Ala. Code § 22-2-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 22-2-4
Section 22-2-4 State Committee of Public Health - Creation; Composition; Per Diem and Reimbursements
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby created a State Committee of Public Health which, until May 1, 2025, shall be composed of 12 members of the board of censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the chair of the four councils which are created in Section 22-2-9.

(b) Beginning May 1, 2025, the State Committee of Public Health shall consist of:

(1) Eleven physicians appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, consisting of one from each congressional district of the state and four at-large physicians, two of whom shall serve a one-year term and two of whom shall serve a two-year term;

(2) One physician appointed by the Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists; and

(3) The chair of each of the four councils created in Section 22-2-9.

(c) Beginning May 1, 2026, the State Committee of Public Health shall consist of:

(1) Nine physicians appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, consisting of one from each congressional district of the state and two at-large physicians;

(2) One physician appointed by the Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists;

(3) One physician appointed by the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians;

(4) One physician appointed by the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and

(5) The chair of each of the four councils created in Section 22-2-9.

(d) Beginning May 1, 2027, the State Committee of Public Health shall consist of:

(1) One physician from each congressional district of the state appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama;

(2) One physician appointed at-large by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama from its Minority Physicians Section;

(3) One physician appointed by the Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists;

(4) One physician appointed by the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians;

(5) One physician appointed by the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists;

(6) One physician appointed by the Alabama Medical Directors Association; and

(7) The chair of each of the four councils created in Section 22-2-9.

(e)(1) The Medical Association of the State of Alabama shall stagger initial appointments so that no more than three members appointed from congressional districts shall be appointed to the committee in any one year.

(2) Beginning with all appointments made on or after May 1, 2025, appointed members of the State Committee of Public Health, except as provided in subdivision (1) and the at-large members in subdivision (b)(1), shall serve a term of three years. All members shall be eligible for reappointment, but may not serve more than two additional terms.

(f) All physician members of the State Committee of Public Health shall be residents of this state and shall be licensed to practice medicine by the Medical Licensure Commission of Alabama.

(g) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the membership of the State Committee of Public Health is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state.

(h) A majority of the membership of the State Committee of Public Health shall elect a chair and a vice-chair to serve one term of four years; provided, however, the vice-chair elected to serve on or after May 1, 2025 shall serve a term of one year. Beginning May 1, 2026, both the chair and vice-chair shall serve concurrently and shall each serve one term of three years. If the chair is unable to serve, the vice-chair shall succeed to the position of chair of the committee. Each member of the State Committee of Public Health shall have one vote, except the chair who shall vote only in case of a tie. The State Health Officer shall be ex officio secretary to the committee, though not a member thereof, and he or she shall have no vote.

(i) The members of the committee shall receive a per diem at a rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per day when in attendance at an official meeting or function of the committee. In addition, each committee member shall receive reimbursement for subsistence and travel in accordance with state law for each day actively engaged in the duties of his or her office.
Ala. Code § 11-5-13 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5 / Section 11-5-13
Section 11-5-13 Applicability of Provisions of Article
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any county in which the coroner or other person performing the duties of coroner is governed by a local law or a law, the application of which is determined by the population of the county, insofar as the same are in conflict herewith.
Ala. Code § 22-9A-27 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-27
Section 22-9A-27 Continuation of Rules and Forms
Status: reserved

All rules, forms, and procedures promulgated by the board prior to May 21, 1992 shall continue in force and effect until the forms, rules, or procedures are repealed, amended, replaced, or rescinded by action of the board through the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Sections 41-22-1 to 41-22-27, inclusive.
Ala. Code § 22-21-365 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-365
Section 22-21-365 Consent of Commissioner to Charter or Certificate of Incorporation
Status: in_force

If the charter or certificate of incorporation of any proposed corporation specifies among its purposes the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a dental service plan, such charter or certificate of incorporation shall be referred by the Secretary of State to the Department of Insurance, and such charter or certificate shall not be filed until the consent of the commissioner shall be endorsed thereon and affixed thereto.
Ala. Code § 22-40A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40A / Section 22-40A-1
Section 22-40A-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Scrap Tire Environmental Quality Act.
Ala. Code § 11-17-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 11-17-9
Section 11-17-9 Appeals from Assessment of Damages - Establishment of Date for Hearing; Summoning and Empaneling of Jurors; Notice of Hearing
Status: in_force

On the approval of such appeal bond by the probate judge, he shall set a day for hearing the same, not less than 10 nor more than 30 days from that date, and must summon and empanel jurors as provided for in contests of wills in such court and shall give notice to the adverse parties of such hearing.
Ala. Code § 11-1-12 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 11-1-12
Section 11-1-12 Preparation, Etc., of County Assessment Maps or Plats
Status: in_force

The county commissions shall have prepared county assessment maps or plats showing the county boundary lines, main creeks, rivers, railroads, exempt lands, public roads, schoolhouses, and churches and all lands which have escaped state and county taxation for the next preceding five years in their respective counties, and which shall also show all subdivisions of lands made for the assessment of taxes or other purposes and shall pay for the same out of the county treasury.
Ala. Code § 11-14-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 11-14-2
Section 11-14-2 Custody of County Property; Conveyances of County Property Generally
Status: in_force

The county commission shall have control of all property belonging to the county and may, by an order to be entered on its minutes, direct the disposal of any real property which can be lawfully disposed, and direct the chairman of the county commission to make titles thereto and a conveyance made by the chairman of the county commission in accordance with such order invests the grantee with the title of the county.
Ala. Code § 22-8A-14 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8A / Section 22-8A-14
Section 22-8A-14 Filing and Recording of Living Will; Fee; Inspection; Duty of Declarant to Provide Copy to Health Care Providers
Status: in_force

(a) A person may file and have recorded a living will in the office of the judge of probate in the county where the person resides. For the purpose of this section, the term “living will” means an advanced directive for health care as provided for in this chapter, or a similar document.

(b) The fee for recording a living will shall be five dollars ($5), which shall be deposited in the county general fund. In addition, any other recording fees required by general or local law shall also be collected and shall be distributed as provided by that law.

(c)(1) A living will recorded pursuant to this section shall not be open for general public inspection, but shall be available for inspection and copying at the request of emergency medical personnel, hospital personnel, treating physicians, members of the immediate family, a person with a power of attorney or other legally authorized person, or a person authorized in writing by the maker of the living will. A judge of probate may charge the standard fee for copies provided pursuant to this subsection.

(2) A judge of probate shall not be liable for any inspection or copying of a living will recorded pursuant to this section. The recording of a living will as provided in this section shall have no bearing on the validity of the living will.

(d) This section does not amend or repeal the provisions of subsection (f) of Section 22-8A-4. It is the responsibility of the maker of a living will to provide a copy of the living will, advance directive for health care, or any similar document to his or her attending physician or other health care providers as provided therein. A physician, hospital, or other health care provider is not required by this section to search the records of the office of any judge of probate to determine the existence or nonexistence of a living will pertaining to individuals seeking medical care.
Ala. Code § 22-9A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-5
Section 22-9A-5 Local Registrars and Deputy Registrars of Vital Statistics
Status: in_force

(a) In each registration district, as defined in Section 22-9A-4 or as designated by the board, a local registrar and deputy registrars shall be appointed by the State Registrar upon the recommendation of the county health officer or his or her designee. All local registrars and deputy registrars shall be employees of the county health department. The local registrars and deputy registrars shall be subject to the control of the State Registrar when they are performing functions relating to the system of vital statistics.

(b) Any local registrar or deputy registrar of vital statistics who fails or neglects to discharge efficiently the duties of his or her office, as set forth in this chapter, or by the rules of the board, shall be removed as local or deputy registrar by the State Registrar, and penalties may be imposed as are provided.

(c) The local registrars and their deputies shall comply with all instructions of the State Registrar and monitor compliance of others with this chapter and with the rules of the board.
Ala. Code § 22-15A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15A / Section 22-15A-10
Section 22-15A-10 Local Laws, Ordinances, or Regulations
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict the power of any county, city, town, or village to adopt and enforce local laws, ordinances, or regulations that comply with at least the minimum applicable standards set forth in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-4B-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4B / Section 22-4B-5
Section 22-4B-5 Loans and Salaries to Department Employees Authorized
Status: in_force

The Board of Health is hereby authorized to expend available funds to offer loans and pay salaries to employees attending nursing school under such loan program as provided in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-28-14 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 22-28-14
Section 22-28-14 Regulations - Authority of Commission
Status: in_force

The commission, pursuant to procedures prescribed in Section 22-28-15, may adopt regulations to promote the purposes of this chapter. Without limiting the generality of this authority, such regulations may among other things prescribe:

(1) Ambient air quality standards specifying the maximum permissible short-term and long-term concentrations of various air contaminants in the atmosphere;

(2) Emission standards specifying the maximum amounts or concentrations of air contaminants that may be discharged into the atmosphere;

(3) Standards and conditions regarding the sale, offer or use of any fuel or other article determined to constitute an air pollution hazard or which could constitute an air pollution hazard;

(4) Alert and abatement standards relative to air pollution episodes or emergencies constituting an acute danger to health or to the environment;

(5) Requirements and procedures for the inspection of any equipment, facility, vehicle, vessel or aircraft that may cause or contribute to air pollution;

(6) Requirements for making reports containing information as may be required by the commission concerning location, size and height of contaminant outlets, processes employed, fuels used and the nature and time periods or duration of emissions and such other information as is relevant to air pollution; and

(7) Effective and application dates; however, unless otherwise specified by the commission, all rules, regulations, standards, requirements, procedures, orders, resolutions, prohibitions, amendments thereto or repeal thereof shall become effective and applicable upon adoption by the commission.
Ala. Code § 22-10A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10A / Section 22-10A-1
Section 22-10A-1 Declaration of Policy
Status: in_force

It is declared to be the policy of this state to identify families who have members with genetic disorders that cause birth defects and mental retardation. A part of this policy shall be to encourage prevention of birth defects and mental retardation through education, genetic counseling and amniocentesis when applicable.
Ala. Code § 22-40A-18 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40A / Section 22-40A-18
Section 22-40A-18 Violations
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2009-779, p. 2433, §2, effective August 1, 2009.
Ala. Code § 22-34-13 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 34 / Section 22-34-13
Section 22-34-13 Tax Exempt
Status: in_force

All bonds or other indebtedness of the authority and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom and all projects or parts thereof and all assets of the authority shall be forever exempt from any and all taxation in the state.
Ala. Code § 11-18-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 11-18-1
Section 11-18-1 Authorized
Status: in_force

The several counties of the state and the county commissions thereof, jointly, separately, and severally, are authorized with the approval of the governor but not compelled to acquire lands by donation or purchase, one or both, and make improvements thereon for county, state, national, and public purposes.
Ala. Code § 22-29-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-2
Section 22-29-2 Purpose of Chapter
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this chapter to enable the state, acting by and through the authority, to aid in the prevention and control of water pollution, to provide state financial aid or grants to local public bodies for the prevention and control of water pollution and, to these ends, to authorize the incorporation of a state authority with power to issue bonds and from the proceeds of such bonds or other funds obtained by the authority to enable the state to agree to pay and to pay such portion of the estimated reasonable cost of the projects of each local public body as may be required in order that such project shall be eligible for the maximum obtainable federal grant under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Ala. Code § 11-2-26 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-2-26
Section 11-2-26 Requirement of Additional Bonds for County Officers Whose Terms Extended - Penalty, Conditions, Etc., of Bond
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2009-744, p. 2229, §2, effective May 22, 2009.
Ala. Code § 22-23-53 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-53
Section 22-23-53 Public Nuisances
Status: in_force

Anything done, maintained or suffered in violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be a public nuisance and dangerous to health, and may be abated, summarily or otherwise, by the board in a manner prescribed by law.
Ala. Code § 11-2-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 11-2-5
Section 11-2-5 Reduction of Bonds
Status: in_force

Whenever, in the judgment of the board of education of any county the amount of the bond of the superintendent of education or of the chief school financial officer is greater than is necessary, the board of education may reduce the amount of the bond, but not below the minimum fixed by this chapter. A resolution to that effect shall be adopted by the board and spread upon its minutes and a certified copy thereof served upon all of the obligors in the bond. The liability of the obligors under the bond reduced for any breach occurring after the reduction shall not exceed the amount of the bond as reduced. In event of the reduction, the obligors shall refund to the board of education the pro rata net unearned premium on the amount of the reduction.
Ala. Code § 22-5C-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5C / Section 22-5C-1
Section 22-5C-1 Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to improve consumer awareness of patient centered and family focused palliative care in this state by establishing a State Advisory Council on Palliative Care and Quality of Life within the State Health Department and to provide for the establishment within the department of a palliative care consumer and professional information and education program.
Ala. Code § 22-6-7.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-7.1
Section 22-6-7.1 Procurement of Prescription Eyewear
Status: in_force

Contracts for the procurement of prescription eyewear for recipients of the Alabama Medicaid Program which are competitively bid may be awarded to the bidder whose proposal is the most advantageous to the state for periods not to exceed three years taking into consideration cost factors, program stability factors, technical factors including understanding of program requirements, management plan, excellence of program design, key personnel, corporate or company resource and designated location, and other factors including financial condition and capability of the bidder, corporate experience and past performance and priority of the business to insure the contract awarded is the best for the purposes required. Each of these criteria shall be given relative weight value as designated in the invitation to bid. Responsiveness to the bid shall be scored for each designated criteria. If, for reasons cited above, the bid selected is not from the lowest bidding contractor, the Alabama Medicaid Agency must state its reasons for not recommending award to the low bidder to the awarding authority prior to the final awarding of any such contract; provided that such contracts shall comply in all other respects with the provisions of the Alabama Competitive Bid Law as codified in Sections 41-16-20 through 41-16-32. As used in this section, contracts for the procurement of prescription eye wear shall not include professional examination of the eye conducted for the purpose of measuring visual acuity and prescribing corrective lenses. The provisions of Section 38-1-2 shall remain in full force and effect.
Ala. Code § 1-2A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2A / Section 1-2A-4
Section 1-2A-4 Display of Alabama State Flag - Courthouses
Status: in_force

(a) Each county courthouse and courthouse annex in which a court sits on a regular basis shall prominently display the Alabama State Flag, in accordance with appropriate flag display protocol, on a flag pole or flag poles located near the main entrance of the courthouse and the courthouse annex. If the main entrance of a courthouse annex is clearly visible from the main entrance of the courthouse, or if the courthouse and courthouse annex are attached, the flag may be located near the main entrance of the courthouse only.

(b) Unless otherwise acquired pursuant to gift, donation, or other means, the flags and flag poles required by this section shall be purchased by the county within three years after August 1, 2001.
Ala. Code § 22-3-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 22-3-10
Section 22-3-10 Tax to Establish and Maintain County Health Officer and Health Department
Status: in_force

The county commission of each county shall in its discretion be authorized to levy annually a special county tax, being a part of the general county tax of one half of one per centum per annum, in an amount sufficient to establish and maintain a full-time county health officer and county health department and for the prosecution of public health work within the county. The proceeds of said tax, when levied and collected, shall be placed in a separate fund and shall be used for no other purpose except that for which said tax is levied and collected. Such tax, and the proceeds thereof, may be anticipated by temporary loan certificates, and, when anticipated, all of such proceeds shall be deposited in the special county health fund or shall be deposited to the credit of the State Health Officer for the exclusive use of the maintenance of a full-time county health officer and full-time county health department within the county. This section is not exclusive, but is cumulative and remedial, and it shall not be construed to interfere with counties now operating or desiring to operate under mandatory laws relating to full-time health service.
Ala. Code § 22-13A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13A / Section 22-13A-8
Section 22-13A-8 Department Authorized to Replicate Programs and Enter into Contracts with Organizations with Expertise
Status: in_force

(a) The department may replicate and use successful osteoporosis programs and enter into contracts and purchase materials or services, or both, from organizations with appropriate expertise and knowledge of osteoporosis for services and materials which may include any of the following:

(1) Educational information and materials on the causes, prevention, detection, treatment, and management of osteoporosis.

(2) Training of staff.

(3) Physician and health care professional education and training, and clinical conferences.

(4) Conference organization and staffing.

(5) Regional office development and staffing.

(6) Nominations for advisory panels.

(7) Support group development.

(8) Consultation.

(9) Resource library facilities.

(10) Training home health aides and nursing home personnel.

(11) Training teachers.

(b) The department may enter into an agreement to work with a national organization with expertise in osteoporosis to establish and staff offices of the organization in the state to implement parts of the osteoporosis program.
Ala. Code § 22-9A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-6
Section 22-9A-6 Content of Certificates and Reports. (Amended by Act 2026-315)
Status: in_force

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2026-315, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR AMENDED LANGUAGE.

(a) The board shall by rule determine the items or information to be contained on certificates of birth, death, marriage, and divorce and on reports of fetal death and induced termination of pregnancy. Each certificate, report, and other document required by this chapter shall be in a format prescribed by the State Registrar.

