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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-20.1 - Game and Fish Fund - Alabama Game and Fish Endowment Fund Created as Special Account; Administration; Restrictions; Use of Income.

Section 9-2-20.1
Game and Fish Fund - Alabama Game and Fish Endowment Fund created as special account; administration; restrictions; use of income.
(a) There is hereby created within the Game and Fish Fund a special account to be known as the Alabama Game and Fish Endowment Fund. The assets of said fund shall consist of the following:
(1) The proceeds from the sale of the lifetime hunting, lifetime fishing, and combination lifetime hunting and fishing licenses provided in subsections (a) through (c) of Section 9-11-65;
(2) The proceeds of any gifts, grants and contributions to the state which are specifically designated for inclusion in said fund; and
(3) Such other sources as may be specified by law.
(b) The Alabama Game and Fish Endowment Fund shall be administered by a board of trustees consisting of the Director of Finance, the Secretary-Treasurer of the State Employees' Retirement System and the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Said board of trustees shall have the power and authority to invest and reinvest the assets of the fund within the guidelines, limitations and restrictions that govern investment of the State Employees Retirement Fund.
(c) The Alabama Game and Fish Endowment Fund is declared to be a special trust derived from a contractual relationship between the state and the members of the public whose investments contribute to the fund. The following limitations and restrictions are placed on expenditures from said fund:
(1) Subject to Amendment No. 272 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901, any limitations or restrictions specified by donors on the uses of the income derived from gifts, grants and voluntary contributions shall be respected but shall not be binding.
(2) No expenditures or disbursement shall be made from the principal of said fund except as otherwise provided by law.
(d) The income derived annually from the Alabama Game and Fish Endowment Fund shall be credited to the Game and Fish Fund regular accounts and expended as provided by law.
(Acts 1981, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 81-1122, p. 386, §§ 4-7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-20.2 - Game and Fish Fund - Alabama Nongame Wildlife Endowment.

Section 9-2-20.2
Game and Fish Fund - Alabama Nongame Wildlife Endowment.
(a) There is hereby created within the Game and Fish Fund a special account to be known as the Alabama Nongame Wildlife Endowment. The assets of said account shall consist of the following:
(1) The proceeds from the sale of reproductions of the said print and/or stamp;
(2) The proceeds of any gifts, grants and contributions to the state which are specifically designated for inclusion in said account; and
(3) Such other sources as may be specified by law.
(b) The Alabama Nongame Wildlife Endowment shall be administered by a board of trustees consisting of the Director of Finance, the Secretary-Treasurer of the State Employees' Retirement System and the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Said board of trustees shall have the power and authority to invest and reinvest the assets of the account within the guidelines, limitations and restrictions that govern investment of the State Employees' Retirement Fund.
(c) The Alabama Nongame Wildlife Endowment is declared to be a special trust derived from a contractual relationship between the state and the members of the public whose investments contribute to the account. The following limitations and restrictions are placed on expenditures from said account:
(1) Subject to Amendment No. 272 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, any limitations or restrictions specified by donors on the uses of the income derived from gifts, grants and voluntary contributions shall be respected, but shall not be binding.
(2) No expenditures or disbursements shall be made from the principal of said account except as otherwise provided by law.
(d) The income derived annually from the Alabama Nongame Wildlife Endowment shall be credited to the Game and Fish Fund and expended exclusively for purposes of preserving, protecting, perpetuating and enhancing nongame wildlife in this state.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-256, p. 319, §§4-7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-21 - Game and Fish Fund - Remittance of Collections to State Treasurer to Credit of Fund.

Section 9-2-21
Game and Fish Fund - Remittance of collections to State Treasurer to credit of fund.
Each officer or employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or other officer charged with the duty of collecting any of the funds or moneys mentioned in Section 9-2-20 shall remit all such collections on the first day of each month directly to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, who shall upon receipt thereof remit such collections to the Treasurer of the State of Alabama to the credit of the Game and Fish Fund.
(Acts 1945, No. 229, p. 352, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-22 - Game and Fish Fund - Disbursement.

