6-5-543
Section 6-5-543 Damages against health care provider to be itemized; future damages over $150,000 to be paid by periodic payments over period of years; judgment to specify payment terms; requirement to post security or provide evidence of insurance; future damages not to be reduced to present value; attorney's fees; termination of periodic payments; contempt of court upon continuing pattern of failure to make payments; modification of judgment; legislative intent. (a) In any action for injury or damages whether in contract or in tort against a health care provider based on a breach of the standard of care the damages assessed by the trier of fact shall be itemized as follows: (1) Past damages, (2) Future damages, (3) Punitive damages. The trier of fact shall not reduce any future damages to present value. If the trial court determines that any one or more of the above categories is not recoverable in the action, that category or categories shall be omitted from the itemization. (b)...
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11-98-5.2
Section 11-98-5.2 911 Fund. (a) Effective October 1, 2013, the 911 Fund shall be created as an insured interest-bearing account into which the 911 Board shall deposit all revenues derived from the service charge levied on voice communications service providers under this chapter and all prepaid wireless 911 charges received from the department. The revenues deposited into the 911 Fund shall not be monies or property of the state and shall not be subject to appropriation by the Legislature. The 911 Board shall administer the fund and shall credit the 911 Fund all revenues received. The fund and revenues generated by the fund may only be used as provided in this chapter. (b) Effective October 1, 2013, there shall first be deducted, no more than one time during each calendar month, from the total amount of the statewide 911 charges paid over to the 911 Board during such month, a sum not to exceed one percent of the total amount, to be applied by the 911 Board exclusively for payment of...
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19-3A-106
Section 19-3A-106 Conversion to unitrust. (a) Unless expressly prohibited by the governing instrument, a trustee may convert a trust into a unitrust as described in this section if all of the following apply: (1) The trustee has concluded that the conversion will enable the trustee to better carry out the intent of the settlor or testator and the purposes of the trust. (2) The trustee gives written notice of the trustee's intention to convert the trust into a unitrust, including the trustee's initial decisions as set forth below, to all the qualified beneficiaries. The written notice shall include the following: a. An explanation of how the unitrust will operate; b. The effective date of the conversion to a unitrust; c. The unitrust percentage to be used; d. The provisions for prorating a unitrust distribution for a short year in which a beneficiary's right to payments commences or ceases; e. Whether the net fair market value of the trust assets will be determined annually or averaged...
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41-10-541
Section 41-10-541 Definitions. (a) The following words and phrases used in this division, and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof, shall, in the absence of clear implication herein otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations herein: (1) APPROPRIATED FUNDS. Net TVA payments to the extent such payments are pledged and appropriated to the authority pursuant to Section 41-10-550. (2) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to this division. (3) AUTHORITY GUARANTY. An agreement of the authority pursuant to which the payment of debt service referable to bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of a development agency is guaranteed by the authority. (4) AUTHORITY OBLIGATIONS. Bonds of the authority and authority guaranties. (5) AUTHORITY-GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS. Bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of a development agency that are issued solely for the purpose in financing a project and that are guaranteed, in whole or in part,...
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45-23A-93
Section 45-23A-93 Auxiliary communication services. (a) As used in this section, the word "city" shall mean the City of Ozark in Dale County. (b)(I) In addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law, the city is authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, lease, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve as part of the system facilities for the provision to inhabitants of the city and surrounding territory of auxiliary services which may be identified generally as any communication service, not including cable television transmission, which shall include, but not be limited to, burglar alarm systems, data transmissions, facsimile service, home shopping service, and any allied or similar communication services. (2) The city shall provide, without the requirement of any franchise, to any requesting communication company or utility regulated by the Public Service Commission, or any electric cooperative organized under Chapter 6, Title 37,...
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22-22A-5
Section 22-22A-5 Powers and functions of department; representation of department by Attorney General in legal actions. In addition to any other powers and functions which may be conferred upon it by law, the department is authorized beginning October 1, 1982 to: (1) Administer appropriate portions of Sections 9-7-10 through 9-7-20, which relate to permitting, regulatory and enforcement functions; administer and enforce the provisions and execute the functions of Chapter 28 of this title; Chapter 22 of this title; Article 2 of Chapter 23 of this title; Chapter 30 of this title; appropriate portions of Article 1 of Chapter 27 of this title; Sections 22-24-1 through 22-24-11; Sections 22-25-1 through 22-25-15; and Sections 22-36-1 through 22-36-10. (2) Acting through the Environmental Management Commission, promulgate rules, regulations, and standards in order to carry out the provisions and intent of this chapter; provided, however, that prior to the promulgation of any state primary or...
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34-1A-1
Section 34-1A-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEE. A person who engages in clerical duties for a licensed company, whose work is restricted to office duties, and who has access to sensitive client information including, but not limited to, Social Security numbers, customer privacy codes, customer passwords, and similar information. (2) ALARM MONITORING COMPANY. Any person, company, corporation, partnership, or business, or a representative or agency thereof, authorized to provide alarm monitoring services for alarm systems or other similar electronic security systems whether the systems are maintained on commercial business property, public property, or individual residential property. (3) ALARM SYSTEM. Burglar alarms, security cameras, or other electrical or electronic device used to prevent or detect burglary, theft, shoplifting, pilferage, and...
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37-1-80.2
Section 37-1-80.2 Dual party relay system and fund; board of trustees; funding of other services; liability of trustees. (a) The Alabama Public Service Commission shall impose a surcharge on each access line of each customer of the local exchange companies operating in Alabama to fund a dual party relay system whereby a deaf or hearing-impaired person may communicate with other such persons or with hearing persons via telephone. The fee may be imposed by order of the Alabama Public Service Commission on the access line. (b) The Alabama Public Service Commission shall establish the amount to be imposed based on the amount of funding necessary to implement and maintain such system. However, no additional fees other than the surcharge may be imposed on any user of this deaf and hearing-impaired service. (c) The local exchange companies shall collect the surcharge from their customers and transfer the moneys collected to the Alabama Public Service Commission to be deposited into a special...
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37-16-3
Section 37-16-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES. The communications capabilities defined from time to time as advanced telecommunications capabilities by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through regulations, statutes, or other written guidance or orders. The term also includes broadband systems and broadband services. (2) BROADBAND AFFILIATE. A person that is at least 10 percent owned by an electric provider, controlled by way of ownership interests therein, directly or indirectly, by the electric provider, or under common control with the electric provider, and which is formed to provide, among other services, utility support services or nonutility support services. (3) BROADBAND OPERATOR. A person that owns or operates a broadband system within an electric easement, including the electric provider if the electric provider is operating the broadband system and including a...
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45-14-82.70
Section 45-14-82.70 Improved system of recording documents. (a) The provisions of this section shall only apply in Clay County. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Clay County by providing for the installation of an improved system of recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal property that are recorded in the office of the judge of probate and for the recording, archiving, and retrieving of other instruments, documents, and other uses in the discretion of the judge of probate. (b) The following words and phrases, including the plural of any thereof, whenever used in this section, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) "Real Property Instrument" means and includes any instrument or document affecting the title to real property that may now or hereafter be filed for record in the probate office pursuant to the applicable requirements of the laws of this...
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