(a) This chapter shall be applicable to the employees of all counties and all municipalities having populations greater than 2,000 according to the most recent federal decennial census, and shall govern in their employment. This chapter shall be applicable also to the employees of all county and city boards of education, the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, and all employees of the two-year colleges under the control of the State Board of Education, and shall govern in their employment. The employees of all school systems and institutions, counties, and each municipality covered under this section shall have available to them all the rights and remedies provided under this chapter. The governing bodies of all school systems and institutions, counties, and of each municipality covered under this section shall file all necessary employer reports and notices required at the times and in the manner prescribed in this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, this chapter shall not apply to any city (excepting school districts and institutions) which has a population of 250,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent decennial federal census, to any park and recreation board now or hereafter established for those cities, to any board or agency now or hereafter authorized and established by the governing body of those cities, nor to employees of the city or of any board or agency.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 25 - Industrial Relations and Labor.
Chapter 5 - Workers' Compensation.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 25-5-3 - Secretary to Prepare and Distribute Forms, Etc.
Section 25-5-4 - Reports and Records of Injuries for Which Compensation Claimed.
Section 25-5-5 - Reports of Settlements.
Section 25-5-6 - Circuit Court Clerks to Report Disposition of Cases.
Section 25-5-7 - Supplementary Reports as to Initiation, Cessation, etc., of Compensation Payments.
Section 25-5-8 - Employers' Options to Secure Payment of Compensation.
Section 25-5-9 - Pooling of Employers' Liabilities for Qualification as Self-Insurers.
Section 25-5-10 - Liabilities of Persons Engaged in Schemes, etc., to Avoid Liability to Workers.
Section 25-5-12 - Chief Justice of Supreme Court to Prepare Uniform Rules for Circuit Courts.
Section 25-5-13 - Applicability of Chapter.
Section 25-5-15 - Safety Committee.
Section 25-5-15.1 - State Safety Program; Legislative Intent; Creation.