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6-12-1
Section 6-12-1 Legislative findings. The Legislature of Alabama finds as follows: (1) Cigarette
smoking presents serious public health concerns to the state and to the citizens of the state.
The Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, and other
serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related deaths in the
United States each year. These diseases most often do not appear until many years after the
person in question begins smoking. (2) Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial concerns
for the state. Under certain health care programs, the state may have a legal obligation to
provide medical assistance to eligible persons for health conditions associated with cigarette
smoking, and those persons may have a legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance.
(3) Under these programs, the state pays millions of dollars each year to provide medical
assistance for these persons for health conditions associated...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October
1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon
appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Ten percent
of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution to one
or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for tobacco
control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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22-15A-3
Section 22-15A-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the following meanings: (1) BAR AND LOUNGE. Any establishment which is primarily devoted
to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by patrons on the premises and in which
the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of beverages. Although a restaurant
may contain a bar, the term "bar" shall not include the restaurant dining area.
(2) CHILD CARE FACILITY. Any facility caring for children. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department
of Public Health. (4) EMPLOYER. Any person, partnership, association, corporation, or nonprofit
entity that employs five or more persons, including the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches of state government; and any county, city, town, or village or any other political
subdivision of the state; any public authority, commission, agency, or public benefit corporation;
or any other separate corporate instrumentality or unit of state or...
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28-11-2
Section 28-11-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following
meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCT.
The term alternative nicotine product includes any product that consists of or contains nicotine
that can be ingested into the body by chewing, smoking, absorbing, dissolving, inhaling, snorting,
sniffing, or by any other means. The term does not include a tobacco product, electronic nicotine
delivery system, or any product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product or for other medical purposes and that
is being marketed and sold solely for that purpose. (2) BOARD. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board. (3) CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING. Liquid nicotine container packaging meeting
the requirements of 15 U.S.C. ยง1472a. (4) DISTRIBUTION. To sell, barter, exchange, or give
tobacco or tobacco products for promotional purposes or...
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40-25-23
Section 40-25-23 Disposition of funds. All revenues collected under the provisions of this
article, except as otherwise provided, shall be paid to the Department of Revenue by check
or draft made payable to the Treasurer of Alabama, and shall be distributed in the following
manner: (1) All of the revenue derived from the tax levied upon cigarettes by Sections 40-25-2
and 40-25-41 shall be deposited in the State Treasury and 38.82 percent of such revenue shall
be divided as follows: a. Six and six one-hundredths percent to the credit of the State Public
Welfare Trust Fund, which is hereby appropriated for general welfare purposes. In this section,
"general welfare purposes" means: 1. The administration of public assistance as
set out in Sections 38-2-5 and 38-4-1; 2. Services, including supplementation and supplementary
services under the federal Social Security Act, to or on behalf of persons to whom such public
assistance may be given under Section 38-4-1; 3. Services to and on behalf...
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22-21-260
Section 22-21-260 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms, and
the plurals thereof, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise
required by their respective context: (1) ACQUISITION. Obtaining the legal equitable title
to a freehold or leasehold estate or otherwise obtaining the substantial benefit of such titles
or estates, whether by purchase, lease, loan or suffrage, gift, devise, legacy, settlement
of a trust or means whatever, and shall include any act of acquisition. The term "acquisition"
shall not mean or include any conveyance, or creation of any lien or security interest by
mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, or similar financing instrument, nor shall it
mean or include any transfer of title or rights as a result of the foreclosure, or conveyance
or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure, of any such mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement,
or similar financing instrument, nor shall it mean or include any...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers
to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and
deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military
families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the
transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age
requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military
families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic,
and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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31-9-40
Section 31-9-40 Compact adopted and enacted. The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is
enacted into law and entered with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form
substantially as follows: THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT Article I - Purpose
and Authorities. This compact is made and entered into by and between the participating member
states which enact this compact, hereinafter called party states. For the purpose of this
agreement, the term "states" is taken to mean the several states, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions. The purpose
of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the states entering into this
compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly declared by the governor of the
affected state or states, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made
disaster, civil emergency aspects of resources shortages, community disorders,...
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22-32-1
Section 22-32-1 Enactment of Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.
The Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining
therein in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT Article I. Policy and Purpose There is hereby
created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party
states recognize and declare that each state is responsible for providing for the availability
of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste
generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities
of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize
that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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