Alabama Code 9-10C-9. State of emergency
Terms Used In Alabama Code 9-10C-9
- 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
- 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
Pursuant to the Governor’s emergency powers, other powers granted by law, and this chapter he or she may issue a state of emergency and exercise the rights, powers, privileges, immunities, and responsibilities provided by the Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955, commencing with Section 31-9-1. A declared state of emergency related to the drought conditions may also include executive orders to require restrictions or reductions of water withdrawals, allocating water on an equitable basis, or both. Any executive order restricting or reducing water withdrawals will specify the specific geographic area involved, conditions of the restriction, and the amount of the withdrawal reductions. These emergency executive orders may continue so long as conditions giving rise to the declaration of a drought emergency continue to threaten public health or safety.