Section 9-2-22
Game and Fish Fund - Disbursement.
The said fund hereby created shall be used and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance of the preservation, protection, propagation and development of wild birds, wild fur-bearing animals, game, fish and all other species of wildlife within the state or within the territorial jurisdiction of the state which have not been reduced to private ownership and, when so expended, shall be paid out on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and charged to said fund. All necessary expenses of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, including its pro rata portion of the administrative expense of said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall likewise be paid out of said fund on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; 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. 229, p. 352, §3; Acts 1951, No. 829, p. 1460.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-23 - Game and Fish Fund - Diversion of Funds From Particular Purpose for Which Collected, Allotted or Budgeted.

Section 9-2-23
Game and Fish Fund - Diversion of funds from particular purpose for which collected, allotted or budgeted.
Nothing in Sections 9-2-20 through 9-2-22, however, shall 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.
(Acts 1945, No. 229, p. 352, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-24 - Department Not to Issue Bonds or Borrow Money.

Section 9-2-24
Department not to issue bonds or borrow money.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have no power or authority to issue any bonds or to borrow any money.
(Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255; Code 1940, T. 8, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-25 - Refunds on Erroneous or Excessive License Fees.

Section 9-2-25
Refunds on erroneous or excessive license fees.
(a) This section shall apply to all licenses administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or any division thereof.
(b) In the event any license for the same privilege is made available at a lesser price and reasonable notice of its availability has not been given to the public, a person, firm or corporation will be entitled to a refund equal to the amount of the reduction of the license fee; and any person, firm or corporation who, by mistake, purchases any duplicate license or pays an amount in excess of that required by law for the license shall be entitled to have the money incorrectly paid refunded as hereinafter provided, less any amount paid as an issuance fee or other fee to any probate judge, license commissioner, special agent or other person authorized to issue such licenses.
(c) Any amount charged by a probate judge, license commissioner, special agent or other person authorized to issue such licenses as an issuance fee or other fee that is in excess of the legal and proper issuance fee must be refunded by the probate judge, license commissioner, special agent or other person charging said illegal fee.
(d) All applications for refund must be made within one year from the date of such erroneous or excessive payment.
(e) The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or his duly authorized agent, upon receiving an application for refund and satisfactory proof of duplicate or excessive payment for a license fee, shall authorize refund of the money incorrectly paid, less any legal and proper issuance fee retained by the judge of probate, license commissioner, special agent or other person authorized to issue such licenses. The amount of such refund shall be paid by warrant out of the fund into which it was originally paid in the State Treasury.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 438, p. 595, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-26 - Cooperation With Federal Agencies.

Section 9-2-26
Cooperation with federal agencies.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies in the restoration of wildlife in compliance with the Pittman-Robertson Act and in the restoration or rehabilitation of game, fish, parks or historical sites and monuments.
(Acts 1939, No. 514, p. 803, § 12; Code 1940, T. 8, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-27 - Compliance With Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies Act.

Section 9-2-27
Compliance with Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies Act.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to expend such appropriated and uncommitted capital improvement funds as may be necessary to comply with Sections 210 and 305 of Public Law 91-646, known as the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 85, p. 4298, § 1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-28 - "Game and Fish Wardens" Deemed "Conservation officers."

Section 9-2-28
"Game and fish wardens" deemed "conservation officers."
Whenever the terms "game and fish warden" or "game and fish wardens" appear in this title, the terms shall mean and refer to conservation officers appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28; Act 2018-201, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 9-2-29 - Commissioner Authorized to Designate Calendar Work Week for Law Enforcement Officers.

Section 9-2-29
Commissioner authorized to designate calendar work week for law enforcement officers.
(a) The Legislature declares that it is the purpose of this section to authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to designate the calendar work week for its law enforcement officers.
(b) For the purpose of Sections 36-21-4 and 36-21-5, the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may designate the calendar work week for the law enforcement officers employed by the department.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-745, p. 1696, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 2 - Construction or Modification of Buildings and Facilities. › Section 9-2-40 - Commissioner Designated Awarding Authority.

