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AL Code § 9-4-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 4 - Geological Survey.|Section 9-4-12 - Agreements as to Payment of Expenses of Field Surveys, Etc.

Section 9-4-12Agreements as to payment of expenses of field surveys, etc. Subject to approval of the Director of Finance, the State Geologist is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Director of the United States Geological Survey whereby the expense of executing the field surveys and the preparation of the resulting maps for publication shall be borne by the State of Alabama and by the federal government in such proportion as is equitable to both governments. (Acts 1923, No. 511, p. 682, § 2; Code 1923, §1043; Code 1940, T. 55, §253.)
AL Code § 9-4-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 4 - Geological Survey.|Section 9-4-13 - Right of Entry on Lands for Preparation of Surveys, Etc.

Section 9-4-13Right of entry on lands for preparation of surveys, etc. In order to carry out the provisions of Sections 9-4-11 and 9-4-12, it shall be lawful for any person or persons employed under this chapter to enter and cross all lands in the state, provided that in so doing no damage is done to private property. (Acts 1911, No. 367, p. 407, §2; Acts 1923, No. 511, p. 682, §3; Code 1923, §1044; Code 1940, T. 55, §254.)
AL Code § 9-4-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 4 - Geological Survey.|Section 9-4-14 - Survey and Oil and Gas Board May Retain Faculty Members and Students for Research, Etc.

Section 9-4-14Survey and Oil and Gas Board may retain faculty members and students for research, etc. The State Geological Survey of Alabama and the State Oil and Gas Board may retain the services of faculty members or students of any institution of higher learning within the State of Alabama for the purposes of carrying on or supervising research and to conduct experimental matters and to do other related work in the field of geology and in the exploration, production and promotion of oil and gas in the State of Alabama. The services and compensation of such persons so retained or hired shall be in accordance with the conditions set forth in Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19. (Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §5.)
AL Code § 9-4-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 4 - Geological Survey.|Section 9-4-15 - Contracts Between Survey or Board and Faculty Members or Students - Required; Approval.

Section 9-4-15Contracts between survey or board and faculty members or students - Required; approval. In order to secure the services of any person who is qualified under the terms of Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19 to do research or experimental or promotional work for the Geological Survey of Alabama or the State Oil and Gas Board, such persons so retained or hired shall be required to enter into an agreement in writing with said survey or board, which agreement, before it becomes binding upon either party, shall be first approved in writing by the State Personnel Department. In the event the services of a faculty member are secured, the contract, as specified in this section, before it becomes binding shall first be approved in writing by the president of the institution in which such faculty member is associated in his official capacity as a faculty member; and, in the event the services of a student are secured, the contract, as specified in this section, before it becomes binding shall first be approved in writing by the dean of the school to which such student is attached in his official capacity as such student. The approval by the president of the institution as in the case of a faculty member or the approval by the dean as in the case of a student shall be in addition to the approval required in this section by the State Personnel Department. (Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §6.)
AL Code § 9-4-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 4 - Geological Survey.|Section 9-4-16 - Contracts Between Survey or Board and Faculty Members or Students - Contents.

Section 9-4-16Contracts between survey or board and faculty members or students - Contents. The written agreement between the person whose services are secured and the agency to which such services are to be applied as provided for in Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19 shall contain the terms, conditions and specifications of the duties and requirements of work which said person shall render to said agency. (Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §10.)
AL Code § 9-4-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 4 - Geological Survey.|Section 9-4-17 - Retention of Faculty Members or Students Not to Interfere With Ordinary Duties.

Section 9-4-17Retention of faculty members or students not to interfere with ordinary duties. No person shall be retained under the terms of Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19 at a time or for such duration which will unduly interfere with the ordinary duties of such faculty member or such student in the ordinary capacities in which he is engaged as such faculty member or student. (Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §7.)
AL Code § 9-4-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 4 - Geological Survey.|Section 9-4-18 - Persons Retained Not Subject to Merit System Act.

Section 9-4-18Persons retained not subject to Merit System Act. By the execution of a service contract as specified in Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19, the person whose services are hired or retained shall not be subject to the provisions of the state Merit System Act but shall be in the capacity of an independent contractor, and each contract written for such service shall contain provisions specifying this fact. (Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §8.)
AL Code § 9-4-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 4 - Geological Survey.|Section 9-4-19 - Compensation of Persons Retained.

