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AL Code § 25-14-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Professional Employer Organization Registration Act.|Section 25-14-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 25-14-2Legislative findings. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) That employee leasing is a growing industry in the State of Alabama and that professional employer organizations provide increased opportunities for employers to develop cost-effective methods of satisfying their personnel requirements and providing employees with access to certain employment benefits which might otherwise not be available to them. (2) The Legislature deems it necessary, however, in the interest of the welfare of workers and employers to establish standards for the operation, regulation, and registration of professional employer organizations in Alabama to be administered by the Workers' Compensation Division of the Department of Labor, and it is the intent of the Legislature that this be accomplished pursuant to the Alabama Professional Employer Organization Registration Act. (3) That any allocation of the employer duties and responsibilities pursuant to this chapter will preserve all rights to which covered employees would be entitled under a traditional employment relationship. (Act 2006-229, p. 397, §2.)
AL Code § 25-14-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Professional Employer Organization Registration Act.|Section 25-14-6 - Prohibited Practices.

Section 25-14-6Prohibited practices. The following acts and omissions are deemed to constitute deceptive practices and are prohibited for a professional employer organization and its controlling person: (1) Making, issuing, circulating, or causing to be made an estimate, illustration, circular, statement, advertisement, sales presentation, omission, or comparison which intentionally misleads, deceives, or misrepresents the benefits, advantages, disadvantages, conditions, or terms of any professional employer organization arrangement. (2) Filing with the secretary or other public official, or making, publishing, disseminating, circulating, or delivering to a person any false statement of financial condition of a person or business with the intent to deceive. (3) Knowingly making a false entry of a material fact in any book, report, or statement of any person or business or knowingly omitting to make a true entry of any material fact pertaining to the business of the person in any book, report, or statement of that person. (4) Any other practice or behavior that is deemed to be deceptive by law. (Act 2006-229, p. 397, §6.)
AL Code § 25-14-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Professional Employer Organization Registration Act.|Section 25-14-7 - Grounds for Disciplinary Action.

Section 25-14-7Grounds for disciplinary action. The following acts constitute grounds for which disciplinary action against a registrant or controlling person may be taken by the secretary: (1) Being convicted of or entering a guilty plea or a plea of nolo contendere to, any of the following: a. A crime in any jurisdiction which relates to the operation of a professional employer organization or the ability to engage in business as a professional employer organization. b. Fraud, deceit, or misconduct in the classification of employees and reporting of employee wages under the workers' compensation laws of this state. c. Fraud, deceit, or misconduct in the establishment of or maintenance of workers' compensation coverage, regardless of whether self-insured or otherwise. d. Fraud, deceit, or misconduct in the operation of a professional employer organization. (2) Failing to maintain evidence of the workers' compensation insurance coverage required in accordance with this chapter. (3) Violating this chapter or any lawful order or rule issued under this chapter. (4) Failing to notify the secretary in writing of any change of the primary business address or the addresses of any of the registrant's offices in the state. (5) Being found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of a course of conduct or practices which show that the registrant is so incompetent, negligent, dishonest, or untruthful that the money, property, transactions, and rights of investors, or those with whom the registrant may sustain a confidential relation, may not safely be entrusted to the registrant. (6) Failing to inform the secretary in writing within 30 days after being convicted, pleading guilty, or entering a plea of nolo contendere to a felony, regardless of adjudication. (7) Found liable for civil fraud by any court of competent jurisdiction in any state. (8) Failure to inform the secretary in writing within 30 days of an adverse material action by a state or federal regulatory agency.  (Act 2006-229, p. 397, §7.)
AL Code § 25-14-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Professional Employer Organization Registration Act.|Section 25-14-8 - Violations; Penalties.

