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AL Code § 33-6A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 6A - Recreational Vessel and Residence Boat Seweage Discharges Regulated.|Section 33-6A-3 - Prohibited Activities.

Section 33-6A-3Prohibited activities. (a) Discharge of untreated sewage is prohibited in all waters of this state. (b) Recreational vessels with no installed marine sanitation device or approved sewage disposal system and residence boats are prohibited from discharging sewage in all state waters. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, this chapter shall not be construed as prohibiting the disposal of sewage by a vessel or residence boat into a sewage disposal system constructed and operated according to law and approved by the Department of Public Health. (Act 2002-59, p. 145, §3.)
AL Code § 33-6A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 6A - Recreational Vessel and Residence Boat Seweage Discharges Regulated.|Section 33-6A-4 - Compliance With Federal Laws, Etc.

Section 33-6A-4Compliance with federal laws, etc. Every recreational vessel and residence boat owner, operator, and occupant shall comply with United States Coast Guard or other federal laws and regulations pertaining to marine sanitation devices and with United States Environmental Protection Agency or other federal laws and regulations pertaining to areas in which the discharge of sewage, treated or untreated, is prohibited. (Act 2002-59, p. 145, §4.)
AL Code § 33-6A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 6A - Recreational Vessel and Residence Boat Seweage Discharges Regulated.|Section 33-6A-5 - Pump-Out Stations at Marinas.

Section 33-6A-5Pump-out stations at marinas. An owner, operator, employee, or agent of a marina which does not provide a pump-out station or other approved means of properly disposing of sewage from recreational vessels, shall not, except in the case of safety emergency, permit a recreational vessel with a Type III marine sanitation device to moor, anchor, dock, or be stored at the marina. The department may, in cooperation with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, Department of Public Health, and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, establish by regulation in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, a program for financial assistance to marina facilities for the establishment of pump-out stations or other approved means of disposing of sewage from such vessels. (Act 2002-59, p. 145, §5.)
AL Code § 33-6A-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 6A - Recreational Vessel and Residence Boat Seweage Discharges Regulated.|Section 33-6A-6 - Annual Inspection of Vessels; Decal; Citations; Fees.

Section 33-6A-6Annual inspection of vessels; decal; citations; fees. Every recreational vessel required to be registered in Alabama or residence boat on the waters of this state having a marine sanitation device installed on board shall be inspected annually by the department in the county where the recreational vessel or residence boat is domiciled or located to assure that the recreational vessel or residence boat is in compliance with this chapter and department rules. When a recreational vessel or residence boat meets the requirements of the department, an annual inspection decal will be issued. This decal shall be placed on the port side of the hull of each recreational vessel and shall be placed on the residence boat in a position to be clearly visible from the water. The department may, at the request of a recreational vessel or residence boat owner and as part of an ongoing public educational program, conduct courtesy inspections of recreational vessels and residence boats for compliance with this chapter and may, in its sole discretion, provide warning citations under such circumstances as it deems appropriate. The department may, at the end of five years from October 1, 2003, establish by regulation, a reasonable fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) for the conduct of any mandatory annual inspections pertaining to this chapter, which fees shall be credited to the State Water Safety Fund. (Act 2002-59, p. 145, §6.)
AL Code § 33-6A-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 6A - Recreational Vessel and Residence Boat Seweage Discharges Regulated.|Section 33-6A-7 - Public Education Program.

Section 33-6A-7Public education program.  The department is hereby authorized to undertake and to enlist the support and cooperation of all agencies, political subdivisions, and organizations in the conduct of a public education program designed to inform the public of the undesirability of depositing untreated sewage, trash, litter, and other materials in the waters of this state and of the penalties provided by this chapter for such action, and to use funds provided by the Legislature for this purpose. The department is further authorized to utilize all means of communication in the conduct of this program. (Act 2002-59, p. 145, §7.)
AL Code § 33-6A-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 6A - Recreational Vessel and Residence Boat Seweage Discharges Regulated.|Section 33-6A-8 - Violations.

Section 33-6A-8Violations.  (a) Marine police officers or any duly sworn peace officer of the state may board and inspect a recreational vessel or residence boat for compliance with this chapter and department rules at any time if there is probable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter or department rules has occurred. (b) Any person who violates this chapter or any rule adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation; provided, however, that first-time offenders of any provision of this chapter or of any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be given a warning citation providing a 90-day opportunity to comply with the provision, and in the event of the failure of the offender to comply within the 90-day period, the offender shall be cited for violating the provision. (Act 2002-59, p. 145, §8.)
AL Code § 33-6A-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 6A - Recreational Vessel and Residence Boat Seweage Discharges Regulated.|Section 33-6A-9 - Disposition of Fines.

Section 33-6A-9Disposition of fines. THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER. THIS SECTION HAS NOT BEEN CODIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE. All fines paid or collected under this chapter shall be paid to the account of the State Water Safety Fund. (Act 2002-59, p. 145, § 9.)
AL Code § 33-8-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 8 - Tombigbee-Tennessee Waterway Development Compact.|Section 33-8-2 - Appropriation; Expenditures.

