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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 6 - Division of Lands. › Section 9-2-120 - Supervision and Development of Certain State-Owned Islands.

Section 9-2-120
Supervision and development of certain state-owned islands.
(a) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Division of Lands of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to protect, develop and supervise all state-owned islands now existing or which may appear in the future on the waters of this state which are not used by any department or agency of the state government. The Division of Lands is authorized and empowered to develop said islands in such manner as may be in the best interest of the state and is further empowered, with the approval of the Governor, to sell or cause to be sold timber, minerals, sand and gravel from said islands; provided, that such sales shall be only upon a competitive bid basis.
(b) On September 12, 1969, title to all islands as defined in subsection (a) of this section shall be vested in the Division of Lands of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and all revenues derived therefrom shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Lands Fund.
(Acts 1969, No. 754, p. 1333, §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 6 - Division of Lands. › Section 9-2-122 - Deposits Into State Lands Fund Authorized; Use of Funds.

Section 9-2-122
Deposits into State Lands Fund authorized; use of funds.
All funds and fees accruing from the management of lands by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which are received or retained pursuant to Sections 9-15-15, 9-15-16, 9-15-39, 9-15-40, and 9-15-52, and Section 9-2-123, shall be deposited into the State Lands Fund, and shall be used only for the preservation, management, protection, and improvement of the lands.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 6 - Division of Lands. › Section 9-2-123 - Management Fee for Certain Lands.

Section 9-2-123
Management fee for certain lands.
For all other lands managed by the Lands Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, there shall be retained by the Lands Division a management fee of 10 percent of all gross receipts.
(Acts 1993, No. 93-631, p. 1077, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 7 - Office of Land Agent. › Section 9-2-130 - Created; Appointment and Duties of Agent.

Section 9-2-130
Created; appointment and duties of agent.
Within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and under the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, there is hereby created the office of Land Agent, whose duties will be to compile a record of all lands owned by the State of Alabama or any department or institution of the state. The said agent shall be selected by said Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources as other employees of his department are selected.
(Acts 1945, No. 341, p. 554, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 8 - Shellfish Aquaculture. › Section 9-2-151 - Rules for Licensing of State Lands for Oyster Aquaculture; Fees.

Section 9-2-151
Rules for licensing of state lands for oyster aquaculture; fees.
The commissioner of the department shall adopt rules for the licensing of state lands for oyster aquaculture in accordance with the recommendations of the board and to implement this article. The fees for leasing land pursuant to Section 9-2-150 shall be established by the State Lands Division in a manner that encourages the economic viability of oyster aquaculture in the state.
(Act 2013-351, p. 1258, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-1 - Created; Composition; Qualifications, Appointment and Terms of Office of Members.

Section 9-3-1
Created; composition; qualifications, appointment and terms of office of members.
There is hereby created and established a State Forestry Commission, hereinafter referred to as commission, which commission shall be composed of seven members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Two members shall be appointed for a period of one year, two for a period of two years, two for a period of four years and the remaining member for a period of five years. Upon the expiration of said terms, appointments thereafter shall be for a period of five years and until their respective successors in office have been appointed and qualified. At all times at least two of such members shall be licensed and registered foresters under the laws of Alabama. At all times at least three of such members shall be owners of timberland in Alabama.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-2 - Officers; Meetings; Quorum; Record of Proceedings; Compensation and Expenses of Members.

Section 9-3-2
Officers; meetings; quorum; record of proceedings; compensation and expenses of members.
The commission shall, upon its first meeting, which shall be called by the Governor within 60 days after appointment of the membership, elect from its membership a chairman and vice-chairman who shall serve for a period of one year. The vice-chairman shall act in the place of the chairman in his absence or disability. The commission shall meet at such times as designated by the commission or the chairman at the State Capitol or at other places as it deems necessary or convenient, but the chairman of the commission must call a meeting two times each year, one meeting in the month of January and one meeting in the month of July. The chairman of the commission may also call a special meeting at any time he deems it advisable or necessary. A quorum shall be four members present, and all matters coming before the commission shall be voted on by the commission. The commission will keep or cause to be kept a record of all transactions discussed or voted on at its meeting. Commission members shall be entitled to a salary of $25.00 per day when in attendance at a meeting or on official business of the commission, together with their expenses, as provided by Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36. Such compensation and expenses shall be paid from funds of the commission.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-3 - Vacancies.

