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AL Code § 9-14-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 14 - State Parks.|Article 2 - Contracts for Maintenance and Operation of Concessions Within State Park Areas.|Section 9-14-23 - Bonds for Contracts; Failure of Successful Bidders to Execute Contracts; Rejection of All Bids; Negotiation of Contract.

Section 9-14-23Bonds for contracts; failure of successful bidders to execute contracts; rejection of all bids; negotiation of contract. (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall require and set appropriate bonds (but in no event in an amount less than $50,000.00 per $1,000,000.00 or fraction thereof of the construction, equipping and furnishing cost of the facility leased) for all park concession contracts in an amount deemed sufficient to fully protect the interest of the state for the faithful performance of the terms of said contracts and for the payment of all moneys which may become due to the state by virtue of the provisions of such contracts. (b) A failure by a successful bidder on any concession contract to execute same to the commissioner within 20 days of receipt thereof and within the same time limit to provide the state with all required bonds together with such evidence of insurance as is required under the terms of the contract may, at the option of the commissioner, be treated as a refusal to execute; and, upon such determination by the Commissioner, all rights of the successful bidder shall terminate, and any and all moneys or considerations paid into the state shall be forfeited. (c) If the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, after receipt of all bids on a concession contract, deems that the acceptance of any bid would not be in the best interest of the state, he may reject all bids. He may thereafter negotiate a concession contract; provided, that said negotiated contract must give better terms to the state than any of the rejected bids. (Acts 1971, No. 2440, p. 3900, §6; Acts 1975, No. 1208, p. 2521, §1.)
AL Code § 9-14-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 14 - State Parks.|Article 2 - Contracts for Maintenance and Operation of Concessions Within State Park Areas.|Section 9-14-24 - Award of Contracts; Provisions as to Concessionaire's Rates and Charges; Periodic Review, etc., of Rates and Charges; Inclusion of Terms and Conditions for Protection of State Against Loss of Investment.

Section 9-14-24Award of contracts; provisions as to concessionaire's rates and charges; periodic review, etc., of rates and charges; inclusion of terms and conditions for protection of state against loss of investment. (a) All concession contracts authorizing occupancy of any portion of the state park system shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder, as determined by criteria set out in the notice therefor, who, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, will operate the concession consistent with the contract and in the best interests of the state and public. (b) All concession contracts of whatever nature or form shall provide for the reasonableness of the concessionaire's rates and charges to the public, and such rates shall be judged primarily by comparison with those rates or charges for facilities and services of comparable character under similar conditions with due consideration for length of season, peak loads, average percentage of occupancy, accessibility, availability, cost of labor and personnel, type of patronage and such other factors deemed significant by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. (c) All concession rates and charges will be subject to periodic review by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, who shall have authority to require the concessionaire to reduce such rates when, after review of same, he finds them to be excessive and not based on and in compliance with the foregoing criteria. (d) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall further have authority to include in concession contracts such other terms and conditions as, in his judgment, are required to assure the state of adequate protection against loss of investment in structures, fixtures, improvements, equipment, supplies and other properties. (Acts 1971, No. 2440, p. 3900, §5.)
AL Code § 9-14-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 14 - State Parks.|Article 2 - Contracts for Maintenance and Operation of Concessions Within State Park Areas.|Section 9-14-25 - Financial Resources of Persons, etc., Seeking Concessions; Submission of Financial Statements With Bids; Verification of Same.

Section 9-14-25Financial resources of persons, etc., seeking concessions; submission of financial statements with bids; verification of same. No person, firm or corporation shall be granted a concession contract who or which does not have sufficient financial resources to properly operate a concession. All bidders for concessions must submit with their bids a complete financial statement, which statement shall be subject to full verification by proper state officials. Any bid submitted without such statement may not be considered. (Acts 1971, No. 2440, p. 3900, §7.)
AL Code § 9-14-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 14 - State Parks.|Article 2 - Contracts for Maintenance and Operation of Concessions Within State Park Areas.|Section 9-14-26 - Cancellation of Contracts.

