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AL Code § 33-1-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-22 - Acquisition of Property and Rights-of-Way.

Section 33-1-22Acquisition of property and rights-of-way. For the acquiring of rights-of-way and property necessary for the construction of terminal railroads and structures, including railroad crossings, wharves, piers, docks, quays, grain elevators, cotton compresses, warehouses, and other riparian and littoral terminals and structures and approaches thereto needful for the convenient use of rights-of-way and property, the port authority may acquire the rights-of-way and property by purchase, by negotiation or by condemnation. (Acts 1923, No. 303, p. 330; Code 1923, §2546; Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1; Code 1940, T. 38, §22; Act 2000-598, p. 1199, §2.)
AL Code § 33-1-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-23 - To What Property Eminent Domain Applicable.

Section 33-1-23To what property eminent domain applicable. Repealed by Act 2000-598, §8, 2000 Regular Session, effective August 1, 2000. (Acts 1923, No. 303, p. 330; Code 1923, §2543; Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1; Acts 1935, No. 385, p. 821; Code 1940, T. 38, §23.)
AL Code § 33-1-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-24 - Conduct of Operation of Harbors, Ports, Facilities, etc., by Port Authority.

Section 33-1-24Conduct of operation of harbors, ports, facilities, etc., by port authority. The operation of all harbors and seaports within the state and the improvements and facilities hereby authorized shall be conducted in the name of the Alabama State Port Authority. In such operation, the port authority may contract such current indebtedness as is necessarily incident to the prosecution of the work in accordance with the terms of this chapter and other applicable statutes. The port authority may adopt rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of regulating, controlling and conducting the said operation. (Acts 1923, No. 303, p. 330; Code 1923, §2547; Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1; Code 1940, T. 38, §24.)
AL Code § 33-1-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-25 - Port Authority Authorized to Carry Fire and Casualty and Public Liability Insurance.

Section 33-1-25Port authority authorized to carry fire and casualty and public liability insurance. The Alabama State Port Authority is hereby authorized to provide insurance covering loss or damage to its properties, or any properties of others in its custody, care or control, or any properties as to which it has any insurable interest, caused by fire or other casualty; and may likewise provide insurance for the payment of damages on account of the injury to or death of persons, and the loss of or destruction of properties of others; and may pay the premiums thereon out of the revenues of the port authority. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize or permit the institution of any civil action or proceeding in any court against the port authority for or on account of any matters referred to in this section; provided, that any contracts of insurance herein authorized may, in the discretion of the director of the port authority, provide for a direct right of action against the insurance carrier for the enforcement of any such claims or causes of action. The liability under any such policy or contract of insurance, arising out of such facts and circumstances as would bring such claim or cause of action within the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 25 of this code, if the port authority were subject to the provisions of said law, shall be governed by the provisions of said law; provided, however, that the Director of the Alabama State Port Authority may increase the hospital and medical liability coverage if in his opinion he deems such increase of such liability coverage to be in the best interests of the port authority; the liability in all other cases from any such policy or contract of insurance, except to the extent expressly stated to the contrary therein, shall be the same as that imposed by law upon private persons, firms or corporations in like circumstances. (Acts 1945, No. 455, p. 689, § 1; Acts 1959, No. 507, p. 1244, § 1.)
AL Code § 33-1-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-26 - Power of Port Authority to Fix Charges for Use of State Facilities; Charges for Use of Private Facilities.

Section 33-1-26Power of port authority to fix charges for use of state facilities; charges for use of private facilities. In order to enable the port authority to earn funds to pay operating expenses and interest on the bonds and to create a sinking fund for the retirement of the bonds, the port authority shall have the right and power to fix from time to time reasonable rates of charges for all services and for the use of all improvements and facilities provided under the authority of this chapter; and schedules of all rates so fixed shall be filed with the State Public Service Commission within seven days after the fixing thereof. All private concerns, corporations or individuals operating similar facilities at Alabama seaports must make and collect charges which shall be not less than the charges so fixed by the department for the use of the state's facilities. (Acts 1923, No. 303, p. 330, §12; Code 1923, §2558; Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1, §13; Code 1940, T. 38, §34.)
AL Code § 33-1-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-27 - Exercise and Evidence of Authority of Governor and Port Authority.

