Ala. Code § 33-2-182 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-2-182
Section 33-2-182 Authorization to Issue Refunding Bonds
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions contained in this article, the department may from time to time sell and issue its refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any or all of the outstanding bonds then outstanding, together with any interest thereon whether due and unpaid at the time of issuance of such refunding bonds or not, and with any premium that may be necessary to be paid in order to redeem or retire those outstanding bonds proposed to be refunded.

In the discretion of the department, with the approval of the Governor, refunding bonds may be issued in exchange for outstanding bonds or they may be sold and the proceeds thereof applied to the purchase, redemption or payment of outstanding bonds. Refunding bonds to be issued in exchange for outstanding bonds may be issued in such principal amount as the department shall determine. Refunding bonds to be sold may be issued in such principal amount as shall be determined by the department, provided that such refunding bonds shall not be sold and issued in an aggregate principal amount exceeding the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the outstanding bonds to be refunded, (ii) the interest accrued and to accrue on the outstanding bonds to be refunded until the respective maturities thereof, or if the outstanding bonds to be refunded are to be called for redemption (either on the earliest date on which under their terms they may be redeemed or some later date or dates), the interest accrued and to accrue thereon until the date or dates on which they are to be called for redemption, (iii) the amount of any redemption premium required, by the terms of the outstanding bonds, to be paid as a condition to their redemption prior to their respective maturities, (iv) the amount, if any, required to be deposited in an interest account or a reserve account, and (v) the amount of any expenses (actual or estimated) of such refunding, including without limitation, the expenses of selling and issuing the refunding bonds (including any discount reflected in the purchase price thereof paid to the department), bond insurance premiums, fees and disbursements of attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and other consultants, fees and disbursements of trustees and escrow agents, printing costs and other customary bond issuance expenses.
Ala. Code § 33-16-6 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 16 / Section 33-16-6
Section 33-16-6 Members, Officers and Directors; Records of Proceedings
Status: in_force

The applicants named in the application and their respective successors in office shall constitute the members of the authority. The Governor shall be the president of the authority, the Lieutenant Governor shall be its vice-president, and the Director of Finance shall be its secretary. The State Treasurer shall be the treasurer of the authority and shall act as custodian of its funds, but he shall not be a member of the authority. The members of the authority shall constitute all the members of the board of directors of the authority, and any four members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should any person holding any state office named in this section, or the President of the Coosa-Alabama River Association, cease to hold office by reason of death, resignation of his term of office or for any other reason, then his successor in office shall take his place as a member and officer of the authority. Except as hereinafter provided, no member, officer or director of the authority shall receive any compensation in addition to that now authorized by law for any service they may render or for any duty they may perform in connection with the authority; provided, that the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive for each day devoted to the business of the authority the same per diem compensation and allowance that would be paid to them for attending legislative sessions, but this special compensation and allowance shall not be allowed on days when the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are paid the per diem compensation and allowance for attending legislative sessions. The herein provided for special compensation and allowance of the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated for the expenses of the Legislature in the same manner that the per diem compensation and allowance of legislators serving on interim committees are paid.

All proceedings had and done by the board of directors shall be reduced to writing by the secretary of the authority and recorded in a substantially bound book, which shall be kept in the office of the Secretary of State. Copies of such proceedings, when certified by the secretary of the authority, under the seal of the authority, shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the matters and things therein certified.
Ala. Code § 33-2-104 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-2-104
Section 33-2-104 Use of Surplus Revenues of Port of Mobile Facilities to Pay Operating Deficit
Status: in_force

If at the end of any fiscal year there are surplus revenues of the Port of Mobile facilities with respect to that fiscal year and an operating deficit of the inland waterways facilities with respect to that fiscal year then any such surplus revenues shall be used to meet any such operating deficit.
Ala. Code § 33-7-1 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 7 / Section 33-7-1
Section 33-7-1 Navigable Waters as Public Thoroughfares
Status: in_force

All navigable waters in this state are public thoroughfares.
Ala. Code § 33-10-2 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 10 / Section 33-10-2
Section 33-10-2 Purpose of Chapter
Status: in_force

