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AL Code § 9-12-204 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-204 - Marketing or Taking of Alligators; Rules and Regulations; Tagging; Affidavit; Transportation of Carcass.

Section 9-12-204Marketing or taking of alligators; rules and regulations; tagging; affidavit; transportation of carcass. Alligators raised on such licensed breeding farms may be sold alive to other licensed alligator farmers only, or taken for their skins or for food, according to such rules and regulations as the department may promulgate. All skins shall be tagged according to rules and regulations of the department. The severance tax, as provided in Section 9-12-210, shall be paid before the raw alligator skins are sold or shipped within or without the state, and a written affidavit as to the number and kinds of skins sold or shipped shall be furnished to the department as specified. No alligator carcass or parts intended for sale shall be shipped, transported, sold, or offered for sale unless tagged according to department regulations. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §5.)
AL Code § 9-12-205 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-205 - Property Rights.

Section 9-12-205Property rights. Whoever under the authority of this article has in his lawful possession any such alligators or parts thereof on such posted or fenced alligator farm shall have a property right therein and shall be the owner thereof. Whoever enters the alligator farm and catches, takes, or attempts to catch or take such alligators when the area has been posted or fenced according to law shall be punished as though the alligators were ordinary domestic animals and subject to the property rights of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §6.)
AL Code § 9-12-206 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-206 - Alligator Parts Dealer License; Retail and Restaurant License; Fees.

Section 9-12-206Alligator parts dealer license; retail and restaurant license; fees. (a) Each alligator parts dealer shall secure an alligator parts dealer license from the department before commencing business. The license shall be secured annually and shall be furnished upon the payment of $100.00. (b) Each retailer selling canned alligator parts or purchasing alligator parts, and each restaurant selling prepared alligator meat for human consumption shall secure a license from the department before commencing business. The license shall be secured annually and shall be furnished upon payment of $5.00. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §7.)
AL Code § 9-12-207 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-207 - Alligator Parts Transaction Forms; Bills of Sale; Inspection; Records.

Section 9-12-207Alligator parts transaction forms; bills of sale; inspection; records. (a) Any licensed alligator farmer may sell alligator carcasses or parts, provided he completes an official alligator parts transaction form, furnished by the department, for every alligator parts transaction. These forms shall be submitted to the department at 30-day intervals until all parts are sold. (b) Any alligator parts dealer purchasing alligator parts, other than skins, shall complete an official alligator parts transaction form for each purchase. Any alligator parts dealer selling alligator parts, other than skins, shall complete an official alligator parts sale form for each sale. These forms shall be furnished by the department and shall be submitted to the department at 30-day intervals until final disposition of all parts. Each alligator farmer and parts dealer shall furnish a bill of sale to each retailer or restaurant purchasing alligator parts. (c) Any retailer or restaurant purchasing alligator parts shall maintain a bill of sale for each purchase for a period of six months after such purchase. These records shall be available for inspection at any and all reasonable hours by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, his law enforcement officers or any other persons appointed and designated by him for such purpose. (d) The records of transaction involving alligator parts of alligator farmers and parts dealers shall be available for inspection at any and all reasonable hours by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, his law enforcement officers or any other persons appointed and designated by him for such purpose. Each parts dealer shall maintain complete records for a period of one year following any transaction. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §8.)
AL Code § 9-12-208 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-208 - Alligator Parts Tag.

Section 9-12-208Alligator parts tag. Each alligator farmer shall tag with an official alligator parts tag, furnished by the department, all carcasses, meat, or nonedible alligator parts prior to sale and upon dissection from the carcass. This tag shall be completed in full and remain attached to the carcass or part until final disposition by the alligator farmer, parts dealer, or consumer if purchased directly from an alligator farmer. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §9.)
AL Code § 9-12-209 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-209 - Shipment of Alligator Skins; Tags.

Section 9-12-209Shipment of alligator skins; tags. All raw alligator skins shipped within this state shall be tagged so as to show the number and kinds of skins in the shipment, the consignor, shipping point, consignee, and destination. The department shall supply suitable tags to all shippers requiring them for actual shipments. No alligator skin intended for shipment within this state shall be accepted by any post office, express company, or agent, or the agent of any common carrier, unless there is attached to one of the packages composing the shipment to each consignee one of the tags specified herein. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §10.)
AL Code § 9-12-210 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-210 - Severance Tax on Alligator Skins; Penalty.

