Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-17-272

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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

An agreement pursuant to this article may provide for determining the base state for users, user’s records requirements, audit procedures, exchange of information, persons eligible for licensing, define qualified motor vehicles, determine bonding requirement, specify reporting requirements and periods, define uniform penalty and interest rates for late reporting, determine methods for the collecting and forwarding of motor fuel taxes and penalties to another jurisdiction, and may include other provisions to facilitate the administration of the agreement.