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AL Code § 33-5-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-64 - Duplicates for Lost or Destroyed Certifications; Fees.

Section 33-5-64Duplicates for lost or destroyed certifications; fees. (a) In the event any boater safety certification issued under this article is lost or destroyed, the person may upon payment of a fee of five dollars ($5) and upon furnishing proof to the Director of Public Safety that the certificate has been lost or destroyed, secure a duplicate. The second and subsequent duplicates applied for will require the payment of a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) and, upon furnishing proof to the Director of Public Safety that the previously held certification or duplicate has been lost or destroyed, a duplicate may be secured. Application for the duplicate shall be made to the Director of Public Safety on forms provided by the official. The fee shall be collected by the director, paid into the State Treasury and credited to the Department of Public Safety. The fee shall be retained by the Department of Public Safety and is appropriated on a continuous basis and shall be utilized and expended for boating safety or law enforcement purposes and shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal year. (b) Any person making a false affidavit to the Director of Public Safety for the purpose of obtaining a duplicate certification shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50). All fines collected for the violation of this subsection shall be deposited into the State Water Safety Fund. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, however, the person shall not be required to pay any additional fees for the reissuance of a lost or destroyed certification as denoted on any reissued lost or destroyed motor vehicle driver license, when the license and a boater safety certification were previously issued at the same time. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §17.)
AL Code § 33-5-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-65 - Reinstatement of Certification Following Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation.

Section 33-5-65Reinstatement of certification following cancellation, suspension, or revocation. Any person whose boater safety certification has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked under any provision of Alabama law, by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, or by any court of competent jurisdiction shall, upon application for reinstatement of the certification, pay to the Director of Public Safety a fee of fifty dollars ($50) for each cancellation, suspension, or revocation action. An additional fifty dollars ($50) is imposed if the cancelled, suspended, or revoked certification is not voluntarily surrendered within 30 days of a cancellation, suspension, or revocation notice. Upon receipt of the reinstatement fee, clearance for recertification will be provided. The second and any subsequent clearance for recertification for this action will be provided for a fee of five dollars ($5). Upon reinstatement the holder is required to obtain a duplicate certification with a new photograph and current personal data. Fees collected by the director under this section shall be retained by the Department of Public Safety and shall not be returned to the applicant for reinstatement of certification, notwithstanding what action the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may take on the person's application for reinstatement of certification. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §18.)
AL Code § 33-5-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-67 - Operation While Certification Is Cancelled, Suspended, or Revoked Prohibited; Penalties.

Section 33-5-67Operation while certification is cancelled, suspended, or revoked prohibited; penalties. Any person whose boater safety certification or vessel operator's certification issued in this or another state or whose vessel operating privilege as a nonresident has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked, as provided in this article, and who operates any motorized vessel upon the waters of this state while certification or privilege is cancelled, suspended, or revoked shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100). Also, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the person's certification or privilege may be revoked for an additional revocation period of six months. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §20.)
AL Code § 33-5-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-68 - Application Fee; Retention by Department of Public Safety.

Section 33-5-68Application fee; retention by Department of Public Safety. (a) Every applicant for an original boater safety certification shall be required to pay an application fee of five dollars ($5) to the Department of Public Safety upon applying to the officer, state trooper, or duly authorized agent of the Director of Public Safety, or to one of them where there is more than one designated by the Director of Public Safety, to conduct examinations in the county of the applicant's residence. The five dollar ($5) application fee shall be required prior to the issuance of each certification of examination or exemption from examination. (b) The Department of Public Safety shall issue proper receipts for the application fee. The application fees are appropriated on a continuous basis to the Department of Public Safety, and shall be retained by the department and utilized for boating safety or law enforcement purposes and shall not revert to the State General Fund at the end of each fiscal year. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §21.)
AL Code § 33-5-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-69 - Flotation Device; Exceptions.

