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22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for violations.
(a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters of the state,
and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate all problems
concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2) To conduct,
independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research and to prepare,
or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of which shall pertain
to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment and disposal
of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program or programs
shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the state according
to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities throughout
the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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8-20-4
Section 8-20-4 Unfair and deceptive trade practices. Notwithstanding the terms, provisions,
or conditions of any dealer agreement or franchise or the terms or provisions of any waiver,
prior to the termination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of any dealer agreement or franchise,
the following acts or conduct shall constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices: (1) For
any manufacturer, factory branch, factory representative, distributor, or wholesaler, distributor
branch, or distributor representative to coerce or attempt to coerce any motor vehicle dealer
to do any of the following: a. To accept, buy, or order any motor vehicle or vehicles, appliances,
equipment, parts, or accessories therefor, or any other commodity or commodities or service
or services which such motor vehicle dealer has not voluntarily ordered or requested except
items required by applicable local, state, or federal law; or to require a motor vehicle dealer
to accept, buy, order, or purchase such items in order to...
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40-27-1
Section 40-27-1 Compact adopted; terms. The following Multistate Tax Compact is hereby approved,
adopted and enacted into law by the State of Alabama: Multistate Tax Compact Article I. Purposes.
The purposes of this compact are to: 1. Facilitate proper determination of state and local
tax liability of multistate taxpayers, including the equitable apportionment of tax bases
and settlement of apportionment disputes. 2. Promote uniformity or compatibility in significant
components of tax systems. 3. Facilitate taxpayer convenience and compliance in the filing
of tax returns and in other phases of tax administration. 4. Avoid duplicative taxation. Article
II. Definitions. As used in this compact: 1. "State" means a state of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession
of the United States. 2. "Subdivision" means any governmental unit or special district
of a state. 3. "Taxpayer" means any corporation, partnership, firm,...
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5-19-17
Section 5-19-17 Inducing obligation on more than one contract in order to obtain higher finance
charge prohibited; consolidation of existing precomputed consumer credit transaction contract
and subsequent precomputed consumer credit transaction. (a) No creditor shall induce or permit
any person or any husband and wife, jointly or severally, to become obligated directly or
contingently, or both, on more than one consumer credit transaction at the same time for the
purpose of obtaining a higher finance charge than would otherwise be permitted by Section
5-19-3. This subsection shall not apply to the maintenance of two or more separate consumer
credit transactions where the consumer credit transactions were created on different dates.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any seller to evade or attempt to evade this section by inducing
a buyer to become obligated to another creditor in which the initial creditor has a pecuniary
interest or with whom the initial creditor has an arrangement for...
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5-19-4
Section 5-19-4 Additional charges for default or deferral; prepayment; renewal or refinancing;
real property transactions. (a) When a scheduled payment in a consumer credit transaction
is in default 10 days or more, the creditor may charge and collect a late charge not exceeding
the greater of eighteen dollars ($18) or five percent of the amount of the scheduled payment
in default, not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100). The late charge may be collected only
once on any scheduled payment, regardless of the period during which the scheduled payment
remains in default. (b) With respect to the deferral of one or more wholly unpaid scheduled
payments in a consumer credit transaction, in which the finance charge was determined by the
precomputed method, the creditor may collect, by agreement with the debtor either before or
after default, an additional charge for each full month that any wholly unpaid scheduled payments
are outstanding after the due date of each scheduled payment equal to...
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5-19-1
Section 5-19-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) FINANCE CHARGE.
The sum of all charges, payable directly or indirectly by the person to whom credit is extended,
and imposed directly or indirectly by the creditor as an incident to the extension of credit.
The amount of the finance charge in connection with any credit transaction (i) shall be determined,
and shall include and exclude the fees and charges, as provided by Section 106 of the Federal
Truth-in-Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1605 and the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board
promulgated pursuant to the Federal Truth-in-Lending Act, 12 C.F.R. Part 226, and the Official
Staff Commentary adopted by the Federal Reserve Board pursuant to that regulation, and without
limiting or affecting the foregoing subparagraph (i), (ii) shall exclude, without limitation,
late charges and other charges resulting from or...
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5-19-3
Section 5-19-3 Maximum finance charges; contracting for minimum finance charge; alternate per
month computed finance charge. (a) Except under open-end credit plans, the maximum finance
charge for any credit transaction where the original amount financed is less than two thousand
dollars ($2,000), may equal but may not exceed the total of the following: (1) Fifteen dollars
($15) per one hundred dollars ($100) per year for the first seven hundred fifty dollars ($750)
of the original amount financed; and (2) Ten dollars ($10) per one hundred dollars ($100)
per year for that portion of the original amount financed exceeding seven hundred fifty dollars
($750) and less than two thousand dollars ($2,000). The maximum finance charge under this
subsection shall be determined by computing the maximum rates authorized by this subsection
on the original amount financed for the full term of the contract without regard to scheduled
payments and the maximum finance charge so determined, or any lesser...
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8-9B-8
Section 8-9B-8 Remedies of creditor. (a) In an action for relief against a transfer under this
chapter, a creditor, subject to the limitations in Section 8-9B-9, may obtain: (1) avoidance
of the transfer to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor's claim; (2) an attachment
or other provisional remedy against the asset transferred or other property of the transferee
if available under applicable law; and (3) subject to applicable principles of equity and
in accordance with applicable rules of civil procedure: (i) an injunction against further
disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property;
(ii) appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property
of the transferee; or (iii) any other relief the circumstances may require. (b) If a creditor
has obtained a judgment on a claim against the debtor, the creditor, if the court so orders,
may levy execution on the asset transferred or its proceeds. (Act...
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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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