Section 9-2-40
Commissioner designated awarding authority.
The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby designated as an awarding authority.
(Acts 1953, No. 521, p. 685, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 2 - Construction or Modification of Buildings and Facilities. › Section 9-2-41 - Preparation of Plans and Specifications.

Section 9-2-41
Preparation of plans and specifications.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby empowered and authorized to prepare plans and specifications for the construction or modification of any buildings or facilities within the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
(Acts 1953, No. 521, p. 685, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 2 - Construction or Modification of Buildings and Facilities. › Section 9-2-42 - Contracts for Advisory Engineering or Architectural Services.

Section 9-2-42
Contracts for advisory engineering or architectural services.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is empowered and authorized to enter into contracts with engineering or architectural firms for the preparation of plans and/or specifications to be used by said department in constructing or modifying buildings and other facilities within the jurisdiction of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and may contract for such supervisory engineering or architectural services as may be needed in its construction work; provided, that any such advisory services contracted for must conform to the fee schedule as adopted by the state Building Commission.
(Acts 1953, No. 521, p. 685, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 2 - Construction or Modification of Buildings and Facilities. › Section 9-2-43 - Contracts for Construction or Modification of Buildings or Facilities.

Section 9-2-43
Contracts for construction or modification of buildings or facilities.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is further empowered and authorized to enter into contracts for the construction or modification of any buildings or facilities within the jurisdiction of said department; provided, however, that all such contracts shall be invalid and void unless approved in writing by the Governor; and further provided that all such construction contracts shall be let and made in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 1, 2 and 5 of Title 39 of this code.
(Acts 1953, No. 521, p. 685, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 2 - Construction or Modification of Buildings and Facilities. › Section 9-2-44 - Approval of Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance Not Required as to Certain Contracts; Compliance With State Building Code.

Section 9-2-44
Approval of Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance not required as to certain contracts; compliance with state building code.
All construction or modification contracts as specified in this article which may hereafter be made are excepted from approval by the Division of Construction Management of the Department of Finance with the exception of buildings erected by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources that exceed in cost the sum of $15,000.00; provided, however, that all such construction or modifications must comply with the state building code.
(Acts 1953, No. 521, p. 685, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 3 - Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. › Section 9-2-60 - Created.

Section 9-2-60
Created.
(a) There is created within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a division to be known as the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries.
(b) Wherever reference is made to the Game and Fish Division or the Division of Game and Fish in this title, or in any other statute, rule, or regulation of the State of Alabama, the reference shall be construed to refer to the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries.
(Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, § 2; Act 99-637, 2nd Sp. Sess., §§ 1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 3 - Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. › Section 9-2-61 - Appointment of Director; Powers and Duties of Division Generally.

Section 9-2-61
Appointment of director; powers and duties of division generally.
The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall be a division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. He shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor. The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall have the personnel, powers, properties, functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which pertain to the game and fish of the State of Alabama and such personnel, duties, powers, functions and properties as may be hereafter conferred by law.
(Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, § 11; Code 1940, T. 8, §15; Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 3 - Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. › Section 9-2-62 - Oath of Director; Director Full-Time Position.

Section 9-2-62
Oath of director; director full-time position.
Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall take the constitutional oath of office. He shall devote his full time to his official duties and shall hold no other lucrative position.
(Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, §15; Code 1940, T. 8, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 3 - Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. › Section 9-2-63 - Bond of Director.

Section 9-2-63
Bond of director.
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, for the faithful performance of his duties.
(Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123, §15; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 3 - Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. › Section 9-2-64 - Appointment, Oath, Bond, and Compensation of Game and Fish Wardens.