Section 9-12-210Severance tax on alligator skins; penalty. There is hereby levied a severance tax on each alligator skin taken from any alligator within this state, payable to the state through the department by the alligator farmer selling or shipping his skins within or without the state or taking his own catch out of state, at the rate of $1.00 on each skin. Failure to pay such severance tax subjects all alligator skins held by such alligator farmers to confiscation by order of the department. Failure to maintain complete records and to pay the severance tax as provided herein subjects any alligator farmer to the full penalties provided in this article and the immediate revocation of his license by the department. No license shall be issued to any alligator farmer who has not paid such severance tax for the preceding year. Violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §11.)
AL Code § 9-12-211 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-211 - Taking or Possession of Alligators, Eggs, Parts or Skins Prohibited Except as Provided; Applicability of Section; Penalty.

Section 9-12-211Taking or possession of alligators, eggs, parts or skins prohibited except as provided; applicability of section; penalty. No person shall take or possess the eggs of alligators, alligators, or their parts or skins in any county of this state except as provided for in this article, and the provisions of this section shall not apply to legal finished products, alligators or parts thereof legally acquired prior to May 17, 1989, or alligators harvested or collected under a permit from the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Violation of this section is a Class C felony. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §12.)
AL Code § 9-12-212 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-212 - Disbursement of License Fees and Taxes.

Section 9-12-212Disbursement of license fees and taxes. All license fees and taxes resulting from the provisions of this article shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §13.)
AL Code § 9-12-213 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-213 - Effect of Federal Endangered Species Status.

Section 9-12-213Effect of federal endangered species status. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event the federal government places the alligator in an endangered species status, all licenses issued pursuant to this article shall be null and void upon the earlier of the following dates: (1) the expiration date of said licenses or (2) one year from the date that the federal government placed the alligator in an endangered species status. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §14.)
AL Code § 9-12-214 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 6 - Commercial Alligator Operations.|Section 9-12-214 - Violations; Forfeiture of Property and License; Eligibility for New License.

Section 9-12-214Violations; forfeiture of property and license; eligibility for new license. Any person licensed as an alligator farmer under Section 9-12-202 convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article shall have his license cancelled and all alligators, alligator parts, and alligator skins in his possession shall be forfeited to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. These shall be disposed of by the department through public auction and the proceeds thereof deposited in the Game and Fish Fund. Any alligator farmer having his license so cancelled will be ineligible to purchase such a license for a period of five years. After five years, said person may purchase an alligator farmer license only on written recommendation of the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the department. (Acts 1989, No. 89-874, p. 1749, §15.)
AL Code § 9-12-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 7 - Saltwater Commercial Fishing Regulation and Retirement of Nets; Economic Relief.|Section 9-12-230 - Definitions.

Section 9-12-230Definitions. For purposes of this article, the words Alabama salt and brackish waters means the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and any other salt and brackish bodies of water under the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama, whether coastal, intercoastal, or inland, and any part thereof. (Act 2008-467, p. 1022, §1.)
AL Code § 9-12-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 7 - Saltwater Commercial Fishing Regulation and Retirement of Nets; Economic Relief.|Section 9-12-231 - Nets and Similar Devices Permitted in Salt and Brackish Waters.

