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13A-10-63
Section 13A-10-63 Trading in public office. (a) A person is guilty of trading in public office
if: (1) He offers, confers or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon a public servant
or party officer upon an agreement or understanding that he himself will or may be appointed
to a public office or public employment or designated or nominated as a candidate for public
office; or (2) While a public servant or party officer, he solicits, accepts or agrees to
accept any pecuniary benefit from another upon an agreement or understanding that that person
will or may be appointed to a public office or public employment or designated or nominated
as a candidate for public office. (b) This section does not apply to contributions to political
campaign funds or other political contributions. (c) Trading in public office is a Class A
misdemeanor. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4725.)...
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13A-10-61
Section 13A-10-61 Bribery of public servants. (a) A person commits the crime of bribery if:
(1) He offers, confers or agrees to confer any thing of value upon a public servant with the
intent that the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion or other
action in his official capacity will thereby be corruptly influenced; or (2) While a public
servant, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit upon an agreement
or understanding that his vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion or other action
as a public servant will thereby be corruptly influenced. (b) It is not a defense to a prosecution
under this section that the person sought to be influenced was not qualified to act in the
desired way, whether because he had not yet assumed office, lacked jurisdiction or for any
other reason. (c) Bribery is a Class C felony. (Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §4705; Acts 1978,
No. 770, p. 1110.)...
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13A-10-60
Section 13A-10-60 Definitions. (a) The definitions contained in Section 13A-10-1 are applicable
in this article unless the context otherwise requires. (b) The following definitions also
apply to this article: (1) BENEFIT. Any gain or advantage to the beneficiary, including any
gain or advantage to a third person pursuant to the desire or consent of the beneficiary.
(2) PECUNIARY BENEFIT. Benefit in the form of money, property, commercial interests or anything
else the primary significance of which is economic gain. Expenses associated with social occasions
afforded public servants and party officers shall not be deemed a pecuniary benefit within
the meaning of this article. (3) PUBLIC SERVANT. As used in this article, such term includes
persons who presently occupy the position of a public servant, as defined in Section 13A-10-1(7),
or have been elected, appointed or designated to become a public servant although not yet
occupying that position. (4) PARTY OFFICER. A person who holds...
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16-1-41.1
Section 16-1-41.1 School board governance improvement. (a) This section shall be known and
may be cited as the School Board Governance Improvement Act of 2012. (b) The Legislature finds
and declares all of the following: (1) That the purpose of this section is to enhance the
effectiveness of public education governance in Alabama through the establishment of training
requirements, boardsmanship standards, and accountability measures that are designed to promote
informed deliberations and decisions, to revise the qualifications for serving as a member
of a local board of education, to provide for a code of conduct for each member of a local
board of education in order to better ensure that any decision or action of a local board
of education is based on the interests of students or the system, and to foster the development
and implementation of organizational practices that are designed to promote broad support
of the public schools. (2) A local board of education is the legally...
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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the
South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered
by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state
in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization
of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of
flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial
growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized
and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended
to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize
and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and
implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary
to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession
by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its
own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of
a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation
and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease,
devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether
located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the
authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other
instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose
for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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24-6-3
Section 24-6-3 Advisory board. (a) The advisory board of the commission shall be composed of
nine advisory only members, each of whom shall have been a resident of Alabama for at least
five years prior to appointment. (b) Six of the members shall be appointed by the Governor,
subject to Senate confirmation, as follows: (1) From a list of nine nominees submitted by
the Alabama Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA), the Governor shall appoint three members
who shall be from the Alabama manufactured housing industry and of those three members, two
members shall represent the manufacturers and one member shall represent the retailers. No
employee of AMHA shall serve on the commission. The terms of office of the initial appointees
shall be one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. (2) There shall be
three consumer representatives appointed as follows: The Governor shall appoint from the general
public three members who shall serve as consumer representatives and whose...
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36-25-5
Section 36-25-5 Use of official position or office for personal gain. (a) No public official
or public employee shall use or cause to be used his or her official position or office to
obtain personal gain for himself or herself, or family member of the public employee or family
member of the public official, or any business with which the person is associated unless
the use and gain are otherwise specifically authorized by law. Personal gain is achieved when
the public official, public employee, or a family member thereof receives, obtains, exerts
control over, or otherwise converts to personal use the object constituting such personal
gain. (b) Unless prohibited by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, nothing herein shall be
construed to prohibit a public official from introducing bills, ordinances, resolutions, or
other legislative matters, serving on committees, or making statements or taking action in
the exercise of his or her duties as a public official. A member of a legislative...
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45-37-121.22
Section 45-37-121.22 Political activities prohibited. No person shall be appointed or promoted
to, or demoted or dismissed from any position, or in any way favored or discriminated against
with respect to employment because of his or her political or religious opinions or affiliations
or his or her race. No person shall seek or attempt to use any political endorsement in connection
with any appointment to a position. No person shall use or promise to use, directly or indirectly,
any official authority or influence, whether possessed or anticipated, to secure or attempt
to secure for any person an appointment or advantage in appointment to a position, or an increase
in pay or other advantage in employment in any such position, for the purpose of influencing
the vote or political action of any person, or for any consideration. No employee and no member
of the board shall, directly or indirectly, pay or promise to pay any assessment, subscription,
or contribution for any political...
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