Alabama Administrative Code

(1) Purpose: It is the intent of the Legislature and the purpose of the Alabama Land Bank Authority to acquire and dispose of tax delinquent properties in order to rehabilitate and effectively utilize land which is nonrevenue-generating, nontax-producing and provide housing, new …

(1) Any individual or entity seeking a conveyance of available tax-delinquent property shall submit to the Authority an application which shall include the following information: (a) Name, address, and contact information, including phone number(s) and email address of the applic…

(1) Upon receipt of an application for conveyance of available tax-delinquent property, the Authority shall request the Land Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Revenue to: (a) Confirm that the property is subject to the jurisdiction of the Authority; (b) Confirm the amount…

Following approval of an application for conveyance of property by the Board: (1) If the property to be conveyed by the Authority has been the subject of prior public notice by the Commissioner of Revenue, his or her designee, or a local official regarding the property's disposit…

The Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects was created to regulate the practice of landscape architecture. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 500-X-1-.01 Filed October 1, 1981. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-17-1, et seq.

The Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects is composed of three members. The Board shall be appointed by the Governor. The members of the Board shall be registered landscape architects of recognized standing having engaged in the practice of landscape architecture in the Stat…

The Board is an independent agency of the State of Alabama. All costs of operating the Board are paid from legislative appropriation of fees collected by the Board. The Attorney General and his assistants provide legal services to the Board. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 500-…

Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 500-X-1-.04 Filed October 1, 1981. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-17-1, et seq.

Meetings are called by the chairman and shall hold at least two or more meetings each year. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 500-X-1-.05 Filed October 1, 1981. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 34-17-1, et seq.

All applications and requests for which the Board has prescribed a form must be made on the prescribed form. Forms used by the Board may be acquired from the secretary to the Board members. Forms currently used are found in Appendix A to these rules. Author: Notes Ala. Admin. Cod…

For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) Board. The State of Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects. (2) Landscape Architect. A person who is engaged or offers to engage in the pract…

(1) An application for a license to practice landscape architecture will be submitted on the form provided by the Board and will be received at any time during regular business hours at the office of the Board.(a) Each applicant shall submit with the formal application for a lice…

(1) An applicant must submit evidence that the applicant has completed the course of study in and graduated from a college or school of landscape architecture approved by the Board. The applicant also must submit evidence of actual practical experience in landscape architectural …

(1) The registration examination will be prepared and administered by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB). The examination is designed to test the knowledge, skills and abilities required for the practice of landscape architecture in such a way that…

In lieu of administering written supplemental examinations, the Board may elect to administer oral supplemental examinations to applicants. Oral supplemental examinations shall include the subjects required by the written supplemental examinations as defined in section 500-X-2-.0…

The Board may exempt from examination an applicant who holds a license to practice landscape architecture issued to him by a legally constituted Board of Examiners of any State provided that: (1) The applicant has successfully completed an examination prepared by the Council of L…

(1) An applicant, meeting all requirements of the law and of the Board and eligible for a license to practice landscape Architecture in the State of Alabama will be notified by the Board of his eligibility. (2) Upon payment of the application fee the Board will issue the License …

(1) An application fee, a fee for an original certificate and an annual license fee, in an amount as provided in Rule 500-X-2-.10, shall accompany each application for license. Should the applicant's request for license be rejected, the application fee will be retained by the Boa…

This act shall not be construed to require licensing in the following cases: (a) The practice of landscape architecture by any person who acts under the supervision of a registered landscape architect or by an employee of a person lawfully engaged in the practice of landscape arc…

Fees of the Board shall be in the following amounts: (a) The application fee shall be as provided in Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-17-25(1). (b) The fee for the supplemental examination shall be $150. (c) The fee for the original certificate shall be as provided in Code of Ala. 1975, §…

Author: William R. Sorensen Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 500-X-2-.11 Original rule published: March 31, 1993; Effective: May 1, 1993. New Rule: Filed: May 25, 1993; effective June 29, 1993. Repealed: Filed June 11, 1996; effective July 19, 1996. Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 197…

The Board shall adopt a Code of Conduct for Landscape Architects which will outline requirements for competence, conflict of interest, disclosure, compliance with laws and professional conduct. All Landscape Architects licensed by the State of Alabama shall act in accordance with…

(1) A Landscape Architect shall be guilty of unprofessional conduct if he;(a) Practices in violation of §34-17 or any other law regulating the practice of landscape architecture; or (b) Violates the Rules and Regulations of the Board; or (c) Violates the Code of Conduct adopted b…

(1) Purpose: In order to safeguard life, health and property, and to promote the public welfare, the practice of landscape architecture in Alabama requires continuing education in accordance with Code of Ala. 1975, Section 34-17-20(b) and this rule. (2) Scope: Each in-state and o…

(1) Registrants will be mailed annually, during the month of November, an application for renewal of registration. This original application must be signed and returned to the Board office with the renewal fee. The registration renewal notice will contain the Code of Conduct for …