Section 9-3-3
Vacancies.
If any member of the commission fails to attend three successive meetings of the commission without good and valid cause or excuse or without a leave of absence from the chairman, his office shall be declared vacant by the commission, and the chairman shall notify the Governor of the vacancy, who will then fill the vacancy as provided by Section 9-3-1.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-4 - Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 9-3-4
Powers and duties generally.
The functions and duties of the commission shall be as follows:
(1) To protect, conserve and increase the timber and forest resources of this state and to administer all laws relating to timber and forestry and the protection, conservation and increase of such resources;
(2) To make exploration, surveys, studies and reports concerning the timber and forest resources and to publish such thereof as will be of general interest;
(3) To maintain, supervise, operate and control all state forests;
(4) To cooperate with and enter into cooperative agreements and stipulations with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States or any other federal officer or department, board, bureau, commission, agency or office thereunto authorized with respect to the protection of timbered and forest-producing land from fire, insects and disease, the acquisition of forest lands to be developed, administered and managed as state forests, the production, procurement and distribution of forest trees and shrub planting stock, the carrying on of an educational program in connection therewith, the assistance of the owners of farms in establishing, improving and renewing wood lots, shelter belts, windbreaks and other valuable forest growths, the growing and renewing of useful timber crops and the collection and publication of data with respect to the timber and forest resources or any other matters committed to the commission by this title;
(5) To make and enforce all regulations and restrictions required for such cooperation, agreements or stipulations;
(6) To carry on a program of education and public enlightenment with respect to the timber and forest and other natural resources of Alabama;
(7) To make an annual report to the Governor concerning the activities and accomplishments of the commission for the preceding fiscal year;
(8) To recommend to the Legislature such legislation as may be needed further to protect, conserve, increase or to make available or useful the timber and forests and other natural resources of Alabama; and
(9) To supervise, direct and manage all activities of the Forestry Commission and its staff and employees.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-5 - State Forester.

Section 9-3-5
State forester.
It shall be the duty of the Alabama Forestry Commission to appoint with the advice and consent of the Governor a State Forester who shall serve as the executive secretary and administrative officer for the commission. The person so appointed as the State Forester must have earned a minimum of a bachelor of science degree in forestry and must be licensed and registered under the forestry laws of Alabama with considerable experience in the forestry field. The State Forester shall receive a salary as fixed by the commission and shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and shall receive actual expenses when traveling on official business of the commission. Until otherwise provided for by the commission, the present State Forester of the Division of Forestry of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall continue to serve as the State Forester under the commission. The State Forester shall devote his full time to the duties of his office. He shall be required to take the oath of office and give bond in the sum of $50,000.00.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-6 - Assistant State Forester.

Section 9-3-6
Assistant State Forester.
The commission shall also appoint, with the advice and consent of the Governor, an Assistant State Forester, who shall hold at least a bachelor degree in forestry with considerable forestry experience. The Assistant State Forester shall serve as the chief assistant to the State Forester. The Assistant State Forester's salary shall be set by the commission, and he shall be paid his actual expenses when traveling on official business of the commission.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-7 - Offices.

Section 9-3-7
Offices.
The commission shall have its main offices in the City of Montgomery; provided, that it may establish other district or subdistrict offices throughout the state in such places as it may deem advisable or necessary.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-8 - Members of Commission Not Eligible for Certain Employments.

Section 9-3-8
Members of commission not eligible for certain employments.
No member of the commission, during the tenure of his office or within two years thereafter, shall be eligible for appointment as State Forester or for any employment under the commission.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-9 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.

Section 9-3-9
Promulgation of rules and regulations.
The commission shall have the power to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to all phases of forestry within this state, which rules and regulations when adopted shall have the force and effect of law. All rules and regulations of the Division of Forestry of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources heretofore promulgated shall continue in effect until repealed or amended by the commission.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-10 - Alabama Forestry Commission Fund.