Section 9-2-64
Appointment, oath, bond, and compensation of game and fish wardens.
The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall have power to appoint as many game and fish wardens as he or she shall deem necessary for the proper enforcement of the game and fish laws of the state. All game and fish wardens, before entering upon their duties as such, shall take the oath of office as required by law for sheriffs in this state. Before entering upon the duties of their offices, all game and fish wardens shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000), for the faithful performance of their duties. The employees provided for in this section shall be reimbursed for their meals, lodging, and transportation when absent from their headquarters in the performance of their duties.
(Acts 1935, No. 240, p. 632, §12; Code 1940, T. 8, §18; Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190, §1; Act 2018-201, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 3 - Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. › Section 9-2-65 - Powers and Duties of Game and Fish Wardens; Powers and Duties of Director With Respect to Game and Fish Wardens.

Section 9-2-65
Powers and duties of game and fish wardens; powers and duties of director with respect to game and fish wardens.
(a) Game and fish wardens shall have power:
(1) To enforce all laws of this state relating to birds, animals and fish;
(2) To execute all warrants and search warrants for the violation of the game, fish and fur laws of the state;
(3) To serve subpoenas issued for examination, investigation and trial of all offenses against the law relating to game, fur bearers, birds and fish;
(4) To carry firearms as provided by law for enforcement officers when in the discharge of their official duties;
(5) To confiscate all game, birds, animals or fish or parts thereof which have been caught, taken, killed or held at a time in any manner or for any purpose or had in possession or under control or have been shipped, carried or transported contrary to the laws of this state, and game, fur bearers, birds, fish or parts thereof so confiscated shall be held as evidence in the court in which the defendant is held for trial; and, upon conviction of the defendant, said game, fur bearers, birds, fish or parts thereof shall be disposed of by written order of the court;
(6) To enter upon any land or water in the performance of their duty;
(7) To assist individual citizens, clubs, groups and organizations of sportsmen and conservation clubs by furnishing information and such other assistance as may be found necessary in the construction of fish ponds, the establishing of feeding grounds for migratory wild fowl, the planting of fish from the state and federal fish hatcheries, the reclaiming of stranded fish and the control of predators on useful forms of wildlife; and
(8) To perform such other additional duties as the commissioner may direct.
(b) The director of the division shall:
(1) Constantly keep in touch with the game and fish wardens;
(2) Assist and advise them in their work;
(3) See that all wardens are continuous in the performance of their duties;
(4) Make reports to the commissioner of any dereliction of duty;
(5) Investigate all charges of alleged misconduct or other alleged wrongful acts on the part of any warden and make special reports thereon to the commissioner;
(6) Assist in the prosecution of violations of all laws relating to the department; and
(7) Perform such other duties as the commissioner may direct.
(Acts 1935, No. 240, p. 632, §14; Code 1940, T. 8, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 3 - Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. › Section 9-2-66 - Official Annual State Nongame Wildlife Print And/or Stamp.

Section 9-2-66
Official annual state nongame wildlife print and/or stamp.
(a) There is hereby established an official annual state nongame wildlife print and/or stamp.
(b) The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby given the authority to contract with an artist of its choice for the providing of said print and/or stamp.
(c) The Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby given authority to sell reproductions of said print and/or stamp.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-256, p. 319, §§1-3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 3 - Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. › Section 9-2-67 - Rules and Regulations for Nongame Wildlife Endowment.

Section 9-2-67
Rules and regulations for Nongame Wildlife Endowment.
The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to carry out the intent of this act.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-256, p. 319, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-80 - "Seafoods" Defined.

Section 9-2-80
"Seafoods" defined.
As used in this title, the term "seafoods" shall include and mean all oysters, saltwater fish, saltwater shrimp, diamond back terrapin, sea turtle, crabs and all other species of marine or saltwater animal life existing or living in the water within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-81 - Created; Powers and Duties Generally.

Section 9-2-81
Created; powers and duties generally.
There is hereby created within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a division to be known as the Division of Marine Resources. The Division of Marine Resources shall have the personnel, duties, powers, functions and properties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which pertain to seafoods and such personnel, duties, powers, functions and properties as may be hereafter conferred by law.
(Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-82 - Director - Appointment.

