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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21A - Health Care Compact. › Section 22-21A-4 - State Control.

Section 22-21A-4
State control.
Each member state, within its state, may suspend by legislation the operation of all federal laws, rules, regulations, and orders regarding health care that are inconsistent with the laws and regulations adopted by the member state pursuant to this compact. Federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and orders regarding health care shall remain in effect unless a member state expressly suspends them pursuant to its authority under this compact. For any federal law, rule, regulation, or order that remains in effect in a member state after the effective date, that member state shall be responsible for the associated funding obligations in its state.
(Act 2013-420, p. 1672, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21A - Health Care Compact. › Section 22-21A-5 - Funding.

Section 22-21A-5
Funding.
(a) Each federal fiscal year, each member state shall have the right to federal monies up to an amount equal to its member state current year funding level for that federal fiscal year, funded by Congress as mandatory spending and not subject to annual appropriation, to support the exercise of member state authority under this compact. This funding shall not be conditional on any action of or regulation, policy, law, or rule being adopted by the member state.
(b) By the start of each federal fiscal year, Congress shall establish an initial member state current year funding level for each member state, based upon reasonable estimates. The final member state current year funding level shall be calculated, and funding shall be reconciled by the United States Congress based upon information provided by each member state and audited by the United States Government Accountability Office.
(Act 2013-420, p. 1672, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21A - Health Care Compact. › Section 22-21A-6 - Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission.

Section 22-21A-6
Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission.
(a) The Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission is established. The commission consists of members appointed by each member state through a process to be determined by each member state. A member state may not appoint more than two members to the commission and may withdraw membership from the commission at any time. Each commission member is entitled to one vote. The commission may not act unless a majority of the members are present, and no action shall be binding unless approved by a majority of the commission's total membership.
(b) The commission may elect from among its membership a chair. The commission may adopt and publish bylaws and policies that are not inconsistent with this compact. The commission shall meet at least once a year, and may meet more frequently.
(c) The commission may study issues of health care regulation that are of particular concern to the member states. The commission may make nonbinding recommendations to the member states. The legislatures of the member states may consider these recommendations in determining the appropriate health care policies in their respective states.
(d) The commission shall collect information and data to assist the member states in their regulation of health care, including assessing the performance of various state health care programs and compiling information on the prices of health care. The commission shall make this information and data available to the legislatures of the member states. Notwithstanding any other provision in this compact, no member state shall disclose to the commission the health information of any individual, nor shall the commission disclose the health information of any individual.
(e) The commission shall be funded by the member states as agreed to by the member states. The commission shall have the responsibilities and duties as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective legislatures of the member states in accordance with the terms of this compact.
(f) The commission may not take any action within a member state that contravenes any state law of that member state.
(Act 2013-420, p. 1672, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21A - Health Care Compact. › Section 22-21A-7 - Congressional Consent.

Section 22-21A-7
Congressional consent.
This compact shall be effective on its adoption by at least two member states and consent of the United States Congress. This compact shall be effective unless the United States Congress, in consenting to this compact, alters the fundamental purposes of this compact, which are:
(1) To secure the right of the member states to regulate health care in their respective states pursuant to this compact and to suspend the operation of any conflicting federal laws, rules, regulations, and orders within their states.
(2) To secure federal funding for member states that choose to invoke their authority under this compact, as prescribed by Section 22-21A-5.
(Act 2013-420, p. 1672, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21A - Health Care Compact. › Section 22-21A-8 - Amendments.

Section 22-21A-8
Amendments.
The member states, by unanimous agreement, may amend this compact from time to time without the prior consent or approval of Congress and any amendment shall be effective unless, within one year, the Congress disapproves that amendment. Any state may join this compact after the date on which Congress consents to the compact by adoption into law under its state Constitution.
(Act 2013-420, p. 1672, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21A - Health Care Compact. › Section 22-21A-9 - Withdrawal; Dissolution.