Section 33-5-69Flotation device; exceptions. (a) All persons under eight years of age on board any vessel or boat of any kind on the waters of this state shall at all times wear a United States Coast Guard approved wearable personal flotation device of proper size for the person, except that no personal flotation device shall be required for any person who is inside of an enclosed cabin or enclosed sleeping space regardless of whether the vessel is in operation. (b) Any personal flotation devices required in this section shall be strapped, snapped, or zippered securely and maintained in good condition at all times they are required to be worn. (c) Any person who fails to require or permits any person under their legal custody or control to fail to comply with, the requirements of this section, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100). (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §22.)
AL Code § 33-5-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-71 - Obstruction of Operator's View Prohibited; Penalties.

Section 33-5-71Obstruction of operator's view prohibited; penalties. (a) It shall be unlawful for the operator of a vessel, when the vessel is operated at or above plane speed, to position or allow the positioning of, persons or equipment, including but not limited to, seats, coolers, tackle, ski, and tubing devices, in a manner that would obstruct the operator's view to impair, or would otherwise impair, the safe operation of the vessel while operating on the waters of this state. Sailboats and auxiliary sailboats are exempt from this section. (b) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100). (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §25.)
AL Code § 33-5-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-72 - Emergency Engine or Motor Shut-Off Switch.

Section 33-5-72Emergency engine or motor shut-off switch. (a) It shall be unlawful on the waters of this state for any person to operate, or give permission to another person to operate, any vessel less than 24 feet in length having an open construction and having more than 50 horsepower, unless the vessel is equipped with an emergency engine or motor shut-off switch. (b) The shut-off switch referred to in subsection (a), shall be a lanyard-type engine cutoff switch and shall be attached to the person, clothing, or personal flotation device of the operator, as is appropriate, and shall be constructed and installed in a manner so that when in use, any removal of the operator from the normal operating station will result in the immediate shut-off of the engine or motor. (c) For the purpose of this section, "open construction" means any vessel described herein not having a permanently affixed top or cabin. (d) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punishable as provided by Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100). (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §26.)
AL Code § 33-5-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-73 - Operation of Vessel in Excess of Speed Zone Prohibited.

Section 33-5-73Operation of vessel in excess of speed zone prohibited. No person shall under any circumstances operate a vessel on the waters of this state in excess of a speed zone established by regulation of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations establishing speed zones, in areas on the waters of this state as deemed hazardous by the commissioner. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §27.)
AL Code § 33-5-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-74 - Markers, Signs, and Buoys; Mooring or Fastening Vessel Prohibited; Damaging, Altering, or Moving Prohibited; Penalties.

Section 33-5-74Markers, signs, and buoys; mooring or fastening vessel prohibited; damaging, altering, or moving prohibited; penalties. (a) Except in case of emergency, no person shall moor or fasten a vessel to a lawfully placed aid-to-navigation marker, sign, or buoy, regulatory marker, sign, or buoy, or area boundary marker, sign, or buoy, placed or executed by any governmental agency. (b) No person shall willfully damage, alter, or move a lawfully placed aid-to-navigation marker, sign, or buoy, regulatory marker, sign, or buoy, or area boundary marker, sign, or buoy. (c) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction as provided in Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100). (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §28.)
AL Code § 33-5-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-76 - Authority to Arrest at Scene of Boating Accident.

Section 33-5-76Authority to arrest at scene of boating accident. A uniformed police officer, state trooper, state law enforcement officer, state marine police officer, county sheriff, a deputy, or a member of a municipal police force, may arrest, at the scene of a boating accident, any operator of a boat or vessel involved in the accident if upon personal investigation, including information from eyewitnesses, the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person, by violating Section 32-5A-191.3, contributed to the accident. The law enforcement officer may arrest the person without a warrant although the officer did not personally see the violation. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §30.)
AL Code § 33-5-77 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-77 - Violation of Federal Laws or Rules Regulating Engine Horsepower; Penalties; Effective Date.