Section 9-12-231Nets and similar devices permitted in salt and brackish waters. (a) The following nets or similar devices may be used in Alabama salt and brackish waters: (1) A landing net, which is a net commonly used to land fish while hook-and-line fishing. (2) A dip or crab net, which may not exceed three feet in diameter. (3) A minnow seine, which may not exceed 25 feet in length or 4 feet in depth. (4) A hand thrown cast net, which may not exceed 30 feet in diameter. (5) A shrimp trawl net. (6) A net used for scientific or educational purposes; provided that any person using a net for scientific or educational purposes shall have in his or her possession a valid permit issued by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, which shall enact rules governing the use of nets for scientific or educational purposes. (7) A purse seine for the taking of menhaden by persons licensed by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in water designated by the department. (8) A commercial or recreational gill net. (9) Trammel nets. (10) Haul nets. (b) In addition to the nets authorized in subsection (a), any person who, on June 1, 2008, has been issued a recreational gill net license for the 2007-2008 license year may continue to annually purchase a new recreational gill net license for use in near-shore and inshore salt and brackish Alabama waters for the remainder of the person's life. Any person authorized to purchase a recreational gill net license pursuant to the above provision who fails to purchase a license for any year shall not be eligible to purchase a recreational gill net license thereafter. No other recreational gill net licenses shall be issued after June 1, 2008. A recreational gill net may not be over 300 feet long and shall be set by wading. Each recreational gill net in use shall have an identifying tag attached issued by the department. Any recreational gill net license issued pursuant to this subsection shall otherwise continue to be subject to regulation by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as provided by law. (Act 2008-467, p. 1022, §2.)
AL Code § 9-12-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 7 - Saltwater Commercial Fishing Regulation and Retirement of Nets; Economic Relief.|Section 9-12-233 - Additional Surcharge on Saltwater Fishing Licenses.

Section 9-12-233Additional surcharge on saltwater fishing licenses. Effective for a period of five years following June 1, 2008, there is levied a surcharge of up to eight dollars ($8), as set by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, on each annual resident and nonresident saltwater fishing license issued under Sections 9-11-53.1, 9-11-53.2, 9-11-53.5, 9-11-55.2, and 9-11-55.3. The surcharge shall be in addition to the regular license and issuance fees on such licenses and shall be collected in the same manner as those fees. The surcharge shall not apply to saltwater licenses issued to disabled persons. The proceeds from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Marine Resources Restoration Fund established in Section 9-12-234 and used for the purposes specified therein. (Act 2008-467, p. 1022, §5.)
AL Code § 9-12-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 12 - Marine Resources.|Article 7 - Saltwater Commercial Fishing Regulation and Retirement of Nets; Economic Relief.|Section 9-12-234 - Marine Resources Restoration Fund.

Section 9-12-234Marine Resources Restoration Fund. (a) There is created in the State Treasury the Marine Resources Restoration Fund which shall receive funds from the additional surcharge on resident and nonresident saltwater fishing licenses levied pursuant to Section 9-12-233. In addition, the fund shall receive any state, federal, local, or private funds that may be legally applied toward economic relief of saltwater commercial gill net fishermen. (b) The fund is continuously appropriated to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the purpose of implementing the programs established in Section 9-12-232 and as otherwise provided in subsection (d). The department may not use any of the monies in the fund for administrative expenses. (c) All interest and earnings derived from the monies in the fund shall remain in the fund. Any unexpended monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall remain available for expenditure by the department for the purposes specified herein until expended in full. (d) Any funds in the Marine Resources Restoration Fund not used for implementing the program established in Section 9-12-232 shall be used for research and reef development. (e) Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, the obligations of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to acquire and retire nets as set out in Section 9-12-232 shall be limited to the availability of funds in the Marine Resources Restoration Fund. (Act 2008-467, p. 1022, §6.)
AL Code § 9-13-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-13-1 - Gifts of Lands for State Forests.

Section 9-13-1Gifts of lands for state forests. The Governor may, upon the recommendation of the State Forestry Commission, accept gifts of land to the state, the same to be held and administered by the State Forestry Commission as state forests and to be so used as to demonstrate the practical utility of timber culture. Such gifts must be absolute, except the mineral and mining rights over and under said lands (but no reservation of any timber rights in connection therewith) may be reserved and except for a stipulation that they be held and administered as state forests; and the Attorney General shall see that all deeds of gift or other grants to the state of land mentioned above are properly executed and convey good title before the gift is accepted. (Acts 1923, No. 486, p. 638, §5; Code 1923, §991; Code 1940, T. 8, §188.)
AL Code § 9-13-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-13-2 - Distribution and Expenditure of Receipts From National Forests.

