Ala. Code § 9-11-153 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-153
Section 9-11-153 Wholesale and Retail Freshwater Nongame Fish Dealers’ Licenses; Commercial Paddlefish Dealer’s License
Status: in_force

(a) Every person, firm, association, or corporation engaged in the buying, selling, or handling of freshwater nongame fish for the purpose of resale, whether handled on a commission basis or otherwise, and every person, firm, association, or corporation shipping freshwater nongame fish out of the State of Alabama on consignment or order shall be considered a wholesale dealer of freshwater nongame fish, and shall be required to pay a license of $25.00 per annum. Any person, firm, association, or corporation handling freshwater nongame, uncooked fish strictly at retail to the consumer shall be considered a retailer and must purchase a license and pay $10.00 per annum for the same. The revenue to be derived from such licenses shall be covered into the State Treasury to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Wholesale and retail licenses as prescribed in this section shall be issued in the same manner and under the same provisions as provided for other licenses in this article.

(b) In addition to the above licenses, every resident person, firm, association, or corporation who buys, processes, sells, or ships paddlefish roe, flesh, or parts, other than a licensed paddlefish fisherman selling or shipping within the state fish or roe that the fisherman has caught to an Alabama licensed commercial paddlefish dealer, shall purchase a commercial paddlefish dealer’s license and pay a license fee of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) per license year. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or duly authorized designees of the department shall sell and issue commercial paddlefish licenses to residents of another state if the other state by reciprocal agreement or otherwise provides for the sale and issuance of a similar commercial paddlefish license to residents of this state to buy, process, sell, or ship paddlefish roe, flesh, or parts from the waters of the other state. The amount to be charged for a nonresident commercial paddlefish dealer’s license shall be the same as the license fee charged a resident of this state for a license in the state of the nonresident, but in no event shall the amount be less than the license fee charged by the department for commercial fishing licenses for a resident of this state. Any person, firm, association, or corporation who engages in any activity without a license, for which the paddlefish dealer’s license as provided in this subsection is required, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, except the minimum fine for the first offense shall be one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), and for the second or any subsequent violation, the fine shall be not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
Ala. Code § 9-11-45.1 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-45.1
Section 9-11-45.1 Use of Crossbows for Hunting
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may by regulation authorize the use of crossbows for hunting.
Ala. Code § 9-14E-2 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14E / Section 9-14E-2
Section 9-14E-2 Sale or Lease of Park Property
Status: in_force

(a) Any state park or park property lying seaward of the current location of Alabama Highway 182 in Baldwin County, Alabama, shall not be sold. The project site and any portion thereof, including buildings and structures constructed on the project site, shall not be sold.

(b) The Governor may authorize any state park or park property lying seaward of the current location of Alabama Highway 182 in Baldwin County, Alabama, including the project site, in whole or in part, to be leased for a period of 12 years or shorter, including all extension or renewal periods. Any lease of such property described in this subsection over 12 years, including all extension or renewal periods, shall be subject to approval by a majority vote of the Gulf State Park Project Committee, as provided for in subsection (d) of Section 9-14E-5. The Examiners of Public Accounts, prior to any vote of the Gulf State Park Project Committee pertaining to a lease provided herein, shall submit a compliance report for the proposed lease to all members of the Legislature and to all members of the Gulf State Park Project Committee.
Ala. Code § 9-14-8 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14 / Section 9-14-8
Section 9-14-8 Free Admission for Military Personnel on Holidays
Status: in_force

(a) Any active or retired member of the United States Armed Forces, including any reserve component thereof, or the National Guard, upon presentation of an appropriate active or retired military identification card, shall be granted free admission to any state park operated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on any state or federal holiday.

(b) Any Alabama resident who is an active member or honorably separated member of the United States Armed Forces or National Guard, including any reserve component thereof, upon presentation of an appropriate active or retired military identification card, a driver’s license with a veteran designation, valid form DD214, or any other documentation prescribed by law or administrative rule as evidence of honorable separation from active service, shall be granted free admission to any state park operated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on all days on which entry to the state park is open to the general public.
Ala. Code § 9-8-30 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-8-30
Section 9-8-30 Cooperation, Etc., of State Agencies, Etc
Status: in_force

Agencies of this state which shall have jurisdiction over or be charged with the administration of any state-owned lands and of any county or other governmental subdivision of the state which shall have jurisdiction over or be charged with the administration of any county-owned or other publicly owned lands lying within the boundaries of any district organized under this article shall cooperate to the fullest extent with the supervisors of such districts in the effectuation of programs and operations undertaken by the supervisors under the provisions of this article. The supervisors of such districts shall be given free access to enter and perform work upon such publicly owned lands. The provisions of land-use regulations adopted pursuant to Section 9-8-26 shall have the force and effect of law over all such publicly owned lands and shall be in all respects observed by the agencies administering such lands.
Ala. Code § 9-14A-21 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14A / Section 9-14A-21
Section 9-14A-21 Joint Legislative Committee on State Parks
Status: in_force

(a) Any appropriations made herein shall be subject to the study, review, concurrence, and approval of the Joint Legislative Committee on State Parks, previously established under the name of Alabama State Parks System Joint Study Committee, which is hereby created. The Joint Legislative Committee on State Parks is created to study, review, and concur in the long-range capital plan for restoration of existing state park facilities and the acquisition of new state park facilities. The joint committee shall be composed of the following members: The six members serving on the Alabama State Parks System Joint Study Committee on May 23, 2000; the Chair of the Senate Conservation, Environment and Natural Resources Committee and the Chair of the House Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Committee; two members of the Senate to be appointed by the Governor; and two members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Governor. The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Director of Finance, and the Director of the State Parks Division shall serve as advisors to the committee. Effective beginning with the Organizational Session in January 2003, and continuing thereafter, the joint committee shall consist of the following members: Five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House; the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, or his or her designee; three members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; two members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; two members of the Senate appointed by the Governor; two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Governor; the Chair of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee or successor committee by whatever name it is known; and the Chair of the House Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Committee.

The members currently serving as chair and vice chair of the Alabama State Parks System Joint Study Committee shall continue to serve in those capacities with annual rotations, during the current quadrennium. All appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments so that diversity of gender, race, and geographical areas is reflective of the makeup of this state.

Effective beginning with the Organizational Session in January 2003, and continuing each quadrennium thereafter, the committee shall, at its initial meeting, elect from its members a chair and vice chair from the Senate and House and the chairs shall rotate annually between the two legislative chambers thereafter. The committee shall convene its initial meeting within 30 days following the Organizational Session in January 2003, and subsequent meetings shall be either as agreed at a prior meeting, at the call of the chair, at the written request of any four members or at the call of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(b) Members of the committee shall be appointed for a four-year term concurrent with the members’ elected terms of office. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the term.

(c) Upon request of the chair, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall provide such clerical assistance as the committee’s work may require.

(d) Each member of the committee shall be entitled to his or her regular legislative compensation, his or her per diem and travel expenses for each day he or she attends a meeting of the committee which shall be paid out of any funds appropriated to the use of the Legislature, upon warrants drawn on the state Comptroller upon requisitions signed by the chair of the committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member shall receive additional legislative compensation or per diem when the Legislature is in session or if a member is being paid any other payments on the same dates for attendance of other state business.
Ala. Code § 9-2-130 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-130
Section 9-2-130 Created; Appointment and Duties of Agent
Status: in_force

Within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and under the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, there is hereby created the office of Land Agent, whose duties will be to compile a record of all lands owned by the State of Alabama or any department or institution of the state. The said agent shall be selected by said Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as other employees of his department are selected.
Ala. Code § 9-7A-15 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7A / Section 9-7A-15
Section 9-7A-15 Functions and Activities of Commissioner - Consultation with Other State Departments, Etc
Status: in_force

The heads of state departments and independent agencies having administrative responsibility over activities or resources, the conduct or use of which is pertinent to fulfillment of the provisions of this chapter shall, either individually or as a group, consult with and be consulted by the commissioner from time to time both with respect to their conduct of those activities which the commissioner carries on under authority of this chapter which are pertinent to their work.
Ala. Code § 9-15-77 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-77
Section 9-15-77 Payment of Expenses by Department, Board, Bureau, Etc., Selling or Leasing Property; Payment of Fee to Lands Division
Status: in_force

The expenses of the appraisal and contemplated sale or lease shall be paid by the department, board, bureau, commission, institution, corporation, or agency offering the property for sale. The Lands Division of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall receive a fee in reimbursement of its actual expenses for administering the sale of real property under this article. The fee shall be disbursed to the Lands Division in the final disposition of the funds received from the sale of the property.
Ala. Code § 9-16-125 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 16 / Section 9-16-125
Section 9-16-125 Reclamation Program
Status: in_force

(a) The Department of Labor, State Programs Division, shall establish and maintain a state reclamation program for abandoned mines which complies with Title IV of Public Law 95-87. The state reclamation program plan shall generally identify the areas to be reclaimed, the purposes for which the reclamation is proposed, the relationship of the lands to be reclaimed and the proposed reclamation to surrounding areas, the specific criteria for ranking and identifying projects to be funded, and the legal authority and programmatic capability to perform such work in conformance with the provisions of the federal act.

(b) The director shall annually submit to the secretary, an application for the support of the state program and implementation of specific reclamation projects. Such requests shall include, but shall not be limited to:

(1) A general description of each proposed project;

(2) A priority evaluation of each proposed project;

(3) A statement of the estimated benefits in such terms as: number of acres restored, miles of stream improved, acres of surface lands protected from subsidence, population protected from subsidence, air pollution, hazards of mine and coal refuse disposal area fires;

(4) An estimate of the cost for each proposed project;

(5) In the case of proposed research and demonstration projects, a description of the specific techniques to be evaluated or objective to be attained;

(6) An identification of lands or interest therein to be acquired and the estimated cost;

(7) In each year after the first in which a plan is filed, an inventory of each project funded under the previous year’s grant; which inventory shall include details of financial expenditures on such project together with a brief description of each such project; including project locations, landowner’s name, acreage, type of reclamation performed.

(c) The costs for each proposed project shall include: actual construction costs, actual operation and maintenance costs of permanent facilities, planning and engineering costs, construction inspection costs, and other necessary administrative expenses.

(d) The director shall make such reports on operations of the reclamation program as required by the secretary or by Congress.

(e) The director shall at all times accept and consider comments regarding annual grant applications and the eligibility, priority ranking and selection of lands for reclamation. At least 30 days prior to the submission of each annual grant application to the Secretary of Interior, the director shall provide for a public hearing prior to the proposed submission date of the grant application and shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the state which states that a hearing will be held, generally outlines the grant application and solicits comments regarding the application. A listing and identification of all projects included in the grant application shall be mailed to all persons who have requested written notification of the annual grant application and shall be available to any person upon request. At the public hearing for review of an annual grant application, any person may appear before the director and be heard on the record. The director may receive documentary or other evidence for inclusion in the record. The director shall fix a time for the closing of the record and may in his discretion receive such other comments or evidence as he deems appropriate after the public hearing and before the closing of the record. A copy of the record shall be included with the grant application to the Secretary of Interior.
Ala. Code § 9-14-6 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14 / Section 9-14-6
Section 9-14-6 County and Municipal Grants, Etc., of Lands to State Park System; Appropriations of Moneys for Improvement, Operation, Etc., of State Park System
Status: in_force

Any county and any incorporated city or town in the State of Alabama is hereby authorized and empowered to donate, convey and grant to the State of Alabama any land owned by it or which it may hereafter acquire to become a part of the state park system. Any such county, city or town may appropriate moneys to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to be used and expended in extending, improving, operating or maintaining the state park system.
Ala. Code § 9-17-172 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-172
Section 9-17-172 Purpose
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be in the interest of public welfare that propane gas wholesalers are encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with the retail marketers in promoting and stimulating through research, education, marketing, and other methods, the increased and efficient distribution, use, and sale of propane gas. It is further the intent and purpose of this article to provide a method and procedure for financing programs for the propane gas industry pursuant to powers conferred upon the Legislature by Amendment ___ to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
Ala. Code § 9-11-274 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-274
Section 9-11-274 Penalties
Status: in_force

Any person violating this article is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 9-8-54 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-8-54
Section 9-8-54 Petition for Formation of District - Where Proposed District Lies in More Than One Soil and Water Conservation District
Status: in_force

If the proposed watershed conservancy district lies in more than one soil and water conservation district, the petition may be presented to the board of supervisors of any one of such soil and water conservation districts, and the supervisors of all such districts shall act as a joint board of supervisors in the formation and supervision of such a watershed conservancy district.
Ala. Code § 9-6-6 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-6-6
Section 9-6-6 Board of Directors
Status: in_force

Each public corporation formed under this chapter shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the corporation shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The initial board shall consist of three directors appointed by the Governor from among the persons who filed the application to incorporate. The Governor shall appoint the directors as soon as may be practicable after he is notified, as required in Section 9-6-5, that the public corporation has been formed. The terms of the directors shall be staggered, the first term of one director being for three years from and after the date of his appointment, the first term of another director being for six years from and after the date of his appointment and the first term of the remaining director being for nine years from and after the date of his appointment; thereafter the term of office of each director shall be for nine years. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. Appointments to fill vacancies which occur during a regular term shall be for the unexpired term. Each director appointed by the Governor shall be a person of good moral character, and he shall be a qualified elector of this state. Directors shall be eligible for reappointment. If the certificate of incorporation shall so provide, each director may be reimbursed by the authority for actual expenses incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties; and, in addition thereto, each director may be further compensated by the authority in an amount not to exceed $1,200.00 per year, as shall be determined by the board of directors. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided by Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal from office of the officers mentioned in said Section 175.
Ala. Code § 9-11-53.3 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-53.3
Section 9-11-53.3 Reciprocal Agreement with Florida Exempting Persons 65 Years or Older from Licensing Requirements
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources enter into a reciprocal agreement with the State of Florida exempting persons 65 years of age or older from state fishing and hunting license requirements.
Ala. Code § 9-10B-28 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10B / Section 9-10B-28
Section 9-10B-28 Expenditure of Appropriations
Status: in_force

All appropriations to the Alabama Office of Water Resources shall be expended by the Office of Water Resources and Water Resources Commission for only those purposes authorized by this chapter. All penalties collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the General Fund. Subsequent appropriations may be made in conjunction with appropriations to the department.
Ala. Code § 9-11-258 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-258
Section 9-11-258 Persons Hunting Deer at Night Liable for Killing Stock
Status: in_force

If any person hunting deer by fire in the nighttime kills any horse, mare, colt or other domestic animal, he is liable to double damages in a civil action instituted by the owner of the property.
Ala. Code § 9-12-162 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-162
Section 9-12-162 Rights and Privileges Granted to Be Exercised in Accordance with Alabama Laws, Etc
Status: in_force

The fishing rights and privileges which may be granted by or through such reciprocal agreements shall be exercised in accordance with the laws of Alabama and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama which pertain to the taking, catching, possessing or handling of seafood by residents of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 9-2-65 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-65
Section 9-2-65 Powers and Duties of Game and Fish Wardens; Powers and Duties of Director with Respect to Game and Fish Wardens
Status: in_force

(a) Game and fish wardens shall have power:

(1) To enforce all laws of this state relating to birds, animals and fish;

(2) To execute all warrants and search warrants for the violation of the game, fish and fur laws of the state;

(3) To serve subpoenas issued for examination, investigation and trial of all offenses against the law relating to game, fur bearers, birds and fish;

(4) To carry firearms as provided by law for enforcement officers when in the discharge of their official duties;

(5) To confiscate all game, birds, animals or fish or parts thereof which have been caught, taken, killed or held at a time in any manner or for any purpose or had in possession or under control or have been shipped, carried or transported contrary to the laws of this state, and game, fur bearers, birds, fish or parts thereof so confiscated shall be held as evidence in the court in which the defendant is held for trial; and, upon conviction of the defendant, said game, fur bearers, birds, fish or parts thereof shall be disposed of by written order of the court;

(6) To enter upon any land or water in the performance of their duty;

(7) To assist individual citizens, clubs, groups and organizations of sportsmen and conservation clubs by furnishing information and such other assistance as may be found necessary in the construction of fish ponds, the establishing of feeding grounds for migratory wild fowl, the planting of fish from the state and federal fish hatcheries, the reclaiming of stranded fish and the control of predators on useful forms of wildlife; and

(8) To perform such other additional duties as the commissioner may direct.