Section 9-2-82
Director - Appointment.
The Division of Marine Resources shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated "Director of the Marine Resources Division." The Director of the Marine Resources Division shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor and shall be under and subject to the provisions of the state Merit System.
(Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-83 - Director - Oath and Compensation; Full-Time Position.

Section 9-2-83
Director - Oath and compensation; full-time position.
Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Marine Resources Division shall take the constitutional oath of office. His salary shall be fixed by the State Personnel Board as it may deem appropriate or as otherwise fixed by law. He shall devote his full time to his official duties and shall hold no other lucrative position while serving as said Director of the Marine Resources Division.
(Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-84 - Director - Bond.

Section 9-2-84
Director - Bond.
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director of the Marine Resources Division shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, for the faithful performance of his duties.
(Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-85 - Duties of Employees of Division Generally; Seizure, etc., of Seafoods Illegally Taken, Etc.

Section 9-2-85
Duties of employees of division generally; seizure, etc., of seafoods illegally taken, etc.
The employees of the Division of Marine Resources shall diligently enforce all laws and regulations of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources now existing or which may hereafter be enacted or promulgated for the protection, propagation, preservation or conservation of the seafoods of the State of Alabama and shall prosecute all persons who violate any of such laws or regulations. Such employees shall, at any and all times, seize any and all oysters, saltwater fish or other seafoods which have been caught, taken or transported in a manner contrary to the laws or regulations based thereupon of this state. All seafood which is seized by such employees shall be held as evidence and used in the trial of the violation for which it was seized. After the trial of such violation, the seafood which has been so seized shall be disposed of by order of the court in which the case was set or tried.
(Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-86 - Director and Employees Constituted Peace Officers; Inspection, etc., of Factories, Barrel Measures, Nets, Trawls, Etc.

Section 9-2-86
Director and employees constituted peace officers; inspection, etc., of factories, barrel measures, nets, trawls, etc.
The Director of the Division of Marine Resources and other employees of said division are hereby constituted peace officers of the State of Alabama with full police power and jurisdiction to enforce all laws with reference to the seafoods of the State of Alabama and all rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and they may exercise such powers in any county of the State of Alabama and on any waters of this state. They are hereby authorized to carry firearms or other weapons when they are actually in the discharge of their duties as such officers. They shall be clothed with the power to arrest with or without warrant any person who shall violate any of the laws of the State of Alabama or any rule or regulation of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources with reference to the protection, preservation, propagation or conservation of its seafoods and take him before a proper court for trial. They shall visit the various factories and all places of business where seafoods are dealt in and there inspect the oysters, fish and other seafoods on hand, the "barrel measures" used at said places of business and all nets, trawls and other devices for the taking or catching of seafoods, and they shall prevent and prosecute all violations of this title and all laws on this subject hereafter enacted.
(Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-87 - Seafoods Fund - Created; Composition.

Section 9-2-87
Seafoods Fund - Created; composition.
There is hereby created and there shall be a fund which shall be known as the "Seafoods Fund." This fund shall consist of:
(1) All moneys received from all occupational and privilege licenses or taxes imposed by the state on any person, firm or corporation for engaging in any business or activity relating to the taking, catching, processing or handling seafoods as defined in Section 9-2-80;
(2) All revenue derived from oyster bottom leases;
(3) All moneys paid, derived or received arising from fines, penalties or forfeitures of the seafood laws of this state or the rules and regulations based thereon;
(4) All moneys derived from the sale, leasing, dredging, excavation or removal of oyster shells from the bottoms of any bay, lagoon, estuary, bayou or saltwater area within the jurisdiction of the State of Alabama; and
(5) All moneys accruing to the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources from any source whatsoever.
(Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-88 - Seafoods Fund - Remittance of Collections to State Treasurer to Credit of Fund.