Section 22-21A-9
Withdrawal; dissolution.
Any member state may withdraw from this compact by adopting a law to that effect, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until six months after the governor of the withdrawing member state has given notice of the withdrawal to the other member states. A withdrawing state shall be liable for any obligations that it may have incurred prior to the date on which its withdrawal becomes effective. This compact shall be dissolved upon the withdrawal of all but one of the member states.
(Act 2013-420, p. 1672, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21B - Health Care Rights of Conscience Act › Section 22-21B-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-21B-1
Short title.
This chapter may be known and cited as the Health Care Rights of Conscience Act.
(Act 2017-189, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21B - Health Care Rights of Conscience Act › Section 22-21B-2 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-21B-2
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds and declares:
(1) It is the public policy of the State of Alabama to respect and protect the fundamental right of conscience of individuals who provide health care services.
(2) Without comprehensive protection, health care rights of conscience may be violated in various ways, such as harassment, demotion, salary reduction, termination, loss of privileges, denial of aid or benefits, and refusal to license, or refusal to certify.
(3) It is the purpose of this chapter to protect religious or ethical rights of all health care providers to decline to provide, perform, assist, or participate in providing or performing certain health care services that violate their consciences, where they have made their objections known in writing in advance.
(4) It is the purpose of this chapter to prohibit discrimination, disqualification, or coercion upon such health care providers who decline to perform any health care service that violates their conscience and who object in writing as soon as practicable prior to being asked to perform such health care services.
(Act 2017-189, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21B - Health Care Rights of Conscience Act › Section 22-21B-3 - Definitions.

Section 22-21B-3
Definitions.
The following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, unless otherwise required by their respective context:
(1) CONSCIENCE. The religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a health care provider.
(2) DISCRIMINATION. Discrimination includes, but is not limited to: Hiring, termination, refusal of staff privileges, refusal of board certification, demotion, loss of career specialty, reduction of wages or benefits, adverse treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, refusal to award any grant, contract, or other program, or refusal to provide residency training opportunities.
(3) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. Any individual who may be asked to participate in any way in a health care service, including, but not limited to: A physician, physician's assistant, nurse, nurse's aide, medical assistant, hospital employee, clinic employee, nursing home employee, pharmacist, researcher, medical or nursing school faculty, student, or employee, counselor, social worker, or any professional, paraprofessional, or any other person who furnishes or assists in the furnishing of health care services.
(4) HEALTH CARE SERVICE. Patient medical care, treatment or procedure that is limited to abortion, human cloning, human embryonic stem cell research, and sterilization, and is related to: Testing, diagnosis or prognosis, research, instruction, prescribing, dispensing, or administering any device, drug, or medication, surgery, or any other care or treatment rendered or provided by health care providers. Health care service does not include notifying a member of a health care institution's management of a patient inquiry about obtaining a health care service that a health care provider believes may violate his or her conscience.
(5) OBJECT IN WRITING. To provide advance notice in a signed written paper document to an authorized agent of his or her employer, board, or other oversight agency of a particular health care provider. The notice shall be provided within a reasonable time, but in no case less than 24 hours prior to any service or procedure objected to under this chapter by the health care provider.
(6) PARTICIPATE. To perform, assist in, refer for, admit for purposes of providing, or participate in providing, any health care service or any form of such service. Participate does not include compliance with a health care institution's policy and procedure which states that a health care provider must notify a member of the health care institution's management of a patient's inquiry about obtaining a health care service that the health care provider believes may violate his or her conscience.
(Act 2017-189, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21B - Health Care Rights of Conscience Act › Section 22-21B-4 - Participation in a Health Care Service That Violates the Conscience of Health Care Provider; Written Objection; Liability.

Section 22-21B-4
Participation in a health care service that violates the conscience of health care provider; written objection; liability.
(a) A health care provider has the right not to participate, and no health care provider shall be required to participate, in a health care service that violates his or her conscience when the health care provider has objected in writing prior to being asked to provide such health care services.
(b) When objecting in writing in accordance with this chapter, no health care provider shall be civilly, criminally, or administratively liable for declining to participate in a health care service that violates his or her conscience except when failure to do so would immediately endanger the life of a patient.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person, health care provider, health care institution, public or private institution, public official, or any board which certifies competency in medical or health care specialties to discriminate against any health care provider in any manner based on his or her declining to participate in a health care service that violates his or her conscience, where the health care provider has made his or her objections known in writing. Provided further, students may be evaluated based on their understanding of course materials, but no student shall be required to perform a health care service or be penalized because he or she subscribes to a particular position on health care services.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, in a life-threatening situation where no other health care provider is available or capable of providing or participating in a health care or medical service, a health care provider shall provide and participate in diagnosis, medical treatment, medical care, and medical procedures until an alternate health care provider capable of providing or participating in the emergency medical treatment, medical care, or medical procedures is found or otherwise becomes available.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a hospital, as defined in Section 22-21-20, or other health care entity, and any employee, physician, member, or person associated with the hospital or other health care entity is immune from criminal and civil liability for any damage caused by the refusal of a health care provider to participate in a health care service as defined in this chapter at a facility owned, operated, or controlled by the hospital or other health care entity.
(Act 2017-189, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21B - Health Care Rights of Conscience Act › Section 22-21B-5 - Injunctive Relief.

