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AL Code § 8-19C-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-2 - Database of Subscribers Objecting to Telephone Solicitations.

Section 8-19C-2Database of subscribers objecting to telephone solicitations. (a) No person or entity may make or cause to be made any telephone solicitation to the telephone line of any residential subscriber in this state who has given notice to the commission of his or her objection to receiving telephone solicitations. (b)(1) The commission shall establish and operate a database to compile a list of telephone numbers of residential subscribers who object to receiving telephone solicitations. The commission shall have the database in operation before July 1, 2000. (2) The database may be operated by the commission or by another entity under contract with the commission. (3) Before July 1, 2000, the commission shall promulgate regulations which shall include all of the following: a. A requirement that each local exchange company and each competing local exchange carrier shall inform on an annual basis its residential subscribers of the opportunity to provide notification to the commission or its contractor that the subscriber objects to receiving telephone solicitations. The information shall be disseminated at the option of the carrier by television, radio, or newspaper advertisements; written correspondence; bill insert or messages; telephone book subscription forms; or any other method not expressly prohibited. b. Methods by which each residential subscriber may give notice to the commission or its contractor of his or her objection to receiving solicitations or revocation of the notice. c. Methods by which a notice of objection becomes effective and the effect of a change of telephone number on the notice. d. Methods by which objections and revocations are collected and added to the database. e. Methods by which a person or entity desiring to make telephone solicitations may obtain access to the database as required to avoid calling the telephone numbers of residential subscribers included in the database. f. All other matters relating to the database that the commission deems necessary. (4) If, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 227(c)(3), the Federal Communications Commission establishes a single national database of telephone numbers of subscribers who object to receiving telephone solicitations, the commission shall include the part of the single national database that relates to Alabama in the database established under this section. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §3.)
AL Code § 8-19C-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-3 - Database Fees.

Section 8-19C-3Database fees. (a) The commission shall have the authority to charge a residential subscriber a fee every two years payable to the commission for each notice for inclusion on the database established pursuant to this chapter. The commission shall also have the authority to charge a person or entity desiring to make telephone solicitations a fee per year payable to the commission for access to, or for paper or electronic copies of the database established pursuant to this chapter. Any fee established by the commission shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council. (b) The commission shall update its "no sales solicitation calls" listing upon receipt of initial consumer subscriptions or renewals and provide this listing for a fee, pursuant to subsection (a). (c) All fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited into a separate fund in the State Treasury to be expended by the commission for the implementation and administration of this chapter. At the end of each fiscal year, unexpended monies remaining in the fund shall not revert to any other fund of the state, but shall remain available for appropriation. The Legislature shall annually appropriate from the fund the amount necessary for the administration of this chapter to the commission subject to the provisions, terms, conditions, and limitations of the Budget and Financial Control Act, Sections 41-4-80 et seq., Sections 41-19-1 et seq., and any other provisions of this chapter. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §4.)
AL Code § 8-19C-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-4 - Disclosure of Information.

Section 8-19C-4Disclosure of information. Information contained in the database established pursuant to this chapter may be used only for the purpose of compliance with this chapter or in a proceeding or action pursuant to Section 8-19C-6 or 8-19C-7. The information shall not be subject to public inspection or disclosure. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §5.)
AL Code § 8-19C-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-5 - Identification by Telephone Solicitors Required.

Section 8-19C-5Identification by telephone solicitors required. (a) Any person or entity who makes a telephone solicitation to the telephone line of a residential subscriber in this state shall identify himself or herself as provided under Section 8-19A-12. (b) No person or entity who makes a telephone solicitation to the telephone line of a residential subscriber in this state may knowingly utilize a method to block or otherwise circumvent the use of a caller identification service by the subscriber. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §6.)
AL Code § 8-19C-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-6 - Violations.

Section 8-19C-6Violations. The commission may commence proceedings in the circuit court in the county relating to a knowing violation or threatened knowing violation of subsection (a) of Section 8-19C-2 or Section 8-19C-5. Proceedings which the commission may commence, include, without limitation, issuance of a cease and desist order or issuance of an order imposing a civil penalty up to a maximum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each violation. The proceedings shall be brought in the name of the state. The commission may issue investigative demands, issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and conduct hearings in the course of investigating a violation of subsection (a) of Section 8-19C-2 or Section 8-19C-5. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §7.)
AL Code § 8-19C-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-7 - Action to Enjoin Violations.

