Code of Alabama
Title 41 - State Government.
Chapter 22 - Administrative Procedure.

Section 41-22-1 - Short Title. - This chapter shall be known as and may be cited...

Section 41-22-2 - Legislative Intent and Purpose; Effect on Substantive Rights; Applicability; Rulemaking Authority. - (a) This chapter is intended to provide a minimum procedural...

Section 41-22-3 - Definitions. - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 41-22-4 - Adoption by Agencies of Rules Governing Organization, Practice, etc.; Public Access to Rules, Orders, etc.; Effect of Rules, Orders, etc., Not Made Available to Public. - (a) In addition to the other rulemaking requirements imposed by...

Section 41-22-5 - Notice of Intent to Adopt, Amend, or Repeal Rules; Adoption of Emergency Rules; Procedural Requirements; Proceedings to Contest Rules. - (a) Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any...

Section 41-22-5.1 - Public Notification of Proposed Rules; Business Economic Impact Statement; Applicability. - (a) This section and Section 41-22-5.2 shall be known and...

Section 41-22-5.2 - Review of Existing Rules. - (a) Within five years of July 1, 2013, each agency...

Section 41-22-6 - Designation and Duties of Agency Secretaries; Effective Dates of Rules. - (a) Each agency shall have an officer designated as its...

Section 41-22-7 - Contents, Publication, and Availability of Administrative Material; Duties of Legislative Services Agency, Legal Division. - (a) The secretary of an agency shall establish and maintain...

Section 41-22-8 - Form for Petition for Adoption, Amendment, or Repeal of Rules; Procedure Upon Submission of Petition. - Each agency shall prescribe by rule the form for petition...

Section 41-22-9 - Adoption by Reference of Codes, Standards, and Regulations of Other Agencies of This State or the United States or of Other Approved Organizations; Form of Reference; Availability From Agency of Information as to Rules, etc., Adopte... - An agency may adopt, by reference in its rules and...

Section 41-22-10 - Action for Declaratory Judgment as to Validity or Applicability of Rule; Stay of Enforcement of Rule by Injunction. - The validity or applicability of a rule may be determined...

Section 41-22-11 - Petition for Declaratory Ruling as to Validity of Rule, as to Applicability of Any Rule or Statute Enforceable by an Agency, or as to Meaning and Scope of Agency Order; Form and Contents; Binding Effect of Agency Ruling; Effect of... - (a) On the petition of any person substantially affected by...

Section 41-22-12 - Notice and Opportunity for Hearing in Contested Cases; Contents of Notice; Power of Presiding Officer to Issue Subpoenas, Discovery and Protective Orders; Procedure Upon Failure of Notified Party to Appear; Presentation of Evidence... - (a) In a contested case, all parties shall be afforded...

Section 41-22-13 - Rules of Evidence in Contested Cases. - In contested cases: (1) The rules of evidence as applied...

Section 41-22-14 - Intervention in Contested Cases. - In contested cases, upon timely application, any person shall be...

Section 41-22-15 - Majority Requirement for Adoption of Final Decision in Contested Cases; Use of Proposed Orders in Cases Where Any Official Is Unfamiliar With the Case; Finality of Proposed Orders. - In a contested case, a majority of the officials of...

Section 41-22-16 - Form and Content of Final Order; When Final Order to Be Rendered; Service of Notice and Copies of Final Order. - (a) The final order in a proceeding which affects substantial...

Section 41-22-17 - Filing of Application for Rehearing in Contested Cases; Form and Content; Effect of Application on Final Order; Grounds for Rehearing; Service of Application on Parties of Record; Agency Decision on Application. - (a) Any party to a contested case who deems himself...

Section 41-22-18 - Disqualification From Participation in Proposed Order or Final Decision Based Upon Conflict of Interest or Personal Bias. - (a) No individual who participates in the making of any...

Section 41-22-19 - Grant, Denial, Renewal, etc., of Licenses. - (a) The provisions of this chapter concerning contested cases shall...

Section 41-22-20 - Judicial Review of Preliminary, Procedural, etc., Actions or Rulings and Final Decisions in Contested Cases. - (a) A person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available...

Section 41-22-21 - Appeal of Final Judgment of Circuit Court Under Section 41-22-20. - An aggrieved party may obtain a review of any final...

Section 41-22-22 - Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review. - The committee shall review all agency rules prior to their...

Section 41-22-22.1 - Review of Board and Commission Rules and Actions by Legislative Services Agency, Legal Division, and Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review; Fees. - (a) The Legislative Services Agency, Legal Division, shall review each...

Section 41-22-23 - Submission and Review of Proposed Rules; Fiscal Note Required for Rules With Economic Impact. - (a) The notice required by subdivision (a)(1) of Section 41-22-5...

Section 41-22-24 - Reconsideration of Disapproved Rules by the Legislature. - Repealed by Act 2015-291, §3, effective October 1, 2015.

Section 41-22-25 - Construction and Applicability of Chapter. - (a) This chapter shall be construed broadly to effectuate its...

Section 41-22-26 - Repeal of Inconsistent Laws. - It is the express intent of the Legislature to replace...

Section 41-22-27 - Effective Date of Chapter; Validity, Review, etc., of Existing Rules; Disposition of Certain Cases and Proceedings. - (a) This chapter shall take effect at 12:01 a.m., October...