Alabama Code > Title 41 > Chapter 4 > Article 11 – Telecommunications Division


§ 41-4-280	Definitions
§ 41-4-281	Legislative declaration; purpose
§ 41-4-282	Rules and regulations
§ 41-4-283	Powers and duties of department
§ 41-4-284	Additional duties of department
§ 41-4-285	Written approval of department required for lease purchase, etc., of telecommunications system by agency
§ 41-4-286	Department authorized to contract on behalf of agency; appropriation dependency clause
§ 41-4-287	Trade-in of equipment
§ 41-4-288	Additional contract requirements
§ 41-4-289	Telecommunications Revolving Fund
§ 41-4-290	Exemptions – Public safety, criminal justice, highway maintenance and construction
§ 41-4-291	Applicability to certain entities; technical consultation and procurement; long-distance service
§ 41-4-293	Exemption of legislative and judicial branches

Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
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.
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1