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AL Code § 9-15-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-12 - Preparation of Lists of Lands Owned by State, State Institutions, etc., for County Tax Assessors; Notice of Acquisition or Disposition of Lands.

Section 9-15-12Preparation of lists of lands owned by state, state institutions, etc., for county tax assessors; notice of acquisition or disposition of lands. The Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, upon completion of records covering used lands and unused lands of the State of Alabama and institutions or departments of the State of Alabama shall prepare a list and furnish each tax assessor in the various counties in order that the records in the office of tax assessors of the various counties of the state will show all lands so owned by the State of Alabama and its institutions or departments. Furthermore, as lands are acquired, it shall be the duty of the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, to notify the various tax assessors of any purchase or possession of additional lands. In case any of the lands are disposed of or sold to others, the Land Agent, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall immediately notify the tax assessor of the respective county of such sale or disposition. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §6.)
AL Code § 9-15-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-13 - Acquisition of Lands to Which State Entitled; Recordation of Same.

Section 9-15-13Acquisition of lands to which state entitled; recordation of same. It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to ascertain what, if any, lands the state or any institution thereof is entitled to which have not been received, allocated to or set aside to the state or such institution and to take immediate and appropriate action to acquire the same for the state or such institution as may be entitled to the same. Such lands, as well as any other lands acquired in any manner by the state or any institution thereof, shall be added to the record required in this article to be made as soon as such lands are acquired. (Acts 1927, No. 635, p. 725, §4; Code 1940, T. 8, §222.)
AL Code § 9-15-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-14 - Duty to Determine Best Use for Which Unused Lands May Be Adapted; Use of Same for Purpose for Which Suited.

Section 9-15-14Duty to determine best use for which unused lands may be adapted; use of same for purpose for which suited. It shall be the duty of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as to all unused lands owned by the State of Alabama or any institution or department thereof to determine the best use to which said lands may be adapted and, thereafter, at the request of the department or institution having title to or an interest in or charged by law with the management of such lands and with the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources then shall have authority to use such lands for the purpose for which they are suited, and said lands shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction, management and control of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; provided, that the lands donated to or purchased by the state to be used as the Fort Morgan Parkway from Fort Morgan to Gulf Shores, now a part of the Dixie Graves Highway, shall not be classified by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as unused lands, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall not, directly or indirectly, lease or sell said lands or any part thereof. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §7; Acts 1949, No. 657, p. 1021, §1.)
AL Code § 9-15-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-15 - Disposition of Revenues From Unused Lands Managed by Department; Charges for Administration, Protection, Mapping, Etc.

Section 9-15-15Disposition of revenues from unused lands managed by department; charges for administration, protection, mapping, etc. Any revenues that shall accrue from the lands so managed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources subject to costs of administration shall be the property of the department or institution to which the lands belong or in which the department or institution shall own the beneficial interest. If the land shall be owned absolutely by the State of Alabama, and shall consist of submerged land, the revenue from the use of the land, with the exception of offshore oil and gas capital payments and sand and gravel royalties, shall become a part of the State Lands Fund of the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the State of Alabama. In all other cases, however, the reasonable cost of administering, managing, protecting, mapping, surveying, cruising, or developing any unused lands shall be a charge against the income produced therefrom, and the charge shall be deducted from the income by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and retained by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The balance remaining shall be paid to the institution, department, or agency of the State of Alabama entitled thereto. If the lands are not submerged lands and are owned absolutely by the state, the revenue derived therefrom, less the cost of management, protection, and development of the lands, shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the State Treasurer to become a part of the State General Fund. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §8; Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §2.)
AL Code § 9-15-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-16 - Maximum Amount for Charges for Administration, etc., of Lands.

Section 9-15-16Maximum amount for charges for administration, etc., of lands. In no case shall the charges for administering, managing, protecting, or developing the lands exceed 10 percent of the gross income derived from the lands. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §9; Acts 1973, No. 1287, p. 2200, §1; Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §2.)
AL Code § 9-15-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-17 - Fund for Management, etc., of Unused Lands.

Section 9-15-17Fund for management, etc., of unused lands. All funds which shall be retained by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as charges against the income from any lands administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under authority of this article shall be delivered to the State Treasurer by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the State Treasurer shall keep said funds in a special fund, which fund shall be used only for the preservation, management, protection and improvement of unused lands and shall be paid out upon the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Funds of the state but shall be allowed to accumulate to the end that a fund may be provided for the management, protection, development and improvement of unused lands; provided, that no funds shall be withdrawn nor expended for any purpose whatsoever unless the same shall have been allotted and budgeted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of this code, and only in the amounts and for the purposes provided by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §10; Acts 1951, No. 830, p. 1461, §1.)
AL Code § 9-15-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-18 - Sale of Timber, Minerals, etc., From Lands; Lease, Exchange or Sale of Lands, Etc.

