33-3-1
Section 33-3-1 Police and supervisory duties of State Port Authority. It is hereby made the duty of the Alabama State Port Authority to police and maintain general supervision of the harbor and Port of Mobile, as such harbor lines may be established by the authority from time to time, and of all vessels in and about the same; to coordinate with federal, state, and local government officials for the protection of all shipping while in the harbor and port from fires, snags, obstructions, collisions with rafts, barges, and all other watercraft; to facilitate the movement of all vessels and other watercraft into and out of the harbor and port and from point to point therein having due regard to the conformation of, and conditions surrounding the harbor, which shall include that portion of the waters extending from just north of Buoys 7 and 8 as presently located, but more precisely being located at Latitude 30° 09.9' N, Longitude 88° 03.1' W to the north, and including the Theodore...
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33-3-2
Section 33-3-2 Powers to regulate anchorage, etc. The Alabama State Port Authority through its Harbor Master and deputy harbor masters shall have full power to regulate shifting, removal, anchorage, berthage, and moorage, and the position of all vessels, rafts, and other watercraft while in the harbor and port, as defined in this chapter, and their movements into and out thereof, and to require vessels to accommodate other vessels as the circumstances warrant, and as the general convenience, safety, and good order may require, with the actual shifting of such vessels to be performed by duly licensed harbor pilots only within the limits of the Mobile inner harbor as defined in Section 33-3-1. (Acts 1935, No. 167, p. 225, §2; Code 1940, T. 38, §99; Act 2009-457, p. 795, §1.)...
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33-3-4
Section 33-3-4 Harbor Master and deputy harbor masters - Appointment; duties. The Director of the Alabama State Port Authority shall appoint a Harbor Master and may appoint up to three deputy harbor masters. It shall be the duty of the Harbor Master with the assistance of his or her deputy harbor masters, subject to the supervision of the Alabama State Port Authority, to perform all the duties and render all the services imposed upon the port authority by this chapter and all similar duties and services pertaining to the harbor and port required by other laws to be done and performed by the port authority, and, subject to such supervision, to enforce all rules and regulations promulgated by the port authority pursuant to its police powers and its powers to maintain a general and special supervision over the harbor and port and all vessels and other watercraft in or about the harbor or port as set forth in this chapter or any other laws pertaining thereto. The Harbor Master, acting on...
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33-3-3
Section 33-3-3 Fees and charges. For the purpose of meeting the expense attendant upon the general and special supervision of the harbor and Port of Mobile and the performance of the duties and service required by this chapter, and by the rules and regulations herein authorized, and of similar duties relating to the supervision of the harbor and port required by other statutory provisions, the fees and charges, general and special, as may be fixed and determined by the Alabama State Port Authority, are hereby imposed against all owners, charterers, or persons in possession, to be collected by the port authority on vessels using the harbor as defined in this chapter. The port authority is authorized and empowered to collect such fees and charges by any appropriate proceedings in personam or in rem, when authorized by the Director or the Board of Directors of the Alabama State Port Authority. The Alabama State Port Authority is authorized to make such reasonable changes in such charges,...
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23-1-175.1
Section 23-1-175.1 Infrastructure improvements. (a) In order to accomplish infrastructure improvements contemplated for the benefit of the Alabama State Docks, the Alabama Highway Finance Corporation shall have the following powers, in addition to all powers set forth in this article. (1) To borrow money and issue its bonds in evidence thereof, in a principal amount not to exceed one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000), for the purpose of financing the widening and deepening of the Mobile Ship Channel and improvements related thereto. No bond issued by the corporation for this purpose shall have a specified maturity date later than twenty years after its issuance date. (2) To issue from time to time one or more series of refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued pursuant to subdivision (1) or bonds previously issued to refund such bonds, in any case, however, having a final maturity that is not later than the final maturity of the bonds being refunded. (3)...
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40-23-4
Section 40-23-4 Exemptions. (a) There are exempted from the provisions of this division and from the computation of the amount of the tax levied, assessed, or payable under this division the following: (1) The gross proceeds of the sales of lubricating oil and gasoline as defined in Sections 40-17-30 and 40-17-170 and the gross proceeds from those sales of lubricating oil destined for out-of-state use which are transacted in a manner whereby an out-of-state purchaser takes delivery of such oil at a distributor's plant within this state and transports it out-of-state, which are otherwise taxed. (2) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of fertilizer when used for agricultural purposes. The word "fertilizer" shall not be construed to include cottonseed meal, when not in combination with other materials. (3) The gross proceeds of the sale, or sales, of seeds for planting purposes and baby chicks and poults. Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt or exclude from the computation of...
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33-7-11
Section 33-7-11 Mobile Harbor - Injuring ship channel, beacon light, etc. Any person who knowingly or wilfully causes, or is concerned in causing, any damage or injury to any part of the dredged channel as it now exists or may hereafter exist, at any point or points between the upper or northern limits of the Port of Mobile and the lower part of the Bay of Mobile, or to any beacon light, stake, piling or other matter or thing which is or may be intended to be used, or used in connection with such dredged channel for the better navigation of the same, is liable to indictment in the circuit court of Mobile county or any other court of competent jurisdiction and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000.00, and may also be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than 20 years. (Code 1886, §4138; Code 1896, §5407; Code 1907, §7870; Code 1923, §5605; Code 1940, T. 38, §113.)...
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33-7-12
Section 33-7-12 Mobile Harbor - Master of vessel drawing more than 12 feet passing channel without permit, etc. Any master or person in charge of any vessel drawing more than 12 feet of water which may enter into the dredged channel between the upper limits of the Port of Mobile and the outer bar of the Bay or Harbor of Mobile without a permit from the harbor master, or in violation of the rules and regulations of the State Pilotage Commission of the Port and Harbor of Mobile, is liable to indictment in the circuit court of Mobile County or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $10,000.00, and may also be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not more than 10 years. (Code 1886, §4139; Code 1896, §5408; Code 1907, §7871; Code 1923, §5606; Code 1940, T. 38, §114.)...
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33-3-5
Section 33-3-5 Harbor Master and deputy harbor masters - Removal; bond; boarding of vessels; records; additional appointments. The Harbor Master and his or her deputy harbor masters shall be subject to removal by the director for cause. Before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, they shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Director, in amounts to be fixed by the director of the Alabama State Port Authority, for the faithful performance of their duties. The Harbor Master in person or by a deputy harbor master shall have the authority, but not the obligation, to board each vessel entering the harbor, as defined in this chapter, to the limits of the jurisdiction of the Alabama State Port Authority to satisfy himself or herself that such vessel is complying with the laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the harbor and port and to obtain data for his or her record; and he or she shall keep a record of all vessels, barges, and tugboats...
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33-1-29
Section 33-1-29 Revocation or suspension of upland owners' licenses. Any license granted by the State of Alabama, either expressly or by implication, permitting the upland owner to occupy any part of the space between the channel of the Mobile River or the low water mark of the Mobile Bay and the high water mark, may be revoked by order of the director whenever said port authority shall determine to make use of such property for the purpose contemplated by this chapter, or may be suspended by order pending an investigation and decision as to whether or not such use shall be made; provided, however, that whenever such property has been or shall have been already improved by the upland owner, his license to maintain such improvements and to exercise such control thereover as may have been conferred upon him by a license from the state shall not be revoked or suspended otherwise than in the exercise of the right of eminent domain by condemnation proceedings as long as such owner shall...
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