Section 9-2-88
Seafoods Fund - Remittance of collections to State Treasurer to credit of fund.
Each officer or employee of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or other person charged with the duty of collecting any of the funds or moneys mentioned in Section 9-2-87 shall remit all such collections on the first day of each month directly to the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, who shall upon receipt thereof remit such collections to the Treasurer of the State of Alabama to the credit of the Seafoods Fund.
(Acts 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 4 - Division of Marine Resources. › Section 9-2-89 - Seafoods Fund - Disbursement.

Section 9-2-89
Seafoods Fund - Disbursement.
The said Seafoods Fund hereby created shall be used and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance of the preservation, protection, propagation and development of saltwater fish, shrimp, oysters and other shellfish and crustaceans and the development of the seafoods industry and saltwater sports fishing. The appropriation provided for by Section 9-12-183 shall be paid out of said fund. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may also make expenditures out of such fund for any additions and betterments which the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, deems beneficial to the area. When so expended, the same shall be paid out on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources and charged to said fund. All necessary expenses of the Division of Marine Resources of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, including its pro rata portion of the administrative expenses of said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall likewise be paid out of said fund on requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; provided, however, 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 1951, No. 476, p. 840, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 5 - Division of Parks. › Section 9-2-100 - Created; Appointment of Director.

Section 9-2-100
Created; appointment of director.
There shall be in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a Division of Parks, which shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer, who shall be designated the Director of the Division of Parks. He shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources with the approval of the Governor.
(Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, § 13; Code 1940, T. 8, §173.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 5 - Division of Parks. › Section 9-2-101 - Oath of Director; Director Full-Time Position.

Section 9-2-101
Oath of director; director full-time position.
Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director of the Division of Parks shall take the constitutional oath of office. He shall devote his full time to his official duties and shall hold no other lucrative position while serving as Director of the Division of Parks.
(Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, §15; Code 1940, T. 8, §174.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 5 - Division of Parks. › Section 9-2-102 - Bond of Director.

Section 9-2-102
Bond of director.
Before entering upon the duties of his office, the Director of the Division of Parks shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in an amount to be fixed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, for the faithful performance of his duties.
(Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123, §15; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 5 - Division of Parks. › Section 9-2-103 - Powers and Duties of Director Generally; State Forests, Monuments, etc., Excepted From Jurisdiction of Director.

Section 9-2-103
Powers and duties of director generally; state forests, monuments, etc., excepted from jurisdiction of director.
(a) The objects, purposes and duties of the Director of the Division of Parks are:
(1) To make exploration, survey, studies and reports concerning state parks, monuments and historical sites in the state and to publish such thereof as will be of general interest; and
(2) To perform all functions and duties of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources with respect to state parks, monuments and historical sites including the marking, upkeep and publicizing of historical sites heretofore or hereafter designated by the Department of Archives and History.
(b) The inclusion of specific duties of the Director of the Division of Parks in this title shall not be deemed an exclusion of or limitation upon his general duties to effectuate and accomplish the purposes generally set out in this title.
(c) There are excepted from the duties of the Director of the Division of Parks all state forests, Mound State Monument, the White House of the Confederacy and all monuments and historical sites now or hereafter located on state-owned property in the City of Montgomery, including the Alabama Memorial Building.
(Acts 1939, No. 162, p. 255, §§3, 13; Code 1940, T. 8, §175.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 5 - Division of Parks. › Section 9-2-104 - Powers and Duties of Director With Respect to Confederate Memorials - Generally.

Section 9-2-104
Powers and duties of director with respect to Confederate memorials - Generally.
The Director of the Division of Parks shall act for and officially represent Alabama on all subjects, inquiries and matters connected with or growing out of the part performed by troops from this state in the War Between the States which may arise in connection with the location and identification of their position or part in any battle or engagement or upon any battlefield or in connection with the appropriate determination, location, identification or marking of such part or position or in connection with the appropriate marking or monumenting of spots or occurrences made historic by their services or sacrifices, whether in the several military parks or on some other battlefield or in prisons or cemeteries or other historic spots or places. The Director of the Division of Parks, unless otherwise provided, shall have charge of the erection and shall direct the expenditure of all appropriations for the placing of monuments, memorials or markers to Alabama troops in the war as above set forth.
(Code 1923, §1734; Code 1940, T. 8, §177.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 5 - Division of Parks. › Section 9-2-105 - Powers and Duties of Director With Respect to Confederate Memorials - Cooperation With Citizens' Committees, Etc.