Section 9-3-10
Alabama Forestry Commission Fund.
There is hereby created a fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Alabama Forestry Commission Fund. All money derived by the commission shall be deposited to the credit of said fund.
(Acts 1969, No. 764, p. 1354, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-10.1 - Emergency Forest Fire, Insect and Disease Fund; Creation; Annual Automatic Appropriation; Ceiling on Amount; Expenditures; Replenishment; Governor's Approval.

Section 9-3-10.1
Emergency Forest Fire, Insect and Disease Fund; creation; annual automatic appropriation; ceiling on amount; expenditures; replenishment; Governor's approval.
(a) There is hereby established an Emergency Forest Fire, Insect and Disease Fund into which there is automatically appropriated two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) annually at the beginning of each state fiscal year. The state Comptroller shall transfer moneys from the General Fund to the emergency fund annually at the beginning of each state fiscal year. The emergency fund shall not exceed a total accumulated amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000). The moneys in the fund may be expended from time to time to meet emergency forest fire, insect, and disease needs as deemed necessary by the State Forester and Governor. The moneys expended from the fund for the emergency needs shall be automatically replenished and are hereby appropriated from the General Fund annually to the extent of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per year at the beginning of each state fiscal year until the two million dollars ($2,000,000) ceiling is reached. The state Comptroller shall make the transfer to replenish the funds within a period of one week following the commencement of each state fiscal year.
(b) The moneys appropriated herein may be expended for salaries, capital expenditures, or any other category of expenditures deemed necessary by the State Forester for emergency forest fire, insect, and disease suppression and control. All moneys appropriated under this section shall be conditional and subject to approval of the Governor.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-830, p. 1566, §§1, 2; Acts 1987, No. 87-821, §1; Act 2018-266, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-11 - Steering Committee to Represent Rural Community Fire Departments - Creation.

Section 9-3-11
Steering committee to represent rural community fire departments - Creation.
The State Forester is hereby authorized and required to create a steering committee to represent rural community fire departments.
(Acts 1978, No. 515, p. 569, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-12 - Steering Committee to Represent Rural Community Fire Departments - Membership; Appointment, Qualifications and Term of Office of Members; Filling of Vacancies in Office.

Section 9-3-12
Steering committee to represent rural community fire departments - Membership; appointment, qualifications and term of office of members; filling of vacancies in office.
Said steering committee shall be composed of 13 members; one from each of the 10 administrative districts of the Alabama Forestry Commission, one member from the Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments, one member from the Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs and one member from the Alabama Firemen's Association. The President of the Alabama Association of Fire Chiefs shall appoint one member of his association to serve on the committee, the President of the Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments shall appoint one member of his association to serve on the committee, and the President of the Alabama Firemen's Association shall appoint a member of his association to serve on the committee. The State Forester shall appoint the remaining committee members from each administrative district of the Alabama Forestry Commission, with each such member being a volunteer fireman. All members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. Vacancies on the committee shall be filled by the same appointing authority who appointed the vacating member.
(Acts 1978, No. 515, p. 569, §3; Acts 1984, No. 84-474, p. 1095, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-13 - Steering Committee to Represent Rural Community Fire Departments - Recommendations to State Forester.

Section 9-3-13
Steering committee to represent rural community fire departments - Recommendations to State Forester.
The steering committee shall make recommendations to the State Forester regarding how to improve the rural community fire program and how to solve immediate problems including parts exchange, training and financial assistance through federal grants.
(Acts 1978, No. 515, p. 569, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-14 - Steering Committee to Represent Rural Community Fire Departments - Meetings; Quorum.

Section 9-3-14
Steering committee to represent rural community fire departments - Meetings; quorum.
The committee shall meet semiannually, with the members of the committee setting the date. The State Forester shall have the authority to call special meetings. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum.
(Acts 1978, No. 515, p. 569, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-15 - Steering Committee to Represent Rural Community Fire Departments - Compensation and Expenses of Members.

Section 9-3-15
Steering committee to represent rural community fire departments - Compensation and expenses of members.
Members of the committee shall not be compensated for their services, but each shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses in the same manner and amount that state employees are reimbursed. Such expenses shall be paid out of Forestry Commission funds.
(Acts 1978, No. 515, p. 569, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-16 - Advisory Committee on General Forestry Matters.

