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12-21-142
Section 12-21-142 Exemption of news-gathering persons from disclosing sources. No person engaged
in, connected with or employed on any newspaper, radio broadcasting station or television
station, while engaged in a news-gathering capacity, shall be compelled to disclose in any
legal proceeding or trial, before any court or before a grand jury of any court, before the
presiding officer of any tribunal or his agent or agents or before any committee of the Legislature
or elsewhere the sources of any information procured or obtained by him and published in the
newspaper, broadcast by any broadcasting station, or televised by any television station on
which he is engaged, connected with or employed. (Acts 1935, No. 253, p. 649; Code 1940, T.
7, §370; Acts 1949, No. 376, p. 548.)...
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12-21-283
Section 12-21-283 Procedure for securing attendance of witness in another state at criminal
proceedings, etc., within state; fees and allowances; effect of failure of summoned witness
to attend and testify. (a) If a person in any state which, by its laws, has made provision
for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal proceedings or
grand jury investigations commenced or about to be commenced in this state is a material witness
in a criminal proceeding pending in a court of record in this state or in a grand jury investigation
which has commenced or is about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate
under the seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the witness
will be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation that the witness be taken
into immediate custody and delivered to an officer of this state to assure his attendance
in this state. This certificate shall be presented to a judge of a...
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33-6-10
Section 33-6-10 Enforcement of chapter, rules, etc.; prosecutions under chapter; violations
and penalties. (a) This chapter and rules and orders adopted under this chapter shall be enforced
by the State Board of Health and the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
according to rules adopted by the board and department. (b) Any person may complain under
oath to a magistrate, district attorney, or grand jury concerning a violation of this chapter
or of a rule adopted under this chapter and if a warrant is issued by the magistrate or district
attorney, or indictment returned by a grand jury, the charge shall be tried in court to which
the warrant is returnable, and the warrant may be made returnable to a district court or to
the circuit court and the courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction of the offense,
or if an indictment is returned, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction of the offense.
Convicted persons may appeal as now provided by law. Whether...
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12-16-55
Section 12-16-55 Declaration of policy. It is the policy of this state that all persons selected
for jury service be selected at random from a fair cross section of the population of the
area served by the court, and that all qualified citizens have the opportunity, in accordance
with this article, to be considered for jury service in this state and an obligation to serve
as jurors when summoned for that purpose. (Acts 1978, No. 594, p. 712, §1.)...
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45-39-210
Section 45-39-210 Courthouse parking. (a) The Lauderdale County Commission is hereby authorized
to provide adequate parking for petit jurors, grand jurors, witnesses, and employees of the
state and county having offices in the county courthouse. The commission may furnish parking
through the acquisition and operation of parking lots by contracting with any private or public
agency for such purpose, under such terms as it may deem necessary and desirable, or by reimbursing
those persons covered by this section for their reasonable personal expenses in securing parking.
(b) Upon the request of the commission, the Sheriff of Lauderdale County shall deputize the
county engineer or any other employee of the engineering department or of the sheriff's office
to enforce one hour parking limitations and restricted zone limitations on motor vehicles
parking on the county's property around the courthouse during courthouse hours, and the deputy
shall have the authority to place a parking ticket on...
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12-21-131
Section 12-21-131 Interpreters for persons defective in speech and/or hearing - Qualified interpreter
provided in certain criminal and juvenile proceedings; requirements; fees. (a) Deaf person
means any person either totally deaf, or who has defective hearing, or who has both defective
hearing and speech. (b) For the purpose of this section, the term qualified interpreter means
an interpreter certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Alabama Registry
of Interpreters for the Deaf, or, in the event an interpreter so certified is not available,
an interpreter whose qualifications are otherwise determined. Efforts to obtain the services
of a qualified interpreter certified with a legal skills certificate or a comprehensive skills
certificate will be made prior to accepting services of an interpreter with lesser certification.
No qualified interpreter shall be appointed unless the appointing authority and the deaf person
make a preliminary determination that the...
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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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12-15-102
Section 12-15-102 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have
the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older. (2) AFTERCARE.
Conditions and supervision as the juvenile court orders after release from the Department
of Youth Services. (3) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18 years, or under 21 years of
age and before the juvenile court for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's
18th birthday, or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a child in need
of supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of Mental Health or under 19 years
of age and before the juvenile court for a proceeding initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2).
Where a delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the individual's 18th birthday,
has committed an offense for which there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section 15-3-5,
the term child also shall include the individual subject to the...
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35-11-112
Section 35-11-112 Joinder of persons having liens on same property. (a) Persons having liens
under the provisions of this division, on the same property, may join in the same action for
the enforcement of their respective liens; and when there is such joinder, the court or jury
trying the action must ascertain the amount due to each of the plaintiffs secured by the lien,
and judgment must be rendered accordingly; but the failure of one or more of the plaintiffs
to establish his or their liens shall not defeat a recovery by the others. The proceeds of
the sale of the property levied on, if not sufficient to satisfy the demands of all the plaintiffs,
shall be distributed, after payment of the costs, pro rata among them. (b) When persons having
such liens on the same property refuse, after notice in writing, to join in such action, the
persons giving the notice may proceed without them on making affidavit of the fact of such
notice and refusal; and notice of the levy of the attachment...
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38-9-6
Section 38-9-6 Protective placement or other protective services. (a) An interested person
may petition the court to order protective placement or other protective services for an adult
in need of protective services. No protective placement or other protective services may be
ordered unless there is a determination by the court that the person is unable to provide
for his or her own protection from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional
abuse. Upon a petition, setting forth the facts and name, age, sex, and residence of the person,
the court of the circuit in which the person resides shall appoint a day, not more than 30
days from the filing of the petition, for the hearing on the petition. If, on the hearing
of a petition, the person is not represented by counsel, the court shall appoint a guardian
ad litem to represent him or her. A jury of six persons shall be impanelled for the hearing
to serve as the trier of facts. (b) Costs of court proceedings under this...
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