(b) Information required in certificates or reports authorized by this chapter may be filed and registered by photographic, electronic, or other means as prescribed by the State Registrar.
Ala. Code § 11-4-48 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-4-48
Section 11-4-48 Execution of and Liability Upon Warrants
Status: in_force

All warrants drawn upon the depository must be signed by the probate judge of said county or the president of the county commission at the election of such county commission expressed in a resolution which must be spread upon the minutes and given to such depositories that may be selected. Such officer signing such warrants shall be liable for the amount of any warrant drawn and paid by such depositories without the authority of law.
Ala. Code § 22-5D-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 5D / Section 22-5D-10
Section 22-5D-10 Private Cause of Action Not Created Under Chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter does not create a private cause of action against a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device or against any licensed health care provider, other person, or entity involved in the care of an eligible patient using the investigational drug, biological product, or device for any harm done to the eligible patient resulting from the investigational drug, biological product, or device, if the manufacturer or other person or entity is complying in good faith with the terms of this chapter, unless there was a failure to exercise reasonable care.
Ala. Code § 22-6-257 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-257
Section 22-6-257 Appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other appropriations, there is appropriated eighty-eight million dollars ($88,000,000) from the Medicaid State General Fund Carryforward Account to the Medicaid Emergency Reserve Fund for the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

(b) In addition to all other appropriations, there is appropriated eighty-eight million dollars ($88,000,000) from the Medicaid Emergency Reserve Fund to the Alabama Medicaid Agency to be used in conformity with this article during the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.
Ala. Code § 1-2-25 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1-2-25
Section 1-2-25 State Reptile
Status: in_force

In recognition of its occurrence in the State of Alabama only, Pseudemys alabamensis of the Family Emydidae and Order Testudines, or the Alabama red-bellied turtle, is hereby named and designated as the official reptile for the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-3-1.2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-1.2
Section 11-3-1.2 Contesting County Commission Redistricting or Reapportionment Actions
Status: in_force

Any legal action which contests or challenges the validity of any county commission redistricting or reapportionment action by a county commission pursuant to its authority under Section 11-3-1.1, or seeks to require the county commission to exercise its authority pursuant to Section 11-3-1.1, shall be commenced in the circuit court of the county for which the county commission redistricting or reapportionment plan was or allegedly should have been adopted.
Ala. Code § 22-25B-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25B / Section 22-25B-5
Section 22-25B-5 ADEM Regulation of Community Wastewater Systems
Status: in_force

(a) Consistent with this chapter, ADEM shall promulgate and enforce rules as are necessary to regulate community wastewater systems and their wastewater management entities. Such rules may include, but may not be limited to, the following:

(1) The permitting, design, installation, repair, modification, location, and operation requirements of community wastewater systems and facilities.

(2) Mechanisms, methodologies, procedures, or guidelines, or any combination of these, to insure community wastewater systems and their management entities comply with law, regulations, conditions of operational permits, and directives of ADEM.

(3) Minimum inspection, monitoring, operating, reporting, record maintenance, and system maintenance requirements for community wastewater system management entities.

(b) Upon failure of any wastewater management entity to comply with this chapter, or any permit requirement, rule, or directive of ADEM, ADEM may revoke the management entity’s permit or assess a civil penalty pursuant to the civil enforcement provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act and rules promulgated thereunder, or both. The failure of the wastewater management entity to maintain a certificate of economic viability issued by the PSC may constitute cause for permit revocation or the assessment of civil penalties by ADEM, or both.

(c) Any penalty assessed by ADEM pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with the civil enforcement provisions of the acts establishing ADEM, its rules, and the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
Ala. Code § 11-16-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-4
Section 11-16-4 Commissioners - Oath
Status: in_force

Each of the persons appointed must, within 15 days after his appointment, take and file in the office of the Secretary of State an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Alabama and to honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties required of him as commissioner of county seat election.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-2
Section 22-11A-2 Persons Responsible to Report Diseases; Contents of Report; Confidential Information; Person Making Report Immune from Liability
Status: in_force

Each physician, dentist, nurse, medical examiner, hospital administrator, nursing home administrator, laboratory director, school principal, and day care center director shall be responsible to report cases or suspected cases of notifiable diseases and health conditions. The report shall contain such information, and be delivered in such a manner, as may be provided for from time to time by the rules of the State Board of Health. All medical and statistical information and reports required by this article shall be confidential and shall not be subject to the inspection, subpoena, or admission into evidence in any court, except proceedings brought under this article to compel the examination, testing, commitment or quarantine of any person or upon the written consent of the patient, or if the patient is a minor, his parent or legal guardian. Any physician or other person making any report required by this article or participating in any judicial proceeding resulting therefrom shall, in so doing, be immune from any civil or criminal liability, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. No provision of this section shall be interpreted to prevent the publication of statistical reports or other summaries provided that said reports or summaries do not identify individual persons.
Ala. Code § 11-7-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-7-8
Section 11-7-8 When Survey or Plat Evidence of Facts Stated
Status: in_force

A survey or plat of land made by a county surveyor, signed by him officially and stating the contents, courses, distances, and designation at the land office of any land surveyed by him, is presumptive evidence of the facts stated if the opposite party has notice that such survey is to be made.
Ala. Code § 22-25B-12 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25B / Section 22-25B-12
Section 22-25B-12 Relation to Other Laws
Status: in_force

(a) Except as specifically provided herein, this chapter is not intended to apply to small-flow cluster systems as defined in Section 22-25B-1 and is supplemental to all other laws and administrative rules and is not intended to repeal or replace any existing statute except to the extent that there is a direct conflict. In such case, this chapter shall control. Any individual, company, or other entity installing, maintaining, repairing, servicing, or manufacturing wastewater systems including single family and small-flow cluster systems, cluster wastewater systems, and community wastewater systems must obtain an appropriate license from the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board pursuant to Chapter 21A, of Title 34, or from the ADEM.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, all subsurface distribution wastewater systems serving establishments, a single development, or contiguous developments which collectively have a design flow of 15,000 GPD or less shall be permitted and regulated by the ADPH pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Board of Health, and all subsurface distribution wastewater systems serving establishments, a single development, or contiguous developments which collectively have a design flow of more than 15,000 GPD shall be permitted and regulated by the ADEM pursuant to rules promulgated by the ADEM.

(c) This chapter shall not apply in any county which has a local constitutional amendment authorizing the regulation of wastewater utilities, unless provided for by local act or the Legislature by local law applicable to the county provides for alternative regulation and rate control to apply in the county.

(d) This chapter shall in no way infringe upon or replace the authority granted to the Jefferson County Board of Health pursuant to Act No. 659 (1978).
Ala. Code § 22-9A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-7
Section 22-9A-7 Registration of Births
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate of birth for each live birth that occurs in this state shall be filed with the Office of Vital Statistics, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar, within five days after the birth and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section.

(b)(1) When a birth occurs in an institution or en route to the institution, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designated representative shall obtain the personal data, prepare the certificate, secure the signatures required, and file the certificate as directed in subsection (a) or as directed by the State Registrar within the required five days. The physician or other person in attendance shall provide the medical information required by the certificate and certify to the facts of birth within 72 hours after the birth. If the physician, or other person in attendance, does not certify to the facts of birth within the 72-hour period, the person in charge of the institution or his or her designee shall complete and sign the certificate.

(2) In all cases where a birth occurs in an institution, the person in charge of the institution shall provide a procedure for collection of the normal fee for a certified copy of the birth certificate from the mother or father. The fee shall be forwarded to the State Registrar when a complete record of the birth is obtained, and the State Registrar shall issue a certified copy of the birth certificate to the mother or father of the child. The issuance of a certified copy of the birth certificate by the State Registrar shall not apply to births where the death of the infant occurred a short time following the birth, unless the certificate is requested by the father or mother, or where adoption is indicated.

(c) When a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by one of the following in the indicated order of priority:

(1) The physician or licensed midwife in attendance at the birth or who sees the child within three days after the birth.

(2) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth.

(3) The father, the mother, or in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred.

(d) When a birth occurs in a moving conveyance within the United States and the child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered in this state and the place where it is first removed shall be considered the place of birth. When a birth occurs on a moving conveyance while in international waters or air space or in a foreign country or its air space and the child is first removed from the conveyance in this state, the birth shall be registered in this state, but the certificate shall show the actual place of birth as can be determined.

(e) For the purposes of birth registration, the mother is deemed to be the woman who gives birth to the child, unless otherwise determined by law.

(f)(1) If the mother was married at the time of either conception or birth, or between conception and birth, the name of the husband shall be entered on the certificate as the father of the child, unless it is established by law that he is not the father of the child.

(2) If the mother was not married at the time of either conception or birth or between conception and birth, the name of the father shall not be entered on the certificate unless paternity has been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or unless the legitimation process specified in Sections 26-11-1 through 26-11-3, inclusive, or otherwise provided by law has been completed.

(3) If the father is not named on the certificate of birth, no other information about the father shall be entered on the certificate.

(g) The birth certificate of a child born to a married woman as a result of artificial insemination, with consent of her husband, shall be completed in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (f).

(h) Either of the parents of the child shall attest to the accuracy of the personal data entered on the certificate in time to permit the filing of the certificate within the five days prescribed in subsection (a).
Ala. Code § 11-16-19 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-19
Section 11-16-19 Form of Ballot
Status: in_force

Each qualified elector shall be entitled to cast one ballot and no more, which ballot must be a paper ticket on which must be written or printed the words, “For removal to _____,” or the words, “Against removal,” as the elector may desire to vote. No official ballot shall be required nor shall any ballot be rejected for the want of form if the inspectors are able to determine therefrom how the elector intended to vote.
Ala. Code § 11-8A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8A / Section 11-8A-4
Section 11-8A-4 Required Documentation
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 11-8A-3, the bond financing agreement documents shall include a detailed itemization of the costs and fees which will be paid directly by the county commission or from bond proceeds under the bond financing agreement. This itemization shall include a statement acknowledging that the amounts of these costs and fees have been presented and explained to all members of the county commission prior to the sale of bonds. The acknowledgement statement shall be signed by the chair of the county commission or another commission member designated by the county commission and by the authorized signatory for the bond underwriter.

(b) In connection with a swap agreement, the documentation necessary to effectuate the swap agreement shall also include a statement from the authorized signatory for the bond underwriter or authorized signatory of the provider of the swap agreement to the effect that:

(1) It has provided the county commission with a disclosure of the potential risks inherent in the swap agreement.

(2) It has disclosed all fees associated with the swap agreement.

(3) It has provided the county commission with documentation necessary to effectuate the swap agreement including master agreements, schedules, credit support annexes, confirmations, legal opinions, fairness opinions, and any other information necessary to comply with subdivisions (3) and (5) of subsection (c) of Section 11-8A-3.
Ala. Code § 22-40-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 22-40-4
Section 22-40-4 Disposal of Scrap Tires
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2003-332, p. 823, §25, effective October 1, 2004.
Ala. Code § 22-21-312 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-312
Section 22-21-312 Legislative Findings and Intent
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares:

(1) That publicly-owned (as distinguished from investor-owned and community-nonprofit) hospitals and other health care facilities furnish a substantial part of the indigent and reduced-rate care and other health care services furnished to residents of the state by hospitals and other health care facilities generally;

(2) That as a result of current significant fiscal and budgetary limitations or restrictions, the state and the various counties, municipalities, and educational institutions therein are no longer able to provide, from taxes and other general fund moneys, all the revenues and funds necessary to operate such publicly-owned hospitals and other health care facilities adequately and efficiently; and

(3) That to enable such publicly-owned hospitals and other health care facilities to continue to operate adequately and efficiently, it is necessary that the entities and agencies operating them have significantly greater powers with respect to health care facilities than now vested in various public hospital or health-care authorities and corporations and the ability to provide a corporate structure somewhat more flexible than those now provided for in existing laws relating to the public hospital and health-care authorities.

It is therefore the intent of the Legislature by the passage of this article to promote the public health of the people of the state (1) by authorizing the several counties, municipalities, and educational institutions in the state effectively to form public corporations whose corporate purpose shall be to acquire, own and operate health care facilities, and (2) by permitting, with the consent of the counties or municipalities (or both) authorizing their formation, existing public hospital corporations to reincorporate hereunder. To that end, this article invests each public corporation so organized or reincorporated hereunder with all powers that may be necessary to enable it to accomplish its corporate purposes and shall be liberally construed in conformity with said intent.
Ala. Code § 22-18-4.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-18-4.1
Section 22-18-4.1 Required Training Related to Interacting with Individuals with Sensory Needs or Invisible Disabilities
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning January 1, 2025, the Alabama Department of Public Health shall require each emergency medical services personnel to annually complete one hour of training on interacting with individuals with sensory needs or invisible disabilities.

(b)(1) The Alabama Department of Public Health shall collaborate with a nonprofit entity that provides training on individuals with sensory needs or invisible disabilities to administer the training required by this section. The company shall provide the required training related to individuals with sensory needs or invisible disabilities without compensation. The training may be provided in person or online. The department shall ensure the entity chosen to administer the training annually reviews and updates the training to include changes and trends relating to individuals with sensory needs or invisible disabilities.

(2) The training requirements of this section only apply if the entity that the department collaborates with pursuant to subdivision (1) provides the training without compensation.

(c) This section shall not be construed to eliminate, alter, or otherwise modify any immunity regarding emergency medical services personnel established under the constitution and laws of this state.
Ala. Code § 22-6-190 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-190
Section 22-6-190 Applicability
Status: in_force

This article shall apply only in a Class 2 municipality and would provide for a federal Program for All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE program) with its principal place of business in a Class 2 municipality to contribute to the Alabama Health Care Trust Fund.
Ala. Code § 11-24-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 24 / Section 11-24-1
Section 11-24-1 Definitions; Regulation of Lots, Streets, Drainage, Utilities, Etc.; Developer to Reimburse Utility for Uneconomical Placement
Status: in_force

(a) When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) COUNTY. A political subdivision of the state created by statute to aid in the administration of government.

(2) COUNTY COMMISSION. The chief administrative or legislative body of the county.

(3) STREETS. Streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, lanes, alleys, viaducts, and other roads.

(4) SUBDIVISION. The development and division of a lot, tract, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or otherwise for the purpose of establishing or creating a subdivision through the sale, lease, or building development. Development includes, but is not limited to, the design work of lot layout, the construction of drainage structures, the construction of buildings or public use areas, the planning and construction of public streets and public roads, and the placement of public utilities. A subdivision does not include the construction or development of roads or buildings on private property to be used for agricultural purposes.

(b) The county commission or like governing body of each county in the state shall be authorized to regulate the minimum size of lots, the planning and construction of all public streets, public roads, and drainage structures and require proper placement of public utilities to be located in proposed subdivisions of land or in proposed additions to subdivisions of land existing at the time of the enactment of this chapter where the subdivisions are situated outside the corporate limits of any municipality in the county. The placement of public utilities shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Southern Standard Building Code, state and federal laws, and regulations of state and federal regulatory agencies. If the county commission or like governing body of any county shall require the placement of public utility facilities in any subdivision or addition thereto in a manner which is other than the most economical method available from an engineering standpoint, then the developer of the subdivision or addition shall reimburse the utility for the difference in cost between the method so required by the county governing body and the most economical method available.

(c) The county commission or like governing body of each county in the state may establish a board of developers to make suggestions to the commission regarding the development and division of subdivisions. The board may advise the commission on the contents of the regulations, revisions that need to be made to the regulations, and assist in resolving disputes between the commission and developers.
Ala. Code § 22-22A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22A / Section 22-22A-7
Section 22-22A-7 Hearings and Procedures Before Commission; Appeal and Review
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning October 1, 1982, the Environmental Management Commission, in addition to any other authority which may be conferred upon it by law, shall have the power to:

(1) Develop and prescribe its own hearing procedures, unless otherwise specified by law; and

(2) Administer oaths, certify to official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, accounts, payrolls, documents and records. In the event of failure of any person to comply with any subpoena lawfully issued, or on the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of any court of competent jurisdiction or of the judge thereof, upon the application of the Environmental Management Commission or its designee, to compel obedience by contempt proceedings, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued by such court or a refusal to testify therein. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as fees of witnesses before courts of record and shall be paid from the funds of the department.

(b)(1) The Environmental Management Commission may delegate the power to hear appeals which are before it to a hearing officer. Any such hearing conducted by a hearing officer shall be in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Environmental Management Commission pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, and in such case the hearing officer shall prepare findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendations to the Environmental Management Commission for its final decision.

(2) The Environmental Management Commission may hire hearing officers to hear appeals which are before it. Such hearing officers shall be attorneys licensed to practice in the State of Alabama and shall be paid appropriately from department funds.

