41-9-349
Section 41-9-349 Powers and duties of commission generally. (a) The commission shall acquire the Battleship USS Alabama (BB60) for and on behalf of the State of Alabama and select and improve appropriate sites for the permanent or temporary berthing of the vessel, taking into consideration factors, including, but not limited to, the accessibility of same, the location of nearby roads and highways, scenic attractions, esthetic value, cost, cooperation with federal, state, county, municipal, and other governmental authorities, protection from the hazards of weather, fire, and sea and any other factors which may affect the suitability of the site for the establishment of the ship as a temporary or permanent memorial and exhibit. (b) The commission shall generate and manage operating funds through parking fees, admission charges, and overnight berthing or camping programs for the education of scouts and other youth groups exempt from state lodging taxes, staff or concession operations...
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41-9-959
Section 41-9-959 Acquisition of membership; selection and improvement of museum site; considerations; acceptance of gifts, grants, etc.; contracts; admission fee; renovations and maintenance; exclusive jurisdiction; allocation of funds; leases. (a) The commission shall have the duty and authority to acquire membership and to select and improve a site for the museum, taking into consideration the following factors: (1) Accessibility. (2) Location of nearby roads and highways. (3) Scenic attractions. (4) Esthetic value. (5) Cost. (6) Cooperation with federal, state, county, municipal, and other governmental authorities. (7) Protection from the hazards of weather, fire, and any other factors which may affect the suitability of a site for the establishment of the museum. (b) The commission may accept public or private gifts, grants, and donations and may make and enter into contracts with other governmental departments, agencies and boards, whether federal, state, or municipal, and with...
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41-9-249
Section 41-9-249 Powers and duties of commission generally. The commission shall have the following duties and powers: (1) To promote and increase knowledge and understanding of the history of this state from the earliest time to the present, including the archaeological, Indian, Spanish, British, French, Colonial, Confederate and American eras, by adopting and executing general plans, methods and policies for permanently preserving and marking objects, sites, structures and ruins as defined in Section 41-9-242; (2) To promote and assist in the publicizing of the historic resources of the state by preparing and furnishing information to public mass media and to governmental agencies charged with publicity and to coordinate any of its objectives, efforts or functions with any agency or agencies of the federal government, of the State of Alabama and of other states or local governments having objectives similar or related to those of the commission; (3) To accept for renovation,...
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45-37-123.01
Section 45-37-123.01 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ACT. The act adding this part, to be called the General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County Act. (2) ACTIVE MEMBER. An individual who currently is employed by the county or other entities set forth in subdivision (20) and is making employee contributions to the system. (3) ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT. Effective July 30, 1984, or such other dates as set forth in Exhibit A, which is maintained in the office of the pension board, a form of benefit differing in time, period, or manner of payment from a specific benefit provided under the plan but having the same value when computed using the mortality tables, the interest rate, and any other assumptions last adopted by the pension board, which assumptions shall clearly preclude any discretion in the determination of the amount of a member's benefit. (4) ACTUARIAL GAIN. As defined in Section...
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9-16-90
Section 9-16-90 Environmental protection performance standards. (a) Any permit issued pursuant to this article to conduct surface mining operations shall require that such surface coal mining operations will meet all applicable performance standards of this article, and such other requirements as the regulatory authority shall promulgate. (b) General performance standards shall be applicable to all surface coal mining and reclamation operations and shall require the operation as a minimum to: (1) Conduct surface coal mining operations so as to maximize the utilization and conservation of the solid fuel resource being recovered so that reaffecting the land in the future through surface coal mining can be minimized; (2) Restore the land affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting prior to any mining, or higher or better uses of which there is reasonable likelihood, so long as such use or uses do not present any actual or probable hazard to...
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41-10-300
Section 41-10-300 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. (2) COMMISSION. The Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission established pursuant to and under the provisions of Article 15 of Chapter 9 of this title, and its successors as the state agency established for the purposes set out in said Article 15. (3) CODE. The Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended. (4) REFUNDING BONDS. Those refunding bonds issued under the provisions of Section 41-10-312. (5) STATE. The State of Alabama. (6) BONDS. Those bonds, including without limitation refunding bonds, issued under the provisions of this article. (7) FACILITIES. Includes exhibit facilities, educational facilities and any other facilities or lands necessary or useful in connection with exhibit facilities or educational facilities, including, without limiting...
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41-9-471
Section 41-9-471 Composition; appointment, qualifications, terms, compensation and removal of members; filling of vacancies; chairman; annual meetings; quorum; executive committee; adoption of rules and regulations. The commission created herein shall consist of 18 members, to be appointed by the Governor, who shall be bona fide residents and qualified voters of this state, at least six of whom shall be residents of Talladega County. The remaining members of the commission shall be appointed from throughout the state in such manner as to provide general statewide representation on the commission. All members shall be knowledgeable and interested in the automobile racing industry and the automobile industry and in the promotion of interest in such fields. Nine of the original members shall be appointed for terms of four years, and nine members shall be appointed for terms of eight years. All members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified, but any member may be...
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41-9-326
Section 41-9-326 Acquisition of property; borrowing of money and issuance of revenue bonds. (a) The commission is authorized to take possession under a lease or a deed of the land and other property in the County of Tuscaloosa, known as "old Tannehill Furnace," which is now owned by the University of Alabama, and the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to lease or to deed in fee simple such lands and appurtenances thereto to the commission. Such board of trustees may also sell, give or lend any other relics of old-style iron making or other items appropriate for display along with or as a part of a display or exhibit of iron making. The commission is further authorized to lease, accept as a gift or loan or otherwise acquire any other property, real or personal, including gifts or bequests of money or other things of value to be used in fulfilling the purpose for which it is established or for any auxiliary purpose incidental or...
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11-3-11
Section 11-3-11 Powers and duties generally. (a) The county commission shall have authority: (1) To direct, control, and maintain the property of the county as it may deem expedient according to law, and in this direction and control it has the sole power to locate the courts in the rooms of the courthouse and to designate the rooms to be occupied by the officers entitled to rooms therein, including the circuit judge if resident in the county, and to change the location of the courts and the designation of the rooms for officers as it may deem best and most expedient, and this shall be done by order of the county commission entered upon the minutes of the county commission at a regular meeting of the county commission. In the event the courthouse is inadequate to supply office rooms for such officers, the county commission may lease such office rooms in a convenient location in the county site and pay the rental from the county fund. (2) To levy a general tax, for general county...
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12-2-30
Section 12-2-30 Powers and duties as to supervision and administration of courts generally. (a) The Chief Justice shall see that the business of the several courts of the state is attended with proper dispatch and that cases, civil and criminal, are not permitted to become congested or delayed, and he shall take care that prisoners are not allowed to remain in the jails without a prompt trial. (b) In connection with these duties and other responsibilities, the Chief Justice is authorized and empowered: (1) To maintain a roster of supernumerary circuit judges who are willing and able to undertake special duties from time to time and to assign supernumerary circuit judges in accordance with the provisions of law and, further, to assign supernumerary circuit judges and circuit judges, provided they are agreeable, in connection with studies, projects and functions designed to improve the administration of justice and the courts in Alabama and in connection with projects, studies and...
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