(1) Chief Objectives: The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) is created by Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 41-8-1, et seq. It has as its chief objective the development of a cooperative system of providing books and library services for the various municipalities and counties of the sta…

A petition requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule must be submitted in writing to the office of the APLS Director. Each written petition shall state with particularity facts sufficient to show the person seeking relief is substantially affected by the rule. Each …

The Alabama Public Library Service subscribes to a policy that the Circulation and registration records maintained by the Alabama Public Library Service and the public libraries in Alabama are confidential records. (1) The term "registration records" includes any information whic…

(1) CHIEF OBJECTIVES: (a) All regular (as announced through official state communication channels and through regular APLS communication channels) and special meetings of the Board shall be open to the public. The Board desires to hear the viewpoints of citizens and considers the…

(1) GENERAL. (a) The Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) of 1996 will hereinafter be referred to either by its full name, by the abbreviation "LSTA", or by the word "Act". (b) The purposes of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) are to: 1. Enhance coordination am…

The following activities are allowable under LSTA: (1) The following are examples of but not limited to statewide activities administered by APLS and may include partnering with other agencies and organizations:(a) Library service education (b) Statewide licensing of electronic d…

(1) Program title: Strengthening Communities. Grants shall be for: (1) promoting awareness of community services through the local public library and (2) enabling the public library to become a community activity and learning center for persons of all ages. (a) Stipulations: 1. A…

The purposes of this grant category are to: (1) promote understanding and respect for or develop resources about diverse cultures, (2) develop outreach services for persons who are unable to come to the library or have difficulty coming to or using the library, (3) provide progra…

The purpose of this grant category is to improve library services for users through: 1) updating technological equipment, 2) accessing information through electronic networks, 3) paying the costs for libraries to acquire other technologies to record, save, and retrieve informatio…

The purpose of this program is to target library and information services (1) to youth (from birth through 17) in underserved urban and rural communities, including youth from families with incomes below the poverty line, and (2) to the parents and care-givers to improve their ch…

The purposes of state aid funds are to support and improve existing libraries and library systems and to encourage the development of new library programs and services where needed. Notes Ala. Admin. Code r. 520-2-2-.01 Filed March 30, 1992. Repealed and New Rule: Filed September…

(1) Public Library: A public library is a library established in accordance with the Code of Ala. 1975, for the purpose of providing free public library service to the population in its legal service area. Public libraries may or may not have BRANCHES (auxiliary service outlets w…

To qualify for state aid, public libraries (whether or not they are members of systems) and public library systems must comply with the appropriate requirements as follows. (1) A public library and a public library system must be legally established according to Code of Ala. 1975…

A public library must have a current budget, and the participants of a public library system must have a cumulative total current budget, based on locally-appropriated non-capital funds, of not less than the amount of state aid for which the library or system is eligible nor less…

(1) All public libraries receiving state aid funds appropriated by the State of Alabama and administered by the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) in any fiscal year shall, in the first quarter of the subsequent fiscal year, provide to APLS a Statement of Fiscal Responsibility…

All documentation required for the receipt of state aid must be filed with APLS by the deadlines specified below or within 30 days of mailing of forms from APLS. Filing of documentation with APLS after a deadline may result in delay in receipt of state aid funds. REQUIRED DOCUMEN…

(1) A public library or public library system that fails to meet any of the Rules and Regulations for State Aid may request special consideration by submitting a state aid appeal form to the APLS Director. Such consideration shall be subject to the approval of the APLS Executive …

(1) Due to a breach of the obligation of any public library (independent or system member) to fulfill the requirements of state aid rules and regulations by the time of the beginning of the last quarterly payment of state aid, said funds appropriated for the use of the library no…

(1) Code of Ala. 1975, § 11-90-4, allows joint libraries to be created and their governing boards to be appointed. On February 11, 1980, the Alabama Attorney General released an advisory opinion which stated the conditions under which a joint library could act on behalf of its me…

(1) These Guidelines for the Development and Approval of Agreements to Provide Library Service Across State Lines have been jointly developed by the Alabama Attorney General and the APLS Executive Board with the assistance of the Interstate Library Cooperation Committee. Their pu…

(1) STARS procedures in effect October 1, 2003(a) STARS is a statewide public library program developed to provide all public libraries with an opportunity to participate in electronic interlibrary loan and resource sharing and to create a statewide union catalog of the holdings …

(1) Goals and Objectives: The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) will strive to empower all Alabama citizens by providing equal access to the world's library and information resources. These goals and objectives may be summarized as: (a) To provide public libraries with backup…

(1) Patrons served: The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) provides services to the following categories of patrons: (a) In-state libraries. (b) Out-of-state libraries. Interlibrary loan services are provided to out-of-state libraries under the guidelines of the Interlibrary L…

(1) The Alabama Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (BPH) is a division of the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS). BPH is co-sponsored by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), a division of the Library of Congress. (…

(1) NLS provides materials and playback equipment to BPH for dissemination to persons who meet the following eligibility requirements:(a) Blind persons whose visual acuity, as determined by competent authority, is 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting lenses, or whose …