Section 8-19C-7Action to enjoin violations. A person who has received more than one telephone solicitation within a 12-month period by or on behalf of the same person or entity in violation of subsection (a) of Section 8-19C-2 or Section 8-19C-5 may bring an action to enjoin the violation; bring an action to recover for actual monetary loss from the knowing violation or to receive up to two thousand dollars ($2,000) in damages for each knowing violation, whichever is greater; or bring both actions. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §8.)
AL Code § 8-19C-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-8 - Defenses.

Section 8-19C-8Defenses. It shall be a defense in any action or proceeding brought under Section 8-19C-6 or Section 8-19C-7 that the defendant has established and implemented, with due care, reasonable practices and procedures to effectively prevent telephone solicitations in violation of this chapter. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §9.)
AL Code § 8-19C-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-9 - Limitations.

Section 8-19C-9Limitations. No action or proceeding may be brought under Section 8-19C-6 or Section 8-19C-7 more than two years after the person bringing the action knew or should have known of the occurrence of the alleged violation; or more than two years after the termination of any proceeding or action by the state, whichever is later. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §10.)
AL Code § 8-19C-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-10 - Jurisdiction.

Section 8-19C-10Jurisdiction. A court of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over any nonresident or his or her executor or administrator as to an action or proceeding authorized by this chapter. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §11.)
AL Code § 8-19C-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-11 - Remedies Not Exclusive.

Section 8-19C-11Remedies not exclusive. The remedies, duties, prohibitions, and penalties of Sections 8-19C-2 to 8-19C-10, inclusive, of this chapter shall not be exclusive and shall be in addition to all other causes of action, remedies, and penalties provided by law. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §12.)
AL Code § 8-19C-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19C - Telephone Solicitations.|Section 8-19C-12 - Liability.

Section 8-19C-12Liability. No provider of telephone caller identification service, local exchange telephone company, or long distance telephone company may be held liable for violations of this chapter committed by other persons or entities. (Act 99-450, p. 1043, §13.)
AL Code § 8-19D-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19D - Civil Action for Deceptive Sweepstakes Solicitation.|Section 8-19D-1 - Definitions.

Section 8-19D-1Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) PERSON. An individual, corporation, company, partnership, estate, trust, association, foundation, cooperative, or any other legal entity. (2) PRIZE. Any item of value given to a winner in a sweepstakes who has been selected on the basis of lot or chance. (3) QUALIFYING LANGUAGE. The language in the solicitation that accompanies the representation that the person being solicited has won or has been selected to receive a prize and that indicates the circumstances or provisions under which the person being solicited will be eligible to receive the prize. The term includes, but is not limited to, language which requires the person to perform some act, to submit information, to hold the winning number, or for the person's assigned numbers to be drawn by the sponsor of the sweepstakes. (4) SWEEPSTAKES. A legal contest or game where anything of value is distributed by lot or chance. (Act 99-445, p. 1012, §1.)
AL Code § 8-19D-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19D - Civil Action for Deceptive Sweepstakes Solicitation.|Section 8-19D-2 - Deceptive Solicitations; Action for Damages.

Section 8-19D-2Deceptive solicitations; action for damages.  (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to solicit or sell a product or service through the mail by implying or expressly representing in the solicitation that the person being solicited has won or has been selected to receive a prize or purported prize unless the qualifying language appears in print that is clear, easily read, and conspicuous. (b) A person who suffers damage as a result of a violation of subsection (a) may bring a civil action against the sponsor or promoter of the solicitation, or both. Damages shall not exceed three times the compensatory damages of the party claiming punitive damages or five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), whichever is greater. (Act 99-445, p. 1012, §2.)
AL Code § 8-19E-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19E - Sale of Admission Tickets.|Section 8-19E-1 - Purchase Price Printed on Face of Ticket.

Section 8-19E-1Purchase price printed on face of ticket. Admission tickets to any athletic contest, dance, theater, concert, circus, or other amusement shall have the price paid for the ticket, excluding order processing and delivery charges, printed on the face of the ticket. (Act 2009-568, p. 1670, §1.)
AL Code § 8-19E-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19E - Sale of Admission Tickets.|Section 8-19E-2 - Resale of Admission Ticket.

