22-22-9
Section 22-22-9 Powers and duties; enforcement of orders; permits; civil penalties for
violations. (a) It shall be the duty of the commission to control pollution in the waters
of the state, and it shall specifically have the following powers: (1) To study and investigate
all problems concerned with the improvement and conservation of the waters of the state; (2)
To conduct, independently and in cooperation with others, studies, investigation and research
and to prepare, or in cooperation with others prepare, a program or programs, any or all of
which shall pertain to the purity and conservation of the waters of the state or to the treatment
and disposal of pollutants or other wastes, which studies, investigations, research and program
or programs shall be intended to result in the reduction of pollution of the waters of the
state according to the conditions and particular circumstances existing in the various communities
throughout the state; and (3) To propose remedial measures...
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14-13-2
Section 14-13-2 Adoption and text of Interstate Corrections Compact. The Interstate
Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with
any and all states legally joining therein, in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially
as follows: INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT Article I (Purpose and Policy) The party states,
desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and
provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment, and rehabilitation of various types
of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities
and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests
of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational
costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution
of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment and...
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34-24-538
Section 34-24-538 Dispute resolution. (a) The interstate commission, upon the request
of a member state, shall attempt to resolve disputes which are subject to the compact and
which may arise among member states or member boards. (b) The interstate commission shall
promulgate rules providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution as appropriate.
(Act 2015-197, §19.)...
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34-24-539
Section 34-24-539 Member states, effective date, and amendment. (a) Any state is eligible
to become a member state of the compact. (b) The compact shall become effective and binding
upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than seven states. Thereafter,
it shall become effective and binding on a state upon enactment of the compact into law by
that state. (c) The governors of nonmember states, or their designees, shall be invited to
participate in the activities of the interstate commission on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption
of the compact by all states. (d) The interstate commission may propose amendments to the
compact for enactment by the member states. No amendment shall become effective and binding
upon the interstate commission and the member states unless and until it is enacted into law
by unanimous consent of the member states. (Act 2015-197, §20.)...
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34-24-540
Section 34-24-540 Withdrawal. (a) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force
and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw
from the compact by specifically repealing the statute which enacted the compact into law.
(b) Withdrawal from the compact shall be by the enactment of a statute repealing the same,
but shall not take effect until one year after the effective date of such statute and until
written notice of the withdrawal has been given by the withdrawing state to the governor of
each other member state. (c) The withdrawing state shall immediately notify the chairperson
of the interstate commission in writing upon the introduction of legislation repealing the
compact in the withdrawing state. (d) The interstate commission shall notify the other member
states of the withdrawing state's intent to withdraw within 60 days of its receipt of notice
provided under subsection (c). (e) The withdrawing state is responsible for all...
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27-60-1
Section 27-60-1 Establishment of compact; commission representative. Pursuant to the
terms and conditions of this chapter, the State of Alabama seeks to join with other states
and establish the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, and thus become a member
of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance
is hereby designated to serve as the representative of this state to the commission. (Act
2011-536, p. 928, §1.)...
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34-24-543
Section 34-24-543 Binding effect of compact and other laws. (a) Nothing herein prevents
the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact.
(b) All laws in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent of
the conflict. (c) All lawful actions of the interstate commission, including all rules and
bylaws promulgated by the commission, are binding upon the member states. (d) All agreements
between the interstate commission and the member states are binding in accordance with their
terms. (e) In the event any provision of the compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed
on the legislature of any member state, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent
of the conflict with the constitutional provision in question in that member state. (Act 2015-197,
§24.)...
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34-24-534
Section 34-24-534 Rulemaking functions of the interstate commission. (a) The interstate
commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve
the purposes of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the interstate commission
exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purposes of
the compact, or the powers granted hereunder, then such an action by the interstate commission
shall be invalid and have no force or effect. (b) Rules deemed appropriate for the operations
of the interstate commission shall be made pursuant to a rulemaking process that substantially
conforms to the Model State Administrative Procedure Act of 2010, and subsequent amendments
thereto. (c) Not later than 30 days after a rule is promulgated, any person may file a petition
for judicial review of the rule in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
or the federal district where the interstate commission has...
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33-8-1
Section 33-8-1 Authorization; provisions generally; legislative approval and ratification.
The Governor on behalf of this state is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially
the following form, with the State of Mississippi; and the Legislature hereby signifies in
advance its approval and ratification of such compact, which compact is as follows: TOMBIGBEE-TENNESSEE
WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT COMPACT Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote the development
of a navigable waterway connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers by way of the east fork
of the Tombigbee River and Mackeys and Yellow Creeks so as to provide a nine-foot navigable
channel from the junction of the Tombigbee and Warrior rivers at Demopolis in the State of
Alabama to the junction of Yellow Creek with the Tennessee River at Pickwick Pool in the State
of Mississippi, and to establish a joint interstate authority to assist in these efforts.
Article II. This compact shall become effective...
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33-9-2
Section 33-9-2 Authorization; provisions. The Governor, on behalf of this state, is
hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the form as provided hereinafter,
with the State of Mississippi: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote the development
of a deep draft harbor and terminal to be located on the continental shelf of the United States,
in the Gulf of Mexico, and to establish a joint interstate authority to assist in this effort.
Article II. The states which are parties to this compact (hereinafter referred to as "party
states") do hereby establish and create a joint agency which shall be known as the Ameraport
Deep Draft Harbor and Terminal Authority (hereinafter referred to as the "authority").
The membership of which authority shall consist of the Governor of each party state and five
other citizens of each party state, to be appointed by the Governor thereof. Each appointive
member of the authority shall be a citizen of that state who is interested...
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