(c) Upon a proper request made in accordance with subdivisions (1) or (2) of this subsection and any hearing procedures prescribed by the Environmental Management Commission, any person aggrieved by an administrative action of the department shall be entitled to a hearing before the Environmental Management Commission or its designated hearing officer. To obtain a hearing on any order assessing a civil penalty issued pursuant to subdivision (18) of Section 22-22A-5, an aggrieved person shall either be subject to the order or have submitted timely written comments on the proposed order in accordance with subdivision (18) of Section 22-22A-5.

(1) Request for such hearing to contest an administrative action of the department, other than to contest the issuance of any rule or regulation or emergency order, must be filed with the Environmental Management Commission within 30 days of the contested administrative action.

(2) Request for a hearing before the Environmental Management Commission or its designated hearing officer to contest the issuance of any rule or regulation by the department must be filed with the Environmental Management Commission within 45 days of the promulgation of the rule or regulation by the department; except, that if such request is based solely on grounds arising after such forty-fifth day, then any request for a hearing under this subdivision must be filed within 45 days after such grounds arise.

(3) The Environmental Management Commission or its designated hearing officer shall within a reasonable time, not to exceed 45 days after receipt of a request in accordance with subdivisions (1) or (2) of this subsection, hold a hearing of which at least 15 days’ written notice shall be given to such person requesting the hearing and any other named or necessary party. Within 30 days after such hearing, the Environmental Management Commission shall issue an appropriate order modifying, approving or disapproving the department’s administrative action. A copy of the Environmental Management Commission’s order shall be served upon all parties either personally, by registered mail or by certified mail return receipt requested. The notice and hearing requirements of this subsection shall not apply to emergency orders. Hearings on emergency orders shall be held before the Environmental Management Commission and notice of such hearing as may be reasonable under the circumstances shall be given to such persons as the Environmental Management Commission deems appropriate.

(4) Pending the determination by the Environmental Management Commission, and upon application therefor, the Environmental Management Commission may stay the operation of such administrative action upon such terms and conditions as it may deem proper.

(5) The parties shall not be bound by the strict rules of evidence prevailing in the courts. However, a full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings before the Environmental Management Commission. All testimony or comments given in any hearing before the Environmental Management Commission shall be electronically or stenographically recorded, but need not be transcribed unless an appeal is taken to court or unless requested by any party who shall pay for the cost of transcription.

(6) Any order of the Environmental Management Commission made pursuant to the above procedure, modifying, approving or disapproving the department’s administrative action, constitutes a final action of the department and is appealable to the Montgomery County Circuit Court or the circuit court in which the applicant does business or resides for judicial review on the administrative record provided that such appeal is filed within 30 days after issuance of such order.

(7) Administrative action with respect to which review was or could have been obtained under this section shall not be subject to judicial review in any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement.
Ala. Code § 11-19-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-11
Section 11-19-11 Subdivision Regulations - Procedure for Adoption; Certification of Adopted Regulations to Probate Judge
Status: in_force

The county commission is hereby authorized to enact an ordinance regulating the platting and recording of any subdivision of land as defined by this chapter lying within the flood-prone area of the county. The county planning commission shall have the authority to prepare and submit to the county commission for its consideration and adoption regulations governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. Before the county commission may adopt subdivision regulations or any amendment thereto under the provisions of this chapter, the said county commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed regulations. A notice of said public hearing shall be given once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and a copy of the proposed subdivision regulations shall be made available to any interested person before said public hearing. A copy of the subdivision regulations as adopted shall be certified to the office of the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 11-16-29 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-29
Section 11-16-29 Removal of County Offices, Records, and Prisoners to New Courthouse and Jail
Status: in_force

When said courthouse shall be completed and ready for occupancy, the said county officers shall remove their offices and the records thereof to such offices or rooms in the new courthouse as may be designated for them respectively by the county commission, and the sheriff, upon completion of the jail, shall remove and keep therein any prisoners in his custody.
Ala. Code § 11-15-16 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 11-15-16
Section 11-15-16 Conveyance of Property to Corporation by County
Status: in_force

The county is hereby authorized to convey to the corporation, with or without the payment of monetary consideration therefor, any property that may be owned by the county whether or not such property is necessary for the conduct of the public functions of the county; provided, that such conveyance shall be authorized by a resolution duly adopted by the governing body prior to the conveyance.
Ala. Code § 22-29-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-11
Section 22-29-11 Temporary Financing
Status: in_force

In anticipation of the issuance of bonds, the authority may borrow such sums as may be needed, not exceeding $500,000.00 to be outstanding at any one time, for any of the purposes enumerated in this chapter and to obligate itself by certificate or promissory note, bearing interest at a rate or rates to be specified by the authority, and maturing within 18 months from date. Such certificates or promissory notes shall be payable solely from the proceeds of the bonds of the authority and from the funds from which such bonds are payable. In the event that state funds are not available for a state grant for a project when application is made, in order to accelerate the completion of any project, the local public body may, with the approval of the authority, obligate such local public body to provide local funds to pay that portion of the cost of the project which the state will make available by grant, and the state shall refund the amount expended on its behalf by such local public body.
Ala. Code § 22-21-148 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-148
Section 22-21-148 Bonds - Negotiable Instruments
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by the authority, while not registered, shall be construed to be negotiable instruments even though they are payable from a limited source. All coupons applicable to any bonds issued by the authority, while the applicable bonds are not registered as to both principal and interest, shall likewise be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable from a limited source.
Ala. Code § 22-21-224 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-224
Section 22-21-224 Expenses of State Board of Health
Status: in_force

The expenses incurred by the State Board of Health in the administration of this article during each fiscal year shall be budgeted, appropriated and allotted in the same manner as other administrative expenses of the board are budgeted, appropriated and allotted, but such expenses shall be paid out of any funds appropriated to the board for use in carrying out the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 22-21-23 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-23
Section 22-21-23 License - Application
Status: in_force

Any person desiring licensing under this article shall apply to the State Board of Health therefor. The applicant shall state the name of the applicant and whether an individual, partnership, corporation or other entity, the type of institution for which a license is desired, the location thereof and the name of the person in direct supervision and charge thereof. The person in charge of such hospital must be at least 19 years of age and of reputable and responsible character. The applicant shall submit evidence of ability to comply with the minimum standards provided in this article or by regulations issued under its authority.
Ala. Code § 11-3-24 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-24
Section 11-3-24 Replacement of Destroyed Record Books
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §2, effective September 1, 2007.
Ala. Code § 22-40A-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40A / Section 22-40A-10
Section 22-40A-10 Financial Assurance
Status: in_force

(a) The department shall, by regulation, establish the financial assurance levels and methods that are to be set to provide funds to abate any problems created as a result of a failure by the transporter or processor to properly manage scrap tires.

(b) Receivers of either class are not required to post financial assurance.

(c) Permitted transporters and processors shall post financial assurance. A fuel user that registers with the department shall post financial assurance if the user stores whole tires or shredded tires in excess of amounts the department establishes by regulation or in excess of permitted limits.
Ala. Code § 1-2-24 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1-2-24
Section 1-2-24 State Insect
Status: in_force

The monarch butterfly is hereby named and designated as the official insect for the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 22-14-15 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 22-14-15
Section 22-14-15 Effect of Article on Local Ordinances
Status: in_force

Ordinances, resolutions or regulations, now or hereafter in effect, of the governing body of a municipality or county or board of health relating to by-product, source, special nuclear materials, other radioactive materials occurring naturally or produced artificially or machine-produced radiation, shall not be superseded by this article if such ordinances or regulations are, and continue to be, consistent with the provisions of this article, amendments thereto and rules and regulations thereunder; but the authority of the agency under this article shall be paramount to that of any county, city or town.
Ala. Code § 22-21-314 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-314
Section 22-21-314 Certificate of Incorporation - Filing; Form and Contents; Recordation
Status: in_force

(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution (or, if there is more than one, the last adopted thereof), the applicants shall proceed to incorporate an authority by filing for record, in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the principal office of the authority is to be located, a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section, shall be in the form and executed in the manner herein provided and shall also be in the form theretofore approved by the governing body of each authorizing subdivision.

(b) In addition to any other provisions required by this article to be included therein, the certificate of incorporation of an authority shall state:

(1) The names of the incorporators, together with the address of the residence of each thereof, and either a. where the authorizing subdivision is a county or municipality, that each of them is a duly qualified elector of the authorizing subdivision (or, if there is more than one, at least one thereof) or b. where the authorizing subdivision is an educational institution, that each of them is a duly qualified elector of the state;

(2) The name of the authority, which may be a name indicating in a general way the area proposed to be served by the authority and shall include the words “Health Care Authority” (e.g., “The _____ Health Care Authority,” or “The Health Care Authority of _____,” the blank space to be filled in with the name of one or more of the authorizing subdivisions or other geographically descriptive word or words, such descriptive word or words not, however, to preclude the authority from locating health care facilities or otherwise exercising its powers in other geographical areas), unless the Secretary of State shall determine that such name is identical to the name of another corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, in which case the incorporators may insert additional identifying words so as to eliminate said duplication or similarity or adopt some other similar name that is available;

(3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 22-21-339, that fact shall be stated);

(4) The name of each authorizing subdivision, together with the date on which the governing body thereof adopted an authorizing resolution;

(5) The location of the principal office of the authority, which either a. where the authorizing subdivision is a county or municipality, shall be within the boundaries of the authorizing subdivision (or, if more than one, at least one thereof) or b. where the authorizing subdivision is an educational institution, shall be where the principal office of the educational institution is located;

(6) That the authority is organized pursuant to the provisions of this article;

(7) If the exercise by the authority of any of its powers hereunder is to be in any way prohibited, limited or conditioned, a statement of the terms of such prohibition, limitation or condition;

(8) If the authority is to have the extraordinary power set out in Section 22-21-319, a statement to that effect;

(9) The number of directors, which shall be an odd number not less than three, the duration of their respective terms of office (which shall not be in excess of six years), and (subject to the provisions of Section 22-21-316) the manner of their election or appointment;

(10) Any provisions, not inconsistent with Section 22-21-339, relating to the vesting of title to its assets and properties upon its dissolution; and

(11) Any other matters relating to the authority that the incorporators may choose to insert and that are not inconsistent with this article or with the laws of the state.

(c) The certificate of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by each of the incorporators before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take acknowledgements to deeds.

(d) When the certificate of incorporation is filed for record, there shall be attached to it:

(1) A certified copy of each authorizing resolution; and

(2) A certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the authority is not identical to that of any other corporation organized under the laws of the state or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty.

(e) Upon the filing for record of the certificate of incorporation and the documents required by subsection (d) of this section to be attached thereto, the authority shall come into existence and shall constitute a public corporation under the name set forth in its certificate of incorporation. The said judge of probate shall thereupon record the certificate of incorporation in an appropriate book in his office.
Ala. Code § 22-31-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 31 / Section 22-31-4
Section 22-31-4 Liability for Acts
Status: in_force

A person who acts in accordance with the terms of this chapter is not liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding for his act.
Ala. Code § 22-3A-16 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3A / Section 22-3A-16
Section 22-3A-16 Appropriation Made; Debt Service Reserve Fund Established
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of providing funds to enable the authority to pay on their respective due dates the principal of and the interest and premium (if any) on any bonds issued by it under the provisions of this chapter and to accomplish the objects of this chapter, there is hereby irrevocably pledged to such purpose and there is hereby appropriated so much as may be necessary for such purpose of the receipts from the incremental and additional excise taxes or fees levied on the disposal of hazardous waste or hazardous substances by the provisions of (i) the act resulting from the enactment of House Bill 310 introduced at the 1990 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature (whether such bill is enacted before or after this chapter) or (ii) any other statute, now or hereafter enacted, which appropriates or pledges such a tax or fee for the payment of the principal of and the interest and premium (if any) on bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter.

(b) A Debt Service Reserve Fund is authorized to be established and maintained in such an amount and under such conditions for any or all series of the bonds as may be determined by the authority in its resolution(s) relating to the bonds. The authority is authorized to make payments from bond proceeds or any other funds or revenues available to it (including tax revenues pledged for the payment of the authority’s bonds in excess of those required to meet current debt service on such bonds) into the Debt Service Reserve Fund. Income earned from the investment of moneys held in the Debt Service Reserve Fund may be used by the authority for any purpose designated by the authority that would constitute a permitted use of funds of the authority under this chapter. The authority is authorized to determine the conditions for the utilization of the Debt Service Reserve Fund (including earnings from the investment of such fund) in its resolution(s) relating to the bonds secured thereby, and by the terms of such resolution(s), to dedicate and pledge such fund and the investment earnings therefrom to payment of debt service on the bonds.
Ala. Code § 22-26-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 26 / Section 22-26-5
Section 22-26-5 Permits for Installation of Plumbing Outside Jurisdiction of Municipal Corporations
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2016-305, §2, effective May 10, 2016.
Ala. Code § 22-27-93 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-27-93
Section 22-27-93 Compliance with Article
Status: in_force

Failure to comply with the provisions of this article shall constitute grounds for the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license or permit otherwise required by law to operate the commercial establishment.
Ala. Code § 22-12A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12A / Section 22-12A-4
Section 22-12A-4 Bureau of Maternal and Child Health to Develop Priorities, Guidelines, Etc
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Maternal and Child Health under the direction of the State Board of Health, and the State Perinatal Advisory Committee representing the regional perinatal advisory committees, shall develop priorities, guidelines and administrative procedures for the expenditures of funds therefor. Such priorities, guidelines and procedures shall be subject to the approval of the State Board of Health.
Ala. Code § 22-19-182 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-182
Section 22-19-182 Facilitation of Anatomical Gift from Decedent Whose Body Is Under Jurisdiction of Coroner or Medical Examiner
Status: in_force

(a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner or medical examiner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner. Specific operational details regarding visitation, referral methods, recovery logistics, and efforts to minimize interruptions to the operations of the coroner and/or medical examiner will be established in the protocols referenced in Section 22-19-181 (d). Section 164.512 of the Health Information Portability and Protection Act, enacted 1996, specifies that a covered entity may use or disclose protected health information to organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissues for the purpose of facilitating organ, eye, or tissue donation and transplantation. If the decedent’s body or part is medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, the coroner or medical examiner shall release postmortem (external and/or internal) examination results to the procurement organization. A report limited to cause and manner of death and disclosures of any evidence of infection or other disease process which might preclude safe transplantation of recovered organs and/or tissue will be made available upon request at no charge to the organ procurement organization, tissue bank, or eye bank. If a full report is requested, the organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank agree to reimburse the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney’s office at the currently established price in order to offset costs. The procurement organizations may make a subsequent disclosure of the postmortem examination results or other information received from the coroner or medical examiner only if relevant to transplantation or therapy.

(b) The coroner or medical examiner may conduct a medicolegal examination by reviewing all forwarded pertinent medical records, laboratory test results, x-rays, organ, tissue, eye recovery documentation, other diagnostic results, and other information that any person possesses about a donor or prospective donor whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner which the coroner or medical examiner determines may be relevant to the investigation. Organ, tissue, and eye donation records, including documentations of organ, tissue, or eye normalcy and radiographs (organ and tissue donors only), should be submitted to the coroner or medical examiner and/or district attorney based on agreed upon protocols with the organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank.

(c) A person that has any information requested by a coroner or medical examiner pursuant to subsection (b) shall provide that information as expeditiously as possible to allow the coroner or medical examiner to conduct the medicolegal investigation within a period compatible with the preservation of parts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education. Specific time periods shall be established by protocols referenced in Section 22-19-181 (d).

(d) Cooperation between the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee and the procurement organizations for the timely removal of the part of a decedent for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education shall occur for a body that is under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner regardless of whether a postmortem examination is required or to be performed for the recovery of a part for which a release from the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee has been granted based on the determination that the absence of the part will not interfere with determination of cause, manner, circumstances surrounding the death, or evidence collection.

(e) If an anatomical gift of a part from the decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner or medical examiner has been or might be made, but the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee initially believes that the recovery of the part could interfere with the postmortem investigation into the decedent’s cause or manner of death or evidence collection, the coroner or medical examiner or designee shall consult with the procurement organization or physician, surgeon, surgeon’s assistant, or technician designated by the procurement organizations about the proposed recovery. Ancillary tests such as MRI, CT scan, and skeletal survey may be required by the coroner or medical examiner or pathologist prior to the determination of suitability for organ or tissue procurement. These tests shall be performed and interpreted by the appropriate physician at the request of the coroner or medical examiner or pathologist and reported in a timely fashion. All expenses for such tests shall be the responsibility of the procurement organizations regardless of the outcome. After consultation, the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee may or may not permit the recovery or impose specific restrictions depending on the nature of the case and the necessity of evidence collection, at which time the organ procurement organization, tissue bank, and eye bank will abide by the decision and operate accordingly.