Section 22-21B-5
Injunctive relief.
(a) An action for injunctive relief may be brought for the violation of any provision of this chapter.
(b) The court in such action may award injunctive relief, including ordering reinstatement of a health care provider to his or her prior job position, back pay, and costs of the action.
(Act 2017-189, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21B - Health Care Rights of Conscience Act › Section 22-21B-6 - Construction With Abortion Statutes.

Section 22-21B-6
Construction with abortion statutes.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit or require the violation of any Alabama statute, regulation, or other provision of law that regulates or provides rights, duties, obligations, or limitations related in any way to abortion.
(Act 2017-189, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21B - Health Care Rights of Conscience Act › Section 22-21B-7 - Abortion Clinics; Relation to Other Statutes.

Section 22-21B-7
Abortion clinics; relation to other statutes.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to health care institutions or employers who are licensed by the State Board of Health as abortion clinics. Further, nothing in this chapter shall modify, amend, repeal, or supersede any provision of Section 6-5-333, or the "Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987" commencing with Section 6-5-540, or the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1996, commencing with Section 6-5-548, or any amendment to any of the foregoing, or any judicial interpretation of any of the foregoing.
(Act 2017-189, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21B - Health Care Rights of Conscience Act › Section 22-21B-8 - Severability.

Section 22-21B-8
Severability.
If any part, section, or subsection of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect parts, sections, or subsections or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid part, section, or subsection or application and to this end, such invalid portions of this chapter are declared severable.
(Act 2017-189, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22 - Water Pollution Control. › Section 22-22-2 - Purpose of Chapter; Declaration of Policy.

Section 22-22-2
Purpose of chapter; declaration of policy.
Whereas the pollution of the waters of this state constitutes a menace to public health and welfare, creates public nuisances, is harmful to wildlife, fish and aquatic life and impairs domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses of water, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter to conserve the waters of the state and to protect, maintain and improve the quality thereof for public water supplies, for the propagation of wildlife, fish and aquatic life and for domestic, agricultural, industrial, recreational and other legitimate beneficial uses; to provide for the prevention, abatement and control of new or existing water pollution; and to cooperate with other agencies of the state, agencies of other states and the federal government in carrying out these objectives.
(Acts 1971, No. 1260, p. 2175, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22 - Water Pollution Control. › Section 22-22-7 - Technical and Other Advisory Committees.

Section 22-22-7
Technical and other advisory committees.
(a) In order to make available to the commission the services of an advisory body on such technical matters as the commission shall require, there is hereby created the Technical Advisory Committee to the commission which shall consist of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Director of the Alabama Development Office and the State Geologist, each of whom shall be members of said advisory committee throughout his respective term and until the appointment of his successor. The Technical Advisory Committee shall meet on call of the chairman of the commission and shall advise the chairman and the commission on any technical matters referred to it by the chairman of the commission. From time to time, as circumstances may require, a member of the Technical Advisory Committee may designate a representative of his department or agency to perform the duties of the member making the designation. Such person, if any, designated pursuant to this subsection, shall have the powers and be subject to the duties and responsibilities of the officer appointing him. The staffs and departments or the members of the Technical Advisory Committees supporting them in their official capacity are hereby authorized and directed to render whatever assistance is necessary to further the duties of said advisory committee or to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The commission is authorized to provide for the establishment of other advisory committees, appointment of the membership of such committees, scope of investigation and other duties of such committees. The period of duration of such committees and the terms of members of such committees shall be established by the commission. No salary or compensation shall be allowed any member of such committees for services thereon. Travel, subsistence, and other expenses incurred by members of such committees in the discharge of their official duties as members of such committees, and when approved by the chairman or the director by direction of the commission, shall be paid at the rate allowed other state employees as provided by Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 36 of this code from any funds which are, or may become, available for the purpose of this chapter.
(Acts 1971, No. 1260, p. 2175, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22 - Water Pollution Control. › Section 22-22-11 - Disbursement of Funds.