(b) The director of the division shall:

(1) Constantly keep in touch with the game and fish wardens;

(2) Assist and advise them in their work;

(3) See that all wardens are continuous in the performance of their duties;

(4) Make reports to the commissioner of any dereliction of duty;

(5) Investigate all charges of alleged misconduct or other alleged wrongful acts on the part of any warden and make special reports thereon to the commissioner;

(6) Assist in the prosecution of violations of all laws relating to the department; and

(7) Perform such other duties as the commissioner may direct.
Ala. Code § 9-17-166 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-166
Section 9-17-166 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer this division.
Ala. Code § 9-3-13 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-13
Section 9-3-13 Rural and Community Fire Protection Advisory Committee -- Recommendations to State Forester
Status: in_force

The advisory committee shall make recommendations to the State Forester regarding the development and improvement of rural and community fire protection throughout this state. The advisory committee shall also make recommendations to the Alabama Forestry Commission regarding rural and community fire protection grants awarded pursuant to Section 9-3-21.
Ala. Code § 9-12-54.5 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-54.5
Section 9-12-54.5 Catching, Etc. of Shrimp by Persons with Recreational Boat Shrimping License
Status: in_force

Persons with a recreational boat shrimping license may use a trawl having a width of 16 feet or less as measured at the cork line to catch, or attempt to catch, saltwater shrimp for bait or noncommercial purposes not to exceed five gallons of shrimp per person per day, and unless otherwise provided by law or regulation, only at the same time and in the waters open to commercial shrimping.
Ala. Code § 9-11-257 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-257
Section 9-11-257 Hunting or Discharge of Firearm From, Upon, or Across Public Roads, Etc
Status: in_force

Any person, except a duly authorized law enforcement officer acting in the line of duty or person otherwise authorized by law, who hunts or discharges any firearm from, upon, or across any public road, public highway, or railroad, or the rights-of-way of any public road, public highway, or railroad, or any person, except a landowner or his or her immediate family hunting on land of the landowner, who hunts within 50 yards of a public road, public highway, or railroad, or their rights-of-way, with a centerfire rifle, a shotgun using slug or shot larger in diameter than manufacturer’s standard designated number four shot, or a muzzleloading rifle .40 caliber or larger in this state, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and shall be punished for the second and each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and shall have all hunting license privileges revoked for one year from the date of conviction.
Ala. Code § 9-10B-30 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10B / Section 9-10B-30
Section 9-10B-30 Application of Alabama Administrative Procedure Act
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Water Resources and the Alabama Water Resources Commission shall be subject to all provisions of the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22, Title 41.
Ala. Code § 9-9-20 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9-20
Section 9-9-20 Removal of Commissioners, Viewers or Other District Officers
Status: in_force

Any commissioner, viewer or other officer of any district organized under this article may, after due hearing, be removed for cause upon a motion filed in the court of probate where said district was organized.
Ala. Code § 9-2-44 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-44
Section 9-2-44 Approval of Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance Not Required as to Certain Contracts; Compliance with State Building Code
Status: in_force

All construction or modification contracts as specified in this article which may hereafter be made are excepted from approval by the Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance with the exception of buildings erected by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources that exceed in cost the sum of $15,000.00; provided, however, that all such construction or modifications must comply with the state building code.
Ala. Code § 9-2-83 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-83
Section 9-2-83 Director - Oath and Compensation; Full-Time Position
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Marine Resources Division shall take the constitutional oath of office. His salary shall be fixed by the State Personnel Board as it may deem appropriate or as otherwise fixed by law. He shall devote his full time to his official duties and shall hold no other lucrative position while serving as said Director of the Marine Resources Division.
Ala. Code § 9-15-80 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-80
Section 9-15-80 Certain Persons Prohibited from Bidding on or Purchasing Property
Status: in_force

Officers and employees of the department selling or leasing the real property and officers and employees of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as well as members of their families, shall be excluded from bidding on the property at a public auction or by sealed bids. Other officers or employees of the state shall not be excluded from bidding on or purchasing the real property at public sale or sealed bid.
Ala. Code § 9-15-11 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-11
Section 9-15-11 Preparation of County Maps Showing Ownership and Location of Lands Owned by State Institutions or Departments
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, to cause maps of each county of the State of Alabama to be prepared, showing thereon the location of any real estate owned by any institution or department of the State of Alabama. Such map shall show the ownership of any real estate owned by an institution or department of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 9-17-26 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-26
Section 9-17-26 Tax for Expenses of Administration and Enforcement of Article - Records, Returns and Remittances of Producers; Determination of Gross Value at Point of Production; Rules and Regulations
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of every person producing or in charge of production of crude petroleum or natural gas from any well or wells in the State of Alabama for sale, transport, storage, profit or for use to keep and preserve such records of the amount of all such crude petroleum oil or natural gas produced for sale, transport, storage, profit or for use as may be necessary to determine the amount of the tax for which he is liable under the provisions of Section 9-17-25 and Section 9-17-35.

(b) It shall be the further duty of every such person to file with the Department of Revenue, not later than the fifteenth day of the second calendar month following the month of production, a return, subscribed by the person who completes such return, which must contain a printed declaration that it is made under the penalty of perjury, showing the amount of crude petroleum oil or natural gas produced for sale, transport, storage, profit or for use during the second preceding month, to compute on the return the amount of tax charged against him in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-17-25 and Section 9-17-35 and to transmit to the Department of Revenue with such return a remittance covering the tax chargeable against him. The return shall contain such other information and shall be in such form as the Department of Revenue shall designate.

(c) The Department of Revenue is authorized to determine the gross value at the point of production as required under Section 9-17-25, and the gross proceeds attributable to offshore production as required under Section 9-17-35, both in accordance with customary practice.

(d) The Department of Revenue is hereby authorized to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this article provided, however, that no rule or regulation adopted or promulgated by the department shall alter, limit, extend or be out of harmony with any of the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 9-11-67 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-67
Section 9-11-67 Sportsman’s License
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2007-418, p. 874, §6, effective September 1, 2007.
Ala. Code § 9-11-305 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-305
Section 9-11-305 When Dogs Permitted in Areas; Liability of Owners of Dogs at Large in Areas
Status: in_force

No dog shall be permitted except on leash within any wildlife management area except in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, and whoever shall be the owner of any dog at large within any wildlife management area shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 9-11-456 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-456
Section 9-11-456 Selling of Fish Caught
Status: in_force

No fish caught or taken from the said fee fishing sites shall be sold or offered to be sold or traded or offered to be traded, except as otherwise provided by law.
Ala. Code § 9-11-348 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-348
Section 9-11-348 Resale or Disposition of Quail by Persons Other Than Retail Vendors
Status: in_force

In case of the resale or disposition of such quail or any part thereof by any person other than a retail vendor, he shall at such time make an exact copy of such original invoice and endorse thereon the date of his sale, the number of quail carcasses so disposed of and the name of the purchaser and sign and deliver the same to the purchaser or donee, who shall keep it attached as aforesaid until the quail are prepared for consumption, and the same shall have the same force and effect as the original invoice.
Ala. Code § 9-14-1 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14 / Section 9-14-1
Section 9-14-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) PARK. Any area of land primarily valuable for recreational purposes because of its scenic, historic, prehistoric, archaeologic, scientific or other distinctive characteristics or nature features.

(2) MONUMENT and HISTORIC SITE. Any area of land, with or without buildings, structures or other objects thereon, wholly or primarily of historic, prehistoric, archaeologic, scientific or commemorative interest or value.

(3) PARKWAY. Any elongated strip of land suitable for recreation and a pleasure vehicle road to which the owners or lessees of abutting property shall have no right of direct access.

(4) LAND. Upland, land under water and every estate, interest and right, legal or equitable, in land or water.
Ala. Code § 9-15-33 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-33
Section 9-15-33 Land Clerk - Examination, Etc., of Lands
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the Governor or the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources it is proper that any of the lands described in Sections 9-15-31 and 9-15-32 should be examined or evidence obtained for the protection of any of these lands, the land clerk may be sent to make such examination or to obtain such evidence, and his actual expenses shall be paid upon his filing with the Director of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a statement thereof by items and duly verified.
Ala. Code § 9-11-198 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-198
Section 9-11-198 Penalty for Violations of Provisions of Article; Revocation of Licenses
Status: in_force

Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as prescribed by law; provided, that the fine shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250), and in addition to that punishment, the court trying the case shall revoke all basket licenses issued or to be issued to the person for a period of three years from the date of the conviction.
Ala. Code § 9-11-140 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-140
Section 9-11-140 Use of Commercial Fishing Gear in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams - When, Where, and How Permitted
Status: in_force

Any person engaged in the taking, killing or capturing of commercial or nongame fish from the public impounded waters and navigable streams of the State of Alabama may use in such commercial fishing operations hoop and fyke nets, seines, gill nets, trammel nets, setlines, trotlines, snaglines and lawful fish traps. However, all such nets, setlines, trotlines, snaglines and fish traps shall conform to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources covering the same, who shall designate when, where and how same shall be used.
Ala. Code § 9-15-73 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-73
Section 9-15-73 Appraisal
Status: in_force

The Lands Division shall have the real property or the interests in the real property appraised by a real estate appraiser selected by the Lands Division who is licensed by the State Board of Appraisers prior to the advertisement of the sale of the property. If the Lands Division is not satisfied with one appraisal, additional appraisals may be obtained. All appraisals shall be in writing.
Ala. Code § 9-14F-10 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14F / Section 9-14F-10
Section 9-14F-10 Bonds-Sales and Execution
Status: in_force

The bonds of each series thereof issued pursuant to this chapter shall be sold by the authority at public or private sale as provided in the amendment. The bonds shall be executed in the name of the state by the Governor and countersigned by the secretary of the authority issuing the bonds, and the Great Seal of the state shall be impressed thereon and attested by the Secretary of State. An electronic signature or facsimile of the signature of each official may be imprinted on any of the bonds in lieu of manual signatures, and a facsimile of the Great Seal of the state may be printed on the bonds in lieu of such seal being manually impressed thereon. Each facsimile signature shall be valid in all respects as if the officials whose facsimile signatures are used had signed the bonds in person, and any facsimile of the Great Seal of the state used shall be valid in all respects as if such seal had been manually impressed on the bonds. In the event any official who shall sign any of the bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon shall thereafter cease to hold office before the bonds are delivered and paid for, the bonds shall nevertheless be valid for all purposes to the same extent as if the official who signed the bonds or whose facsimile signature appears thereon had remained in office until all of the bonds bearing the signature or facsimile thereof shall have been delivered and paid for.
Ala. Code § 9-9-27 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9-27
Section 9-9-27 Viewing and Assessment of Lands by Board of Viewers; Report of Findings
Status: in_force

(a) Within 30 days after qualifying, the board of viewers shall begin its duties, and it may at any time call upon the attorney of the district for legal advice and information relative to its duties. Said viewers shall proceed to view the premises and determine the value of all land and other property within or without the district to be acquired and used for rights-of-way or other works of drainage, leveeing, reclamation, flood prevention or for the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water as set out in the water management plan. They shall assess the amount of benefits and the amount of damages, if any, that will accrue to each tract of 40 acres or less, according to the legal or recognized subdivisions of land according to ownership, to public highways, railroad and other rights-of-way, railroads, roadways and other property from carrying out and putting into effect the plan of water management. The engineer assisting the district or his representative shall accompany the board of viewers while it is viewing the lands of the district. The viewers, in assessing the benefits of lands, public highways, railroad and other rights-of-way, railroads, roadways and other property not traversed by such works and improvements as provided for in the plan of water management, shall not consider what benefits will be derived by such property after improvements or plans other than those incorporated in the plan of water management shall have been constructed, but they shall assess only such benefits as will be derived from the construction of the works of improvement specifically set out in the plan of water management or as the same may afford an outlet for drainage or protection from overflow of such property. The public highways, railroads and other rights-of-way, roadways, railroads and other property shall be assessed according to the increased physical efficiency and decreased maintenance cost of such roadways by reason of the protection to be derived from the proposed works of improvement. The board of viewers shall have no power to alter the plan of water management heretofore provided.

(b) The board of viewers shall prepare a report of its findings, which shall be arranged in tabular form, the columns of which shall be headed as follows: Column 1, “owner of property assessed”; column 2, “description of property assessed”; column 3, “number of acres assessed”; column 4, “amount of benefits assessed”; column 5, “number of acres taken for right-of-way”; column 6, “value of property taken for right-of-way”; and column 7, “damages awarded”; provided, that a mistake in the name of the owner of any lands assessed shall not invalidate the assessment. There shall be set out a description of the land and other property to be required for the right-of-way and for the uses and purposes of the district and the value of each tract or parcel thereof. Said report shall be signed by at least a majority of the board of viewers and filed with the court of probate of the county organizing said water management district.
Ala. Code § 9-13-198 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-198
Section 9-13-198 Assessments, Fees, Etc., Not a Tax
Status: in_force

Assessments, fees, or other charges collected as authorized under authority hereof shall not be considered as a tax within the meaning of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, or any provision of this Code.
Ala. Code § 9-11-23 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-23
Section 9-11-23 Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund
Status: in_force

(a) There is created within the Marine Resources Fund, a special account to be known as the Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund. The assets of the fund shall consist of all of the following:

(1) The proceeds from the sale of the lifetime resident saltwater fishing license and two hundred fifty dollars ($250) of the proceeds from the sale of the combination lifetime freshwater and saltwater fishing, combination lifetime saltwater fishing and hunting, and combination lifetime freshwater and saltwater fishing and hunting licenses, provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 9-11-65.2.

(2) The proceeds of any gifts, grants, and contributions to the state which are specifically designated for inclusion in the fund.

(3) Any other sources as may be specified by law.

(b) The fund shall be administered by the Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund Board of Trustees, which shall consist of the Director of Finance, the Secretary Treasurer of the State Employees’ Retirement System, and the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The board of trustees shall have the power and authority to invest and reinvest the assets of the fund within the guidelines, limitations, and restrictions that govern investment of the State Employees’ Retirement Fund.

(c) The Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund is declared to be a special trust derived from a contractual relationship between the state and the members of the public whose license fees or other contributions accrue to the fund. The following limitations and restrictions are placed on expenditures from the fund:

(1) Any limitations or restrictions specified by donors on the uses of the income derived from gifts, grants, and voluntary contributions shall be respected, but shall not be binding.

(2) Expenditures or disbursements shall not be made from the principal of the fund except as otherwise provided by law.

(d) The income derived annually from the Alabama Marine Resources Endowment Fund shall be credited to the Marine Resources Fund regular accounts and expended as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 9-11-262 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-262
Section 9-11-262 Opening or Closing of Season for Killing of Beaver; Payment of Bounty for Killing of Beaver
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 9-11-173 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-173
Section 9-11-173 Regulation of Seasons, Hours, Etc
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the power to open and close spearfishing of commercial or nongame fish on any and all waters of this state or at any time of the day or night by regulation and shall have the power to further regulate or restrict spearfishing if he deems it necessary in the interest of good conservation practices.
Ala. Code § 9-10C-2 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10C / Section 9-10C-2
Section 9-10C-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) ADAPT. The Alabama Drought Assessment and Planning Team as created by this chapter.

(2) ADECA. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

(3) ADCNR COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(4) ADEM DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

(5) AEMA DIRECTOR. The Director of the Alabama Emergency Management Agency.

(6) ALABAMA ADJUTANT GENERAL. The Commanding General of the Alabama National Guard.

(7) AGI COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries.

(8) COMMUNITY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. A public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.

(9) DROUGHT CONSERVATION PLAN. A written plan that addresses graduated drought response procedures with implementation of specific measures based on drought severity. The drought conservation plan may be a separate plan or a component of a broader emergency response plan.

(10) DROUGHT DECLARATION. A written summary, issued by OWR, containing a description of drought conditions throughout the state.

(11) DROUGHT EMERGENCY. A written declaration by the Governor that drought conditions in all or any part of the state are of such severity that public health or safety is threatened.

(12) DROUGHT MONITOR. The assessment of drought conditions throughout the United States published weekly by the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) on the “drought.gov” domain or its successor.

(13) EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN. A written emergency response plan.

(14) MIG. The Monitoring and Impact Group Subcommittee of ADAPT as created by this chapter.

(15) MIG CHAIR. The Chair of the Monitoring and Impact Group Subcommittee as created by this chapter.

(16) OFFICE OF WATER RESOURCES DIVISION DIRECTOR. The Division Director of the Office of Water Resources.

(17) OFFICE OF WATER RESOURCES or OWR. The Alabama Office of Water Resources, a division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

(18) STATE CLIMATOLOGIST. The State Climatologist of Alabama as appointed by the Governor and qualified to meet the roles and standards established by the American Association of State Climatologists as a Recognized State Climate Office.

(19) STATE FORESTER. The Director of the Alabama Forestry Commission.