It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide for the creation of the Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission, hereinafter referred to as the “commission,” to promote, plan, finance, develop, construct, control, operate, manage, maintain and modify a deep draft harbor and terminal, in order to promote the economic welfare of the citizens of the State of Alabama, and to provide the necessary facilities for docking, loading and unloading of vessels carrying liquid or dry bulk and energy cargoes, and to provide for the laying of pipelines or other forms of transportation or transmission of energy cargoes of all kinds. It is the object of this chapter to assert and protect Alabama’s economic, social and environmental interests in the development of any deep draft harbor and terminal outside the State of Alabama where such development may have an impact upon the State of Alabama.
Ala. Code § 33-2-15 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-2-15
Section 33-2-15 No Prior Indebtedness to Be Paid from Funds Received
Status: in_force

No indebtedness heretofore incurred by the Alabama State Docks Department shall be paid out of any of the funds received by the department pursuant to this article.
Ala. Code § 33-1-2 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-1-2
Section 33-1-2 Alabama State Port Authority
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a state agency known as the Alabama Port Authority, hereinafter sometimes referred to as the port authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any act, section of this code, or any other provision of law refers to the Alabama State Docks Department or the Alabama State Port Authority it shall be deemed a reference to the Alabama Port Authority.

(b) The port authority shall promote, supervise, control, manage, and direct the state docks and all other state lands included within the jurisdiction of this chapter and shall maintain and operate all the improvements and facilities authorized by this chapter. The port authority is a body corporate and shall be constituted as provided in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 33-4-8 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 4 / Section 33-4-8
Section 33-4-8 Vacancies in Office
Status: reserved

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2026-18, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026.

If a vacancy occurs from any cause in the office of a commissioner before the expiration of his term, his successor must be appointed by the Governor and hold office only for the unexpired portion of such term.
Ala. Code § 33-5-3 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-5-3
Section 33-5-3 Definitions
Status: reserved

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:

(1) ALEA. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(2) BOATING VIOLATION. An offense committed on the waters of this state, which does not amount to a misdemeanor or felony, and for which this chapter authorizes a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or a sentence for a term of imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or both.

(3) CERTIFICATE. Registration by a vessel owner, including the issuance of an identifying number awarded each vessel and the issuance of a pocket-size certificate of registration.

(4) LENGTH. The term means measured from end to end over the deck from the bow to the transom, excluding sheer bowsprits, swim platforms, or engine brackets extending from the hull.

(5) OPERATE. To navigate or otherwise use a vessel.

(6) OWNER. A person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vessel. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a vessel subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.

(7) PERSON. An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity.

(8) PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. As defined under Section 33-5-51.

(9) SECRETARY. The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

(10) VESSEL. Every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane, capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water, but the term does not include vessels 12 feet in length or less when used solely on farm ponds of less than 50 acres in size.

(11) WATERS OF THIS STATE. Any waters within the territorial limits of this state and the marginal sea adjacent to this state and the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to and from the shore of this state. The term does not include any private pond that is not used for boat rentals or the charging of fees for fishing therein.
Ala. Code § 33-2-1 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-2-1
Section 33-2-1 Authority of State and State Docks Department Generally
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority granted to the State of Alabama by the provisions of Section 93 of the Constitution of Alabama as amended, and any other laws of this state, the state is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to engage in works of internal improvement by promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining and operating along navigable rivers, streams or waterways now or hereafter existing within this state, all manner of dock facilities, elevators, compresses, warehouses, water and rail terminals and other structures and facilities and improvements of every kind needful for the convenient use of same, in aid of commerce and use of the waterways of this state; provided, that all such works, improvements and facilities shall always be and remain under the management and control of the Alabama State Docks Department. The Alabama State Docks Department shall be the agency of the state under which the state shall accomplish all the purposes of this article and the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of all the improvements and facilities acquired or constructed or enlarged pursuant to the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 33-5-73 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-5-73
Section 33-5-73 Operation of Vessel in Excess of Speed Zone Prohibited
Status: in_force

(a) No person may operate a vessel on the waters of this state in excess of a speed zone, including a no-wake zone, established by the secretary. The secretary may establish speed zones, including no-wake zones, in areas on the waters of this state.

