Alabama § 26-19A-3 Definitions

Alabama Statutes

§ 26-19A-3 — Definitions

Alabama § 26-19A-3

Title 26Infants and Incompetents

Ch. 19AMissing Senior Citizen Alert

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Ala. Code § 26-19A-3 (2026).

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When used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1)BROADCASTER. Any entity that is engaged in the business of broadcasting video or audio programs, whether through the public airwaves, by cable, by direct or indirect satellite transmissions, or by any other means of communication.

(2)DEPARTMENT. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(3)MISSING AND ENDANGERED PERSONS ALERT. A voluntary program entered into by the department and other local and state law enforcement agencies and the Alabama Association of Broadcasters and broadcasters licensed to serve in the state, which provides that if the department verifies that an individual living with a mental disability, physical disability, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or autism is missing or lost and is at risk

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When used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) BROADCASTER. Any entity that is engaged in the business of broadcasting video or audio programs, whether through the public airwaves, by cable, by direct or indirect satellite transmissions, or by any other means of communication.
(2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.
(3) MISSING AND ENDANGERED PERSONS ALERT. A voluntary program entered into by the department and other local and state law enforcement agencies and the Alabama Association of Broadcasters and broadcasters licensed to serve in the state, which provides that if the department verifies that an individual living with a mental disability, physical disability, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or autism is missing or lost and is at risk of bodily harm or death, or that an individual has been abducted and the department has a reasonable belief that the individual is at risk of bodily harm or death, a media alert is transmitted. The broadcasters participating in the program then distribute the media alert.