Section 9-15-18Sale of timber, minerals, etc., from lands; lease, exchange or sale of lands, etc. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to sell or cause to be sold timber or minerals or other natural resources from all lands managed or controlled under authority of this article when in his opinion he deems such timber or minerals or other natural resources to be merchantable quantity and quality. All lands or any interest therein over which the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall exercise management and control by virtue of this article may be leased, exchanged or sold by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the managing head of the department or institution to which said lands belong and the approval of the Governor of Alabama. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §11.)
AL Code § 9-15-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 1 - Administration, etc., of Unused Public Lands.|Section 9-15-19 - Effect of Article on Local Laws, etc., Governing Ownership, Management, etc., of Lands in Counties.

Section 9-15-19Effect of article on local laws, etc., governing ownership, management, etc., of lands in counties. This article and its provisions shall in nowise affect any local law or general law of local application governing ownership, management or control of lands in any county or counties or disposition of revenues derived therefrom. (Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §13.)
AL Code § 9-15-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-30 - Title to Swamp and Overflowed Lands and Swamp and Overflowed Indemnity Lands Patented to State by Federal Government; Utilization, Disposition, etc., of Same Generally.

Section 9-15-30Title to swamp and overflowed lands and swamp and overflowed indemnity lands patented to state by federal government; utilization, disposition, etc., of same generally. (a) Title to all lands of the swamp and overflowed category or swamp and overflowed indemnity lands, which are, subsequent to September 5, 1951, patented to the State of Alabama by the federal government and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, shall be vested in the Division of Lands of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (b) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall utilize such lands for the purpose or purposes which he deems to be most expedient and beneficial. He is hereby authorized to practice forestry upon such lands and may lease such lands for the exploration or extraction of oil, gas or other minerals. Said land shall be supervised and managed in the same manner as other lands which are under the supervision of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources are managed. (c) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have the authority, with the approval of the Governor, to sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of these lands as he may deem advisable. (d) The revenue derived from the sale, lease, management or utilization of such lands shall be covered into the State Treasury by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the credit of either the State Lands Fund, the Forestry Commission Fund or State Park Fund as the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources deems appropriate and for the best interest of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (e) This section is not intended to and does not transfer or affect title to those lands of this category or nature which have been previously patented to the state and which have been recorded in the office of the Secretary of State. Such titles shall remain vested in the institution or department in which they are at present vested. (Acts 1951, No. 709, p. 1247, §§1-5.)
AL Code § 9-15-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-31 - Management and Supervision of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.

Section 9-15-31Management and supervision of school lands, swamp and overflowed lands, etc. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to have complete management of, and supervision over lands which are known as school lands, as defined by Section 16-20-1, which lands are vested in or which may hereafter be vested in the State of Alabama in trust for the use of schools, lands which are known as swamp and overflowed lands, which are now or which may hereafter be owned by the State of Alabama, the Salt Springs Lands reservation and any lands that may have been or may be deeded to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by the Director of the Department of Revenue and of all papers, documents and records relating thereto, except those which are required by law to be kept in the office of the Secretary of State. (Acts 1915, No. 76, p. 217, §1; Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §1; Code 1940, T. 8, §232.)
AL Code § 9-15-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-32 - Land Clerk - Qualifications and Appointment.

Section 9-15-32Land clerk - Qualifications and appointment. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall appoint a land clerk, with the approval of the Governor, who has had experience in dealing with public lands and who understands the system of survey and platting of the public lands of the United States. (Acts 1915, No. 76, p. 217, §2; Acts 1923, No. 600, p. 789, §21; Code 1923, §1503; Acts 1939, No. 107, p. 139, §1; Code 1940, T. 8, §233.)
AL Code § 9-15-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-33 - Land Clerk - Examination, etc., of Lands.

Section 9-15-33Land clerk - Examination, etc., of lands. Whenever in the judgment of the Governor or the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources it is proper that any of the lands described in Sections 9-15-31 and 9-15-32 should be examined or evidence obtained for the protection of any of these lands, the land clerk may be sent to make such examination or to obtain such evidence, and his actual expenses shall be paid upon his filing with the Director of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a statement thereof by items and duly verified. (Acts 1915, No. 76, p. 217, §3; Code 1923, §1504; Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255; Code 1940, T. 8, §234.)
AL Code § 9-15-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-34 - Institution, etc., of Practice of Forestry and Enforcement of State Fire and Trespass Laws - School Lands.

Section 9-15-34Institution, etc., of practice of forestry and enforcement of state fire and trespass laws - School lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon school lands, to supervise and inaugurate sound practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber trespass laws on said lands and to do all things which in his opinion he deems advisable to be done for the best interests of the state concerning school lands. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §2; Code 1940, T. 8, §235.)
AL Code § 9-15-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-35 - Institution, etc., of Practice of Forestry and Enforcement of State Fire and Trespass Laws - Swamp and Overflowed Lands.