Section 33-8-2Appropriation; expenditures. The sum of $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from the State Treasury for expenditure in effectuating the purpose of this chapter. Such expenditures shall be made on requisitions signed by the compact administrator and approved by the Governor. (Acts 1957, No. 355, p. 467, §2.)
AL Code § 33-8-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 8 - Tombigbee-Tennessee Waterway Development Compact.|Section 33-8-3 - Powers of Governor, Members of Authority, Compact Administrator and State Officers.

Section 33-8-3Powers of Governor, members of authority, compact administrator and state officers. There is hereby granted to the Governor, to the members of the authority for Alabama and to the compact administrator all the powers provided for in said compact and in this chapter. All officers of the State of Alabama are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions which are necessary or incidental to carrying out the purpose of said compact. (Acts 1957, No. 355, p. 467, §3.)
AL Code § 33-8-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 8 - Tombigbee-Tennessee Waterway Development Compact.|Section 33-8-4 - When Chapter to Become Effective.

Section 33-8-4When chapter to become effective. This chapter shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor, and when the State of Mississippi makes an appropriation of at least an equal amount to carry out the purposes of this compact. (Acts 1957, No. 355, p. 467, §5.)
AL Code § 33-9-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 9 - Ameraport Deep Draft Harbor and Terminal Compact.|Section 33-9-1 - "Deep Draft Harbor and Terminal" Defined.

Section 33-9-1"Deep draft harbor and terminal" defined. For the purpose of the compact set out in this chapter, the term "deep draft harbor and terminal" means a structure, series of structures or facility of any type located on the continental shelf off the coast designed to accommodate deep draft vessels whose draft is greater than the depths of the present United States harbors and waterways commonly used by oceangoing traffic, and includes all functionally related structures and facilities which are necessary or useful to the operation of the terminal whether on land or seaward of the main structure or facility. (Acts 1973, No. 1065, p. 1784.)
AL Code § 33-10-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-1 - Definitions.

Section 33-10-1Definitions. In this chapter, these terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) DEEP DRAFT HARBOR OR TERMINAL. A structure, series of structures or facility of any type located on the continental shelf off the coast, within or without the State of Alabama, and designed to accommodate deep draft vessels carrying petroleum products whose draft is often greater than the depths of United States harbors and waterways commonly used by oceangoing traffic, and such term includes all functionally related structures and facilities which are necessary or useful to the operation of the terminal whether landward or seaward of the main structure or facility. Such structures may be or include a "single-buoy mooring terminal" system, or a "mono-buoy system." (2) COMMISSION. The Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission. (3) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The Executive Director of the Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §3.)
AL Code § 33-10-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-2 - Purpose of Chapter.

Section 33-10-2Purpose of chapter. 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. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §1.)
AL Code § 33-10-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-3 - Composition; Appointment, Qualifications, Terms and Removal of Members; Vacancies; Officers Generally.

Section 33-10-3Composition; appointment, qualifications, terms and removal of members; vacancies; officers generally. The commission shall be composed of the Governor, who shall serve as an ex officio member, and a board of commissioners consisting of five members chosen on the basis of their demonstrated experience in civic leadership and their stature and ability to act effectively for the best interests of the State of Alabama. All commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor. Each of the five commissioners shall serve a five-year term, except for the initial appointees. The first five appointments shall be for terms as follows: One member for one year, two for two years and two for three years. All vacancies shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term in the same manner as the appointments are originally made. A commissioner may be removed by the Governor for just cause. The Governor shall designate one member of the commission to serve as chairman and another to serve as vice-chairman. Any vacancy in the office of chairman or vice-chairman shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner provided for the original appointment or selection. The commission may select other officers as are appropriate for the fulfillment of the commission's activities. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §5.)
AL Code § 33-10-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-4 - Compensation and Expenses of Members.

Section 33-10-4Compensation and expenses of members. All members of the commission are entitled to receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses resulting from the performance of their powers and duties under this chapter, and all members of the commission, except persons who are officers or employees of another state agency or a local government or political subdivision of the state, are entitled to receive as compensation $50.00 a day for each day actually engaged in the work of the commission. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §7.)
AL Code § 33-10-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-5 - Meetings; Quorum.

Section 33-10-5Meetings; quorum. The commission shall meet at least once each month and may hold special meetings at the call of the chair or of three of its members. The chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside at all meetings. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §6.)
AL Code § 33-10-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-6 - Executive Director - Commission to Employ; Term.

Section 33-10-6Executive director - Commission to employ; term. The commission shall employ an executive director to serve at the will of the commission. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §8.)
AL Code § 33-10-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-7 - Executive Director - Duties Generally.

Section 33-10-7Executive director - Duties generally. The executive director, under policies adopted by the commission, shall manage the executive and administrative functions of the commission and the commission's general operations and shall serve as chief administrative officer of the commission. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §9.)
AL Code § 33-10-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-8 - Executive Director - Duties as to Minutes, Files and Records.

