16-6D-3
Section 16-6D-3 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following: (1) To further the goals of public education throughout the state, each
school system should be able to have maximum possible flexibility to meet the needs of students
and the communities within its jurisdiction. (2) There is a critical need for innovative models
of public education that are tailored to the unique circumstances and needs of the students
in all schools and communities, and especially in schools and communities that are struggling
to improve academic outcomes and close the achievement gap. (3) To better serve students and
better use available resources, local boards of education, local school systems, and parents
need the ability to explore flexible alternatives in an effort to be more efficient and effective
in providing operational and programmatic services. (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the
Legislature to do all of the following: (1) Allow school systems...
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26-23A-2
Section 26-23A-2 Legislative findings; purpose. (a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama
finds that: (1) It is essential to the psychological and physical well-being of a woman considering
an abortion that she receive complete and accurate information on her alternatives. (2) Most
abortions are performed in clinics devoted solely to providing abortions and family planning
services. Most women who seek abortions at these facilities do not have any relationship with
the physician who performs the abortion, before or after the procedure. Most women do not
return to the facility for post-surgical care. In most instances, the woman's only actual
contact with the physician occurs simultaneously with the abortion procedure, with little
opportunity to receive counseling concerning her decision. (3) The decision to abort is an
important, and often a stressful one, and it is desirable and imperative that it be made with
full knowledge of its nature and consequences. The medical, emotional,...
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15-20A-2
Section 15-20A-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature makes all of the following findings:
(1) Registration and notification laws are a vital concern as the number of sex offenders
continues to rise. The increasing numbers coupled with the danger of recidivism place society
at risk. Registration and notification laws strive to reduce these dangers by increasing public
safety and mandating the release of certain information to the public. This release of information
creates better awareness and informs the public of the presence of sex offenders in the community,
thereby enabling the public to take action to protect themselves. Registration and notification
laws aid in public awareness and not only protect the community but serve to deter sex offenders
from future crimes through frequent in-person registration. Frequent in-person registration
maintains constant contact between sex offenders and law enforcement, providing law enforcement
with priceless tools to aid them in their...
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26-10D-2
Section 26-10D-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) Alabama
provides state licensed child placing services through various state, charitable, religious,
and private organizations. (2) Religious organizations, in particular, have a lengthy and
distinguished history of providing child placing services that predate government involvement.
(3) Religious organizations have long been licensed and should continue to contract with and
be licensed by the state to provide child placing services. (4) The faith of the people of
the United States has always played a vital role in efforts to serve the most vulnerable,
and this chapter seeks to ensure that people of any faith, or no faith at all, are free to
serve children and families who are in need in ways consistent with the communities that first
inspired their service. (5) Religious organizations display particular excellence when providing
child placing services. (6) Religious organizations cannot provide...
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26-23B-2
Section 26-23B-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature makes all of the following findings:
(1) Pain receptors (nociceptors) are present throughout the unborn child's entire body by
no later than 16 weeks after fertilization and nerves link these receptors to the brain's
thalamus and subcortical plate by no later than 20 weeks. (2) By eight weeks after fertilization,
the unborn child reacts to touch. After 20 weeks, the unborn child reacts to stimuli that
would be recognized as painful if applied to an adult human, for example by recoiling. (3)
For the purposes of surgery on unborn children, fetal anesthesia is routinely administered
and is associated with a decrease in stress hormones compared to their level when painful
stimuli is applied without such anesthesia. (4) In the unborn child, application of such painful
stimuli is associated with significant increases in stress hormones known as the stress response.
(5) Subjection to such painful stimuli is associated with long-term...
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41-10-671
Section 41-10-671 Legislative findings and purpose. (a) The Legislature finds and declares
the following: (1) That it is appropriate and necessary that measures be taken to secure to
the citizens of the state the benefits of a strengthening economy resulting from increased
industrial development. That among these benefits are diversification of available job opportunities,
higher salaries, better working conditions, lower consumer prices for industrial products,
conservation and efficient use of natural resources, and maximum utilization of technical
skills possessed by the citizens of the state. (2) That the police power of the state places
upon the Legislature the duties of ascertaining and determining when the welfare of the people
requires the exercise of such power. (3) That the public interest lies in the promotion of
industry, and the welfare of the people is so inextricably intertwined with industry and industrial
development as to make its well being a matter of governmental...
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41-10-750
Section 41-10-750 Legislative Findings and Purpose. (a) The Legislature finds and declares
the following: (1) In recent years, withdrawals have been made from the Alabama Trust Fund
and the General Fund Rainy Day Account of the Alabama Trust Fund for current budgetary purposes.
The Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama require repayment of the withdrawals and
the Legislature recognizes the need to restore those funds to their prescribed levels. (2)
It is desirable and in the public interest to establish a public corporation of the State
of Alabama with the power to issue bonds for the purpose of making transfers to and deposits
in the Alabama Trust Fund and the General Fund Rainy Day Account of the Alabama Trust Fund,
to provide additional funds to the Alabama Medicaid Agency, and for paying the costs of transportation
projects, and to appropriate and pledge a portion of the revenues to be received by the state
from the settlement of certain claims against BP Exploration and...
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16-17A-18
Section 16-17A-18 Legislative findings. In support of and in furtherance of the powers granted
in Section 16-17A-8, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Authorities
organized under this chapter and its university affiliates are performing essential public
functions on behalf of the state, the sponsoring university, and other governmental entities
in the state. (2) The nature and scope of the powers conferred on authorities and their university
affiliates by this chapter are such as may compel each authority and each university affiliate,
in the course of exercising its powers or by virtue of such exercise of such powers, to engage
in activities itself or in collaboration with public or private entities and individuals that
may be characterized as anticompetitive or may result in the acquisition or maintenance of
monopoly power within the meaning of state and federal antitrust laws or otherwise may have
the effect of displacing competition in the provision...
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16-60-82
Section 16-60-82 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent. The Legislature hereby
makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be as follows: The number
of students enrolled in trade schools and colleges supported wholly or in part by the state
has increased greatly during recent years. Further increases in enrollment are anticipated
because of the increased rate of births, the increased need for skilled workers and other
factors. In order to meet these needs and to provide residents of this state with the opportunity
to receive adequate instruction in the arts and sciences and in useful skills and trades,
it is imperative that junior colleges and additional trade schools be constructed, equipped
and operated. The tax revenues and other funds currently available for trade schools and junior
colleges are not sufficient to permit immediate outlays of the large amounts of capital necessary
for such construction and equipment and at the same time to permit...
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41-10-391
Section 41-10-391 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; construction of article.
The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to be:
Supercomputer technology is expected to have a significant impact on the research capabilities
of research institutions, governmental agencies and private industries. The police power of
the state authorizes the state to promote the prosperity and general welfare of its citizens.
The development of supercomputer technology will greatly enhance research capabilities of
the state's major research institutions and governmental agencies, and will attract industry
to the state. For these reasons, it is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this
article to exercise its police power to authorize the incorporation by the Governor, the Director
of Finance, the Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Lieutenant Governor and
the Speaker of the House, of a public corporation for the...
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