Section 25-14-8Violations; penalties. (a)(1) Upon a finding that a registrant has violated a provision of Section 25-14-6 or 25-14-7, the secretary may: a. Impose an administrative fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for every count or separate offense. b. Impose upon the registrant the cost of investigation and prosecution, including reasonable attorney fees. c. Refuse to register or renew the registration of an offending professional employer organization. (2) The secretary may make, or cause to be made, investigations, audits, or reviews within or without the state as the secretary deems necessary to determine whether a person has violated or is in danger of violating this chapter, including any regulation or rule to aid in the enforcement of this chapter, including any regulation or rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter. (3) All civil penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the Professional Employer Organization Registration Administrative Trust Fund. (b) A person who engages in the business of or acts as a professional employer organization without first registering with the department, or otherwise violates this chapter or any rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary in accordance with this chapter, shall be liable for a civil penalty for each offense of one hundred dollars ($100) for each count or separate offense. Each day of continued violation shall constitute a separate offense. (c) In addition to the penalties provided for in this chapter, the secretary may take whatever regulatory or legal action necessary to enjoin or restrain any person engaging in the business of or acting as a professional employer organization without having first registered with the department. (d) The controlling person of a professional employer organization who collects payments from a client representing wages, taxes, benefit payments, or insurance payments and fails to remit the funds to the appropriate governmental or private entity shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (e) The controlling person of a client of a professional employer organization who fraudulently or falsely procures payroll checks without having adequate funds to compensate and reimburse the professional employer organization shall be guilty of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-229, p. 397, §8.)
AL Code § 25-14-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Professional Employer Organization Registration Act.|Section 25-14-10 - Professional Employer Organization Registration Administrative Trust Fund.

Section 25-14-10Professional Employer Organization Registration Administrative Trust Fund. (a) There is established in the State Treasury a fund entitled the Professional Employer Organization Registration Administrative Trust Fund. Fees and assessments provided by this chapter collected by the department shall be deposited in the fund. The fund shall constitute a separate fund to be disbursed by the state Comptroller on order of the secretary. All expenses incurred by the department under this chapter, including the salaries of all employees, travel costs, and any other cost of administration and enforcement as may become necessary, either within or without the state, shall be paid from the separate fund in the State Treasury upon warrants of the state Comptroller drawn upon the State Treasury from time to time when vouchers therefor are approved by the secretary. The State Treasurer shall pay monies from the separate fund upon the order of the secretary. The total expense for every purpose incurred may not exceed the total fees and assessments collected and paid into the fund. All monies remaining unexpended in the separate fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the State Treasury to be expended as provided by this chapter. (b) The State Treasurer shall determine if the money in the trust fund shall be kept in cash or invested. The monies in the fund may be invested by the State Treasurer and all monies and interest remaining unexpended in the separate fund provided at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the State Treasury to be expended as provided by this chapter. (c) The secretary is designated as trustee of the fund and the State Treasurer is designated as custodian of the fund, and both shall furnish bonds in amounts deemed appropriate. The cost of bonds for the trustee, custodian, and other employees or officials required to post bond in connection with the program shall be paid out of the fund. (d) No monies shall be withdrawn or expended from the fund for any purpose unless the monies have been appropriated by the Legislature and allocated pursuant to this chapter. Any monies appropriated shall be budgeted and allotted pursuant to the Budget Management Act in accordance with Article 4, commencing with Section 41-4-80 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and only in the amounts provided by the Legislature in the general appropriations act or other appropriations act. (Act 2006-229, p. 397, §10.)
AL Code § 25-14-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Professional Employer Organization Registration Act.|Section 25-14-11 - Promulgation of Rules.

Section 25-14-11Promulgation of rules. (a) The department shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this chapter in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act. (b) All registrants are governed and controlled by this chapter and the rules adopted by the department. (c) The secretary shall adopt all rules in accordance with the intent and spirit of this chapter. (Act 2006-229, p. 397, §11.)
AL Code § 26-1-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 26-1-1 - Age of Majority Designated as 19 Years.

Section 26-1-1Age of majority designated as 19 years. (a) Any person in this state, at the arrival at the age of 19 years, shall be relieved of his or her disabilities of minority and thereafter shall have the same legal rights and abilities as persons over 21 years of age. No law of this state shall discriminate for or against any person between and including the ages of 19 and 21 years solely on the basis of age. (b) This section shall also apply to any person who arrived at the age of 19 and 20 years before July 22, 1975, but shall not abrogate any defense or abridge any remedy available to him or her prior to such date. (c) All laws or parts of laws which read "under the age of 21 years" hereafter shall read "under the age of 19 years." Wherever the words "under the age of 21 years" appear in any law limiting the legal rights and abilities of persons under such age, such words shall be construed to mean under the age of 19 years. (d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), nothing in this section shall be deemed to repeal any provision of Chapter 19 of Title 15. (e) Notwithstanding subsection (a), or any other provision of law to the contrary, a person who is 18 years of age or older may consent to participate in research conducted by a college or university that is accredited by a federally recognized accrediting agency if the research has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the institution. (f) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an unemancipated minor who is 18 years old and of sound mind, notwithstanding his or her minority, may enter into a binding contract as may be exercised by an individual of full legal age. The minor, by reason of his or her minority, may not rescind, avoid, or repudiate the contract or rescind, avoid, or repudiate any exercise of a right or privilege under the contract. (Acts 1975, No. 77; Act 2012-415, p. 1127, §1; Act 2015-167, §1; Act 2019-447, §1.)
AL Code § 26-1-2.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 26-1-2.1 - Gifts by Power of Attorney.