Section 33-10-8Executive director — Duties as to minutes, files and records. The executive director shall keep full and accurate minutes of all transactions and proceedings of the commission. The executive director shall be the custodian of all the files and records of the commission. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §12.)
AL Code § 33-10-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-9 - Executive Director - to Be Secretary to Board of Commissioners; Compensation; Employment of Personnel.

Section 33-10-9Executive director - To be secretary to board of commissioners; compensation; employment of personnel. The executive director, in addition to his usual functions, shall be secretary to the board of commissioners. The board of commissioners shall fix the compensation of the executive director. The executive director shall employ necessary engineers, attorneys, accountants, technical personnel and other employees necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §10.)
AL Code § 33-10-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-10 - Compensation of Employees.

Section 33-10-10Compensation of employees. Employees of the commission are entitled to compensation as provided by the commission. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §11.)
AL Code § 33-10-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-11 - Rules.

Section 33-10-11Rules. After proper notice and hearing, the commission shall adopt rules for its operations and to carry out its powers, duties and responsibilities. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §13.)
AL Code § 33-10-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-12 - Soliciting, etc., Money and Other Assistance.

Section 33-10-12Soliciting, etc., money and other assistance. The commission may apply for, request, solicit, contract for, receive and accept money and other assistance from any source to carry out its duties. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §14.)
AL Code § 33-10-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-13 - Information, etc., Property of State; Records Open to Inspection.

Section 33-10-13Information, etc., property of state; records open to inspection. All information, documents and data collected by the commission in the performance of its duties are the property of the state. All records are open to inspection by any person during regular office hours. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §15.)
AL Code § 33-10-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-14 - Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 33-10-14Powers and duties generally. The commission shall formulate general policy to govern the agency and its activities. The commission has the powers and duties specifically prescribed by this chapter and all other powers necessary or convenient to carry out its responsibilities. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §16.)
AL Code § 33-10-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-15 - Certain Powers Enumerated.

Section 33-10-15Certain powers enumerated. The commission is granted all powers capable of being delegated by the Legislature under the Constitution of the state, including but not limited to authority: (1) To own, construct, operate, maintain and lease docks, wharves, sheds, elevators, pipelines, pumping stations and facilities, storage facilities, housing and food facilities, heliport, locks, slips, laterals, basins, warehouses and all other property, structures, equipment and facilities, including belt and connecting lines of railroads and works of public improvement necessary or useful for deep draft harbor and terminal purposes. (2) To dredge and maintain shipways, channels, slips, basins and turning basins. (3) To establish, operate and maintain in cooperation with the federal government, the State of Alabama and its various agencies, subdivisions and public bodies, navigable waterway systems. (4) To acquire by expropriation any real property in fee, leaving the ownership of any minerals or mineral rights in the former owners. (5) To collect tolls and fees. (6) To borrow funds for the business of the commission. (7) To select an official journal for the publication of the official acts of the commission. (8) To mortgage properties constructed or acquired by said commission and to mortgage and pledge any lease or leases and the rents, income and other advantages arising out of any lease or leases granted, assigned or subleased by the commission. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §18.)
AL Code § 33-10-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-16 - Promotion, Operation, etc., of Development Program; Contracts, etc., With Other Agencies.

Section 33-10-16Promotion, operation, etc., of development program; contracts, etc., with other agencies. The commission shall be vested with exclusive and plenary authority to do any and all things necessary or proper for the commission to promote, plan, finance, develop, construct, control, operate, manage, maintain and modify the commission development program. To assert Alabama's interest in any deep draft harbor and terminal development in proximity to the Alabama coast, the commission is empowered to negotiate with and enter into contracts, compacts or other agreements with agencies, bureaus or other divisions of the federal government or other states of the United States concerning the commission development program, including jurisdictional aspects of the location of the deep draft harbor and terminal, sharing of revenues derived from the operation of the deep draft harbor and terminal and promulgation and enforcement of regulations governing commission operations. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §17.)
AL Code § 33-10-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-17 - Jurisdiction; Right to Acquire Waterbottoms.

Section 33-10-17Jurisdiction; right to acquire waterbottoms. The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the commission development program within the coastal waters of Alabama. The commission shall have the right to acquire waterbottoms inside and outside of the territorial limits of the State of Alabama for use in the construction, operation or maintenance of the facilities functionally required, related, necessary or useful to the operation of the commission. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §4.)
AL Code § 33-10-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 10 - Ameraport Offshore Harbor and Terminal Commission.|Section 33-10-18 - Lease of State-Owned Waterbottoms.

Section 33-10-18Lease of state-owned waterbottoms. To enable the commission to perform the work herein provided, the State of Alabama, acting by and through the appropriate state departments, is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to grant to the commission a lease on state-owned waterbottoms which are selected by the commission as sites for the deep draft harbor and terminal; provided, however, that the mineral rights on any and all state lands shall be reserved to the State of Alabama. (Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §21.)