The legislative intent of this chapter is declared to be as follows: The most important element of the American economic system of private enterprise is free and vigorous competition. Only through the existence of free and vigorous competition can free entry into business and opportunities for personal initiative and individual achievement be assured. The preservation and expansion of such competition is essential for our economic well-being. In order to insure such competition, small business concerns must be encouraged and developed, and it is the declared policy of the state to aid, counsel, and assist, in every practical manner, the interests of small business concerns in order to preserve free competitive enterprise and to insure that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts or subcontracts for property, commodities, and services for the state be placed with small businesses.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.
Chapter 10 - Small Business Assistance.
Section 25-10-1 - Short Title.
Section 25-10-2 - Declaration of Public Policy and Legislative Intent.
Section 25-10-3 - Definitions.
Section 25-10-4 - Powers and Duties of Department of Labor Generally.
Section 25-10-5 - Public Hearings; Powers of Department as to Witnesses, Records, Etc.
Section 25-10-6 - Advisory Council.
Section 25-10-7 - Reports and Recommendations of Department.