(20) STATE GEOLOGIST. The Director of the Geological Survey of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 9-7A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7A / Section 9-7A-4
Section 9-7A-4 Applicants Required to Assume Post-Completion Cost of Maintenance, Etc
Status: in_force

All applicants shall agree to assume after completion of the project, the total cost of maintenance, repair and operation of the property.
Ala. Code § 9-15-48 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-48
Section 9-15-48 Claims of Title to Swamp and Overflowed Lands
Status: in_force

All persons claiming title to any swamp and overflowed lands in this state under any alleged purchase or through any chain of title may submit their claims to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources together with such evidence of purchase or claim, whereupon the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have such claim examined and investigated as he may see fit; and, if it is found that the state has parted with its title to such lands in a legal and effective way, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall so determine and shall certify same to the Governor and the State Department of Mental Health; but, if the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall determine that the state has not parted with its title to such lands in a legal or effective way but that equity and justice shall be better served by a settlement with the claimant, he is hereby empowered to settle and adjust such title upon such terms as he may consider just and proper. Upon such adjustment he shall certify such adjustment to the Governor and the State Department of Mental Health, and the Governor shall cause a patent to be issued to the claimant, under the seal of the state, to the lands covered by such certificate, and such patent shall vest a fee simple title in the grantee named in such patent.
Ala. Code § 9-11-40 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-40
Section 9-11-40 Special Agents for Issuing Hunting and Fishing Licenses - Bond of Agents to Be Payable to Judge of Probate or License Commissioner
Status: in_force

The indemnity bond referred to in Section 9-11-39 shall be made payable to the judge of probate or license commissioner to protect him for the licenses he issues to the special agent. The principal of said bond shall be the special agent.
Ala. Code § 9-12-201 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-201
Section 9-12-201 Who May Engage in Business of Propagating Alligators
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation may engage in the business of propagating alligators on an alligator farm for restocking, propagation, and other commercial purposes by complying with the provisions of this article, and may thereafter sell either live alligators to other licensed alligator farmers only, or the parts or skins of such farm-raised alligators to any person, for any purpose, including sale for food, either within or without this state.
Ala. Code § 9-13-182 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-182
Section 9-13-182 Participation by County Commissions in Fire Protection Program of State Forestry Commission - Assessments Against Owners of Forestlands for Costs - Authorized; Limitations
Status: in_force

Any county commission which provides forest fire protection to the persons and property of its county by participating in the State Forestry Commission’s fire protection program may in the manner specified in this division assess the whole or any part of the cost of such fire protection program, not in excess of $.05 per acre, to the owners of forestland in the county; provided, that such assessment is not greater than the benefit accruing to such forestland due to the availability of such fire protection.
Ala. Code § 9-17-122 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-122
Section 9-17-122 Installation of Heaters - Used Manufactured Homes
Status: in_force

The following LP-gas room heaters may be installed in a used manufactured home as follows:

LP-gas listed vented room heaters equipped with a 100 percent safety pilot and a vent spill switch or LP-gas listed unvented room heaters equipped with factory equipped oxygen depletion safety shut-off systems may be installed in a used stationary manufactured home (mobile home) but not in sleeping quarters or bathrooms in the manufactured home (mobile home) when the installation of the heater is not prohibited by the appliance manufacturer and when the input rating of the room heater does not exceed 20 BTU per hour per cubic foot of space and combustion and ventilation air is provided as specified in the National Fuel Gas Code, NFPA 54, as adopted by the board. All room heaters installed pursuant to this section shall be securely anchored to the wall or floor.
Ala. Code § 9-11-325 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-325
Section 9-11-325 Condition in Permits to Allow Inspections; Notice of and Abatement of Violations
Status: in_force

Each permit issued under this article shall include a condition authorizing anyone designated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to enforce this article to enter upon and inspect the facilities where the wildlife covered by such permit is held in captivity. If the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or his designee uncovers a violation, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall give reasonable time and adequate notice, as he so determines, to the permittee to allow him to abate the violation. If, upon the expiration of such time, the violation has not been abated, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may cause an action to be brought in the appropriate court to abate such violation.
Ala. Code § 9-12-211 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-211
Section 9-12-211 Taking or Possession of Alligators, Eggs, Parts or Skins Prohibited Except as Provided; Applicability of Section; Penalty
Status: in_force

No person shall take or possess the eggs of alligators, alligators, or their parts or skins in any county of this state except as provided for in this article, and the provisions of this section shall not apply to legal finished products, alligators or parts thereof legally acquired prior to May 17, 1989, or alligators harvested or collected under a permit from the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Violation of this section is a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 9-9-36 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9-36
Section 9-9-36 Payment of Tax to District Treasurer - Failure Deemed Consent to Issuance of Bonds and Waiver of Defenses
Status: in_force

Each and every person owning land in the district who shall fail to pay to the district treasurer the full amount for which his land is liable, as aforesaid, within the time above specified shall be deemed as consenting to the issuance of water management bonds; and, in consideration of the right to pay his proportion in installments, he thereby waives his right of defense to the payment of any tax which may be levied for the payment of bonds because of any irregularity, illegality or defect in the prior proceedings except in case of an appeal as provided in this article, which is not affected by this waiver.
Ala. Code § 9-11-197 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-197
Section 9-11-197 Taking of Fish from Baskets, Etc., by Unlicensed Persons
Status: in_force

It shall be illegal for any person to raise, inspect or take fish from any wire basket that may be legalized under the provisions of this article unless such person shall hold in his name and have in his possession the license for the particular basket he is raising, inspecting or from which he is taking fish. Nothing in this section shall prevent the raising of such baskets for inspection by any officer, agent or employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Ala. Code § 9-14-7 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14 / Section 9-14-7
Section 9-14-7 Maintenance of Monte Sano State Park
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other laws, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is prohibited from selling, trading, or rearranging any lands within the boundaries of Monte Sano State Park in Madison County, Alabama.

(b) It is the intent of subsection (a) to preserve at a minimum the current geographical size and location of Monte Sano State Park. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may expand the geographical size and location of Monte Sano State Park, and may grant easements, permits, licenses, and rights-of-way at its discretion within the boundaries of the park.
Ala. Code § 9-3-10.2 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-10.2
Section 9-3-10.2 Rural Logging Efficiency Act of 2023
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Rural Logging Efficiency Act of 2023.

(b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The forest product manufacturing sector is a large contributor to the state’s economy.

(2) In order to have a successful forest product manufacturing sector, it is imperative that the supply chain for forest raw materials be as competitive and efficient as possible.

(3) Logging companies are a vital link of the forest supply chain system and it is critical for the state’s economy that these companies have every opportunity to be successful.

(4) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a stable funding source for the following:

a. Maintaining, repairing, replacing, and constructing public rural bridges that may not qualify for funding through traditional funding formulas used by the state and counties to distribute revenue generated by fuel taxes.

b. Researching and implementing technologies that enhance forest product harvesting and transportation efficiencies.

c. Providing grants to support logging workforce development.

(c) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings:

(1) FOREST PRODUCTS. Any material harvested from a forest or generated by the manufacture of a finished product using materials harvested from a forest, including, but not limited to, logs, pulpwood, chips, poles, veneer, and stumps.

(2) RURAL AREA. Any incorporated area within the state with a population of 2,500 inhabitants or fewer according to the most recent federal census or any unincorporated area within the state.

(3) RURAL BRIDGE. A load restricted public bridge located in a rural area and posted to limit commercial or school bus traffic.

(d) The Alabama Forestry Commission shall do all of the following:

(1) Adopt rules to implement and administer this section.

(2) Ensure that grants provided for the purposes described in subsection (e) are provided in a manner that does not discriminate based on gender, race, or disability status of the applicant.

(3) Ensure that all grant applicants are residents of the State of Alabama.

(4) Ensure that all revenues deposited in the Logging Efficiency Grant Fund created under subsection (e) are used as follows:

a. Five percent to be retained by the Alabama Forestry Commission for administrative purposes.

b. Ten percent to fund grants that support logging workforce development and advance research and implementation of technologies that improve forest product harvesting and transportation efficiencies.

c. Eighty-five percent to fund grants to county commissions to maintain, repair, replace, and construct public rural bridges. Grants will be prioritized based on the county commission’s application setting forth the amount of matching contributions provided to the project and the rural economic impact of the project, with emphasis placed on forest product production.

(5) Create an advisory committee to assist with prioritizing the project grant applications. The advisory committee shall include representatives of county government and the forest products industry.

(6) Coordinate its appointments to the advisory committee to assure that the committee membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural and economic diversity of the state.

(e)(1) There is created a fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Logging Efficiency Grant Fund. The fund shall consist of all of the following:

a. Revenue sources as directed by, and at the discretion of, the Legislature.

b. All grants, gifts, bequests, or donations made to the fund from any source whatsoever.

c. Appropriations as directed by, and at the discretion of, the Legislature.

d. Any other lawful source.

(2) Monies in the fund shall be used and expended by the Alabama Forestry Commission in accordance with subsection (d).

(3) No monies shall be withdrawn or expended from the fund for any purpose unless the monies have been appropriated by the Legislature and allocated pursuant to this section. Any monies appropriated shall be budgeted and allotted pursuant to the Budget Management Act in accordance with Article 4, commencing with Section 41-4-80 of Chapter 4 of Title 41, and only in the amounts provided by the Legislature in the general appropriations act or other appropriations act.
Ala. Code § 9-12-85 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-85
Section 9-12-85 Affidavits of Applicants for Licenses for Boats or Vessels
Status: in_force

When application is made for a license for any boat or vessel which is not enrolled in the customhouse of the United States, other than skiffs or vessels of one ton burden or less, the applicant for such license shall make an affidavit as to the tonnage of said boat or vessel before some officer authorized to administer oaths, which affidavit shall be attached to his application for a license. For this purpose any member of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Director, Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and all inspectors are authorized to administer the necessary oath for said affidavit. It shall be the duty of the Director, Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to verify the said affidavit by having the measurement of said boat taken when he shall be of the opinion that any boat is not paying a proper license fee.
Ala. Code § 9-5-3 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 5 / Section 9-5-3
Section 9-5-3 Powers and Duties Generally; Public Hearings; Implementation of Recommendations
Status: in_force

The major function of the Minerals Resource Management Committee is to maximize the income realized by the state from oil, gas and other mineral resources owned by the state. In order to fulfill this function, the Minerals Resource Management Committee is hereby empowered and authorized to coordinate the activities of all state departments and agencies, but particularly the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the State Oil and Gas Board relating to the development of the mineral resources owned by the state. All such state departments and agencies shall cooperate fully with the committee in providing information requested by the committee. The Minerals Resource Management Committee shall, from time to time, hold public hearings when the chairman deems it in the public interest to do so. All recommendations made by the Minerals Resource Management Committee and approved by the Governor shall be implemented within the period of time prescribed by such recommendations as long as they are consistent with existing laws and statutes of the state.
Ala. Code § 9-11-37 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-37
Section 9-11-37 Issuance of Licenses Generally - Issuance Fee; Reports
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a $1.00 issuance fee for all licenses sold by the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which shall be in addition to the prescribed cost of such licenses. In counties where the probate judge or issuing officer is on the fee system, the issuing fee shall be retained by the probate judge or issuing officer, and in counties where the probate judge or issuing officer is on a salary basis, the fee shall be paid by him into the county treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund. It shall be unlawful to charge any amount that is in excess of the fee provided herein; and, if any probate judge, license commissioner, special agent or other person authorized to issue such licenses does so, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $25.00 for each offense.

(b) The balance of such fees shall be remitted to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on the first of each month, which balance shall be covered into the Treasury to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund of the department.

(c) Said judges of probate and all other duly authorized and designated persons shall report to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on the first day of each month the number and kind of licenses issued and the name and post-office address of the person or persons to whom issued, giving opposite each name the serial number of the license so issued.
Ala. Code § 9-9-25 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9-25
Section 9-9-25 Correction of Errors in or Amendments to Water Management Plan
Status: in_force

The board of water management commissioners may correct errors in or amend the plan of water management at any time upon the recommendation or concurrence of competent technicians when it appears that the purpose for which the district is organized may thereby be more effectively and economically accomplished; provided, that after assessments of benefits have been confirmed by the court, no such amendment to plans shall be effective until approved by the court having jurisdiction of the district after a hearing, for which notice shall be given as in the case of the assessments of benefits, at which hearing all parties whose property has been assessed for benefits or may be damaged or taken by reason of such amendment shall have opportunity to be heard. When any amendment to the plan is approved by the court, the benefits and damages resulting from such amendment shall be determined at the same hearing.
Ala. Code § 9-14-26 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14 / Section 9-14-26
Section 9-14-26 Cancellation of Contracts
Status: in_force

No concession contract awarded may be cancelled except as provided for therein.
Ala. Code § 9-11-17 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-17
Section 9-11-17 Deputy Game and Fish Wardens; Appointment; Duties; Authority; Revocation of Appointment; Compensation and Status
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-201 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 9-13-120 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-120
Section 9-13-120 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) PERSON. An individual, partnership, corporation, company, society or association.

(2) FOREST TREES. Only those trees which are a part of and constitute a stand of potential, immature or mature commercial timber trees; provided, however, that such term shall be deemed to include shade trees of any species around houses, along highways and within cities and towns if the same constitute an insect or disease menace to nearby timber trees or timber stands.

(3) FORESTLAND. Land on which forest trees occur.

(4) CONTROL ZONE. An area of potential or actual infestation or infection, the boundaries of which are fixed and clearly described in a manner definitely identifying the zone.

(5) INFESTATION. Infestation by means of any insect which is dangerously injurious to forest trees; such term shall mean infection by any disease affecting forest trees which is dangerously injurious to same.
Ala. Code § 9-2-22 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-22
Section 9-2-22 Game and Fish Fund - Disbursement
Status: in_force

The said fund hereby created shall be used and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance of the preservation, protection, propagation and development of wild birds, wild fur-bearing animals, game, fish and all other species of wildlife within the state or within the territorial jurisdiction of the state which have not been reduced to private ownership and, when so expended, shall be paid out on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and charged to said fund. All necessary expenses of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, including its pro rata portion of the administrative expense of said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall likewise be paid out of said fund on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; provided, that no funds shall be withdrawn nor expended for any purpose whatsoever unless the same shall have been allotted and budgeted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of this code and only in the amounts and for the purposes provided by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill.
Ala. Code § 9-12-24 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-24
Section 9-12-24 Authority and Procedure for Leasing of Bottoms in Natural Oyster Reefs; Cancellation and Forfeiture of Leases; Disposition of Proceeds from Leases
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers heretofore enumerated, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have power to lease to any citizen of Alabama or firm or corporation organized under the laws of this state and doing business within its limits, for the purpose of oyster culture, any bottom of the waters of the state in a natural oyster bed or reef in such areas and at such prices and under such conditions as he may determine. Such persons, firms or corporations desiring to avail themselves of the privileges of leasing oyster bottoms shall make application in writing to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, whereupon a competent surveyor, selected by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources at the expense of the applicant, shall stake off the parcel to be leased, forwarding a description thereof to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall thereupon sign and issue to said applicant a lease thereon, upon the payment in advance of the rental or lease price, which shall likewise be paid in advance at the beginning of each rental year thereafter during the continuation of the lease. The failure to pay the rental price or to plant less than the number of barrels upon the leased land agreed to or the failure to conform to any conditions of the lease shall ipso facto cancel said lease and shall forfeit to the state the leased bottoms. All funds derived through the leasing of oyster bottoms shall be paid into the Seafoods Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Ala. Code § 9-11-349 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-349
Section 9-11-349 Records of Licensees; Inspection of Records and Premises of Licensees
Status: in_force

Each person, firm or corporation holding a commercial quail breeder’s license shall keep permanent records in a suitable, permanently bound book of all bird carcasses sold, to whom sold, the date of the sale, the address of the vendee or consignee and the number of carcasses sold, which records, as well as the premises of such licensed breeder, shall be subject to examination and inspection by any agent of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or by any peace officer, without the issuance of any warrant, upon displaying his credentials of authority to such breeder.
Ala. Code § 9-10-2 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10 / Section 9-10-2
Section 9-10-2 County Resolutions Declaring Need for Incorporation of State Water Conservation and Irrigation Agency, Etc.; Membership of Corporation; Composition of Board of Directors; Qualifications, Election and Terms of Office of Board Members
Status: in_force

The organization and establishment of the agency shall be as follows:

(1) The county commission of any county or counties lying within the State of Alabama which may elect to come within the provisions of this article shall indicate its desire to participate therein by the adoption of an appropriate resolution declaring the need for the incorporation of a water conservation and irrigation agency, stating its intention to give financial assistance to projects of such agency and stating its desire to become a part thereof.

