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AL Code § 1-1-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-3 - "Blind Person" Defined; How Blindness Proved.

Section 1-1-3"Blind person" defined; how blindness proved. (a) As used in this Code or any statute of this state heretofore or hereafter enacted, unless the context requires a different meaning, the term "blind person" means a natural person who has no vision or whose vision with correcting glasses is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential, or who has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting glasses, or whose central visual acuity is more than 20/200 in the better eye with correcting glasses but whose peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees. (b) The condition of blindness may be proved by a blind person claiming any rights or benefits provided under any statute of this state by certificate of a duly licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist. (c) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Alabama State Department of Human Resources from establishing a different definition of blindness for use in determining eligibility for blind assistance under the program administered by it as provided for in Section 38-4-1, or from establishing procedures and qualifying personnel to determine the existence of blindness within such definition so established for such purpose or from reviewing any such determination so made to determine the correctness of such decision in its supervisory power in the administration of the blind assistance program. (Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 70, p. 246.)
AL Code § 1-1-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-4 - Computation of Time.

Section 1-1-4Computation of time. Time within which any act is provided by law to be done must be computed by excluding the first day and including the last. However, if the last day is Sunday, or a legal holiday as defined in Section 1-3-8, or a day on which the office in which the act must be done shall close as permitted by any law of this state, the last day also must be excluded, and the next succeeding secular or working day shall be counted as the last day within which the act may be done. In designating the hours of the day, the time used shall be that of the ninetieth degree of longitude west of Greenwich, otherwise known as central standard time; provided, that whenever daylight saving time shall be in effect within the state, the time used shall be that known as central daylight time. (Code 1852, §11; Code 1867, §11; Code 1876, §11; Code 1886, §11; Code 1896, §11; Code 1907, §11; Code 1923, §13; Code 1940, T. 1, §12; Acts 1953, No. 668, p. 926.)
AL Code § 1-1-4.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-4.1 - Oberservation of Daylight Saving Time Year-Round Upon Act by United States Congress.

Section 1-1-4.1Oberservation of Daylight Saving Time year-round upon act by United States Congress. If the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. § 260a to authorize states to observe Daylight Saving Time year-round, the State of Alabama shall adopt Daylight Saving Time as the year-round standard of time for the entire state and all of its political subdivisions. (Act 2021-421, §1.)
AL Code § 1-1-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-5 - Public Offenses Defined.

Section 1-1-5Public offenses defined. Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §9901, as amended, effective January 1, 1980.
AL Code § 1-1-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-6 - Certain Acts or Omissions Not Public Offenses.

Section 1-1-6Certain acts or omissions not public offenses. Acts or omissions to which a pecuniary penalty is attached, recoverable by action by a person for his own use, or for the use, in whole or in part, of the state, or of a county or municipal corporation, are not public offenses within the meaning of this Code. (Code 1852, §4; Code 1867, §3543; Code 1876, §4097; Code 1886, §3700; Code 1896, §4651; Code 1907, §6755; Code 1923 §3873; Code 1940, T. 1, §6.)
AL Code § 1-1-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-8 - When Penal Acts Take Effect.

Section 1-1-8When penal acts take effect. No penal act shall take effect until 60 days after the approval thereof, unless otherwise specially provided in the act. (Code 1867, §§3544, 3955; Code 1876, §4448; Code 1886, §3705; Code 1896, §5540; Code 1907, §7805; Code 1923, §5531; Code 1940, T. 1, §8.)
AL Code § 1-1-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-9 - Existing Rights, Remedies and Defenses Preserved.

Section 1-1-9Existing rights, remedies and defenses preserved. This Code shall not affect any existing right, remedy or defense, nor shall it affect any prosecution now commenced, or which shall be hereafter commenced, for any offense already committed. As to all such cases, the laws in force at the adoption of this Code shall continue in force. But this section does not apply to changes in forms of remedy or defense, to rules of evidence, nor to provisions authorizing amendments of process, proceedings or pleadings in civil cases. (Code 1852, §10; Code 1867, §10; Code 1876, §10; Code 1886, §10; Code 1896, §10; Code 1907, §10; Code 1923, §11; Code 1940, T. 1, §9.)
AL Code § 1-1-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-10 - Repeal of Uncodified Statutes of Public, General, and Permanent Nature; Certain Statutes Saved From Repeal.

