Jurisdiction; right to acquire waterbottoms.

The commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the commission development program within the coastal waters of Alabama. The commission shall have the right to acquire waterbottoms inside and outside of the territorial limits of the State of Alabama for use in the construction, operation or maintenance of the facilities functionally required, related, necessary or useful to the operation of the commission.

(Acts 1973, No. 1064, p. 1779, §4.)