Section 22-22-11
Disbursement of funds.
Funds which are or may become available from any source, appropriations or otherwise, to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, shall be disbursed by the commission or by its director in accordance with rules prescribed by the commission.
(Acts 1971, No. 1260, p. 2175, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22 - Water Pollution Control. › Section 22-22-13 - Chapter Supplementary to Other Laws; Powers of Attorney General Not Affected.

Section 22-22-13
Chapter supplementary to other laws; powers of Attorney General not affected.
This chapter is intended to supplement existing law, and no part of this chapter shall be construed to repeal any existing laws specifically enacted for the protection of health or the control of radiation. All remedies for the prevention and abatement of water pollution given to the Attorney General through the authority of this chapter are merely cumulative. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as negating or destroying any common law or statutory right, duty, power or authority of the Attorney General of Alabama.
(Acts 1971, No. 1260, p. 2175, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22 - Water Pollution Control. › Section 22-22-14 - Criminal Penalty for Violation of Chapter, Etc.

Section 22-22-14
Criminal penalty for violation of chapter, etc.
(a) Any person who willfully or with gross negligence violates any provision of the chapter, or rule, regulation or standard adopted under this chapter, or any condition or limitation in a permit issued under this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than $2,500.00 nor more than $25,000.00 per day of violation or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. If the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person under this subsection, punishment shall be by a fine of not less than $5,000.00 nor more than $50,000.00 per day of violation or by imprisonment for not less than one year and one day nor more than two years, or by both.
(b) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, record, report, plan or other document filed, or required to be maintained, under this chapter or who falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both.
(Acts 1973, No. 1166, p. 1959; Acts 1979, No. 79-277, p. 415, §7; Acts 1986, No. 86-542, p. 1053, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22A - Environmental Management. › Section 22-22A-1 - Short Title.

Section 22-22A-1
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "the Alabama Environmental Management Act."
(Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22A - Environmental Management. › Section 22-22A-2 - Legislative Intent and Purposes of Chapter.

Section 22-22A-2
Legislative intent and purposes of chapter.
The Legislature finds the resources of the state must be managed in a manner compatible with the environment, and the health and welfare of the citizens of the state. To respond to the needs of its environment and citizens, the state must have a comprehensive and coordinated program of environmental management. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to improve the ability of the state to respond in an efficient, comprehensive and coordinated manner to environmental problems, and thereby assure for all citizens of the state a safe, healthful and productive environment.
(1) To this end an Alabama Department of Environmental Management is created by this chapter within the Executive Branch of State Government in order to effect the grouping of state agencies which have primary responsibility for administering environmental legislation into one department, to promote economy and efficiency in the operation and management of environmental programs, to eliminate overlapping or duplication of effort within the environmental programs of the state, to provide for timely resolution of permitting actions, to improve services to the citizens of the state, to protect human health and safety, to develop and provide for a unified environmental regulatory and permit system, to provide that the responsibility within the Executive Branch for the implementation of environmental programs and policies is clearly fixed and ascertainable, and to insure that government is responsive to the needs of the people and sufficiently flexible to meet changing conditions.
(2) It is also declared to be the intent of the Legislature to retain for the state, within the constraints of appropriate federal law, the control over its air, land and water resources and to secure cooperation between agencies of the state, agencies of other states, interstate agencies and the federal government in carrying out these objectives.
(3) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize the unique characteristics of the Alabama coastal region and to provide for its protection and enhancement through a continued coastal area program.
(4) It is not the intent of the Legislature to abrogate any of the powers or duties of the State Board of Health which are found in Sections 22-2-1 through 22-2-14.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22A - Environmental Management. › Section 22-22A-8 - Adoption of Rules, Regulations and Standards; Review by Director; Public Notice and Hearing.

