33-7-53
Section 33-7-53 Development and relief work upon and abutting on tidelands. In order to encourage the building of bridges, causeways and other development work and relief work, the owner of any lands in the State of Alabama abutting on tidelands, the title to which or control of which may now or hereafter be vested in the State of Alabama, which shall not have been improved by or under valid public authority and shall not be otherwise devoted to public use, shall be authorized to acquire such tidelands and to fill, reclaim or otherwise improve same and to fill in, reclaim or otherwise improve the abutting submerged land and to own, use, mortgage and convey the lands so reclaimed, filled or improved, and any improvements thereon, under and subject to the conditions and approval herein stated. Any such improvement shall conform to any harbor line established at the time of such improvement by state or federal authority having jurisdiction over such matters, or if not then already...
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33-1-18
Section 33-1-18 Sales of submerged lands and made lands lying under or abutting tidal waters. (a) The Director of the Alabama State Port Authority is vested with power and authority to obtain and negotiate a sale of any submerged lands and made lands claimed or owned by the state, which lands are under or were formerly under any of the tidal waters of the State of Alabama, or which lands abut such tidal waters; provided, however, that if such lands abut or adjoin in whole or in part any uplands then no such sale shall be made to any purchaser other than the owner of such uplands, except a sale of so much of said land as may be used and occupied by such purchaser without interfering with the riparian rights appurtenant to such uplands, unless the owner of such uplands relinquishes such rights by appropriate instrument made in connection with such sale; and except that such sales may be made to a public body of the submerged or made land upon which docks or wharves have been constructed...
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11-3-11
Section 11-3-11 Powers and duties generally. (a) The county commission shall have authority: (1) To direct, control, and maintain the property of the county as it may deem expedient according to law, and in this direction and control it has the sole power to locate the courts in the rooms of the courthouse and to designate the rooms to be occupied by the officers entitled to rooms therein, including the circuit judge if resident in the county, and to change the location of the courts and the designation of the rooms for officers as it may deem best and most expedient, and this shall be done by order of the county commission entered upon the minutes of the county commission at a regular meeting of the county commission. In the event the courthouse is inadequate to supply office rooms for such officers, the county commission may lease such office rooms in a convenient location in the county site and pay the rental from the county fund. (2) To levy a general tax, for general county...
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33-18-1
Section 33-18-1 Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact The States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACT Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the surface waters of the ACT, engaging in water planning,...
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33-19-1
Section 33-19-1 Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact. The State of Alabama hereby agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact The States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America hereby agree to the following compact which shall become effective upon enactment of concurrent legislation by each respective state legislature and the Congress of the United States. Short Title This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact" and shall be referred to hereafter in this document as the "ACF Compact" or "compact." Article I Compact Purposes This compact among the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia and the United States of America has been entered into for the purposes of promoting interstate comity, removing causes of present and future controversies, equitably apportioning the...
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9-7-13
Section 9-7-13 Activities deemed permissible uses within coastal area; determination of additional permissible uses. (a) The Legislature of Alabama finds that the following activities shall constitute permissible uses within the coastal area: (1) The accomplishment of emergency decrees of any duly appointed health officer of a county or municipality or of the state acting to protect the public health and safety; (2) The conservation, repletion and research activities of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, the Marine Resources Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium; (3) The exercise of riparian rights by the owner of the riparian rights; provided, that the construction and maintenance of piers, boathouses and similar structures shall be on pilings that permit a reasonably unobstructed ebb and flow of the tide; (4) The normal maintenance and repair of bulkheads, piers, roads and highways existing on the...
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10A-21-2.07
Section 10A-21-2.07 Condemnation of water sources, riparian rights and necessary lands by waterworks corporation. (a) Corporations authorized to construct and operate waterworks for the supplying of municipalities and their inhabitants, or others living or doing business in the vicinity of them, with water shall have the power, in order to obtain a supply of water for their storage ponds, reservoirs, pipes, and canals, to take over and use, after condemning the same, water of any river, stream, spring, or other water source which may be necessary for them to use for that purpose. They may also acquire by condemnation riparian rights and all lands adjacent to such streams or water sources as shall be necessary to protect and preserve the purity of such supply; and they shall also have the power to condemn rights-of-way and sites of any necessary area for pipelines, ditches, canals, dams, storage ponds, reservoirs, and other necessary purposes for the operation of their waterworks and...
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23-2-144
Section 23-2-144 Powers of the authority. (a) The authority shall have the following powers: (1) To adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business. (2) To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure. (3) To maintain a principal office and branch offices at the place or places within the state as it may designate. (4) To sue and be sued in its own name, including suits in tort. (5) With the consent and approval of the department, to acquire and construct toll road, bridge, or tunnel projects at locations as the authority may determine to be desirable, practicable, and economically feasible and to maintain, repair, and operate the projects. (6) To issue toll road, bridge, or tunnel revenue bonds of the authority for any of its corporate purposes, payable solely from its tolls, other revenues, and proceeds of the bonds, and to refund its bonds, all as provided in this article. No bonds issued under the provisions of this article shall constitute a...
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41-4-400
Section 41-4-400 Division created; powers and duties; director. (a) There shall be established within the Department of Finance the Division of Construction Management. The division shall have full power and authority for, and on behalf of, the State of Alabama to do any or all of the following: (1) To acquire lands by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise. (2) To plan for the construction, repair, remodeling, enlargement, renovation, furnishing, refurnishing, improvement, or relocation of buildings, structures, and facilities for state departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, and offices. (3) To set policies, procedures, and guidelines for the design, construction, renovation, equipment, furnishing, maintenance, and improvement of all property now owned or hereafter acquired by the state or any institution or agency thereof. (4) To construct, repair, equip, remodel, enlarge, renovate, furnish, refurnish, improve, and locate buildings, structures, and facilities for the use...
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11-89C-4
Section 11-89C-4 Powers of public corporation; requirements for development or adoption of rules, procedures, ordinances, etc. (a) When expressly required to comply with storm water laws, any public corporation created pursuant to this chapter shall have the following powers: (1) To establish, maintain, and operate an organizational structure pursuant to this chapter, its original or amended certification, and its bylaws or other rules of procedure, that will enable it to implement the storm water laws for and on behalf of any governing body that exercises the option to participate in or with a public corporation, provided that no new or greater authorities or powers other than those specifically granted to the governing bodies are conferred upon any public corporation formed pursuant to this chapter. Except for the authority provided in subdivision (20), authority to enforce the storm water laws is retained wholly and exclusively to the governing bodies and may not be further...
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