Section 9-3-16
Advisory committee on general forestry matters.
The State Forester is further authorized to establish a committee and call meetings of such committee to advise him on general forestry matters in Alabama. It shall consist of not more than 15 members. Section 9-3-15 shall apply in its entirety to this committee.
(Acts 1978, No. 515, p. 569, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-18 - Public Governmental Entities, Political Subdivisions, etc., Authorized to Make Donations to Organizations Deemed Public in Nature.

Section 9-3-18
Public governmental entities, political subdivisions, etc., authorized to make donations to organizations deemed public in nature.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that this section provides assistance to organized volunteer fire departments and organized search, air, and rescue squads including South Alabama Air Rescue, Incorporated, and other nonprofit organizations which provide search, air, or rescue services to the public. The Legislature deems these organizations public in nature, as they protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
(b) The state and any department, office, or agency of the state, and any county, any municipality, any fire, water, sewer, garbage, or school district, or any other public governmental entity or political subdivision may donate money, property, equipment, or other thing of value to those organizations deemed public in nature as specified in subsection (a). Unless the donating agency or entity specifies otherwise at the time of donation, the organization receiving the donation may dispose of any property received under this section pursuant to Article 6, Sections 41-16-120 to 41-16-125, inclusive, of Chapter 16, Title 41.
(Acts 1981, No. 81-555, p. 935, §§1, 2; Acts 1996, No. 96-612, p. 965, §1; Act 2012-555, p. 1635, §1; Act 2013-413, p. 1567, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-19 - Donation of Fire Control Property.

Section 9-3-19
Donation of fire control property.
(a) As used in this section, the term "fire control or fire rescue equipment" includes, but is not limited to, a motor vehicle, fire fighting tools, protective gear, breathing equipment, and other vehicles, supplies, and tools used in fire fighting or fire rescue.
(b) Any person, corporation, partnership, association, or governmental entity may donate or give away used or obsolete fire control or fire rescue equipment to the Alabama Forestry Commission for its use or for distribution to certified volunteer fire departments. Any person, corporation, partnership, association, or governmental entity that donates fire control or fire rescue equipment shall not be liable for civil damages for personal injury, property damage, or death resulting from a defect in the equipment, if the property was donated in good faith and the defect was unknown to the person making the donation. The Alabama Forestry Commission and its commissioners and other officers and employees shall not be liable for civil damages for personal injury, property damage, or death resulting from a defect in equipment sold, loaned, donated, or otherwise made available in good faith by the commission to certified volunteer fire departments pursuant to this section. A breathing apparatus that is donated to the commission shall be recertified to the manufacturer's specifications by a technician certified by the manufacturer before it is made available to a volunteer fire department. Any cost incurred by the commission in recertifying a breathing apparatus shall be reimbursed to the commission by the volunteer fire department which received the breathing apparatus.
(Act 98-291, p. 477, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 3 - State Forestry Commission. › Section 9-3-20 - Exemption of Timber Lands From Local Fire District Service Charges and Fees; Jurisdiction of Alabama Forestry Commission.

Section 9-3-20
Exemption of timber lands from local fire district service charges and fees; jurisdiction of Alabama Forestry Commission.
(a) A local fire district may not assess any type of fees or dues upon forest land that is treated as timber land for ad valorem tax purposes.
(b) The authority and responsibility for the control and coordination of fire prevention, fire protection, and fire fighting services on land treated as timber land for ad valorem tax purposes shall be under the jurisdiction of the Alabama Forestry Commission.
(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude a forest land owner from voluntarily entering into an agreement with a local fire district to provide fire protection services for a negotiated fee.
(d) Nothing in this section shall invalidate a negotiated dues structure implemented by resolution by a fire district prior to June 10, 2019.
(Act 2019-466, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-1 - State Geologist - Qualifications, Appointment and Term of Office; Vacancies.

