45-42-140.01
Section 45-42-140.01 Legislative findings. The Legislature declares that volunteer fire departments
and associations which receive funds pursuant to this article are organizations which are
public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county.
(Act 2008-123, p. 161, § 2.)...
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45-48-142.20
Section 45-48-142.20 Legislative findings. The Legislature declares that volunteer fire districts
which receive funds pursuant to this subpart are organizations which are public in nature
as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the county. (Act 2013-403,
p. 1543, § 2.)...
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8-21B-2
Section 8-21B-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares that the distribution
and sale of heavy equipment in this state vitally affects the general economy of the state,
the public interest, the public safety, and the public welfare and that, in the exercise of
its police power, it is necessary to regulate the conduct of heavy equipment suppliers and
dealers and their representatives doing business in this state in order to prevent fraud,
unfair business practices, unfair methods of competition, and other abuses upon its citizens.
(Act 2009-755, p. 2279, §2.)...
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11-106-2
Section 11-106-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds, determines, and declares that
it is desirable for local governments in the state to cooperate with military installations
located within the state in order to encourage compatible land use, help prevent incompatible
urban encroachment upon military installations, and facilitate the continued presence of major
military installations within the state. (Act 2014-13, p. 44, §1.)...
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11-32-1
Section 11-32-1 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature finds, determines, and hereby declares
that, in counties having a population of not less than 600,000, there are conditions present
that are not present in counties with lesser populations. Those conditions include, but are
not limited to, the following: (1) The excessive growth in private vehicular traffic in the
counties is placing excessive burdens upon the road systems and parking facilities, especially
in commercial and industrial districts and in areas of high population density, which cannot
be alleviated by private vehicular traffic. (2) The number of vehicular miles the average
citizen of those counties travels per day is among the highest nationally in terms of miles
and commuting times. (3) The projected continued economic growth of the counties and the general
health and welfare of the citizens of the counties require those counties to provide the enhanced
availability of public transportation facilities, operations,...
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11-89C-1
Section 11-89C-1 Legislative findings and intent. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that
it is in the public interest and the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state
and within the police power of the state, county, and municipal governments to promote effective
and efficient compliance with federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and permits relating
to discharges into and from municipal separate storm sewers, and to promote and authorize
the discovery, control, and elimination, wherever practicable, of that discharge at the local
government level. (b) It is the intention of the Legislature by passage of this chapter to
assist the state in its implementation of the storm water laws, and to supplement the authority
of the governing bodies of all counties and municipalities in the state to enable them to
implement the storm water laws. (c) It is further the intention of the Legislature to authorize
and promote the intercooperation of the governing bodies in...
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15-23-2
Section 15-23-2 Legislative findings, etc. The Legislature hereby finds, determines and declares
that victims of violent crime are often reduced to bereft and destitute circumstances as a
result of the criminal acts perpetrated against them, that the financial or economic resources
of such victims and their dependents are in many instances distressed or depleted as a result
of injuries inflicted upon them by violent criminals. That the general social and economic
welfare of such victims and their dependents is and ought to be intimately affected with the
public interest, that the deplorable plight of these unfortunate citizens should not go unnoticed
by our institutions and agencies of government. The Legislature hereby further finds, determines
and declares that it is to the benefit of all that victims of violence and their dependents
be assisted financially and socially whenever possible. To this end the Legislature intends
to provide a means whereby victims of violent crime and...
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16-33B-2
Section 16-33B-2 Legislative findings and purposes. The Legislature declares that there exists
within the State of Alabama a lack of sufficient availability of loans to residents of Alabama
who choose to attend a postsecondary educational institution and who have a financial need
in order to pay a portion or all of such residents' educationally related expenses at the
postsecondary educational institution. This chapter establishes a guaranteed student loan
program which is intended to provide increased access to educational loans for Alabama residents.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-733, p. 1484, §2.)...
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22-23B-1
Section 22-23B-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the following
facts are true and correct: The 104th Congress of the United States of America has recently
enacted into law amendments to Public Law 104-182 (the "federal act") commonly known
as the "Safe Drinking Water Act;" Congress, in the federal act, has determined that
the federal government is committed to maintaining and improving its partnership with the
states in the administration and implementation of the federal act; Congress has, in the federal
act, determined that the requirements of the federal act with respect to safe drinking water
will impose new requirements that may exceed the financial and technical capacity of many
public water systems; The federal act authorizes state revolving loan funds and authorizes
the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to offer to enter into agreements
with eligible states to make capitalization grants to further the health protection...
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22-4A-1
Section 22-4A-1 Legislative findings and declarations. The Legislature of Alabama hereby finds
and declares that physicians engaged in family practice are in critical short supply in Alabama,
and further, that the distribution of such numbers that are available has created many areas
of shortage, especially in the underserved rural areas of Alabama. The Legislature hereby
declares that it regards the furtherance of a greater supply of family physicians to be of
great importance and further declares the establishment of programs pursuant to this chapter
to be desirable, necessary, and an economical method of increasing the number of family physicians
needed to provide medical services to the people of Alabama, especially in underserved rural
areas. (Acts 1990, No. 90-714, §1.)...
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