(2) Membership of the corporation shall consist of title holders to the land irrigated or proposed to be irrigated within the boundaries of the irrigation district or districts to be established, and such member water users shall elect by majority vote a board of directors to be composed of nine members. Members of the board of directors shall be selected from persons residing in and holding title to lands located within the irrigation district or districts or areas proposed for irrigation and who are persons active in municipal, industrial, agricultural, commercial or citizen organizations engaged in promoting comprehensive and unified development of the resources of the State of Alabama as a basis for its general economic growth. Three such members shall be elected for terms of two years, three for terms of four years and three for terms of six years. Thereafter all members shall be elected for terms of six years, but in all events such members shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. Board members shall be eligible to succeed themselves.
Ala. Code § 9-13-163 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-163
Section 9-13-163 Special Annual Tax for Forest Protection - Assessment and Levy of Tax Upon Petition of Freeholders in Forest Protection Areas
Status: in_force

For the purpose of receiving the financial and supervisory cooperation of the State Forestry Commission of the State of Alabama in forest protection, the county commission is required to make, assess and levy a special annual tax upon all said lands in the county, or any definitely described portion thereof, immediately upon receipt of a petition so requesting, signed by a majority of the freeholders of the county, or any definitely described portion thereof, said area to be known as a forest protection area.
Ala. Code § 9-16-94 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 16 / Section 9-16-94
Section 9-16-94 Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) Any permittee or operator who violates any permit condition or who violates any other provision of this article, may be assessed a civil penalty by the regulatory authority, except that if such violation leads to the issuance of a cessation order under Section 9-16-93, the civil penalty shall be assessed. Such penalty shall not exceed $5,000.00 for each violation. Each day of continuing violation may be deemed a separate violation for purposes of penalty assessments. In determining the amount of the penalty, consideration shall be given to the permittee’s history of previous violations at the particular surface coal mining operations; the seriousness of the violation, including any irreparable harm to the environment and any hazard to the health or safety of the public; whether the permittee was negligent; and the demonstrated good faith of the permittee charged in attempting to achieve rapid compliance after notification of the violation.

(b) A civil penalty shall be assessed by the regulatory authority only after the person charged with a violation described under subsection (a) of this section has been given an opportunity for a public hearing before a hearing officer pursuant to Sections 9-16-78 and 9-16-79. Where such a public hearing has been held, the hearing officer shall make findings of fact, and he shall issue a written decision as to the occurrence of the violation and the amount of the penalty which is warranted, incorporating, when appropriate, an order therein requiring that the penalty be paid. When appropriate, the hearing officer shall consolidate such hearings with other proceedings under Section 9-16-93 of this article. Where the person charged with such a violation fails to avail himself of the opportunity for a public hearing, a civil penalty shall be assessed by the regulatory authority after the regulatory authority has determined that a violation did occur, and the amount of the penalty which is warranted, and has issued an order requiring that the penalty be paid.

(c) Upon the issuance of a notice or order charging that a violation of the article has occurred, the regulatory authority shall inform the operator within 30 days of the proposed amount of said penalty. The person charged with the penalty shall then have 30 days to pay the proposed penalty in full or, if the person wishes to contest either the amount of the penalty or the fact of the violation, forward the proposed amount to the regulatory authority for placement in an escrow account. If through administrative or judicial review of the proposed penalty, it is determined that no violation occurred, or that the amount of the penalty should be reduced, the regulatory authority shall within 30 days remit the appropriate amount to the person, with interest at the rate of six percent, or at the prevailing Department of the Treasury rate, whichever is greater. Failure to forward the money to the regulatory authority within 30 days shall result in a waiver of all legal rights to contest the violation or the amount of the penalty.

(d) Civil penalties owed under this article may be recovered in a civil action brought by the Attorney General at the request of the regulatory authority in any appropriate circuit court of this state.

(e) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates a condition of a permit issued pursuant to this article or fails or refuses to comply with any order issued under Section 9-16-79 or Section 9-16-93 of this article or any order incorporated in a final decision issued by the regulatory authority under this article, except an order incorporated in a decision issued under subsection (b) of this section, shall, upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both. Any person who willfully and knowingly engages in surface coal mining operations without a license and permit as required by this article shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 per day for each and every day during which such violation continues, and shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or both. In addition to any criminal penalty issued hereunder any person who affects land in violation of this subsection shall be required to post a bond in accordance with that of Section 9-16-89 and to reclaim the affected land.

(f) Whenever a corporate permittee violates a condition of a permit issued pursuant to this article or fails or refuses to comply with any order issued under Section 9-16-93 of this article, or any order incorporated in a final decision issued by the regulatory authority under this article except an order incorporated in a decision issued under subsection (b) of this section, any director, officer, or agent of such corporation who willfully and knowingly authorized, ordered, or carried out such violation, failure, or refusal shall be subject to the same civil penalties, fines, and imprisonment that may be imposed upon a person under subsections (a) and (e) of this section.

(g) Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or certification, or knowingly fails to make any statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this article or any order or decision issued by the regulatory authority under this article, shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or by imprisonment for not more than one year or both.

(h) Any operator who fails to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued under Section 9-16-93 within the period permitted for its correction (which period shall not end until the entry of a final order or the conclusion of the appeals process), shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than $750.00 for each day during which such failure or violation continues, but not to exceed 30 days.

(i) Any operator who forfeits his bond for willful failure to reclaim the affected land shall not be issued a new permit for any operation in which he owns any interest until he has paid to the regulatory authority for deposit to the Alabama Surface Mining Fund the sum equal to the amount of coverage of the forfeited bond. This repayment will not affect the previous bond forfeiture of the operator.

(j) Any person who shall, except as permitted by law, willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the regulatory authority or any of its agents in the performance of duties pursuant to this article shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Ala. Code § 9-1-5 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 1 / Section 9-1-5
Section 9-1-5 Required Methods for Cutting or Uprooting Aquatic Plants in Public Waters; Violations
Status: in_force

(a) Any person engaging in the business of cutting, trimming, severing, or uprooting aquatic plants within public waters, as defined in Section 9-11-80, shall employ commercially reasonable methods to remove any cut, trimmed, severed, or uprooted aquatic plant matter from public waters.

(b) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500), to be remitted to the primary enforcing law enforcement agency.

(c) The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall adopt rules to implement and administer this section, including establishing commercially reasonable methods of removing any cut, trimmed, severed, or uprooted aquatic plant matter from public waters.
Ala. Code § 9-9-42 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9-42
Section 9-9-42 Construction of Improvements Under Water Management Plan - Authority and Procedure for Letting Contracts
Status: in_force

The board of water management commissioners may secure and use men, equipment and materials under the supervision of the water management engineer to construct, excavate and complete all or any of the works of improvements which may be needed to carry out the plan of water management, or it may, in its discretion, let contracts therefor, either as a whole or in part. The board of commissioners shall fix the time and place of letting contracts for the construction of the improvements and cause notice thereof, containing a description of the work to be let, to be made by publication in three consecutive issues of some weekly newspaper (if such there be) of general circulation published in the county in which the district is organized and by at least one insertion in some contractor’s or trade journal and by such additional publication elsewhere as the board of water management commissioners may deem expedient, the last insertion to be at least 10 days before the day of the letting. On the date appointed for the letting, the board of water management commissioners together with the water management engineer shall convene and let the proposed work either in whole or in sections as they may deem most advantageous for the district. They shall have the right to reject any and all bids and to readvertise the work if in their judgment the interests of the district will be served by so doing. The successful bidder shall be required to enter into contract with the board of commissioners and to execute a bond for the faithful performance of such contract with sufficient sureties in favor of the water management district in an amount not less than 25 percent of the estimated cost of the work awarded to him. The contract shall be based on the plans and specifications submitted by the engineer or other competent authority in the final report as adopted by the board of water management commissioners, the original of which shall remain on file in the office of the court of probate and shall be open to inspection by all prospective bidders. All bids shall be submitted sealed and shall not be opened except under the authority of the board of water management commissioners and on the date and at the hour therefor appointed for opening the bids. In case the water management commissioners are installing the works of improvement with the assistance of some organization or agency, engineering and other assistance necessary in connection with letting contracts or otherwise installing the works of improvement may be furnished by the cooperating organization or agency. In such case, the letting of contracts will be handled in a manner agreeable to both the water management commissioners and the organization or agency involved.
Ala. Code § 9-8-29 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-8-29
Section 9-8-29 Cooperation Between Districts
Status: in_force

The supervisors of any two or more districts organized under the provisions of this article may cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all powers conferred in this article.
Ala. Code § 9-14C-11 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14C / Section 9-14C-11
Section 9-14C-11 Appropriation of Funds
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county or municipality in this state, by resolution duly adopted and recorded, may appropriate to the commission any available public funds not otherwise pledged.
Ala. Code § 9-11-170 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-170
Section 9-11-170 Spearing of Commercial or Nongame Fish for Sport - When, Where and How Permitted; Notice of Competitive Events
Status: in_force

(a) The spearing of commercial or nongame fish solely for the purpose of sport in all waters of this state, both fresh and salt, shall be lawful; provided, that the person engaged in the act of spearing shall be completely submerged. “Commercial or nongame fish” as used in this article shall be limited to those freshwater fish designated as such by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and all species of saltwater fish. “Spearing” as used in this article shall be limited to the use of a spear or similar instrument that is held in the hand of the person using same and the use of a weapon, other than a firearm, which propels or forces a projectile, arrow or similar device therefrom to which a wire, rope, line, cord or other means of recovering the propelled projectile, arrow or similar device is attached and is secured to the weapon or to the person using the weapon.

(b) When a group of individuals shall meet for the purpose of a competitive spearfishing event, notice thereof shall be given to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at least one week prior thereto designating the time, date and place of the event.
Ala. Code § 9-8-2 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-8-2
Section 9-8-2 Establishment Authorized; Receipt of Federal Funds
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees of Auburn University may establish or provide for the establishment of a water resources research institute or center, which is hereby designated as the state agency to accept federal funds appropriated or allocated by Congress to the state for the use of water resources research centers established as envisioned by the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 (codified as 42 U.S.C.A. §1961 et seq.).
Ala. Code § 9-9-11 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9-11
Section 9-9-11 Establishment of District - Filing of Objections to Organization of District; Hearing and Proceedings Upon Petition and Objections; Issuance of Order Declaring Organization of District; Dismissal of Petition and Issuance of Itemized Bill of Costs and Expenses
Status: in_force

(a) Any owner of real property affected by said proposed district who wishes to object to the organization and incorporation of said district shall, on or before 12:00 noon of the day set for the causes to be heard, file his objection in writing stating why such district should not be organized and incorporated. On the day appointed for the hearing, the court shall hear and determine in a summary manner any objection that may be offered to the sufficiency of the petition or to the report of the engineer or plan submitted by petitioners. If it appears that there is any land within the proposed district that is not in the watershed, if the proposed plan includes purposes other than drainage or is not in the benefited area if the proposed plan includes only the drainage purpose, such lands shall be excluded. If it shall be shown that there is any land without the proposed district that is in the floodplain or elsewhere in the watershed and will be benefited by the proposed works of improvement if the proposed plan includes purposes other than drainage, or is in the benefited area if the proposed plan includes only the drainage purpose, the boundaries of the district may be so changed as to include such lands, and such owners of additional lands shall be made parties to the proceedings; and such notice to the owners of such additional lands shall be given by publication as provided in this article, or by personal service, and the hearing shall be continued to a date to be fixed by the court, upon which date the objections, if any, that are filed to the inclusion of additional lands shall be adjudicated, and such additional lands as may be adjudged in the benefited area shall thereupon be included within the proposed district.

(b) If it further appears that the purpose of this article would be subserved by the creation of the proposed water management district, the court shall, after disposing of objections as justice and equity require, by its findings duly entered of record, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction and declare the district organized as a body corporate, giving it a corporate name by which in all proceedings it shall thereafter be known with all the powers of a public corporation, with the powers to sue and to be sued, to incur debts, liabilities and obligations, to exercise the powers of eminent domain for the purpose of securing adequate outlets, floodwater-retarding structure sites and such other rights-of-way as may be necessary within and without the district to carry out the intentions of this article and the right of assessment as provided in this article, to issue bonds and to do and perform all acts expressly authorized and all acts necessary and proper for the carrying out of the purpose for which the district was created and for executing the powers with which it is invested.

(c) If the court at the final hearing shall find against the sufficiency of the petition or the improvement, it shall dismiss the petition and proceedings at the cost of the petitioners and shall issue an itemized bill of all costs and expenses, which itemized statements of costs and expenses shall have the full force and effect of a judgment and constitute a lien upon the lands of the petitioners within said proposed district, which liens shall be of equal dignity with the lien for general state, county, city, village, school and road taxes, and the court shall forthwith order the levying and collection of a uniform acreage tax on all of the lands included in the petition owned by the petitioners for organization to meet the expenses incurred, and such tax shall be due and payable as soon as levied; and, if not paid by December 31 of the year in which it is levied, the same shall become delinquent and shall be turned over to the tax collector of the county in which the lands are located for collection, and the collection of such taxes shall be proceeded with in the same manner as delinquent general state and county taxes.
Ala. Code § 9-18A-4 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 18A / Section 9-18A-4
Section 9-18A-4 State Departments, Officers, Etc., to Cooperate with Board
Status: in_force

All departments, agencies and officers of this state and its political subdivisions are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Southern States Energy Board in the furtherance of any of its activities pursuant to the compact.
Ala. Code § 9-13-248 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-248
Section 9-13-248 Right of Entry
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have power to enter into or upon any place and to open any bundle, package or other container containing or thought to contain ginseng held or maintained in violation of this article or regulations promulgated thereto.
Ala. Code § 9-13-245 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-245
Section 9-13-245 Exportation of Ginseng from Alabama
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who has ginseng in any quantity and wishes to export any amount out of the state may obtain an export permit from the commissioner. To obtain an export permit, the person must maintain accurately kept records of his purchases and sales, be currently registered with the department as a ginseng dealer, and be in compliance with all requirements of this article and regulations promulgated hereto. He shall also present for the purpose of weighing and examination the ginseng to be exposed to the department if requested.

(b) The exportation of ginseng without an export permit is a violation of this article.
Ala. Code § 9-12-67 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-67
Section 9-12-67 Sacking and Tagging Oysters; Penalties
Status: in_force

(a) All oysters taken from public oyster bottoms of the State of Alabama for commercial purposes shall be sacked or placed in containers, in accordance with the most current National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, as adopted by the state Department of Public Health, containing not more than one-quarter Alabama barrel of oysters. Sacks or containers with oysters shall be tagged and identified in accordance with the requirements of the most current National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, as adopted by the state Department of Public Health, prior to leaving the harvest location or oyster management station. The tag shall remain attached to each sack or container until it is emptied or retagged with a certified dealer tag. Sacks or containers shall not be emptied in any proportion prior to reaching the destination where the oysters shall be opened, repacked, or processed. Upon reaching the destination, if less than the entire sack or container is to be opened at one time, the tag shall remain attached until the last oyster is removed. Upon emptying each sack or container or retagging with a certified dealer’s tag, the harvester tag shall immediately be removed and filed or disposed of as required by rule of the state Department of Public Health. Sacks or containers of oysters imported into this state shall be tagged and identified as required by rule of the state Department of Public Health. It shall be unlawful to possess empty sacks or containers with oyster tags attached thereto.

(b) Oysters taken from private lease bottoms or oyster aquaculture sites for commercial purposes may be tagged in individual sacks, containers, or in bulk in accordance with the most current National Shellfish Sanitation Program Guide for the Control of Molluscan Shellfish, as adopted by the state Department of Public Health and rules adopted by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, purchase, or possess oysters in violation of this section and upon conviction, persons, firms, or corporations shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

(d) Tags shall be purchased at a cost of twenty-five cents ($.25) per tag for sacks or containers and one dollar ($1) per tag for bulk tags, plus cost of printing rounded to the nearest five cents, from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Marine Resources, or its duly authorized agents. Receipts shall be deposited to the credit of the Marine Resources Fund and shall be used solely for cultch planting and other oyster management purposes.
Ala. Code § 9-17-137 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-137
Section 9-17-137 Plugging Fees Payable into Fund; Investment and Use of Fund
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the requirements and fees provided for in Section 9-17-24(a), any person desiring, after April 25, 1990, to drill any coalbed methane gas well in this state shall pay to the state a plugging fee of $150.00 respecting each such well desired to be drilled, such plugging fees to be deposited with the State Treasurer in the fund; provided, however, that no plugging fees shall be required to be paid during any time when the unobligated balance of the fund shall exceed the sum of $1,000,000. Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no permit for the drilling of any coalbed methane gas well shall be issued by the board until the fee provided for in this section shall be paid, if due.