Section 33-1-27Exercise and evidence of authority of Governor and port authority. 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. (Acts 1923, No. 303, p. 330, §14; Code 1923, §2560; Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1, §16; Code 1940, T. 38, §35.)
AL Code § 33-1-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-28 - Establishment of Harbor Lines; Grant of Licenses for Construction of Wharves, Etc.

Section 33-1-28Establishment of harbor lines; grant of licenses for construction of wharves, etc. The port authority may establish harbor lines, exterior and interior, when not in conflict with similar lines established by the United States. The port authority is hereby empowered to grant licenses in the name of the state to any riparian owner for the construction of wharves, booms and other aids to navigation when such wharves, booms or aids are appurtenant to his upland. (Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1, §20; Code 1940, T. 38, §39.)
AL Code § 33-1-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-29 - Revocation or Suspension of Upland Owners' Licenses.

Section 33-1-29Revocation or suspension of upland owners' licenses. Any license granted by the State of Alabama, either expressly or by implication, permitting the upland owner to occupy any part of the space between the channel of the Mobile River or the low water mark of the Mobile Bay and the high water mark, may be revoked by order of the director whenever said port authority shall determine to make use of such property for the purpose contemplated by this chapter, or may be suspended by order pending an investigation and decision as to whether or not such use shall be made; provided, however, that whenever such property has been or shall have been already improved by the upland owner, his license to maintain such improvements and to exercise such control thereover as may have been conferred upon him by a license from the state shall not be revoked or suspended otherwise than in the exercise of the right of eminent domain by condemnation proceedings as long as such owner shall occupy such property with improvements appropriate and devoted to the use of such property as a facility to commerce as is contemplated by such license. Whenever the port authority shall determine that any part of the property of the state above described is being occupied under a license from the state but that the improvements thereon are not being so maintained and used as facilities to commerce as reasonably to serve the purpose for which the license was granted and that it is desirable that this land should be improved by the port authority, then the director may call upon such owner of such improvements to put the same in such condition as reasonably to serve as such facilities to commerce within the purpose of the license under which they were erected, and if the said owner shall fail to comply within a reasonable time then the port authority may file a complaint in the circuit court of the circuit in which such land is situated for the cancellation of such license and if upon final hearing it shall be determined by the court that the said property is being occupied in violation of the intent and purpose of said license, then the court shall by its judgment cancel the same and the port authority shall then be entitled to proceed with the improvements thereof; provided further that the use of such improvement by the upland owner shall in no event be disturbed until the port authority is ready to begin the improvement of the land so occupied thereby under the terms of this chapter. (Acts 1923, No. 303, p. 330, §17; Code 1923, §2564; Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1, §17; Code 1940, T. 38, §38.)
AL Code § 33-1-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-30 - Establishment of Foreign Trade Zones.

Section 33-1-30Establishment of foreign trade zones. In order to comply with the laws, rules and regulations of the federal government governing the establishment of foreign trade zones, under an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment, operation and maintenance of foreign trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes, approved June 18th, 1934," or any amendments thereto, the port authority, any county or municipal governing body or any private or public corporation is authorized to establish at all ports of entry within this state foreign trade zones and to establish rules and regulations for controlling and conducting said zones. All foreign trade zones established under the provisions of this section shall comply with all federal laws and regulations dealing with the establishment and operation of foreign trade zones. (Acts 1935, No. 523, p. 1111, § 1; Code 1940, T. 38, §40; Acts 1977, No. 498, p. 653, § 1.)
AL Code § 33-1-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-31 - Rules and Regulations; Violations.

