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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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36-30-2
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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36-30-1
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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25-5-50
Section 25-5-50 Applicability; exemptions; coverage for school boards, volunteer fire departments,
and rescue squads; sports officials. (a) This article and Article 2 of this chapter shall
not be construed or held to apply to an employer of a domestic employee; an employer of a
farm laborer; an employer of a person whose employment at the time of the injury is casual
and not in the usual course of the trade, business, profession, or occupation of the employer;
an employer who regularly employs less than five employees in any one business, other than
the business of constructing or assisting on-site in the construction of new single-family,
detached residential dwellings; or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according
to the most recent federal decennial census. An employer who regularly employs less than five
employees in any one business; a farm-labor employer; an employer of a domestic employee;
or a municipality having a population of less than 2,000 according to...
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28-3-190
Section 28-3-190 Levy of tax; collection; disposition of proceeds by localities; enforcement
and administration; penalties; exclusive nature of tax. (a) Levy. In addition to the excise
tax levied by Article 5A of Chapter 3 of this title and the licenses provided for by Chapter
3A of this title and by Section 28-3-194, and any acts amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto
or substituted therefor, and municipal and county licenses, there is hereby levied a privilege
or excise tax on every person licensed under the provisions of Chapter 3A who sells, stores,
or receives for the purpose of distribution, to any person, firm, corporation, club, or association
within the State of Alabama any beer. The tax levied hereby shall be measured by and graduated
in accordance with the volume of sales by such person of beer, and shall be an amount equal
to one and six hundred twenty-five thousands cents (1.625 cents) for each four fluid ounces
or fractional part thereof. (b) Collection. The tax levied...
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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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36-30-4
Section 36-30-4 Payment of compensation - Paid only to residents of United States. Compensation
pursuant to this article for the death of a peace officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member
shall be paid only to his or her designated beneficiaries or dependents who at the time of
such officer's, firefighter's, or rescue squad member's death were actually residents of the
United States. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 256, §4; Act 2008-480, p. 1047, §2; Act
2016-385, §1.)...
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36-21-102
Section 36-21-102 Tuition benefits; eligibility. When a full-time law enforcement officer or
full-time firefighter employed by the state, by any county, or by any municipality, a volunteer
firefighter, or a rescue squad member is or was killed or becomes totally disabled in the
line of duty, free tuition for undergraduate study at any state college, state community college,
state junior college, state technical college, in the State of Alabama, and other costs officially
prescribed for the classes in the course of study, shall be paid for the following: (1) Any
dependent child, natural or adopted, under 21 years of age at the time of death or total disability
of the law enforcement officer, firefighter, or rescue squad member. (2) A spouse who has
not remarried, provided initial enrollment is within five years of the death or total disability
of the law enforcement officer, firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or rescue squad member.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-609, p. 1058, §3; Act 99-448, p....
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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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22-11A-38
Section 22-11A-38 Notification of third parties of disease; rules; who may be notified; liability;
confidentiality; disclosure of information for certain criminal proceedings; penalty. (a)
The State Committee of Public Health is hereby authorized to establish the rules by which
exceptions may be made to the confidentiality provisions of this article and establish rules
for notification of third parties of such disease when exposure is indicated or a threat to
the health and welfare of others. All notifications authorized by this section shall be within
the rules established pursuant to this subsection. (b) Physicians and hospital administrators
or their designee may notify pre-hospital transport agencies and emergency medical personnel
of a patient's contagious condition. In case of a death in which there was a known contagious
disease, the physician or hospital administrator or their designee may notify the funeral
home director. (c) The attending physician or the State Health Officer...
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