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36-30-5
Section 36-30-5 Presentation of claims for compensation; forms; rules of evidence and procedure.
(a) All claims for compensation as provided in this article shall be presented to the awarding
authority within two years from the date of the death of the peace officer, firefighter, or
rescue squad member or the claims are forfeited. All such claims shall be presented in the
form prescribed by the awarding authority, and proof of the facts and circumstances of the
peace officer's, firefighter's, or rescue squad member's death and, if necessary, the claimant's
relationship to and dependence upon such peace officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member
shall be made in the manner prescribed by the awarding authority. (b) Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsection (a), any person who was previously ineligible to claim the compensation
provided in this article, but is now eligible to claim the compensation provided in this article
because of the enactment of Act 2008-480, and who is making a...
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36-30-2
Section 36-30-2 Deaths deemed compensable; compensation for total disability; amount of compensation.
(a) In the event a peace officer, a firefighter, a volunteer firefighter who is a member of
an organized volunteer fire department registered with the Alabama Forestry Commission, or
a rescue squad member is killed, either accidentally or deliberately, or dies as a result
of injuries received while engaged in the performance of his or her duties, or dies as a direct
and proximate result of a heart attack or stroke, his or her beneficiaries or dependents shall
be entitled to compensation in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to be
paid from the State Treasury as provided in Section 36-30-3, unless such death was caused
by the willful misconduct of the officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member or was due to
his or her own intoxication or his or her willful failure or refusal to use safety appliances
provided by his or her employer or his or her willful refusal or...
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36-30-3
Section 36-30-3 Payment of compensation - Generally. The compensation payable to surviving
beneficiaries or dependents of peace officers, firefighters, or rescue squad members who are
killed under the circumstances prescribed in Section 36-30-2 shall be paid to the beneficiaries
designated by those peace officers, firefighters, or rescue squad members. If no beneficiaries
have been designated, or if none remain, the compensation shall be paid to the persons entitled
thereto without administration or to a guardian or such other person as the awarding authority
may direct for the use of the persons entitled thereto, as follows: (1) If the deceased peace
officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member leaves a dependent spouse and no other dependents
or partial dependents, the total amount of the compensation provided for in Section 36-30-2
shall be paid to the surviving spouse. (2) If the deceased peace officer, firefighter, or
rescue squad member leaves a dependent spouse and a dependent...
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36-30-7
Section 36-30-7 Construction of article; decision of awarding authority final. (a) This article
shall not be construed to give any person a right of action against the State of Alabama in
any court for the recovery of the compensation authorized by this article. This article shall
not be construed to take away any right of action in any court under any other law for the
recovery of damages for the death of a peace officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member;
nor, in the event of the death of a peace officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member who
was an employee of the State of Alabama at the time of the injury which proximately caused
his or her death, shall this article be construed to take away the right or privilege of the
surviving dependents of such peace officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member to file a
claim for damages with the State Board of Adjustment pursuant to any other law. (b) The decision
of the awarding authority shall be final and shall not be subject to...
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36-30-1
Section 36-30-1 Definitions; dependents; persons eligible for compensation. (a) For the purposes
of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) AWARDING
AUTHORITY. The State Board of Adjustment, created and existing pursuant to Article 4, Chapter
9 of Title 41. (2) COMPENSATION. The money benefits paid on account of injury or death which
occurred during the course of employment or activity as a peace officer or firefighter and
is in the nature of workers' compensation. (3) DEPENDENT CHILD. An unmarried child under the
age of 18 years, or one over the age of 18 who is physically or mentally incapacitated from
earning. (4) DIRECT AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE. Death resulting from
a heart attack or stroke caused by engaging or participating in a situation while on duty
involving nonroutine stressful or strenuous physical law enforcement, fire suppression, rescue,
hazardous material response, emergency medical service, prison...
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11-44B-41
Section 11-44B-41 Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context indicates otherwise,
the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them: (1) APPOINTING
AUTHORITY. Depending upon the context, either the mayor, who shall appoint all department
heads, or the department heads, who shall appoint all other covered employees pursuant to
the provisions herein. (2) APPOINTMENT. Depending upon the context, selection by the appointing
authority to a covered job or selection by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or the Speaker
of the House of Representatives of this state of a person to serve on the board. (3) BASE
PAY. The regular compensation for covered employees as most recently established or authorized
by city ordinance, not to include overtime pay, job assignment pay, incentive pay, bonuses
or any other special, temporary, supplemental, or conditional pay. Base pay is usually expressed
annually, but may also, if so indicated, be expressed biweekly or...
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40-18-19
Section 40-18-19 Exemptions - Generally. (a) The following exemptions from income taxation
shall be allowed to every individual resident taxpayer: (1) Retirement allowances, pensions
and annuities, or optional allowances, approved by the Board of Control of the Teachers' Retirement
System of Alabama, which exempt status is set out in Section 16-25-23. (2) Retirement allowances,
pensions and annuities or optional allowances, approved by the Board of Control of the Employees'
Retirement System of Alabama, which exempt status is set out in Section 36-27-28. (3) The
first eight thousand dollars ($8,000) of any retirement compensation, retirement allowances,
pensions and annuities, or optional allowances, received by any eligible firefighter, as defined
in Sections 36-32-1 and 36-32-2, or his or her designated beneficiary, from any firefighting
agency established in the State of Alabama, but only if such retirement compensation, retirement
allowances, pensions and annuities, or optional...
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11-40-10.2
Section 11-40-10.2 Rehiring of certain law enforcement officers retired from state or local
law enforcement agency. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a Class
5, Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality may rehire a retired law enforcement officer
to perform duties as needed if the mayor, or town or city council, as appropriate, declares
all of the following: (1) There is a critical personnel shortage such that the rehiring is
necessary to provide public safety services. (2) The retired law enforcement officer retired
from any state or local law enforcement agency within the State of Alabama which subscribes
to the same pension system as the reemploying authority, and has been retired for at least
45 consecutive days prior to reemployment with a municipality. (3) The retired law enforcement
officer, at the time of retirement, met the qualifications as a law enforcement officer provided
in Section 36-21-46, and the standards and rules issued by the Alabama Peace...
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13A-11-61.3
Section 13A-11-61.3 Regulation of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories. (a) The purpose
of this section is to establish within the Legislature complete control over regulation and
policy pertaining to firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories in order to ensure that
such regulation and policy is applied uniformly throughout this state to each person subject
to the state's jurisdiction and to ensure protection of the right to keep and bear arms recognized
by the Constitutions of the State of Alabama and the United States. This section is to be
liberally construed to accomplish its purpose. (b) For the purposes of this section, the following
words shall have the following meanings: (1) AMMUNITION. Fixed cartridge ammunition, shotgun
shells, the individual components of fixed cartridge ammunition and shotgun shells, projectiles
for muzzle-loading firearms, and any propellant used in firearms or ammunition. (2) EXPRESSLY
AUTHORIZED BY A STATUTE OF THIS STATE. The authority of...
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44-2-10
Section 44-2-10 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into law and
entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially
as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Article I. Purpose. The compacting states
to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision
or return of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and
who have absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so doing have
endangered their own safety and the safety of others. The compacting states also recognize
that each state is responsible for the safe return of juveniles who have run away from home
and in doing so have left their state of residence. The compacting states also recognize that
Congress, by enacting the Crime Control Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 112 (1965), has authorized and
encouraged compacts for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the...
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