Section 26-1-2.1Gifts by power of attorney. (a) If any power of attorney or other writing either authorizes an attorney in fact or other agent to do, execute, or perform any act that the principal might or could do, or evidences the principal's intent to give the attorney in fact or agent full power to handle the principal's affairs or deal with the principal's property, the attorney in fact or agent shall have the power and authority to make gifts of any of the principal's property to any individuals, including the attorney in fact or agent, within the limits of the annual exclusion as provided by Section 2503(b) of Title 26 of the United States Code, and taking into account the availability of Section 2513 of Title 26 of the United States Code, as the same may from time to time be amended, or to organizations described in Sections 170(c) and 2522(a) of Title 26 of the United States Code, or corresponding future provisions of federal tax law, or both, as the attorney in fact or agent shall determine: (1) to be in the principal's best interest; (2) to be in the best interest of the principal's estate; or (3) that will reduce the estate tax payable on the principal's death; and is in accordance with the principal's personal history of making or joining in the making of lifetime gifts. (b) Subsection (a) shall not in any way impair the right or power of any principal, by express words in the power of attorney or other writing, to further authorize, expand, or limit the authority of any attorney in fact or other agent to make gifts of the principal's property. (c) This section is declaratory of Section 26-1-2 and shall not be construed to nullify any actions taken by any attorney in fact prior to May 6, 1994. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-802, p. 108, §§1-3.)
AL Code § 26-1-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 26-1-3 - Blood Donations by Persons 17 or Older.

Section 26-1-3Blood donations by persons 17 or older. REPEALED IN THE 2015 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2015-51 EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2015. (Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-763, p. 134.)
AL Code § 26-1-3.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 26-1-3.1 - Blood Donations by Persons 17 or Older; Blood Donations by Persons 16 Years of Age; Blood or Plasma Donations by Persons 18 or Older.

Section 26-1-3.1Blood donations by persons 17 or older; blood donations by persons 16 years of age; blood or plasma donations by persons 18 or older. (a) A person who is 17 years of age or older may consent to donate blood in a voluntary and noncompensatory blood donation program without the permission of a parent or guardian. The consent is not subject to later disaffirmance because of minority. (b) A person who is 16 years of age may donate blood in a voluntary and noncompensatory blood donation program if the person obtains written permission from the person's parent or guardian. (c) A person 18 years of age or older may consent to donate blood or plasma without the permission of a parent or guardian. The consent is not subject to later disaffirmance because of minority. (Act 2007-395, p. 789, §1; Act 2015-51, §1.)
AL Code § 26-1-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 26-1-4 - Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to Provide Criminal Conviction Information on Applicants for Positions Involving Child Care and Treatment; Such Information to Be Confidential; Applicant to Be Denied Status if Has Felony Conviction; Children May Be Removed From Home.

Section 26-1-4Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide criminal conviction information on applicants for positions involving child care and treatment; such information to be confidential; applicant to be denied status if has felony conviction; children may be removed from home. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, upon request to the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, by the Department of Human Resources, or by any other youth service agency approved by the department, such center shall provide information to the department or an approved agency concerning the felony criminal conviction record in this or another state of an applicant for a paid or voluntary position, including one established by contract, whose primary duty is the care or treatment of children, including applicants for adoption or foster parents. All information, including any criminal conviction record, procured by the department or an approved agency shall be confidential and shall not be further disclosed by such agencies or their representatives. The applicant may be denied an adoptive or foster parent status if he or she has a felony conviction, and if a foster parent is subsequently convicted of a felony the child or children may be removed from that home and relocated with another foster parent. This determination shall be made by the court handling the matter, giving primary consideration to the best interests of the child. (b) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall provide appropriate forms and shall create a procedure for the application for such information. (c) Any violation of the provisions of this section relative to the confidentiality of information received by the department or other approved agency shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00. (Acts 1985, No. 85-537, p. 651.)
AL Code § 26-1-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions.|Section 26-1-5 - Age of Majority for Purposes of Contracting With Banks, Credit Unions, etc., for Certain Loans or Accounts; Requirements for Members of Armed Forces.