Section 9-13-2Distribution and expenditure of receipts from national forests. Promptly after receipt by the state of any moneys from the United States accruing from receipts from national forests within the state, the Governor shall cause said moneys to be distributed among the several counties of the state proportional to the area of national forests located therein. Upon receipt of any such moneys by any county, the county commission of the county involved shall cause 50 percent of the amount so received to be paid to the board of education of such county to be used and expended by said board of education for the benefit of the public schools of such county, and 50 percent of the amount so received shall be expended by the county commission of such county for the benefit of the public roads of the county. (Acts 1943, No. 590, p. 595, § 1.)
AL Code § 9-13-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-13-4 - Alabama Forestry Commission Fund.

Section 9-13-4Alabama Forestry Commission Fund. There shall be a fund known as the Alabama Forestry Commission Fund. This fund shall consist of all occupational licenses and privilege taxes imposed by the state for engaging in any business dealing with timber or timber products and all fines and forfeitures arising under the provisions of this chapter, and all appropriations made by the State of Alabama from its General Funds in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter shall be paid into said Alabama Forestry Commission Fund. There shall also be paid into said Alabama Forestry Commission Fund all sums accruing to the State Forestry Commission from whatsoever source. This fund shall be used and expended by the State Forestry Commission in accordance with the terms of the gift, bequest, appropriation or donation from which said moneys are derived and, in absence of any such terms, shall be expended by the State Forestry Commission in furtherance of any of the provisions of this chapter. All necessary expenses of the State Forestry Commission shall be payable out of said fund on the requisition of the State Forester; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the diversion of any funds from any particular purpose for which they were collected, allotted or budgeted if the effect of such diversion would penalize the state in retaining or securing any federal funds or federal assistance, and 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 1923, No. 486, p. 638, § 13; Code 1923, §§1005, 1006; Code 1940, T. 8, §202; Acts 1945, No. 227, p. 350, §1; Acts 1951, No. 832, p. 1462, § 1.)
AL Code § 9-13-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-13-5 - Designation or Appointment of Forest Wardens; Duties.

Section 9-13-5Designation or appointment of forest wardens; duties. All sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, marshals and such other persons as may be designated or appointed by the Governor or by the State Forester are hereby declared to be forest wardens, and they shall report to the said State Forester and to the district attorney for the county in which the same occur any violations of any provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1923, No. 486, p. 638, §14; Code 1923, §1007; Acts 1935, No. 23, p. 38, §1; Acts 1935, No. 500, p. 1078, §1; Code 1940, T. 8, §203.)
AL Code § 9-13-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-13-6 - Forest Fire Wardens - Appointment; Duties Generally.

Section 9-13-6Forest fire wardens - Appointment; duties generally. The State Forester shall have the power to appoint any person in any area of the state who is skilled in forestry work or fire prevention as a forest fire warden, on a volunteer status, whose duties shall be to prevent and suppress forest fires in his respective locale. All persons so appointed shall receive a duly executed commission signed by the State Forester stating on the face thereof the appointee's name and title. (Acts 1955, No. 366, p. 886, §1.)
AL Code § 9-13-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-13-7 - Forest Fire Wardens - Right of Entry Upon Lands for Construction of Fire Lines, Etc.

Section 9-13-7Forest fire wardens - Right of entry upon lands for construction of fire lines, etc. Persons so appointed as forest wardens shall be empowered to enter any lands and to construct thereon fire lines, fire lanes or fire breaks, to set back fires thereon if necessary to prevent the further spread of fire then actually burning and to do other work necessary in the performance of their duties without liability for trespass or damages therefrom. (Acts 1955, No. 366, p. 886, §2.)
AL Code § 9-13-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.|Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 9-13-8 - Forest Fire Wardens - Issuance to and Use of Fire-Fighting Equipment.

Section 9-13-8Forest fire wardens — Issuance to and use of fire-fighting equipment. At the discretion of the State Forester, such forest fire wardens may be issued fire-fighting equipment from such equipment as may be available for such purposes to the State Forestry Commission, and any such equipment so issued may be used only for the suppression of forest fires. (Acts 1955, No. 366, p. 886, §3.)