(f) Following the consultation under subsection (e), in the absence of mutually agreed-upon protocols to resolve conflict between the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee and the organ procurement organization, if the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee intends to deny recovery, the organ procurement organization may request the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee to attend the organ recovery procedure for the part before making a final determination to allow the organ procurement organization to recover the part. Satisfying the request will be at the discretion of the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee based on feasibility. If the request is denied, the organ procurement organization will abide by the decision not to allow procurement and operate accordingly. During the organ removal procedure, the coroner or medical examiner or designee who elected to attend may allow recovery by the procurement organization to proceed, or, if the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee who elected to attend, reasonably believes that the part may be involved in determining the decedent’s cause of death or manner of death or circumstances surrounding the death, deny recovery by the procurement organization.

(g) If the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee denies recovery under subsection (f), the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee shall provide the procurement organizations with a specific reason for not allowing recovery of the part, which will then be documented in the official records of the procurement organizations.

(h) If the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee allows recovery of a part under subsection (d), (e), or (f), the procurement organization, upon request, shall cause the physician, surgeon’s assistant, or technician who removes the part to provide the coroner or medical examiner with a record describing the condition of the part, a biopsy (liver and kidneys), photographs, and any other information and observations that would assist in the postmortem examination. Specific offerings by the procurement organizations shall be established in specific protocols according to Section 22-19-181(d) and made available to the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee.

(i) If a coroner, medical examiner, district attorney or designee requests to be present at a removal procedure under subsection (f), the coroner or medical examiner or district attorney or designee may request reimbursement for any additional costs and lost work time incurred in complying with subsection (f).
Ala. Code § 11-16-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-10
Section 11-16-10 Notice of Election
Status: in_force

Said commissioners shall give notice of the date established for holding the election by publishing a copy of said order for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county or, if there be no newspaper published in the county, by posting a copy of said order at the courthouse and at five other public places in the county, such publication to begin or such notices to be posted within 15 days from the time of making said order.
Ala. Code § 11-6-25 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 11-6-25
Section 11-6-25 Provisions of Article Cumulative
Status: in_force

The provisions of this article are cumulative and in addition to all other statutes providing for assistance to the several counties for the maintenance and betterment of public roads.
Ala. Code § 22-21-56 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-56
Section 22-21-56 Appropriations by Local Political Subdivisions
Status: in_force

The governing bodies of each local political subdivision involved are hereby authorized to appropriate their respective shares of the cost of constructing, maintaining, equipping and operating such hospitals as determined upon by agreement between the executive committee of the association and the State Board of Health. The sums so appropriated shall be paid into the treasury of the corporation and shall be paid out on certificate of the executive committee of the corporation.
Ala. Code § 22-35-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 35 / Section 22-35-9
Section 22-35-9 Administration Cost of Chapter; Annual Budgets for Administration
Status: in_force

(a) Administration cost of all the provisions of this chapter shall be charged to the fund. Annual budgets for administration are to be included as part of the regular department budget, except that the annual budget of the management board shall not be a part of the department budget. There is hereby appropriated to the department by the Legislature, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for each following fiscal year, the department’s actual cost, not to exceed 8 percent of total fees and charges collected annually or a maximum of seven hundred five thousand dollars ($705,000) per year, whichever is less, excluding any legal expenses incurred by the department in discharging its duties under the provisions of this chapter. In no event shall the department’s budget provisions for this activity in any given year be less than four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). Provided, however, the Legislature may make additional appropriations to the department from the fund upon a showing of the need for such additional monies in the administration of the fund. The department shall provide the management board with an assessment of its needs no less than 45 days prior to requesting additional appropriations from the Legislature. Such additional monies shall not exceed in any given fiscal year five percent of the total fees and charges collected annually by the fund. Any additional appropriation authorized by the Legislature shall be for only that fiscal year for which it was authorized.

(b) As a first charge against revenues collected under the provisions of this chapter, to offset its initial costs in administering such collections, there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Revenue for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000). The Department of Revenue shall be appropriated for each fiscal year by the Legislature the amount of money necessary to pay its actual costs in administering and enforcing this chapter, not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) per annum, which money shall be deducted, as a first charge thereon, from the revenues collected under the provisions of this chapter. After payment of the aforesaid expenses, the balance of the revenues collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited as directed elsewhere in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 11-22-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 11-22-10
Section 11-22-10 Bond Issues - Securing of Principal and Interest; Mortgages and Deeds of Trust; Default
Status: in_force

The principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the corporation shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues and receipts out of which the same shall be made payable and may be secured by mortgage or deed of trust covering all or any part of the projects from which the revenues or receipts so pledged may be derived, including any enlargements of and additions to any such projects thereafter made. The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued and any such mortgage or deed of trust may contain any agreements and provisions respecting the maintenance of the projects covered thereby, the fixing and collection of fees, rates, tolls and charges for the services, facilities and accommodations furnished by the corporation and of the rents for any portion thereof leased by the corporation to others, the creation and maintenance of special funds from such revenues and the rights and remedies available in the event of default, all as the board of directors shall deem advisable and which are not in conflict with the provisions hereof. Each pledge, agreement, mortgage or deed of trust made for the benefit or security of any of the bonds of the corporation shall continue effective until the principal of and interest on the bonds for the benefit of which the same were made shall have been fully paid. In the event of default in such payment or in any agreements of the corporation made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, whether contained in the proceedings authorizing the bonds or in any mortgage or deed of trust executed as security therefor, such payment or agreement may be enforced by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver or by foreclosure of any such mortgage or deed of trust, or any one or more of said remedies.
Ala. Code § 22-21-316 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-316
Section 22-21-316 Board of Directors; Qualifications; Election or Appointment; Terms; Vacancies; Reimbursement for Expenses; Quorum; Regular, Special and Called Meetings; Waiver of Notice; Record of Proceedings; Use as Evidence; Removal from Office
Status: in_force

(a) Each authority shall have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation, as most recently amended. Unless provided to the contrary in its certificate of incorporation, all powers of the authority shall be exercised, and the authority shall be governed, by the board or pursuant to its authorization. Subject to the provisions of subdivision (9) of subsection (b) of Section 22-21-314, the board shall consist of directors having such qualifications, being elected or appointed by such person or persons (including, without limitation, the board itself, the governing body or bodies of one or more authorizing subdivisions or other counties and municipalities, and other entities or organizations) and in such manner, and serving for such terms of office, all as shall be specified in the certificate of incorporation of the authority; provided however, that no fewer than a majority of the directors shall be elected by the governing body or bodies of one or more of the authorizing subdivisions and the certificate of incorporation of each authority must contain provisions having this effect.

(b) If, at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor thereto shall not have been elected or appointed, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his successor shall be so elected or appointed. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, whether by death, resignation, incapacity, disqualification or otherwise, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected or appointed by the person or persons who elected or appointed the predecessor director. Each election or appointment of a director, whether for a full term or to complete an unexpired term, shall be made not earlier than 30 days prior to the date on which such director is to take office as such. Any director, irrespective of by whom elected or appointed, shall be eligible for reelection or reappointment.

(c) Each director shall serve as such without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but any meeting of the board may be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the directors present or may be so adjourned by a single director if such director is the only director present at such meeting. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board. The board shall hold regular meetings at such times as may be provided in the bylaws of the authority, may hold other meetings at any time and from time to time upon such notice as may be required by the bylaws of the authority, and must upon call of the chairman of the authority or a majority of the total number of directors, hold a special meeting, none of which meetings shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 25A, Title 36 or other similar law. Whenever any notice is required by the bylaws of the authority to be given of any meeting of the board, a waiver thereof in writing, signed (whether before or after such meeting) by the person or persons entitled to such notice, shall be the equivalent to the giving of such notice. Any matter on which the board is authorized to act may be acted upon at any regular, special or called meeting. At the request of any director, the vote on any question before the board shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered upon the record. All resolutions adopted by the board shall constitute actions of the authority, and all proceedings of the board shall be reduced to writing and signed by the secretary of the authority and shall be recorded in a well-bound book. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority, under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.

(d) Any director may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in said Section 175.
Ala. Code § 22-22-13 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-22-13
Section 22-22-13 Chapter Supplementary to Other Laws; Powers of Attorney General Not Affected
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to supplement existing law, and no part of this chapter shall be construed to repeal any existing laws specifically enacted for the protection of health or the control of radiation. All remedies for the prevention and abatement of water pollution given to the Attorney General through the authority of this chapter are merely cumulative. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as negating or destroying any common law or statutory right, duty, power or authority of the Attorney General of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 22-19-59.5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-59.5
Section 22-19-59.5 Transitional Provisions
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2008-453, p. 867, §2, effective November 1, 2008.
Ala. Code § 22-22A-8 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22A / Section 22-22A-8
Section 22-22A-8 Adoption of Rules, Regulations and Standards; Review by Director; Public Notice and Hearing
Status: reserved

(a) All rules, regulations or standards shall be adopted by and promulgated by the Environmental Management Commission. With the exception of editorial changes, no rule, regulation or standard shall be adopted, amended or repealed unless such rule, regulation or standard has been reviewed by the director and until after a public hearing has been held. Unless different notice provisions are specifically required elsewhere by law, at least 45 days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing the department shall give notice of such hearing by public advertisement in the three newspapers of this state with the largest regional circulation of the date, time, place and purpose of such hearing; and make available to any person upon request copies of the proposed rules, regulations or standards, together with summaries of the reasons supporting their adoption, amendment or repeal.

(b) Any public hearing relating to the adoption, amendment or repeal of department rules, regulations or standards under this section shall be held before a department representative, who shall be designated by the Environmental Management Commission. All such hearings shall be open to the public, and reasonable opportunity to be heard with respect to the subject of the hearing shall be afforded to any person. All testimony taken before the department representative shall be recorded and transcribed. The transcript, any exhibits or any written submissions to the department in relation to such hearings shall be open to public inspection.

(c) After such hearing, the department may revise the proposed rules, regulations or standards, before adoption in response to testimony, written submissions or exhibits introduced at the hearing, without conducting a further hearing on the revisions.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a hearing prior to the issuance of any temporary emergency rule or regulation.
Ala. Code § 22-30E-14 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30E / Section 22-30E-14
Section 22-30E-14 Brownfield Redevelopment Districts - Petition for Establishment; Resolution; Articles of Incorporation; Limitations of Liability
Status: in_force

(a) The owner or owners of any affected property may deliver to any local government that has jurisdiction over the affected property a written petition requesting the local government to establish a brownfield redevelopment district, as a separate public corporation for the purposes of this chapter, for the affected property. The petition shall be executed by the owners of all affected properties who elect to be included within the district and shall set forth in the petition, or by attachments, all of the following:

(1) The name and address of each owner.

(2) A confirmation of the ownership of the affected properties to be included in the district.

(3) The designation of a person, who may or may not be an owner of any affected property, to act as a representative of the owners before the local government.

(4) A request that the local government adopt a resolution approving the formation of the district as a public corporation, approving the form of the articles of incorporation of the district, and authorizing the representative of the owners to form the district.

(5) A proposed form of the articles of incorporation of the district which shall include all of the following:

a. The names of the owners of the affected properties to be included within the district.

b. A statement that the district is organized pursuant to this section by authority of the resolution adopted by the local government, a copy of which shall be attached to the articles of incorporation.

c. The name of the district which shall be in the form of “The Brownfield Redevelopment District of the City (or Town) of,” including such words or numerals sufficient to distinguish the district from other districts established by the local government (e.g., “West,” “1,” or “I”).

d. A description by any reasonable reference method, including metes and bounds, tax assessment tracts, subdivision lots, or deeds of the affected properties to be included in the district.

e. The location of the principal office of the district which shall be within the boundaries of the district and may be the principal office of the local government.

f. The number and terms of office of the directors of the district.

g. The period of the duration of the district, which shall not exceed 30 years from the October 1 which next succeeds the date of establishment of the district.

h. That the district shall be a nonprofit corporation and no part of the net earnings which remain after payment of expenses shall inure to the benefit of any person other than the local government.

i. That upon dissolution of the district as provided by law, title to any property then owned by the district shall immediately vest in the local government.

(b) The governing body of the local government shall consider the petition as soon as practicable after receipt and, if the governing body determines that formation of the district is in the public interest, shall adopt a resolution upon original introduction of the petition for immediate consideration at a meeting of the body. The resolution need not be by unanimous consent and shall become effective immediately without publication and shall include all of the following:

(1) A legislative determination that the establishment and incorporation of the district is necessary and in the public interest.

(2) A legislative determination that all of the affected properties to be included in the district are located within the corporate limits or territorial boundaries of the local government.

(3) The approval of the proposed form of the articles of incorporation of the district as set forth in the petition.

(4) The authorization of the records clerk of the local government to provide to the representative of the owners of the affected property a certified copy of the resolution and of the proceedings of the governing body of the local government regarding the adoption of the resolution.

(5) The authorization of the representative of the owners to proceed to establish, form, and incorporate the district by recording the articles of incorporation in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the principal office of the local government is located.

(c)(1) Upon receipt of the resolution and proceedings of the governing body of the local government by the representative of the owners of the affected property, the representative shall complete, execute, and acknowledge the articles of incorporation before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments of deeds and file the articles of incorporation in the office directed by the resolution.

(2) Upon filing the articles of incorporation, the district shall come into existence as a public corporation under the name provided in the articles of incorporation and have all authority and powers provided by this chapter. The recorded articles of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence of the legal and valid incorporation of the district in all courts.

(d) A municipality or county may only establish a brownfield redevelopment district that includes affected property within the corporate limits or territorial boundaries thereof, provided a county may include any affected property within a municipality that is within the county so long as a majority of the members of the governing body of the municipality consent.

(e) A brownfield redevelopment district established pursuant to this chapter shall constitute a governmental entity as defined in Chapter 93 of Title 11 for purposes of limiting the damages for which the district and all of the district’s directors, officers, and agents may be liable.

(f) Upon establishing a brownfield redevelopment district, the applicants of qualifying property located within the district who meet the criteria provided in Section 22-30E-8 shall qualify for those limitations of liability provided in Section 22-30E-9(a) and (g), provided that each applicant of a qualifying property located within the district shall covenant not to sue any other applicant within the district commensurate with the release of liability provided to each applicant.
Ala. Code § 22-10B-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 10B / Section 22-10B-7
Section 22-10B-7 Exemption of Alabama Department of Public Health
Status: reserved

HIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-161, EFFECTIVE MARCH 3, 2026.
Ala. Code § 11-15-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15 / Section 11-15-11
Section 11-15-11 Warrants - Execution and Delivery
Status: in_force

All warrants shall be signed by the president or vice-president of the corporation, and the seal of the corporation shall be affixed thereto and attested by its secretary. They shall be drawn on the treasurer or depository of the funds of the corporation. Coupons shall be signed by the president or vice-president of the corporation, but a facsimile of the signature of such president or vice-president may be impressed on any such interest coupons in lieu of his manually signing the same. Delivery of warrants so executed shall be valid notwithstanding any changes in officers or in the seal of the corporation after the signing and sealing of the warrants.
Ala. Code § 22-40A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40A / Section 22-40A-3
Section 22-40A-3 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) APPROVED. Authorized, certified, permitted by, or meets standards of a regulatory authority.

(2) AUTHORIZED DISPOSAL. For purposes of this chapter only, authorized disposal shall be the deposit of a tire in a landfill properly permitted to accept tires and tire materials for disposal.

(3) CLEANUP. For purposes of this chapter, cleanup means the cleaning up, remediation, control, or removal of scrap tires from the environment.

(4) CONSUMER. a. For purposes of this chapter a consumer is defined as either:

1. A retail purchaser.

2. A dealer who buys a tire to be installed on a vehicle for resale.

b. A wholesale purchaser who buys tires for resale is not considered a consumer.

(5) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) or its successor organization or organizations having similar responsibility.

(6) ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. An employee of the department, or the person appointed by the county commission to enforce this chapter, and any deputy enforcement officers enforcing this chapter under the supervision of the enforcement officer, and which county commission has a delegation agreement with the department, or other municipal, county, or state law enforcement officers authorized to enforce this chapter.

(7) FUEL USER. A processor which uses tire derived fuel as a source of energy and has been permitted by the department or local air pollution control agency for the use of tire derived fuel.

(8) INNOCENT LANDOWNER. a. An owner of real property, upon which there is located an accumulation of scrap tires, who meets all of the following conditions:

1. The scrap tires were disposed of on the property after the owner acquired title to or obtained financial interest in the property, or the scrap tires were disposed of before the owner acquired title to the property and the owner lacked actual knowledge of the waste after conducting reasonable due diligence, or title was acquired by intestate succession or devise.

2. The owner did not have knowledge that the scrap tires were being disposed of on the property, or the owner took steps, including, but not limited to, posting signs to prevent disposal on the property.

3. The owner did not participate in or consent to the disposal of scrap tires on the property.

4. The owner did not receive any financial benefit from the disposal of scrap tires on the property.

5. Title to the property was not transferred to the owner for the purpose of evading liability for operating an unauthorized accumulation of scrap tires.