Section 9-15-35Institution, etc., of practice of forestry and enforcement of state fire and trespass laws - Swamp and overflowed lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered to have forestry practiced upon swamp and overflowed lands, to supervise and inaugurate sound practices of forestry thereon, to put into effect and enforce state fire and timber trespass laws on said lands and to do all things which in his opinion he deems necessary to be done to promote the growth of timber thereon and to do all things which in his opinion he deems advisable to be done for the best interests of the state concerning said lands. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §6; Code 1940, T. 8, §238.)
AL Code § 9-15-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-36 - Leasing of School Lands.

Section 9-15-36Leasing of school lands. With the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to rent or lease school lands upon such terms as he deems advisable, and he is also hereby authorized and empowered to rent or lease school lands for the purposes of prospecting for oil or gas upon such lands and to execute contracts for the sale of oil or gas from school lands, upon such terms and for such prices or royalties as he may deem to be for the best interests of the state. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, is also hereby authorized to lease school lands for the purpose of mining or removing therefrom coal, iron and other minerals, other than oil or gas, upon a royalty basis and may include rights-of-way therein or easements over or upon such lands as may be deemed necessary or convenient to the operation or conduct of any mine or mining operation under such lease. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §3; Code 1940, T. 8, §236; Acts 1945, No. 385, p. 604, §1.)
AL Code § 9-15-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-37 - Institution of Civil Actions to Clear Title to School Lands, etc.; Cruising of Timber, Surveying of Lands, Investigation of Claims to Lands, Etc.

Section 9-15-37Institution of civil actions to clear title to school lands, etc.; cruising of timber, surveying of lands, investigation of claims to lands, etc. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized and empowered to present civil actions in the name of the State of Alabama to clear title to school lands or for any other purposes for the protection of such lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be further empowered to have the timber on school lands cruised, the land surveyed, claims to said lands investigated, the title cleared in any legal manner which he may deem advisable and to do such other things regarding school lands which in his opinion shall be for the best interests of said lands in the supervision and management of them. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §4; Code 1940, T. 8, §237.)
AL Code § 9-15-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-38 - Sales of Timber or Minerals From School or Swamp and Overflowed Lands.

Section 9-15-38Sales of timber or minerals from school or swamp and overflowed lands. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell or cause to be sold timber from school lands, swamp and overflowed lands, and other lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Division, or minerals from school lands or swamp and overflowed lands, when in his or her opinion the timber or minerals is of merchantable quality and quantity. Notice of the sale of the timber or minerals shall be first advertised once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county where the timber or minerals are to be sold, and the notice shall also be posted in a public place in the county. The notice shall describe the timber or minerals to be sold and the amount and quality of the timber or minerals to be sold and shall call for bids for the purchase price thereof. The notice shall further contain the date upon which the bids shall be received and the date of the sale. If there are no newspapers published in the county where the sale is to be made, then the notice as described above shall be published in a newspaper of an adjoining county. After the bids are received as provided for under this section, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell the timber or minerals to the highest bidder; but, if in his or her opinion the highest bid received is not a fair or reasonable price for the timber or minerals, he or she may readvertise the sale or he or she may continue to hold the timber or minerals until a future time when he or she may again advertise the sale; provided, that the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may sell on a negotiated basis timber, the value of which does not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), from school lands, swamp and overflowed lands, or other lands under the jurisdiction of the State Lands Division when the timber has been damaged or is in a diseased condition, as determined by the State Lands Division, or when it is necessary to remove the timber for right-of-way, construction, or mining purposes. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §7; Code 1940, T. 8, §239; Acts 1963, No. 528, p. 1140, §1; Act 2006-582, p. 1532, §1.)
AL Code § 9-15-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 15 - Public Lands.|Article 2 - Administration of School Lands, Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Etc.|Section 9-15-39 - Disposition of Revenues From Sales of Timber or Minerals or From Rentals or Leases - School Lands.

Section 9-15-39Disposition of revenues from sales of timber or minerals or from rentals or leases - School lands. The revenue derived from any sale of timber or minerals from, or rental or lease of, any school lands shall be paid by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the Treasurer to be deposited to the credit of the proper township or townships as provided for by the constitution and laws of Alabama, except that there shall be retained by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a management fee of 10 percent of any and all revenue. An itemized statement of the revenue derived from the sale or lease shall be immediately forwarded by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to the State Superintendent of Education, and the statement shall show the items of sale, the amount of revenue derived therefrom, and a description of the land from which the sale or lease was made. The Superintendent of Education, upon receipt of the itemized statement, shall immediately cause a report to be transmitted to the Treasurer showing which township or townships shall receive credit for the revenue and the amount of credit which shall be made thereto. (Acts 1939, No. 581, p. 949, §8; Code 1940, T. 8, §240; Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §2.)