Section 9-4-1
State Geologist - Qualifications, appointment and term of office; vacancies.
There shall be a State Geologist. In the event of a vacancy in the office of State Geologist from any cause, the most competent geologist available, either from the staff of the Geological Survey of Alabama or elsewhere, to be designated by the President of the University of Alabama with the approval of the Governor, shall be the State Geologist, whose term of office shall be at the will of the appointing powers. Whenever a vacancy shall subsequently occur, said vacancy shall be filled in a like manner, and the tenure of office shall be determined as aforesaid.
(Code 1896, §2241; Code 1907, §689; Acts 1923, No. 512, p. 683; Code 1923, §1033; Acts 1927, No. 386, p. 456; Code 1940, T. 55, §245.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-2 - State Geologist - Duties Generally.

Section 9-4-2
State Geologist - Duties generally.
(a) It shall be the duty of the State Geologist to devote his entire time to the administrative duties of his office and to making explorations and examinations of the mineral, agricultural, biological and other natural resources of the state so as to determine accurately the quality and character of its soils and their adaptation to agricultural purposes and especially to the occurrence and quality of phosphates, marls, gypsum and other natural fertilizers, its mineral resources and their locations, character and capacity for development, its water powers and their capacity, its forest trees and their utilities and distribution and its other plant and animal forms useful or noxious; and it shall be the duty of him and his assistants, whenever they discover any deposits of ores or other resources of value, to notify immediately the owners of the land on which such deposits occur, but no individual or firm or corporation shall have the right to call upon or require the State Geologist to enter upon any special survey for his or its individual benefit. The survey is to proceed upon a settled plan for the benefit of the public and prospectors and investors in general.
(b) He shall also make to the Legislature at each of its regular sessions a report of the progress of his explorations and examinations together with such analyses of soils or of minerals, mineral waters, etc., with maps and charts as may be needed for illustrations, which report shall be printed and shall be the exclusive property of the state.
(c) He shall also make collections of specimens illustrative of the geological, agricultural and other natural resources of the state which, after they shall have served the immediate purposes of the survey, shall be placed in the museum of the survey in Smith Hall at the University of Alabama as a permanent exhibit, except that duplicates of these specimens and excess material may be distributed by the State Geologist to educational institutions of the state which may request them and have use for them.
(d) He shall also from time to time prepare or cause to be prepared monographs, special reports or bulletins of the geology and varied resources of the state which shall be printed and published under the provisions of Article 5, Chapter 4 of Title 41.
(Code 1896, §2242; Code 1907, §690; Acts 1923, No. 512, p. 683; Code 1923, §1034; Acts 1927, No. 386, p. 456; Code 1940, T. 55, §246.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-4 - State Geologist and Assistant State Geologist May Teach at University of Alabama.

Section 9-4-4
State Geologist and Assistant State Geologist may teach at University of Alabama.
The State Geologist and the Assistant State Geologist of the State Geological Survey of Alabama during their course of employment as such officials and under the conditions hereinafter set forth in Sections 9-4-4 through 9-4-7 shall be permitted to teach graduate or undergraduate courses at the University of Alabama which are connected with or related to the study of geology or affiliated or associated subjects.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-3 - State Geologist - Appointment of Assistants.

Section 9-4-3
State Geologist - Appointment of assistants.
Subject to the provisions of the Merit System, the State Geologist may appoint, with the approval of the Governor, such assistants, including a competent chemist, for such periods and with such compensation as he may deem necessary to the best interests of the survey; provided, that said assistants shall devote their entire time to the work of the survey, and no part of the funds available to the survey shall be expended for the salary or compensation in whole or in part of any member of the teaching staff or other employee of the University of Alabama, provided that not more than one of the present employees doing joint service may be retained, the object of this provision being to secure the services of full-time employees and to preclude the payment of salaries or other compensation of teachers or other employees of the university, thereby guaranteeing an entire separation of the work of the survey from that of the university.
(Code 1896, §2243; Code 1907, §691; Acts 1923, No. 512, p. 683; Code 1923, §1035; Acts 1927, No. 386, p. 456; Code 1940, T. 55, §247.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-5 - Limitations Upon Teaching by State Geologist and Assistant State Geologist.

