§ 8-26-1 Short title
§ 8-26-1.1 Legislative findings
§ 8-26-2 Definitions
§ 8-26-3 Alabama Athlete Agent Regulatory Commission created; members; terms of office; vacancies; reappointment; oath; removal; officers; quorum; records; annual register; employees, rules and regulations; compensation and expenses
§ 8-26-4 Registration of athlete agents required
§ 8-26-5 Application for registration
§ 8-26-6 Evaluation of applicant and principal place of business
§ 8-26-7 Grounds for refusal to grant registration; notice of refusal and opportunity for hearing; hearing procedure; determination of commission; appeals; effective date of orders and judgments
§ 8-26-8 Revocation or suspension of registration; procedure; reinstatement
§ 8-26-9 Duration of registration; renewal application, bond, and fee
§ 8-26-10 Temporary or provisional registration
§ 8-26-11 Disclosure of names and addresses of financially interested persons
§ 8-26-12 Filing and registration fees
§ 8-26-13 Setting of fees by commission
§ 8-26-14 Surety bond – Requirement; amount; malpractice coverage in lieu of bond; certificate of deposit payable to commission or savings account assigned to commission in lieu of bond
§ 8-26-15 Surety bond – To whom payable; conditions; damages not limited to amount of bond, etc
§ 8-26-16 Surety bond – Suspension for failure to maintain coverage
§ 8-26-17 Disposition of moneys and fines collected; Alabama Athlete Agent Regulatory Commission Fund
§ 8-26-18 Contents of registration
§ 8-26-19 Applicability of registration
§ 8-26-20 Certificate of convenience where registered person has died, been declared incompetent, or for whose estate a conservator has been appointed
§ 8-26-21 Eligibility for certificate of convenience; duration and renewal of certificate
§ 8-26-22 Contracts – Approved form and content; agent to register presence on campus, etc.; notice of negotiations, etc.; contract requirements; rescission; penalties
§ 8-26-23 Contracts – Statement that amateur standing may be jeopardized
§ 8-26-24 Limit on athlete agent’s fee
§ 8-26-25 Trust fund where athlete agent is recipient of athlete’s salary
§ 8-26-26 Records to be kept by athlete agent
§ 8-26-27 Maintenance of financial and business records; access to records by commission; subpoena power
§ 8-26-28 Rules and regulations
§ 8-26-29 Sale or transfer of athlete agent’s interest in profits of the athlete agent
§ 8-26-30 Interest in entity directly involved in same sport prohibited
§ 8-26-31 Disclosure of athlete agent’s interest in entity used in giving investment advice
§ 8-26-32 Contracts in violation of law
§ 8-26-33 Publication of false, fraudulent, etc., information; advertisements of athlete agent; false information or promises concerning employment
§ 8-26-34 Division of fees with professional sports league prohibited; offers of compensation to university employees for referrals; employee of union or players association may not have interest in revenues
§ 8-26-35 Limit on athlete agent’s fee where athlete fails to procure or be paid for employment
§ 8-26-36 Parties to action against athlete agent; transfer and assignment of action; jurisdiction determined by damages claimed
§ 8-26-37 Service of process where athlete agent departs state with intent to defraud or avoid service
§ 8-26-38 Referral of disputes to commission; appeal; certification that no controversy exists
§ 8-26-39 Validity of provisions as to arbitration, existence of contract, validity, construction, performance, nonperformance, breach, operation, continuance, or termination
§ 8-26-40 Effect of failure to comply with Section 8-26-4
§ 8-26-41 Penalties for violation of chapter

Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 8 > Chapter 26 - Alabama Athlete Agents Regulatory Act

  • board: The State Board of Agriculture and Industries. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • CERTIFIED PRESCRIBED BURN MANAGER: An individual who successfully completes a certification program approved by the Alabama Forestry Commission. See Alabama Code 9-13-272
  • collect: To dig, cut or otherwise remove any ginseng from the location where it grew for the specific purpose of export. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • commission: The Alabama Forestry Commission. See Alabama Code 9-13-189
  • commissioner: The Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or his designated representative. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • CULTIVATED GINSENG: Ginseng that has been planted and cultivated by standard horticultural practices. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • department: The Department of Agriculture and Industries. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • DRIED GINSENG: Ginseng roots that have been dried to remove moisture. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • export: To transport, deliver or cause to be transported or delivered to any person or place for the purpose of transportation from any place in this state to any place outside this state. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • FOREST LAND: Any land which supports a forest growth or which is being used or reserved for any forest purpose and is classified as Class III forest property in Section 40-8-1(b)(1), but excludes land within the city limits of any incorporated municipality. See Alabama Code 9-13-189
  • ginseng: The plant Panax quinquefolius L. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • GINSENG COLLECTOR: Any person who intentionally removes wild ginseng from the location in which the plant grew for the purpose of sale, resale or export. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • GINSENG DEALER: Any person who collects or purchases ginseng for the purpose of reselling, selling, manufacturing or exporting same. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • GINSENG GROWER: Any person who grows cultivated ginseng as a commercial crop. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • GREEN GINSENG: Ginseng roots retaining moisture, not dried. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • lessee: Any person who leases land for a period over five years for the purpose of producing or causing to be produced, for market, forest or timber products. See Alabama Code 9-13-189
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • oath: includes affirmation. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • owner: Any person who is engaged in and has an economic risk in the business of producing or causing to be produced, for market, forest or timber products. See Alabama Code 9-13-189
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: Any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association, or other business entity. See Alabama Code 9-13-189
  • person: Any individual, corporation, company, society, association or other business entity. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • person: Any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, or joint stock association and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof engaged in the transportation of hazardous liquids. See Alabama Code 37-4-90
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • PRESCRIBED BURNING: The controlled application of fire to naturally occurring vegetative fuels for ecological, silvicultural, agricultural and wildlife management purposes under specified environmental conditions and the following of appropriate precautionary measures which cause the fire to be confined to a predetermined area and accomplishes the planned land management objectives. See Alabama Code 9-13-272
  • prescription: A written plan for starting and controlling a prescribed burn to accomplish the ecological, silvicultural, and wildlife management objectives. See Alabama Code 9-13-272
  • purchase: To acquire, obtain or receive or to attempt to acquire, obtain or receive by exchange of money or other valuable consideration and specifically includes barter or exchange. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • rights-of-way: as used in this title does not authorize the commission to prescribe the location or the routing of any pipeline facility;

    (5) COMMISSION. See Alabama Code 37-4-90

  • sell: Dispose of, transfer or convey or attempt to dispose of, transfer or convey by exchange of money or other valuable consideration and specifically includes barter or exchange. See Alabama Code 9-13-241
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • WILD GINSENG: Ginseng in, or collected from its native habitat, notwithstanding whether the ginseng occurs naturally from that habitat or was introduced or increased in abundance by the actions of humans, including, but not limited to, sowing ginseng seed or by transplanting ginseng plants from other areas. See Alabama Code 9-13-241