Section 1-1-10Repeal of uncodified statutes of public, general, and permanent nature; certain statutes saved from repeal. Subject to the provisions of this section, or as may be otherwise provided in this Code, all statutes of a public, general and permanent nature, not included in this Code, are repealed. The foregoing provisions of this section shall not repeal, nor be construed to repeal, local, private or special statutes; nor statutes which relate to or apply to only one county, municipality, political subdivision, district or territory; nor statutes which apply to one or more counties, municipalities, political subdivisions, districts or territories on the basis of population; nor statutes in effect on the effective date of this Code which apply to one or more judicial circuits of the state, whether by specific reference thereto, or the basis of population or by some other method of identification or classification; nor statutes in effect on the effective date of this Code which establish the amount or rate of salary or compensation of any state officer or employee or any other person whose salary or compensation is paid, in whole or in part, by the state, or which establish minimum or maximum amounts of salary or compensation, or which provide additional compensation for the performance of specified services or duties; nor statutes relating to the swamp and overflowed lands; nor statutes relating to the public debt or authorizing the issuance of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness by the state or any county, municipality, political subdivision or agency thereof; nor statutes appropriating funds; nor any act submitting an amendment to the Constitution or any act to be effective upon the adoption of such an amendment to the Constitution; nor statutes becoming effective after the effective date of this Code. (Code 1852, §10; Code 1867, §10; Code 1876, §10; Code 1886, §10; Code 1896, §10; Code 1907, §10; Code 1923, §11; Code 1940, T. 1, §9.)
AL Code § 1-1-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-11 - Repealed Laws Not Revived.

Section 1-1-11Repealed laws not revived. All laws and all statutes or parts of statutes which are repealed or abrogated by this Code, or are repugnant to any law repealed by this Code and which have not been reenacted or consolidated, shall continue to be so repealed or abrogated. (Code 1907, §13; Code 1923, §15; Code 1940, T. 1, §10.)
AL Code § 1-1-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-13 - Previous Validating Acts Not Repealed.

Section 1-1-13Previous validating acts not repealed. The omission from this Code of any acts heretofore passed which validated any bonds, notes, warrants, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness issued by any city, town, county, county board of education, city board of education or other political subdivision of the state shall in no way operate or be construed to repeal or destroy the effect of any and all of such validating acts where said validating acts have been otherwise lawfully passed and are not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States or the State of Alabama. (Code 1940, T. 1, §15.)
AL Code § 1-1-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-14 - Classification and Organization of Code; Notes and Catchlines of Sections Not Part of Law.

Section 1-1-14Classification and organization of Code; notes and catchlines of sections not part of law. (a) The classification and organization of the titles, chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions and sections of this Code, and the headings thereto, are made for the purpose of convenient reference and orderly arrangement, and no implication, inference or presumption of a legislative construction shall be drawn therefrom. (b) Unless otherwise provided in this Code, the descriptive headings or catchlines immediately preceding or within the text of the individual sections of this Code, except the section numbers included in the headings or catchlines immediately preceding the text of such sections, do not constitute part of the law, and shall in no manner limit or expand the construction of any such section. All historical citations and notes set out in this Code are given for the purpose of convenient reference, and do not constitute part of the law.
AL Code § 1-1-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-15 - References to Sections, Titles, Etc.

Section 1-1-15References to sections, titles, etc. (a) Unless otherwise indicated in the context, references in this Code to titles, subtitles, chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions or sections shall mean titles, subtitles, chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions or sections of this Code. (b) Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this Code or any other law, the reference applies to all amendments thereto.
AL Code § 1-1-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 1 - Construction of Code and Statutes.|Section 1-1-16 - Severability of Provisions of Code and Statutes.

Section 1-1-16Severability of provisions of Code and statutes. If any provision of this Code or any amendment hereto, or any other statute, or the application thereof to any person, thing or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the provisions or application of this Code or such amendment or statute that can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end, the provisions of this Code and such amendments and statutes are declared to be severable.
AL Code § 1-2-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-1 - Official Coat of Arms - General Description.

Section 1-2-1Official coat of arms - General description. Alabama shall have an official coat of arms which shall be as follows: a shield upon which is carried the flags of four of the five nations which have at various times held sovereignty over a part or the whole of what is now the State of Alabama: Spain, France, Great Britain and the Confederacy. The union binding these flags shall be the shield of the United States. The shield upon which the flags and shield of the United States are placed shall be supported on either side by an eagle. The crest of the coat of arms shall be a ship representing the "Badine" which brought the French colonists who established the first permanent white settlements in the state. Beneath the shield there shall be a scroll containing the sentence in Latin: "Audemus jura nostra defendere," the English interpretation of which is "We Dare Maintain Our Rights." The word "Alabama" shall appear beneath the state motto. (Acts 1939, No. 140, p. 176; Code 1940, T. 55, §1.)
AL Code § 1-2-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-2 - Official Coat of Arms - Description in Heraldic Terms.