Section 33-5-77Violation of federal laws or rules regulating engine horsepower; penalties; effective date. (a) It shall be unlawful in this state for any person to violate the federal laws or rules regulating the horsepower of the engines of the vessels operating on the waters of this state. (b) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor that is punishable, upon conviction, as provided by Sections 13A-5-7 and 13A-5-12. Any person so convicted shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100). (c) The effective date of only this section shall be five years from April 28, 1994. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §31.)
AL Code § 33-5-78 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-78 - "Vessel" Defined.

Section 33-5-78"Vessel" defined. For the purposes of this article, the term "vessel" shall be as defined by Section 33-5-3. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §32.)
AL Code § 33-5-79 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-79 - Rules and Regulations.

Section 33-5-79Rules and regulations. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may implement and enforce reasonable and necessary rules and regulations to enforce this article. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §33.)
AL Code § 33-5-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-80 - Exemption for Law Enforcement Officers While Performing Their Duties.

Section 33-5-80Exemption for law enforcement officers while performing their duties. Law enforcement officers while performing their duties shall be exempt from this article while enforcing the speeding and regulatory laws pursuant to this article. No law enforcement officer shall be personally exempt from Section 32-5A-191.3. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §34.)
AL Code § 33-5-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.|Section 33-5-81 - Boating Safety as Part of Driver Education Curricula.

Section 33-5-81Boating safety as part of driver education curricula. The State Department of Education shall require a segment of the approved driver education curricula to include boating safety in Alabama, beginning with the 1994-95 school year. The boating safety curricula shall be approved in writing by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and the State Superintendent of Education. (Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §35.)
AL Code § 33-7-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-1 - Navigable Waters as Public Thoroughfares.

Section 33-7-1Navigable waters as public thoroughfares. All navigable waters in this state are public thoroughfares. (Code 1852, §1205; Code 1867, §1440; Code 1876, §1723; Code 1886, §1459; Code 1896, §2515; Code 1907, §6143; Code 1923, §10565; Code 1940, T. 38, §104.)
AL Code § 33-7-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-2 - Opening and Cleaning Navigable Streams.

Section 33-7-2Opening and cleaning navigable streams. The county commission is authorized to make contracts for opening or cleaning out any navigable stream within the county, and for keeping the same free from obstructions. (Code 1852, §1206; Code 1867, §1441; Code 1876, §1724; Code 1886, §1460; Code 1896, §2516; Code 1907, §6144; Code 1923, §10566; Code 1940, T. 38, §105.)
AL Code § 33-7-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-3 - Obstructing Navigable Watercourse.

Section 33-7-3Obstructing navigable watercourse. Any person who dams up or otherwise obstructs a navigable watercourse must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00. (Code 1876, §4254; Code 1886, §4136; Code 1896, §5402; Code 1907, §7864; Code 1923, §5599; Code 1940, T. 38, §107.)
AL Code § 33-7-3.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-3.1 - Obstructing Navigation on Public Waters.

Section 33-7-3.1Obstructing navigation on public waters.  (a) Any person who anchors, moors, or abandons a floating pier, barge, or vessel or sunken or submerged pier, barge, or vessel that obstructs navigation on a public water, as defined in subsection (a) of Section 9-11-80, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day. (b) This section does not apply to public waters used primarily for agricultural, industrial, power generation, public water supply, and sanitation purposes. (Act 2013-348, p. 1247, §1.)
AL Code § 33-7-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-4 - Damages for Diverting Stream.

Section 33-7-4Damages for diverting stream. Any person diverting any stream, whether navigable or not, from its natural channel, is liable to any party aggrieved for the damages sustained. (Code 1852, §1210; Code 1867, §1445; Code 1876, §1727; Code 1886, §1463; Code 1896, §2519; Code 1907, §6147; Code 1923, §10569; Code 1940, T. 38, §108.)
AL Code § 33-7-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-5 - Obstructing Streams Used for Floating Timber to Market.