Section 9-14-26Cancellation of contracts. No concession contract awarded may be cancelled except as provided for therein. (Acts 1971, No. 2440, p. 3900, §8; Acts 1975, No. 1208, p. 2521, §3.)
AL Code § 9-14-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 14 - State Parks.|Article 2 - Contracts for Maintenance and Operation of Concessions Within State Park Areas.|Section 9-14-27 - Length of Term of Contracts.

Section 9-14-27Length of term of contracts. No concession contract shall be granted, the term of which exceeds six years, unless the concessionaire is required by the terms of the contract to expend major monetary sums for the purpose of improving, furnishing, equipping or enlarging existing facilities or constructing and/or furnishing additional facilities on the concession premises. In the event such major expenditures are made by a concessionaire, the term of his concession contract may be extended, but in no event exceed 12 years. (Acts 1971, No. 2440, p. 3900, §9; Acts 1975, No. 1208, p. 2521, §4.)
AL Code § 9-14-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 14 - State Parks.|Article 2 - Contracts for Maintenance and Operation of Concessions Within State Park Areas.|Section 9-14-28 - Consummation of Contracts; Written Approval by Attorney General, Chief Examiner of Department of Public Accounts and Governor.

Section 9-14-28Consummation of contracts; written approval by Attorney General, Chief Examiner of Department of Public Accounts and Governor. All concession contracts entered into by virtue of the provisions of this article shall be consummated by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; provided, that all such contracts must have the written approval of the Attorney General, the Chief Examiner of the Department of Public Accounts and the Governor on the face thereof. (Acts 1971, No. 2440, p. 3900, §10; Acts 1975, No. 1208, p. 2521, §5.)
AL Code § 9-14-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 14 - State Parks.|Article 2 - Contracts for Maintenance and Operation of Concessions Within State Park Areas.|Section 9-14-29 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.

Section 9-14-29Applicability of provisions of article. The provisions of this article shall not apply to or authorize the leasing of any tent camping or trailer park facility, except at Camden State Park, nor do the provisions of this article authorize, for a period of three years beginning with the date of the official opening of all newly constructed facilities at said state park, the leasing of the lodge and the food service facilities at the beach pavilion at the state park presently designated as Lake Guntersville State Park. It is further provided that the provisions of this article shall not apply to concession operations at special events at the state parks, which events do not exceed 72 hours. In addition, the provisions of this article shall not apply to state parks concession operations receiving gross receipts of $100,000.00 or less annually. (Acts 1971, No. 2440, p. 3900, §3; Acts 1975, No. 1208, p. 2521, §1; Acts 1986, Ex. Sess., No. 86-715, p. 131, §1; Acts 1992, No. 92-585, p. 1207, §1.)
AL Code § 9-15-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-1 - Definitions.

Section 9-15-1Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) USED LANDS. Lands that are being utilized for the specific and immediate purposes of the state or of any institution or department thereof or by any township or the inhabitants thereof, including buildings, grounds and premises, experiment farms, leased, mined or cultivated property and any other tracts utilized by or for the operation of any institution or department. (2) UNUSED LANDS. Lands not utilized for the immediate purposes of any institution or department, not being cultivated, leased or mined and not contiguous to the premises of any department or institution or state building. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 725, §1; Code 1940, T. 8, §219.)
AL Code § 9-15-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-2 - Jurisdiction and Control of Unused Lands; Recommendations as to Policy Generally.

Section 9-15-2Jurisdiction and control of unused lands; recommendations as to policy generally. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have jurisdiction over and control of all unused lands, so long as they remain such, and shall look after and protect such lands from depredation so far as may be possible and shall recommend to the Governor or to the department or institution to which the use of said lands is devoted, from time to time, the policy to be adopted in regard to said lands, which in its opinion will be most conducive to the interests of the state or of the department or institution to which said lands belong or pertain. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 725, §5; Code 1940, T. 8, §223.)
AL Code § 9-15-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-3 - Determination and Listing of Unused Lands Suitable for Devotion to Forest Culture; Use of Same as State Forests or State Parks.