Section 22-22A-8
Adoption of rules, regulations and standards; review by director; public notice and hearing.
(a) All rules, regulations or standards shall be adopted by and promulgated by the Environmental Management Commission. With the exception of editorial changes, no rule, regulation or standard shall be adopted, amended or repealed unless such rule, regulation or standard has been reviewed by the director and until after a public hearing has been held. Unless different notice provisions are specifically required elsewhere by law, at least 45 days prior to the scheduled date of the hearing the department shall give notice of such hearing by public advertisement in the three newspapers of this state with the largest regional circulation of the date, time, place and purpose of such hearing; and make available to any person upon request copies of the proposed rules, regulations or standards, together with summaries of the reasons supporting their adoption, amendment or repeal.
(b) Any public hearing relating to the adoption, amendment or repeal of department rules, regulations or standards under this section shall be held before a department representative, who shall be designated by the Environmental Management Commission. All such hearings shall be open to the public, and reasonable opportunity to be heard with respect to the subject of the hearing shall be afforded to any person. All testimony taken before the department representative shall be recorded and transcribed. The transcript, any exhibits or any written submissions to the department in relation to such hearings shall be open to public inspection.
(c) After such hearing, the department may revise the proposed rules, regulations or standards, before adoption in response to testimony, written submissions or exhibits introduced at the hearing, without conducting a further hearing on the revisions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a hearing prior to the issuance of any temporary emergency rule or regulation.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22A - Environmental Management. › Section 22-22A-11 - Alabama Department of Environmental Management Fund.

Section 22-22A-11
Alabama Department of Environmental Management Fund.
There is hereby created a fund known as the Alabama Department of Environmental Management Fund. This fund shall consist of: (1) all appropriations; (2) all grants, gifts, bequests or donations; (3) all money derived through any source of federal aid; (4) all fees; (5) all moneys from any program whose functions were transferred to the department by this chapter; and (6) all moneys from any other source whatsoever. However, the department may not solicit or accept any gift or donation from any person that has any official request or action pending before the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. All moneys deposited in said fund are hereby appropriated to the use of the department in addition to any other appropriations heretofore or hereafter made. The fund shall be used and expended by the department in accordance with the terms of the appropriations, gift, bequest, grant, donation or transfer from which said moneys are derived and in the absence of any such terms or stipulations, shall be expended by the department in furtherance of any of the provisions of this chapter. All necessary expenses of the department shall likewise be paid out of the fund on the requisition of the director as may be deemed advisable.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §12; Acts 1984, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84-783, p. 163, §2; Acts 1986, No. 86-542, p. 1053, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22A - Environmental Management. › Section 22-22A-12 - Coastal Resources Advisory Committee; Composition; Terms; Chairman; Meetings.

Section 22-22A-12
Coastal Resources Advisory Committee; composition; terms; chairman; meetings.
(a) There is hereby created a Coastal Resources Advisory Committee to advise the department and the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs on all matters concerning the coastal area. The committee shall consist of not less than seven members who shall be predominantly from Baldwin and Mobile Counties.
(b) The initial members of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee shall be the current Coastal Area Board established by Section 9-7-14, as amended and abolished by this chapter. The terms of the initial members of the committee shall be for one year beginning October 1, 1982.
(c) The subsequent membership of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee shall be as follows:
(1) One member shall be a member of the Mobile City Commission and shall be selected by that commission;
(2) One member shall be a member of the Mobile County Commission and shall be selected by that commission;
(3) One member shall be a member of the Baldwin County Commission and shall be selected by that commission;
(4) One member shall be an official of a municipal corporation in Baldwin County and shall be selected by the Baldwin County Mayors Association;
(5) One member shall be the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, who may designate an employee of his department to represent him on the committee;
(6) One member shall be the State Geologist who may designate an employee of his agency to represent him on the committee; and
(7) One member shall be the director of the Marine Environmental Science Consortium.
The term of each of these members of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee shall be consistent with his elective or appointive office.
(d) Additional members of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee may be appointed by the Governor for terms not to exceed four years and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(e) The committee shall meet initially to select a chairman and subsequent meetings of the committee shall be at the call of the chairman of the Coastal Resources Advisory Committee or the director of the Office of State Planning and Federal Programs.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22A - Environmental Management. › Section 22-22A-13 - Effect of Chapter on Powers of Attorney General.

Section 22-22A-13
Effect of chapter on powers of Attorney General.
All remedies for the prevention and abatement of pollution given to the Attorney General through the authority of this chapter are merely cumulative. Except as provided in subdivisions (12) and (15) of Section 22-22A-5 nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as negating or destroying any common law or statutory right, duty, power or authority of the Attorney General of Alabama.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §15.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22A - Environmental Management. › Section 22-22A-15 - Chapter Does Not Repeal Section 22-30-5.1.