(b) The moneys in the fund shall be invested by the State Treasurer of Alabama in the same manner as state funds generally; provided, however, that only 50 percent of all interest and earnings accruing thereon shall be credited to the State General Fund and the remainder shall be credited to the fund; said moneys and the interest and earnings credited to the fund shall be used only for the purposes set forth in this article and for no other purposes, and no portion thereof shall be available for loan to any agency or branch of state government, it being the intent of the Legislature that the fund shall remain intact and inviolate for the purposes set out in this article or until terminated as provided herein.

(c) Moneys in the fund shall be paid out only by warrant of the state Comptroller upon the State Treasurer, upon itemized vouchers executed by the supervisor as provided in Section 9-17-135, and in the event of termination of the fund as provided herein.
Ala. Code § 9-10B-13 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10B / Section 9-10B-13
Section 9-10B-13 Terms of Members of Commission
Status: in_force

The terms of the initial members of the commission shall begin on February 23, 1993 and shall be as follows:

(1) Five of the members appointed by the Governor shall be selected by the Governor to serve for a period of two years;

(2) Four of the members appointed by the Governor shall be selected by the Governor to serve for a period of six years;

(3) Three of the members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor shall be selected by the Lieutenant Governor to serve for a period of four years;

(4) Two of the members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor shall be selected by the Lieutenant Governor to serve for a period of six years;

(5) Three of the members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to serve for a period of four years; and

(6) Two of the members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to serve for a period of six years.
Ala. Code § 9-9-2 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9-2
Section 9-9-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

Whenever used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. Unless otherwise specified, such notice shall consist of publication once in each of three consecutive weeks (three insertions) in some newspaper having general circulation in the county or counties wherein the land in the water management district is located, the last insertion to be made at least 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing of said notice, and it shall not be necessary that the publication shall be made on the same day in each of the three weeks, but not less than 14 days, excluding the day of the first publication, shall intervene between the first publication and the last publication. When a district includes lands in two or more counties, such notice shall be published in each county, and it will be sufficient to set out only the lands in the county in which the notice is published. If there is no newspaper published in the county in which the lands included within a water management district are situated, then such publication shall be made in a newspaper published in an adjoining county. It shall not be necessary for a notice to name the parties interested, and said notice shall have all the force and effect of a summons served personally on those owning lands within the district.

(2) COURT. Unless some other court is specifically designated, such term shall be construed to mean court of probate.

(3) BOARD OF WATER MANAGEMENT COMMISSIONERS or BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. The board of water management commissioners.

(4) VIEWERS. The board of viewers.

(5) PERSON. Any individual, partnership, stock company or corporation.

(6) DISTRICT. Water management district.

(7) SWAMP and OVERFLOWED LANDS. Such terms shall not be construed to apply alone to the present classification of lands under the laws of this state, but shall extend to and include all lands that need drainage or protection from overflow, regardless of former classification.

(8) LANDOWNER. Any property owner who owns partial or full interest in lands in the benefited area or any property owner who owns partial or full interest in over 10 acres of land outside the benefited area within the district.
Ala. Code § 9-11-52 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-52
Section 9-11-52 Dog Trainer’s License
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 9-11-145 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-145
Section 9-11-145 Use of Commercial Fishing Gear in Public Impounded Waters and Navigable Streams - License - Forfeiture
Status: in_force

Upon conviction of any person for the violation of any of the provisions of this article, all licenses held by any such person to fish commercially or operate or use commercial fishing gear in the public impounded waters or navigable streams of this state shall be forfeited for a period of 12 months from the date of conviction.
Ala. Code § 9-12-206 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-206
Section 9-12-206 Alligator Parts Dealer License; Retail and Restaurant License; Fees
Status: in_force

(a) Each alligator parts dealer shall secure an alligator parts dealer license from the department before commencing business. The license shall be secured annually and shall be furnished upon the payment of $100.00.

(b) Each retailer selling canned alligator parts or purchasing alligator parts, and each restaurant selling prepared alligator meat for human consumption shall secure a license from the department before commencing business. The license shall be secured annually and shall be furnished upon payment of $5.00.
Ala. Code § 9-8A-9 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8A / Section 9-8A-9
Section 9-8A-9 Cost-Share Grant Processing Procedures
Status: in_force

Applicants for cost-share grants for soil and water conservation practices shall complete and submit an application for allocated funds as described herein to the soil and water conservation district office located in their counties. Assistance in completing the form shall be made available from technical personnel of the soil and water conservation district office. Applicants shall specify the anticipated total cost of the practice to be implemented and the percentage, if any, of such cost which the applicant proposes to bear, which percentage shall not be less than the minimum specified by the commission for cost-share grants to assist in implementation of the particular practice.

Applications for allocated funds which are denied by the soil and water conservation district supervisors shall be retained in the district to the end of the program year. Written notification of the denial shall be provided to the applicant along with the reason(s) that the application was denied. Application denial as used herein refers to those applications which cannot be approved for reasons other than lack of allocated funds.

Those applications that meet the eligibility requirements will be given initial approval by the soil and water conservation district. The applications that have received initial approval by the district shall be evaluated under the priority system adopted by the district for disbursement of allocated funds. The high priority applications that can possibly be funded by the district’s allocated funds will be identified, and successful applicants may be requested to provide such additional information as the supervisors may specify in order to assist the district supervisors in determining proper priority of the various applications.

Upon receipt of such additional information as may be requested, the soil and water conservation district supervisor, in accordance with guidelines developed by the commission, may give the application final approval and obligate allocated funds for the project in the amount of the project cost estimate identified on the application. Following approval of an application, the district supervisor may obligate allocated funds for the project or, as appropriate, secure obligation of funds from the commission for the amount of the project cost estimate identified on the application. In those cases where funds are not available, the application will be held by the soil and water conservation district until allocated funds become available or until the end of the program year. Upon obligation of allocated funds the soil and water conservation district shall notify the applicant.

An application may be withdrawn by the applicant at any time prior to receipt of cost-share grant by notifying the district in writing that withdrawal is desired. Applications withdrawn by the applicant shall be retained in the records of the district until the end of the program year.

A case file shall be assembled and maintained for each application approved. The file will contain the approved application for allocated funds, any amendment to application for allocated funds; a copy of the estimated cost sheet; certification of practice quantities and cost, voucher and bills or receipts; receipt of payment, maintenance agreement, or performance agreement; a map and legal description locating the practice. Case files shall be filed by program year.

The commission shall establish the minimum cost-share grant from year to year that may be made under the program and the maximum cost-share grant that an eligible person may receive under the program in any one program year. There shall be no limit to the number of cost-share grants an applicant can receive.
Ala. Code § 9-11-149 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-149
Section 9-11-149 Use of Fishing Gear Within One-Half Mile Below Lock or Dam
Status: in_force

The use of the commercial fishing gear as designated in this article shall not be permitted within one-half mile below any lock or dam on any waters to which this article applies.
Ala. Code § 9-15-9 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-9
Section 9-15-9 Preparation and Disposition of Records Showing Ownership, General Character, Disposition, Etc., of Used and Unused Lands
Status: in_force

Upon the filing of the list required to be filed by Section 9-15-8, the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall cause a record to be compiled, which record shall list by counties all lands owned or held in trust by an institution or department of the State of Alabama, as shown by lists mentioned in Section 9-15-8. Such record shall also show the ownership of such lands and whether or not the same are used or unused lands, as defined in Section 9-15-1, and said record shall further show the general character of such land, that is, whether chiefly valuable for agricultural, mining, timber culture or other use and the use to which the same is being put. If at any future time any of the said lands shall be leased or sold or otherwise disposed of, or should unused lands become used lands or used lands become unused lands, such facts and circumstances shall be noted on said record and any other pertinent facts with relation to said lands shall be noted on said record to the end that a complete and current inventory of all state lands shall be available at all times. Such data shall be made on proper record books and shall be preserved by the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Ala. Code § 9-2-14 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-14
Section 9-2-14 Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources - Created; Composition; Qualifications, Appointment, Terms of Office, and Compensation of Members; Residency Requirements; Meetings; Record of Meetings and Proceedings; Transitional Members
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be an Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources. The board shall consist of the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Director of the Agricultural Extension System ex officio, and 10 other members to be appointed by the Governor, one of whom the Governor shall designate as chair of the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources. The appointed members of the board shall be selected with special reference to training and experience along one or more of the principal lines of activity vested in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The term of office of each appointed member of the board shall be six years. Of members first appointed, however, two members shall be appointed for two years, three members shall be appointed for four years, two members shall be appointed for five years and three members shall be appointed for six years. The members of the board shall receive no salary or compensation as members of the board, but shall be reimbursed for expenses of travel, meals, and lodging while in the performance of their duties as members of the board, pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36.

(b) After July 1, 1998, the members of the advisory board appointed by the Governor shall be appointed so that one member of the board is a resident of each congressional district as the districts are constituted on January 1, 1998, and no more than two members are residents of the same congressional district. If a member appointed from a congressional district ceases to be a resident of the district from which appointed, the member shall vacate his or her office. This subsection shall not affect the term or reappointment of any current member of the board.

(c) The board shall hold semiannual regular meetings at the time and place designated by the chair of the board or the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. The chair of the board or the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may call special meetings as may be necessary.

(d) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be ex officio secretary of the board and shall keep minutes of all meetings and a record of all proceedings of the board. The commissioner shall receive no additional compensation for the services.

(e) On a transitional basis, one additional transitional member of the Advisory Board of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be appointed by the Governor from each congressional district as constituted on January 1, 1998, which is not currently represented on the board. A transitional member shall serve a term of six years or until a permanent member of the advisory board is appointed to represent the congressional district where the transitional member resides. A transitional member may be appointed a permanent member to a full term of office. Transitional members of the board shall have the same powers, rights, and duties, and shall be reimbursed for expenses as other members of the advisory board during their service on the board.
Ala. Code § 9-10C-10 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10C / Section 9-10C-10
Section 9-10C-10 Rulemaking Authority
Status: in_force

The Office of Water Resources may promulgate and adopt rules consistent with the objectives of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 9-2-61 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-61
Section 9-2-61 Appointment of Director; Powers and Duties of Division Generally
Status: in_force

The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall be a division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. He shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor. The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall have the personnel, powers, properties, functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which pertain to the game and fish of the State of Alabama and such personnel, duties, powers, functions and properties as may be hereafter conferred by law.
Ala. Code § 9-15-50 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-50
Section 9-15-50 Corrections of Errors in Records Pertaining to School or Swamp and Overflowed Lands - File of Proof Submitted
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall maintain a file in his office where he shall keep copies of the proof submitted for the correction of errors or mistakes as provided for in this article.
Ala. Code § 9-6-2 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6 / Section 9-6-2
Section 9-6-2 Definitions
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases used in this chapter and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof shall, in the absence of clear implication in this chapter otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations:

(1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the Governor in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-6-4.

(2) AREA OF OPERATION. The area specified in the certificate of incorporation of the authority, within which the authority is empowered to carry on its business and activities under this chapter.

(3) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(4) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority.

(5) BONDS. Such term shall include bonds, notes, debentures and certificates representing an obligation to pay money.

(6) COUNTY. Any county in this state or in contiguous states.

(7) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of an authority.

(8) INCORPORATORS. The persons who form a public corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(9) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town which is incorporated.

(10) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, such term includes a public or private corporation, a municipality, a county or an agency, department or instrumentality of a state or of a county or municipality.

(11) PROPERTY. Such term shall include real, personal and mixed property and interests therein.
Ala. Code § 9-14B-1 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14B / Section 9-14B-1
Section 9-14B-1 Legislative Findings and Purpose
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
Ala. Code § 9-14A-16 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14A / Section 9-14A-16
Section 9-14A-16 Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid amendment and this chapter, the corporations may, at any time and from time to time, issue for the state refunding bonds of the state for the purpose of refunding any or all of the bonds authorized by the aforesaid amendment then outstanding, including any refunding bonds that may have been previously issued, whether such refunding shall occur before, at or after the maturity of the bonds to be refunded. In the discretion of the corporations, refunding bonds may be issued in exchange for such outstanding bonds or they may be sold and the proceeds thereof applied to the purchase, redemption or payment of such outstanding bonds. Refunding bonds to be issued in exchange for such outstanding bonds shall not be issued in a principal amount greater than the principal amount of the bonds to be refunded. Refunding bonds to be sold pursuant hereto may be issued in such principal amount or amounts as shall be determined by said corporations. Pending the application of the proceeds of refunding bonds issued in accordance with this section, such proceeds, together with investment income therefrom, and moneys in any sinking fund for the bonds to be refunded, together with investment income therefrom, may be held by the State Treasurer, in trust, or may be deposited by the State Treasurer, in trust, on such terms as the Director of Finance shall approve, with one or more trustees or escrow agents which trustees or escrow agents shall be trust companies or national or state banks having powers of a trust company within or without the state, for investment in direct general obligations of, or obligations the payment of the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by, the United States of America. The proceeds of refunding bonds, together with the investment income therefrom, and moneys in any sinking fund for the bonds to be refunded, together with investment income therefrom, shall be available for the payment of all or any part of the principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, of the bonds to be refunded and of such refunding bonds, or any of them, as the said corporation in its discretion shall prescribe. Proceeds of refunding bonds shall be so invested and applied as to assure that the principal, interest, and redemption premium, if any, on the bonds to be refunded thereby shall be paid in full on their respective maturity, interest, or redemption payment dates. The State Treasurer, with the approval of the Director of Finance, may contract with respect to the safekeeping and application of proceeds derived from the sale and issuance of refunding bonds and other funds included therewith and the income therefrom, including the right to appoint a trustee which may be any trust company or national or state bank having powers of a trust company within or without the state. As provided in the amendment, refunding bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be obligations of the corporations, but shall be general obligations of the State of Alabama, and the full faith and credit and taxing power of the state are hereby irrevocably pledged for the prompt and faithful payment of the principal of all refunding bonds and the interest and redemption premium, if any, thereon. Except as herein expressly provided otherwise, all provisions of this chapter regarding the terms and conditions of the bonds to be issued pursuant to Section 9-14A-2, as well as the sale, issuance, and execution thereof and the security therefor, shall apply to all refunding bonds issued hereunder provided, however, that no refunding bonds shall be issued unless the present value of all debt service on the refunding bonds, computed with a discount rate equal to the true interest rate of the refunding bonds and taking into account all underwriting discount and other issuance expenses, shall not be greater than 95 percent of the present value of all debt service on the bonds to be refunded, computed using the same discount rate and taking into account the underwriting discount and other issuance expenses originally applicable to such funds, determined as if such bonds to be refunded were paid and retired in accordance with the schedule of maturities, considering mandatory redemption as a scheduled maturity, provided at the time of their issuance. Provided further that the average maturity of the refunding bonds, as measured from the date of issuance of such refunding bonds, shall not exceed by more than three years the average maturity of the bonds to be refunded, as also measured from such date of issuance, with the average maturity of any principal amount of bonds to be determined by multiplying the principal of each maturity by the number of years, including any fractional part of a year, intervening between such date of issuance and each such maturity, taking the sum of all such products, and then dividing such sum by the aggregate principal amount of bonds for which the average maturity is to be determined.
Ala. Code § 9-12-54.4 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-54.4
Section 9-12-54.4 Catching, Etc., of Bait; Restrictions
Status: in_force

Licensed live saltwater bait catcher boats may, except as otherwise provided by law or regulation, take or catch, or attempt to take or catch, bait shrimp of any size and other saltwater species of bait in waters of the state under the jurisdiction of the Marine Resources Division as defined by rule of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources not permanently closed to shrimping. Licensed live saltwater bait catchers may take or catch, or attempt to take or catch, live saltwater bait from 4:00 o’clock a.m. until 10:00 o’clock p.m. in areas temporarily closed to commercial shrimping, except as otherwise provided by law or regulation. In an area temporarily closed to commercial shrimping or in an area designated as an exclusive bait area, live saltwater bait may not be taken with any seine or trawl having a width greater than 16 feet as measured at the cork line or main top line. Lengths and widths of leadlines or footropes and trawl boards may be set by regulation. Dead shrimp must be packaged and sold with head attached in lots of no more than five pounds. The holder of a live saltwater bait license may have in his or her possession pursuant to such license not more than two standard shrimp baskets (measuring 17 inches in diameter at the top, 13.5 inches at the bottom and 14 inches in height) of shrimp live or dead on the licensee’s boat, not more than two shrimp baskets on his or her truck, and not more than a total of four standard shrimp baskets at the licensee’s place of business or otherwise. Any shrimp taken by the licensee may only be sold as bait.
Ala. Code § 9-14B-13 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14B / Section 9-14B-13
Section 9-14B-13 Notice - Contested Actions
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
Ala. Code § 9-11-90 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-90
Section 9-11-90 Use of Game Fish for Bait - Use of Sunfish
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful to use the following species of the sunfish family for bait in the streams and waters of Alabama: bluegill, redear sunfish, green sunfish and/or any other species of bream; provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to allow any person to have in his possession any sunfish or bream in excess of the daily creel limit, regardless of size.
Ala. Code § 9-8-51 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-8-51
Section 9-8-51 Creation Authorized
Status: in_force