Section 9-15-3Determination and listing of unused lands suitable for devotion to forest culture; use of same as state forests or state parks. It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as to all unused lands owned absolutely by the state to determine which of said lands are most suitable to be devoted to forest culture and to make a list of such lands and file the same in the office of the Department of Finance, and the lands, as shown on such list, shall thereafter, at the direction of the Governor, be devoted to forest culture or to the purposes of state parks under the administration of the State Forestry Commission or the Division of Parks, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as state forests or state parks. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 725, §6; Code 1940, T. 8, §224.)
AL Code § 9-15-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-4 - Concentration of Ownership of Scattered State Owned Lands.

Section 9-15-4Concentration of ownership of scattered state owned lands. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall, where any of the lands of the state or of any institution of the state are scattered, undertake to see if such ownership may be concentrated by the exchange of such lands with individual owners. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 725, §7; Code 1940, T. 8, §225.)
AL Code § 9-15-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-5 - Duties of Department to Be Performed Without Prejudice, etc., to Rights of Trust Beneficiaries or State Institutions; Department to Act as Technical Advisor.

Section 9-15-5Duties of department to be performed without prejudice, etc., to rights of trust beneficiaries or state institutions; department to act as technical advisor. The duties and powers placed upon and vested in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by this article are to be exercised in subordination to and without prejudice to the right of the beneficiary of any trust under which the state may hold said lands or of the rights of any institution of the state, but the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall act as technical advisor to the state and to any such institution or political subdivision or the inhabitants thereof with reference to such lands. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 725, §8; Code 1940, T. 8, §226.)
AL Code § 9-15-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-6 - Ascertainment of Description and Location of Lands Owned or Held in Trust by State, State Institutions, etc.; Classification of Lands and Preparation of Records of Ownership.

Section 9-15-6Ascertainment of description and location of lands owned or held in trust by state, state institutions, etc.; classification of lands and preparation of records of ownership. It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to ascertain the description and location of all lands to which the state holds the legal title for itself or as trustee, and all state parks and all lands belonging to any institution or department of the state, and to any township thereof and to the inhabitants of any such township, and to make a separate record for each ownership of all such lands, describing such lands by government numbers when susceptible of such description and, when not susceptible of such description, then by some other adequate description whereby the same can be identified. The lands belonging to the various ownerships above described shall be classified in a separate record as to each as used or unused lands. Such record shall also show the manner in which title thereto was acquired, the character of the title, the general character of such land, that is, whether chiefly valuable for agriculture, mining, timber culture or other use and the use to which the same is being put. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 725, §2; Code 1940, T. 8, §220.)
AL Code § 9-15-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-7 - Disposition of Records Generally.

Section 9-15-7Disposition of records generally. Said records shall be prepared and kept in duplicate, one copy of each of said records being kept in the files of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and one copy containing the record of the lands pertaining to each department or institution of the state, respectively, shall be filed with such department or institution. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 725, §3; Code 1940, T. 8, §221.)
AL Code § 9-15-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-8 - Filing of Lists of Used and Unused Lands by State Departments and Institutions; Filing of Lists of Improvements Made on Said Lands; Disposition of Lists.