Section 22-22A-15
Chapter does not repeal Section 22-30-5.1.
No provision of this chapter shall be construed to repeal in whole or in part any provision of Section 22-30-5.1.
(Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §14(e); Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-131, p. 137, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22A - Environmental Management. › Section 22-22A-16 - Pollution Control Grant Fund.

Section 22-22A-16
Pollution Control Grant Fund.
(a) There is hereby created a fund known as the Pollution Control Grant Fund. This fund shall consist of
(1) All appropriations made to the fund; and
(2) All grants, gifts, bequests or donations made to the fund from any source whatsoever. This fund shall be used and expended by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management in accordance with the terms of the appropriation, gift, bequest, grant or donation from which said moneys are derived and in the absence of such terms or stipulations, shall be expended by said department in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b). All necessary expenses of said department in implementing the provisions of this section shall likewise be paid out of the fund on the requisition of the director of said department as may be deemed advisable.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is authorized to make grants to any county, municipality or public corporation, agency or instrumentality organized under the laws of the state, for the purpose of carrying out any air, land or water pollution control, prevention or abatement practices, measures, experiments or research, from the Pollution Control Grant Fund and to enter into and carry out contracts or agreements in connection therewith and include in any contract or agreement such conditions as it may deem reasonable and appropriate.
(c) Acting through the Environmental Management Commission, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is authorized to promulgate rules, regulations and standards to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Acts 1985, No. 85-755, p. 1255.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22A - Environmental Management. › Section 22-22A-17 - Navigable Waters Dredging Fund.

Section 22-22A-17
Navigable Waters Dredging Fund.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the budget proposed each year for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management shall include as a line item in the General Fund Budget the Navigable Waters Dredging Fund for the dredging of the navigable waters of this state and for sediment reuse. The director of the department shall present the proposed budget at the appropriate budget hearing scheduled by the Alabama Legislature.
(b) There is established a Navigable Waters Dredging Fund which shall be administered by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management which funds shall be paid to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the purposes of dredging the navigable waters of this state and for sediment reuse. The principal of the fund shall consist of the following:
(1) Funds appropriated by any governmental entity.
(2) Funds received as gifts from any source.
(c) All funds collected or received by the department for the Navigable Waters Dredging Fund shall be deposited into the fund and payments from the fund made to the corps may be used only to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Act 2015-436, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22B - Recycling by State Agencies. › Section 22-22B-1 - Legislative Findings.

Section 22-22B-1
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds that:
(1) The state faces a looming crisis in solid waste management related to the ever-increasing volumes of waste intended for disposal;
(2) The solid wastes presently disposed of in the state contain substantial volumes of materials which are capable of recovery and reuse if recycling programs are developed and implemented within the state;
(3) The failure to recover and recycle materials from solid waste results in the unnecessary waste and depletion of natural resources;
(4) The state government, through its departments and agencies, generates substantial amounts of solid wastes which could be recovered through a coordinated recycling program;
(5) A recycling program by state departments and agencies would serve to demonstrate to local governments and private businesses the practical benefits of and proper techniques for implementing such a program; and
(6) An effective recycling program within state government should be initiated by an agency with expertise in solid waste management, and such agency should serve as the point of coordination for the state's program.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-564, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22B - Recycling by State Agencies. › Section 22-22B-2 - Definitions.

Section 22-22B-2
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) PROGRAM FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. A formal program administered by state agencies and/or public school systems for the recycling of recyclable materials collected by state agencies and/or public school systems pursuant to a program for waste reduction and the collection of recyclable materials.
(2) PROGRAM FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND THE COLLECTION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. A formal program implemented by state agencies and/or public school systems for the reduction of solid wastes generated by the operation of such agencies and/or public school systems including the collection in lieu of disposal of recyclable materials.
(3) PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. All the state's universities, all elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools, schools for the deaf and blind, mental retardation and youth services school districts which receive state revenues.
(4) RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. Materials generated by the operation of state agencies which would otherwise be processed as solid wastes, but which possess physical and economic characteristics that allow them to be recovered, separated and reprocessed for sale or reuse (other than use as a fuel).
(5) RECYCLING. The recovery, separation and reprocessing for sale or reuse of materials which would otherwise be processed as solid wastes.
(6) SOLID WASTES. Shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 22-27-2.
(7) STATE AGENCIES. All departments and agencies of state government. City and county governments are specifically excluded from the provisions of this chapter to the extent of activities not specifically described above.
(8) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. All agencies or organizations whose income or profit is not distributed to their members, directors or officers, excluding religious organizations.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-564, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22B - Recycling by State Agencies. › Section 22-22B-4 - Program for Management and Marketing of Recyclable Materials; Contracts Authorized.