Section 8-19E-2Resale of admission ticket. An admission ticket that was originally issued, sold, or authorized by the organizer or venue to any athletic contest, dance, theater, concert, circus, or other amusement may be resold for an amount in excess of the price printed on the face of the ticket. (Act 2009-568, p. 1670, §2.)
AL Code § 8-19E-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19E - Sale of Admission Tickets.|Section 8-19E-3 - Sale of Counterfeit Admission Ticket.

Section 8-19E-3Sale of counterfeit admission ticket. (a) Any person who sells a counterfeit admission ticket, upon conviction, shall be guilty of forgery in the third degree which is a Class A misdemeanor. (b) A license inspector may issue citations and otherwise enforce this chapter under the authority granted pursuant to Section 40-12-10. (Act 2009-568, p. 1670, §3.)
AL Code § 8-19E-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19E - Sale of Admission Tickets.|Section 8-19E-4 - License Not Required for Internet or Electronic Sales.

Section 8-19E-4License not required for Internet or electronic sales. An individual reselling admission tickets through an Internet website or other electronic means shall not be required to obtain a business license under Section 40-12-167. (Act 2009-568, p. 1670, §4.)
AL Code § 8-19F-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19F - Fantasy Contests Act.|Section 8-19F-1 - Short Title.

Section 8-19F-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Fantasy Contests Act.  (Act 2019-343, §1.)
AL Code § 8-19F-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19F - Fantasy Contests Act.|Section 8-19F-2 - Definitions.

Section 8-19F-2Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Information related to the play of a fantasy contest by fantasy contest players obtained as a result of, or by virtue of, a person's employment. (2) ENTRY FEE. Cash or cash equivalent that is required to be paid by a fantasy contest player to a fantasy contest operator in order to participate in a fantasy contest. (3) FANTASY CONTEST. A simulated game of skill in which both of the following are true: a. Winning outcomes are determined predominately by accumulated statistical results of performance of individual athletes in actual sporting events. b. Winning outcomes are not based on the score, point spread, or any performance of any single actual sports team or combination of teams or solely on any single performance of an individual athlete in any single sporting event. (4) FANTASY CONTEST OPERATOR. A person or entity that offers fantasy contests with an entry fee for a cash prize to the general public. (5) FANTASY CONTEST PLAYER. A person who participates in a fantasy contest offered by a fantasy contest operator. (6) GROSS FANTASY CONTEST REVENUES. The amount equal to the total of all entry fees that a fantasy contest operator collects from all fantasy contest players, less the total of all sums paid out as winning to all fantasy contest players multiplied by the location percentage for this state. (7) LOCATION PERCENTAGE. The percentage, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, of the total of all entry fees collected from fantasy contest players located in this state, divided by the total entry fees collected from all fantasy contest players in fantasy contests. (8) NATIONAL GROSS FANTASY CONTEST REVENUES. The amount equal to the total of all entry fees that a fantasy contest operator collects from all fantasy contest players located in the United States, less the total of all sums paid out as winnings to all fantasy contest players. (9) REGULATOR. The Office of the Attorney General. (Act 2019-343, §2.)
AL Code § 8-19F-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19F - Fantasy Contests Act.|Section 8-19F-3 - Registration of Operators; Fees; Taxes.

