Code of Alabama
Chapter 2A - Communications Reform Act of 2005.
Section 37-2A-9 - Standards for New Entrants.

(a) The commission shall retain its jurisdiction to prescribe reasonable entry standards for persons not previously granted certification to provide telecommunications service in Alabama.
(b) Every application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity by a new entrant to provide telecommunications service in this state shall be accompanied by an application fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100).