Section 22-22B-4
Program for management and marketing of recyclable materials; contracts authorized.
State agencies and public school systems are hereby authorized to enter into contracts of three years or less duration with private and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of managing recyclable materials, subject to the approval of the surplus property division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Recyclable materials produced by state agencies and public school systems may be sold to public purchasers or may be donated to nonprofit organizations as long as the materials are substantially recycled. Sales and donations of recyclable materials shall be conducted through or approved by the surplus property division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs in accordance with rules and regulations to be adopted by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs governing the sale or donation of recyclable materials.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-564, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 22B - Recycling by State Agencies. › Section 22-22B-5 - Proceeds From Sale of Recycled Materials; Employee Awards.

Section 22-22B-5
Proceeds from sale of recycled materials; employee awards.
(a) All proceeds from the sale of recyclable materials generated by the state agencies shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the operations fund of the agency which generated the recyclable materials.
(b)(1) Employee awards in an amount not to exceed $25.00 per fiscal year for each employee of the state agency are hereby authorized but not required. It is the intent of the Legislature that the amount of such awards not be considered cumulative and the maximum amount expended in any one fiscal year for any one employee shall not exceed $25.00. These awards may be paid for from the proceeds of the sale of recyclable materials and/or other departmental funds, provided such expenditures are budgeted for.
(2) Each state agency's employee awards shall be administered by a duly elected board of employees in that agency, with the advice and consent of the agency head, and shall be subject to periodic audits by the examiners of public accounts.
(3) Employee awards shall include plaques or like awards acquired in accordance with the state's competitive bid laws. These plaques or like awards are to express recognition or appreciation for retirement, longevity, outstanding performance or other accomplishments which in the opinion of the board and the agency head merit recognition.
(c) All proceeds from the sale of recycled materials generated by the public school systems shall be credited to the public school system generating the recyclable materials.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-564, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-23-20 - Upgrading of Water Service; Savings.

Section 22-23-20
Upgrading of water service; savings.
(a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any water authority that upgrades its water services, including fire hydrants, that results in lower insurance rates for the customers, may enter into contracts with residential customers or business customers to receive the net savings realized for the first through fifth fiscal years thereafter, because of the upgrade.
(b) Any savings from the sixth fiscal year on realized for water service upgrade by a water authority including fire hydrants shall be passed to the residential customers or business customers of the service.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-417, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 22-23-21 - Notification of Permanent Change in Fluoridation Status.

Section 22-23-21
Notification of permanent change in fluoridation status.
(a) A public water system, as defined in Section 22-23-31, that proposes to initiate any permanent change in the fluoridation status of its water supply, including, but not limited to, discontinuing the fluoridation of the water supply or reducing the level of fluoride from an optimal level as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall provide written notice to the State Health Officer no fewer than 90 days before initiating the change. Notice shall include the proposed date of the change, reasons for the change, and all communities affected by the change.
(b) A public water system that fails to meet the notification requirements of subsection (a) shall resume the fluoridation of its water supply to its previous level until proper notice is provided to the State Health Officer.
(c) The notification requirements of subsection (a) do not apply to a temporary discontinuance of fluoridation that is caused by equipment failure, maintenance, or replacement; temporary chemical supply shortages; placing water sources offline; or other similar unavoidable circumstances.
(Act 2018-547, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally. › Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act. › Section 22-23-30 - Short Title.

Section 22-23-30
Short title.
This article may be cited as the "Alabama Safe Drinking Water Act of 1977."
(Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 23 - Waterworks and Water Supplies Generally. › Article 2 - Safe Drinking Water Act. › Section 22-23-32 - Regulatory Authority of Board Over Water Supplies.

Section 22-23-32
Regulatory authority of board over water supplies.
The board has regulatory authority over all public water systems in the state insofar as purity, potability, wholesomeness and physical quality of water which may affect the public health, comfort or well-being and shall, from time to time, examine, investigate and monitor the sources of public water supplies, the method of protecting groundwater supplies and the method of filtering, treating, storing and delivering water to consumers. The board shall consult with and advise suppliers of water or persons intending to become suppliers of water as to the best source of water and the best method of assuring its purity.
(Acts 1977, No. 805, p. 1389, §3.)