Section 9-2-105
Powers and duties of director with respect to Confederate memorials - Cooperation with citizens' committees, etc.
With the approval of the Governor and the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Director of the Division of Parks may join with any committee of citizens in erecting any monument or may supplement the amount raised by any camp of the United Confederate Veterans or camp of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans or chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy or any ladies' memorial association to erect a monument; provided, that not more than $25,000.00 shall be expended out of such funds as may be appropriated in any one fiscal year.
(Code 1923, §1738; Code 1940, T. 8, §178.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 5 - Division of Parks. › Section 9-2-106 - State Park Fund.

Section 9-2-106
State Park Fund.
There shall be a State Park Fund. All moneys received from gifts or bequests or from county, municipal or federal appropriations or moneys appropriated by the State of Alabama shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of said fund. The said fund hereby created shall be used and expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in accordance with the terms of the gift, bequest, appropriation or donation from which said moneys are derived and, in the absence of any such terms or stipulations, shall be expended by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources in furtherance of any of the provisions of this chapter. All expenses of the Division of Parks of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources including its pro rata portion of administrative expenses of said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be payable from said fund on the requisition of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources; provided, however, 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 1939, No. 556, p. 877, §6; Code 1940, T. 8, §183; Acts 1945, No. 228, p. 351; Acts 1951, No. 831, p. 1462, §1; Acts 1967, No. 778, p. 1637, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 5 - Division of Parks. › Section 9-2-107 - State Park Revolving Fund.

Section 9-2-107
State Park Revolving Fund.
In addition to the State Park Fund established by Section 9-2-106, there is also hereby created and established a fund to be known as the State Park Revolving Fund, which fund shall be constituted from all moneys received for admissions charged or rentals, sales of goods or services and such other miscellaneous charges collected by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in the operation of its state parks, monuments, historical sites and other facilities. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the state Department of Finance, is authorized and empowered to provide for and open an account or accounts at any state or federal bank whose deposits are insured within the State of Alabama for the purpose of providing a depository or depositories for said revolving fund. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is further authorized and empowered to draw on or make expenditures from said revolving fund for the purchase of goods for resale, equipment purchases, payment of utilities, salaries of employees and any other normal operating costs of park facilities, including normal maintenance costs. Said revolving fund shall be subject to examination and audit as other funds of the state are examined and audited. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the state Department of Finance and the Chief Examiner of Public Accounts, shall by regulation provide the procedure for making deposits and withdrawals from said revolving fund together with such other accounting procedures as may be needed, including the setting of bonds for persons empowered to handle said fund. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, may at the close of any state fiscal year transfer to the State Parks Fund from said revolving fund such moneys as may be deemed excess to the purpose or purposes of the revolving fund.
(Acts 1967, No. 778, p. 1637, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources. › Chapter 2 - Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. › Article 5 - Division of Parks. › Section 9-2-108 - Disposition and Expenditure of Revenues From Sale of Timber, etc., and From Operation of Certain New Facilities Within State Park System.

Section 9-2-108
Disposition and expenditure of revenues from sale of timber, etc., and from operation of certain new facilities within state park system.
All the revenues derived from the sale of timber and timber products from lands owned by the Division of Parks of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the revenues produced from any new facility within the state park system which is opened or placed in operation during that period of time between the effective dates of the biennial general appropriation bills shall be covered into the state Treasury to the credit of the State Park Fund of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and shall be expended only for the Division of Parks in such manner and such amounts as may be provided by the Legislature in the general appropriation bill and pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of this code.
(Acts 1953, No. 792, p. 1085, §1; Acts 1959, No. 33, p. 438, §1.)