Section 9-4-5
Limitations upon teaching by State Geologist and Assistant State Geologist.
The teaching of courses connected with or related to the study of geology or affiliated or associated subjects by the State Geologist or Assistant State Geologist shall be permitted only during such time as will not unduly interfere with their employment with the State Geological Survey of Alabama or with the State Oil and Gas Board and such teaching shall be limited to courses which require not more than an aggregate of six hours of resident classroom teaching per week. Such teaching shall be permitted during regular scholastic terms, summer school courses or classes for special students as provided by the curricula of the University of Alabama.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-6 - Compensation for Teaching.

Section 9-4-6
Compensation for teaching.
The State Geologist and the Assistant State Geologist shall receive as compensation for teaching classes under the conditions provided for in Sections 9-4-4 through 9-4-7, in addition to the compensation which they receive for acting in their official capacities as State Geologist and Assistant State Geologist of the State Geological Survey of Alabama, an amount set by the President of the University of Alabama. This amount of compensation shall be consistent with the salary schedule of the University of Alabama for payment of similar services by regular professors or teachers whose services are engaged by the University of Alabama to teach courses of study therein. The compensation for such teaching services shall be paid out of such funds of the University of Alabama which are provided for payment to the teachers of classes at the University of Alabama. The payments for such teaching services shall be made at the same time and in the same manner and under the same conditions as other professors and teachers of the University of Alabama are paid for the same or similar services.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-7 - State Geologist and Assistant State Geologist Not to Participate in Teachers' Retirement System.

Section 9-4-7
State Geologist and Assistant State Geologist not to participate in Teachers' Retirement System.
The act of teaching by the State Geologist or the Assistant State Geologist as specified and permitted under the terms of Sections 9-4-4 through 9-4-7 shall not entitle either of such officials to participate as members of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama or to enjoy the privileges or benefits of such membership, nor shall the act of teaching by such officials be deemed to alter or enhance in any way their status as such officials except as may be expressly set forth in such sections.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-8 - Expenditures From Annual Appropriation.

Section 9-4-8
Expenditures from annual appropriation.
The annual appropriation shall be devoted, so far as may be necessary to execute the purposes of this chapter, to the discharge of the expenses of the survey, including the compensation of all temporary and permanent assistants, traveling expenses of the geologist and geological corps, in and out of the state, purchase of apparatus and materials for making chemical analysis, other expenditures for outfit, expenses incurred in providing for the transportation, arrangement and proper exhibition of the geological and other collections made on the authority of this chapter and the engraving of maps and sections, etc., to illustrate the quadrennial reports of progress; provided, however, that no payment shall be made by the survey to the university on account of rent or permanent improvements, nor shall the university make use of the survey's apparatus and materials for making chemical analysis nor share in expenditures for outfit referred to herein.
(Code 1896, §2246; Code 1907, §694; Acts 1923, No. 512, p. 683; Code 1923, §1038; Acts 1927, No. 386, p. 456; Code 1940, T. 55, §250.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-9 - Disbursements.

Section 9-4-9
Disbursements.
Upon the requisition of the State Geologist, when approved by the Governor, the Comptroller shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the amount appropriated in such sums as may be needed from time to time for the purposes provided for in this chapter. For all expenditures made under the provisions of this chapter, except for the salary of the State Geologist, the approval of the Governor must be obtained and the vouchers of the State Geologist for all such expenditures must be filed quarterly with the Comptroller, and a statement of his receipts and expenditures shall accompany each quadrennial report of the State Geologist.
(Code 1896, §2244; Code 1907, §692; Acts 1923, No. 512, p. 683; Code 1923, §1036; Acts 1927, No. 386, p. 456; Code 1940, T. 55, §248.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-10 - Bulletins or Reports of State Geologist.

Section 9-4-10
Bulletins or reports of State Geologist.
Whenever the State Geologist has in hand, ready for publication, material for a bulletin or any other report of his surveys and investigations of the mineral, agricultural or other natural resources of the state, he shall report the same to the Governor, and a committee consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State and State Geologist shall then determine the number of such bulletin or report which shall be printed and published.
(Code 1907, §695; Acts 1923, No. 512, p. 683; Code 1923, §1039; Acts 1927, No. 386, p. 456; Code 1940, T. 55, §251.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-11 - Execution of Topographic Survey of State; Establishment of Permanent Bench Marks Along Highways, Etc.