Section 9-15-8Filing of lists of used and unused lands by state departments and institutions; filing of lists of improvements made on said lands; disposition of lists. It shall be the duty of each state department or institution of the State of Alabama which holds the legal title to or any interest in any lands in the State of Alabama and any department charged by law with the administration, control or management of any state department or institutional lands to file in the office of the Land Agent within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a complete list of all lands of whatsoever kind to which it holds the legal title or in which it claims any interest. If any land is held by any person, firm, corporation, department or institution of the State of Alabama for the use and benefit of any institution or department of the State of Alabama, such land shall also be included in such list to be filed in the office of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Such list shall be compiled under the supervision of the managing head of such institution or department, and the real estate described therein shall be numbered by parcel and described legally. The lands set forth in said list shall be classified by institution or department owning the same as used lands or unused lands. The terms "used lands" and "unused lands," as herein used, shall have the same meaning as described by Section 9-15-1. Said list shall also show the manner in which title to or interest in said land was acquired; the character of the title; the general character of such land, that is, whether chiefly valuable for agriculture, mining, timber culture or other use; and the use to which it is being put. In case of any improvements on any of said lands, a full description of the improvements shall be furnished the land agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, on a form prescribed by the said land agent, to be filled in by the managing head of any state institution or department. Said lists so filed with the land agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall be preserved and kept on file in office of Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §2.)
AL Code § 9-15-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-9 - Preparation and Disposition of Records Showing Ownership, General Character, Disposition, etc., of Used and Unused Lands.

Section 9-15-9Preparation and disposition of records showing ownership, general character, disposition, etc., of used and unused lands. Upon the filing of the list required to be filed by Section 9-15-8, the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall cause a record to be compiled, which record shall list by counties all lands owned or held in trust by an institution or department of the State of Alabama, as shown by lists mentioned in Section 9-15-8. Such record shall also show the ownership of such lands and whether or not the same are used or unused lands, as defined in Section 9-15-1, and said record shall further show the general character of such land, that is, whether chiefly valuable for agricultural, mining, timber culture or other use and the use to which the same is being put. If at any future time any of the said lands shall be leased or sold or otherwise disposed of, or should unused lands become used lands or used lands become unused lands, such facts and circumstances shall be noted on said record and any other pertinent facts with relation to said lands shall be noted on said record to the end that a complete and current inventory of all state lands shall be available at all times. Such data shall be made on proper record books and shall be preserved by the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §3.)
AL Code § 9-15-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-10 - Notice, etc., of Change in Status, Disposition or Acquisition of Used and Unused Lands.

Section 9-15-10Notice, etc., of change in status, disposition or acquisition of used and unused lands. (a) If at any future time any institution or department of the State of Alabama shall deem it advisable to make use of any unused land owned by it, it shall notify the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, who shall place said land on the "used land" list, and should any institution or department of the State of Alabama abandon the use to which any "used land" is then being put, it shall notify the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, of such abandonment and the land shall be reclassified on records in the office of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as "unused land." (b) Should any land owned by any institution or department of the State of Alabama be leased, sold or otherwise disposed of by any institution or department of the State of Alabama owning same, such institution or department shall immediately notify the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, of such fact and furnish said Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a copy of the instrument by which the said land is leased or conveyed, which copy shall remain on file in the office of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and shall be and constitute a part of the records of said office. (c) Should any institution or department of the State of Alabama acquire title to or any interest in any real estate not shown on said list, it shall immediately notify the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, of its ownership in such real estate or interest therein and shall forward to the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a description of said real estate, together with a statement on a prescribed form furnished by the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as to the general character of such land, that is, whether chiefly valuable for agricultural, mining, timber culture or other use and the use to which same is being put. It shall further classify said lands as "used lands" or "unused lands" in accordance with the terms of Section 9-15-8. It shall further forward to the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a copy of the deed, lease or other conveyance by which it derives title to or interest in said land, which copy shall be placed on file in the office of Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Upon receipt of the notice provided for in this section, the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall enter or cause to be entered upon the permanent records of said office the description of such land so acquired, together with such information thereto as is required in Section 9-15-9. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §5.)
AL Code § 9-15-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-11 - Preparation of County Maps Showing Ownership and Location of Lands Owned by State Institutions or Departments.

Section 9-15-11Preparation of county maps showing ownership and location of lands owned by state institutions or departments. It shall be the duty of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, to cause maps of each county of the State of Alabama to be prepared, showing thereon the location of any real estate owned by any institution or department of the State of Alabama. Such map shall show the ownership of any real estate owned by an institution or department of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §4.)