(b) A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a boating violation.
Ala. Code § 33-5-55 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 5 / Section 33-5-55
Section 33-5-55 Reports; Disposition of Funds
Status: in_force

At the close of business on Monday of each week, when any application has been received, the judge of probate receiving the application shall prepare a report upon a form which shall be provided by the secretary. One copy of the report, together with all applications received, shall be forwarded to the secretary and one copy shall be retained by the judge of probate. On the tenth day of every month, the judge of probate shall prepare a report showing the number of applications received and the amount of fees received during the previous calendar month; provided, that the report shall be prepared on the twentieth day in October, November, and December. One copy of the report shall be forwarded to the secretary, one to the state Comptroller, and one to the State Treasurer, and the judge of probate shall retain a copy. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the judge of probate shall also at that time deliver to the State Treasurer the amount of all the fees collected, less one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) for each boater safety certification issued, which sum shall be retained by him or her. Except in counties where the judge of probate is compensated by fees, each one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) retained by the judge of probate shall be paid into the public highway and traffic fund of the county. In counties where the judge of probate is compensated by fees, two-fifths of each one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) retained by the judge of probate shall be for his or her own use, and no other or further charge shall be made for services rendered in taking or receiving applications or issuing permits. The remaining three-fifths shall be paid into the public highway and traffic fund of the county. This section, providing for the allocation of the one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) retained by the judge of probate in counties where the judge of probate is compensated by fees, shall not repeal any local statutes or general statutes of local application providing for a different allocation of the one dollar fifty cents ($1.50). The funds remitted to the State Treasurer under this section shall be deposited into the Highway Traffic Safety Fund for the Department of Public Safety within the State Treasury. All money deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Highway Traffic Safety Fund for the Department of Public Safety shall be expended for law enforcement purposes and shall be appropriated on a continuous basis and shall not revert to the General Fund of the State Treasury.
Ala. Code § 33-4A-11 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 4A / Section 33-4A-11
Section 33-4A-11 Jurisdiction of Commission - Territorial
Status: in_force

The jurisdiction of the commission under this chapter shall extend over all vessels and pilots using the waterways of Mobile Bay and its rivers intending to enter or exit the Port of Mobile, its facilities, and affiliated regulated entities of the port.
Ala. Code § 33-17-15 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 17 / Section 33-17-15
Section 33-17-15 Dissolution of Authority
Status: in_force

At any time when no duties or obligations of the authority shall remain to be discharged, or when all duties and obligations remaining to be discharged shall have been effectively delegated to public corporations, agencies and departments of the state in accordance with Section 33-17-10, the authority may be dissolved upon the filing with the Secretary of State of an application for dissolution, which shall be subscribed by each of the members of the authority and which shall be sworn to by each such member before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds. Upon the filing of said application for dissolution, the authority shall cease and any property owned by it at the time of its dissolution shall pass to the state. The Secretary of State shall file and record the application for dissolution in an appropriate book of record in his office, and shall make and issue, under the Great Seal of the State, a certificate that the authority is dissolved, and shall record the said certificate with the application of dissolution.
Ala. Code § 33-5A-2 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 5A / Section 33-5A-2
Section 33-5A-2 Removal
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer may request a service to remove a vessel from public property under any of the following circumstances:

(1) The vessel is determined by the officer to be abandoned.

(2) The vessel is left unattended because the operator of the vessel has been arrested.

(3) The vessel is determined by the officer to pose a threat to public health or safety.

(4) The vessel is determined by the officer to be a derelict vessel.

(b) An owner of private property may request a service to remove an abandoned or derelict vessel from the private property to a storage place.

(c)(1) A law enforcement officer who directs the removal of a vessel in accordance with this chapter shall be liable only in accordance with Section 36-1-12.

(2) A person who removes or stores a vessel in accordance with this chapter shall be liable for negligence only.
Ala. Code § 33-1-27 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-1-27
Section 33-1-27 Exercise and Evidence of Authority of Governor and Port Authority
Status: in_force

The Governor and the port authority, respectively, are directed and required to exercise the power and authority by this chapter conferred upon them, respectively, to whatever extent is necessary to the accomplishment of the improvement and development hereby authorized. Any approval or consent by the Governor required by this chapter shall be sufficiently evidenced by a certificate to that effect signed by the Governor and filed in the office of the Treasurer, and approval or consent by the port authority shall be sufficiently shown by a certificate signed by the director, attested by its secretary-treasurer and filed in the office of the Treasurer.
Ala. Code § 33-1-16 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 1 / Section 33-1-16
Section 33-1-16 Terminal Railroads
Status: in_force