Section 9-4-19Compensation of persons retained. The amount of compensation which persons whose services are retained to do research, experimental, promotional and related work for the Geological Survey of Alabama and the State Oil and Gas Board shall be specified in the written agreement provided for and required by the terms of Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19. Such compensation shall be paid from the State Geological Survey funds or the state oil and gas funds depending upon which agency enters into the said service contract. The compensation for such services shall be paid at such times and in the same manner as regular state employees are paid for their employment to such agencies. (Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §9.)
AL Code § 9-5-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 5 - Minerals Resource Management Committee.|Section 9-5-1 - Created; Composition; Chairman.

Section 9-5-1Created; composition; chairman. (a) There is hereby created the Minerals Resource Management Committee which shall consist of three members serving ex officio as follows: The State Geologist, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Director of Finance. (b) The chairmanship of the committee shall rotate annually, each member serving in such capacity every third year beginning with the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, followed by the Director of Finance and the State Geologist. (Acts 1973, No. 1291, p. 2203, §1.)
AL Code § 9-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 5 - Minerals Resource Management Committee.|Section 9-5-2 - Meetings; Compensation of Members.

Section 9-5-2Meetings; compensation of members. The Minerals Resource Management Committee shall meet once a month in Montgomery, Alabama and at such other times and in such other places as a majority of the committee shall designate. The members of the Minerals Resource Management Committee shall serve without compensation but shall receive their actual expenses while attending their meetings or while performing the official duties of the committee. (Acts 1973, No. 1291, p. 2203, §2.)
AL Code § 9-5-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 5 - Minerals Resource Management Committee.|Section 9-5-3 - Powers and Duties Generally; Public Hearings; Implementation of Recommendations.

Section 9-5-3Powers and duties generally; public hearings; implementation of recommendations. 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. (Acts 1973, No. 1291, p. 2203, §3.)
AL Code § 9-6-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities.|Section 9-6-1 - Short Title.

Section 9-6-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Environmental Improvement Authorities Act of 1969." (Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, §18.)
AL Code § 9-6-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities.|Section 9-6-2 - Definitions.

Section 9-6-2Definitions. 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. (Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, §1.)
AL Code § 9-6-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities.|Section 9-6-3 - Purposes of Authorities.

Section 9-6-3Purposes of authorities. Public corporations may be formed under the provisions of this chapter for any one or more or all of the following purposes: (1) To undertake and to make or cause to be made engineering, technical, financial, legal and other appropriate studies and surveys with respect to water, air or general environmental pollution problems and hazards within the area of operation; (2) To construct, acquire, own and operate, singly or in conjunction with others, lease, sell and otherwise dispose of equipment, facilities and systems for the control, abatement or prevention of water, air or general environmental pollution; and (3) To cooperate with and lend financial assistance and other aid to municipalities, communities, counties, industries and public and private corporations within and outside of the area of operation and within or outside of the boundaries of the State of Alabama in any matters and undertakings having to do with or the end purpose of which is the control, abatement or prevention of water, air or general environmental pollution. (Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, §3.)
AL Code § 9-6-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities.|Section 9-6-5 - Procedure for Incorporation.

Section 9-6-5Procedure for incorporation. (a) Within 40 days from and after the date of issuance by the Governor of his executive order authorizing the applicants to proceed to form a public corporation, as provided in Section 9-6-4, the applicants or not less than three of the applicants shall proceed to incorporate a public corporation by filing of record in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and be executed in the manner provided in this section. (b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The names of the persons incorporating the authority, together with their post office addresses and a statement that each of them is a qualified elector of the State of Alabama; (2) The name of the authority (which shall include the words "environmental improvement authority"); (3) The location of the principal office of the authority, which shall be within the area of operation; (4) A description, by county name or otherwise, of the area of operation; (5) The objects for which the authority is incorporated; (6) The period for the duration of the authority (which may be perpetual if so stated); and (7) Any other matters relating to the authority not contrary to law which the incorporators choose to insert. (c) The certificate of incorporation shall be signed by each of the incorporators and shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds. When the certificate of incorporation is filed for record there shall be attached to it a certified copy of the executive order authorizing the incorporation of the authority. When the certificate of incorporation is filed in his office, the Secretary of State shall forthwith receive and record the same, and thereupon the authority shall be in existence under the name stated in the certificate of incorporation and shall constitute and be a public corporation and a political subdivision and instrumentality of the State of Alabama. Within 10 days following the date the certificate of incorporation is filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the incorporators shall notify the Governor in writing that the authority has been formed. (Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, §5.)
AL Code § 9-6-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities.|Section 9-6-6 - Board of Directors.

