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34-14A-15
Section 34-14A-15 Recovery fund. (a) The board may establish a Homeowners' Recovery Fund for
the purpose of consumer protection, consumer education, and consumer awareness. An aggrieved
homeowner may recover actual economic damages, not including interest and court costs, sustained
within the state as the direct result of conduct of a licensee in violation of this chapter
or the rules of the board from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund. Any payments from the Homeowners'
Recovery Fund shall be subject to the following limitations and conditions: (1) The Homeowners'
Recovery Fund shall make payments only to homeowners who file a complaint with the board pursuant
to the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 34-14A-8. (2) The Homeowners' Recovery Fund
shall not make payments based on consent judgments. (3) Failure of the homeowner to follow
any provisions of this chapter shall preclude payment from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund.
(b) The board, by rule, shall determine the maximum amount of...
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36-25-27
Section 36-25-27 Penalties; enforcement; jurisdiction, venue, judicial review; limitations
period. (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided, any person subject to this chapter who intentionally
violates any provision of this chapter other than those for which a separate penalty is provided
for in this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B felony. (2) Any person
subject to this chapter who violates any provision of this chapter other than those for which
a separate penalty is provided for in this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor. (3) Any person subject to this chapter who knowingly violates any disclosure
requirement of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (4)
Any person who knowingly makes or transmits a false report or complaint pursuant to this chapter
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be liable for the actual
legal expenses incurred by the respondent against whom the...
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13A-8-114
Section 13A-8-114 Phishing. (a) A person commits the crime of phishing if the person by means
of an Internet web page, electronic mail message, or otherwise using the Internet, solicits,
requests, or takes any action to induce another person to provide identifying information
by representing that the person, either directly or by implication, is a business, without
the authority or approval of the business. (b) Any person violating this section, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a Class C felony. Multiple violations resulting from a single action or
act shall constitute one violation for the purposes of this section. (c) The following persons
may bring an action against a person who violates or is in violation of this section: (1)
A person who is engaged in the business of providing Internet access service to the public,
owns a web page, or owns a trademark, and is adversely affected by a violation of this section.
(2) An individual who is adversely affected by a violation of this...
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27-29-9
Section 27-29-9 Injunctions; prohibitions against voting securities; sequestration of voting
securities. (a) Injunctions. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that any insurer or any
director, officer, employee, or agent thereof has committed, or is about to commit, a violation
of this chapter or of any rule, regulation, or order issued by the commissioner under this
chapter, the commissioner may apply to the circuit court for the county in which the principal
office of the insurer is located or if such insurer has no such office in this state, then
to the Circuit Court for Montgomery County for an order enjoining such insurer or such director,
officer, employee, or agent thereof from violating, or continuing to violate, this chapter
or any such rule, regulation, or order and for such other equitable relief as the nature of
the case and the interests of the insurer's policyholders, creditors, and shareholders or
the public may require. (b) Voting of securities; when prohibited. No...
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32-7-2
Section 32-7-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) DIRECTOR. The Director of Public Safety
of the State of Alabama. (2) JUDGMENT. Any judgment which shall have become final by expiration
without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation
on appeal rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or of the United States,
upon a cause of action arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle,
for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to
or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including
the loss of use thereof, or upon a cause of action on an agreement of settlement for those
damages. (3) LICENSE. Any license, temporary instruction...
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8-33-13
Section 8-33-13 Applicability. This chapter applies to all vehicle protection products sold
or offered for sale on or after January 1, 2007. The failure of any person to comply with
this chapter prior to January 1, 2007, shall not be admissible in any court proceeding, administrative
proceeding, arbitration, or alternative dispute resolution proceeding and may not otherwise
be used to prove that the action of any person or the affected vehicle protection product
was unlawful or otherwise improper. The adoption of this chapter does not imply that a vehicle
protection product warranty was insurance prior to January 1, 2007. The penalty provisions
of this chapter do not apply to any violation of this chapter relating to or in connection
with the sale or failure to disclose in a retail installment contract or lease, or contract
or agreement that provides for payments under a vehicle protection product warranty as long
as the sale of such product, contract, or agreement was otherwise...
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13A-8-199
Section 13A-8-199 Civil action for violation of chapter. (a) In addition to any other remedies
provided by law, a victim who has suffered loss as a result of a criminal violation of this
article may bring an action in his or her county of residence or any county in which any part
of the crime took place, regardless of whether the defendant who committed the criminal violation
was ever actually present in that county, against the defendant to recover the following:
(1) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each incident, or three times the actual damages, whichever
is greater. (2) Reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. (b) The statute of limitations
for cases under this section shall be seven years from the earlier of the date of discovery
of the offense or the date when the offense reasonably should have been discovered. (Act 2001-312,
p. 399, §10; Act 2006-148, p. 218, §1.)...
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25-5-35
Section 25-5-35 Recovery where accident occurs outside state; effect of compensation under
law of another state, etc., upon compensation under this article and Article 3 of chapter,
etc.; recovery under this article and Article 3 of chapter for accident occurring within state
where employment principally localized outside state. (a) As used in this section: (1) The
term "United States" includes only the states of the United States and the District
of Columbia; and (2) The term "state" includes any state of the United States or
the District of Columbia. (b) For the purposes of this section, a person's employment is principally
localized in this or another state when his employer has a place of business in this or such
other state and he regularly works at or from such place of business, or if he is domiciled
and spends a substantial part of his working time in the service of his employer in this or
such other state. (c) An employee whose duties require him to travel regularly in the...
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34-11-35
Section 34-11-35 Powers of the board. (a) The board shall have the power to adopt and amend
bylaws and rules not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, as may be
reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and the regulation of its procedures,
meetings, records, examinations, and conduct. The board shall have the power to adopt and
amend from time to time rules of professional conduct for professional engineers, engineer
interns, professional land surveyors, land surveyor interns, and corporations, partnerships,
or firms holding certificates of authorization. The board shall adopt and have an official
seal, which shall be affixed to each certificate issued. (b) In carrying into effect its duties
in any case involving the revocation of licensure or any disciplinary proceeding involving
a licensee or the holder of a certificate of authorization or practicing or offering to practice
without licensure, or false statement in connection with an...
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37-14-38
Section 37-14-38 Validation procedure; authorization for validation of provisions of article.
In order to foster and encourage the underlying policies of this article and to assure that
sales and purchases of distribution facilities, and other transactions and actions authorized
or allowed by this article may be conducted in good faith with a knowledge of the validity
of the provisions hereof, and further, to assure that irrevocable commitments are not made
in the implementation of the provisions of this article without the assurance of their legality
and validity, the following judicial review process is hereby authorized and it is declared
to be the legislative intent that the provisions of this statute be judicially reviewed and
validated pursuant to the procedure set forth herein and that the circuit court enter a judgment
in accordance with the procedure set forth herein. (1) FILING OF COMPLAINT FOR DETERMINATION
AS TO LEGALITY OF PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE. - At any time subsequent to...
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