6. The person or persons responsible for disposing of the scrap tires on the property, in doing so, were not acting as an agent for the property owner or interest holder.

b. The State of Alabama shall be considered an innocent landowner for properties it owns or holds upon which scrap tires are disposed in which disposal the state did not participate nor to which the state consented.

(9) PERMITTED LANDFILL. For the purposes of this chapter only, any landfill that is permitted by the department to accept scrap tires and scrap tire material.

(10) PERMITTED PROCESSOR. Any person engaged in the processing of tires as defined in this section that has received the proper permit from the department. A retreader or sorter is not considered a processor.

(11) PERMITTED TRANSPORTER. A person who has received the proper transporter permit from the department.

(12) PERSON. Any individual, organization, business, or entity, whether or not organized for profit.

(13) PROCESSED TIRE MATERIAL. Any material produced from tires or tire materials through any chemical, physical, or thermal process, including, but not limited to, baling.

(14) PROCESSING. For purposes of tire processing, the term includes any of the following activities related to pneumatic tires:

a. The compression and binding of whole tires or processed tire material or baling.

b. Shredding, reducing, or altering tires by any physical, chemical, or thermal process, including, specifically, the burning of tires as a fuel.

c. Incorporating whole scrap tires into any end use product or structure where the scrap tire is not deconstructed into its component parts.

d. Punching or stamping products from whole scrap tires or producing processed tire material, crumb, or ground rubber product, whether or not that product is held for sale or used in the facility to produce an end product.

(15) RECYCLING or REUSE. A use of scrap tire or processed tire materials other than for land disposal, including, but not limited to, new products, rubber modified asphalt, civil engineering applications, or fuel use.

(16) REGISTERED RECEIVER. Either a Class One receiver or Class Two receiver defined as:

a. Class One receivers are retail tire dealers, retreaders, and used tire dealers.

b. Class Two receivers include all other receivers of scrap tires, other than Class One receivers, that generate or accumulate a minimum of 10 scrap tires in a year, specifically including, among others, any component of government, vehicle fleet maintenance or dismantling, rental or sales operations, or any other activity that generates scrap tires, whether or not organized for profit.

(17) REMEDIATION. This term is synonymous with cleanup.

(18) REPLACEMENT TIRE. Any pneumatic tire sold to the consumer regardless of whether or not mounted on a rim or wheel.

(19) RESPONSIBLE PARTY or PERSON RESPONSIBLE. With respect to the remediation of any accumulation of scrap tires on any property, a person who meets one or more of the following conditions:

a. A person who deposited the scrap tires on the property, if other than the person who holds title to or has a financial interest in the property.

b. A person who holds title to or has a financial interest in the property and who does not qualify as an innocent landowner.

(20) RETAIL TIRE DEALER. For purposes of this chapter, a retail tire dealer shall include any person selling replacement tires to the consumer, whether or not mounted on a rim.

(21) RETREADED CASING REPLACEMENT TIRE. Any retreaded casing sold to the consumer, regardless of whether or not mounted on a rim or wheel.

(22) RETREADER. Any person engaged in the retreading of used tires.

(23) SCRAP TIRE. Any pneumatic tire no longer suitable or useable for its original purpose and, in addition, includes, but is not limited to, all tires with a manufacturing defect, except those that are in the process of being returned to the manufacturer for a refund.

(24) SCRAP TIRE COMMISSION (STC). The commission established in this chapter.

(25) SCRAP TIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FEE. The fee established by this chapter, to be collected on the purchase of replacement tires.

(26) SCRAP TIRE FUND (STF). The separate fund established by this chapter.

(27) SCRAP TIRE STUDY COMMISSION (STSC). The commission created by Sections 22-40-1 to 22-40-11, inclusive.

(28) SOLID WASTES AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ACT. Chapter 27 of this title.

(29) THREAT. A condition creating a substantial probability of harm, where the probability and potential extent of harm makes it reasonably necessary to take immediate action to prevent, reduce, or mitigate damage to persons, property, the environment, natural resources, or the public health and safety.

(30) TIRE DEALER. Any person engaged in the sale of tires to the consumer, whether or not mounted on a rim or wheel.

(31) TIRE DERIVED FUEL (TDF). Any tire or processed tire material intended for use as fuel.

(32) UNAUTHORIZED DISPOSAL. For purposes of this chapter only, unauthorized disposal shall be the deposit, dumping, or placing of any tire, scrap tire, tire chips, tire shreds, or tire materials into or on any public or private land or water, without having a permit from the department.

(33) USED REPLACEMENT TIRE. Any pneumatic tire that is capable of reuse as a tire, directly or following repair, regrooving, or retread, excluding any processed tire material, end use product or by-product derived from scrap tires, that meets the following requirements:

a. If a tire is designed for highway use it must still have more than two thirty-seconds inch of tread.

b. The tire is stored in a rack or a stack, but not in a pile, in a manner consistent with National Fire Protection Association guidelines for tire storage, as well as vector control standards.

c. The tire is stored in a manner to allow inspection of each individual tire.
Ala. Code § 11-23-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 11-23-4
Section 11-23-4 Restrictions on Use of Land Following Designation; Enforcement of Restrictions
Status: in_force

Whenever a county commission has designated an industrial park or has made a change of the boundaries of an existing one and has filed certified copies thereof as provided in Section 11-23-3, no facilities shall be thereafter located therein that are not industrial in character or reasonably related thereto; provided, that no construction or installation permits shall be required, but the county commission may resort to judicial process to enforce such industrial requirements.
Ala. Code § 11-19-13 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-13
Section 11-19-13 Approval of Plats of Subdivision Before Recordation - When Required
Status: in_force

Whenever subdivision regulations have been adopted by the county commission as provided in Section 11-19-11, then no plat of a subdivision that lies within the flood-prone area of the county shall be filed or recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the county planning commission and such approval entered in writing on the plat by the chairman and secretary of the county planning commission.
Ala. Code § 11-3-11.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-11.1
Section 11-3-11.1 Authorization, Adoption, Levy, Assessment, Collection, or Enforcement of Excise, Privilege, or License Taxes Ratified
Status: in_force

The action of the governing body of any county in levying, authorizing, adopting, assessing, collecting, and enforcing any excise, privilege, or license tax levied, assessed, collected, and enforced on the effective date hereof is hereby ratified, approved, validated, and confirmed, regardless of any defect which might exist in the authorization, adoption, levy, assessment, collection, or enforcement of any such tax, including, without limitation, defects in the adoption of any underlying act of the Legislature authorizing such authorization, adoption, levy, assessment, collection, or enforcement, any failure to publish any notice which might otherwise be required with respect to any of the foregoing, or any failure by any such governing body to comply with any statutory requirement with respect to any of the foregoing matters; provided that this section shall not apply to any such tax, the validity of which is on the effective date hereof being challenged in any proceeding pending in any court in this state.
Ala. Code § 22-8A-13 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8A / Section 22-8A-13
Section 22-8A-13 Effect of Prior Declarations
Status: in_force

Any declaration made prior to August 1, 2001, shall be given effect as provided in this chapter provided that:

(a) Such declaration was legally effective when written; and

(b) Artificially provided nutrition and hydration shall not be withdrawn pursuant to the declaration unless specifically authorized therein.
Ala. Code § 22-28-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 28 / Section 22-28-2
Section 22-28-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

(1) AIR POLLUTION. The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and duration as are, or tend to be, injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life or property or would interfere with the enjoyment of life or property throughout the state and in such territories of the state as shall be affected thereby.

(2) AIR CONTAMINANT. Any solid, liquid or gaseous matter, any odor or any combination thereof, from whatever source.

(3) COMMISSION. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(4) PERSON. Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including, but not limited to, any individual, partnership, association, society, joint stock company, firm, company, corporation, institution, trust, estate, or other legal or other business organization or any governmental entity, and any successor, representative, agent or agency of the foregoing.

(5) EMISSION. A release into the outdoor atmosphere of air contaminants.

(6) DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(7) STATE HEALTH OFFICER. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(8) CHAIRMAN. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(9) STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COMMISSION. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(10) ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION. The Environmental Management Commission of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
Ala. Code § 1-2-42 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1-2-42
Section 1-2-42 State Vegetable
Status: in_force

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:

(1) With the passing of the Bicentennial Celebration of Alabama, it has become known that Alabama lacks an official state vegetable.

(2) In 2015, the Alabama Farmers Federation reported that the great State of Alabama ranks sixth among the nation in the production of sweet potatoes; the crop brings an estimated $9 million annually to the state, making it one of Alabama’s main crops.

(3) The sandy loam soil of the state allows sweet potatoes to grow quickly and freely, enabling Alabama to produce some of the largest and tastiest sweet potatoes in the country.

(4) The sweet potato has long been an Alabama staple; delicious sweet potato dishes have been listed in prominent media outlets such as the Food Network as a “top food to eat in Alabama” and in Southern Living Magazine as a Southern holiday tradition.

(5) In light of the above, this body can conjure no better vegetable to represent Alabama, its farmers, and its culinary culture.

(6) This body thanks Kristin Smith of Harvest, Alabama, and her homeschool class for their excellent proposal on behalf of the sweet potato which led to this designation.

(b) The sweet potato is the official state vegetable of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-19-22 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 11-19-22
Section 11-19-22 Penalties for Violations of Provisions of Chapter, Ordinances, Etc
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, corporation or agency who, in violation of this chapter, fails to obtain the permit required herein or who violates any provision of the building code or zoning ordinances or other regulation, ordinance, or code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be fined not more than $500.00, or may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year or may be both fined and imprisoned.
Ala. Code § 22-4-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-1
Section 22-4-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article may be referred to as the “State Health Planning and Development Act of 1975.”
Ala. Code § 22-11A-72 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-72
Section 22-11A-72 Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be grounds for revocation, suspension, or restriction of the professional license of any licensed infected health care worker who shall be found to perform invasive procedures and shall have failed to notify the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61.

(b) Any physician providing care to an individual known to the physician to be an infected health care worker who fails to report the infected health care worker to the State Health Officer as provided in Section 22-11A-61 shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.

(c) Any individual who deliberately fails to provide records under his or her control or who falsifies those records shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 11-4-43 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-4-43
Section 11-4-43 Duties and Liabilities Generally
Status: in_force

The county depositories shall be charged with all the duties and subject to the same liabilities insofar as the receipt, disbursement, and safekeeping of funds of the county are concerned as are now imposed by law upon county treasurers in Article 2 of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-40-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 40 / Section 22-40-9
Section 22-40-9 Distribution of Funds
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2003-332, p. 823, §25, effective October 1, 2004.
Ala. Code § 22-30B-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30B / Section 22-30B-9
Section 22-30B-9 Lien
Status: in_force

The fee, together with interest and penalties imposed by this chapter, shall be a lien upon the property of the operator which is subject to the provisions of this chapter, and the provisions of the revenue laws of the State of Alabama applying to liens shall apply fully to the fees herein levied.
Ala. Code § 22-14-34 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 22-14-34
Section 22-14-34 Equivalent Background Investigations Sufficient
Status: in_force

Any person employed by a nuclear powered electric generating facility which requires clearance or background investigation equivalent to the requirements set forth herein shall be exempt from the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-13-6 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 11-13-6
Section 11-13-6 Payment of Cost of Advertising Local Bill Introduction in Legislature; Reimbursement to County Commission
Status: in_force

(a) The county commission shall pay from the county treasury, at the regular legal rate, the cost of the advertising of notice and substance of all local bills which may be introduced in the Legislature by any member of the Legislature from the county, if the notice is signed by the member, whether the bill is passed by the Legislature or not. If the bill is for the benefit of or in reference to subjects or matters exclusively relating to one or more municipalities in the county, the municipality or municipalities shall reimburse the county for the cost of the advertising. If two or more municipalities are liable to reimburse the county for the cost of advertising the same bill, each municipality shall pay to the county an amount which bears the same ratio to the total cost of advertising as such municipality’s population bears to the total population of all the municipalities affected by the bill.

(b) After August 1, 1998, except in the case of a bill for the benefit of or on subjects or matters exclusively relating to one or more municipalities in the county, if a proposed local law raising revenue for a public or private local entity other than the county commission becomes law, the public or private local entity receiving the proceeds of the revenue raising measure shall reimburse the county commission for the cost of advertising the local law from the first revenues generated by the local law. If the proposed local law would raise revenue for two or more local public or private entities, including the county commission or a municipality, each entity shall pay from the first revenues generated by the law, a pro rata share of the cost of advertising based upon the proposed percentage of generated revenue to each entity under the local law.
Ala. Code § 22-20-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 22-20-9
Section 22-20-9 Depositing Dead Animals or Fowl in Running Streams
Status: in_force

Any person who deposits the body of a dead animal or fowl in any running stream must, on conviction, be fined $10.00, and one half of the fine must go to the informer.
Ala. Code § 11-16-27 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 16 / Section 11-16-27
Section 11-16-27 Declaration of New County Seat
Status: in_force

If upon canvass of the returns of said election a majority of all the legal votes cast were in favor of the removal of the county seat, then the city, town, or village thus elected shall thereafter be the county seat of the county.
Ala. Code § 11-14-23 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 14 / Section 11-14-23
Section 11-14-23 Acquisition of Lands for Drainage Ditches, Lime and Stone Quarries, Etc
Status: in_force

Counties may acquire by purchase or by condemnation land necessary for drainage ditches and borrow pits, lime and stone quarries, clay and clay pits, sand and sand pits, chert and chert pits, gravel and gravel pits, together with any and all other materials of every character that may be necessary or essential or desired in the construction and maintenance of highways and bridges, and may tap and draw material from the same and acquire such road right-of-way as may be necessary for ingress or egress to and from such material. The reasonable market value, if any, of such land and material shall be paid for same.
Ala. Code § 11-27-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 11-27-1
Section 11-27-1 Powers Generally
Status: in_force

The county commissions of the several counties in this state are hereby authorized and empowered to grant, by resolution or ordinance, franchises for the installation of poles or conduits within the boundary lines of public roads, highways, or rights-of-way for the operation of community antenna television facilities. Any franchise granted under the provisions of this chapter may be conditioned by reasonable rules and regulations set out in said franchise and said franchise may be revoked for the continued violation of any of said rules and regulations. Said franchises shall only apply in unincorporated areas of any such county at the time of granting said franchise and a franchise may be limited to a portion of said unincorporated area. For the purposes of this chapter the term “community television antenna facility” shall include “cable television” facilities.
Ala. Code § 22-23-52 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-52
Section 22-23-52 Penalties
Status: in_force

A fine not to exceed $5,000.00 may be imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction on any person who violates Section 22-23-40, 22-23-41 or 22-23-47 or subdivision (1) or (2) of Section 22-23-48.
Ala. Code § 22-27-21 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-27-21
Section 22-27-21 Purpose and Construction of Article
Status: in_force

It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize each county in the state to finance the acquisition by such county of facilities for the collection and disposal of solid wastes by the sale and issuance of interest-bearing warrants of such county and to refund any warrants issued under this article. This article shall be liberally construed in conformity with the said intention.
Ala. Code § 22-15A-7 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 15A / Section 22-15A-7
Section 22-15A-7 Posting of “No Smoking” and “Smoking Area” Signs; Violations of Chapter
Status: in_force

(a) A “No Smoking” sign or signs, or the international “No Smoking” symbol, which consists of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a circle with a bar across, shall be prominently posted and properly maintained where smoking is prohibited by this chapter, by the owner, operator, manager, or other person in charge of the facility. “Smoking Area” signs shall also be posted as appropriate in public places.

(b) The person(s) in charge of a public place who observes a person in possession of a lighted tobacco product in apparent violation of this chapter shall inform that person that smoking is not permitted in that area by law.
Ala. Code § 22-12-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 22-12-4
Section 22-12-4 Proclamation of Quarantine by Governor
Status: in_force

The Governor, whenever he deems it necessary, or the State Board of Health, shall proclaim quarantine, and when proclaimed, said Board of Health shall enforce such quarantine under such regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-12 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-12
Section 22-11A-12 Statewide Outpatient Clinics; State Board of Health to Contract for Regional Tuberculosis Hospitals; Expenditures
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the State Board of Health to assure the statewide operation of outpatient clinics necessary for the treatment and control of tuberculosis. These clinics shall make available anti-tuberculosis drugs, other tuberculosis services, and conduct a continuing search for individuals infected with tuberculosis.

(b) The State Board of Health shall have the authority to contract with accredited general hospitals to serve as regional contract tuberculosis hospitals and to determine the method of reimbursement. The regional contract tuberculosis hospitals shall furnish the State Board of Health with such reports as are required by the board. The Regional Tuberculosis Hospitals shall be compensated in a manner fixed by the State Board of Health.