Section 9-6-6Board of directors. 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. (Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, §6.)
AL Code § 9-6-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities.|Section 9-6-7 - Advisory Committee.

Section 9-6-7Advisory committee. Whenever the described area of operation shall include three or more counties or portions thereof, there shall be created an advisory committee to consult with and assist the authority. The advisory committee shall consist of one member from each affected county who shall be a person of good moral character and a duly qualified elector of the county he represents on the advisory committee, together with the Governor, the State Health Officer, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the State Geologist, the Director of the State Industrial Development Board, the Chairman of the Alabama Water Improvement Commission, the President of the Alabama Wildlife Federation and the head of any air pollution regulating body which might be created by the Legislature of this state, who shall be members ex officio of the advisory committee. The Governor shall be the chairman of the advisory committee, and he shall designate one of the appointive members as vice-chairman at the time of appointing such member. All members of the advisory committee other than the ex officio members shall be appointed by the Governor. The appointive members shall serve for terms of six years, and the persons serving as members ex officio shall serve for terms concurrent with the period of their tenure in office. The appointive members shall be eligible for reappointment. The advisory committee shall convene in meeting at the call of the chairman or of the vice-chairman. Meetings may also be called by notice signed by a majority of the appointive members. Notices of all meetings shall be in writing and such notices shall be served upon each member in person or by regular United States mail, postage prepaid, at least 10 days prior to the date upon which the meeting is to be held. It shall be the purpose of the advisory committee and of the members thereof to advise and consult with the authority with respect to water, air or general environmental pollution problems in the several counties within the area of operation, to establish and maintain liaison between the authority on the one hand and the industrial community, the county and municipal bodies and the agencies headed by the ex officio members on the other and generally to aid and assist the authority in carrying on its functions and fulfilling its purposes and objects and in coordinating the same with the efforts of other like authorities and other agencies in controlling, abating and preventing water, air or general environmental pollution. (Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, §7.)
AL Code § 9-6-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities.|Section 9-6-10 - Bonds - Contracts to Secure Payment.

Section 9-6-10Bonds - Contracts to secure payment. As security for payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued or obligations assumed by it, the authority may enter into a contract or contracts binding itself for the proper application of the proceeds of bonds and other funds, for the continued operation and maintenance of any equipment, facilities, apparatus or systems owned or controlled and operated by it or under its authority or any part or parts thereof, for the imposition and collection of reasonable rates and rentals for and the promulgation of reasonable regulations respecting the use of equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems of the authority and any service furnished therefrom, for the disposition and application of its gross revenues or any part thereof and for any other act or series of acts not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter for the protection of the bonds and other obligations being secured and the assurance that revenues from such equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems will be sufficient to cover the cost of all direct operation of such equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems by the authority and the maintenance in good repair and good operating condition of such equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems owned and controlled by the authority, the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds payable from such revenues and the maintenance of such reserves as may be deemed appropriate for the protection of the bonds, the efficient operation of such equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems and the making of replacements thereof and capital improvements thereto. Any contract pursuant to the provisions of this section may be set forth in any resolution of the board authorizing the issuance of bonds or the assumption of obligations or in any mortgage and deed of trust and trust indenture made by the authority under this chapter. (Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, §10.)
AL Code § 9-6-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities.|Section 9-6-11 - Bonds - Creation of Statutory Mortgage Lien.

Section 9-6-11Bonds - Creation of statutory mortgage lien. Any resolution of the board or trust indenture under which bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may contain provisions creating a statutory mortgage lien in favor of the holders of such bonds and of the interest coupons applicable thereto on the equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems or any part thereof (including any after-acquired property) out of the revenues from which such bonds are made payable. The said resolution of the board or the said trust indenture may provide for the filing of record in the office of the judge of probate of each county in which any part of such equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems or any part thereof may be located of a notice containing a brief description of such bonds and a declaration that said statutory mortgage lien has been created for the benefit of the holders of such bonds and the interest coupons applicable thereto upon such equipment, facilities, apparatus and systems or any thereof, including additions thereto and extensions thereof. Each judge of probate shall receive and record and index any such notice filed for record in his office. The recording of such notice, as provided in this section, shall operate as constructive notice of the contents thereof. (Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, §11.)