Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-8-2

  • military service of the United States: as used in this chapter , shall include the Army of the United States, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, any reserve or auxiliary component of any of the foregoing, the National Guard, those persons commissioned in the public health service and those persons entering into the service of any organization similar to those mentioned in this section hereafter formed by the government of the United States. See Alabama Code 36-8-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The office of any official of the State of Alabama or of any county or municipality of the State of Alabama who has heretofore entered or who shall hereafter enter the active military service of the United States, whether voluntarily or as a result of being called, drafted, or requested to do so or not, at a time when there is an existing state of war or military conflict involving the United States of America, or when called into active military service on the account of any need for military presence in response to domestic or foreign terrorism, the need for homeland security, or peacekeeping missions involving the United States, or when a state of national emergency has been declared to exist by the President of the United States, shall not be deemed vacated by reason of the service, nor shall the service be deemed an acceptance of or the holding of an office of profit under the United States within the purview of Section 280 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901.