(c) The amount of expenditure for the purpose of treatment of tuberculosis, operation of clinics for treatment and control of tuberculosis, and provision of anti-tuberculosis drugs shall be that sum provided in the general appropriation act together with any public or private grants or appropriations.
Ala. Code § 22-23-49 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23 / Section 22-23-49
Section 22-23-49 Powers and Duties of Board in Administration of Article
Status: in_force

To carry out the provisions and purposes of this article, the board is authorized and empowered to:

(1) Perform any and all acts necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this article relating to the adoption and enforcement of state primary drinking water regulations and state secondary drinking water regulations;

(2) Administer and enforce the provisions of this article and all rules, regulations and orders promulgated or issued under this article;

(3) Receive financial and technical assistance from the federal government and other public or private agencies;

(4) Participate in related programs of the federal government, other states, interstate agencies or other public or private agencies or organizations;

(5) Establish adequate fiscal controls and accounting procedures to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for funds appropriated or otherwise provided for the purpose of administering requirements of this article;

(6) Maintain such records as may be required by the administrator pursuant to the federal act;

(7) Delegate the authority to carry out the duties as deemed appropriate for the purpose of administering requirements of this article;

(8) Establish and collect fees for the purpose of certifying or giving approval to any governmentally or privately owned laboratory desiring to perform laboratory analyses for water suppliers in a manner required by the board;

(9) Collect fees from any supplier of water willfully or negligently causing the board to perform extraordinary or repetitive inspections, a sum equivalent to that expended by the board for its performance of additional inspections; and

(10) Promulgate such regulations as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article.
Ala. Code § 11-12-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 11-12-5
Section 11-12-5 Claims to Be Itemized, Registered and Filed
Status: in_force

No claim against the county shall be passed upon or allowed by the county commission unless it is itemized by the claimant or some person in his behalf having personal knowledge of the facts and all claims passed upon and allowed according to this section must be entered in the order in which they are allowed in a book kept for that purpose and filed for future reference within two weeks after the meeting at which such allowances were made, and the claim must show whether or not any part thereof has been paid.

This section shall not apply to bonds and interest or interest coupons thereon that have been lawfully issued by the county.
Ala. Code § 22-19-23 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-23
Section 22-19-23 When Bodies Not to Be Delivered to Board
Status: in_force

No notice shall be given, nor shall any such body or bodies be delivered, if any person shall satisfy the authorities in charge of said body or bodies that he or she is of any degree of kin or is related by marriage to, or socially or otherwise connected with and interested in, the deceased and shall claim the said body or bodies for burial. In that event, it or they shall be at once surrendered to such person for interment or shall be buried at public expense at the request of such claimant, if a relative by blood or a connection by marriage, provided he or she is financially unable to supply such body or bodies with burial. Such notice shall not be given, or such body be delivered, if the deceased person was a traveler who died suddenly, in which case the dead body shall be buried.
Ala. Code § 22-21-225 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-225
Section 22-21-225 Federal Funds
Status: in_force

In the event any federal funds are made available to the state by the federal government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for use in carrying out the purposes of this article, the State Board of Health is authorized to take such action and promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary in order to qualify for and obtain such funds.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the Department of Human Resources from complying with the requirements of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, in relation to the administration by said department of the program of medical care, including hospitalization, for persons eligible for public assistance.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the State Department of Education from carrying out the provisions of the approved state plans for Vocational Rehabilitation Service and Crippled Children’s Service in cooperation with the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
Ala. Code § 11-25-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 11-25-9
Section 11-25-9 Library Fee as Court Cost; Disposition
Status: in_force

For the support and maintenance of county law libraries established under the provisions of this chapter a library fee of two dollars shall be paid in all causes and cases of whatever nature in the district and circuit courts of the various counties wherein this law is in effect, to be collected as other court costs are collected and paid at the same time as docket or filing fees are paid. Said library fees shall be paid in all proceedings wherein a docket or filing fee is paid. All of the funds collected under the provisions of this section shall be transmitted to the proper county law library fund by the tenth of each month following their collection.
Ala. Code § 11-2A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2A / Section 11-2A-1
Section 11-2A-1 Categorization of Counties. (Amended by Act 2026-238)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-238, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) For purposes of determining the amount of annual compensation which a county shall pay to a county commissioner, a judge of probate, a sheriff, a tax assessor, a tax collector, a revenue commissioner, a license commissioner, and an elected assistant tax assessor or collector, the 67 counties of the state shall be placed in categories based on population according to the most recent federal decennial census.

(b) The population categories of counties are as follows:

(1) CATEGORY 1. Population in excess of 450,000.

(2) CATEGORY 2. Population from 350,001 to 449,999.

(3) CATEGORY 3. Population from 200,001 to 350,000.

(4) CATEGORY 4. Population from 50,001 to 200,000.

(5) CATEGORY 5. Population from 19,000 to 50,000.

(6) CATEGORY 6. Population of less than 19,000.
Ala. Code § 22-4-34 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 22-4-34
Section 22-4-34 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The SHPDA, following advice and guidance from the Health Care Information and Advisory Council, shall adopt rules providing the specific information which shall be submitted and the method of submission to SHPDA. All covered health care reporters shall provide written reports as required by SHPDA, at least annually. Within one year of the adoption of rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, covered health care reporters shall make the first report due under this article. The first report due under this article submitted by a covered health care reporter shall cover the immediately preceding six months. Reporting to SHPDA under this article shall be mandatory. Reporting to SHPDA shall be required at least annually after the initial report and shall cover the one-year period from the previous report as provided by rules of SHPDA.
Ala. Code § 22-6-121 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-121
Section 22-6-121 Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee - Composition; Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The Alabama Medicaid Agency shall utilize a Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee within the agency for the purpose of advising and assisting Medicaid in the development of a preferred drug plan pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1396r-8.

(b) The Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall be comprised and consist of three clinical pharmacists licensed to practice in the State of Alabama and at least five physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama. Physician members will be appointed by the Medicaid Commissioner from a list of at least two nominees for each position submitted by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. Clinical pharmacist members will be nominated by the Alabama Pharmacy Association and appointed by the Medicaid Commissioner. Members of the Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee should be enrolled Medicaid providers and have experience developing or practicing under a preferred drug list. It is further provided that the committee shall reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. A report shall be made annually to the Legislature detailing the extent to which this provision has been implemented.

(c) Members of the Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee will serve staggered two-year terms and may be reappointed to the committee for additional terms.

(d) The Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee shall meet at least quarterly and may meet at other times as needed and called by the Medicaid Commissioner and committee chairman. Meetings of the Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee responsible for recommending classes of drugs to the Medicaid Commissioner for inclusion in the Medicaid Preferred Drug Plan shall meet the requirements of the State’s open meetings law and documents relating to a recommendation made by the committee to limit access to a drug shall be available under the open records law.
Ala. Code § 22-29-14 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 29 / Section 22-29-14
Section 22-29-14 Bonds and Coupons Deemed Negotiable Instruments
Status: in_force

All bonds issued by the authority, while not registered, shall be construed to be negotiable instruments even though they are payable from a limited source. All coupons applicable to any bonds issued by the authority, while the applicable bonds are not registered as to both principal and interest, shall likewise be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable from a limited source.
Ala. Code § 22-18-43 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-18-43
Section 22-18-43 Board of Health Shall Follow Administrative Procedure Act
Status: in_force

In carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this chapter, the board shall follow the Administrative Procedure Act.
Ala. Code § 22-21-52 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-52
Section 22-21-52 Directors - Annual Meeting; Constitution and Bylaws; Executive Committee
Status: in_force

The directors shall meet annually and shall adopt a constitution and bylaws of the corporation, said constitution and bylaws to be subject to the approval of the State Board of Health. The active affairs of the corporation shall be vested in an executive committee composed of not less than five nor more than nine directors, to be selected by the directors. The executive committee shall meet monthly, organize itself and shall carry on the affairs of the corporation in compliance with the laws of the State of Alabama and with the constitution and bylaws of the corporation. The executive committee shall appoint a medical advisory committee of three to five members from the medical staffs of the respective hospitals. This medical advisory committee will be responsible to the executive committee for the professional aspects of the hospital’s operations subject to the rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Health. In the discretion of the directors, there may be appointed, for each hospital or other separate unit, a hospital executive committee consisting of not less than three nor more than five members who shall be residents of the political subdivision or subdivisions from which directors are selected. Such members shall possess such qualifications as may be prescribed by the directors, but need not reside in any particular precinct or ward. The members of such hospital executive committee shall each serve at the pleasure of the directors and shall, when appointed, organize and possess all of the power and authority and shall have all the duties of the executive committee of the hospital association in respect to all affairs of the hospital for which they are appointed. Said hospital executive committee shall act subject to the general supervision and control of the hospital association and its directors.
Ala. Code § 22-6-221 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-221
Section 22-6-221 Service by Integrated Care Network; Board of Directors
Status: in_force

(a) An integrated care network shall serve only Medicaid beneficiaries in providing medical care and services. For the purposes of this article, a beneficiary cannot be a member of both an integrated care network and a regional care organization.

(b) An integrated care network shall provide required medical care and services to Medicaid beneficiaries and may coordinate care provided by or through an affiliation of other health care providers or other programs as the Medicaid Agency shall determine.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the integrated care network shall not be deemed an insurance company under state law.

(d)(1) An integrated care network shall have a governing board of directors composed of the following members:

a. Twelve members shall be persons representing risk bearing participants. A participant bears risk by contributing cash, capital, or other assets to the integrated care network.

b. Eight members shall be persons who do not represent a risk bearing participant in the integrated care network and are not employed by a risk bearing participant.

c. A majority of the board may not represent a single provider. The Medicaid Agency may promulgate rules providing for the criteria and selection of risk bearing and non-risk bearing participants on the board of directors.

(2) Any provider represented on the governing board shall meet licensing requirements set by law, shall have a valid Medicaid provider number, and shall not otherwise be disqualified from participating in Medicare or Medicaid.

(3) The Medicaid Agency shall approve the members of the governing board and the board’s structure, powers, bylaws, or other rules of procedure. No organization shall be granted integrated care network certification without approval.

(4) Any vacancy on the governing board of directors in connection with non-risk bearing directors shall be filled in accordance with rules promulgated by the Medicaid Agency. A vacancy in a board of directors’ seat held by a representative of a risk bearing participant as defined herein, shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors of the integrated care network. Notwithstanding other provisions of this subsection, the Medicaid Commissioner shall fill a board seat left vacant for more than three months.

(5) All appointing authorities for the governing board shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of the population served.
Ala. Code § 22-18-42 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 18 / Section 22-18-42
Section 22-18-42 Regulation of Certain Types of Care and Personnel; Purchase of Drugs and Fluids
Status: reserved

This chapter shall govern and it shall authorize the Board of Health to regulate only emergency medical care provided outside of hospitals, EMSP who provide care outside of hospitals, provider services ground ambulances, air ambulances, ALS nontransport services, the training of EMSP who provide care outside of hospitals, and orders given for emergency medical care to be provided outside of hospitals. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, authorized drugs and fluids for emergency medical care and services may be purchased from any reliable source, including wholesalers, distributors, and hospitals. To the extent medical care and nursing care provided within hospitals is governed by other provisions of law, those provisions of law shall not be construed to have been repealed, amended, abridged, or otherwise altered by this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-6-14 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 6 / Section 22-6-14
Section 22-6-14 Autism Spectrum Disorder Coverage and Reimbursement Under Alabama Medicaid Program
Status: in_force

In the administration of and provision of benefits for the Alabama Medicaid program, the Alabama Medicaid Agency, on and after December 31, 2018, shall provide coverage and reimbursement for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the same manner and same levels as health benefit plans.
Ala. Code § 1-2-30 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 2 / Section 1-2-30
Section 1-2-30 State Agricultural Museum
Status: in_force

The Dothan Landmarks Parks is hereby designated the official Agricultural Museum for the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 11-20-30 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20 / Section 11-20-30
Section 11-20-30 Definitions
Status: in_force

Whenever used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context, the following terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall be given the following respective interpretations:

(1) CORPORATION. Any corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(2) COUNTY. Any county in this state with respect to which a corporation may be organized.

(3) GOVERNING BODY. The commission of the county.

(4) MORTGAGE. A mortgage or a mortgage and deed of trust or a trust indenture.

(5) PROJECT. Any land and any building or other improvement thereon and all real and personal properties deemed necessary in connection therewith, whether or not now in existence, which shall be suitable for use by the following or by any combination of two or more thereof:

a. Any industry for the manufacturing, processing or assembling of any agricultural, manufactured or mineral products;

b. Any commercial enterprise in storing, warehousing, distributing or selling any product of agriculture, mining or industry; and

c. Any enterprise for the purpose of research, but does not include facilities designed for the sale or distribution to the public of electricity, gas, water or telephones or other services commonly classified as public utilities.

A project may consist of or include any land, building, structure, improvement, machinery, equipment, facility or real or personal property or any combination thereof which the board of directors of the corporation may deem necessary or appropriate for use by any industry or enterprise of the character described in the first sentence of this subdivision, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, office facilities designed for use by any such industry or enterprise in the management and supervision of its manufacturing, processing, assembling, storing, warehousing, distributing, selling or research operations, wherever located, and facilities for, or useful in, the control, reduction, abatement, or prevention of pollution of air or water or both.
Ala. Code § 22-9A-11.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-11.1
Section 22-9A-11.1 Issuance of Certificate of Foreign Birth Without Judicial Proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) A child who has automatically acquired United States citizenship following a foreign adoption and who possesses a Certificate of Citizenship in accordance with the Child Citizenship Act, CAA, P.L. 106-395, shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 22-9A-11, which require a judicial report to acquire a Certificate of Foreign Birth.

(b) The State Registrar, upon written request, shall prepare a Certificate of Foreign Birth reflecting the actual date and place of birth for a child who was born in a foreign country, adopted by a United States citizen, and who has automatically acquired citizenship in accordance with the federal Child Citizenship Act upon the production of all of the following documents:

(1) The child’s Certificate of Citizenship.

(2) A certified copy of the child’s foreign birth certificate and certified English translation.

(3) The original documents related to the foreign adoption certified by the United States Embassy abroad and certified English translation.

(4) The Social Security card of the child.

(5) A valid government issued picture identification of parent or parents, such as a passport or driver’s license.

(6) Proof of residency of the parent or parents in the State of Alabama.

(c) The State Registrar shall develop any necessary forms for adoptive parents to submit in order to request a Certificate of Foreign Birth.
Ala. Code § 22-21-324 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-324
Section 22-21-324 Use of Proceeds
Status: in_force

(a) The principal proceeds derived from any borrowing made by an authority shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which such borrowing was authorized to be made. If any securities are issued for the purpose of financing costs of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping health care facilities, such costs shall be deemed to include the following:

(1) The cost of any land forming a part of such health care facilities;

(2) The cost of the labor, materials and supplies used in any such construction, improvement or enlargement, including architectural and engineering fees and the cost of preparing contract documents advertising for bids;

(3) The purchase price of, and the cost of installing, equipment for such health care facilities;

(4) The cost of landscaping the lands forming a part of such health care facilities and of constructing and installing roads, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, utilities and parking places in connection therewith;

(5) Legal, accounting, publishing, printing, fiscal and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the securities issued in connection with such health care facilities; bond discount, commission or other financing charges; fees and expenses of financial advisers and planning and management consultants; the cost of any feasibility studies deemed necessary or advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such securities; the amount of any debt service reserve that the board deems necessary or advisable to be funded out of the proceeds from the sale of such securities; and such other expenses as shall be necessary or incident to such borrowing;

(6) Interest on such securities for a reasonable period prior to the commencement of the construction and equipment of such health care facilities, or of any improvements or additions being financed (in whole or in part) out of the proceeds from the sale of such securities, and during the period estimated to be required for such construction and equipment and for a period of not more than two years after the completion of such construction and equipment;

(7) The reimbursement to itself, or to its general fund or any one or more of its other funds, to any authorizing subdivision or other county or municipality, and to any public hospital corporation or other public agency, authority or body, of any funds advanced, to or for the benefit of the authority or any health care facilities owned by it, in anticipation of the issuance of securities by the authority, including the amount of any interest paid or incurred on any borrowings made for the purpose of obtaining funds to advance to or for the benefit of the authority or such health care facilities; and

(8) The amount of such reserves for the payment of debt service on any such securities and for the maintenance, repair, replacement, improvement and enlargement of any of its health care facilities and other properties as the board shall deem advisable.