(a) The port authority may acquire, own, lease, locate, install, construct, hold, maintain, control, and operate at seaports, and at such other locations within the state as the port authority shall determine is in furtherance of promoting harbors, seaports, and riverports within the state, a line of terminal railroads with necessary sidings, turn outs, spurs, branches, switches, intermodal and multi-modal transfer facilities, yard tracks, bridges, trestles, and causeways, and in connection therewith or appurtenant thereto, shall have the further right to lease, install, construct, acquire, own, maintain, control, and use any and every kind or character of motive power and conveyances or appliance necessary or proper to carry passengers, goods, wares, and merchandise over, along, or upon the tracks of the railroads or other conveyances.

(b) The port authority may make agreements as to scale of wages, seniority, and working conditions with locomotive engineers, locomotive firemen, switchmen and switch engine foremen, and hostlers engaged in the operation of the terminal railroads provided for in this section, and the service and equipment pertinent thereto. Should the port authority exercise the power herein given, then it shall be the duty of the port authority to make such agreements with the employees hereinabove specified, in accordance with the act of Congress known as the Railway Labor Act, being 45 U.S.C.A. Section 151 et seq., as amended, or as hereafter amended, to the end that the agreements as to seniority and working conditions will obtain as to the employees and the standard rate of pay be provided as are in force relative to like employees of interstate railroads operating in the same territory with terminal railroads authorized hereby.

(c) The port authority may connect its terminal railroads with or cross any other railroad upon the payment of just compensation and may receive, deliver to, and transport the freight, passengers, and cars of common carrier railroads as though it were an ordinary common carrier.
Ala. Code § 33-5B-21 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 5B / Section 33-5B-21
Section 33-5B-21 Application for Transfer of Ownership or Termination of Security Interest Without Certificate of Title
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 33-5B-19 or 33-5B-20, if the office receives, unaccompanied by a signed certificate of title, an application for a new certificate that includes an indication of a transfer of ownership or a termination statement, the office may create a new certificate under this section only if:

(1) all other requirements under Sections 33-5B-7 and 33-5B-8 are met;

(2) the applicant provides an affidavit stating facts showing the applicant is entitled to a transfer of ownership or termination statement;

(3) the applicant provides the office with satisfactory evidence that notification of the application has been sent to the owner of record and all persons indicated in the files of the office as having an interest, including a security interest, in the vessel, at least 45 days have passed since the notification was sent, and the office has not received an objection from any of those persons; and

(4) the applicant submits any other information required by the office as evidence of the applicant’s ownership or right to terminate the security interest, and the office has no credible information indicating theft, fraud, or an undisclosed or unsatisfied security interest, lien, or other claim to an interest in the vessel.

(b) The office may indicate in a certificate of title created under subsection (a) that the certificate was created without submission of a signed certificate or termination statement. Unless credible information indicating theft, fraud, or an undisclosed or unsatisfied security interest, lien, or other claim to an interest in the vessel is delivered to the office not later than one year after creation of the certificate, on request in a form and manner required by the office, the office shall remove the indication from the certificate.

(c) Before the office creates a certificate of title under subsection (a), the office may require the applicant to post a bond. The bond may not exceed twice the value of the vessel as determined by the office. The bond must be in form, amount, and term required by the office and provide for indemnification of any owner, purchaser, or other claimant for any expense, loss, delay, or damage, including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, but not including incidental or consequential damages, resulting from creation or amendment of the certificate.
Ala. Code § 33-2-64 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 2 / Section 33-2-64
Section 33-2-64 Authority, Etc., of Department Under Article Cumulative
Status: in_force

All administration, supervision, authority and responsibility under this article and operations conducted hereunder, vested in the department, shall be in addition to all power, duties and authority conferred on the department by any other statute, it being the intent of this article that the authority, powers, responsibilities and duties imposed by this article shall be in addition to and supplemental of the powers, authority, responsibilities and duties conferred or imposed on the department by any other laws of the state.
Ala. Code § 33-12-10 — Alabama Code / Title 33 / Chapter 12 / Section 33-12-10
Section 33-12-10 Construction of Chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be considered supplemental and additional to any and all other laws and confers sufficient authority in and of itself for the purposes set forth herein. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose of facilitating the development of the resources of the watersheds affected.