9-8A-4
Section 9-8A-4 Commission - Powers. The commission shall have the following powers: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until it shall have been dissolved as provided herein; (2) To sue and be sued and to prosecute and defend in any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the parties thereof; (3) To adopt and use a seal and to alter the seal at pleasure; (4) To designate and maintain a principal office in the City of Montgomery; (5) To adopt, and from time to time amend and repeal, bylaws and rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the commission in the conduct of its business; (6) To allocate funds through the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee to the soil and water conservation districts of the state for use by them in making cost-share grants and approving technical assistance to eligible persons as provided herein; (7) To appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for the...
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11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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24-1A-4
Section 24-1A-4 Members, officers and directors; appointment; qualifications; meetings of board and public notice thereof; salaries; record of proceedings; copies of proceedings as evidence; permanent maintenance of official record; members, officers, etc., not personally liable; legislative oversight committee established; composition; appointment; expenses. (a) The applicants named in the application, being the seven initial appointees of the Governor by congressional districts, the Director of Finance ex officio and the Superintendent of Banks ex officio, and their respective successors in office, together with the State Treasurer ex officio, an appointee of the Governor from the state at large and the appointees of the Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor, and their respective successors in office, shall constitute the members of the authority. The Governor shall, as soon as convenient after the passage of this chapter, appoint one person from each of the now existing...
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27-21A-2
Section 27-21A-2 Establishment of health maintenance organizations. (a) Notwithstanding any law of this state to the contrary, any person may apply to the commissioner for and obtain a certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in compliance with this chapter. No person shall establish or operate a health maintenance organization in this state without obtaining a certificate of authority under this chapter. A foreign corporation may qualify under this chapter, subject to its registration to do business in this state as a foreign corporation under the provisions of Sections 10-2A-220, et seq. (b) Health maintenance organizations licensed as of May 29, 1986, shall be issued a certificate of authority in accordance with Section 27-21A-29. (c) Each application for a certificate of authority shall be verified by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant, shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner, and shall set forth or be...
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45-37A-54.32
Section 45-37A-54.32 Board of commissioners. (a) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners which shall be composed of the following members: (1) Two persons appointed by the Jefferson County House delegation. (2) Two persons appointed by the Jefferson County Senate delegation. (3) One person appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham. (b) The terms of office of the members shall be as follows: (1) The members appointed by the Jefferson County House delegation shall serve a term of three years. (2) The members appointed by the Jefferson County Senate delegation shall serve a term of four years. (3) The member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Birmingham shall serve a term of two years. (c) After the initial appointment, each member shall serve four-year terms until his or her successor is appointed. All members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authorities and shall be appointed from the state at large. No person shall be eligible for board...
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45-39-221.03
Section 45-39-221.03 Powers of tourism board. (a) The tourism board may conduct programs and events, including, but not limited to, programs of information and publicity, sporting events, and other public events to attract tourists and visitors to the county. The tourism board may conduct programs or events in the state and elsewhere and expend its funds in the furtherance of such programs and events in the state and elsewhere. (b) The tourism board may enter into contracts with any person, firm, corporation, or association to carry out the purposes set forth herein. No contract entered into by the tourism board shall bind either the state, the county, or any municipality. (c) The tourism board shall have the following additional powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions, and to defend suits and actions against it, including suits and actions ex delicto...
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11-65-2
Section 11-65-2 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this chapter, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following respective meanings: (1) ALABAMA-BRED. When this term is used with reference to a horse, it means a horse which is registered in the registry designated and administered by a commission in accordance with such rules concerning domicile and registration requirements as may be established by such commission and which is either (i) foaled from a mare domiciled in the state during the 10-year period beginning with January 1, 1991, or (ii) sired by an Alabama stallion and foaled from a mare domiciled in the state at any time after the expiration of such 10-year period. (2) ALABAMA STALLION. A stallion which is standing in the state at the time he is bred to the dam of an Alabama-bred horse, which is registered with a commission, and which is owned or leased by a resident of...
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13A-8-1
Section 13A-8-1 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable in this article unless the context otherwise requires: (1) DECEPTION occurs when a person knowingly: a. Creates or confirms another's impression which is false and which the defendant does not believe to be true; or b. Fails to correct a false impression which the defendant previously has created or confirmed; or c. Fails to correct a false impression when the defendant is under a duty to do so; or d. Prevents another from acquiring information pertinent to the disposition of the property involved; or e. Sells or otherwise transfers or encumbers property, failing to disclose a lien, adverse claim, or other legal impediment to the enjoyment of the property when the defendant is under a duty to do so, whether that impediment is or is not valid, or is not a matter of official record; or f. Promises performance which the defendant does not intend to perform or knows will not be performed. Failure to perform, standing...
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37-6-3
Section 37-6-3 Enumerated powers. A cooperative shall have the power: (1) To sue and be sued in its corporate name. (2) To adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (3) To generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire and transmit electric energy and to distribute, sell, supply and dispose of electric energy to its members, to governmental agencies and political subdivisions and to other persons; provided, however, that should a cooperative acquire any electric facilities dedicated or devoted to the public use, it may continue to serve the persons served directly from such facilities at the time of such acquisition without requiring that such persons become members, and, provided further, that such nonmembers shall have the right to become members upon nondiscriminatory terms. Cooperatives may not condition membership or provision of service on compliance by the member with requirements not directly related to the electric or other service to be provided by the cooperative....
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34-24-521
Section 34-24-521 Definitions. In this compact, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) BYLAWS. Those bylaws established by the interstate commission pursuant to Section 34-24-530 for its governance, or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct. (b) COMMISSIONER. The voting representative appointed by each member board pursuant to Section 34-24-530. (c) CONVICTION. A finding by a court that an individual is guilty of a criminal offense through adjudication, or entry of a plea of guilty or no contest to the charge by the offender. Evidence of an entry of a conviction of a criminal offense by the court shall be considered final for purposes of disciplinary action by a member board. (d) EXPEDITED LICENSE. A full and unrestricted medical license granted by a member state to an eligible physician through the process set forth in the compact. (e) INTERSTATE COMMISSION. The interstate commission created pursuant to Section 34-24-530. (f) LICENSE. Authorization by a...
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