(b) Any portion of the principal proceeds derived from any such borrowing not needed for any of the purposes for which such borrowing was authorized to be made shall be applied and used:

(1) For retirement of the securities issued in evidence of such borrowing;

(2) For payment of the interest thereon;

(3) For payment into one or more special funds created for payment of principal or interest, or both, or for the creation of reserves for the payment of debt service or for maintenance, repair, replacement, improvement or enlargement; or

(4) For any combination thereof, all as shall be specified in the indenture under which such securities are issued or in the resolution of the board authorizing any such borrowing.
Ala. Code § 22-25B-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25B / Section 22-25B-11
Section 22-25B-11 Civil Action
Status: in_force

In addition to any rights and remedies specified herein or otherwise provided by law, the PSC, ADEM, ADPH, district attorney, or the Attorney General, or any combination of these, may commence a civil action to enjoin a violation in the circuit court in whose jurisdiction which any threatened or continuing violation occurs. In any such action, any person having an interest which is or may be adversely affected may intervene as a matter of right.
Ala. Code § 11-13-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 13 / Section 11-13-5
Section 11-13-5 Publication of Legislative Laws of Local Nature - Furnishing of Copies to County and Precinct Officers; Recordation of Copies
Status: in_force

The newspapers selected to publish said laws shall furnish to all county and precinct officers copies of the paper containing such publications; and the judge of probate shall preserve in his record book copies of such publications, which record book shall become a public record in the office of the probate judge.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-4
Section 22-11A-4 Certain Records to Be Provided to State Health Officer or Bureau of Clinical Laboratories
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) CLINICAL MATERIALS. Either of the following:

a. A clinical isolate that contains or that may contain an infectious agent of public health importance.

b. Material that contains or that may contain an infectious agent of public health importance, if an isolate is not available, in the following order of preference:

1. A patient specimen.

2. Nucleic acid.

3. Other laboratory material.

(2) PROVIDER OF MEDICAL SERVICES. A physician, hospital, laboratory, or other medical facility or medical professional that renders medical care relating to treatment of possible or confirmed cases of public health importance.

(b) A provider of medical services that is currently rendering or that has rendered treatment, care, diagnostic services, or laboratory services to any person suspected of having a notifiable disease or health condition shall provide all records relating to its performance of treatment, care, diagnostic services, or laboratory services for that person to the State Health Officer or his or her designee upon request.

(c) Any laboratory at which testing of clinical materials results in a suspected or positive finding of public health importance shall forward those clinical materials to the Bureau of Clinical Laboratories of the Department of Public Health.

(d) The Department of Public Health shall adopt rules necessary for the implementation and enforcement of this section.
Ala. Code § 22-9A-13.2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-13.2
Section 22-9A-13.2 Certificate of Nonviable Birth
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Following a nonviable birth occurring before 20 weeks of gestation, a report of fetal death shall be electronically filed with the Office of Vital Statistics within five days after the fetal death is known, if a report is requested by the parent or parents.

(2) A report of fetal death filed pursuant to this section shall be filed as provided in Section 22-9A-13.

(b) The State Registrar of Vital Statistics, upon the request of a parent named on a report of fetal death filed on or after November 1, 2023, shall issue a Certificate of Nonviable Birth within 60 days from the date of the request.

(c) The State Board of Health shall adopt rules to implement and administer this section. In addition to any other information required by the board, the Certificate of Nonviable Birth shall include all of the following information:

(1) The date of the nonviable birth.

(2) The county where the nonviable birth occurred.

(3) The name of the child of nonviable birth as provided in the report of fetal death, if a name appears on the report of fetal death. If a name does not appear on the report of fetal death, the State Registrar, upon the request of a parent listed in the report of fetal death, shall add a name to the certificate when issued.

(4) The file number of the corresponding report of fetal death.

(5) The following statement: “This certificate is not proof of live birth.”

(d) Parental information shall not be changed or added to a Certificate of Nonviable Birth after the report is filed, except for minor corrections to the name of the parent recorded on a report of fetal death or upon the receipt of a certified copy of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) The fee for the issuance of the Certificate of Nonviable Birth shall be the same as the fee collected for the issuance of a certified copy of any other vital record.
Ala. Code § 22-1-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-1-5
Section 22-1-5 Salaries of Public Health Dentists
Status: in_force

The State Health Officer shall, under the direction of the State Board of Health and with the approval of the State Personnel Board, fix the salaries of dentists holding graduate degrees or certificates in public health, or who are diplomates of a specialty board established by the American Dental Association, in any amount which does not exceed an amount that is $1,000.00 less than the salary of the State Health Officer.
Ala. Code § 22-23A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23A / Section 22-23A-9
Section 22-23A-9 Loans in Anticipation of Bond Issuance; Refund of Local Funds Provided by Community Water System
Status: in_force

In anticipation of the issuance of bonds, the authority may borrow such sums as may be needed for any of the aforesaid purposes and to obligate itself by certificate or promissory note, bearing interest at a rate or rates to be specified by the authority, and maturing within 18 months from the date of such certificate or promissory note. Such certificates or promissory notes shall be payable solely from the proceeds of the bonds of the authority and from the funds from which such bonds are payable. In the event that authority funds are not available for a loan for a project when application is made, in order to accelerate the completion of any project, a community water system may, with the approval of the authority, obligate such community water system to provide local funds to pay that portion of the cost of the project which the authority will make available by loan, and the authority shall refund the amount expended on its behalf by such water system.
Ala. Code § 22-19-180 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-180
Section 22-19-180 Effect of Anatomical Gift on Advance Health Care Directive
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) “Advance health care directive” means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor’s direction concerning a health care decision for the prospective donor.

(2) “Declaration” means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which a life support system may be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor.

(3) “Health care decision” means any decision regarding the health care of the prospective donor.

(b) If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health care directive, and the terms of the declaration or directive and the express or implied terms of a potential anatomical gift are in conflict with regard to the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy the prospective donor’s attending physician and prospective donor shall confer to resolve the conflict. If the prospective donor is incapable of resolving the conflict, an agent acting under the prospective donor’s declaration or directive, or, if none, or the agent is not reasonably available, another person authorized by law other than this article to make health care decisions on behalf of the prospective donor, shall act for the donor to resolve the conflict. The conflict must be resolved as expeditiously as possible. Information relevant to the resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift for the prospective donor under Section 22-19-168. Before resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part may not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor if withholding or withdrawing the measures is not contraindicated by appropriate end-of-life care.
Ala. Code § 11-32-16 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 32 / Section 11-32-16
Section 11-32-16 Exemption from Other State Supervision and Control
Status: in_force

This chapter is intended to aid the state in the execution of its duties by providing appropriate and independent instrumentalities of the state with full and adequate powers to fulfill their functions. Except as in this chapter expressly otherwise provided, no proceeding, notice, or approval shall be required for the incorporation of any authority or the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, the acquisition of any property or transit system, or the issuance of any bonds, mortgage and deed of trust, or trust indenture. The authority, every transit system of the authority, any public transportation service provided by the authority, and the rates and charges of the authority shall be exempt from all jurisdiction of, and all regulation and supervision by, the Public Service Commission. Neither a public hearing nor the consent of the state Department of Finance shall be prerequisite to the issuance of bonds by the authority.
Ala. Code § 22-19-22 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-22
Section 22-19-22 Notice of Possession of Bodies Required to Be Buried at Public Expense; Delivery to Board; Authorization to Solicit Dead Bodies from Counties
Status: in_force

All public officers of this state and their assistants and all officers and their deputies of every county, city, town or other municipality and of every prison, penitentiary, morgue and public hospital in this state having charge or control over any dead human body or bodies, not dead from any contagious or infectious disease and required to be buried at public expense, are required to notify the said Anatomical Board, or such person or persons as may from time to time be designated in writing by said board or its duly authorized officers, whenever any such body or bodies come into their possession, charge or control and shall, without fee or reward, deliver such body or bodies and suffer said board and its duly authorized agents, who may comply with the provisions of this article, to take and remove all such bodies to be used only within this state solely for the advancement of medical science. The State of Alabama Anatomical Board is expressly authorized to solicit dead bodies, for the purposes of scientific studies, from appropriate authorities within the jurisdiction of each county governing body.
Ala. Code § 22-21-354 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-354
Section 22-21-354 Further Provisions Respecting Use and Disposition of Certain Property
Status: in_force

In determining the financial effect of an arrangement between an authority and any nonhospital-based physician, dentist or other health care professional for the furnishing of office space to any such person for use in his private practice (for purposes of those provisions of the enabling statute relating thereto), the board: (1) May, in the determination of the rental and other consideration to be received by the authority from the furnishing of such office space, consider not only the dollar amount of such rental and other consideration being or to be paid by such person pursuant to such arrangement, but also such other circumstances or conditions as it shall generally describe in an authorizing resolution, including (without limitation and by way of example or illustration) factors such as the probability or possibility that such person will refer patients or others to any one or more of the health care facilities owned or operated by the authority or will otherwise make use of, and compensate the authority for, services provided at or by any such health care facilities; (2) In such event, may (in the authorizing resolution) assign to such other circumstances or conditions such value as in its discretion it deems appropriate and warranted; and (3) May furnish office space to such person if the dollar amount of the rental and any other consideration being or to be paid to the authority by such person, when added to the value so assigned to such other circumstances and conditions, is not less than the cost of such office space to the authority, any provisions of the enabling statute to the contrary notwithstanding. Any value so assigned in an authorizing resolution to any such other circumstances and conditions shall be conclusive in the absence of fraud or a gross abuse of discretion.
Ala. Code § 22-21-342 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-342
Section 22-21-342 Provisions of Article Exclusive
Status: in_force

Any authority organized under the provisions of this article (as well as any public hospital corporation reincorporated hereunder) shall, insofar as the subject matter of this article is concerned, be governed exclusively by the provisions of this article, which shall not be construed in pari materia with any other statute.
Ala. Code § 22-23B-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 23B / Section 22-23B-4
Section 22-23B-4 Alabama Drinking Water Finance Authority
Status: in_force

The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the director of the department and the Director of Finance may become a public corporation to be known as the Alabama Drinking Water Finance Authority with the power and authority hereinafter provided, by proceeding according to the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-25-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 22-25-9
Section 22-25-9 Certification of Operators - Issuance
Status: in_force

(a) When the director is satisfied that an applicant is qualified, by examination or otherwise, the director shall issue a certificate attesting to the competency of the applicant as an operator. The certificate shall indicate the classification of works which the operator is qualified to supervise.

(b) Certificates of proper classifications shall be issued without examination to persons certified by a governing body or owner to have been the operator of a treatment plant or a water distribution system on September 28, 1971. A certificate so issued will be valid only for that particular treatment plant or system, but shall remain in effect three years, unless revoked by the director as provided in this chapter. All certificates shall be renewed every three years.

(c) Certificates in appropriate classification shall be issued to operators who, on September 28, 1971, hold certificates of competency attained by examination under the voluntary certification program sponsored jointly by the State Department of Health and the Alabama Water and Pollution Control Association.
Ala. Code § 11-7-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 7 / Section 11-7-5
Section 11-7-5 Right of Entry Upon Lands for Execution of Court Ordered Survey; Penalty for Obstruction of Surveyor, Etc
Status: in_force

In the execution of an order of survey directed to him by any court, the surveyor and his assistants may, without the consent of the occupant or claimant of ownership, enter upon any lands necessary to be surveyed or entered upon and survey the same in an orderly and proper manner, and any person who shall obstruct him or his assistants therein shall be punished as for contempt of court.
Ala. Code § 22-21-54 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-54
Section 22-21-54 Validation of Noncomplying Associations
Status: in_force

In all cases where the county commission of a county has, or the governing bodies of a county and of a city have, adopted a resolution or resolutions authorizing the incorporation, under this article as originally enacted or as subsequently amended, of a public hospital association for public hospital purposes and there has been an attempt to organize such public hospital association by the directors appointed by the county commission of the county or the governing bodies of the county and city, presenting to the Secretary of State an application signed by them, which shall set forth that notice has been given and a public hearing has been held and that they have been appointed by the local governing body or bodies as members of the board of directors of the hospital association, and that they desire the hospital association to become a public body and body corporate, and the name which is proposed for the corporation and the Secretary of State has received, filed and recorded the application in an appropriate book of records in said Secretary of State’s office, then such public hospital association shall be, and is hereby, validated ab initio notwithstanding any failure on the part of the county commission of the county or the governing bodies of the county and city to comply with all the requirements of said article; provided, that this section shall not apply to the incorporation of any public hospital association that has been held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction by judgment entered prior to August 7, 1969, or to the incorporation of any public hospital association, the validity of which is an issue in any pending civil action commenced prior to August 7, 1969.
Ala. Code § 11-11A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 11-11A-2
Section 11-11A-2 Assignment and Pledge of Tax Proceeds for Payment of Principal and Interest
Status: reserved

As security for payment of the principal of and the interest on any warrants issued under the provisions of this chapter, the issuing county is authorized to assign and pledge so much as may be necessary for such purpose of the proceeds of the tax out of which such warrants are required to be payable. All such pledges shall take precedence in the order in which they are made unless in the proceedings authorizing such warrants the right is reserved to issue other bonds, warrants or securities on a parity therewith as respects such pledge.
Ala. Code § 22-11C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11C / Section 22-11C-2
Section 22-11C-2 Legislative Intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the referral of persons who have traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injuries to a coordinated rehabilitation program developed and administered by other state agencies, to ascertain information relative to the occurrence of head injuries resulting in moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries or spinal cord injuries, to identify prevention programs to prevent these disabling conditions, and to recommend to the Legislature, state agencies, and other interested organizations steps to prevent and better treat these conditions.
Ala. Code § 22-21-267 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-267
Section 22-21-267 Certificates of Need - Application for Certificate or Modification Thereto and Extensions Thereof
Status: in_force

Any application for a certificate of need under Section 22-21-265, for a modification thereto or for an extension thereof shall be made in written form and shall include such information and supporting data relevant to the merits of the application as may be prescribed by the approved rules and regulations of the SHPDA. The application shall be filed with the SHPDA not less than 90 days prior to the date of the proposed obligation for the capital expenditure or the inauguration of the proposed service.
Ala. Code § 22-27-48.1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 27 / Section 22-27-48.1
Section 22-27-48.1 Approval Process by Local Governing Body for Siting of New Solid Waste Management Facility
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to the siting of any new solid waste management facility, as defined in Section 22-27-2.

(b) The governing body of a county or municipality shall make a discretionary decision to approve or disapprove the siting of a new solid waste management facility in accordance with this section.

(c) Any person or entity seeking approval from the governing body of a county or municipality for the siting of a new solid waste management facility shall also submit to the governing body as part of its application, the application fee required under subsection (d) of Section 22-27-48 and all of the following information:

(1) A written document addressing each of the criteria described in subsection (c) of Section 22-27-48.

(2) The applicant’s experience of owning or operating other solid waste facilities.

(3) Information relating to the applicant’s financial resources, including, but not limited to, any investors or corporate affiliates of the applicant.

(4) Any pending and past civil or criminal actions taken by a governmental entity against the applicant or its owners or operators, investors, or affiliates.

(5) Any other information the applicant deems relevant or that may assist the governing body in making a decision whether to approve or disapprove the application.

(d) After an applicant has submitted a complete application, including the items required in subsection (c), to the governing body of a county or municipality in which the proposed facility is to be located, the local governing body shall formally receive the application at its next regularly scheduled meeting. At this time, the public comment period begins.

(e)(1) Not more than 10 days after the formal receipt of an application, the local governing body, at the expense of the applicant, shall provide the following notice that an application for local approval of a new solid waste management facility has been received:

a. Notice to each owner whose property is adjacent to a proposed site, sent by certified mail.

b. Notice to the general public provided by all of the following means:

1. Publishing a notice in a newspaper having general circulation, if one exists, within the affected community one day per week for a two-week period.

2. Broadcasting public service announcements submitted to a radio station that has general broadcast coverage within the affected community.

3. Displaying a notice on the local governing body’s website, if available.

(2) Any printed notice by letter, newspaper, or electronically on a website, shall contain at a minimum the following:

a. A description of the application and approval process as provided in this chapter.

b. A description of the criteria the governing body will consider, as provided in subsection (c) of Section 22-27-48, in determining whether to approve or disapprove the site.

c. A contact person from whom interested persons can obtain additional information and can review copies of both the local solid waste management plan and the application.

d. A description of the location where interested persons can obtain or can review copies of both the local solid waste management plan and the application, and the time frame for public hearings and involvement.

e. A description of how the public may submit written comments to the governing body.

(f)(1) Not more than 45 days after the local governing body formally receives an application, the applicant shall conduct a public awareness session in the county or municipality in which the proposed facility is to be located, during which the applicant shall provide general information on the design and operation of the proposed facility and address questions and concerns voiced by members of the affected community. The time, date, and location of the public awareness session must be approved by the local governing body. The applicant, at its own expense, shall provide notice of the public awareness session by both printed and broadcast media beginning at least 30 days prior to the session. Printed notification shall include publication in at least one newspaper having general circulation within the affected community one day per week for a two-week period. Broadcast notification shall include public service announcements on a radio station that has general broadcast coverage within the affected community. At least one representative of the local governing body shall attend each public awareness session. If any written comment or question germane to the proposed application is submitted to the applicant at the public awareness session, the applicant shall respond if practicable, in writing within 14 days to the member of the public with a copy provided to the local governing body.