Section 1-2-2Official coat of arms - Description in heraldic terms. The coat of arms of Alabama as described in heraldic terms shall be as follows: arms: quarterly, the first azure three fleur de lis or (for France); second quarterly first and fourth gules a tower tripple towered or, second and third argent a lion rampant gules (for Spain); third azure a saltire argent and gules over all a cross of the last fimbriated of the second (for Great Britain); fourth gules of a saltire azure, fimbriated argent 13 mullets of the last (for the Confederacy); at center in escutcheon chief azure paly argent and gules 13 (for United States) arms supported by two American eagles displayed. Crest: A full rigged ship proper. (Acts 1939, No. 140, p. 176; Code 1940, T. 55, §2.)
AL Code § 1-2-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-3 - Official Coat of Arms - Use.

Section 1-2-3Official coat of arms - Use. The official coat of arms of the State of Alabama shall be placed above the speaker's stand in each house of the Alabama Legislature, in the office of the Governor of the state, in the Department of Archives and History and any other department or institution, and shall be used for any other purpose conforming with the dignity of the coat of arms of the state upon approval of the Governor. (Acts 1939, No. 140, p. 176; Code 1940, T. 55, §3.)
AL Code § 1-2-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-4 - Great Seal of the State.

Section 1-2-4Great Seal of the State. The seal shall be circular, and the diameter thereof two and a quarter inches; near the edge of the circle shall be the word "Alabama," and opposite this word, at the same distance from the edge, shall be the words, "Great Seal." In the center of the seal there shall be a representation of a map of the state with its principal rivers. The seal shall be called the "Great Seal of the State of Alabama." The seal shall be kept and used as required by the Constitution and laws. (Code 1876, §18; Code 1886, §18; Code 1896, §3727; Code 1907, §1994; Code 1923, §2932; Acts 1939, Ex. Sess., No. 20, p. 22; Code 1940, T. 55, §4.)
AL Code § 1-2-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-5 - Flag of the State - Description.

Section 1-2-5Flag of the state - Description. The flag of the State of Alabama shall be a crimson cross of St. Andrew on a field of white. The bars forming the cross shall be not less than six inches broad, and must extend diagonally across the flag from side to side. (Code 1896, §3751; Code 1907, §2058; Code 1923, §2995; Code 1940, T. 55, §5.)
AL Code § 1-2-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-6 - Flag of the State - Display.

Section 1-2-6Flag of the state - Display. The flag of the state shall be hoisted on the dome of the Capitol when the two houses of the Legislature are in session, and shall be used by the state on all occasions when it may be necessary or customary to display a flag, except when, in the opinion of the Governor, the national flag should be displayed. (Code 1896, §3752; Code 1907, §2059; Code 1923, §2996; Code 1940, T. 55, §6.)
AL Code § 1-2-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-7 - State Bird.

Section 1-2-7State bird. The bird commonly called the yellow-hammer is hereby designated the state bird. (Acts 1927, No. 542, p. 628; Code 1940, T. 55, §7.)
AL Code § 1-2-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-8 - State Salt Water Fish.

Section 1-2-8State salt water fish. The tarpon is hereby designated and named the official state salt water fish of Alabama. (Acts 1955, No. 564, p. 1226.)
AL Code § 1-2-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-9 - State Fresh Water Fish.

Section 1-2-9State fresh water fish. The largemouth bass, Micropterus punctulatus, is hereby designated and named the official fresh water fish of Alabama. (Acts 1975, No. 1183, §1.)
AL Code § 1-2-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-10 - State Horse.

Section 1-2-10State horse. The racking horse is hereby designated and named the official state horse of Alabama. (Acts 1975, No. 1153.)
AL Code § 1-2-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-11 - State Flower; State Wildflower.

Section 1-2-11State flower; state wildflower. (a) The camellia, Camellia japonica L., is hereby designated and named as the official state flower of Alabama. (b) The oak-leaf hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia Bartr., is hereby designated and named as the official state wildflower of Alabama. (c) Specimens of the state flower and the state wildflower shall be deposited in the Auburn University Herbarium. (Acts 1927, No. 541, p. 627; Code 1940, T. 55, §8; Acts 1959, No. 124, p. 646; Act 99-313, §1.)
AL Code § 1-2-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-12 - State Tree.

