(a) This act does not preclude any of the following:

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 36-37-4

  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
(1) Any report or disclosure required by The Fair Campaign Practices Act, Chapter 5 of Title 17, Code of Alabama 1975, or any successor provisions thereto.
(2) Any lawful warrant for personal information issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(3) Any lawful request for discovery of personal information in litigation if all of the following conditions are met:

a. The relevant and probative value of the personal information requested outweighs the prejudicial effect.
b. The requestor obtains a protective order barring disclosure of the personal information to any person not named in the litigation.
(4) Admission of personal information as relevant evidence before a court of competent jurisdiction; however, no court shall publicly reveal personal information absent a specific finding of good cause.
(5) A release of personal information by any public agency if the information has been voluntarily released to the public either by the person to which it pertains or by a nonprofit organization to which the person is a donor.
(6) The keeping of filings, certificates, and other public records that disclose the identity of any director, officer, registered agent, or incorporator of a nonprofit organization in any report or disclosure required by law to be filed with the Secretary of State, except that information that directly identifies a person as a donor of financial support to a nonprofit organization, shall not be collected or disclosed.
(7) Disclosure of personal information derived from a donation to a nonprofit organization affiliated with a public agency as required by law, if the person has not previously requested anonymity from the nonprofit organization.
(8) The compiling, keeping, and disclosure of volunteer fire department rosters and membership lists by the Alabama Forestry Commission as required by Section 9-3-17 or Section 32-6-272.
(9) Any report or disclosure required by Chapter 5A of Title 41, Code of Alabama 1975, or any successor provisions thereto, except that information that directly identifies a person as a donor of financial support to a nonprofit organization shall not be collected or disclosed unless expressly required by law or when required for a legitimate audit or investigative purpose, provided that such information shall only be used in connection with the specific audit or investigation to which the request relates and for any related proceedings.
(b) Nothing in this act shall apply to a national securities association that is registered pursuant to Section 15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 15 U.S.C. § 780-3, as amended, or regulations adopted thereunder, or any information the national securities association provides to the Alabama Securities Commission as provided in Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 8, Code of Alabama 1975, and the rules adopted thereunder.
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