Section 26-1-5Age of majority for purposes of contracting with banks, credit unions, etc., for certain loans or accounts; requirements for members of Armed Forces. (a) Notwithstanding Section 26-1-1, the age of majority for the purposes of contracting for educational loans for college level education and above, within the State of Alabama, shall be 17 years of age. (b) Notwithstanding Section 26-1-1, for purposes of contracting with a bank, credit union, or similar savings and loan institution, including obtaining a loan or opening a checking or savings account, a member of any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be deemed to have attained the age of majority and shall be relieved of his or her disabilities of minority for that purpose, and he or she may continue to be deemed to have reached the age of majority even if he or she shall subsequently no longer be a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. A member of the Armed Forces of the United States who contracts with a bank, credit union, or similar savings and loan institution may not rescind, avoid, or repudiate the contract or rescind, avoid, or repudiate any exercise of a right or privilege under the contract solely on the basis of the member's age, even if he or she subsequently is no longer a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. A member of the Armed Forces of the United States seeking to contract with a bank, credit union, or similar savings or loan institution pursuant to this subsection may be required to verify his or her membership in the Armed Forces of the United States by presenting in person a valid United States Uniformed Services Privileges and Identification Card. (Acts 1987, No. 87-801, p. 1574; Act 2019-222, §1.)
AL Code § 26-3-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 3 - Bonds of Guardians.|Section 26-3-1 - Generally.

Section 26-3-1Generally. Before the issue of letters of conservatorship, other than letters to the general conservator or to the sheriff, the judge of probate must require the conservator appointed to enter into bond with sufficient sureties, payable to the judge of probate, in a penalty prescribed by him. (Code 1886, §§2378, 2406; Code 1896, §2272; Code 1907, §4362; Code 1923, §8135; Code 1940, T. 21, §27; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-3-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 3 - Bonds of Guardians.|Section 26-3-3 - Relief of Testamentary Conservator of Minor From Requirement of Giving Bond and Effect Thereof.

Section 26-3-3Relief of testamentary conservator of minor from requirement of giving bond and effect thereof. A testator may by his or her last will relieve the conservator of his or her appointment for a minor child or children from giving bond and sureties for the faithful performance of his or her duties as conservator, but the authority of such conservator shall not extend to any other property or estate of such minor child or children than such as is derived by gift, devise, descent, or distribution from the testator, unless he or she gives bond, with sufficient sureties, as is required of other conservators. (Code 1852, §2018; Code 1867, §2417; Code 1876, §2762; Code 1886, §2379; Code 1896, §2274; Code 1907, §4364; Code 1923, §8137; Code 1940, T. 21, §29; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-3-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 3 - Bonds of Guardians.|Section 26-3-4 - Requirement by Probate Court of Bond From Testamentary Conservator of Minor; Effect of Failure to Give Bond.

Section 26-3-4Requirement by probate court of bond from testamentary conservator of minor; effect of failure to give bond. Before the issue of letters of conservatorship to a testamentary conservator relieved from giving bond and sureties or at any time thereafter, if the judge of probate deems it necessary for the safety of such minor child or children, he or she may require of such conservator bond with sufficient sureties, or, on the application of such minor child or children by next friend and for good cause shown, he or she may require of such conservator bond with sufficient sureties. In either case, if such conservator fails for 10 days after the requisition of such bond to give the same, the judge of probate must withhold from his or her letters of conservatorship or, if letters have issued, must remove him or her and recall and revoke such letters. (Code 1852, §2018; Code 1867, §2417; Code 1876, §2762; Code 1886, §2380; Code 1896, §2275; Code 1907, §4365; Code 1923, §8138; Code 1940, T. 21, §30; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)
AL Code § 26-3-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents.|Chapter 3 - Bonds of Guardians.|Section 26-3-5 - General Conservator for County.

Section 26-3-5General conservator for county. The general conservator of the county must give bond, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, in a penalty to be prescribed by the judge of probate and payable to him or her, with condition to faithfully perform all the duties which are or may be required of him or her by law during the time he or she acts as such conservator. (Code 1867, §2424; Code 1876, §2766; Code 1886, §2381; Code 1896, §2276; Code 1907, §4366; Code 1923, §8139; Code 1940, T. 21, §31; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)