Alabama Code 40-12-330. Exemptions for blind persons
Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-12-330
- blind person: means a natural person who has no vision or whose vision with correcting glasses is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential, or who has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correcting glasses, or whose central visual acuity is more than 20/200 in the better eye with correcting glasses but whose peripheral field has contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees. See Alabama Code 1-1-3
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Probate: Proving a will
- 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
- year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
All blind persons, as defined in Section 40-1-1, shall be entitled to exemption from the payment of all state, county, city, or municipal privilege licenses on filing with the probate judge or license commissioner of the county in which said license is due the certificate provided for in this section. Such exemptions shall not exceed the sum of $75 for state privilege license and $75 for county, city, or municipal privilege licenses during any year.
No person shall come within the provisions of this section who has not been a continuous bona fide resident of the State of Alabama for a period of two years next preceding the filing of the application for the benefits hereunder.
Any person claiming exemptions under the provisions of this section shall be required to furnish a vision certificate from a regularly licensed physician in the county in which such person makes said application.
Any person who secures a license under the provisions of this section and who permits any other person, firm, or corporation to engage in any occupation or conduct any business under such license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law, and any person, firm, or corporation not entitled to exemption from payment of license under this chapter who engages in any occupation or conducts any business under a license issued to a blind person under the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law.