If a grand jury
is to be empaneled, the court shall draw from the venire list on a random basis the names
of 18 persons qualified and in attendance who shall be sworn and empaneled as the grand jury.
If a petit jury is also to be empaneled, all qualified persons...
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45-37-121.01
Section 45-37-121.01 Personnel board - Extent of authority. In and for each separate county
of the State of Alabama which has a population of 400,000 or more people according to the
last or any future federal census, there shall be a personnel board for the government and
control by rules and regulations and practices hereinafter set out or authorized of all employees
and appointees holding positions in the classified service of such counties and the municipalities
therein whose population according to the last federal census was 5,000 or more and the county
board of health, and such personnel board is vested with such power, authority, and jurisdiction.
Provided, however, that such board shall not govern any officers or appointees holding positions
in the unclassified service. The unclassified service shall include: All employees or appointees
of a city or county board of education, or a library board; persons engaged in the profession
of teaching in the public schools; officers...
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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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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama hereby
agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation
Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint and
cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest of
consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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12-16-59
Section 12-16-59 Drawings from master jury box; preparation and contents of juror qualification
forms; completion of qualification forms by prospective jurors; misrepresentation of material
facts on qualification forms. (a) From time to time and in a manner prescribed by the circuit
court, the jury commission shall publicly draw at random from the master jury box the names
or identifying numbers of as many prospective jurors as the court orders. Neither the names
drawn nor any list thereof shall be disclosed to any person other than pursuant to this article
or specific order of the court. The jury commission shall mail to every prospective juror
whose name is drawn from the master jury box a juror qualification form accompanied by instructions
to fill out and return the form to the jury commission within 10 days after its receipt. (b)
The juror qualification form shall be prepared by the Supreme Court of Alabama and shall elicit
the name, age and address of the prospective juror, and...
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12-16-60
Section 12-16-60 Qualifications of jurors. (a) A prospective juror is qualified to serve on
a jury if the juror is generally reputed to be honest and intelligent and is esteemed in the
community for integrity, good character and sound judgment and also: (1) Is a citizen of the
United States, has been a resident of the county for more than 12 months and is over the age
of 19 years; (2) Is able to read, speak, understand and follow instructions given by a judge
in the English language; (3) Is capable by reason of physical and mental ability to render
satisfactory jury service, and is not afflicted with any permanent disease or physical weakness
whereby the juror is unfit to discharge the duties of a juror; (4) Has not lost the right
to vote by conviction for any offense involving moral turpitude. (b) The jury commission shall
determine, on the basis of information provided on the jury qualification form or interviews
with the prospective juror or other competent evidence: (1) If the...
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12-16-8
Section 12-16-8 Employees excused from employment; compensation; postponement of service. (a)
Upon receiving a summons to report for jury duty, any employee, on the next day he or she
is engaged in his or her employment, shall exhibit the summons to his or her immediate superior,
and the employee shall thereupon be excused from his or her employment for the day or days
required of him or her in serving as a juror in any court created by the constitutions of
the United States or of the State of Alabama or the laws of the United States or of the State
of Alabama. (b) An employee may not be required or requested to use annual, vacation, unpaid
leave, or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons for jury duty, time spent participating
in the jury selection process, or for time spent actually serving on a jury. Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to require an employer to provide annual, vacation, or sick
leave to employees who otherwise are not entitled to the benefits...
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