Section 9-4-11
Execution of topographic survey of state; establishment of permanent bench marks along highways, etc.
The State Geologist is hereby empowered and directed to cooperate with the United States Geological Survey in the execution of the topographic surveys of the State of Alabama in a manner sufficiently elaborate to prepare maps on scales which may be agreed upon for different localities exhibiting the land and water features, relief, roads, buildings and all civil boundary lines as marked on the ground at the time field surveys are executed and to establish permanent bench marks along highways and other routes of travel marked with elevations based on mean sea level.
(Acts 1911, No. 367, p. 407, §1; Acts 1923, No. 511, p. 682, §1; Code 1923, §1042; Code 1940, T. 55, §252.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-12 - Agreements as to Payment of Expenses of Field Surveys, Etc.

Section 9-4-12
Agreements as to payment of expenses of field surveys, etc.
Subject to approval of the Director of Finance, the State Geologist is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Director of the United States Geological Survey whereby the expense of executing the field surveys and the preparation of the resulting maps for publication shall be borne by the State of Alabama and by the federal government in such proportion as is equitable to both governments.
(Acts 1923, No. 511, p. 682, § 2; Code 1923, §1043; Code 1940, T. 55, §253.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-13 - Right of Entry on Lands for Preparation of Surveys, Etc.

Section 9-4-13
Right of entry on lands for preparation of surveys, etc.
In order to carry out the provisions of Sections 9-4-11 and 9-4-12, it shall be lawful for any person or persons employed under this chapter to enter and cross all lands in the state, provided that in so doing no damage is done to private property.
(Acts 1911, No. 367, p. 407, §2; Acts 1923, No. 511, p. 682, §3; Code 1923, §1044; Code 1940, T. 55, §254.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-14 - Survey and Oil and Gas Board May Retain Faculty Members and Students for Research, Etc.

Section 9-4-14
Survey and Oil and Gas Board may retain faculty members and students for research, etc.
The State Geological Survey of Alabama and the State Oil and Gas Board may retain the services of faculty members or students of any institution of higher learning within the State of Alabama for the purposes of carrying on or supervising research and to conduct experimental matters and to do other related work in the field of geology and in the exploration, production and promotion of oil and gas in the State of Alabama. The services and compensation of such persons so retained or hired shall be in accordance with the conditions set forth in Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-15 - Contracts Between Survey or Board and Faculty Members or Students - Required; Approval.

Section 9-4-15
Contracts between survey or board and faculty members or students - Required; approval.
In order to secure the services of any person who is qualified under the terms of Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19 to do research or experimental or promotional work for the Geological Survey of Alabama or the State Oil and Gas Board, such persons so retained or hired shall be required to enter into an agreement in writing with said survey or board, which agreement, before it becomes binding upon either party, shall be first approved in writing by the State Personnel Department. In the event the services of a faculty member are secured, the contract, as specified in this section, before it becomes binding shall first be approved in writing by the president of the institution in which such faculty member is associated in his official capacity as a faculty member; and, in the event the services of a student are secured, the contract, as specified in this section, before it becomes binding shall first be approved in writing by the dean of the school to which such student is attached in his official capacity as such student. The approval by the president of the institution as in the case of a faculty member or the approval by the dean as in the case of a student shall be in addition to the approval required in this section by the State Personnel Department.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-16 - Contracts Between Survey or Board and Faculty Members or Students - Contents.

Section 9-4-16
Contracts between survey or board and faculty members or students - Contents.
The written agreement between the person whose services are secured and the agency to which such services are to be applied as provided for in Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19 shall contain the terms, conditions and specifications of the duties and requirements of work which said person shall render to said agency.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-17 - Retention of Faculty Members or Students Not to Interfere With Ordinary Duties.

Section 9-4-17
Retention of faculty members or students not to interfere with ordinary duties.
No person shall be retained under the terms of Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19 at a time or for such duration which will unduly interfere with the ordinary duties of such faculty member or such student in the ordinary capacities in which he is engaged as such faculty member or student.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-18 - Persons Retained Not Subject to Merit System Act.

