17-5-8.2
Section 17-5-8.2 Legislative findings. (a) The Legislature determines that there is a compelling
state and public interest in the disclosure of the source of funds used to advertise or otherwise
influence public opinion with regard to elections as defined in Section 17-5-2(3). The Legislature
further finds that these compelling interests should be designed to protect the public's right
to know while protecting free speech of individuals as guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution
and the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (b) Currently, the Fair Campaign Practices Act, as
provided in this chapter, commencing with Section 17-5-1, et seq., regulates the disclosure
of contributions and expenditures made for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election.
This chapter is also intended to regulate the disclosure of contributions and expenditures
for electioneering communications. (c) The Legislature finds and declares that Alabama voters
have a right to know who pays for the costs of...
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34-27B-1
Section 34-27B-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares that the practice
of respiratory therapy in Alabama affects the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens
of Alabama. It, therefore, should be subject to regulation and control, in the public interest
to protect the citizenry against the unauthorized, unqualified, and improper administration
of respiratory therapy and from unprofessional or unethical conduct by persons licensed to
practice respiratory therapy. (Act 2004-518, p. 1038, §1.)...
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40-12-391
Section 40-12-391 License - Generally. (a) No person shall be licensed as a motor vehicle dealer
under Section 40-12-51, 40-12-62, or 40-12-169, nor shall any person engage in business as,
serve in the capacity of, or act as a new motor vehicle dealer, used motor vehicle dealer,
motor vehicle rebuilder, or motor vehicle wholesaler in this state, without first obtaining
a master dealer license as provided in this article and, if a new motor vehicle dealer or
a used motor vehicle dealer, a state sales tax number. (b) No person shall engage in the business
of buying, selling, exchanging, advertising, or negotiating the sale of new motor vehicles
unless he or she holds a valid master dealer license as a new motor vehicle dealer in this
state for the make or makes of new motor vehicles being bought, sold, exchanged, advertised,
or negotiated or unless a bona fide employee or agent of the licensee. (c) No person, other
than a motor vehicle dealer licensed under this article or a recorded...
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9-8-23
Section 9-8-23 Creation and incorporation of districts; increase or decrease in boundaries;
reorganization; change of name. (a) Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory
proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to
function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: (1) The
proposed name of said district; (2) That there is need in the interest of the public health,
safety and welfare for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory
described in the petition; (3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as
a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by
legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and (4) A request
that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries...
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10A-1-7.35
Section 10A-1-7.35 Out of state business or property of foreign entity not subject to control
or regulation. (a) The public interest lying in the promotion of business and industry in
this state, it is the intent of the Legislature and declared to be the policy of the State
of Alabama by passage of this section to promote and encourage industry and business in Alabama
and specifically to induce the location within this state of the principal administrative
office, principal distribution or manufacturing plant or principal place of business of foreign
entities engaged in manufacturing, industrial, commercial, business, transportation, utility,
public service, and research enterprises. This section shall be liberally construed in conformity
with this intention. (b) When a foreign entity that transacts only a portion of its business
in this state has located, or is in the process of locating, its principal administrative
office, its principal distribution or manufacturing plant or its...
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11-86A-2
Section 11-86A-2 Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent; construction of chapter.
(a) The Legislature hereby makes the following findings of fact and declares its intent to
be as follows: The Legislature acknowledges the key role of public corporations in the state
in promoting public interest and participation in sports, athletics, and recreational activities
through acquiring, enlarging, improving, expanding, owning, operating, leasing, and disposing
of park and recreation related properties. It has come to the attention of the Legislature
that questions have been raised as to the status of certain local park and recreational authorities
and boards located in the state. It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the public
health and general welfare by exercising its police power to authorize the formation or retroactive
validation of independent public corporations created jointly by counties and municipalities,
one of which is to be a Class 4 municipality, as...
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2-8-1
Section 2-8-1 Legislative purpose and intent. It is hereby declared to be in the interest of
the public welfare that owners of cattle shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly
and in cooperation with handlers, dealers and purchasers of cattle and with the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting
and stimulating, by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and
efficient production, distribution, use and sale of cattle and beef products, and it is the
intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional
program for the cattle industry and the financing thereof pursuant to powers conferred upon
the Legislature by Amendment 201 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess.,
No. 280, p. 2320, §1.)...
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2-8-190
Section 2-8-190 Legislative purpose and intent. It is hereby declared to be in the interest
of the public welfare that producers of cotton shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly
and in cooperation with handlers, dealers, purchasers and ginners of cotton, with the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting
and stimulating by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and efficient
production, distribution, use and sale of cotton and cotton products; and it is the intent
and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional
program for the cotton industry and the financing thereof pursuant to powers of the Legislature
as authorized by Amendment No. 388 to the Constitution which expressly authorizes such activity.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-388, p. 586, §1.)...
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2-8-230
Section 2-8-230 Legislative intent and purpose. It is hereby declared to be in the interest
of the public welfare that producers of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats shall be authorized
and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, dealers, and purchasers of
wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats and with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting and stimulating by research,
education, advertising and other methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution,
use and sale of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats and wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats
products; and it is the intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method
and procedure for a promotional program for the wheat, corn, grain sorghum, and oats industry
and the financing thereof pursuant to powers of the Legislature as authorized by the amendment
to the state Constitution which expressly authorizes such...
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2-8-40
Section 2-8-40 Legislative purpose and intent. It is hereby declared to be in the interest
of the public welfare that producers of swine shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly
and in cooperation with handlers, dealers and purchasers of swine and with the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries and with the State Board of Agriculture and Industries in promoting
and stimulating, by research, education, advertising and other methods, the increased and
efficient production, distribution, use and sale of swine and swine products, and it is the
intent and purpose of this article to authorize and provide a method and procedure for a promotional
program for the swine industry and the financing thereof pursuant to powers conferred upon
the Legislature by Amendment 327 to the Alabama Constitution of 1901. (Acts 1973, No. 463,
p. 653, §1.)...
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