Subdistricts of a soil and water conservation district, as defined by the laws of this state, may be formed in any watershed area in such soil and water conservation district for the purpose of developing and executing plans and programs relating to any phase of conservation of water, water usage, flood prevention, flood control, erosion prevention and control of erosion, floodwater and sediment damages. Such subdistricts shall be known as watershed conservancy districts.
Ala. Code § 9-6A-6 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6A / Section 9-6A-6
Section 9-6A-6 Board of Directors; Compensation; Proceedings to Be Reduced to Writing and Recorded
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 9-10-3 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10 / Section 9-10-3
Section 9-10-3 Procedure for Incorporation
Status: in_force

To become a corporation, members of the board of directors of the agency shall present to the Secretary of State an application signed by them which shall state: (1) The name, official designation and official residence of each of the applicants together with a certified copy of the resolution, order or commission evidencing his right to office; (2) The term of office of each of the applicants; (3) The name of the proposed corporation; (4) The location of the principal office of the proposed corporation; and (5) Any other matter relating to the incorporation which the applicants may choose to insert and which is not inconsistent with this article or the laws of the State of Alabama. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the applicants before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds. If the Secretary of State, upon examination of the application presented to him, finds that it substantially complies with the requirements of this section, he shall receive and file said application and record it in an appropriate book of records in his office. When the application has been made, filed and recorded as provided in this section, the applicants shall constitute a corporation under the name proposed in the application, and the Secretary of State shall make and issue to the applicants a certificate of incorporation pursuant to this article and shall record the certificate with the application. There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of State for any work done in connection with the incorporation provided for in this section.
Ala. Code § 9-19-2 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 19 / Section 9-19-2
Section 9-19-2 Liability for Injury While Engaged in Cave Related Activity; Liability for Equipment Failure
Status: in_force

(a) While engaged in cave related activities, no person or organization, or formal or informal group of persons in the company of other persons whether he or they be leading, accompanying, or in the area with the other person, shall be held liable for injuries or the results of actions by said other person, unless said other person acted as a result of an act or order issued by the first person intended to inflict injury.

(b) Each person in a group engaged in cave related activities is individually responsible for evaluating the safety of group equipment which that person intends to use, such as ropes, rigging, anchor devices, climbing gear and similar equipment. The club, organization, group, leader, organizer, or person owning or emplacing such gear or equipment shall not be held liable for failure of any such equipment or gear or its emplacement, except, if the rigging or equipment is altered after the person injured has had an opportunity to inspect it.
Ala. Code § 9-11-393 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-393
Section 9-11-393 Imposition of Moratorium on Taking of Marine Mammals and Marine Mammal Products; Exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a moratorium on the taking of marine mammals and marine mammal products; except, that marine mammals may be taken pursuant to a permit issued by an appropriate federal agency as provided in the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(b) Nothing in this article shall prevent a state or local government official or employee, in the course of his duties as an official or employee, from taking a marine mammal in a humane manner if such taking is for the protection or welfare of such mammal or for the protection of the public health and welfare and includes steps designed to assure the return of such mammal to its natural habitat.
Ala. Code § 9-11-480 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-480
Section 9-11-480 Legislative Findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that the black bear (Ursus americanus) is a unique mammal in the State of Alabama requiring special protection.
Ala. Code § 9-11-416 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-416
Section 9-11-416 Records of Hunters and Amount and Species of Game Taken; Inspection
Status: reserved

Repealed by Acts 2010-398, p. 653, §2, and 2010-697, p. 1688, §2, effective July 1, 2010.
Ala. Code § 9-11-212 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-212
Section 9-11-212 Agreements to Apply Separately to Waters Lying Between Alabama and Each Agreeing Bordering State
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to authorize the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to enter into such agreements with all states bordering on the State of Alabama, but it is not intended that the benefits of such agreements should extend to licenses of all bordering states on all lakes, rivers and streams lying upon the border of Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Mississippi, but such agreements are to apply separately to those lakes, rivers and streams lying between the State of Alabama and each respective state so agreeing.
Ala. Code § 9-17-63 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-63
Section 9-17-63 Leases May Authorize Pooling or Unitization
Status: in_force

Any lease executed under the provisions of this division may authorize the lessee to pool or unitize the lease, the lands or minerals covered thereby or any part thereof with other lands, leases or mineral estates or parts thereof upon such terms as the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may approve.
Ala. Code § 9-11-19 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-19
Section 9-11-19 Assent to Federal Act Relating to Fish Restoration and Management Projects; Disposition of Fishing License Fees Generally
Status: in_force

The State of Alabama hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in fish restoration and management projects, and for other purposes,” approved August 9, 1950 (Public Law 681, 81st Congress), and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to perform such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of cooperative fish restoration projects, as defined in said act of Congress, in compliance with said act and rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of the appropriate federal agency thereunder; and no funds accruing to the State of Alabama from license fees paid by fishermen shall be diverted for any other purpose than the administration of the game and fish activities of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and for the protection, propagation, preservation and investigation of fish and game.
Ala. Code § 9-12-233 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-233
Section 9-12-233 Additional Surcharge on Saltwater Fishing Licenses
Status: in_force

Effective for a period of five years following June 1, 2008, there is levied a surcharge of up to eight dollars ($8), as set by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, on each annual resident and nonresident saltwater fishing license issued under Sections 9-11-53.1, 9-11-53.2, 9-11-53.5, 9-11-55.2, and 9-11-55.3. The surcharge shall be in addition to the regular license and issuance fees on such licenses and shall be collected in the same manner as those fees. The surcharge shall not apply to saltwater licenses issued to disabled persons. The proceeds from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Marine Resources Restoration Fund established in Section 9-12-234 and used for the purposes specified therein.
Ala. Code § 9-8-31 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 8 / Section 9-8-31
Section 9-8-31 Discontinuance
Status: in_force

(a) At any time after three years after the organization of a district under the provisions of this article, any 25 owners of land lying within the boundaries of such district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee praying that the operations of the district be terminated and the existence of the district discontinued. The committee may conduct such public meetings and public hearings upon such petition as may be necessary to assist it in consideration thereof. Within 60 days after such a petition has been received by the committee, it shall give due notice of the holding of a referendum and shall supervise such referendum and issue appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof, the question to be submitted by ballots upon which the words “For terminating the existence of the _____ (name of the soil conservation district to be here inserted)” and “Against terminating the existence of the _____ (name of the soil conservation district to be here inserted)” shall be printed, with a square before each proposition and a direction to insert an X mark in the square before one or the other of said propositions as the voter may favor or oppose discontinuance of such district. All owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the district shall be eligible to vote in such referendum. Only such landowners shall be eligible to vote. No informalities in the conduct of such referendum or in any matters relating thereto shall invalidate said referendum or the result thereof if notice thereof shall have been given substantially as provided in this section and said referendum shall have been fairly conducted. The committee shall publish the result of such referendum and shall thereafter consider and determine whether the continued operation of the district within the defined boundaries is administratively practicable and feasible.

(b) If the committee shall determine that the continued operation of such district is administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and deny the petition. If the committee shall determine that the continued operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible, it shall record such determination and shall certify such determination to the supervisors of the district. In making such determination, the committee shall give due regard and weight to the attitudes of the owners of lands lying within the district, the number of landowners eligible to vote in such referendum who shall have voted, the proportion of the votes cast in such referendum in favor of the discontinuance of the district to the total number of votes cast, the approximate wealth and income of the land occupiers of the district, the probable expense of carrying on erosion control operations within such district and such other economic and social factors as may be relevant to such determination, having due regard to the legislative findings set forth in Section 9-8-21; provided, however, that the committee shall not have authority to determine that the continued operation of the district is administratively practicable and feasible unless at least a majority of the votes cast in the referendum shall have been cast in favor of the continuance of such district.

(c) Upon receipt from the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee of a certification that the committee has determined that the continued operation of the district is not administratively practicable and feasible pursuant to the provisions of this section, the supervisors shall forthwith proceed to terminate the affairs of the district. The supervisors shall dispose of all property belonging to the district at public auction and shall pay over the proceeds of such sale to be covered into the Treasury. The supervisors shall thereupon file an application, duly verified, with the Secretary of State for the discontinuance of such district and shall transmit with such application the certificate of the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee setting forth the determination of the committee that the continued operation of such district is not administratively practicable and feasible. The application shall recite that the property of the district has been disposed of and the proceeds paid over as in this section provided and shall set forth a full accounting of such properties and proceeds of the sale. The Secretary of State shall issue to the supervisors a certificate of dissolution and shall record such certificate in an appropriate book of record in his office.

(d) Upon issuance of a certificate of dissolution under the provisions of this section, all ordinances and regulations theretofore adopted and in force within such districts shall be of no further force and effect. All contracts theretofore entered into, to which the district or supervisors are parties, shall remain in force and effect for the period provided in such contracts. The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall be substituted for the district or supervisors as party to such contracts. The committee shall be entitled to all benefits and subject to all liabilities under such contracts and shall have the same right and liability to perform, to require performance, to sue and be sued thereon and to modify or terminate such contracts by mutual consent or otherwise as the supervisors of the district would have had. Such dissolution shall not affect the lien of any judgment entered under the provisions of Section 9-8-28 nor the pendency of any action instituted under the provisions of such section, and the committee shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the district or supervisors as to such liens and actions. The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee shall not entertain petitions for the discontinuance of any district nor conduct referenda upon such petitions nor make determinations pursuant to such petitions in accordance with the provisions of this article more often than once in three years.
Ala. Code § 9-2-150 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-150
Section 9-2-150 Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board; Oyster Aquaculture Leasing Program
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) BOARD. The Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board.

(2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

(3) OYSTER AQUACULTURE. The cultivation and harvesting of hatchery-spawned oysters for commercial purposes.

(b) There is created the Shellfish Aquaculture Review Board, which shall be responsible for developing a shellfish aquaculture policy and implementing a sustainable program for leasing land in the coastal waters of Alabama for oyster aquaculture. For administrative purposes, the board shall be an administrative unit within the department.

(c) The board shall consist of the following members:

(1) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or his or her designee.

(2) The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries or his or her designee.

(3) The Director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management or his or her designee.

(4) The Director of the Alabama Department of Public Health or his or her designee.

(5) One member appointed by the Governor representing the Alabama Cooperative Extension System with shellfish aquaculture expertise.

(6) Two members appointed by the Governor representing an association or associations organized and incorporated in the state, which substantially or fairly represent the commercial seafood fishermen and the seafood industry of the state, and whose membership is apportioned and fairly representative of the seafood interests as a whole, economically, educationally, socially, and effectively organized and experienced in the representation of all aspects of the seafood interests and in methods designed to increase or promote the increased use, consumption, marketing, and sale of seafood through the united efforts of the association.

(d) By June 24, 2013, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall convene a meeting of the board to elect from its members a chair, vice chair, and other officers as the commissioner deems necessary. The board shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings. A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum for all meetings. A written record shall be maintained of all meetings.

(e) Members of the board shall receive reimbursement for travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Any member of the board who is not employed by a state agency or governmental entity shall be compensated at a rate of one hundred dollars ($100) per day which shall be paid by funds appropriated to the department.

(f) In carrying out its mission, the board is encouraged to act jointly and cooperatively with, and seek input from, other state and federal agencies as it deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District, the United States Coast Guard, and the Auburn University Marine Extension and Research Center.

(g) Within 90 days of convening and from time to time, the board shall recommend to the department rules that establish a program for the leasing of submerged land for oyster aquaculture to be administered by the department. The program shall, to the maximum extent possible, streamline the application process so that leases may be issued in an expeditious manner. This shall include coordinating with federal agencies as appropriate, tracking the progress of each application, and ensuring there is open and meaningful communication between the applicant and the department during each stage of the application process.

(h) The oyster aquaculture leasing program shall ensure that aquaculture operations do not adversely impact wild stocks of fish or impinge the oyster riparian rights of any riparian owner of land under Section 9-12-20. Leasing shall be conducted in a manner that considers potential conflicts presented by other uses of the coastal waters, including navigation, recreation, and commercial fishing.

(i) The oyster aquaculture leasing program shall prohibit the propagation of any nonnative species.
Ala. Code § 9-13-196 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-196
Section 9-13-196 Failure to Pay Assessment; Penalty; Lien on Property
Status: in_force

(a) An owner or lessee of forest land who fails to pay, upon reasonable notice, any assessment levied under this article shall, in addition to the assessment, be subject to a per acre penalty as established by the commission’s rules and regulations.

(b) Any finance charge, fee, or assessment levied shall constitute a lien on the property against which it is levied. In case of default in the payment of such finance charge, fee, or assessment, the subject land may be sold in the same manner and under the same conditions that lands are sold for the satisfaction of liens for county ad valorem taxes, provided, however, no sale of the subject land may occur within three years from the date of said default, and redemption from such sale may be effected in the same manner as is provided by law for redemption where land is sold for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes.
Ala. Code § 9-11-260 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-260
Section 9-11-260 Acquisition of Lands, Expenditure of Revenues, Etc., by Commissioner for Propagation of Game Birds, Game and Fur-Bearing Animals
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized on behalf of the State of Alabama to engage in the propagation of game birds, game and fur-bearing animals, and for this purpose the said Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized and empowered to secure by lease, gift or otherwise lands in the State of Alabama suitable for the propagation of birds or animals, the increase from which shall be planted under proper regulations of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources for brood stock for propagation purposes. He shall be further authorized to expend revenues out of the Game and Fish Fund for the purpose of erecting suitable buildings, the purchase of all necessary equipment and the employment of expert assistance in the breeding and propagation of birds and animals.
Ala. Code § 9-13-270 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-270
Section 9-13-270 Short Title
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as the “Alabama Prescribed Burning Act.”
Ala. Code § 9-12-116 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-116
Section 9-12-116 Refusal to Open Place of Business or Boat for Inspection; Agreement, Conspiracy, Etc., to Evade Provisions of Article, Etc
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any packer, commissionman, dealer, shipper or boatman to refuse to open his place of business or boat where fish, oysters or other seafoods may be dumped, kept or stored, except his actual residence, for inspection by any officer whose duty it is to inspect same or to conspire or agree with any person to evade any of the provisions of this article or any laws hereafter enacted or to knowingly connive or participate in any such violation. A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, and any person, firm or corporation so violating shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $50.00 for each offense.
Ala. Code § 9-11-154 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-154
Section 9-11-154 Records of Wholesalers and Retailers of Freshwater Nongame Fish; Inspection, Etc., of Records
Status: in_force

All wholesalers and retailers of freshwater nongame fish in this state shall be required to keep in record form the names and addresses of the persons, firms, corporations or associations from whom said fish were purchased or received and the date or dates of such purchase or receipt. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources or such other persons appointed and designated by him for such purpose shall have power and authority at any and all reasonable hours to inspect and examine the books and records of any person, firm, association or corporation engaging in the business of wholesaling or retailing freshwater nongame fish in order to determine the amount of license fees due under this article and to ascertain the names and addresses of persons, firms, associations or corporations from whom or to whom the fish were purchased, received, shipped or consigned.
Ala. Code § 9-17-25 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-25
Section 9-17-25 Tax for Expenses of Administration and Enforcement of Article - Levied; Exemptions; Payment
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of defraying the expenses connected with the administration and enforcement of this article, including the expense of the inspections, tests, analyses, and all other expenses connected with the supervision and protection of crude petroleum oil and natural gas in the State of Alabama, there is hereby levied on the producer a tax equal in amount to two percent of the gross value, at the point of production, of the crude petroleum oil or natural gas produced for sale, transport, storage, profit, or for use from any well or wells in the State of Alabama. Provided, however, that the tax on offshore production, produced from depths greater than 8,000 feet below mean sea level, shall not be computed as a percentage of gross value at the point of production, as provided in this section, but shall be computed as a percentage of gross proceeds, as provided in Section 9-17-35. Also provided, that natural gas lawfully injected into oil or gas pools or reservoirs in the soil or beneath the soil or waters of the State of Alabama is exempt from this tax. Provided, further, that natural gas lawfully injected into the earth for the purpose of lifting oil or gas in the State of Alabama is exempt from this tax. However, if any gas so injected into the earth is sold for such purposes or injected into underground storage facilities as defined in Section 9-17-150 et seq., then the gas so sold or injected shall not be exempt from this tax. Natural gas lawfully vented or flared in connection with the production, treatment, or processing of oil or gas is exempt from the tax. The tax shall be paid to the Department of Revenue directly by the purchaser when authorized in writing by the producer, and, when so paid, the producer or person in charge of production shall be relieved of any further liability.