Section 9-4-18
Persons retained not subject to Merit System Act.
By the execution of a service contract as specified in Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19, the person whose services are hired or retained shall not be subject to the provisions of the state Merit System Act but shall be in the capacity of an independent contractor, and each contract written for such service shall contain provisions specifying this fact.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 4 - Geological Survey. › Section 9-4-19 - Compensation of Persons Retained.

Section 9-4-19
Compensation of persons retained.
The amount of compensation which persons whose services are retained to do research, experimental, promotional and related work for the Geological Survey of Alabama and the State Oil and Gas Board shall be specified in the written agreement provided for and required by the terms of Sections 9-4-14 through 9-4-19. Such compensation shall be paid from the State Geological Survey funds or the state oil and gas funds depending upon which agency enters into the said service contract. The compensation for such services shall be paid at such times and in the same manner as regular state employees are paid for their employment to such agencies.
(Acts 1961, No. 717, p. 1024, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 5 - Minerals Resource Management Committee. › Section 9-5-1 - Created; Composition; Chairman.

Section 9-5-1
Created; composition; chairman.
(a) There is hereby created the Minerals Resource Management Committee which shall consist of three members serving ex officio as follows:
The State Geologist, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Director of Finance.
(b) The chairmanship of the committee shall rotate annually, each member serving in such capacity every third year beginning with the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, followed by the Director of Finance and the State Geologist.
(Acts 1973, No. 1291, p. 2203, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 5 - Minerals Resource Management Committee. › Section 9-5-2 - Meetings; Compensation of Members.

Section 9-5-2
Meetings; compensation of members.
The Minerals Resource Management Committee shall meet once a month in Montgomery, Alabama and at such other times and in such other places as a majority of the committee shall designate. The members of the Minerals Resource Management Committee shall serve without compensation but shall receive their actual expenses while attending their meetings or while performing the official duties of the committee.
(Acts 1973, No. 1291, p. 2203, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 5 - Minerals Resource Management Committee. › Section 9-5-3 - Powers and Duties Generally; Public Hearings; Implementation of Recommendations.

Section 9-5-3
Powers and duties generally; public hearings; implementation of recommendations.
The major function of the Minerals Resource Management Committee is to maximize the income realized by the state from oil, gas and other mineral resources owned by the state. In order to fulfill this function, the Minerals Resource Management Committee is hereby empowered and authorized to coordinate the activities of all state departments and agencies, but particularly the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the State Oil and Gas Board relating to the development of the mineral resources owned by the state. All such state departments and agencies shall cooperate fully with the committee in providing information requested by the committee. The Minerals Resource Management Committee shall, from time to time, hold public hearings when the chairman deems it in the public interest to do so. All recommendations made by the Minerals Resource Management Committee and approved by the Governor shall be implemented within the period of time prescribed by such recommendations as long as they are consistent with existing laws and statutes of the state.
(Acts 1973, No. 1291, p. 2203, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 6 - Environmental Improvement Authorities. › Section 9-6-2 - Definitions.

Section 9-6-2
Definitions.
The following words and phrases used in this chapter and others evidently intended as the equivalent thereof shall, in the absence of clear implication in this chapter otherwise, be given the following respective interpretations:
(1) APPLICANT. A natural person who files a written application with the Governor in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-6-4.
(2) AREA OF OPERATION. The area specified in the certificate of incorporation of the authority, within which the authority is empowered to carry on its business and activities under this chapter.
(3) AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(4) BOARD. The board of directors of an authority.
(5) BONDS. Such term shall include bonds, notes, debentures and certificates representing an obligation to pay money.
(6) COUNTY. Any county in this state or in contiguous states.
(7) DIRECTOR. A member of the board of directors of an authority.
(8) INCORPORATORS. The persons who form a public corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(9) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or town which is incorporated.
(10) PERSON. Unless limited to a natural person by the context in which it is used, such term includes a public or private corporation, a municipality, a county or an agency, department or instrumentality of a state or of a county or municipality.
(11) PROPERTY. Such term shall include real, personal and mixed property and interests therein.
(Acts 1969, No. 1117, p. 2060, §1.)