Section 33-7-5Obstructing streams used for floating timber to market. Any person who, during the season of high waters, leaves or causes to be left in any of the streams of this state used for floating timber to market saw logs or hewn or square timber which he has put or caused to be put into such stream, so massed or collected together as to obstruct such stream, and who does not use diligence to effect a removal of such obstructions, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $250.00. (Code 1876, §4255; Code 1886, §4135; Code 1896, §5401; Code 1907, §7863; Code 1923, §5598; Code 1940, T. 38, §106.)
AL Code § 33-7-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-6 - Floating Logs, Timber or Lumber Upon Watercourse Without Sufficient Force to Prevent Obstruction.

Section 33-7-6Floating logs, timber or lumber upon watercourse without sufficient force to prevent obstruction. Any person who floats any logs, timber or lumber upon any navigable watercourse, without accompanying the same with sufficient force to prevent the obstruction of such watercourse so as to hinder the removal of any logs, timber or lumber from the banks or shores thereof, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00. (Code 1896, §5403; Code 1907, §7865; Code 1923, §5600; Code 1940, T. 38, §109.)
AL Code § 33-7-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-7 - Turning Logs, Timber or Lumber Out of Boom Without Notice to Owner.

Section 33-7-7Turning logs, timber or lumber out of boom without notice to owner. Any person owning or controlling any boom in any navigable watercourse who turns adrift any logs, timber or lumber caught in such boom without giving the owner of such logs, timber or lumber five days' notice of his intention to do so must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00. (Code 1896, §5404; Code 1907, §7866; Code 1923, §5601; Code 1940, T. 38, §110.)
AL Code § 33-7-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-8 - Opening or Cutting Loose Boom Without Authority.

Section 33-7-8Opening or cutting loose boom without authority. Any person who opens the boom of another for any purpose without his permission, or wilfully cuts, unties, loosens or casts off any rope, chain, pole, timber, pile or other fastening by which a boom containing any logs, timber or lumber is secured must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00. (Code 1896, §5405; Code 1907, §7867; Code 1923, §5602; Code 1940, T. 38, §111.)
AL Code § 33-7-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-9 - Trespass After Warning on Booms, Bulkheads or Piles Erected, etc., by Riparian Proprietors.

Section 33-7-9Trespass after warning on booms, bulkheads or piles erected, etc., by riparian proprietors. Any person who, having been warned within the 12 months next preceding by the owner or proprietor not to do so, trespasses upon any boom, bulkhead or piles, lawfully erected or maintained in any of the waters of this state by any riparian owner or proprietor, by fastening any boat or other thing thereto, or by making any other use thereof, without first having obtained the consent of such owner or proprietor, or any person who continues to make such use of any such boom, bulkhead or piles, after being warned by the owner or proprietor thereof to discontinue the same, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00 for each day he continues to make such use of such boom, bulkhead or piles, and one half of the fine shall go to the owner or proprietor thereof. (Code 1896, §5622; Code 1907, §7873; Code 1923, §5608; Code 1940, T. 38, §115.)
AL Code § 33-7-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 7 - Obstructing Navigation and Dams.|Article 1 - In General.|Section 33-7-10 - Mobile Harbor - Fastening Vessels, Rafts, etc., and Obstructing Channel in Mobile Bay.

Section 33-7-10Mobile Harbor - Fastening vessels, rafts, etc., and obstructing channel in Mobile bay. Any person who makes any vessel, boat or watercraft of any description, or any raft or collection of logs, lumber or timber, fast to any beacon or light stake or piling which may be of any use or benefit in making use of the dredged channel in the Bay of Mobile is liable to indictment in the circuit court of Mobile County, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $500.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (Code 1886, §4137; Code 1896, §5406; Code 1907, §7869; Code 1923, §5604; Code 1940, T. 38, §112.)