Section 33-1-31Rules and regulations; violations. The port authority is authorized to formulate and promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of any seaport or harbor within the state. Any person, firm, association, or corporation violating any of the rules and regulations established or authorized to be established by this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and for each offense shall be subjected to a fine of not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) and may also be imprisoned for not more than one year. Any fines so collected shall be paid to the port authority and by it placed to the credit of the operating fund. (Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1 §18; Code 1940, T. 38, §42; Act 2009-457, p. 795, §1.)
AL Code § 33-1-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-32 - Violation of Orders, etc., of Director or Agents.

Section 33-1-32Violation of orders, etc., of director or agents. If any master, agent, or owner of any water craft shall refuse or neglect to obey the lawful orders or directions of the director or his or her agents in any matter pertaining to the regulations of Mobile Harbor, or the removal or stationing of any water craft in violation of the navigation or other laws of the state, such master, agent, or owner so refusing or neglecting is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), and may also be imprisoned for not more than one year. Any fines so collected shall be paid to the port authority and by it placed to the credit of the operating fund. (Code 1923, §5009; Code 1940, T. 38, §44; Act 2009-457, p. 795, §1.)
AL Code § 33-1-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-33 - Failure to Remove Dangerous Vessels on Order of Port Authority.

Section 33-1-33Failure to remove dangerous vessels on order of port authority. Any owner or any agency in control of any vessel that is anchored, moored, or made fast to the shore when the same is in bad repair, liable to sink, liable to pollute adjacent water or determined to be a substantial threat to pollute adjacent water, or deemed to be a derelict vessel, or in violation of any law or regulation, who fails to remove it from the harbor to a designated place when directed to do so by an accredited agent of the port authority, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) and may also be imprisoned for not more than one year. The offender shall be guilty of a new and similar offense and subject to the same penalty for each 48 hours that elapses after the order to remove the vessel from the harbor or seaport is served. Any fines so collected shall be paid to the port authority and by it placed to the credit of the operating fund. (Acts 1927, No. 1, p. 1, §19; Code 1940, T. 38, §43; Act 2009-457, p. 795, §1.)
AL Code § 33-1-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-34 - Ships Entering or Leaving Port of Mobile to Fly Flag of Country of Registry; Name of Country of Registry to Be Stated in Advertising, Etc.

Section 33-1-34Ships entering or leaving Port of Mobile to fly flag of country of registry; name of country of registry to be stated in advertising, etc. (a) All ships entering or leaving the Port of Mobile shall fly the flag of the country in which such ship is registered and all advertising and sales of passenger ship services of such ships shall clearly state in each advertisement and on each ticket or evidence of sale of such services the name of the country in bold type in which each such ship is registered. (b) The owner of any ship which fails to comply with the requirement of subsection (a) of this section relative to the flying of the flag of the country in which the ship is registered, and the master thereof, each, forfeits to the use of the State of Alabama the sum of $500.00; and the owner of any ship and any employee or agent of such owner and any other person, firm or corporation, who publishes, distributes or circulates any advertising relative to a ship or who sells or delivers any ticket or other evidence of the sale of passenger service on a ship, which does not state the country of registry of the ship in bold letters, as required by subsection (a) of this section, each, likewise forfeits the sum of $500.00 to the use of the State of Alabama. (c) The Alabama State Port Authority through its director is hereby authorized and directed to enforce the provisions of this section. (Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 450, p. 624, §§ 1-3.)
AL Code § 33-1-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-35 - Depositing Substance That Will Form Obstruction to Navigation.

Section 33-1-35Depositing substance that will form obstruction to navigation. Any person who shall deposit or cause to be deposited, in the waters of the Harbor of Mobile, any substance that will sink and form an obstruction to navigation, without first obtaining permission in writing, of the Alabama State Port Authority, which permission shall describe with an ordinary degree of certainty the place where such deposit shall be made, and which shall be recorded by the secretary-treasurer of the port authority, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, or imprisoned for not less than 30 and not more than 90 days; but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent or interfere with the construction of work authorized by law to be done at any time in connection with the Mobile Harbor. (Acts 1915, No. 628, p. 678, §48; Code 1923, §5008; Code 1940, T. 38, §45.)
AL Code § 33-1-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-37 - Safety Incentive Program.