(b) For any well for which the initial permit issued by the Oil and Gas Board is dated on or after July 1, 1996, and before July 1, 2002, except a replacement well for a well for which the initial permit was issued by the Oil and Gas Board is dated before July 1, 1996, the applicable rate of tax levied pursuant to subsection (a) shall be one percent for a period of five years commencing with commercial production, after which subsection (a) shall apply.
Ala. Code § 9-15-3 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-3
Section 9-15-3 Determination and Listing of Unused Lands Suitable for Devotion to Forest Culture; Use of Same as State Forests or State Parks
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as to all unused lands owned absolutely by the state to determine which of said lands are most suitable to be devoted to forest culture and to make a list of such lands and file the same in the office of the Department of Finance, and the lands, as shown on such list, shall thereafter, at the direction of the Governor, be devoted to forest culture or to the purposes of state parks under the administration of the State Forestry Commission or the Division of Parks, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as state forests or state parks.
Ala. Code § 9-14-4 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14 / Section 9-14-4
Section 9-14-4 Construction, Maintenance, Etc., of Roads Leading from State Highways to Lands in State Park System
Status: in_force

The State Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered upon the request of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to construct, reconstruct and maintain roads leading from a state highway to any land included in the state park system. The State Director of Transportation shall confer with the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources before deciding upon the location and character of any such improvement. The State Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and empowered, upon the request of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, to construct, reconstruct and maintain roads within the boundary of any land or lands included in the state park system. The construction and reconstruction of such roads shall be in accordance with the development plan for the said land or lands as approved by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. Such roads shall be maintained in such manner as may be agreed upon between the State Director of Transportation and the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. The costs of such construction, reconstruction and maintenance shall be paid from the state Highway Fund.
Ala. Code § 9-9-77 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9-77
Section 9-9-77 Objections to Establishment of Subdistrict or to Assessments Against Lands; Appeals from Orders of Commission
Status: in_force

Any owner of land within a proposed subdistrict may file with the chairman objections in writing to the establishment of a subdistrict on or before the day set for hearing the engineer’s report on the same. If such subdistrict is established by order of the county commission, said owner of land may within 10 days after the establishment of the subdistrict appeal from the order of the county commission to the circuit court, upon giving bond in a sum to be fixed by the county commission conditioned for the payment of costs if the appeal should be decided against the appellant. Any owner of land within a subdistrict may likewise file objections in writing to any assessment or assessments before the same shall have been approved by the county commission. If the county commission approves said assessment or assessments, said owner of land may appeal from the order of the county commission to the circuit court within the time and manner provided in this section for appeal from the order establishing the subdistrict. Such appeal in either case shall be taken and prosecution had as now provided by law. Such appeal shall be based and heard only upon the objections in writing filed by the complaining party, either as to issue of law or fact, as provided in this section and determined in a summary manner by the county commission, and no additional objections shall be considered by the court upon hearing of the appeal; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any appellant to stay the proceedings of a subdistrict or to prevent progress in the work of the subdistrict.
Ala. Code § 9-17-82 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-82
Section 9-17-82 Order Requiring Unit Operation - When Issued
Status: in_force

The board shall issue an order requiring such unit operation if it finds that:

(1) Unit operation of the field or of any pool or pools or of any portion of a pool or combinations thereof within the field is reasonably necessary to prevent waste, to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, to allow the drilling of wells at optimum geologic locations, and to protect the correlative rights of interested parties.

(2) The proposed plan for unit operations will increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas by enhanced recovery methods or any other method of cooperative development and operation calculated to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas.

(3) The estimated additional cost incident to conduction of such operation will not exceed the value of the estimated additional recovery of oil or gas.
Ala. Code § 9-11-210 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-210
Section 9-11-210 Agreements as to Fishing in Waters of Alabama and of Bordering States
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have authority to enter into agreements of reciprocity with conservation commissioners or directors or other proper officials of states bordering Alabama who have jurisdiction over the freshwater fishing laws and regulations of such states whereby the citizens of the State of Alabama may be permitted to catch or take fish from the waters under the jurisdiction of such other states upon similar agreements whereby such nonresidents are allowed to take or catch fish from the public waters of the State of Alabama regardless of residence.
Ala. Code § 9-11-455 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-455
Section 9-11-455 Creel Limits
Status: in_force

Creel limits for fish taken from the said fee fishing ponds shall be at the discretion of the operator.
Ala. Code § 9-2-105 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-105
Section 9-2-105 Powers and Duties of Director with Respect to Confederate Memorials - Cooperation with Citizens’ Committees, Etc
Status: in_force

With the approval of the Governor and the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Director of the Division of Parks may join with any committee of citizens in erecting any monument or may supplement the amount raised by any camp of the United Confederate Veterans or camp of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans or chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy or any ladies’ memorial association to erect a monument; provided, that not more than $25,000.00 shall be expended out of such funds as may be appropriated in any one fiscal year.
Ala. Code § 9-15-1 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-1
Section 9-15-1 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) USED LANDS. Lands that are being utilized for the specific and immediate purposes of the state or of any institution or department thereof or by any township or the inhabitants thereof, including buildings, grounds and premises, experiment farms, leased, mined or cultivated property and any other tracts utilized by or for the operation of any institution or department.

(2) UNUSED LANDS. Lands not utilized for the immediate purposes of any institution or department, not being cultivated, leased or mined and not contiguous to the premises of any department or institution or state building.
Ala. Code § 9-12-23 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-23
Section 9-12-23 Cancellation of Leases of Riparian Bottoms; Appeals
Status: in_force

Should any privately leased riparian bottoms be subsequently determined to be natural oyster reefs, said lease or leases shall be canceled by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; and, from the ruling so cancelling such lease or affecting the riparian rights, any person aggrieved may prosecute an appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the alleged natural reef is situated.
Ala. Code § 9-17-132 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-132
Section 9-17-132 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

(1) BOARD. The State Oil and Gas Board created in Section 9-17-3.

(2) FUND. The Alabama Coalbed Methane Gas Well Plugging Fund established in Section 9-17-133.

(3) COALBED METHANE GAS WELL. A well capable of producing occluded natural gas from a coalbed or coalbeds.

(4) PLUGGING FEE. The fee authorized by Section 9-17-137.

(5) OPERATOR. Any person who notifies the supervisor pursuant to Section 9-17-24 of such person’s desire or proposal to drill a coalbed methane gas well.

(6) PERSON. Any natural person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, representative of any kind or any other group acting as a unit.

(7) SUPERVISOR. The state oil and gas supervisor.
Ala. Code § 9-14D-3 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14D / Section 9-14D-3
Section 9-14D-3 Lease Terms; Competitive Bidding
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2013-222, §11, effective August 1, 2013.
Ala. Code § 9-11-306 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-306
Section 9-11-306 Impoundment of Dogs; Redemption or Destruction of Impounded Dogs
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Ala. Code § 9-17-154 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-154
Section 9-17-154 Eminent Domain
Status: in_force

(a) Any storage operator is hereby empowered, after obtaining approval of the board as herein required, to exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner provided by law, to acquire all surface and subsurface rights and interests necessary or useful for the purpose of operating the storage facility (including easements and rights-of-way across lands for transporting, by pipeline or otherwise, gas to and from said facility) and to exercise eminent domain rights to acquire any hydrocarbons therein, pursuant to the provisions hereof. Such power shall be exercised under the procedure provided by Chapter 1A, Title 18.

(b) No rights or interests in storage facilities acquired for the injection, storage and withdrawal of gas by a party who has eminent domain rights under this act and who has obtained an order from the board under the provisions of Section 9-17-152, shall be subject to the exercise of any eminent domain rights; and no portion of any salt dome (including any cavity therein) and no portion of any lands within a radial distance of 1500 feet from the outer wall of a salt dome may be acquired, by exercise of the eminent domain rights granted hereunder, for use as an underground reservoir for storage of gas unless the storage operator has first obtained the consent, in writing, to such use from: (a) at least a 75% in interest (as calculated on a surface acre basis) of the owners of the salt in that portion of the salt dome that is to be acquired or that is within a radial distance of 1500 feet of the proposed underground reservoir, and (b) if said portion of the salt dome is subject to a salt lease, at least 75% in interest (as calculated on a surface acre basis) of the owners of the lessee’s rights under said lease.
Ala. Code § 9-7A-5 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 7A / Section 9-7A-5
Section 9-7A-5 Grants — Maximum Amount; Contribution of Matching Amount by Applicant; Composition of Applicant’s Share
Status: in_force

Grants to any applicant shall cover not more than fifty percent of the cost of planning, acquiring, or developing a project that is undertaken by the applicant. The remaining share of the cost shall be borne by the applicant. No less than fifty percent of the applicant’s share of the cost of a project shall consist of cash contributions or real property donated by private sources. The remaining match may be in the form of in-kind contributions.
Ala. Code § 9-10B-6 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10B / Section 9-10B-6
Section 9-10B-6 Negotiation and Consummation of Interstate Compacts
Status: in_force

The Office of Water Resources shall act on behalf of the state in the negotiation and consummation of any compact with another state or states (with or without federal interests) concerning the waters of the state; provided, however, the consummation of any such compact is subject to confirmation by an act of the Legislature and approval of the Governor.
Ala. Code § 9-15-43 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-43
Section 9-15-43 Sales of School Lands - Disposition of Revenues from Sales
Status: in_force

Any revenue derived from the sale of school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the proper township or townships as provided for by the Constitution and laws of Alabama. A report of such sale shall be immediately forwarded by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the State Superintendent of Education, and such report shall show an accurate and legal description of the lands sold. The Superintendent of Education upon receipt of such report shall immediately cause a memorandum to be transmitted to the Treasurer showing which township or townships shall receive credit from such sale and the amount of credit which shall be made thereto.
Ala. Code § 9-12-120 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-120
Section 9-12-120 Disposition of Proceeds from Sale of Licenses and Fees
Status: in_force

The proceeds from the sale of all licenses and all fees required by any of the provisions of this article shall go to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be used by such department for the administration of its Division of Marine Resources, except as may otherwise be provided by law.
Ala. Code § 9-13-221 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-221
Section 9-13-221 (Amended by Act 2026-402) Seizure of Vehicle and Equipment Upon Arrest for Certain Criminal Violations; Delivery to District Forester
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-402, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

It shall be the duty of any sheriff, policeman, forestry officer, or other peace officer or law enforcement officer in the State of Alabama, arresting any person who is charged with violating or attempting to violate Section 9-13-60 or any felony laws of the State of Alabama involving timber or forest products or transactions pertaining thereto, to seize any vehicle and equipment used, which is in the possession or under control of the person or persons charged with violating the laws, and to deliver any such seized vehicle and equipment, to the regional forester of the forestry region in which the arrest is made. The person receiving any vehicle and equipment from the arresting officer shall keep it in a safe place and in as good condition as when received, until disposed of as hereinafter provided. The seizure of vehicles and equipment provided in this section is authorized only when the arrest is for a crime involving the theft of timber harvesting equipment or the parts thereof, the harvesting, removal, transportation, or disposal of any forest products, or any other transactions related to forest products or timber harvesting equipment or any part or parts from timber harvesting equipment.
Ala. Code § 9-11-13 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-13
Section 9-11-13 Violations of Fish and Game Laws - Style of Proceedings
Status: in_force

The proceedings before the district court must be prosecuted in the name of the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 9-14E-10 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14E / Section 9-14E-10
Section 9-14E-10 Construction and Application of Chapter
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter shall constitute complete and comprehensive authority for the taking of all actions necessary and desirable to put into effect the policy and purposes of this chapter. This chapter shall only apply to the property defined herein, and shall not be construed to apply to any other state lands, including any other state park lands. Insofar as this chapter may be in conflict or inconsistent with any provisions of any other law concerning actions authorized by this chapter, this chapter shall control and govern, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. Subject to the foregoing, this chapter does and shall be construed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to other laws.

(b) The following provisions of law shall not apply to a project agreement, or any part thereof, executed pursuant to this chapter and the state and any party to an executed project agreement shall not be required to comply with any of these provisions of law in the execution, delivery, or performance of a project agreement, or any part thereof:

(1) Article 2, Chapter 14 of this title.

(2) Article 3, Chapter 15 of this title.
Ala. Code § 9-10-43 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10 / Section 9-10-43
Section 9-10-43 Contracts for Construction Work
Status: in_force

Before construction is started on any project, the corporation shall advertise for sealed bids once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the project or undertaking is to be located. The corporation may also advertise in such other publications as it may deem advisable. Such notices shall state that plans and specifications for the project are on file in the office of the corporation and the time and place in which bids will be received and opened. All bids shall be opened publicly at the advertised time and place.

The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder complying with the conditions of the invitations for bids, unless the corporation finds that his bid is unreasonable or that it is not to the interest of the corporation to accept it. The bidder to whom the award is made shall be notified by telegram or letter at the earliest possible date. Should the successful bidder fail or refuse to sign the contract or make bond, the corporation may award the contract to the second lowest responsible bidder. Should the second lowest bidder fail or refuse to sign the contract or make bond, the authority may award the contract to the third lowest responsible bidder.

Should no bids be received at the time stated in the advertisement for bids, the corporation may advertise for and seek other competitive bids or the corporation may direct that the work shall be done by negotiated contracts under its direction and control. If the corporation finds that all bids received are unreasonable and that it is not to the interest of the corporation to accept any of the bids, the corporation may direct that the work shall be done by negotiated contracts under its direction and control. On any construction project which the corporation has determined to do by negotiated contract, the corporation shall file plans and specifications and an itemized estimate of cost with the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts; and, upon completion of the project by the corporation, the final total cost together with an itemized list of cost of any and all changes made in the original plans and specifications shall be submitted to the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts for its permanent record. Upon approval of the corporation, its duly authorized officer or officers may, when proceeding on the basis of negotiated contracts, let any subdivision or unit of work by contract on receiving sealed bids in accordance with this section. This section shall not apply to routine maintenance or repair jobs done by maintenance men who are regular employees of the corporation.
Ala. Code § 9-11-30 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-30
Section 9-11-30 Game Breeder License -- Issuance; Renewal; Expiration; Fees; Killing or Transferring Any Cervid Due to Disease
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, Section 9-11-31, and Section 9-11-31.1, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) CERVID. Any member of the family Cervidae possessed by a licensed game breeder pursuant to this section, Section 9-11-31, and Section 9-11-31.1.

(2) PROTECTED GAME ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS. Any species of bird or animal designated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources by rule pursuant to Section 9-2-7, species of the family Cervidae documented by the department to exist in the wild in this state prior to May 1, 2006, which are whitetail deer, elk, and fallow deer, or species of nonindigenous animals lawfully brought into this state prior to May 1, 2006, and their offspring.

(b)(1) Pursuant to the requirements and restrictions of subdivisions (2) and (3), the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall issue an annual game breeder license to any properly accredited person authorizing a game breeder to engage in the business of raising protected game animals and game birds or fur-bearing animals for propagation purposes in this state.

(2) Before a license is issued, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall make or cause to be made a thorough investigation to determine the qualifications, responsibility, and equipment of the applicant for entering upon the business of breeding, raising, and handling of protected game animals and game birds or fur-bearing animals.

(3) No license shall be issued or renewed for any person or principal officer or partner thereof that is convicted of violating Section 9-2-13(c) after May 1, 2006, or for the premises of any person whose license privileges are revoked after May 1, 2006.

(4) A game breeder license shall expire on September 30 of the year in which issued, unless renewed, except that any license issued pursuant to this section between May 1, 2006, and September 30, 2006, shall expire on September 30, 2006.

(5) The commissioner shall adopt rules for engaging in the business of breeding, raising, producing, and handling of protected game animals and game birds or fur-bearing animals or their eggs, embryos, or semen.

(c)(1) The fees for issuance of licenses pursuant to this section shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for all species, except members of the family Cervidae.

(2) The license fee for breeding members of the family Cervidae shall be two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the first 50 animals, five hundred dollars ($500) for 51 to 100 animals, and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for more than 100 animals.

