8-17-278
Section 8-17-278 Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Standards and Firefighter Protection Act Fund. There is hereby established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Standards and Firefighter Protection Act Fund. The fund shall consist of all certification fees paid under Section 8-17-273 and monies recovered as penalties under Section 8-17-275. The monies shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and shall, in addition to any other monies made available for that purpose, be made available to the State Fire Marshal to support fire safety and prevention programs. All payments from the Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Standards and Firefighter Protection Act Fund shall be made on the audit and warrant of the state Comptroller on vouchers certified and submitted by the State Fire Marshal. (Act 2009-630, p. 1927, §9.)...
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8-17-270
Section 8-17-270 Short title. This article shall be known as the Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity Standards and Firefighter Protection Act. (Act 2009-630, p. 1927, §1.)...
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8-17-272
Section 8-17-272 Testing and certification of cigarettes. (a) Except as provided in subsection (g), no cigarettes may be sold or offered for sale in this state or offered for sale or sold to persons located in this state unless the cigarettes have been tested in accordance with the test method and meet the performance standard specified in this section, a written certification has been filed by the manufacturer with the State Fire Marshal in accordance with Section 8-17-273, and the cigarettes have been marked in accordance with Section 8-17-274. (1) Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard E2187-04, Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes. (2) Testing shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper. (3) No more than 25 percent of the cigarettes tested in a test trial in accordance with this section shall exhibit full-length burns. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a...
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8-17-273
Section 8-17-273 Manufacturer to submit written certification; recertification; fee. (a) Each manufacturer shall submit to the State Fire Marshal a written certification attesting to each of the following: (1) Each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with Section 8-17-272. (2) Each cigarette listed in the certification meets the performance standard set forth in Section 8-17-272. (b) Each cigarette listed in the certification shall be described with the following information: (1) Brand or trade name on the package. (2) Style, such as light or ultra light. (3) Length in millimeters. (4) Circumference in millimeters. (5) Flavor, such as menthol or chocolate, if applicable. (6) Filter or non-filter. (7) Package description, such as soft pack or box. (8) Marking pursuant to Section 8-17-274. (9) The name, address, and telephone number of the laboratory, if different than the manufacturer that conducted the test. (10) The date that the testing occurred. (c)...
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8-17-280
Section 8-17-280 Federal preemption. This article shall be repealed if a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard that preempts this article is adopted and becomes effective. (Act 2009-630, p. 1927, §11.)...
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36-30-50
Section 36-30-50 Supplemental insurance coverage for firefighters with cancer. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANCER. Includes bladder, blood, brain, breast, cervical, esophageal, intestinal, kidney, lymphatic, lung, prostate, rectum, respiratory tract, skin, testicular, and thyroid cancer, leukemia, multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (2) CAREER FIREFIGHTER. Any person employed with the state, a county or municipal government, an airport authority, or a fire district who has obtained certification as a firefighter through and as defined by the Alabama Firefighters' Personnel Standards and Education Commission, or a firefighter employed by the Alabama Forestry Commission who has been certified by the State Forester as having met the wild land firefighter training standard of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, and is offered typical employment benefits, including health insurance...
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45-9-244
Section 45-9-244 Tobacco products. (a) Upon adoption of the Legislature, there is hereby imposed on every person, firm, or corporation that sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or tobacco products in Chambers County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following amounts: (1) Twenty-five cents ($.25) for each package of cigarettes made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. (2) Twelve cents ($.12) for each cigar of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, but not including cigarette sized and near cigarette sized cigars which shall be taxed in the same manner as cigarettes under subdivision (1). (3) Twenty-five cents ($.25) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which are prepared in such manner suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette. (4) Twenty-five cents ($.25) for each sack, plug, package, or other...
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27-5B-8
Section 27-5B-8 Certified reinsurer. (a) Credit shall be allowed when the reinsurance is ceded to an assuming insurer that is certified by the commissioner as a reinsurer in this state and secures its obligations in accordance with the requirements of this section. In order to be eligible for certification, the assuming insurer shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) The assuming insurer must be domiciled and licensed to transact insurance or reinsurance in a qualified jurisdiction, as determined by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (c). (2) The assuming insurer must maintain minimum capital and surplus, or its equivalent, in an amount to be determined by the commissioner pursuant to regulation. (3) The assuming insurer must maintain financial strength ratings from two or more rating agencies deemed acceptable by the commissioner pursuant to regulation. (4) The assuming insurer must agree to submit to the jurisdiction of this state, appoint the commissioner as its agent...
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36-32-7
Section 36-32-7 Minimum standards for firefighters. (a) Applicability. The minimum standards provided in this section shall apply to trainees who are to be employed as fire-protection personnel by a public fire fighting agency. No city or fire fighting agency which provides fire protection to the public shall permanently employ any trainee as fire-protection personnel who has not met the requirements of this section. Provided, however, no fire prevention inspector, fire protection engineer, public fire and life safety educator, public safety dispatcher, or person whose duties are solely clerical or secretarial in nature employed as fire-protection personnel by the fire fighting agency of any Class 1 municipality shall be required to meet the minimum physical requirements as a trainee for firefighter as prescribed by the commission. (b) Employment and qualifications. The trainee shall be certified by a licensed practicing physician as satisfactory by the appointing authority designated...
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45-37A-51.01
Section 45-37A-51.01 Purpose. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the additional benefits provided by this subpart shall be payable solely from the fund established by Section 45-37A-51.05, and that in no event shall any such additional benefit be payable from the fund established under Act 929. (b)(1) As used in this subsection and subsection (c), these terms have the meanings here given them. a. THE FUND. The fund that Section 45-37A-51.05 establishes, including all assets and resources in the fund or to be received by the fund in the future, and all income in the fund or to be received by the fund in the future. b. OBLIGATIONS OF THE SYSTEM. All existing, future, or contingent obligations and liabilities of the system, including every pension, allowance, or benefit which is payable, or which may become payable, out of the fund to any member of the system, or to any other person on account of such other person's relation to a member of the system, and also including the...
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