Section 33-1-37Safety incentive program. The Director of the Alabama State Port Authority, to promote a safe working environment, may expend funds from fees collected by the port authority or from funds appropriated to the port authority in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per fiscal year to provide incentives or as awards to employees for maintaining sustained safe work conditions in all operating areas of the docks in a manner as the director deems appropriate. All funds expended under this section shall be subject to audit and accounting as required by law. (Acts 1996, No. 96-427, p. 541, §1.)
AL Code § 33-1-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-38 - Compliance With Railway Labor Act.

Section 33-1-38Compliance with Railway Labor Act. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the state, acting through the Alabama State Port Authority, is hereby authorized to comply with any and all duties imposed upon it, and to satisfy any and all obligations it may have arising under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. Section 151, et seq., with respect to employees of the port authority who are subject to the act, including the duties to make written agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, working conditions, and all other lawful subjects, and to compromise, settle, and resolve all disputes with employees or their lawfully designated representatives, whether arising out of the application of agreements or otherwise, through the procedures prescribed in the act. (b) This section is declaratory of, and does not constitute a change in, existing law. (Act 97-900, p. 1417, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 33-1-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-39 - Contracts.

Section 33-1-39Contracts. (a) All contracts of the Alabama State Docks Department, now known as the Alabama State Port Authority, shall be in writing to precisely the same extent, and shall be approved and executed in precisely the same manner, as such contracts are on August 1, 2000, except that, where approval of the Governor has been required, approval of the board shall henceforth be required instead. (b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the terms of any contract or agreement entered into with a customer of the authority in the course of the authority's business, whether before or after April 8, 2021, and any report or other record, that would disclose customer-specific information with respect to cargo volume, shipping prices, or other information that would put the authority or any of its customers at a competitive disadvantage, shall be exempt from the requirements of the laws of the state restricting confidentiality of documents or records, including, but not limited to, any open records or similar law. (2) The exemption in this subsection shall not apply to any of the following: a. The existence of any contract or agreement exempted under subdivision (1). b. The terms of any financing instrument entered into by the authority, as borrower or guarantor. c. The base, fixed rents due under any lease of real property by or from the authority. (3) Upon request, the authority shall furnish a copy of an contract or agreement exempted under subdivision (1), but shall redact the commercial terms and other portions exempted under subdivision (1). (Act 2000-598, p. 1199, §4; Act 2021-184, §2.)
AL Code § 33-1-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-40 - Sovereign Immunity.

Section 33-1-40Sovereign immunity. The port authority shall have sovereign immunity from suit to precisely the same extent as the Alabama State Docks Department had on August 1, 2000. (Act 2000-598, p. 1199, §5.)
AL Code § 33-1-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-41 - Obligations.

Section 33-1-41Obligations. Each and every existing obligation of the Alabama State Docks Department, now known as the Alabama State Port Authority, whether bonded indebtedness, contractual obligation, obligations under collective bargaining agreements, or otherwise, shall remain in full force and effect to precisely the same extent as the obligation exists on August 1, 2000. The Alabama State Docks Department, now known as the Alabama State Port Authority, shall have precisely the same power under applicable law to issue and sell bonds hereafter as it has on August 1, 2000. (Act 2000-598, p. 1199, §6.)
AL Code § 33-1-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relative to Harbors and Ports and State Docks Department.|Section 33-1-42 - Outstanding Bonds.

Section 33-1-42Outstanding bonds. It is the intention of the Legislature in enacting Act 2000-598 to preserve inviolate all pledges heretofore made of any portion of the revenues of the Alabama State Docks Department, now known as the port authority, for the benefit of its outstanding bonds. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the port authority shall assume in full and without limitation the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Alabama State Docks Department's outstanding bonds according to their tenor and due and punctual performance and observance of all agreements and conditions of orders heretofore issued by the Alabama State Docks with respect thereto. (Act 2000-598, p. 1199, §7.)