Section 8-19F-3Registration of operators; fees; taxes. (a)(1) No fantasy contest operator shall offer any fantasy contest with an entry fee in this state without first being registered with the regulator. Applications for registration and renewal shall be under oath, in the form prescribed by the Attorney General. The regulator shall make applications for operators available by November 27, 2019. (2) A fantasy contest operator that offered fantasy contests in this state prior to May 1, 2016, may operate fantasy contests in this state on May 31, 2019, provided the operator files an application for registration with the regulator within 60 days of availability of the application. (b) The regulator may not adopt rules limiting or regulating the rules or administration of an individual fantasy contest, the statistical makeup of a fantasy contest, or the digital platform of a fantasy contest operator.  (c) At the time of initial registration to offer fantasy contests with an entry fee in this state, a fantasy contest operator shall pay to the regulator an initial registration fee as follows: (1) A fantasy contest operator that has national gross fantasy contest revenues in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall pay an initial registration fee of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000). A fantasy contest operator registered under this subdivision shall pay to the regulator an annual registration renewal fee of eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000). (2) All other fantasy contest operators shall pay an initial registration fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000). A fantasy contest operator registered under this subdivision shall pay to the regulator an annual registration renewal fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000). (d) On the anniversary date of the fantasy contest operator's registration, the fantasy contest operator shall annually pay a tax equal to ten and one-half percent of the fantasy contest operator's gross fantasy contest revenues from the immediately preceding 12-month period. The revenues shall be deposited to the credit of the state General Fund. (e) Any operator applying for registration, renewal, or transfer of a registration may operate during the application period unless the regulator has reasonable cause to believe that the operator is or may be in violation of this chapter, and the regulator requires the operator to suspend the operation of any fantasy contest until registration, transfer, or renewal of registration is approved. (Act 2019-343, §3.)
AL Code § 8-19F-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19F - Fantasy Contests Act.|Section 8-19F-5 - Deceptive Trade Practices.

Section 8-19F-5Deceptive trade practices. A violation of this chapter is a deceptive trade practice under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Chapter 19 of this title. (Act 2019-343, §5.)
AL Code § 8-19F-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19F - Fantasy Contests Act.|Section 8-19F-6 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 8-19F-6Construction of chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall be construed liberally to promote the general welfare of the public and integrity of the fantasy sports industry. (Act 2019-343, §6.)
AL Code § 8-19F-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19F - Fantasy Contests Act.|Section 8-19F-7 - Rulemaking Authority.

Section 8-19F-7Rulemaking authority. The Office of the Attorney General may adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter. (Act 2019-343, §7.)
AL Code § 8-19F-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19F - Fantasy Contests Act.|Section 8-19F-8 - Applicability of Gambling Statutes.

Section 8-19F-8Applicability of gambling statutes. Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 13A does not apply to a fantasy contest. (Act 2019-343, §8.)
AL Code § 8-19F-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19F - Fantasy Contests Act.|Section 8-19F-9 - Exclusion From Lottery or Gift Enterprise Provisions.

Section 8-19F-9Exclusion from lottery or gift enterprise provisions. A fantasy contest offered pursuant to this chapter does not constitute a lottery or gift enterprise pursuant to Section 65 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. (Act 2019-343, §9.)
AL Code § 8-19F-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 19F - Fantasy Contests Act.|Section 8-19F-10 - Relation to Other Laws.

Section 8-19F-10Relation to other laws. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter the existing authority of the state or any state official with respect to any matter other than fantasy contests as defined in this chapter. (Act 2019-343, §10.)
AL Code § 8-20-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 20 - Dealings by Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Wholesalers, etc., With Motor Vehicle Dealers.|Section 8-20-1 - Short Title.

Section 8-20-1Short title. This chapter may be cited as "The Motor Vehicle Franchise Act." (Acts 1981, No. 81-390, p. 596, §1.)
AL Code § 8-20-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 20 - Dealings by Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Wholesalers, etc., With Motor Vehicle Dealers.|Section 8-20-2 - Declaration of Purpose.

Section 8-20-2Declaration of purpose. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the distribution and sale of motor vehicles within this state vitally affect the general economy of the state and the public interest and the public welfare, and that in order to promote the public interest and the public welfare, and in the exercise of its police power, it is necessary to regulate motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and their representatives and to regulate the dealings between manufacturers and distributors or wholesalers and their dealers in order to prevent fraud and other abuses upon the citizens of this state and to protect and preserve the investments and properties of the citizens of this state. (b) This chapter shall not apply to any recreational vehicle manufacturer and dealer agreement to which Chapter 21C of this title applies. (Acts 1981, No. 81-390, p. 596, §2; Act 2011-636, p. 1529, §12.)
AL Code § 8-20-4.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.|Chapter 20 - Dealings by Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, Wholesalers, etc., With Motor Vehicle Dealers.|Section 8-20-4.1 - Obligation to Act in Good Faith and Deal Fairly.

Section 8-20-4.1Obligation to act in good faith and deal fairly. Every dealer agreement entered into under Act 2010-198 shall impose on the parties the obligation to act in good faith and to deal fairly. (Act 2010-198, p. 300, §2.)