Section 1-2-12State tree. The southern longleaf pine, Pinus palustris Miller, is hereby designated and named as the official state tree of Alabama. A specimen of the state tree shall be deposited in the Auburn University Herbarium, which is the State Herbarium for Alabama. (Acts 1949, No. 143, p. 169; Acts 1997, No. 97-548, p. 962, §1.)
AL Code § 1-2-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-13 - Official Mineral.

Section 1-2-13Official mineral. Hematite is hereby designated and named the official mineral of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1967, No. 503, p. 1215.)
AL Code § 1-2-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-14 - Official Rock.

Section 1-2-14Official rock. Marble is hereby designated and named the official rock of Alabama. (Acts 1969, No. 755, p. 1334.)
AL Code § 1-2-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-15 - Poet Laureate.

Section 1-2-15Poet Laureate. There shall be the honorary office of Poet Laureate of Alabama. The Writers' Conclave, a voluntary organization of Alabama historians, playwrights, fiction writers, poets and newspaper writers, may at any annual meeting of said Writers' Conclave, designate a suitable person to hold the honorary office of Poet Laureate of Alabama; and, upon the election of a nominee by a majority of the membership present and voting, the same may be certified to the Governor of Alabama by the president of said Writers' Conclave as duly elected to the position, whereupon the Governor shall issue a commission to said Poet Laureate, bearing the Great Seal of the State of Alabama. The term of office of Poet Laureate of Alabama shall be indeterminate. Vacancies shall be filled by the method described in the preceding paragraph. No salary or other emoluments of a monetary nature shall be paid to the Poet Laureate of Alabama by the state by virtue of said office. The Poet Laureate of Alabama may be entitled to wear upon his person as an insignia of the office a small gold medal simulating in design an open book, upon which may be inscribed the title of the office, the name of the incumbent and the date of the commission issued by the Governor, said medal to be provided by the Alabama Writers' Conclave from its own funds. (Acts 1931, No. 92, p. 168; Code 1940, T. 55, §9.)
AL Code § 1-2-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-16 - State Song.

Section 1-2-16State song. The poem "Alabama," a gift to the people of the state from Julia S. Tutwiler, together with the original music written for such poem by Edna Gockel-Gussen, which music has been approved and adopted by the Alabama Federation of Music Clubs, is hereby adopted as the state song of Alabama. (Acts 1931, No. 126, p. 190.)
AL Code § 1-2-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-17 - State Game Bird.

Section 1-2-17State game bird. The wild turkey is hereby designated and named the official state game bird for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1980, No. 80-734, p. 1490, §1.)
AL Code § 1-2-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-18 - State Dance.

Section 1-2-18State dance. The dance known as the square dance is designated the American folk dance of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1981, No. 81-48, p. 60.)
AL Code § 1-2-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-19 - State Nut.

Section 1-2-19State nut. The pecan is designated as official state nut of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1982, No. 82-17, p. 27.)
AL Code § 1-2-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-20 - State Fossil.

Section 1-2-20State fossil. The Alabama Legislature does hereby designate as the official State of Alabama fossil the "Species Basilosaurus Cetoides." No fossil "Species Basilosaurus Cetoides" shall be removed from the State of Alabama, in whole or in part, except by prior written approval of the Governor. (Acts 1984, No. 84-66, p. 89.)
AL Code § 1-2-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-21 - State Renaissance Faire.

Section 1-2-21State renaissance faire. The annual renaissance faire in Florence, Alabama, is hereby named and designated as the official renaissance faire in the State of Alabama, and said city is now and shall remain as the permanent location of this event. (Acts 1988, No. 88-43, p. 44.)
AL Code § 1-2-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-22 - State Championship Horse Show.

Section 1-2-22State championship horse show. The Alabama State Championship Horse Show is hereby designated as the official state championship horse show of Alabama. (Acts 1988, No. 88-656, p. 1054.)
AL Code § 1-2-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-23 - State Butterfly.

Section 1-2-23State butterfly. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is hereby designated as the official mascot and butterfly of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1989, No. 89-676, p. 1341.)
AL Code § 1-2-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 1 - General Provisions.|Chapter 2 - State Symbols and Honors.|Section 1-2-24 - State Insect.

Section 1-2-24State insect. The monarch butterfly is hereby named and designated as the official insect for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1989, No. 89-935, p. 1842.)