(3) License fees under this section shall be based on the number of animals on hand as of the immediately preceding April 1 of each year.

(d) The department may not require the killing of a cervid due to a disease unless: (i) the specific disease has been detected in another cervid possessed by the licensee; or (ii) the cervid has been transferred to the licensee from another licensee and is epidemiologically linked to a diseased cervid possessed by the transferring licensee.

(e)(1) The department, in consultation with the State Veterinarian, shall adopt rules on or before March 1, 2026, that allow for the transfer of a cervid from a licensee within a designated disease management zone to another licensee or enclosure outside of a designated disease management zone under the circumstances provided herein. The rules shall provide options for the transfer of a cervid, including, but not limited to, requiring that the transferring licensee complies with all postmortem testing programs and that: (i) double fencing of pens and other standards for pens are followed; (ii) a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) certified live test for chronic wasting disease is used; (iii) scientifically accepted genomic testing values are satisfied; or (iv) any other test approved by the USDA and recommended by the State Veterinarian is used.

(2) The department may not adopt an emergency rule that overrides this subsection.
Ala. Code § 9-17-17 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-17
Section 9-17-17 Injunctions - Issuance Against Persons Violating, Etc., Provisions of Article, Rules, Etc
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall appear that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this article or any rule, regulation or order made under this article and unless the board without litigation can effectively prevent further violation or threat of violation, then the board, through the Attorney General, who may call to his assistance the district attorney of the circuit in which civil action is instituted, shall bring in the name of the State of Alabama against such person in the circuit court in the county of the residence of the defendant or, if there is more than one defendant, in the circuit court of the county of the residence of any of them or in the circuit court of the county in which such violation is alleged to have occurred, a civil action to restrain such person from continuing such violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In such civil action the board, in the name of the State of Alabama, may obtain such injunctions, prohibitory and mandatory, including temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, as the facts may warrant, including, when appropriate, an injunction restraining any person from moving or disposing of illegal oil, illegal gas or illegal product, and any or all such commodities may be ordered to be impounded or placed under the control of an agent appointed by the court if, in the judgment of the court, such action is advisable.
Ala. Code § 9-11-230 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-230
Section 9-11-230 Title to Wild Birds and Animals Vested in State
Status: in_force

The title and ownership to all wild birds and wild animals in the State of Alabama or within the territorial jurisdiction of the state are vested in the state for the purpose of regulating the use and disposition of the same in accordance with the laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 9-16-102 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 16 / Section 9-16-102
Section 9-16-102 Reports of Certain Coal Sales
Status: in_force

Any person engaged in the business of coal brokering or operating a coal sales agency in the State of Alabama and each and every person, corporation or other legal entity operating an electric system for the sale of electric energy for resale, sale to the public or sale to its members and each and every industrial purchaser of coal in the State of Alabama shall report, on a form to be furnished by the regulatory authority, at intervals of not less than 60 days, the name, address, license number and permit number of the producer of all coal purchased by it since its last reporting period. In the event that any person named in the preceding sentence purchases coal mined outside of the State of Alabama, such facts shall be so noted on the form described above. Failure of the persons described in this section to render such reports shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not more than $5,000.00; provided, that prior to instituting any such action, the regulatory authority, in the case of a first offense only, shall notify such person by certified or registered mail of the failure to comply with this provision of this article and shall afford such person not more than 10 days to furnish such report. Officers, employees and agents of the regulatory authority shall be permitted to inspect the records and books of the persons specified above to determine the accuracy of such reports, such inspection to take place at reasonable times. In no event shall the regulatory authority require disclosure of the amounts of any purchase or the purchase price paid for such coal or of any information other than that set forth above, except by specific subpoena in preparation for hearing or other enforcement action.
Ala. Code § 9-6A-3 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 6A / Section 9-6A-3
Section 9-6A-3 Individuals Who May Become Public Corporation
Status: reserved

REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
Ala. Code § 9-14F-11 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14F / Section 9-14F-11
Section 9-14F-11 Bonds-Alabama State Parks Enhancement Fund
Status: in_force

The proceeds derived from the sale of each series of the bonds issued pursuant to this chapter by the authority, other than refunding bonds, shall be paid into the State Treasury upon receipt thereof, and the State Treasurer shall keep such proceeds, as well as all income received from the investment and reinvestment of the proceeds, including income derived from the investment and reinvestment of previously derived income, in a special fund in the State Treasury, designated the Alabama State Parks Enhancement Fund, pending the expenditure of the proceeds and income for the purposes authorized and as required by the amendment and this chapter. All proceeds deposited in the State Treasury shall be continuously invested by the State Treasurer in Permitted Investments, and as and when income from the investment of such proceeds is received, the income shall be kept continuously invested in the same manner as the proceeds. The State Treasurer, on the advice of the officers of the authority, acting on projections of expenditures provided by the Director of Finance, shall keep all such proceeds, together with the income derived from the investment and reinvestment thereof, invested in investments that shall mature or otherwise be subject to liquidation on such terms as will provide cash when required for the purposes for which bonds may be issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ala. Code § 9-11-65 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-65
Section 9-11-65 Lifetime Resident Hunting, Freshwater Fishing and Combination Licenses
Status: in_force

(a) Any Alabama resident meeting the residency requirements set out in Section 9-11-44 may in lieu of the resident all-game hunting license purchase a lifetime resident hunting license by filing an application in the office of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on the form prescribed by the commissioner and paying therefor the following license fees, which shall include a one dollar ($1) issuance fee, which fees shall be subject to adjustment as provided for in Section 9-11-68: Persons less than two years old, three hundred dollars ($300); persons age two through 11 years, four hundred dollars ($400); persons age 12 through 49 years, five hundred dollars ($500); and persons age 50 years and above, three hundred dollars ($300).

(b) Any Alabama resident meeting the residency requirements set out in Section 9-11-53 may in lieu of the annual resident freshwater fishing license purchase a lifetime resident freshwater fishing license by filing an application in the office of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on the form prescribed by the commissioner and paying therefor the following license fees, which shall include a one dollar ($1) issuance fee, which fees shall be subject to adjustment as provided for in Section 9-11-68: Persons less than two years old, one hundred fifty dollars ($150); persons age two through 11 years, two hundred dollars ($200); persons age 12 through 49 years, two hundred fifty dollars ($250); and persons age 50 years and above, one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

(c) In lieu of purchasing the licenses provided for in subsections (a) and (b) separately, any person may purchase a combination lifetime resident hunting and freshwater fishing license by filing an application in the office of the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on the form prescribed by the commissioner and paying therefor the following license fees, which shall include a one dollar ($1) issuance fee, which fees shall be subject to adjustment as provided for in Section 9-11-68: Persons less than two years old, four hundred fifty dollars ($450); persons age two through 11 years, five hundred dollars ($500); persons age 12 through 49 years, seven hundred dollars ($700); and persons age 50 years and above, four hundred fifty dollars ($450).

(d) The holder of a valid lifetime hunting or lifetime freshwater fishing license shall also be entitled to all of the privileges of the wildlife heritage license.

(e) Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, nonresidents of the State of Alabama shall not be entitled to the licenses provided for in this section.
Ala. Code § 9-12-51 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 12 / Section 9-12-51
Section 9-12-51 Tax on Shrimp Taken for Canning, Drying or Shipping Within State
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to catch or market saltwater shrimp for commercial purposes, that is, for canning, drying or shipping within the state, unless a tax of $.12 per barrel is paid by the person, firm or corporation catching the same for the purpose of canning, drying or shipping or purchasing the same from independent shrimp fishermen for the purpose of canning, drying or shipping, and said tax shall be paid at the Division of Marine Resources headquarters not later than the fifth day of each month. Any person, firm or corporation who is delinquent in paying such tax as provided in this section will be assessed a penalty in the amount of 10 percent of the total tax due and shall also be assessed, as interest, an amount equal to six percent per annum of the sum of the delinquent tax. The said tax each month must be accompanied by a form supplied by the Division of Marine Resources, stating thereon the number of barrels of shrimp handled by said person, firm or corporation during the preceding month, and said tax shall be considered delinquent unless accompanied by said form.
Ala. Code § 9-3-14 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 3 / Section 9-3-14
Section 9-3-14 Steering Committee to Represent Rural Community Fire Departments - Meetings; Quorum
Status: in_force

The committee shall meet semiannually, with the members of the committee setting the date. The State Forester shall have the authority to call special meetings. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum.
Ala. Code § 9-10B-4 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 10B / Section 9-10B-4
Section 9-10B-4 Office of Water Resources Created
Status: in_force

There is hereby created the Alabama Office of Water Resources as a division of the Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
Ala. Code § 9-15-38 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 15 / Section 9-15-38
Section 9-15-38 Sales of Timber or Minerals from School or Swamp and Overflowed Lands
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell or cause to be sold timber from school lands, swamp and overflowed lands, and other lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Division, or minerals from school lands or swamp and overflowed lands, when in his or her opinion the timber or minerals is of merchantable quality and quantity. Notice of the sale of the timber or minerals shall be first advertised once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where the timber or minerals are to be sold, and the notice shall also be posted in a public place in the county. The notice shall describe the timber or minerals to be sold and the amount and quality of the timber or minerals to be sold and shall call for bids for the purchase price thereof. The notice shall further contain the date upon which the bids shall be received and the date of the sale. If there are no newspapers published in the county where the sale is to be made, then the notice as described above shall be published in a newspaper of an adjoining county. After the bids are received as provided for under this section, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell the timber or minerals to the highest bidder; but, if in his or her opinion the highest bid received is not a fair or reasonable price for the timber or minerals, he or she may readvertise the sale or he or she may continue to hold the timber or minerals until a future time when he or she may again advertise the sale; provided, that the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell on a negotiated basis timber, the value of which does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), from school lands, swamp and overflowed lands, or other lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Division when the timber has been damaged or is in a diseased condition, as determined by the State Lands Division, or when it is necessary to remove the timber for right-of-way, construction, or mining purposes.
Ala. Code § 9-11-454 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-454
Section 9-11-454 Fishing License Not Required; Letter Permit Prominently Displayed
Status: in_force

Holders of the letter permit issued pursuant to this article, their guests and patrons may, to the extent that said persons fish in accordance with the provisions hereof, fish from the ponds on the approved site without an approved fishing license. The letter permit shall be displayed prominently adjacent to the place where the fish taken from said site are checked and weighed.
Ala. Code § 9-11-7 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-7
Section 9-11-7 Violations of Fish and Game Laws - District Attorneys to Prosecute; District Attorney’s Fee
Status: in_force

The district attorney of any county in which any violation of the provisions of the game and fish laws or the rules and regulations set out therein occurs, or his or her assistant, shall appear on behalf of the state and prosecute the offender. The district attorney’s fee shall be taxed against the defendant in any district court in the same manner as taxed in other cases involving criminal violations in the district court.
Ala. Code § 9-14E-7 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14E / Section 9-14E-7
Section 9-14E-7 Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

(a) Any part of the project revenues which, by the terms of the project agreement, are subject to a claim in favor of the department or the state, or are payable or paid to the department or the state, shall be public funds and distributed in accordance with subsection (c).

(b) Any part of the project revenues which, by the terms of the project agreement, are to be retained, applied, or used by the user thereunder, whether with respect to the project or otherwise, shall not be public funds and shall not be funds of the state.

(c) All project revenues which are public funds as provided for in subsection (a), shall be distributed to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Ala. Code § 9-2-62 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 2 / Section 9-2-62
Section 9-2-62 Oath of Director; Director Full-Time Position
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall take the constitutional oath of office. He shall devote his full time to his official duties and shall hold no other lucrative position.
Ala. Code § 9-17-81 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 17 / Section 9-17-81
Section 9-17-81 Meeting of Board to Consider Need for Unit Operation
Status: in_force

In order to promote the conservation of oil and gas resources, prevent waste, avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, allow the drilling of wells at optimum geologic locations, and protect correlative rights, the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama upon its own motion may, or upon the petition of any interested person shall, hold a hearing to consider the need for the operation as a unit of an entire field or of any pool or pools or of any portion of a pool or combinations thereof within a field for the production of oil or gas or both in order to increase the ultimate recovery by enhanced recovery methods or any other method of cooperative development and operation calculated to increase the ultimate recovery of oil or gas.
Ala. Code § 9-11-175 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-175
Section 9-11-175 Possession of Spear, Etc., Evidence of Spearfishing; Exception
Status: in_force

The possession of a spear, spear gun or spearing device in a boat, on the bank of a body of public water or on or in the public waters of this state shall be prima facie evidence to the court having jurisdiction that the person in possession of the same is engaged in spearfishing, unless said person is frog gigging only.
Ala. Code § 9-9-13 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 9 / Section 9-9-13
Section 9-9-13 Establishment of District - Effect of Order Establishing District
Status: in_force

The order of the court of probate establishing said district shall have all the force of a judgment, and the court shall forthwith levy a uniform tax of not more than $1.00 per acre upon each acre of land owned by the landowners within such district to be used for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred in establishing said district or to be incurred in organizing said district, making surveys of the same and assessing benefits and damages and to pay other expenses necessary to be incurred before the board of commissioners provided for in this article shall be empowered by the subsequent provisions of this article to provide funds to pay the total cost in connection with the works of improvement of the district. In case the boundaries of the district shall be extended under subsequent sections of this article so as to include land and other property not contained within the district as organized by order of the court of probate in the first instance, the same uniform tax shall be made on such lands as soon as the same shall have been annexed and included in the district. Such tax shall be due and payable as soon as levied and, if not paid by December 31 of the year in which it is levied shall become delinquent and shall be turned over to the tax collector of the county in which the lands are located for collection, and the collection of such taxes shall be proceeded with in the same manner as delinquent general state and county taxes. This tax shall be a lien, equal in dignity with the lien for general state and county taxes on the land against which it is levied from the time the levy is made. In case the sum raised from such levy exceeds the total cost of items for which the same has been levied, the surplus shall be placed in the general funds of the district and used to pay the cost of construction, rights-of-way and operations and maintenance of works of improvements.
Ala. Code § 9-14A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14A / Section 9-14A-11
Section 9-14A-11 Bonds - Redemption
Status: in_force

The bonds of each series issued pursuant to this chapter may be issued as serial bonds payable in annual installments or as term bonds or as a combination thereof, and the principal of the bonds of each such series shall mature or be subject to mandatory redemption according to such schedule as the respective board of directors of said corporations shall determine in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. The bonds may be made subject to redemption prior to their respective maturities, at the option of the state, on such terms and conditions as shall be provided by the board of directors of the corporation in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such series. Any or all of such bonds subject to redemption at the option of the state may be called for redemption by the corporations pursuant to a resolution adopted by the respective board of directors thereof if pursuant to appropriations theretofore made by the Legislature the moneys required for such redemption are at the time held in the State Treasury or if such redemption is to be effected with moneys provided by the sale and issuance of refunding bonds issued pursuant to the amendment and as provided for in this chapter. The corporations may specify the terms and conditions under which any of the bonds authorized pursuant to the amendment may be exchanged for like bonds of other denominations as the corporations may prescribe.
Ala. Code § 9-14E-9 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 14E / Section 9-14E-9
Section 9-14E-9 Source of Funds
Status: reserved

Other than project revenues, only National Resource Damage Assessment funds or Restore Act funds may be expended to implement this chapter. If the State of Alabama does not receive or has not been awarded any National Resource Damage Assessment funds or Restore Act funds for the purposes of this chapter by December 31, 2015, this chapter is repealed on January 1, 2016.
Ala. Code § 9-13-61 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 13 / Section 9-13-61
Section 9-13-61 Charges in Affidavits, Informations or Indictments Under Article; Proof of Title, Etc
Status: in_force

In any affidavit, information or indictment under this article, the person or persons accused may be charged with commencing or conspiring to commence at some particular time to commit any of the acts hereby made punishable and of continuing to commit the same at divers times and on divers days between that day and some other day to be therein stated. It shall not be necessary, in order to convict, to prove title of the lands on which the alleged violation of Section 9-13-60 occurred, but it shall be sufficient to prove title, legal, equitable or colorable, in the State of Alabama or any corporation or any person or persons other than the accused; and it shall not be necessary to allege in the affidavit, information or indictment or prove on the trial the kind of timber or forest products which are the subject of the action.
Ala. Code § 9-11-415 — Alabama Code / Title 9 / Chapter 11 / Section 9-11-415
Section 9-11-415 Tagging of Bob-White Quail; Operators to Cooperate with Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; Tagging Generally
Status: reserved

Repealed by Acts 2010-398, p. 653, §2, and 2010-697, p. 1688, §2, effective July 1, 2010.