36-18-20
Section 36-18-20 Declaration of purpose. The Legislature hereby finds, determines and declares: (a) That the tragic incidence of violent crime in our society is growing at an alarming rate, and that these offenses often times are committed by repeat or habitual offenders against our most innocent and defenseless citizens. (b) That there is a critical and urgent need to provide law enforcement officers and agencies with the latest scientific technology available for the purpose of identifying, apprehending, arresting, and convicting those violent offenders. (c) That DNA testing, profiling, and analysis allows a more certain and rapid identification of such offenders as well as the exoneration of those wrongfully suspected or accused. (d) That genetic identification technology through DNA testing is generally accepted by the relevant scientific community. (e) That the procedures and techniques employing the underlying theory of DNA identification is capable of producing reliable results...
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37-9-28
Section 37-9-28 Duties of air carriers as to service, facilities, etc.; undue preferences and advantages prohibited; extension of credit; commission to establish, enforce, etc., reasonable rates, fares, etc.; proceedings as to validity of rates, fares, etc.; authority to prescribe service and rates, fares, etc.; time tables. (a) It shall be the duty of every common carrier by aircraft to provide and furnish intrastate transportation, as authorized by its certificate, upon reasonable request to have and to provide reasonable through intrastate service in such transportation in connection with other such carriers or with common carriers by railroad, motor vehicles, express or water; to provide adequate and reasonable service, equipment, facilities, waiting rooms and rest rooms, in connection with such transportation; to establish, observe and enforce just and reasonable individual and joint rates, fares and charges and just and reasonable classifications, rules, regulations and practices...
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45-49-85
Section 45-49-85 Indexing system. (a) The following words, phrases, and terms including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this section, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) CODE. The Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended. (2) COMPUTERIZED METHODS OF INDEXING. The use of computer hardware and software to alphabetize, store, assemble, transmit electronically, and generally prepare index information and shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: a. Display terminals used to enter, transmit, and retrieve index information for specified periods. b. Computer speed printers used to prepare hard copy index books. c. Storage of index information using disks, magnetic tape, cartridges, chips, or any other method approved by the judge of probate. d. Computer processors to sort and alphabetize index information. e. Any other computer techniques or equipment necessary for preparing the various indexes. (3) COUNTY. Mobile County, Alabama. (4) GENERAL PROPERTY...
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8-8-14
Section 8-8-14 Interest surcharge on loans or credit sales; refunds; maximum interest rate indexed to prime rate; maximum interest rates for open-end credit plans. (a) In addition to other lawful charges under various state laws, and notwithstanding any restrictions thereunder, a legal licensed lending institution, a vendor making credit sales, any financial institution operating in Alabama or any individual may, if provided in the contract, charge and collect at the time of making a loan or credit sale, on each contract of loan or credit sale, an interest surcharge of not more than six percent of the part of the amount financed, which is not in excess of two thousand dollars ($2000). In addition to any rebate to which the debtor is otherwise entitled, when any contract upon which an interest surcharge has been charged is prepaid in full by any means within 90 days of date of the contract, the creditor shall refund or credit the debtor with a pro rata portion of the interest surcharge,...
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9-1-6
Section 9-1-6 Declaration of public policy and legislative intent; measure of damages for the unauthorized removal of coal; retroactive application of section. (a) The objective of this section is to specify the measure of damages for the unauthorized removal of coal in Alabama. It is declared that the extraction of coal provides a major present and future source of energy and is an essential and necessary activity which contributes to the economic and material well-being of the state. In the absence of a reasonable measure of damages as specified in this section, confusion could result in the coal industry causing financial distress and unemployment, and may cause the abandonment and prevent the use of many coal mines. This state has a public interest in removing this hazard and precluding this confusion and distress without doing violence to private rights. (b) The measure of damages in any civil action for the unauthorized extraction, severance, injury or removal of coal from land,...
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9-9-7
Section 9-9-7 Establishment of district - Filing of petition for organization of district; appointment, etc., of engineer; report of engineer. (a) Whenever a petition praying for the organization of a water management district and signed by a majority of the landowners owning more than one third of the land in acreage in a proposed district or by at least one third of the persons owning more than one half of the land in the proposed district shall be filed with the court of probate of such county in which such lands are located or, if such lands are composed of tracts or parcels situated in two or more counties, then in the office of the court of probate of the county in which there is situated more of said lands than in any other county, said petition setting forth the specific body or district of land in the county or county and adjoining counties described in such a way as to convey an intelligent idea as to location of such land and stating that the public benefit or utility or the...
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23-4-20
Section 23-4-20 Vacation of street or alley. (a) Subject to the conditions set out in this subsection, any street or alley may be vacated, in whole or in part, by the owner or owners of the land abutting the street or alley or abutting that portion of the street or alley desired to be vacated by following the procedures set out herein. The owner or owners of the land abutting the street or alley to be vacated shall join in a written petition requesting that the street or alley be vacated and shall file the petition with the governing body with jurisdiction over the street or alley, or portion thereof, requesting the governing body's approval of the vacation. The governing body shall set the request for vacation for public hearing within 100 days from the date the petition is received. Notice of the hearing shall be provided as set out in Section 36-25A-3 for notice of meetings of the governing body and shall describe the street or alley, or portion thereof, requested to be vacated in...
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27-19-56
Section 27-19-56 Outline of coverage; disclosure of information. (a) In order to provide for full and fair disclosure in the sale of Medicare supplement policies, no Medicare supplement policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state and no certificate shall be delivered pursuant to a group Medicare supplement policy delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless an outline of coverage is delivered to the applicant at the time application is made. (b) The commissioner shall prescribe the format and content of the outline of coverage required by subsection (a) of this section. For purposes of this section, "format" means style, arrangements, and overall appearance, including, but not limited to, the size, color, and prominence of type and the arrangement of text and captions. This outline of coverage shall include all of the following: (1) A description of the principal benefits and coverage provided in the policy. (2) A statement of the renewal provisions...
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27-7-37
Section 27-7-37 Complaints against licensees; notice, hearing, and orders thereon. (a) The department shall institute a proceeding against a licensee for the imposition of licensee penalties by filing and serving a complaint as to the licensee, giving notice thereof to the licensee and all insurers the licensee is licensed or appointed to represent. (b)(1) Any person having an interest and feeling aggrieved may file a complaint with the commissioner against any licensee seeking the imposition of licensee penalties against the licensee. The third-party complaint shall be in writing and shall specify in reasonable detail the charge or charges made, the truth of which shall be sworn to by the complainant or some other person who has knowledge of the facts averred. (2) If, upon reviewing a third-party complaint, the commissioner finds that the charges made therein constitute grounds for the imposition of licensee penalties against the licensee, the commissioner shall forthwith notify the...
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45-22-243.92
Section 45-22-243.92 Levy of use tax. (a) Excise taxes on the storage, use, or other consumption of property in the county are imposed as hereinafter provided in this section. (1) An excise tax is levied and imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in the county of tangible personal property purchased at retail, on or after June 1, 1975, for storage, use, or other consumption in the county on or after June 1, 1975, at the rate of one percent of the sale price of such property (regardless of whether the retailer is or is not engaged in business in the county or in the state), except as provided in subdivisions (2), (3), and (4). (2) An excise tax is levied and imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in the county of any machines or machinery used in the mining, quarrying, compounding, processing, and manufacturing of tangible personal property, (including parts of such machines or machinery and attachments and replacements therefor, which are made or manufactured for...
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