(2) The applicant is solely responsible for carrying out the requirements of subdivision (1). A public awareness session is independent of and separate from a public hearing.

(g) Not more than 45 days after the date of the public awareness session, the local governing body shall hold at least one public hearing. Notice of the time and place of any public hearing shall be given by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the affected community at least 30 days, but not more than 45 days, prior to the proposed date of the hearing. Content of the notice shall be consistent with the notice requirements in subsection (e). All pertinent documents shall be available for inspection during normal business hours at a location readily accessible to the public. The public may submit written comments to the local governing body at any time up to the conclusion of the last public hearing.

(h) The local governing body shall have 30 days after the public hearing to complete its review of the local solid waste management plan and, giving consideration to the criteria provided in subsection (c) of Section 22-27-48, to public input, and to other information gathered from the applicant pursuant to subsection (c), shall make a decision to approve or disapprove the siting of a new solid waste management facility. If disapproved by the governing body, the applicant may submit a new application under subsection (c).

(i) After the local governing body has granted approval of the application, the applicant shall petition the appropriate circuit court pursuant to Rule 57 of the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure for a determination of each of the following:

(1) Whether the local governing body complied with the public comment requirements and time frames required under this section.

(2) Whether the local governing body’s approval of the application is consistent with the local solid waste management plan in place pursuant to Section 22-27-47.

(3) Whether the local governing body considered the criteria provided in subsection (c) of Section 22-27-48 as presented to the body by the applicant in its application pursuant to subdivision (c)(1).

(j) The applicant shall bear all court costs, and his or her own legal expenses, relating to the filing of the petition under subsection (i).

(k) Unless the court with which a petition is filed needs additional information from the local governing body, the court shall issue a ruling not more than 60 days after the initial petition is filed; provided, however, the court may extend this date not more than 30 additional days if the court seeks additional information from the governing body.

(l) If the circuit court issues a declaratory judgment determining that the local governing body met the criteria set out in subsection (i), the applicant may seek approval by other regulatory authorities as required by law. If the circuit court issues a declaratory judgment determining that the criteria set out in subsection (i) has not been met, the matter shall be remanded to the local governing body for further consideration consistent with the requirements of this section. The local governing body or applicant shall be afforded the opportunity to mitigate any discrepancies the court finds, provided the period during which the governing body or applicant must respond may not extend more than 90 days.

(m) This section shall not apply to industrial facilities receiving wastes generated on site only or by the permittee.
Ala. Code § 22-20A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 20A / Section 22-20A-1
Section 22-20A-1 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares the consumer’s right to know the source or origin of a food product for human consumption is paramount and essential to the health, safety, and well-being of the people of this state and nation. Providing notice to the public of whether farm-raised fish and wild fish are imported or domestic is compelling.
Ala. Code § 22-22-11 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 22 / Section 22-22-11
Section 22-22-11 Disbursement of Funds
Status: in_force

Funds which are or may become available from any source, appropriations or otherwise, to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, shall be disbursed by the commission or by its director in accordance with rules prescribed by the commission.
Ala. Code § 22-21-263 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 21 / Section 22-21-263
Section 22-21-263 New Institutional Health Services Subject to Review
Status: in_force

(a) All new institutional health services which are subject to this article and which are proposed to be offered or developed within the state shall be subject to review under this article. No institutional health services which are subject to this article shall be permitted which are inconsistent with the State Health Plan. For the purposes of this article, new institutional health services shall include any of the following:

(1) The construction, development, acquisition through lease or purchase, or other establishment of a new health care facility or health maintenance organization. A transaction involving the sale, lease, or other transfer or change of control of an existing health care facility, existing health maintenance organization, or existing institutional health service is not subject to certificate of need review or approval under this article unless the transaction also involves implementing one or more of the new institutional health services described in subdivision (2), (3), or (4). The two immediately preceding sentences are applicable to all transactions occurring on or after July 30, 1979. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this article, expenditures incurred in the sale, lease, or other transfer of an existing health care facility or existing health maintenance organization or existing institutional health service shall not be subject to subdivision (2).

(2) Any expenditure by or on behalf of a health care facility or health maintenance organization which, under generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, is a capital expenditure in excess of two million dollars ($2,000,000) indexed annually for inflation for major medical equipment; in excess of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) for new annual operating costs indexed annually for inflation; in excess of four million dollars ($4,000,000) indexed annually for inflation for any other capital expenditure by or on behalf of a health care facility or a health maintenance organization. The index referenced in this subdivision shall be the Consumer Price Index Market Basket Professional Medical Services index as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. The SHPDA shall publish this index information to the general public.

(3) A change in the existing bed capacity of a health care facility or health maintenance organization through the addition of new beds, the relocation of one or more beds from one physical facility to another, or reallocation among services of existing beds through the conversion of one or more beds from one category to another within the following bed categories: general medical surgical, inpatient psychiatric, inpatient/residential alcohol and drug abuse or inpatient rehabilitation beds, or long-term care beds including skilled nursing care, intermediate care, transitional care, and swing beds. Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision to the contrary, any health care facility or health maintenance organization in which at least 65 percent of the beds are dedicated or used exclusively for acute care services, general medical surgical, or nonspecialized services may reallocate existing beds within the following specialized bed categories: inpatient psychiatric, inpatient/residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation beds, to acute care services, or general medical surgical beds without first obtaining a certificate of need from the SHPDA.

(4) Health services proposed to be offered in or through a health care facility or health maintenance organization, and which were not offered on a regular basis in or through such health care facility or health maintenance organization within the 12 month period prior to the time such services would be offered. Health services, other than those health services involving long-term care services, including without limitation, skilled and intermediate nursing home care, swing beds services, or transitional care services, provided directly by acute care hospitals classified as rural by the U.S. Bureau of Census/Office of Management and Budget, United States government Health Care Financing Administration or acute care hospitals with less than 105 beds that are located over 20 miles from the nearest acute health care facility located within Alabama shall not be subject to this subdivision but shall be subject to the other subdivisions of this subsection. Provided, however, that the exemption from this subdivision herein established shall not apply to home health services provided outside of the county in which the hospital is located.

(b) The four conditions of new institutional health services listed in this section shall be mutually exclusive.

(c) Notwithstanding all other provisions of this article to the contrary, those facilities and distinct units operated by the Department of Mental Health and those facilities and distinct units operating under contract or subcontract with the Department of Mental Health where the contract constitutes the primary source of income to the facility shall not be subject to review under this article.

(d) For the purposes of this article, and notwithstanding all other provisions of this article to the contrary and notwithstanding any and all provisions of the State Health Plan on September 1, 2003, relating to lithotripsy, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography, new institutional health services, which are subject to this article, shall not include any health services provided by a mobile or fixed-based extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter, mobile or fixed-based magnetic resonance imaging, or positron emission tomography proposed to be offered in or through a health care facility or health maintenance organization. The SHPDA, after consultation with and the advice of the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act and within 60 days of September 1, 2003, shall cause the State Health Plan to be amended to repeal and delete all sections of the Alabama State Health Plan relating to mobile and fixed-based lithotripters, mobile and fixed-based magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography, and cause the amendment and repeal of any other SHPDA rules and regulations inconsistent with this article.
Ala. Code § 22-1-13 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 1 / Section 22-1-13
Section 22-1-13 Breastfeeding Children in Public or Private Locations
Status: in_force

A mother may breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, where the mother is otherwise authorized to be present.
Ala. Code § 22-9A-18 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 9A / Section 22-9A-18
Section 22-9A-18 Divorce Registration
Status: in_force

(a) A record of each divorce or annulment granted by any court in this state shall be filed by the clerk, register, or clerk and register of each court with the Office of Vital Statistics and shall be registered if it has been completed and filed in accordance with this section. The record shall be prepared by the petitioner or his or her representative on a form or in a format prescribed and furnished by the State Registrar and shall be presented to the clerk or register with the petition. In all cases, the completed record shall be prerequisite to the granting of the final decree.

(b) The clerk, register, or clerk and register shall complete and forward to the Office of Vital Statistics on or before the fifth day of each calendar month the records of each divorce or annulment decree granted during the preceding calendar month.
Ala. Code § 1-3-10 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 1-3-10
Section 1-3-10 Refined Gold and Silver Bullion, Specie, or Coins Treated as Legal Tender
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Legal Tender Act.

(b) Any refined gold or silver bullion, specie, or coin that has been stamped, marked, or imprinted with its weight and purity shall be recognized as legal tender in the State of Alabama.

(c) No person shall be required to offer or accept any recognized legal tender as described in subsection (b) for payment of debts, deposit, or any other purpose, nor shall any person incur any liability for refusing to offer or accept such legal tender, except as specifically provided for by contract or otherwise required by law.
Ala. Code § 11-12-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 12 / Section 11-12-9
Section 11-12-9 Claims to Be Registered When County Records Destroyed by Fire
Status: in_force

Claims against a county in which the records have been destroyed by fire are barred if not registered in the proper office of the county within 12 months.
Ala. Code § 22-11A-114 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 11A / Section 22-11A-114
Section 22-11A-114 Reporting Categories
Status: in_force

(a) All general, critical access, and specialized hospitals licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, shall report data on health care facility acquired infections for the specific clinical procedures as recommended by the council and defined by the department, in the following categories: Surgical site infections; ventilator associated pneumonia and central line related bloodstream infections.

(b) The board may promulgate rules to require health care facilities licensed pursuant to Section 22-21-20, to collect data on health care facility acquired infection rates either in lieu of or in addition to the categories specified in this section.
Ala. Code § 22-19-200 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 19 / Section 22-19-200
Section 22-19-200 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as Exton’s Law.
Ala. Code § 11-8A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 8A / Section 11-8A-1
Section 11-8A-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) BOND FINANCING AGREEMENT. An agreement or other document relating to the sale or issuance of bonds including, but not limited to, a bond purchase agreement, a loan agreement, a refinancing agreement, or documents providing for bonds sold or issued on a competitive sale basis.

(2) BONDS. Bonds, bond anticipation notes, warrants, warrant anticipation notes, or indebtedness issued or entered into on behalf of the county or by the county commission for a term of at least three years or more.

(3) BUSINESS DAY. A day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, on which commercial banking institutions are open for business in the State of Alabama and a day on which the payment system of the Federal Reserve System is operational.

(4) CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. Any cost or expense of a type that is properly chargeable to a capital account under general federal income tax principles.

(5) GENERAL OBLIGATION INDEBTEDNESS. A bond financing agreement which, according to its terms, will be repaid from any funds at the disposal of the county commission.

(6) GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES. Any expense incurred by a county in the general operation and function of the county. The term includes salaries and other associated expenses, but does not include a capital expenditure or expense.

(7) LIMITED OBLIGATION INDEBTEDNESS. Bonds which, according to their terms, are required to be paid solely from the proceeds of a specific tax, fee, license, charge, or other specific revenue stream.

(8) NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS. The projected cost savings to the county from refinancing any bonds, by comparing the net present value of the costs of the bonds proposed for refunding, including the original costs of issuance and the payment of principal and interest on the bonds proposed for refunding, with the net present value of the costs of the proposed bonds, including the costs of issuance and refinancing and the payment of principal and interest on the proposed bonds.

(9) SWAP AGREEMENT. A swap agreement as defined in Article 3, commencing with Section 41-1-40, of Chapter 1 of Title 41.
Ala. Code § 11-17-5 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 17 / Section 11-17-5
Section 11-17-5 Recordation of Proceedings Upon Payment of Damages and Costs
Status: in_force

Upon the payment to the probate judge by the petitioners of the amount of damages assessed, together with the costs of the proceedings, the judge shall cause such proceedings to be recorded in the probate office in said county.
Ala. Code § 11-3-46 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 3 / Section 11-3-46
Section 11-3-46 Annual Report
Status: in_force

(a) On or before the fifth legislative day of the regular session of the Legislature, the chair of the board, on behalf of the board, shall make a report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A copy of the report shall be delivered to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate who shall provide for the reading of the report into the journals of the respective houses.

(b) The report shall include a summary of the accomplishments of the institute during the preceding calendar year, including, but not limited to: The total number and names of county commissioners who attended the course of training and education offered by the institute; an outline of the programs of the institute for the current calendar year; an evaluation of the programs and services offered by the institute; and recommendations, if any, for legislation necessary to improve the programs and services offered by the institute.
Ala. Code § 11-4-40 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 4 / Section 11-4-40
Section 11-4-40 Established
Status: in_force

In all counties having a population of not more than 56,000 according to the 1930 federal census there shall be established a county depository in lieu of a county treasurer, except as otherwise provided by local act.
Ala. Code § 22-37A-1 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 37A / Section 22-37A-1
Section 22-37A-1 Short Title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Lead Reduction Act of 1997.
Ala. Code § 22-30A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30A / Section 22-30A-4
Section 22-30A-4 Powers of Department; Use of Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In relation or addition to the powers set forth in this section and any other provisions of laws of this state, the department is empowered, with regard to the regulation, control, or removal of hazardous substances as follows:

(1) To respond to, direct, or initiate cleanup of inactive or abandoned hazardous substance sites;

(2) To conduct or contract for professional technical data gathering and analysis and damage assessment;

(3) To conduct or contract for the removal or containment of hazardous substances where there has been or is a potential for release, regardless of quantity or concentration; and

(4) Acting through the provisions of Sections 22-22A-5 and 22-22A-8 issue such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(b) The fund shall be available to the department for expenditures for the purpose of providing for the identification, investigation, and for the containment and cleanup, including monitoring and maintenance of inactive or abandoned hazardous substance sites within the state as provided in this chapter, and as follows:

(1) Moneys from the fund may be used only for cleanup of inactive or abandoned hazardous substance sites which at the time cleanup activities commence do not appear on the most current national priorities list (NPL) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency as developed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. unless,

(2) The moneys are intended to provide the state’s share of matching funds for cleanup of a CERCLA site on the NPL.

(c) The department may enter into such contracts and use the fund for those purposes directly associated with identification, investigation, containment and cleanup, including monitoring and maintenance, prescribed above including:

(1) Hiring of consultants and personnel;

(2) Purchasing, leasing or renting of necessary equipment; and/or

(3) Paying other necessary expenses.

(d) The fund shall not be used for hiring personnel for continuing programs of the department not directly related to the purpose of this chapter or for ongoing research activities not directly related to the purpose of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 22-25-16 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 25 / Section 22-25-16
Section 22-25-16 Reimbursement by New Employer for Training Expenses
Status: in_force

In those instances in which a water or wastewater operator of any municipality, municipal utility board, county, or the state is employed by the State of Alabama, any county, municipality, or another municipal utility board, within 24 months after completing the certification requirements mandated by this chapter, the total expense paid by the water or wastewater operator’s governmental employer to enable the operator to become certified, including, but not limited to, salary paid during training, transportation costs paid to the trainee for travel to and from the training facility, room, board, tuition, overtime paid to other employees who fill in for the trainee during his or her absence, and any other related training expenses, shall be reimbursed to the municipality, municipal utility board, county, or the state which paid for the training. The municipality, municipal utility board, county, or the state which paid for the training shall submit an itemized sworn statement to the new employer of the water or wastewater operator, as the case may be, shall demand payment thereof, and may enforce collection of the obligation through civil remedies and procedures. The terms “water operator” and “wastewater operator” shall have the same meanings as in Section 22-25-1.
Ala. Code § 22-30-9 — Alabama Code / Title 1 / Chapter 30 / Section 22-30-9
Section 22-30-9 General Responsibilities of State Department
Status: in_force

The responsibilities of the department include the following:

(1) The department may adopt procedures for granting variances and is empowered to grant such variances.

(2) The department, acting through the commission, may promulgate, and may revise when appropriate, rules and regulations and may enter into agreements to ensure that information obtained by the department regarding facilities and sites for the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste is available to the public in substantially the same manner, and to the same degree, as would be the case under the Federal Hazardous Waste Management Program administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under authority of the RCRA and shall establish procedures to ensure that trade secrets used by any person regarding methods of hazardous wastes handling and disposal are utilized by the department, or any authorized representative of the department, only in connection with the responsibilities of the department pursuant to this chapter, and that such trade secrets are not otherwise disseminated by the department or any authorized representative of the department without the express written consent of the affected person.

(3) The department shall take all appropriate measures to monitor and enforce rules and regulations pertaining to hazardous waste generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal.

(4) The department shall maintain records and, through a system of record keeping, tabulate the volume, nature and location of hazardous wastes generated, transported, treated, stored or disposed of within the state.

(5) The department is authorized to seek and to receive federal funds, grants and services applicable for Hazardous Wastes Management Programs.

(6) The department shall establish procedures for the evaluation and coordination of research and development regarding methods of hazardous waste transportation, storage, treatment and disposal, and may enter into contracts in order to conduct appropriate studies relating to hazardous wastes.

(7) The department shall promulgate regulations for the transportation of hazardous wastes that are consistent with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §1802 et seq., and the regulations promulgated thereunder.